Third year resident Natasza Posielski, MD and fourth year resident Jonathan Wang, MD are the 2018 Ira Sisk Award recipients. This award recognizes outstanding performance on the urology resident in-service exam. This year we had …
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Dr. Thomas Gasser Honored as UW Urology Distinguished Alumni
On May 19th Wisconsin Urology Alumni gathered for a reception during the annual AUA conference in San Francisco. The highlight of the event was presenting Dr. Thomas Gasser with the second annual Reginald C. Bruskewitz …
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 …
Second Blue Tie Bash A Resounding Success
May 10, 2018 the Department hosted our second annual Blue Tie Bash (previously Sky’s the Limit) event to create awareness of urologic cancers and men’s health while raising money for urologic research. This year we …
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 …
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 …