Meeting Take-Aways Kauai 2024 by Dr. John Barry

Many thanks to Dr. John Barry for his commentary and sharing of these take-aways from the sessions at the 2024 meeting Kauai. It takes half an hour to get from LIH to paradise (AKA the Hyatt Regency Kauai). Were there >300 posters? Yes.  Urinary biomarkers are coming of age for prostate cancer screening and for…

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History of the WSAUA by Earl F. Nation, MD

2003 History Committee meeting at the WSAUA office in Santa Ana, CA: Picture from left to right, Dr. John Prince. Dr. Earl Nation, and Dr. Lawrence Jones. We are posting this excellent article written in 1977 by a true Western Section pioneer, Dr. Earl Nation, as part of our Centennial celebration. Click here to view…

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In Memoriam – Sakti Das, MD

Sakti Das, MD  1939 – 2024   The Western Section AUA regrets to announce the recent passing of our longtime member and past Historian (2001-2004) Sakti Das, MD, FACS,  this October, in Lafayette, California.  Dr and Mrs Das attended the last annual meeting in October of 2023 in Lake Tahoe where he was honored as…

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In Memoriam – Lorne Sullivan, MD

Dr. Sullivan pictured with his wife, Elaine, during the WSAUA Past-President’s Dinner at the 2011 Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC. In Memoriam – Lorne D. Sullivan, MD July 3, 1936 – March 28, 2024 Western Section Past-President 1991 Dr. Lorne D Sullivan, a distinguished figure in the field of Urologic Sciences, passed away peacefully at…

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