THE PRINCE BEACH AWARD
Established in 1992 for the best paper presented by a Society Member Staff Physician, as judged by a panel of Active Duty Urology Chief Residents attending the Seminar selected by the Course Director.
PRINCE D. BEACH, MD
Colonel, Medical Corps, United States Army, 1918 - 1992
Colonel Beach was a native of New Bedford, Massachusetts, a graduate of Colby College and Jefferson Medical College, and was commissioned in the US AMEDD in 1945. Over the next several years he served as a battalion surgeon and medical officer with varied and multiple commands of dispensaries and station hospitals, primarily in Europe. During the Korean War he received the Bronze Star while commanding officer and division surgeon of the 24th Medical Battalion. After completion of his urology residency in 1955 at Brooke Army Medical Center, he was the Assistant Chief of Urology at Fort Carson and Brooke, and Chief of Urology, 2nd General Hospital, Landstuhl, Germany. He returned to Brooke General Hospital in 1963 and was Chief of Urology from 1965 until his retirement in 1968, after 23 years of active service. Subsequently, he became an Associate Professor in the Department of Urology at Baylor College of Medicine, Chief of Urology at the VA Hospital in Houston, Texas, and Co-chairman of the VA Cooperative Urological Research Group. He was Executive Secretary of the Society of Government Service Urologists (SGSU) from its inception until his death in 1992. He was known for his great sense of humor, administrative expertise, wise counsel and sound clinical acumen.
Previous Distinguished Award Winners |
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YEAR
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1993
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Maj. Samuel Peretsman, USAF, MC Wilford Hall Medical Center |
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1994
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MAJ J. Brantley Thrasher, MC, USA Madigan Army Medical Center |
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1995
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MAJ J. Brantley Thrasher, MC, USA Madigan Army Medical Center |
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1996
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MAJ Allen F. Morey, MC, USA UCSF San Francisco General Hospital |
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1997
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MAJ Ronald S. Sutherland, MC, USA Tripler Army Medical Center |
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1998
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LTC Burkhardt H. Zorn, MC, USA Walter Reed Army Medical Center |
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1999
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COL Rhonda Cornum, MC, USA Eisenhower Army Medical Center |
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2000
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LCDR Stephen V. Jackman, MC, USN Naval Medical Center Portsmouth |
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2001
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COL Thomas A. Rozanski, MC, USA Brooke Army Medical Center |
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2002
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MAJ(P) Douglas W. Soderdahl, MC, USA Eisenhower Army Medical Center |
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2004
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LCDR Brian Auge, MC, USN Naval Medical Center San Diego |
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2005
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COL Edward Mueller, MC, USA (Ret.) San Antonio, TX |
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2006
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LCDR Emily Cole, MC, USN Naval Medical Center San Diego |
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2007
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Maj. R. Clay McDonough, USAF, MC University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics |
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2008
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James A. Brown, M.D. Medical College of Georgia |
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2009
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LTC Andrew Peterson, MC, USA Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA |
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2010
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LCDR Douglas W. Storm, MC, USN Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA |
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2011
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MAJ Steven Hudak, MC, USA UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX |
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2012
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LCDR Joe Miller, MC, USN University of California, San Francisco |
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2014
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Douglas W. Storm, MD (1st Place) University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA MAJ John E. Musser, MC, USA (2nd Place) Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY CDR (Ret.) Brian K. Auge, MD, FACS (3rd Place) St. Luke's Clinic - Mountain States Urology, Meridian, ID |
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2015
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LTC Andrew C. Peterson, MD, MC, USA Duke University, Durham, NC |
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2016
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LCDR Eric T. Grossgold, MC, USN Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO |
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2017
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LCDR Eric T. Grossgold, MC, USN Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO |
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2018
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COL Thomas Rozanski, MD University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX |
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2019
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Robert Borjian, MD |
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2020
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Ranjith Ramasamy, MD |