Professor
David A. Cofrin Endowed Chair of Endourology
Director of Urologic Research
Department of Urology
Education:
- Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
- Residency: University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
- Fellowship: Laparoscopy and Endourology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- Clinical Interests: Urologic Stone Disease, Endourology and Laparoscopy
Postdoctoral Training:
- Fellow and Clinical Instructor in Laparoscopy, Endourology, and Robotics,University of Minnesota, Department of Urologic Surgery, Minneapolis, MN
- Urology Residency, University of Minnesota, Department of Urologic Surgery, Minneapolis, MN
- General Surgery Internship, University of Minnesota, Department of Surgery, Minneapolis, MN
Present Hospital Affiliations:
- UF Health Shands
Department of Urology
University of Florida
College of Medicine
1600 SW Archer Road
Gainesville, Florida 32610 - Malcom Randall VA Medical Center
1601 SW Archer Road
Gainesville, Fl 32608
Particular Clinical Interests and Skills:
- Minimally invasive urologic surgery
- Laparoscopic nephrectomy
- Laparoscopic prostatectomy
- Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy
- Endourology
- Kidney stone disease/pathogenesis
Honors & Awards:
- University of Florida College of Medicine Professor, 2023
- University of Florida College of Medicine Exemplary Teacher, 2022
- University of Florida College of Medicine Scientific Review Committee, 2022
- Endourological Society Research Committee, 2022
- American Urological Association International Academic Fellowship Committee, 2022
- UF College of Medicine University Term Professor, 2019
- US News Best Doctor, 2019
- Cook Urological “Arthur Smith” Award, 2017
- American Urological Association International Academic Fellowship Committee, 2016
- Engineering and Urology Society Meeting “Top Ten Abstract”, 2016
- American Urological Association Research Council, 2016
- American Urological Association Gold Cystoscope Award, 2016
- “Best of Posters” Award, Basic Science, 2015
- American Urological Association Stone Disease Abstract Review Team Leader, 2015
- American Urological Association/Japanese Urological Association Academic Exchange Program, 2015
- American Urological Association Urologic Oncology Symposium Travel Award Recipient, 2014
- American Urological Association Urology Care Foundation Travel Award Recipient, 2012-2014
- Engineering and Urology Society Meeting “Top Ten Abstract”, 2012
- American Urological Association Care Foundation/Astellas Rising Star in Urology Award, 2011-2015
- University of Florida Department of Urology Teacher of the Year Award, 2010-2011
- 30th Société Internationale D’Urologie Congress, abstract selected “Take Home Message Top Pick”, 2009
- World Congress of Endourology 2008 Abstract selected for 2009 Highlights Issue J. of Endourology, 2009
- American Urological Association Research Forum – “Showcasing New Investigators”, 2009
- NIDDK Young Investigator Travel Award, 2008
- American Urological Association/Gyrus ACMI Prize Essay Contest 1st Place, Laboratory Research, 2008
- Endourological Society Basic Science Fellow Essay Contest 2nd Place, 2007
- NIDDK Fellow Travel Award, 2006
- University of Minnesota Urology, Research Contest 1st and 3rd Place, 2006
- Leslie Zieve Award – Outstanding Fellow or Resident Research at VAMC, 2006
- American Urological Association Foundation Research Scholar, 2006
- World Congress of Endourology 2005 Abstract in 2006 Highlights Issue, Journal of Endourology, 2005
- American Urological Association/Praecis Pharmaceuticals Inc. Gerald P. Murphy Scholar, 2005
- University of Minnesota Urology, Research Contest 1st Place, 2005
- Pfizer Scholars in Urology Award, 2003
- Who’s Who Among Students – America’s Colleges and Universities, 2000-2001
- Louisiana Tech University Presidential Scholar, 1992-1996
- National Shakespearean Competition Finalist, 1992
Professional Memberships:
- American Society of Nephrology
- American Urological Association
- Endourological Society
- Florida Urological Society
- Research on Calculus Kinetics Society
- Southeastern Society of the American Urological Association
