News Archives | Department of Urology

Congratulations to Dr. Kathryn Hacker Gessner who has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious 2023 Pope Clinical Trainee Awards.

University urologists have extensive training and experience with fusion biopsies, having collectively completed over 1,000 procedures to date.

Dr. David Friedlander, an Assistant Professor of Urology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, has been selected as an Improvement Scholar by the UNC Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement (IHQI).

Drs. Angie Smith and Zach Klaassen discuss mentorship and coaching in urology, highlighting the significance of having multiple mentors and the notion that everyone can act as both a mentor and a mentee.

Full schedule of UNC Urology courses, lectures, panels, forums being presented at the AUA 2023 meeting in Chicago

Whether they are as small as a grain of sand or as large as a golf ball, kidney stones can be extremely painful. Fortunately, there are ways to prevent developing kidney stones or at least minimize their size and impact, says UNC Health urologist David F. Friedlander, MD, MPH.

UNC Health has been recognized as one of the “Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare” by Becker’s Hospital Review.

FORTUNE has named UNC Health one of “America’s Most Innovative Companies” in it’s inaugural release of the FORTUNE’s Most Innovative list.

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Katherine Chan, a distinguished surgeon-scientist will become UNC Urology’s inaugural Vice Chair for Research beginning April 1st.

The Department of Urology is excited to announce that Hung-Jui (Ray) Tan, MD, MSHPM has been named the new Director of Urologic Oncology and will also become the Co-Director of the Urologic Oncology Program within the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Albert Brunson didn’t tell anyone but his wife, Delphine, when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in May 2009, or when his prostate was removed six months later. “I had my surgery in Chapel Hill,” he says. “I have a brother who lived just down the road in Durham. I didn’t tell him I was …

A team of UNC researchers’ work has earned them a coveted spot in the American Urological Association's (AUA) 2023 Annual Meeting Press Program including Hannah E. Kay, MD, UNC Urology 2nd Year Resident

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Kathryn Hacker Gessner, MD, PhD Receives Prestigious Pope Clinical Trainee Award

Urologists at UNC Perform Advanced “Fusion” Biopsies, Helping to Provide Enhanced Prostate Cancer Detection

Dr. Friedlander Selected as UNC IHQI Improvement Scholar

Exploring Mentorship and Coaching in Urology: Insights and Strategies for Overcoming Burnout

UNC Urology at AUA2023

Want to Reduce Your Risk of Kidney Stones?

UNC Health Named One of the Top Places to Work in Healthcare

FORTUNE Recognizes UNC Health as One of America’s Most Innovative Companies

Dr. Katherine Chan to become UNC Urology’s First Vice Chair for Research

Dr. Hung-Jui (Ray) Tan Announced as New Director of Urologic Oncology Program

Opening Up About Prostate Cancer

UNC Urology Researchers’ Abstract Selected for the AUA2023 Annual Meeting Press Program