June 11, 2024

Canfield receives Presidential Award from AUA

The American Urological Association honored Steven Canfield, MD, professor and CR Bard, Inc./Edward J. McGuire, MD, Distinguished Chair in the Department of Surgery and Cecil M. Crigler Distinguished Chair in Urology, as a recipient of its Presidential Citation Award. AUA Presidential Citations are…


June 7, 2024

SurgeON Newsletter – June 2024

Read the June 2024 Issue of SurgeON… Harris Health Breaks Ground on New Hospital Project on LBJ Campus Awards: 2024 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards Faculty Promotions A Decade of Dedication: Canfield Receives President Award from AUA Education: Moore Addresses Global…


May 10, 2024

SurgeON Newsletter – May 2024

Read the May 2024 Issue of SurgeON… Awards: McNutt Named Chief Medical Officer for Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Thosani & Wadhwa Named Among Top 1% of GI Surgeons Nationally Stewart Appointed Co-Medical Director of LBJ SICU Education: Surgeons Discuss the…


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…


February 12, 2024

SurgeON Newsletter – February 2024

Read the February 2024 Issue of SurgeON… Research: Progesterone Study Offers Insights into Inguinal Hernia Development Eisenberg Presents Research at STS 2024 ASRM Annual Conference Moore Presents Innovative Trauma Solutions at Hokkaido Conference Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma…


January 16, 2024

SurgeON Newsletter – January 2024

Read the January 2024 Issue of SurgeON… Awards: Cox Appointed Director of Center for Translational Injury Research DaVee Elected Chairman of Gastroenterology at Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Hospital Canfield Earns AUA’s Presidential Citation for Urology Excellence Harris Health Surgery Faculty…


October 6, 2023

SurgeON Newsletter – October 2023

Read the October 2023 Issue of SurgeON… Awards: Houstonia Magazine Unveils its 2023 Top Doctors American College of Surgeons Names Chamely as Resident & Associate Society Liaison Education: Bridging Divides Celebrating Learning Healthcare Research: Saif Wins Award to Attend Society…


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…


May 1, 2023

SurgeON Newsletter – May 2023

Read the May 2023 Issue of SurgeON… Inside you will find: Administrative Professionals Day Canfield Performs First NanoKnife Prostate Ablation Education Surgeons Get Educated at the APDS/ASE Meeting A Recipe for a Continuous Quality Improvement Program in Surgical Residency Kao…


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…