residents having a first language other than English. It boasts North America's best Asian dining scene. Restaurants in Vancouver are known for their diversity, use of local ingredients, and pairings with British Columbia wine and craft beer. Of course the Seafood is unsurpassed in excellence! The Westin Bayshore is a downtown Vancouver hotel located on Coal Harbour, adjacent to Stanley Park, with fantastic views of the coastline, the distant mountains, and the park. Shopping, dining, entertainment, arts and culture, are just steps away, as are numerous recreational activities in Stanley Park. The Summer dates will allow you to make this meeting a family vacation! The Hotel's conference center has been renovated, and the new décor, and meeting/exhibit rooms renovations, offer a comfortable, beautiful, and functional area for our WSAUA meeting. Dr. Chris Porter, and the program committee, have planned a comprehensive CME program that will include practical urological practice presentations, state of the art lectures, cutting edge innovations in technology and research, and the resident's bowl. Dr. Peter Black, General arrangements chairperson, and his committee, have planned a wonderful social program which will feature the fantastic culinary delights that Vancouver has to offer. Carrie Black and Gloria Carlile have planned a great program for the Spouses, highlighting some of Vancouver's unique venues. We hope to see you in Vancouver soon! Rob Carlile

THE WESTERN SECTION AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, INC.

2017 is here and hopefully going well for all of you in the WSAUA. It is an honor and a privilege to serve as your 2017 WSAUA President. I have enjoyed serving in the Western Section in various capacities, and am happy to be given the opportunity for further service in this wonderful organization.

The 2016 WSAUA meeting on Kauai was very successful and it was enjoyed by all who attended. After the grueling 2016 US Presidential election, many of you may be considering escaping to Canada, our 2017 meeting, in Vancouver, BC offers the perfect opportunity to do so! It will be held Aug 6-10, 2017 at the Westin Bayshore. This will

thbe the 12 time the Western Section has met in British Columbia, Canada. The first time was in Vancouver in 1929, with the last B.C. meeting being in 2011 also in Vancouver. My first WSAUA meeting was in 1991 in Vancouver, at the Pan Pacific Hotel at Canada Place, when I was a Urology resident. As many of you know, Vancouver is a wonderful sea-port city with a temperate climate, rated the Top destination in Canada by Trip Advisor in 2016. The mountains meet the ocean here, with both outstanding opportunities for outdoor adventure and the sophisticated amenities of a world-class city. The city's ocean side location, plenty of green space, the mountains being 20 minutes north of downtown, allows for many recreational opportunities. Vancouver is ethnically diverse, with 52% of its

93rd Annual Meeting *August 6-10, 2017 * Westin Bayshore * Vancouver, BC

mainstreamPRESIDENT’S MESSAGE BY ROB CARLILE, MD - ALL ABOARD TO VANCOUVER!

OFFICERS

President: Robert Carlile, MD,

Honolulu, HI

Imm. Past President: Dean A. Hadley, MD,

Loma Linda, CA

President Elect: Joseph C. Presti, Jr., MD, Oakland, CA

Secretary: Christopher Porter, MD, Seattle, WA

Treasurer: Christopher Amling, MD,

Portland, OR

Historian: George Kaplan, MD, San Diego, CA

Executive Directors: Chris DeSantis, MBA & Jeannie DeSantis, MBA, Frank DeSantis, CAE, Emeritus Executive Director

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

District 1: N.W. Canadian Provinces, Alaska, Hawaii & Pacific. Island Possessions of the US

Mem: Ben Chew, MD, Vancouver, BC

Alt: Greg Lund, MD, Palmer, AK

District 2: Washington

Mem: Douglas Sutherland, MD, Tacoma, WA Alt: Ken Berger, MD, Pasco, WA

District 3: Oregon

Mem: Chris Austin, MD, Portland, OR

Alt: Brian Duty, MD, Portland, OR

District 4: Northern California (Inc. Alameda & Contra Costa Counties)

Mem: David Aaronson, MD, Oakland, CA Alt: Paul Li, MD, Oakland

District 5: San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara Counties & Central California

Mem: H. Greg Rainwater, MD, Fresno, CA

Alt: Craig Comiter, MD, Stanford, CA

District 6: Los Angeles County

Mem: Timothy Lesser, MD, Torrance, CA Alt: Polina Reyblat, MD, Los Angeles, CA

District 7: Southern California

Mem: Ithaar Derweesh, MD, San Diego, CA / Alt: Herb Ruckle, MD, Loma Linda, CA

District 8: Arizona

Mem: Mitchell Humphreys, MD, Phoenix, AZ/ Alt: Christian Twiss, MD, Tucson, AZ

District 9: Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming

Mem: Will Lowrance, MD, SLC, UT

Alt: Chris Dechet, MD, SLC, UT

District 10: Orange County, CA

Mem: Jaime Landman, MD, Orange, CA

Alt: Gamal Ghoniem, MD, Orange, CA

AUA Board of Directors: Mem: Scott Swanson, MD, Scottsdale, AZ / Alt: Fred Govier, MD, Seattle, WA

