2 months ago
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 …
3 months ago
Congratulations to Drs. Borawski, Bukowski, Chan, Figler, Nielsen, Raynor, Ross, Smith, Sutherland, Tan, Viprakasit, and Wallen received the 'Top Doctor' designation from Castle Connolly.
8 months ago
Just as women know to be concerned about breast cancer, men need to be aware of their risk for prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, with an even higher incidence in Black men. But many men don’t know their risk factors or when to get screened.
1 year ago
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 …
1 year ago
Matt Nielsen, MD, MS, Rhodes Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Urology, was honored on March 21 with UNC Health’s H. Fleming Fuller Award.
1 year ago
Professor and Chair of Urology Matthew Nielsen, MD, MS, FACS opened the Malecare 2021 Prostate Cancer Patient Conference with a virtual Keynote and Dr. Angela Smith delivered a presentation on bladder cancer after prostate cancer.
1 year ago
Dr. Ray Tan, alongside co-investigators Alison Lazard, PhD, Lixin (LEE) Song, RN, PhD, FAAN, and Matthew Nielsen have been awarded a 3-year, $929,618 grant from the US Department of Defense to improve the decision-making experience for patients by personalizing how they receive information about their possible kidney cancer.
2 years ago
Congratulations to Matthew Nielsen, MD, MS, FACS who has been approved by the Board of Directors of the American Urological Association's (AUA) as the next chair of the Science and Quality (S&Q) Council. Dr. Nielsen will assume the role of chair-elect on June 1, 2021 and serve a four-year term.
2 years ago
Congratulations to Drs. Borawski, Coward, Figler, Nielsen, Raynor, Ross, Smith, Sutherland, Tan, Viprakasit, and Wallen received the 2021 'Top Doctor' designation from Castle Connolly.
3 years ago
After serving the Department as Interim Chair since January 2020, Matthew Nielsen, MD, MS, FACS has been appointed as Chair, effective November 2020. Nielsen joined the faculty at UNC in 2009 as a urologic oncologist and health services researcher after completing medical school and residency training at Johns Hopkins. Since joining the UNC faculty, he obtained advanced training in clinical research from the Gillings School of Global Public Health and healthcare delivery improvement from the Intermountain Healthcare Delivery Institute.
3 years ago
Congratulations to Drs. Borawski, Bukowski, Coward, Figler, Nielsen, Ross, Smith, Sutherland, Viprakasit, and Wallen received the 2020 'Top Doctor' designation from Castle Connolly. Drs. Borawski, Ross, and Smith also were included on Castle Connolly’s 2020 list of 'Exceptional Women In Medicine.'
3 years ago
Dr. Matthew Nielsen, Professor and Interim Chair of the Department, was a panelist and contributing author to the American Urological Association’s new 2020 Guideline for the evaluation of hematuria, released this week. The guideline will be presented by panel co-Chairs at the AUA Live Virtual Experience at 3:45pm on Saturday, June 27.
