David Jarrard, MD, and Professor of Chemistry Lloyd Smith, received a five-year renewal of their NIH RO1 grant in the amount of $2.9 million. The title of the project is “Sequence-specific Hybridization Capture for Discovery of …
Awards
Sara Best, MD has paper tie for 2019 AUA Earl Nation Retrospectoscope award
Sara Best, MD and Simone Vernez, MD wrote a paper entitled “Liquid gold: the value of urine in the textile industry” that was presented at the AUA history forum, and tied for first place for …
Tudor Borza, MD receives $21,000 grant from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to perform pilot study on disposal of unused opioids following surgery
Tudor Borza, MD received a new grant in the amount of $21,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to perform a pilot study on disposal of unused opioids following surgery.
Dr. Stephen Nakada received Endourological Society’s “Ralph Clayman Mentor Award”
Dr. Stephen Nakada is the recipient of the Endourological Society’s “Ralph Clayman Mentor Award”. Dr. Nakada marks the ninth recipient of the award for his contributions to the study of Endourology.
David Paolone, MD receives UW Health Regional Services Award
David Paolone, MD received the Regional Services Award at the 2019 UW Health physician excellence awards ceremony held on June 6th. This award recognizes an outstanding clinician who demonstrates exceptional patient and family-centered care, with …
Tudor Borza, MD awarded a $10,000 Wisconsin Urological Association Pilot Grant
Tudor Borza, MD has been awarded a $10,000 Wisconsin Urological Association Pilot Grant for his project, “Improving Opioid Stewardship Among Wisconsin Urologists”. The project has three aims – to develop a robust, reliable, and reproducible …
Tracy Downs, MD, FACS named California Lutheran University’s 2019 Alum of the Year
Tracy Downs, MD, FACS has been named California Lutheran University’s 2019 Alum of the Year. Dr. Downs, a former science major and football player at Cal Lutheran, will be recognized for his leadership in our Bladder …
Congratulations to the 2019 Wisconsin Urological Society Resident Award Winners
The 2019 Wisconsin Urological Society Annual Meeting was held on March 16 and 17 at the Edgewater Hotel in Madison. Dr. E. Jason Abel, President of the WUS, coordinated the event, which included presentations and …
Dr. Downs Receives Humanism Award
Tracy Downs, MD has been nominated by the UW medical students into the Gold Humanism Honor Society which recognizes doctors who best display qualities of integrity, compassion, altruism, respect, and empathy within their patient-centered care. …
AFCH Ranked #45 in Pediatric Urology
Our pediatric urology program at American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH) is ranked #45 in the nation in the 2018-2019 U.S. News and World Report Best Children’s Hospitals issue. Five other pediatric specialties at AFCH are …