Grant Winners
2024
William Faust, MD
“A Step By Step Guide to Creating a 3D Printed Surgical Simulation Curriculum in Urology”

Kathleen C. Kobashi, MD, MBA, FACS
“The Unseen Casualty: A Two-Part Study of Urology Trainees to Evaluate the Emotional Toll of Surgical Complications”
Susan McDonald
“Comparison of Resident Sleep Quality Pre and Post Partum with Respect to Gender”
Vijaya Vemulakonda, MD, JD
“Implementation and Testing of an Ergonomic Training Protocol to Improve Resident Fatigue and Burnout: The PROPEL (Professional Readiness Through Optimized Ergonomic Learning) Program”
2023
Ruslan Korets
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
“Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum in Urologic Residency Training”

Richard Lee, Benjamin Breyer, & Behnam Nabavizadeh
Weill Cornell University
“Improving Urology Standardized Letter of Recommendation and Development of an Electronic Version”
Tasha Posid
Ohio State University
“Evaluation of ‘PROSPECT’ — A Pilot NCSAUA Summer Fellowship for URiM Medical Students”

Casey Seideman
Oregon Health and Science University
“Effect of Dobbs v. Jackson and reproductive access on Urology Residency Match Applicants”
2022

Sarah Hecht, MD
Oregon Health and Sciences University
“A Professional Development Curriculum for Urology Residents”

Danielle Velez Leitner, MD
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
“A National Urology Interest Group: Increasing Under-Represented Minorites in Urology”

Christopher Anderson, MD
Columbia University
“GAMERS: An Interactive Platform for Gamifying Robotic Surgery Simulation Training”
2021

Gina Badalato, MD & Ezra Margolin, MD
Columbia University
“Interactive Online Modues: Asynchronous Learning to Improve Medical Student Urologic Education”

Efe Chantal Ghanney Simons, MD & Christopher Saigal, MD
University of California, Los Angeles
“The Role of Race/Ethnicity in Perceived Exposure, Access and Training in Urology: Experiences and Perspectives of Under-Represented in Medicine (URM) Urologists”
2020

Kevin Koo, MD
Mayo Clinic Rochester
“Developing an Organizational Leadership Curriculum for Urology Chief Residents”

Kate Kraft, MD
University of Michigan
“Assessing Readiness for Independent Practice in Urology Residency Training”
2019

Katie Murray
University of Missouri
“Confidence and Competence Assessment of Urological Surgery Residents”

Elizabeth Takacs
University of Iowa
“Development and Validation of a Novel Urology Residency Evaluation and Feedback System”
2018

Denise Asafu-Adjei
Columbia University
“Urologists as Policy Leaders: An E-Curriculum in the Fundamentals of Health Policy”

Justin Ziemba, Christopher Tessier, Andrew Harris
University of Pennsylvania
“Developing a Solution to Meet the Needs of Urological Residency Training Programs for Patient Safety Education and Practice”
2017

Brian Le
University of Wisconsin (Madison)
“Improving urological surgery training with a computer vision video analysis tool”

Moben Mirza
University of Kansas
“Simulated Patient Experience & Assessment of Residents (SPEAR)”
Kyle Rove
University of Colorado (Denver)
“Automation of Resident and Fellow ACGME Surgical Case Logs”
2016
Ralph Clayman
University of California (Irvine)
“Assessing Surgical Skills among Urology Resident Applicants: Can Crowd Sourcing Identify the Next Generation of Surgeons?”
Joel Koenig
University of Kansas
“Multi-Institutional Trial of a Computer-Based Assessment of Surgical Skill (C-BASS)”
2015
David Johnson & Matthew Nielsen
University of North Carolina
“An Open-access Resource to Address Unmet GME Needs Related to Quality Improvement Activities”
2014
Charles Scales
Duke University School of Medicine and Duke Clinical Research Institute
“Serious Games: Competition vs. Incentives to Engage Resident in Quality-Improvement Education”
2013
Bruce Kava
University of Miami School of Medicine
“Feasibility of a desk-top simulation using digital avatars to teach urology residents difficult communication skills”
Jaime Landman
University of California- Irvine
“Development of an iPad Surgical Atlas Application for Urology Trainees”
2012
Jaime Landman
University of California- Irvine
“Development and Validation of an iPad Laparoscopy Trainer”
Dennis Liu
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
“Fundamentals in Research Teaching in Urology Residency Programs: Needs Assessment and Development of a Formal Research Didactic Curriculum”
2011
Geoffrey Box
Ohio State University
“Urology Ultrasound Training Protocol and Assessment Program”
2010
Jeffrey Branch
Loyola University Medical Center
“A Web-Based Tool for Urology Training Programs to Evaluate Educational Milestones for Residents in the Ambulatory Setting”
Satyan Shah
University of New Mexico
“Development and Evaluation of a Web-based Interview Process for Urology Residency Programs”
2009
Karen Baker
Army Medical Center
“Teaching Genitourinary Sonography: Deployment and Critical Evaluation of a Comprehensive Ultrasound Curriculum for Urology Residents”
Hrair-George Mesrobian
Medical College of Wisconsin
“SUU Web Reviews”
Thomas Tarter
Southern Illinois University
“An Operative Performance Rating System for Urology Residents”v
2008
Benjamin Chung
Stanford University Medical Center
“Pathology Fundamentals for Urology Residents”
Philipp Dahm
University of Florida
“Evidence Based Medicine Training in Urology Residency”
Craig Nicholson
University of Michigan
“Biostatistics and Research Education in Urology Training Programs”