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

District 1: Greg Lund, MD

District 2:Jonathan L. Wright, MD

District 3: Jason Hedges, MD

District 4: Nadya Cinman, MD

District 5: Anthony Horan, MD

District 6: Ann Schuckman, MD

District 7: Dean Hadley, MD

District 8: Paul E. Andrews, MD

District 9: William Brant, MD

District 10: Jeffrey Kaufman, MD

Ex Officio: AUA Nom. Cmte. Rep. Patrick Cartwright, MD

WSAUA REPRESENTATIVES TO AUA

AUA Awards Committee

William Bohnert, MD

AUA Board of Directors

Mem: Scott Swanson, MD

Alt: Eric Zeidman, MD

AUA Nominating Committee

Mem: Patrick Cartwright, MD

Representative to SUNA

Martin L. Dresner, MD

AUA Coding/Reimb. Cmte.

Chris Porter, MD, Micheal Darson, MD, Lane C. Childs, MD, Carleen Benson, MD

AUA By-Laws Cmte.

Jason Jameson, MD, Dan Lin, MD, Chad Wallis, MD

AUA Core Curriculum Committee

Benjamin Breyer, MD, Laura Leddy, MD, Karen Stern, MD, H. Albin Gritsch, MD

AUA Data Committee

Jennifer Anger, MD, Matthew Cooperberg, MD, Benjamin Breyer, MD Chris Saigal, MD, Ithaar Derweesh, MD

AUA Education Council

Tim Brand, MD, Peter Carroll, MD, Inderbir Gill, MD, Mark Jordan, MD, John Lam, MD, Chris Porter, MD

AUA History Committee

George Kaplan, MD, Larry Jones, MD

AUA Int. Academic Fellowship Cmte.

Inderbir Gill, MD, Charles Rosser, MD

AUA International Member Cmte.

Inderbir Gill, MD

JU Editorial Board

Peter Black, MD, Craig Comiter, MD, William Lowrance, MD, Jaime Landman, MD, Maxwell V. Meng, MD

AUA Judicial & Ethics Council

John Corman, MD, Chris Twiss, MD, Jeffrey Kaufman, MD, Jennifer Anger, MD

AUA Laparoscopy & Robotic Surgery

Tim Brand, MD, Arnold Chin, MD, James Porter, MD, Thomas Lendvay, MD

AUA Leadership Program

Sean Stroup, MD, Hillary Copp, MD, Jonathan Bergman, MD

AUA Legislative Affairs Committee

Mitchell Humphreys, MD, Jason Jameson, MD, Eugene Rhee, MD, Jeremy

Shelton, MD

AUA Nat’l Medical Student Curriculum

Seth A. Cohen, MD

AUA Young Urologists Committee

Sean Stroup, MD, Matthew Christman, MD, John Lam, MD

AUA Residents Committee

Hamad Ahmadi, MD

AUA Advanced Practice Nurses/PAs

Louis Koncz, PA-C

AUA Public Policy Council

Jeffrey Frankel, MD, Chris Porter, MD, Aaron Spitz, MD, Matthew Christman, MD, David Ginsberg, MD, Eric Zeidman,

MD, Peter Bretan, MD

AUA Practice Guidelines

Micheal Darson, MD, David Ginsberg, MD, Blake Hamilton, MD

AUA Practice Editorial Board

Eugene Rhee, MD, MBA, Kathleen Kobashi, MD

AUA Publications Committee

Peter Carroll, MD, Inderbir Gill, MD

AUA Quality Improvement & Patient

Safety Cmte.

