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After a decade of loyal service and leadership to the Department of Urology and Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, Dean G. Assimos, M.D., has been elevated to professor and chair emeritus status after his recent retirement.
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In observance of National Cancer Prevention Month in February, three UAB patients share their experiences about how getting recommended prostate screenings helps save lives.
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The event will raise awareness for prostate cancer, which is one of the biggest health issues facing men, while also helping raise funds for UAB’s Program for Personalized Prostate Cancer Care.
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Those honored for long-standing and distinguished service include Dean George Assimos, Peter Bellis, Joseph Van Matre, Harry William Schroeder Jr., Dean Sicking, Alexander Szalai and Sergey Vyazovkin.
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This project aims to investigate how the immune system contributes to kidney stones and whether variations in dietary oxalate intake affect immune function.
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The Department of Urology had eight providers who were recognized by UAB Medicine as Patient Experience Leaders based on their patient feedback scores on Medallia.
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Carmen Tong, D.O., an assistant professor of urology specializing in pediatric urology at the UAB Heersink School of Medicine, recently gave a panel lunch discussion to the UAB chapter of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) about her experience as a female in urology. Tong explains to us why it’s important to promote gender diversity within a traditionally male-dominated specialty.
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Adam Baumgarten, M.D. is a physician who specializes in genitourinary reconstruction, urologic trauma, and prosthetic urology. He joined the UAB Department of Urology after completing training at the University of South Florida followed by a fellowship in urologic trauma, reconstruction, and prosthetics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He underwent advanced training in the treatment of urethral stricture disease, erectile dysfunction, male stress urinary incontinence, Peyronie’s disease, ureteral stricture disease, genitourinary trauma, and genitourinary fistulas. Baumgarten also has a concentration in performing operations such as urethroplasty surgery, penile prosthesis placement, artificial urinary sphincter and male transobturator sling placement,[…]
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Anupam Agarwal, M.D., interim dean of the Heersink School of Medicine, welcomed faculty members and their families to the Endowed Chairs and Professorships Reception on Sept. 29.
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After 10 years of service to the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine and UAB Health System, Dean Assimos, M.D., will retire from UAB at the end of September 2022.
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Soroush Rais-Bahrami, M.D., MBA, will serve as interim chair of the Department of Urology, effective Oct. 1, 2022.
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The researchers found that ARID1A-deficient bladder cancers are sensitive to combination therapies with the EZH2 inhibitor and inhibitors of PI3K, in a synergistic manner.
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The UAB Heersink School of Medicine Office of Research introduces new faculty for Spring and Summer 2022. Please join Heersink School of Medicine and the Office of Research in welcoming these new faculty.
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Dr. Keith Lloyd’s retirement celebration honored his long career advancing the field of urology.
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UAB Faculty, residents, and School of Medicine medical students represented the Department of Urology in podium and poster sessions at the Southeastern Section of the American Urological Association 86th Annual Meeting.
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The Research on Calculus Kinetics (R.O.C.K) Society held its annual meeting on March 25-26 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The conference was an eventful one for the UAB Department of Urology; it was also the first time the group had convened in person since the pandemic began.
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After a long stint at UAB, Ross Holmes, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Urology, will retire at the end of 2021.
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Jed Ferguson, III, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Urology, won second place in the American Urological Association (AUA) Early-Career Investigators Showcase for his research project, “ARID1A mutant bladder cancer is dependent on PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling via a novel upregulation of non-canonical PI3K isoforms, which can be therapeutically targeted.”
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An independent life for spina bifida patients is still possible, thanks to programs like the UAB Transitional Spina Bifida Clinic.
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October marks Spina Bifida Awareness Month , and the UAB Departments of Neurosurgery, Urology and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation are sharing stories and experiences that challenge us to raise more awareness and support for those living with Spina Bifida.This week, Zac Cannady shares more about his experiences with Spina Bifida and the transition from pediatric to adult care.