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Deborah Kaye, MD, Assistant Professor of Urology, was recently awarded funding from the Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI) for the project “Using AI to Reduce the Burden of Prior Authorizations.”

Thomas Polascik, MD, was named the Lawrence Katz Distinguished Professor of Urology.

Duke Cancer Institute is rewriting the narrative for patients with bladder and urothelial cancer by pursuing innovative combination therapy.

Duke Urology had a strong presence at the American Urology Association annual meeting in 2024. It was held May 3 to May 6 in San Antonio, Texas.

Dr. Faerber will be stepping down as emcee of the event after a decade.

The ninth annual symposium was held on April 19, 2024, with a focus on Urologic Effects of Aging.

Dr. Charles Scales was recently a guest on the AUANews Inside Tract podcast to discuss HealthEMe, their new endeavor developing health outcome metrics for our minority patients.

Duke Urology’s Thomas Polascik, MD, and colleagues published a white paper in European Urology that shows good intermediate- to long-term outcomes for patients with low- to intermediate-risk localized prostate cancer.

Congratulations to Dr. Ezra Margolin for continuing the Duke Endourology, Metabolic Stone Disease, Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery fellows award streak at the Southeastern Section of the American Urological Association (SESAUA)!

Congratulations to Dr. Kiran Sury, the current Duke Reconstructive Urology and Genitourinary Cancer Survivorship fellow, for placing first in this year’s Montague Boyd Prize Essay Contest!