Micheal Darson, MD, John Gore, MD

AUA Research Council

Robert Reiter, MD, Larissa Rodriguez, MD,

Peter Black, MD, Kelly Parsons, MD, Daniel Lin, MD

Research Grants & Investigator Support Committee

Robert Reiter, MD, Larissa Rodriguez, MD,

Peter Black, MD, Kelly Parsons, MD, Daniel Lin, MD

AUA Science & Quality Council

Eila Skinner, MD

AUA Section Secretaries/Memb. Council

Joseph Presti, Jr, MD, Sean Stroup, MD, Inderbir Gill, MD, John Lam, MD

AUA Update Series Advisory Committee

Elspeth McDougall, MD, Michael Ritchey, MD, Eila Skinner, MD

AUA Urologic Diag. & Ther. Imaging

Chris Porter, MD, Hao Gia Nguyen, MD

AUA Video Education Committee

Daniel Dugi, MD, James Porter, MD, Jennifer Hsueh-Lin Yang, MD

STANDING COMMITTEES

Arrangements Committee

Chairman: Peter Black, MD, Vancouver, BC

Joe Sterbis, MD, Honolulu, HI

Michael Sanford, MD, Palm Desert, CA, Timothy Brand, MD, Tacoma, WA

Audit Committee

Chairman: Lamia Gabal, MD, Newport Beach, CA

Bylaws Committee

Chairman: Daniel Lin, MD, Seattle, WA, Chad Wallis, MD, SLC, UT

Commercial Exhibits Committee

Chris F. DeSantis, MBA

Dave Metayer, Ad Hoc Industry Rep.

Essay Committee

Chairman: Kathleen Kobashi, MD, Seattle, WA., Polina Reyblat, MD, Los Angeles, CA

Finance Committee

Chair: Rob Carlile, MD, Honolulu, HI

Dean Hadley, MD, Loma Linda, CA,

Chris Amling, MD, Portland, OR

Joseph C. Presti, Jr, MD, Oakland, CA, Chris Porter, MD, Seattle, WA

Health Policy Committee

Chairman: Jeffrey Frankel, MD, Seattle, WA, Vice Chair: Eugene Rhee, MD, San Diego, CA

Dist. 1: Rob Carlile, MD, Honolulu, HI

Dist. 2: John Gore, MD, Seattle, WA

Dist. 3: Brian Shaffer, MD, Portland, OR

Dist. 4: Peter Bretan, MD, Sonoma, CA

District 5: Joseph R. Kuntze, MD, San Luis Obispo, CA

District 6: Jeremy Sheldon, MD,

Los Angeles CA

District 7: Sean Stroup, MD, San Diego, CA

District 8: Jason Jameson, MD,

Phoenix, AZ

District 9: Lane Childs, MD, Salt Lake City, UT

District 10: Aaron Spitz, MD, Laguna Hills, CA

History Committee

Chairman: George Kaplan, MD, San Diego, CA, Lawrence W. Jones, MD, Pasadena, CA, John C. Prince, MD, Orange, CA,

Martin L. Dresner, MD, FACS, Tucson, AZ

Scott Swanson, MD, Scottsdale, AZ

Frank J. DeSantis, CAE

Membership Committee

Chairman: Blake Johnson, MD, SLC, UT

Postgraduate Instruction Committee

Daniel Lin, MD, Los Angeles, CA

Program Committee

Chairman: Chris Porter, MD, Seattle, WA

Joseph Presti, MD, Oakland, CA

Maurice Garcia, MD, San Francisco, CA

Blake Hamilton, MD, Salt Lake City, UT

Erik Castle, MD, Scottsdale, AZ

Peter Black, MD, Vancouver, BC

David Ginsberg, MD, Los Angeles, CA

John M. Barry, MD, Portland, OR

John C. Prince, MD, Santa Ana, CA

Supplemental Resources Committee

Chairman: Dean Hadley, MD, Jeffrey Kaufman, MD, Santa Ana, CA, Paul Andrews, MD, Scottsdale, AZ

Time & Place Committee

Chairman: Chris Porter, MD, Seattle, WA

Dean Hadley, MD, Loma Linda, CA

Jeffrey Kaufman, MD, Santa Ana, CA

Paul Andrews, MD, Scottsdale, AZ

Chris Amling, MD, Portland, OR

Frank J. DeSantis, CAE, Chris DeSantis, MBA, Santa Ana, CA

Urology Training Program Council (Ad Hoc Committee)

Dist. 1: Christopher Nguan, MD-University of British Columbia / Michael P. Chetner, MD-University of Alberta /Joe Sterbis, MD-Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii

Dist. 2: Timothy C. Brand, MD-Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma /

Hunter Wessells, MD-U of WA Med. Ctr.

Dist. 3: Chris Amling, MD-Oregon Health Sciences University

Dist. 4: Christopher Evans, MD-UC Davis

Dist. 5: Peter R. Carroll, MD-UC San Francisco / Eila Skinner, MD -Stanford Univ.

