Dr. E. Jason Abel has been named the Robert F. and Dolores K. Schnoes Chair in Urologic Oncology. Dolores (Jinx) Schnoes and her late husband Robert (Bob) endowed this chair to support the Department in the realm …
Recognition
Castle Connolly announces 2019 Top Doctors
Castle Connolly has recently announced their 2019 Top Doctors. Among those that made the list are several UW Urology faculty including Drs. Sara Best, Wade Bushman, Tracy Downs, Dan Gralnek, David Jarrard, Craig Kozler, Sarah McAchran, Stephen Nakada, David Paolone, and Daniel Williams.
Kristina Penniston, PhD, selected by the American Urological Association Office of Research to serve on the Urology Research Conferences Advisory Board (URCAB)
We would like to congratulate Kristina Penniston, PhD, senior scientist in the Department of Urology, who recently accepted an invitation from the American Urological Association (AUA) Office of Research to serve on the Urology Research …
The University of Wisconsin Department of Urology establishes the Dr. David Paolone Lecture Series in Men’s Health Visiting Professorship
December 6, 2018 Madison, WI Thanks to a generous gift by faculty member David R. Paolone, MD, the University of Wisconsin Department of Urology hosted its inaugural Dr. David Paolone Lecture Series in Men’s Health …
Dr. Nakada featured in Endourology Sound Bites
Endourology Sound Bites, a podcast from the Journal of Endourology features Dr. Nakada in episode 8. Episode #8: Do We Need a Guidewire for Ureteroscopy? Podcast Summary: In this episode Dr. Nakada discusses wireless ureteroscopy …
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 …
Dr. Sara Best Funded in Multi-Center Veteran Study
Sara L. Best, MD has received funding as the site Principal Investigator for a Veterans Affairs (VA) collaborative study: “A multi-modal, physician-centered intervention to improve guideline-concordant prostate cancer imaging”. Dr. Danil V. Makarov, MD, MHS …
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, …
Wisconsin Urologic Honors
Two residents, Natasza Posielski, MD and Matt Grimes, MD each received the Prize Paper Award at the 2018 annual Wisconsin Urological Society meeting in April. Dr. Posielski’s paper is titled “Do I need to see …