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The Massachusetts Medical Society will award Culley C. Carson III, MD, with its Men’s Health Award at their 13th Annual Men’s Health Symposium in June. The award recognizes individuals who have advanced the cause of men’s health. Dr. Carson, a recognized authority on men’s health, is the John Sloan Rhodes and John Flint Rhodes Distinguished Professor of Urology in the Department of Urology at the UNC School of Medicine.

Ten residency programs at the University of North Carolina Hospitals were ranked among the top residencies in the South in results released by Doximity and U.S. News & World Report. Following the program’s ranking in the top 20 urology residencies nationwide in the first-ever national evaluation of residency programs this past fall, UNC Hospitals’ residency …

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 …

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, …

Culley C. Carson III, MD, FACS, Rhodes Distinguished Professor of Urology and former Chief of Urology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, recently received the St. Paul’s Medal from the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS). Created in 1989, the St. Paul’s Medal is the Association’s highest award for contributions to the …

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 …

UNC Urology Assistant Professor R. Matthew Coward, MD, received funding from the NC Cancer Hospital Endowment Fund for his project titled, “Development of an oncofertility program directed at adolescent males with a new diagnosis of cancer at UNC Cancer Hospital.” In his project proposal, Dr. Coward noted that though fertility preservation for all male cancer …

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 …

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 …

Nature Reviews Urology highlights research on sarcopenia as a predictor for complications and survival following radical cystectomy.

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 …

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 …

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Massachusetts Medical Society to Honor Culley C. Carson III, MD, with Men’s Health Award

UNC Urology Ranked Among Top Residencies in the South by U.S. News & World Report

UNC Urology Nurse Practitioner Receives Oncology Nursing Excellence Award

UNC Urology Ranked Among Top Residency Programs in the Nation

UNC Urology Professor Receives St. Paul’s Medal from the British Association of Urological Surgeons

Dr. Raj S. Pruthi Represents AUA at the Alliance for Specialty Medicine Annual Advocacy Conference in Washington, DC

Matthew Coward, MD, Receives Funding For Oncofertility Project

Dr. David Johnson Receives 2014 John William Pope Clinical Fellow Award

Dr. Raj Pruthi Talks About Bladder Cancer on NPR’s The People’s Pharmacy

UNC Urology Research Highlighted in Nature Reviews Urology

Dr. Raj Pruthi Invited to Join Distinguished International Faculty for 2nd Annual Techno Urology Congress

Dr. Angela Smith Appointed to PCORI Advisory Panel on Assessment of Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options