Dist. 6: Gary Chien, MD-Kaiser Foundation Med., Los Angeles / Inderbir Gill, MD - USC / Mark Litwin, MD- UCLA / Timothy Wilson, MD-City of Hope / Jennifer Anger, MD-Cedars Sinai

Dist. 7: Sean Stroup, MD-San Diego Naval Med. Ct. /Christopher J. Kane, MD-UC San Diego; Herbert Ruckle, MD, Loma Linda UMC

Dist. 8: Benjamin Lee, MD-Arizona Health Sciences Ctr. / Scott Swanson, MD-Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale

Dist. 9: Patrick Cartwright, MD-Univ. of Utah

Dist. 10: Jaime Landman, MD-UC Irvine

2017 WSAUA Leadership

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Westin Bayshore

Our 93rd Annual Meeting is August 6-10 at the stunning Westin Bayshore in Vancouver! Start working on your abstracts, essays, posters and videos for submission. The Abstract Deadline: MARCH 20. You can NOW submit on-line at www.wsaua.org Vancouver is lovely during the summer, we again expect a hotel sell-out, so be sure to reserve your rooms early!

We invite all educational institutions to be involved in the WS meetings - as moderators, panelists, and state of the art lecturers. Please write to Jeannie or myself and let us know if you have an interest. All of the program chairs have been notified and we again expect a tremendous response. We recognize that we are dependent on the experts in our Section to deliver an educational program that is second to none!

Continuing education is important for us to respond to the needs of our patients. We need to stay relevant and responsive to change and be aware of new therapies and standards of practice that may impact our profession. Urology is unique as its landscape is encompassing more new areas of treatment and surgeries in our field.

Meeting face to face with colleagues is essential to create brainstorming of new ideas and stay connected to the mainstream thoughts and be able to share your experiences with others. You cannot get this experience on the internet or text books. Personal and mutual sharing is very necessary in our age of technology and transitions. The basics of human contact with our colleagues is as important as our contact with our patients.

We are again excited to host our 5th Annual Resident's Bowl during the meeting - A new theme this year - Resident’s “Rock and Roll” Bowl... don't miss it!

There are many opportunities for award recognition. For Residents, there are Scholarship Awards, Resident Research Essay Contest, Health Policy Essay Contest, and History Essay Contest. There are also award opportunities for the Poster Session Awards, and Trick of the Trade and Bizarre Case Awards during the Round Table Program. Submit to win and enhance your resume!

For Practicing Urologists, there are just as many opportunities for awards. The essay contests include: Research Essay, Health Policy Essay, and History Essay. Other awards include Poster Session Awards and Trick of the Trade and Bizarre Case Awards.

I hope you will be in the moment and attend the Western Section AUA meeting in Vancouver – your presence as a member is VERY IMPORTANT! We look forward to your submissions!

See you in Vancouver!2

Secretary’s Say Christopher R. Porter, MD

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MEMBERS MAKING NEWS

The Western Section is proud to announce the following:

S. Larry Goldenberg CM, OCB, MD, will be awarded The AUA 2017 Hugh Hampton Young Award for outstanding contributions in the study and treatment of prostatic diseases and for spearheading the development and implementation of a national men's health program.

C. Lowell Parsons, MD, will be awarded an AUA 2017 Distinguished Contribution Award for outstanding contributions of glycosaminoglycans in the permeability of bladder epithelium.

George Kaplan, MD will be awarded the WSAUA 2017 DISTINGUISHED MEMBER AWARD for his contributions to the field of urology.

AUA 2017 Presidential Citations to: Elspeth M. McDougall, MD, for outstanding contributions to education and innovative learning methods in urology.

Garo M. Tertzakian, MD, for 30 years of dedicated humanitarian work in advancing urologic care in Armenia.

Ralph W. de Vere White, MD, for outstanding contributions to teaching and research in the field of uro-oncology.

ACTIVE MEMBERS - 20

Gregory T. Adams, MD

Mang L. Chen, MD

Denise Chow, MD

Nadya Cinman, MD

Aaron A. Clark, MD

Robert M. Cope, M.D.

Brian Cox, MD

Jack C. Hou, MD

Robert E. Jackson, MD

Brian J. Kim, MD

Thomas J. Kinahan, M.D.

