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
2020 Benefactors
The USTRS wishes to acknowledge and thank the following individuals for their generous contributions to the Dr. John Barry Traveling Fellowship Award in Transplantation 2020 Benefactors (as of Sept. 30, 2020) John Barry, MD Alp Sener, MD Evan Vapnek, MD Avery Seifert, MD Cynthia A. Fairfax, MD Jeff Veale, MD Mark Wakefield, MD Jason Hedges,…
View USTRS 2020 Abstracts
Published Abstracts in Canadian Urological Journal (CUAJ) May 2020 Volume 14, Issue 5 View the Urologic Society for Transplantation and Renal Surgery 2020 Annual Meeting Abstracts
2020 Novick Award Winner: Spencer Mossack
Congratulations! Presentation was slated for the USTRS 2020 Program in Washington, DC Spencer Mossack, M.D. Candidate Class of 2021 – Stony Brook School of Medicine Paper Title:Imaging characteristics and screening limitations for malignancy in Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease and Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease.
2019 Novick Award Winner: Kristen McAlpine, MD
Congratulations! Presentation at the USTRS 2019 Program in Chicago Development of a patient decision aid for the management of small renal masses Dr. John Barry presents Kristen McAlpine, MD (Ottawa, Ontario) with a certificate (plaque to be sent later)
Dr. Barry’s 2019 meeting “take away notes”
Peritoneal Dialysis. The visual obturator technique and the swan-neck catheter are good ideas. Prostate Cancer. If a kidney transplant candidate or recipient would otherwise qualify for active surveillance, it’s safe. Re-transplantation of previously transplanted kidneys. It’s reasonable. Robotic vs open renal transplantation. No comment. Is cytoreductive nephrectomy dead? No. One can consider systemic therapy followed…
Success in Chicago 2019 Meeting May 6, 2019
Success in Chicago Over 100 attend! USTRS 2019 Annual Meeting – At the AUA in Chicago, Monday, May 6 click here for details
USTRS 2019 Abstracts now published in the CUAJ
Dear Colleagues, The USTRS is very proud to announce that for the first time, specific USTRS abstracts have been accepted by the CUAJ and are now being published. Many thanks to Dr. John Barry for his financial support in making this happen, to the officers who worked diligently on the details and to the authors…