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Congratulations to Kimbrough 2017 Award Winners
HG Stevenson Award for outstanding support and dedicated service to the SGSU and urology residency programs. Presented to: George Kaplan, MD Honorary Lifetime Membership Award for lifetime dedication and service to the SGSU. Presented to: Mitchell Edson, MD Prince Beach Award for best paper (#65) presented by a society member staff physician as judged by…
Read MoreKimbrough Meeting “take aways” – 2017 San Diego
Dr. Tim Brand Take Home Points Enzalutamide is easy to prescribe but causes fatigue. – Ray Lance, MD Corynebacteria are bad for prosthetics. -Jesse N. Mills, MD Primary care should refer everyone with psa >1.5 ng/dl to urology for risk assessment (using sophisticated biomarkers) for clinically significant prostate cancer. -E. David Crawford, MD “If you…
Read MoreSGSU and USAV Affiliation Approved in San Diego
SOCIETY OF GOVERNMENT SERVICE UROLOGISTS (SGSU) AND UROLOGICAL SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN VETERANS (USAV) FORMALLY AGREE TO JOIN TOGETHER At its Annual Business Meeting in San Diego on January 14, 2017, the SGSU membership voted to approve an affiliation arrangement with the newly established USAV – which represents VA urologists nationwide. SGSU President, Dr. Hal Frazier…
Read MoreWhat the military can teach physician leaders
Editor’s corner: What the military can teach physician leaders by Joanne Finnegan |Fierce Healthcare Jul 27, 2016 1:38pm Like me, the national political conventions taking place these last two weeks might have you thinking more about leadership and the kind of leader the country so desperately needs right now. But it’s not just the country…
Read MoreIBM’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…
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