Joshua E. Logan, MD

Richard Long, MD

Mark Nigro, MD

Antonio J. Otero, MD

Jason Phillips, MD, MBA

Sara E. Spettel, MD

Blair A. St. Martin, MD

Maggie D. Vuturo, MD

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS- 25

Stacey Carter, MD

Jamie L. DiPietro, DO

Ekene Enemchukwu, MD

Stanley Frencher, Jr., MD

Ariella A. Friedman, MD

Gwen M. Grimsby, MD

Judith Hagedorn, MD

Catherine Harris, MD

Craig B. Hunter, DO

Joseph L. Hsu, DO

Aqsa Khan, MD

Jesse Le, MD

Dennis Lee, MD

Eugene W. Lee, MD

Sara M. Lenherr, MD, MS

Jen-Jane Liu, MD

Uzoamaka Nwoye, MD

Khanh Pham, MD

Patrick M. Ramos, MD

Anthony Schaeffer, MD

Galaxy Shah, MD

Daniel Su, MD

Ramy F. Yaacoub, MD

Yuka Yamaguchi, MD

Benjamin Yuh, MD

ALLIED MEMBERS - 2

Stewart P. Chumbley, NP

Douglas Skarecky, HP

AFFILIATE MEMBERS - 2

Gregory Maggass, MD

Hosu Sin, PhD

TRANSFERS INTO

SECTION-15

Glen W. Barrisford, MD

David Chadbourne, MD

Wallace M. Curry, MD

Mark T. Dickinson, MD

Ann Fenton, MD

Stephen Freedland, MD

Amit Gupta, MD

Erin E. Katz, MD

Benjamin R. Lee, MD

John M. Mai, MD

John E. Musser, MD

Hiep T. Nguyen, MD

Jon A. Rumohr, MD

Melvin L. Seard, II, M.D.

John C.H. Wang, DO

Western Section Welcomes 64 New Members

New leaders of the Western

Section AUA (L to R): Jeffrey

Kaufman, Past President, Scott

Swanson, AUA Board

Representative, Dean Hadley,

MD, out-going President, Rob

Carlile, MD, incoming

President, Chris Amling, MD,

Treasurer, Joseph Presti Jr.,

MD, President-Elect. incoming

President, Joseph Presti, MD,

Secretary. (Not pictured Chris

Porter, MD, incoming Secretary)

WSAUA at the AUA

Our WS Residents Team competed at the AUA’s Resident Bowl in San Diego & won 2nd Place! Congratulations to our Residents!!

Pictured: Ryan Werntz, MD (OHSU), Mitchell Basset, MD (Utah), Joseph Shirk, MD (UCLA), Dimi Zlatev, MD (Stanford),

Matthew Banti, MD (Madigan)

Relevant,Responsive & Unique

WS Leadership: Board of Director’s Meeting in Kauai.

Member Application Review: Dr. Chris Porter is learning the ropes as incoming Secretary from current Secretary Dr. Joe Presti in Kauai.

Getting Down To Business.

Bowl on Monday, Aug. 7. One game - 3 teams! Submit names to info@wsaua.org.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRY

MARCH 20, 2017Submit online at

Call For PapersCall For PapersAttention Residents! Sign up for the Residents

“Rock ‘n Roll” Bowl

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Dr. Alex Jule wins cash prize for the WSAUA Stone Extraction Skills Challenge contest held at the Cook/Storz Booth.

Dr. Tom F. Lue delivers the first Tanago Lectureship.

Distinguished Member Dr. Brent Snow receives plaque from Dr. Dean Hadley, MD, President.

Dr. Joseph Presti, Jr. receives appreciation for his 4 years of as Secretary from President Dr. Hadley.

Dr. Rob Carlile, incoming President, presents plaque to Dr. Dean Hadley for his service as President.

Program Chairman Dr. Joe Presti introduced speakers; Dr. William Catalona (C) and Dr. Lawrence Gervasi (R).

Dr. Jonathan Perley conducts the Resident’s Program on how to get started after Residency. Other faculty included Dr. Jesse Mills and Dr. Polina Reyblat.

Dr. Stephen Chinn wins one of many prizes during the LAB Happy Hour drawings.

The evening social events highlight the annual meeting - the Aloha Reception was outdoors with many wonderful Hawaiian foods, face painting for the kids. Western Section Night included Hawaiian fire dancers, dancing to DJ and games for the kids.

AUA President Richard Babayan (L) joins WS Past Presidents Dr. & Mrs. John Prince (next to Dr. Babayan) and Dr. Scott Swanson (R) along with residents from Loma Linda (C).

Resident Bowl Winners: (L to R): Pooya Bonapour, MD, Issac Kelly, MD, Rustin Massoudi, MD, Roland Palvolgyi, MD, Daniel Artenstein, MD with Joseph Presti, MD, Program Chairman.

Round Table Program Winner Roland Palvolgyi, MD, UC Davis won The Bodner Stegemann Award during the Round Table Program. He is pictured with judges Stephen Chinn, MD (L) & Dean Hadley, MD (R).

