April 9, 2024

Real-world Utilization of Active Surveillance After GPS Testing for Localized Prostate Cancer

Steven Canfield, MD, of UTHealth Houston shares the results of his recent study looking at the real-world utilization of active surveillance among men with localized prostate cancer who were tested with the genomic prostate score assay. Dr. Canfield presented his…


January 9, 2024

Canfield Earns AUA’s Presidential Citation for Urology Excellence

In a proud moment for our department, we are delighted to announce that Steven E. Canfield, MD, professor and chief of the Division of Urology in the Department of Surgery, has been selected as one of the recipients of the…


September 25, 2023

At the Bedside: New focal therapies at UTHealth Houston make prostate cancer treatment easier on patients

One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime and 11 years ago, Morton McPhail, now 73, became one of them. Fortunately, time was on his side. The prostate gland, found only in men, produces seminal…


August 14, 2023

Memorial Hermann Hospitals Recognized by U.S. News & World Report

Congratulations to our Urology team for being named one of the top six high-performing specialties at Memorial Hermann Hospital by U.S. News and World Report. Memorial Hermann Hospital is nationally ranked in two adult and four pediatric specialties and rated…


April 25, 2023

Canfield Performs First NanoKnife Prostate Ablation

Steven Canfield, MD, Division Director of Urology in the Department of Surgery, recently became the first surgeon in Houston to perform a NanoKnife prostate ablation. This minimally invasive procedure uses an electrical pulse process to destroy tumors without damaging any…


November 7, 2022

Wang Named President-Elect for the International Society for Sexual Medicine

Run Wang, MD, FACS, Professor of Surgery and the Cecil M. Crigler, MD Endowed Chair in Urology at the University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, and Clinical Professor of Urology at the MD Anderson Cancer Center was elected…


November 8, 2021

Prostate Cancer & The Importance of Early Screening

Steven Canfield, MD, spoke to FOX 26 News about the importance of routine health screenings for diagnosing prostate cancer early. October 28, 2021


September 27, 2021

Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Dr. Nathaniel Barnes and Dr. Steven Canfield discuss Memorial Hermann’s Prostate Center of Excellence and Prostate Cancer Awareness Month on Great Day Houston – KHOU11. September 22, 2021


September 8, 2021

Cutting Edge Advances in Urology

The mission of the Division of Urology at the UT McGovern Medical School is to integrate current evidence based, patient centered care, cutting edge advances in Urology, and research science into the daily care of their patients. Their faculty work…


March 8, 2021

UT Shine Academy Small Grants Program

Dr. Steven Canfield, MD, Distinguished Chair and Chief of the Division of Urology at McGovern Medical school and colleagues have recently been awarded a grant through the Health Science Education Small Grants Program by the University of Texas Kenneth I….