Department of Urology Archive — Page 9 of 9

Portrait of Joseph A. Smith, M.D., wearing a black suit, white shirt, and red striped tie against a brown background.
March 19, 2015

Smith selected as next editor of Journal of Urology

By Vanderbilt Health News
Portrait of a bespectacled man with a beard wearing a white lab coat and tie in a clinic setting.
March 12, 2015

VUMC’s Barocas named to Commission on Cancer

Daniel Barocas, M.D., MPH, assistant professor of Urologic Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was recently named a representative on the Commission on Cancer.

By Vanderbilt Health News
October 29, 2014

Key to prostate cancer resistance

A combination of two types of therapy may be more effective in treating castration-resistant prostate cancer.

By Vanderbilt Health News
Dr. David Penson, identified by the supplied caption, stands with arms crossed in a white Vanderbilt medical coat in a clinic hallway. A partially visible sign points to the waiting room.
September 11, 2014

Penson to lead Department of Urologic Surgery

David Penson, M.D., the Paul V. Hamilton, M.D. and Virginia E. Howd Professor of Urologic Oncology, will become chair of Vanderbilt’s Department of Urologic Surgery, effective Jan. 1, 2015.

By Craig Boerner
A smiling woman in her 50s in front of a rock wall.
April 2, 2014

VU study tracks urinary incontinence therapy

More than 15 million women in the United States are impacted by stress urinary incontinence (SUI) at a cost of nearly $20 billion a year to treat.

By Jessica Pasley
A physician in a white coat speaks with a seated woman in a medical examination room. An exam table, medical equipment, and a partially visible poster appear in the background.
March 27, 2014

Grant bolsters patient-centered outcomes research

Patient-centered outcomes research is the focus of a $3.3 million, five-year, institutional K12 training grant awarded to Vanderbilt University Medical Center by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

By Craig Boerner