The Annual Round Table Program Winners: Remy Lamberts, MD, Kai Dallas, MD & David Guo, MD won The Hadley Award during the Round Table Program. They are pictured with costumed judges Stephen Chinn, MD & Dean Hadley, MD.

Samir Bidnur, MD won the First Place Wesson Resident Essay Contest winner.

Attendees enjoyed viewing 225 posters during the Poster Sessions on Sunday of the meeting.

Urologists from all over the WSAUA meet and greet each other at the annual meetings.

Record attendance of over 200 at the last session of the meeting, the Annual Round Table Program, featuring tricks of the trade and bizarre cases.

Peter Metcalfe, MD won Overall First Place for his poster entitled, “Inflammatory Reaction in Human Bladder Smooth Muscle Cells.”

Dr. Kaplan is a native Texan, born in Brownsville. During WWII he attended 11 elementary schools in 10 cities as his father was serving as a flight surgeon in the US Army Air Corps. After the war his family settled in Beaumont, TX where he completed high school. He received a BA from the University of Texas and an MD from Northwestern University Medical School. Following a rotating internship at Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans he entered the US Navy as a general medical officer serving 1 year of sea duty in the Pacific and 2 years at the Naval Training Center San Diego. This was followed by Urology residency at Northwestern University under John Grayhack during which he had an NIH post-doctoral fellowship and earned an MS in Urology. His first job after residency was as Acting Chief of Urology at the Children's Memorial Hospital, in Chicago. He then relocated to San Diego and entered solo private practice in 1969. In 1971 he limited his practice to pediatric urology, the first urologist west of the Mississippi to do so. He was appointed to the UCSD faculty in 1971, was Acting Chief of Urology in 1975-1976, Chief of Pediatric Urology 1972-1997, and currently Distinguished Professor of Clinical Surgery Emeritus, having participated in the education of over 150 residents between UCSD and the Navy Medical Center San Diego. A fellowship in pediatric urology was established in 1987, accredited by the ACGME and provided further education for 25 fellows, 60% of who are involved academically. Dr. Kaplan has authored over 175 peer reviewed papers, 90 textbook chapters, and 1 textbook. He is a member of the AUA, WSAUA, International Society of Urology, American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He has been a visiting Professor at a number of institutions both in the United States and abroad and served on the Examination Committee of the AUA and was a Trustee of the American Board of Urology, serving as its delegate to the American Board of Medical Specialties. He was the Chair of the Pediatric Health Council of the American Foundation of Urologic Disease and served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Urology and Urology (the gold Journal). Locally, he was Chief of Urology, Chief of Surgery, Chief of Staff, and a Trustee of Children's Hospital San Diego (now Rady Children's Hospital San Diego). He has been president of the local chapter of the American College of Surgeons, the Society for Pediatric Urology, The Section on Urology of the American Academy of Pediatrics, San Diego Urologic Society, as well as an honorary member of the Southeastern Section of the AUA and the Society of Government Urologic Surgeons. He was recently awarded the Pediatric Urology Medal by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Stevenson Award by the Society of Government Urologic Surgeons, and the MacLaggen award by the Rotary club.

George Kaplan, MD - Awarded Distinguished Member for 2017

ESSAY CONTEST AWARD WINNERSMILEY B. WESSON RESIDENT ESSAY CONTEST WINNERSFirst Place: Samir Bidnur, MD, Univ. of British Columbia, “Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Small Renal Mass Management- Implications for Transplantation and Urologists.” Second Place: Brian Winters, MD, Univ. of Washington, “Inhibition of ERG Activity in Patient Derived Prostate Cancer Xenografts using the Small Molecule Inhibitor YK-4-279.” Third Place: Samuel L. Washington, III, MD, UCSF, “Incidence of Prostate Cancer within Skeletal Muscle at the Prostate Apex in Men Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy.”

JOSEPH F. McCARTHY PHYSICIAN ESSAY CONTEST

First Place: Thomas Chi, MD, UCSF, “Feasibility of Antegrade Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound Nephrostograms.”

Second Place: Sean McAdams, MD, Mayo Arizona, “Morcellation Efficiency in Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate: Wolf Piranha Outperforms Lumenis VersaCut with no Apparent Learning Curve.”

HEALTH POLICY ESSAY CONTESTFirst Place: Brock O'Neil, MD, Univ. of Utah,

“The Influence of Provider Characteristics and Market Forces on Response to Financial Incentives.” ”

Second Place: Anobel Y. Odisho,MD, Univ. of Washington, “Beyond Classical Risk Adjustment: Socioeconomic Status and Hospital Performance in Urologic Oncology.”

