Expertscape’s PubMed-based algorithms have recently labeled three notable UNC Physician Researchers as “World Experts,” placing them in the top 0.1% of scholars writing about Urinary Bladder Diseases over the past 10 years.
Drs. Matthew Milowsky, Matthew Nielsen, and Angela Smith are all listed in the top 50 of the researchers pulled into Expertscape’s web-based algorithm designed to act as a resource for physician and patients alike.
At UNC, Drs. Milowsky, Nielsen, and Smith are all members of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center where Drs. Milowsky and Smith are the Co-Directors of the Urologic Oncology Program and the Bladder Cancer Center of Excellence.
Dr. Nielsen, is the Chair of the Department of Urology at UNC.
About the Bladder Cancer Center of Excellence
The Bladder Cancer Center of Excellence is a program within the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, the primary cancer center for the people of North Carolina.
The Bladder Cancer Center of Excellence brings together a multidisciplinary team comprised of world-renowned physicians, researchers and staff to create and deliver personalized, individualized care to patients.
Research at the Bladder Cancer Center of Excellence
The Bladder Cancer Center of Excellence is conducting innovative research and connecting and integrating our discoveries to improve the care of patients with bladder cancer.
The center reinforces an infrastructure that promotes collaboration in the laboratories and clinics, which leads to more efficient and effective translation of scientific discoveries into clinical practice.
UNC Lineberger has more than 10 bladder cancer clinical trials open, focusing on research that spans from better understanding the genetics of bladder cancer to determining more effective drug combinations and innovative therapies.