Barb Lewis, RN, MS has received the 2020 Chancellor’s Hilldale Award for Excellence in Teaching. We appreciate all of her hard work and dedication to our Simulation Education Program and the Department as a whole.
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Dr. Walid Farhat Selected to Serve as Education/Research Chair of the American Association of Pediatric Urologists
Dr. Walid Farhat has been selected to serve as the Education/Research Chair of the American Association of Pediatric Urologists.
Dr. Walid Farhat Joins UW SMPH Department of Urology as Chief of Pediatric Urology
Dr. Walid Farhat has been appointed to the rank of Professor in the Department of Urology. Dr. Farhat is Chief of Pediatric Urology.
Denise Mussehl, MS Elected Secretary of the Association of Coordinators for Urologic Residency Education
Denise Mussehl, MS has been elected Secretary of the Association of Coordinators for Urologic Residency Education (ACURe). ACURe is a national organization representing residency program coordinators from all the academic urology programs.
Dr. Stephen Y. Nakada Receives Hugh Hampton Young Award
Dr. Stephen Nakada has been selected as the 2020 recipient of the American Urological Association’s Hugh Hampton Young Award. This award recognizes those who have made outstanding contributions to the study of genitourinary tract disease.
Dr. Stephen Y. Nakada elected to serve as secretary for the Clinical Society of Genitourinary Surgeons
Dr. Stephen Nakada has been elected to serve as secretary for the Clinical Society of Genitourinary Surgeons. This is a prestigious society with only 25 members who have made outstanding contributions to the study and advancement …
Dr. Will Ricke honored with the 2019 Society of Toxicology’s Kenneth P. DuBois Award
Dr. Will Ricke received the 2019 Society of Toxicology’s Kenneth P. DuBois Award. The award honors an outstanding Midwest toxicologist with a distinguished and longstanding career in toxicological research.
David Jarrard, MD, receives five-year renewal of NIH RO1 grant in the amount of $2.9 million
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 …
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.