Third Place: Geolani W. Dy, MD, Univ. of Washington, “Variable Resource Utilization in the Prenatal and Postnatal Management of Isolated Hydronephrosis.”

POSTER SESSION AWARD WINNERSOverall Winners:James L. Goebel Grand Prize PosterPeter Metcalfe, MD, Msc, FRCSC -

“Inflammatory Reaction in Human Bladder Smooth Muscle Cells.”

Second Place Poster OverallMazen A. Alsinnawi, MD – “Prospective

Study of Health Related Quality of Life in Men with High and Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer.”

Third Place Poster OverallBenjamin R. Lee, MD – “Crowdsourcing

Assessment Of Surgeon Dissection Of Renal Artery And Vein During Robotic

Partial Nephrectomy: A Novel Approach For Quantitative Assessment

Of Surgical Performance.”

Best of Session Winners:Poster Session I – First Place WinnerDaniel W. Lin, MD – “Development and

Validation Of An Active Surveillance Threshold Based on The CCP Score and Capra To Predict Risk Of Aggressive Disease.”

Poster Session I – Second Place WinnerMazen A. Alsinnawi, MD – “Prospective

Study of Health Related Quality of Life in Men with High and Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer.”

Poster Session I – Third Place WinnerDavid Crawford, MD – “Prolaris and

Oncotype Dx Are Valuable Prognostic Tests for Risk Stratification of Prostate Cancer Patients: A Comparison of These Two New Tests.”

Poster Session II – First Place WinnerBenjamin R. Lee, MD – “Crowdsourcing

Assessment Of Surgeon Dissection Of Renal Artery And Vein During Robotic Partial Nephrectomy: A Novel Approach For Quantitative Assessment Of Surgical Performance.”

Poster Session II – Second Place WinnerDavid T. Tzou, MD – “Development And

Implementation Of An Electronic Medical Record-based Prospective Urinary Stone Registry: RESKU - The Registry For Stones Of The Kidney & Ureter.”

Poster Session II – Third Place WinnerDaniel C. Sackman, MD – “Utilization of the

Charlson Comorbidity Index to Predict 10-Year Survival in Renal Transplant Recipients.”

Poster Session III – First Place WinnerPeter Metcalfe, MD, Msc, FRCSC -

“Inflammatory Reaction in Human Bladder Smooth Muscle Cells.”

Poster Session III – Second Place WinnerSoroush T. Bazargani, MD – “Is Pathologic

Downstaging at Radical Cystectomy for Clinically Organ Confined Bladder Cancer Associated with a Better Outcome?”

Poster Session III – Third Place WinnerBrian Winters, MD – “Sustained MTOR

Expression Correlates With More Aggressive Pathology At Cystectomy.”

People’s Choice Best of Unmoderated Poster Winners

Stacey A. Kenfield, ScD - Combined Impact of Diet and Lifestyle After Diagnosis on Risk of Prostate Cancer Death.

Mohamed Keheila, MD - Do Illuminated Foot Pedals Improve the Speed and Accuracy of Pedal Activation During Endoscopic Procedures?

Ramy F. Youssef, MD - Pathological Characteristics and Prognostic Indicators

of Different Histopathological Types Following Radical Cystectomy: A Large Cohort with Long-Term Follow-up.

Joseph R. Kuntze, MD - Congenital Absence of the Left Iliac Vein in a Trauma Patient.

RESIDENT BOWL WINNERSRound 1 WinnersChris Martin, MD – MAYOKarmon Janssen, MD – MadiganSeth Olcese, MD – TriplerDavid Bayne, MD – UCSFRound 2 WinnersChris Martin, MD – MAYOKarmon Janssen, MD – MadiganSeth Olcese, MD – TriplerKai Dallas, MD – StanfordRound 3 WinnersRustin Massoudi, MD – StanfordDaniel Artenstein, MD – Kaiser LARoland Palvolgyi, MD – UC DavisPooya Bonapour, MD – Kaiser LAIssac Kelly, MD – LLUMC

RESIDENT SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES The Earl F. Nation Resident Scholarships were

awarded to one outstanding Resident from each training facility as follows:

