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Note from the Department Chair
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As the year draws to a close, I want to acknowledge and recognize the exceptional efforts of every member of our department. It has been your hard work and dedication that signaled the need for our monumental transition this year.
We have maintained our commitment to training and mentoring the next generation of physician leaders and military trainees. We remain consistent in advancing our clinical endeavors to provide compassionate patient care and continue our historic growth as research leaders.
I am also so grateful for the support of the alumni and friends of the Department. I hope you and your loved ones will experience a holiday season filled with peace, joy and precious memories. Here's to an exciting and successful year ahead!
Best wishes,
Gary Faerber, MD, FACS
Interim Chair, Department of Urology
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DUKE UROLOGY RANKED #12 IN US BY EXPERTSCAPE
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They evaluated 847 institutions to calculate rankings of the medical centers having the greatest expertise in urology, based on 271,972 publications that appeared during 2013-2023. https://expertscape.com/expert-medical-centers/usa/specialties/urology
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NICOLE MILLER VISITS AS JOHN DEES LECTURER NOVEMBER 9-10
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Duke Urology welcomed Nicole Miller MD FACS, Professor of Urology at Vanderbilt University, as this year’s Dees Lecturer. Her featured talk was titled “State of The Art Care for Kidney Stone Disease: A Tale of Pain, Progress, and Innovation.” As part of the Duke Friday CME Series, she also spoke on “Imposter or Superhero: Balancing Work and Family as a Female Surgeon.” Duke faculty members Jodi Antonelli MD and Chad Gridley MD (one of her former fellows) also spoke on stone and BPH management, respectively. On Thursday evening, Dr. Miller also gave the Department an update on BPH management, “Surgical Management of BPH: Finding the Forest Through the Trees.”
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Nicole Miller MD and Glenn Preminger MD presenting Dr. Miller with her DYSURIA certificate and token of appreciation from The Bull City.
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Gary Faerber MD, Nicole Miller MD, Chad Gridley MD, and Glenn Preminger MD. Dr. Gridley did his fellowship with Dr. Miller at Vanderbilt.
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Ezra Margolin MD (Endourology fellow), Rob Medairos MD, Nicole Miller MD, Mike Lipkin MD, and Brian Eisner MD (visiting from Massachusetts General Hospital).
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DUKE UNIVERSITY UROLOGIC DYSFUNCTION (DUUD) LAB HAS STRONG SHOWING AT SOCIETY FOR PELVIC RESEARCH ANNUAL MEETING
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Trainees working with Todd Purves MD PhD and Monty Hughes PhD in the DUUD lab were recognized for their outstanding research at the recent Society for Pelvic Research annual meeting in Savannah, GA.
Post-doc fellow Michael Odom PhD - Top 10 abstract - “Testosterone Contributes More to the Development of Diabetic Bladder Dysfunction in Type 1 Diabetic Male Mice Than Hyperglycemia.”
Resident Armand Alkanjari MD - Top 10 abstract - “Male Akita Mice Develop Bladder Underactivity Independent of NLRP3 as a Result of a Decrease in Neurotransmitter Release from Efferent Neurons”
Former medical student Shelby Harper MD (currently a urology resident at The Cleveland Clinic) - Top 10 abstract - “Strict glucose control and elimination of NLRP3-induced inflammation prevents diabetic bladder dysfunction in the female Akita mouse model.”
Current medical student Anissa Cervantes - 3rd place in the Best Presentation Awards - “Resolving E1, a specialized pro-resolving mediator, has a transient beneficial effect on diabetes-associated bladder inflammation in a mouse model.” Ms. Cervantes also received a travel award to the meeting.
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Monty Hughes PhD and Anissa Cervantes
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DUKE UROLOGY GOES FAR... AND FAST
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The Duke Whizzards team rocked the Sakori 40 mile relay earlier this month. They placed in the top 30 out of 85 teams paced by the two women who had the fastest split times! Team members are (L-R): Todd Purves MD PhD, Akeet Shah MD, Mike Abern MD, Rand Vanden Berg MD, Maryellen Kelly DNP, Carrie Endara DNP, Martus Gn MD, and Rob Medairos MD.
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Jeff Gingrich MD has been awarded a Humanitarian Grant of $7400 from the Southeastern Section of the American Urological Association for "Advancing Urologic Care in Rural Kenya"
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Judd Moul, MD was recognized by the Penn State University Alumni Association with their most prestigious award as an Alumni Fellow in September. This award recognizes their graduates who have become leaders in their respective fields.
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(L-R): Dr. Paul Clifford, CEO PSU Alumni Association, Judd Moul, MD, and Dr. Tracy Langkilde, Verne M. Willaman Dean, Penn State Eberly College of Science.
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Tom Polascik, MD was awarded a $25,000 grant from the Duke Cancer Institute Population Sciences Pilot Studies for calendar year 2024. This is for his work: Early Longitudinal Outcomes Following Implementation of Baseline Serum Prostate Specific Antigen Risk Stratification Among Black and White Men Screened for Prostate Cancer in a Health System-Wide Initiative.
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Todd Purves, MD PhD was selected as Chair of Research for the Societies for Pediatric Urology.
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Chuck Scales, MD MS has been awarded a 3-year contract from FDA to use preference assessment science to identify meaningful changes in overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms, which will potentially inform how FDA thinks about approval of new drugs and devices in the OAB space. The grant is led by Juan Marcos Gonzalez Sepulveda PhD, who is a colleague at Duke Clinical Research Institute and in the Department of Population Health Sciences, along with Drs. Cindy Amundsen and Erick Jelovsek from Duke Ob-Gyn.
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Michael Odom, PhD , (post-doctoral fellow in Dr. Purves and Hughes’ lab) presented “Androgens Contribute More to the Development of Diabetic Bladder Dysfunction in Type 1 Diabetic Male Mice Than Hyperglycemia” at the recent annual CAIRIBU (Collaborating for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology) meeting held in Kansas City, MO. His presentation was awarded special recognition for Best Abstract by K12 scholar/post doctorate.
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Dr. Odom is at the top left with current and former Duke K12 scholars along with Duke Faculty Chuck Scales (Urology) and Cindy Amundsen (Director of Duke K12 program) and Nazema Siddiqui (both of Urogynecology)
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Costas Lallas MD, (2004) completed his term as President of the Mid-Atlantic Section of the American Urological Association. Dr. Lallas is Professor of Urology and Vice-Chair of Academic Affairs and Associate Director of the Urology Residency Program at Jefferson Health/Sidney Kimmel Medical College in Philadelphia.
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FEBRUARY 8-9, 2024 - VICTOR POLTAINO VISITING PROFESSOR
Dr. O. Lenaine Westney, UT Houston
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SEPTEMBER 26-27, 2024 - DAVID PAULSON VISITING PROFESSOR
Dr. Edward Schaeffer, Northwestern
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NOVEMBER 2024 - JOHN DEES VISITING PROFESSOR
Dr. Rosalia Misseri, Riley Pediatric Urology
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