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Chang wins top awards
Steve Chang, a Stanford University Urology Fellow, won the top two awards at the 2009 Western Section Meeting of the American Urological Association:
First Prize in the Joseph F McCarthy Physician/Olympus Gyrus ACMI Essay Contest for his paper entitled " The Impact of Common Medications on Serum Prostate Specific Antigen Levels: Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
James L Goebel Grand Prize for the poster entitled " Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Nephron-Sparing Options in the Management of Small Renal Masses"
Paper featured in Journal
Stanford Urology resident Geoff Sonn’s paper on confocal laser endomicroscopy is featured on the cover of the of the October issue of Journal of Urology. The paper entitled, “Optical Biopsy of Human Bladder Neoplasia With In Vivo Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy” Geoffrey A. Sonn, Sha-Nita E. Jones, Tatum V. Tarin, Christine B. Du, Kathleen E. Mach, Kristin C. Jensen and Joseph C. Liao, reports the first study of in vivo confocal laser endomicroscopy in the urinary tract.
Hsi-Yang Wu wins prize
Hsi-Yang Wu, MD won second prize in the basic science category at the 2009 American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Urology meeting for the paper,
"Neonatal bladder reduction surgery alters brain regulation of voiding."
The collaborative research effort with Dr. YK Ng and Prof. CK Yeung at
Chinese University of Hong Kong investigated how early changes in bladder
function led to immediate and long term changes in bladder storage and
emptying. This paper will be published in the Journal of Urology in January
2010.
Michael H. Hsieh, MD, PhD
We welcome Dr. Hsieh as a new member of our department in the section of
Pediatric Urology. Dr. Hsieh completed his residency in Urology at the
University of California San Francisco and his fellowship in Pediatric
Urology at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston. He specializes in all
aspects of pediatric urology, and has extensive training in laparoscopic
techniques. Dr. Hsieh is also a promising scientist in the field of urinary
tract infections and has interests in continuing his research here at
Stanford on the microbiology and immunology of the genitourinary tract.
- A new study led by Joseph Presti Jr., suggests that doctors can be less cautious in treating men at risk of prostate cancer with the drug finasteride. Presti, the Thomas A. Stamey Research Professor in Urology and director of the urologic oncology program at Stanford, is quoted in this HealthDay News article.
Forbes.com, 07/08/09
Mark Gonzalgo, MD, PhD
We welcome Dr Gonzalgo as a new member of our department, section of
Urologic Oncology. Dr Gonzalgo most recently was on faculty in the
Department of Urology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where he attained
the rank of Associate Professor. Dr. Gonzalgo completed his residency in
Urology at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore and his fellowship in Urologic
Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He
specializes in all aspects of urologic oncology including treatment of
prostate, bladder, kidney, and testis cancers.
Dr. Gonzalgo is also a recognized expert in the field of DNA methylation and has interests in continuing his research here at Stanford on the molecular biology and early detection of prostate, bladder, and kidney cancer.
- Mark Litwin MD, MPH will be the Dorothy Fenmore Visiting Professor January 8-9, 2009.