D. Joseph Thum, MD, Cedars Sinai Los AngelesAvinash Chennamsetty, MD, City of Hope, Los

Ang. Pooya Banapour, MD, Kaiser Fdt., Los AngelesIsaac Kelly, MD, Loma Linda Univ. Med. Ctr.Rafael Nateras-Nunez, MD, Mayo Clinic, ArizonaJonathan H. Berger, MD, Naval Med. Ctr. San DiegoTheodore Saitz, MD, Oregon Hlth. Sciences Univ.David Guo, MD, Stanford Univ. Med. Ctr.Roland Palvolgyi, MD, UC DavisJosh Chamberlin, MD, UC IrvineStephanie Chu, MD, UC Los AngelesOmer Raheem, MD, UC San DiegoDavid Bayne, MD, UC San FranciscoJohn Michalak, MD, University of ArizonaSaum Ghodoussipour, MD, Univ. of So. Cal.Brian Winters, MD, University of WashingtonJeff Redshaw, MD, University of Utah

ROUND TABLE PROGRAM WINNERSThe Hadley Award Remy Lamberts, MD : “Jabba the Nut: An

Extraordinary Case of Massive Localized Scrotal Lymphedema.”

The Bodner Stegemann AwardRoland Palvolgyi, MD: “VesEcho Training

System: Suprapubic Catherization Under Ultrasound Guidance.”

STONES SKILLS CHALLENGE WINNERAlex Jule, MD, univ. of AZ

GOLF WINNERS:Eugene Rhee, MD, Larry Caplan, Todd Fornus, Scott Morgan and6 3

WSAUA 2017 Meeting Award WinnersDr. Kaplan will be honored at the Members Business in Vancouver on Wednesday, August 9. His outstanding dedication

and contributions to Urology make him a worthy choice. Below is a brief biography of his accomplishments.

Saturday, August 5All Day Arrival11:00 am Nominating Cmte. Mtg. 1:30 pm Board of Director's Mtg.2:00 pm Early Registration

Sunday, August 67:00 am Registration7:30 am Poster Session 18:00 am Spouse Hospitaltiy8:15 am Practice Mgt. Workshop 19:00 am Poster Session 29:30 am Practice Mgt Workshop 210:30 am Poster Session 3 12:00 pm Health Policy Forum/Lunch 12:00 pm Residents Lunch Program2:30 pm Video Session 13:30 pm CUA Members Meeting6:30 pm President's Welcome Reception

Monday, August 76:15 am Symposium Breakfast 7:00 am Registration 8:00 am Spouse Hospitaltiy

8:00 am PREP Course 1 - Bladder Cancer 8:00 am PREP Course 2 - Transgender Genital Surgery

10:00 am Hospitality in Exhibit Area (LAB)10:30 am PREP Course 3 - Minimally Invasive Surgery10:30 am PREP Course 4 - Infertility12:30 pm Symposium Lunch1:45 pm Special Talks2:10 pm Video Surgi-Sessions3:00 pm Happy Hour in Exhibit Area (LAB) 4:00 pm Residents Rock-n-Roll Bowl

Tuesday, August 87:00 am Registration7:15 am Network Breakfast in Exhibit Area 7:30 am Allied Health Program7:30 am Pelvic Floor Medicine8:00 am Spouse Hospitaltiy9:30 am Hospitality in Exhibit Area (LAB)10:30 am Sexual Medicine11:30 am Pediatrics12:15 pm Symposium Lunch1:30 pm GU Tumor Board2:30 pm Prostate 14:00 pm Happy Hour in Exhibit Area (LAB)

Wednesday, August 97:00 am Registration7:30 am Members Business Mtg & Bfast

7:30 am Allied Health Program 8:00 am Spouse Hospitaltiy 8:00 am Hospitality in Exhibit Area (LAB) 9:30 am Bladder/Urethra/Testis

11:30 am Tanagho Lectureship12:00 pm Symposium Lunch1:30 pm Calculi2:45 pm Kidney & Laparoscopy

Thursday, August 107:00 am Registration 7:30 am Special Talks, IVU8:00 am Prostate 210:30 am Round Table Program & Brunch

Plan for the upcoming Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC, CanadaPreliminary Program ~ August 6-10, 2017

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CALIFORNIA UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION ON THE MOVE

At the CUA Annual Meeting, Dr. Eugene Rhee receives a Service Award for outstanding leadership and dedication to the Urology community from Aaron Spitz, MD, CUA President. Mark Painter of PRS receives a plaque in appreciation for outstanding support to Urology from Jeffrey Frankel, MD, Health Policy Chairman. Dr. Frankel reviewed the Health Policy Member survey results. Below: (L) Dr. Aruthur Lurvey, MD, Medicare Contractor, offers helpful advice to urologists. (R) Dr. Brock O’Neil, Univ. of Utah wins first place for Health Policy Essay Contest.

The History Committee received many submissions of names and photos of related urologists which were displayed during the annual meeting.

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