Archived Newsletters and News Items
Newsletters
News Items
2007
- Duncan Govan, MD, PhD, professor emeritus of urology, died
Sept. 28 at the age of 84 after a prolonged illness. more
- Benjamin
I. Chung- Assistant Professor of Urology at the Veterans
Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System and at the Stanford University
Medical Center
- Zijie
Sun - Associate Professor of Urology and of Genetics
2004
- Dec, 2004
Faculty Promotion News
Dr. Joseph Presti, Jr. has been promoted to Professor of Urology,
Stanford University
Dr. Presti,
previously on faculty at UCSF, joined the Stanford Urology
Department in 2000. He has served as the Chief of Urologic Oncology
Section at Stanford since his arrival. Under his leadership, the Stanford
Urologic Oncology Program has evolved into a comprehensive multi-disciplinary
GU oncology program, encompassing Surgical Oncology including
Laparoscopic Surgery, Radiation Oncology, and Medical Oncology.
- Nov, 2004
Donna Peehl, Ph.D. awarded two new grants
from the department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program.
One was an Exploration-Hypothesis Development Award for her
project "Origin of Prostate Cancer-associated Stroma: Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition",
and the other was an Exploration-Resource Development Award to establish
a resource center for primary cultures of human prostatic cells and
derived materials. Dr. Peehl was
also awarded a subcontract from Wake Forest University to participate
in an NIH-funded project entitled "Prostate Specific Antigen and Prostate Cancer Progression".
- May 25, 2004
Zijie Sun is
the one of the recipients of the 5th Annual Stanford Asian American Awards.
This award is given to honor individuals for
their amazing contributions to the Asian American community. Other
recipients include Professor Sanjiva Lele and Professor David Palumbo-Liu.
- March 1, 2004
Cancer Center Opens!
Stanford Cancer Center opened its doors to patients. Many
years in the planning, this state-of-the-art facility is now the home
of the Stanford Urologic Oncology Program.
