UCSF winners named in the Northern California Urology Residents Research Competition
Three UCSF Residents competed in the Northern California Urologic Society 40th Annual Urology Residents Research Competition.
The event was sponsored this year by University of California, Davis Department of Urology and took place in Berkeley, California on April 5th 2014.
The following residents were winners:
Basic Science
First Place: Thomas Sanford, MD
4th Year Resident
“Molecular Analysis of Upper Tract and Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma: Results from a Microarray Comparison”
Clinical Science:
Second Place: Lindsay Hampson, MD
5th Year Resident
“Tobacco Use and Smoking Cessation among Urology Patients”
Honorable Mention: Anobel Odisho, MD
5th Year Resident
“Variation in the Cost of Robot Assisted Radical Prostatectomy”
Dr. Sanford received his medical degree from University of Hawaii and is currently a 4th year Urology resident. Dr. Hampson received her medical degree from University of Michigan Medical School and is currently a 5th year Urology resident and a fellow in the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. Dr. Odisho received his medical degree from UCSF School of Medicine and is currently a 5th year Urology resident and is obtaining a Master's in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley. They are 3 of 15 of the current residents training at the UCSF Department of Urology.