6 years ago
Thirteen UNC Urology Faculty are included in the latest compilation of The Best Doctors in America® database. The Best Doctors database contains the names and professional affiliations of more than 53,000 doctors in the United States, all chosen through an exhaustive peer-review survey that asks: “If you or a loved one needed a doctor in …
9 years ago
Mary Dunn, RN, MSN, OCN, NP-C of UNC Urology was recently selected to receive the Oncology Nursing Excellence Award for 2014. Mary has been with the Department of Urology and Medical Oncology since 2010 as an adult nurse practitioner and has served as adjunct faculty for the UNC School of Nursing since 2011. She is …
10 years ago
On September 10th, Doximity physician network, in collaboration with US News & World Report, announced their first-ever national evaluation of residency programs across 20 specialties. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Urology Residency Program was ranked among the top 20 Urology residency programs nationwide. Doximity conducted an online survey of member physicians, …
10 years ago
Dr. Raj S. Pruthi, Professor and Chair of the UNC Department of Urology, was invited to serve as a representative of the American Urological Association at the Alliance for Specialty Medicine’s Annual Advocacy Conference July 7-9 in Washington, DC. The Alliance is a coalition of national medical societies representing specialty physicians in the United …
10 years ago
David Johnson, MD, MPH, currently completing his 3rd year of urology residency, was recently selected as a recipient of the 2014 UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center John William Pope Clinical Fellow Award. He was nominated by his mentors, Matthew Nielsen and Angela Smith, on the Urology faculty, and selected by Lineberger faculty reviewers on the …
10 years ago
Raj S. Pruthi, MD, FACS, Chair of the Department of Urology, spoke about bladder cancer on NPR’s “The People’s Pharmacy,” on Saturday, March 1, 2014. We rarely hear about bladder cancer, but it is the fourth most common cancer of men in the U.S., and the toll it takes is underappreciated. We hear from …
10 years ago
Nature Reviews Urology highlights research on sarcopenia as a predictor for complications and survival following radical cystectomy.
10 years ago
Dr. Raj Pruthi, Professor and Chairman of Urology at UNC, was recently invited to join a distinguished international faculty for the 2nd annual Techno Urology Congress on Improving Minimally Invasive Surgery in Torino, Italy. He participated in a panel with Professors Alex Mottrie from Belgium and Peter Wiklund from Sweden, discussing techniques and results of …
10 years ago
Angela Smith, MD was recently appointed to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Advisory Panel on Assessment of Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options. Advisory panels assist in identifying research priorities and establishing the research project agenda for the institute. On January 13 and 14, 2014, Dr. Smith met with other members of the panel to …
10 years ago
Dr. Matthew Nielsen was selected as one of two recipients of the three-year, $101,000 2013 Urology Care Foundation/Astellas Rising Stars in Urology Research Award, based on his successful competition for an externally funded, peer-reviewed career development award. In his qualifying Mentored Research Scholar Grant from the American Cancer Society, “Optimizing survivorship and decision-making in low …
10 years ago
Dr. Angela Smith is one of five young surgeon-scientists chosen to participate in the Surgical Outcomes Club’s inaugural Research Fellowship program. The program matches promising junior investigators with senior leaders in surgical outcomes research for mentorship and career development activities. Dr. Smith will be mentored by Dr. David Penson from Vanderbilt University. Dr. Smith is …
10 years ago
New ACS NSQIP® study led by Angela Smith, MD, Assistant Professor in the UNC Department of Urology and David C. Johnson, MD, MPH, senior urology resident, identifies low blood albumin level as an independent risk factor for surgical-related health problems after radical cystectomy.
