Passing of Dr. Anil Kapoor

March 9, 2023

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

June 24, 2022

Boosting Kidney Transplantation Globally with Alp Sener, MD, PhD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oxbhyoe7C8

Video: USTRS 2022 Meeting Recording

June 20, 2022

 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

June 1, 2022

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

May 23, 2022

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

May 20, 2022

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

August 21, 2021

Published Abstracts in Canadian Urological Journal (CUAJ) August 2021 Volume 15, Issue 853

2021 American Association of Kidney Patients – Medal of Excellence Award

January 26, 2021

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.

January 11, 2021

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

November 25, 2020

Robot-Assisted Kidney Transplantation Click above link to read article published on AUA News November 2020 Issue