Welcome to our new Duke Urology bimonthly newsletter. With so much going on in our Division, we thought it easier to provide an online update on our achievements more frequently than our semiannual printed Duke Urology Newsletter. I hope that you have a wonderful summer, and as The Happenings sang in 1966, “See You in September.”
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Duke Urologic Assembly
The 50th anniversary Duke Urologic Assembly was held at the Omni Hilton Head Resort April 5–8, 2018. To commemorate this golden anniversary, ten graduates of the Duke Urology program were featured speakers in addition to the regular Duke Urology faculty. We were excited to have 29 former residents and fellows attend the continuing medical education meeting, highlighted by a dinner for our alumni association DYSURIA.
Plans are already being made for the Duke Urologic Assembly at the Grand Floridian Resort at Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL, March 28–31, 2019. We hope that you can join us.
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Seated: Philipp Dahm (2002 & prior Duke faculty), Edmond Gonzales (1972), Ralph de Vere White (1977), David Paulson (1971), Glenn Preminger (Duke faculty), Judd Moul (Duke faculty & fellow 1989).
Standing: Jon Donaldson (1992), Lance Coetzee (Fellow 1995), Tom Keane (1993), Johannes Vieweg (1999 and prior Duke faculty), John Wiener (1995), Jacques Bredael (1979), Brant Inman (Duke faculty), John Dannenberger (1989), Chris Amling (1996), Jeff Gingrich (1994 and Duke faculty), Victor Abraham (1998), Bob Fleischer (1989), James Flatt (1991), Sam Graham (1980), Andy Das (1990), Rob Santa Cruz (2004) (farthest back in photo) Phil Newhall (2000), Byron Hodge (1983), Phil Walther (Duke faculty), Sig Tannenbaum (1982), Cary Robertson (1985).
Not pictured: Morris Friedman (1995), Al Ruenes (1994).
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American Urological Association Annual Meeting
Duke Urology had another strong showing at this year’s American Urological Association meeting in San Francisco in May 2018. Duke medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty were represented in 34 abstract presentations. Duke faculty members Brant Inman, Drew Peterson, Jonathan Routh, and Chuck Scales gave invited lectures. The Duke Urology alumni organization, DYSURIA, hosted a reception that was attended by over 80 members and guests.
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FACULTY
Cindy Amundsen, MD, Roy T. Parker Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Associate Professor of Urology, was recognized as the Rodney Appell Continence Care Champion by the National Association for Continence. Also, her presentation "Two-Year Outcomes of Sacral Neuromodulation vs. OnbotulinumtoxinA for Refractory Urgency Urinary Incontinence” was awarded Best Overall Paper at the American Urogynecologic Society Annual Meeting. Dr. Amundsen, the Program Director of the Duke K12 Multidisciplinary Urologic Research Scholars Program, organized the 3rd Annual Multidisciplinary Benign Urology Research Day on May 11, 2018.
Michael N. Ferrandino, MD, was selected to the American Urological Association Leadership Program for 2018–19. This prestigious program identifies 20 early to mid-career urologists to develop their skills and networking to become the next generation of leaders in our field.
Brant A. Inman, MD, MS, was recently awarded tenure by Duke University School of Medicine. He was invited by the FDA to be part of the “State of the Science of Bladder Cancer” committee. This committee is drafting policies for bladder cancer trials and new drug approvals. He was appointed to the Programmatic Review Panel of the Department of Defense Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program and to the NIH Study Section on Cancer Immunopathology and Immunotherapy. He is a co-Director of the recently launched Duke Cancer Institute Prostate and Urologic Cancer Center.
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Aaron Lentz, MD, served as the North Carolina representative to the Board of Directors of the Southeastern Section of the AUA at the annual meeting in March 2018.
Thomas J. Polascik, MD, was awarded the Provost’s Intellectual Community Planning Grant Award at Duke. He also recently founded the International Society for Focal Therapy and Active Surveillance (of prostate cancer). Dr. Polascik is also an alternative representative for North Carolina on the Board of Directors of The Southeastern Section of the AUA at the annual meeting in March 2018.
Glenn M. Preminger, MD, presided over the 82nd annual meeting of the Southeastern Section of the AUA in Orlando on March 22–25, 2018. Dr. Preminger is in his third and final year as Secretary of the Section.
J. Todd Purves, MD, PhD, was selected to be a study section reviewer for Benign Urology Research for the NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease.
Jonathan C. Routh, MD MPH, was recently installed as the Paul H. Sherman Associate Professor of Surgery. Dr. Routh is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics. He and his collaborative team at the Duke Center for Child and Adolescent Gender Care were awarded the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Award at Duke University this spring.
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Dr. Preminger (right) with Scott Sellinger (center) and guest at Southeastern Section Past Presidents’ dinner.
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ALUMNI
Christopher L. Amling, MD, John C. Barry Chief of Urology at Oregon Health Sciences University, was recently selected as a Trustee of the American Board of Urology.
RESIDENTS
Evan Carlos, MD, received the award for most outstanding case presentation, with “Wilms tumor after orthotopic liver transplant in a patient with Alagille syndrome” at the Pediatric Urology Oncology Working Group of the Societies for Pediatric Urology meeting, a part of the American Urological Association annual meeting in San Francisco in May, 2018.
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Eugene Cone, MD, won second prize for the Southeastern Section of the AUA Montague Boyd Essay Contest at the 2018 annual meeting in Orlando for his paper “Disproportionate use of inpatient care by older adults with kidney stones.” Dr. Cone was recently selected as Chair of the Resident Committee of the American Urological Association.
Brian Young, MD, was a member of the winning team at the Resident Quiz Bowl at The Southeastern Section of the AUA annual meeting in Orlando in March, 2018, and represented the section at the national Resident Quiz Bowl at the American Urological Association meeting in San Francisco in May, 2018.
Ashley Wietsma, MD, was awarded the Southeastern Section of the AUA Health Policy Young Investigator and the Resident Travel Award from the Society for Women in Urology. She recently completed the highly selective Feagin Leadership Program at Duke. Dr. Wietsma won first prize at the Duke Surgery Research Day in April for her presentation, “Just a nudge, applying behavioral incentives to engage residents in quality improvement education.” Also, congratulations to Dr. Wietsma on her marriage to Greg Johnston over Memorial Day weekend 2018; look for her as Dr. Johnston in the future.
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From left: Dr. Ranjan Sudan, Vice Chair of Education; Dr. Ronald J. Weigel, Guest Judge; Dr. Ashley Wietsma, Clinical Research Winner; and Dr. Allan D. Kirk, Chair of Surgery.
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Diyva Ajay, MD, will be starting a fellowship in Urologic Reconstruction at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center/University of Texas-Houston.
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Captain Joe Fantony, MD, of the U.S. Army will be staying in the area, as he was assigned to Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, NC.
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Matvey Tsivian, MD, will be starting a fellowship in Urology Oncology at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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Melissa Heuer Mendez, MD, will be starting a fellowship in Sexual Medicine at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
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