In a new partnership with Winter Haven Hospital, UF Urology is establishing a new multidisciplinary urology center. The Winter Haven-based center will serve as an extension of the programs of the Department, providing necessary patient care, promoting healthcare education and advancing medical research for the people of Winter…
Dr. Bryant Whiting, PGY-3, was recently awarded a 2010-11 scholarship for international travel in urology sponsored by IVUmed. The IVUmed Traveling Resident Scholar Program affords residents the opportunity to experience urology in a developing world setting. American residents travel with Board-certified urologists to partner hospitals abroad to exchange ideas…
The University of Florida College of Medicine has recognized Dr. Chester Algood, Clinical Assistant Professor and Medical Director in the Department of Urology, as a 2009/2010 Exemplary Teacher. His award is the result of a peer review process conducted in the fall, and commemorates his exemplary contribution toward the College’s…
Dr. Sijo Parekattil, Director of Robotic Microsurgery, has been asked by the National Medical Association, the leading medical society for African American physicians, to present two lectures on the use of robotic assistance for complex microsurgical procedures. The talks will focus on the anatomic basis and novel treatment…
Dr. Li-Ming Su, David A. Cofrin Chair of Endourology and Chief of the Department’s Division of Robotic & Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery, recently served as editor of a comprehensive text on the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer.Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer Series: Prostate Cancer is…
University of Florida urologist Scott Gilbert, M.D., M.S., and colleagues at the University of Michigan and the University of Texas Medical Branch, evaluated national patterns of how doctors prescribed a hormone treatment called androgen deprivation therapy, before and after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid lowered the associated…
The Center for Reproductive Medicine at the Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute & OB/GYN Women’s Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic will name its prestigious best reproductive medicine research intern award by one of our faculty members. The “Dr. Sijo Parekattil Award for Excellence in Reproductive Research” is given to the most…
The University Of Florida Department Of Urology has further enhanced its group of exceptional physicians with the recent recruit of Dr. Thomas Stringer and Dr. Larry Yeung, both University of Florida Urology alumni. Dr. Stringer, a leader in the north Florida Urology community, will serve as Medical Director of the…
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