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 …
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Dr. Tracy Downs elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Society
Congratulations to Tracy Downs, MD, FACS! Dr. Downs has been elected to the Wisconsin Chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha as one of six faculty inductees. He will be officially inititated April 6, 2018, at the …
Wisconsin Urology Celebrates 10 Years as a Department
On May 3, 2018 the Department of Urology celebrated its 10th Anniversary on the evening of the Robert F. Schnoes Lecture. Special guests included UW School of Medicine & Public Health (SMPH) Dean Robert Golden, …
Dr. Penniston Elected to National Leadership Role
Kristina Penniston, PhD, RD has been announced as the new Secretary/Treasurer of the Research on Calculus Kinetics (R.O.C.K.) Society.
Dr. Tracy Downs selected as UWSMPH Medical School Recognition Ceremony Speaker
The UWSMPH 2018 Medical School graduating class has selected Dr. Tracy Downsto be their Recognition Ceremony speaker this year. The Recognition Ceremony will take place on May 11, 2018, at Memorial Union. Congratulations to Dr. …
Dr. Sara L. Best receives WMAA Early Career Achievement Award!
Dr. Sara L. Best has been selected to receive the WMAAEarly Career Achievement Award from the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association (WMAA) Board of Directors and Awards Committee. This award honors a UW School of Medicine and …
Dr. Jason Abel is 2018 recipient of Gold Cystoscope Award from American Urological Association
The Department of Urology is pleased to announce that E. Jason Abel, MD, FACSis the 2018 recipient of the Gold Cystoscope from the American Urological Association! The Gold Cystoscope Award is presented annually to one …
Dr. Jason Abel invited to serve on Editorial Board of Cancer
Dr. Jason Abel‘s expertise was recently recognized with an invitation to serve on the Editorial Board of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal published by the American Cancer Society. Congratulations, Dr. Abel!
David F. Jarrard, MD and Bing Yang, PhD win 2017 WARF Innovation Award
Professor David F. Jarrard, MD and Researcher Bing Yang, PhD won the 2017 WARF Innovation Award for developing a molecular-based method to diagnose prostate cancer in a biopsy from non-tumor associated tissue. This could reduce …
Jason Abel, MD, is co-PI on NIH Cancer Institute Moonshot grant
Associate Professor E. Jason Abel, MD is a co-principal investigator on a three-year, $1.5M NIH National Cancer Institute Moonshot grant. The project, “Functional microscale organotypic assays to predict patient response to anti-angiogenesis therapies,” is a …