Dr. Sijo Parekattil, Assistant Professor of Urology, Co-Director of Robotic Surgery and Director of Microsurgery, was invited to present two keynote presentations at the Endourological Congress of Brazil at Ipinema Hospital, San Paolo in early February, 2009. His presentations focused on new techniques of hydrodissection of the neurovascular…
Benjamin Canales, MD Dr. Benjamin Canales, Assistant Professor of Urology, has been recognized for his presentation at the 26th World Congress of Endourology in Shanghai, China. His work, “Presence of five biofilm proteins are highly associated with early…
Dr. Sijo Parekattil, Assistant Professor of Urology and Co-Director of Robotic Surgery, received a $75,000 award from ERBE Surgical Systems for his project titled “Animal Safety and Prospective Randomized Control Trial of Hemostatic Hydrodissection for Nerve Preservation during Robotic of Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy.” Founded in 1847, ERBE Surgical…
Dr. Philipp Dahm, Associate Professor of Urology and Director of Clinical Research, was recently appointed to the Journal of Urology Editorial Board. Dr. Dahm will serve on the Editorial Board for a three year term, through the year 2012. He joins Dr. Raju Thomas (Tulane University) and Dr.
Dr. Charles Vincent, PGY3, was recognized at the 2009 AUA Annual Meeting for his poster, “Symptoms and risk factors associated with first UTI in college-aged women: a prospective cohort study.” His presentation, the result of research conducted in collaboration with his faculty mentor, Benjamin Canales, MD, was selected…
On 2/8/2010, UF minimally invasive surgeons, Dr. Parekattil and Dr. Atalah, performed robot-assisted single port laparoscopic surgery with the use of the da Vinci Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical, Inc.). This case involved abdominal microsurgical neurolysis for a patient with chronic testicular and lower abdominal pain and is the…
Evidence Based Reviews in Urology (EBRU) is a new educational program launched by the AUA in October 2009 under the leadership of Philipp Dahm, MD, MHSc (chairman of the EBRU Steering Committee) and Scott Gilbert, MD, MPH (member of the EBRU Steering Committee). EBRU is an online journal club…
The recent SESAUA Meeting in Miami was marked by an outstanding performance by members of the University of Florida (UF) Department of Urology. There were a total of 22 podium, poster and video presentations from UF. This included the prestigious Ballenger Lecture, this year delivered by UF Department…
Johannes Vieweg, MD, Professor and Wayne & Marti Huizenga Eminent Scholar Chair in Urology, was recently named the AUA Foundation Research Council Chair. The AUA Board of Directors unanimously elected Dr. Vieweg to the position, officially approving the recommendation of the AUA Search Committee headed by Dr.
Chief Residents Ngoc-Bich Le, MD, and Lawrence Yeung, MD, have both been accepted to prestigious urology fellowship programs for the coming academic year. Dr. Le (PGY-5) has accepted a two-year Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery fellowship position with the UCLA Department of Urology. Dr. Yeung (PGY-6)…
