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IBM’s Watson Supercomputer Is Going to Help 10,000 Veterans
FORTUNE by Laura Lorenzetti June 29, 2016, 6:15 AM EDT A a big leap forward for cancer treatment. IBM is teaming up with the federal government to bring Watson technology into America’s largest hospital and healthcare network. The initiative is one of the first public-private partnerships setup as part of Vice President Joe Biden’s Cancer…
Read MoreNew VA Physicians Wanted
Wanted: 1,800 New VA Physicians HealthLeaders Media News, June 28, 2016 Making the Department of Veterans Affairs health system an attractive place to work is a key priority in the wake of negative reports about wait times and reimbursements to physicians in the private sector. click here to read full article
Read MoreCongratulations to our SGSU Members who won AUA 2016 Awards!
Allen F. Morey, MD – Distinguished Contribution Awardfor outstanding contributions to the science and education of civilian and military urologists in the performance of urological reconstructive surgery as well as 18 years of philanthropic missions to Honduras. Col. Paul A. Friedrichs, MD – Presidential Citation for outstanding leadership in the United States Air Force Medical…
Read MoreOutlook Newsletter – March 2016
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Read MoreKimbrough Award Winners – 2016 San Antonio
Congratulation Winners! 2016 James C. Kimbrough Awards Clinical Research Awards 1st #10 MAJ Stephen Overholser, MC, USA 2nd #1 CPT Jonathan T. Wingate, MC, USA 3rd #14 MAJ Matthew C. Kasprenski, MC, USA Basic Science Awards 1st #5 LT Travis C. Allemang, MC, USN 2nd #15 LCDR Randy K. Sulaver, MC, USNR 3rd…
Read MoreJohn Barry’s Meeting “take aways” – 2016 San Antonio
SGSU/Kimbrough 2016 Many thanks to Dr. John Barry for his diligence in taking the time to provide SGSU members these insights. Yes, I timed all of the presentations. Most of the residents were within the allotted time. Some of the members and guest faculty seemed to lose track of time the moment that first slide…
Read More2016 Meeting Report of the Secretary/Treasurer – Dr. Joseph Y. Clark
Members and Colleagues, I would like to thank the members of the Society for attending our 63rd Annual James C. Kimbrough Urological Seminar, held at the Westin Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas from January 13-17. Drs. Timothy Phillips and Steven Hudak as program directors planned an outstanding, educational meeting in the heart of the Riverwalk.…
Read MoreOverview of the 62nd Annual Kimbrough Seminar
Congratulations to the 2015 James C. Kimbrough Award Winners Many thanks our judges: John M Barry, MD and Pramod Sogani, MD Clinical Research Awards 1st #24 – CPT Raffaella DeRosa, MC, USA 2nd #11 – CPT James S. Farrell, MC, USA 3rd #22 – CPT Matthew T. Stringer, MC, USAF Basic Science Awards 1st…
Read MoreSGSU “Outlook” Newsletter, Spring 2014 Issue
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Read MoreCongratulations 2014 Award Winners!
JAMES C. KIMBROUGH MEMORIAL ~ RESIDENT COMPETITION WINNERS For Basic Science Research 1ST PLACE: CPT Ryan W. Speir, MC, USA Effects of Valproic Acid and Dexamethasone in Acute Kidney Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Model. 2ND PLACE: CPT Tara K Ortiz, MC, USA The Role of Type I PILI In Adherence and Invasion into Neurogenic Bladder Epithelium In a Spinal…
Read MoreBrigadier General Bill Fox, Jr. receives AUA Honorary Membership
The photo below was taken at the 2012 SGSU meeting in Charleston, SC where the AUA Honorary Membership presentation was made by Dr. John Barry. See AUA press release While a urology resident at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Brig. Gen. Bill Fox rotated with me on our kidney transplant service. He sustained IED…
Read MoreStudy: Government Meetings Benefit Economy and Productivity
Study: Government Meetings Benefit Economy and Productivity – Click here for more According to a new study sponsored by the U.S. Travel Association, government meetings are more cost-effective than private-sector meetings, and government attendance at meetings provides opportunities to advance industries.
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