Visiting Professors
Weekly urology grand rounds include both full-time AMC staff and community urologists. Residents have opportunities to travel to various medical meetings during their training. We also encourage and support visiting professors to attend our educational conferences and help train our residents. Some of our recent visitors included:Michael Marberger, M.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Urology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. Energy Ablative Therapy of Renal Tumors, Early Detection of Prostate Cancer: A Practical Approach, Prostate Biopsy: When, How, and How Often, August 10-15, 2004.
Craig A. Peters, M.D., Associate Professor of Urology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
Robotically Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery in Pediatric Urology: Star Wars or Lost in Space?, Fetal Bladder Obstruction: Merging Clinical and Basic Science Perspective, November 10-13, 2004.
Mark Jordan, M.D., Chief, Division of Urology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ. Role of New Technologies in the Management of Prostate Cancer, February 11-12, 2005.
Ricardo M. Munarriz, M.D., Assistant Professor of Urology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts. Female Sexual Dysfunction, April 21, 2005.
Bedford Waters, M.D., Professor of Urology/Surgery, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, Tennessee. "Urinary Diversion: Ileal Conduit to Orthotopic Neobladder," June 22-24, 2005.
William Steers, M.D., Professor of Urology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. A New Simplified Classification and Management Scheme for Disorders of Lower Urinary Tract," August 11-14, 2005.
Michael Ferragamo, M.D., Assistant Professor of Urology, State University of New York at Stonybrook, Long Island, New York. Basics of Coding for Residents, August 11-14, 2005.
Ananias C. Diokno, M.D., Professor and Chair, Division of Urology, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Michigan. Evaluation & Management of Stress Urinary Incontinence, October 27- 28, 2005.
Margot S. Damaser, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH. Failure of Elastic Fiber Homeostasis Leads to Pelvic Floor Disorders, February 1-3, 2006
Mark P. Cain, M.D., Associate Professor of Pediatric Urology, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana. Mitrofanoffs Legacy, May 3-5, 2006.
Claus G. Roehrborn, M.D., Professor and Chairman, Department of Urology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. A Critical Appraisal of MIST Interventions for LUTS/BPH, Prostate Cancer Chemoprevention-Potentials and Realities, June 21-24, 2006.
O. Lenaine Westney, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Urology Residency Program, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX. Pelvic Organ Prolapse, A Brief Explanation of Technique for AUS in Women and Men , Complex Genitourinary Reconstruction, August 24-26, 2006.
The Division of Urology provides yearly continuing medical education courses to the urology community. We also participate in the yearly Upstate New York Urology Residents Competition. Our residents have been honored with many awards during this yearly competition.
