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
Video: USTRS 2022 Meeting Recording
View this video to watch the excellent presentations you may have missed during the meeting.
2022 (Inaugural) Barry Award Winner: Dr. Nima Nassiri, MD, UCLA
Nima Nassiri, MD, UCLA receives first ever Dr. John M. Barry Traveling Fellowship Award in Transplantation Presentation was made at the USTRS 2022 Program in New Orleans. Congratulations to Dr. Nassiri!
AUA ’22 New Orleans: USTRS Meeting talk featured in AUA Daily News re: kidney transplant voucher programs
New approaches can improve kidney transplant numbers worldwide The demand for kidney transplants far exceeds the supply of organs. A wait-listed kidney recipient can expect to wait five to seven years in North America and even longer in other parts of the world. New approaches to increasing the number of matched kidney donor-recipient pairs…
2022 Novick Award Winner: Dr. Juliano Chrystian Mello Offerni
Congratulations! Presentation was made at the USTRS 2022 Program in New Orleans. 2022 Novick Award Winner: Dr. Juliano Chrystian Mello Offerni Western University, Ontario, Canada receives the 2022 Novick Award
View USTRS 2021 Abstracts
Published Abstracts in Canadian Urological Journal (CUAJ) August 2021 Volume 15, Issue 853
2021 American Association of Kidney Patients – Medal of Excellence Award
Congratulations to Dr. Michael A. Rees, MD, PhD, FACS, University of Toledo School of Medicine, as the recipient of the 2021 American Association of Kidney Patients – Medal of Excellence Award. Read more: Medal of Excellence 2021 – AAKP
Congratulations to Gaetano Ciancio, MD, MBA, FACS, Univ. of Miami Health System, as the recipient of the 2021 ASTS Francis Moore Award.
Congratulations to Gaetano Ciancio, MD, MBA, FACS, Univ. of Miami Health System, as the recipient of the 2021 ASTS Francis Moore Award. https://asts.org/professional-development/asts-recognition-awards/awards-recipients#.X_y0wDjsY2w
AUA News article: The Learning Curve in Robot-Assisted Kidney Transplantation
Robot-Assisted Kidney Transplantation Click above link to read article published on AUA News November 2020 Issue