Congratulations Session Winners

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MILEY B. WESSON RESIDENT ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS

1ST PLACE: #10 - Carissa E Chu, MD - "Heterogeneity In Nectin-4 Expression Across Molecular Subtypes Of
Urothelial Cancer Determines Sensitivity To Enfortumab Vedotin."

2ND PLACE: #239 - Heiko Yang, MD, PHD - "A Microbiome Exists In the Upper Urinary Tract of Stone Formers: A
Pilot Study."

3RD PLACE: #45 - Meera Chappidi, MD, MPH - "Validation of the Cancer of Bladder Risk Assessment (COBRA) Score in the
Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Bladder Cancer Cohort."

 

JOSEPH F. MCCARTHY PHYSICIAN ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS

1ST PLACE: #11 - Christopher S. Elliott, MD, PhD - "The Effect of Early Infection on the Rate of Volitional Voiding at 1-Year
Follow-up After Spinal Cord Injury – A Potential Modifiable Risk."

2ND PLACE: #240 - Thomas Chi, MD - "Resident Physician Learning Curve for Achieving Renal Access for
PCNL is Shortened With Ultrasound Guidance."

3RD PLACE: #64 - Kathleen Kan, MD - "The Post-potty Training Period: Preventive Pediatric Urology Will
Decrease The Incidence Of Voiding Dysfunction In Schoolchildren."

 

HISTORY ESSAY CONTEST WINNER

1ST PLACE: #12 - Mang L Chen, MD - "The History of Microsurgery in Urological Practice."

 

HEALTH POLICY AWARDS

JEFFREY E. KAUFMAN, MD FIRST PLACE ESSAY AWARD
Yaw Nyame, MD, MBA - "Estimating The Harms And Benefit Of Intensified Prostate Cancer Screening In Black Men."

ANTHONY W. MIDDLETON, MD GRAND PRIZE POSTER AWARD
Adam Gadzinski, MD, MS, Univ. of WA - "The Utilization of eConsults in Urology."

 

ROUND TABLE AWARDS

HADLEY AWARD
Tyler Kern, MD

BODNER-STEGEMANN AWARD
Poone Shoureshi, MD

 

OVERALL POSTER WINNERS

James L. Goebel Grand Prize:

Jason Alter, MD -  “Clinical Utility of ExoDx Prostate in Men on Initial Biopsy.”

Overall Second Place:

Tony Chen, MD - "Performance Characteristics of Stone Models in Burst Wave Lithotripsy Research."

Overall Third Place:

Son Nguyen, MD - "Evaluating Re-operation Rates After Primary Distal Hypospadias Repair."

 

BEST OF SESSION POSTER WINNERS

FIRST PLACE - BEST OF POSTER SESSION 1

Jason Alter, MD - "Clinical Utility of ExoDx Prostate in Men on Initial Biopsy"

SECOND PLACE - BEST OF POSTER SESSION 1

Jonathan Tward, MD - "Personalizing Localized Prostate Cancer: Validation Of A Combined Clinical Cell-cycle Risk (CCR) Score Threshold For Prognosticating Benefit From Multimodality Therapy"

THIRD PLACE - BEST OF POSTER SESSION 1

Mitch Hayes, MD - "Performance of MRI Cognitive Fusion Biopsy for Prostate Cancer Affected by Transverse Dimension of Region of Interest"

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FIRST PLACE - BEST OF POSTER SESSION 2

Harcharan Gill, MD - "In-vitro Functional and Histological Study of the Male Endopelvic Fascia"

SECOND PLACE - BEST OF POSTER SESSION 2

Pansy Uberoi, MD, MPH - "Varied Understanding of Mid Urethral Slings among Women"

THIRD PLACE - BEST OF POSTER SESSION 2

Rohan Vaidya, MD - "Characterization of Urethral Diverticula in Females"

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FIRST PLACE - BEST OF POSTER SESSION 3

Tony Chen, MD - "Performance Characteristics of Stone Models in Burst Wave Lithotripsy Research"

SECOND PLACE - BEST OF POSTER SESSION 3

Heiko Yang, MD, PHD - "A Microbiome Exists In the Upper Urinary Tract of Stone Formers: A Pilot Study"

THIRD PLACE - BEST OF POSTER SESSION 3

Dima Raskolnikov, MD - "Multi-institutional Variation in Performance of Low Dose Computerized Tomography for the Evaluation of Suspected Nephrolithiasis"

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FIRST PLACE - BEST OF POSTER SESSION 4

Ronald Swerdloff, MD - "Efficacy and Safety of a New Oral Testosterone (TU) Formulation in Hypogonadal Men: Results from the 'inTUne' Trial"

SECOND PLACE - BEST OF POSTER SESSION 4

Julie Wong, B.Eng, MD - "Patients Accessing the Vancouver Prostate Cancer Supportive Care Program's Sexual Health Service (SHS)"

THIRD PLACE - BEST OF POSTER SESSION 4

Theodore Crisostomo-Wynne, MD - "Regenerative Medicine Approach Using Novel Therapies to Promote Sexual Function Recovery Following Pelvic Injury"

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FIRST PLACE - BEST OF POSTER SESSION 5

Son Nguyen, MD - "Evaluating Re-operation Rates After Primary Distal Hypospadias Repair"

SECOND PLACE - BEST OF POSTER SESSION 5

Deborah Jacobson, MD, MS - "Efficacy of Caudal Versus Penile Blocks in Hypospadias Repair"

THIRD PLACE - BEST OF POSTER SESSION 5

Suzanne Lange, MD - "At-home Use of Parasacral Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation (PTENS) for Pediatric Voiding Dysfunction: A Safety and Feasibility Study"