2025 USTRS Award Winners
Congratulations! 2025 Award Winners: Poster Winner: Peter Ciechanski (accepted by Max Levine, MD), Univ. of Alberta; Podium Winner: Nuria DeFuentes, MD, Hospital Univ. deBellvitge, Barcelona, Spain; Novick Winner: Lauren (Frankie), Schfrank, Medical Student, David-Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
2025 Novick Award Winner: Lauren Schfrank
Congratulations! 2025 Novick Winner: Lauren (Frankie), Schfrank, Medical Student, David-Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, awarded by John Barry, MD. Presentation was made at the USTRS 2025 Program in Las Vegas.
2025 Kapoor Keynote Lecture: Dr. Burchin Ekser
2025 Kapoor Keynote Lecturer – Dr. Burchin Ekser, Loyola University Medical Center, awarded by USTRS Board: Nick Cowan, MD, Obi Ekwenna, MD and Octav Cristea, MD.
2024 Kapoor Keynote Lecture: Dr. Daniel Shapiro
Left: 2024 Kapoor Keynote Lecture: Dr. Daniel Shapiro, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Right: Dr. Neal Rowe introduces the 2nd Kapoor Lecturer and remembers Dr. Anil Kapoor.
2024 Novick Award Winner: Matthew Wainstein
Congratulations! Matthew Wainstein, MS (University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences) receives the 2024 Novick Award. Presented by Dr. John Barry Presentation was made at the USTRS 2024 Program in San Antonio on May 5.
2023 Kapoor Keynote Presentation Awardees: Dr. Nima Nassiri and Dr. Inderbir Gill
2023 USTRS Kapoor Keynote Presentation Awardees:Dr. Nima Nassiri and Dr. Inderbir Gill Chicago, April 30, 2023 Award presented for their presentation on “Bladder Autotransplantation – Preclinical Studies in Preparation for a First in Human Trial of Bladder Transplantation”, awarded by Scientific Program Chair, Dr. Nick Cowan and President, Dr. Jeffrey Veale.
2023 Novick Award Winner: Dr. Ernest Tong
2023 Novick Award Winner: Chicago, April 30, 2023 Congratulations! Dr. Ernest Tong, Hackensack University Medical Center, receives the 2023 Novick Award. Presented by Dr. John Barry Presentation was made at the USTRS 2023 Program in Chicago.
Passing of Dr. Anil Kapoor
It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Dr. Anil Kapoor, Member and Past President (2009 & 2018) of the USTRS. Dr. Kapoor passed away in the early hours of February 28 after a short and courageous battle with an acute illness. His loss is deeply felt by…
AUA TV VIDEO: Boosting Kidney Transplantation Globally with Alp Sener, MD, PhD
Boosting Kidney Transplantation Globally with Alp Sener, MD, PhD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oxbhyoe7C8