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Associate Professor Soroush Rais-Bahrami, M.D., co-authored an article, "MRI-targeted prostate biopsy: key considerations for pathologists," outlining the role of the pathologist for MRI‐targeted prostate biopsy with a focus on specimen processing, reporting of pathological findings and quality assurance in establishing a successful MRI‐targeted biopsy program.

Associate Professor John Knight, Ph.D., Professor Ross Holmes, Ph.D., and Assistant Professor Tanecia Mitchell, Ph.D., co-authored "Dietary Oxalate Induces Urinary Nanocrystals in Humans."

Professor and Chief of Pediatric Urology David Joseph, M.D., has been elected to active membership in the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons (AAGUS).

A number of years ago, Charles Anderson began receiving care from Keith Lloyd, M.D., a professor in the Department of Urology. “I found him to be one of the most outstanding doctors,” Anderson says.

The Department of Urology welcomes three new faculty members.  

UAB Department of Urology Assistant Professors Kyle Wood, M.D. and Jed Ferguson, M.D., Ph.D. have been declared board-certified and admitted as a diplomate of the American Board of Urology. 

In 2019, UAB had more than 1,100 employees eligible for service award recognition. Three of those recipients include faculty and staff from the Department of Urology.

The American Urological Association (AUA) and the Urology Care Foundation have recognized 21 researchers as recipients of the 2020 Urology Care Foundation Research Scholar Awards. Two of those recipients are Anirban Kundu, Ph.D., postdoctoral researcher, and Joseph Crivelli, M.D., endourology fellow. 

Faculty, residents, and School of Medicine medical students will represent the Department of Urology in podium and poster sessions at the Southeastern Section of the American Urological Association 84th Annual Meeting.   

The Department of Urology received 228 residency applications, held 21 interviews, and matched with three new residents. The department is excited to welcome a new group of PGY-1 residents to the team.

Joseph Davis, M.D., is retiring after practicing for 40 years. He joined the Department of Urology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine in January 2012, after having been in private practice in Montgomery for the previous 27 years.

Patrick Selph, M.D., was slected as a 2019 American Urological Association Ambassador. He was invited to lecture Brazilian chief residents at the Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia-American Urological Association (SBU-AUA) Lessons in Urology in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Two Department of Urology faculty members received promotions. 

The following rank changes went into effect October 1:

Sunil Sudarshan, M.D., has been promoted from Associate Professor to Professor.

Jeffrey Nix, M.D., has been promoted from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor.

This summer, two UAB medical students and one UAB undergraduate student received grants to conduct research with the Department of Urology.

Two medical students, Stephen Leahy and Taylor Tucker, received their grants through the UAB-UCSD O’Brien Center for Kidney Injury Research Summer Program. Ornin Hakim received his grant through the Morehouse, Tuskegee and UAB Cancer Research Symposium.

Stephen Leahy received a grant for summer research with P.I. Dr. Rais-Bahrami in collaboration with Dr. Soory Varambally of the Department of Pathology. The title of his research was “Differential Expression of BAP1 in Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma and Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Stratified by Race.”

Taylor Tucker also received a grant for summer research with P.I. Dr. Rais-Bahrami in collaboration with Dr. Kristin Porter with UAB Radiology. “ Examining the Role of Contrast-Enhanced Renal Ultrasound in Characterizing Indeterminate Renal Lesions in the Setting of Chronic Kidney Disease” was the title of his research.

Ornin Hakim recently presented his research titled “Evaluation of Perioperative Outcome of Robotic Laparoscopic Prostatectomy Between Multi-port and Sing-port Approaches” at the Cancer Research Symposium hosted by Morehouse, Tuskegee and UAB Cancer Research.

Summer Research Scholar Ornin Hakim