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CPDR Takes Five Awards
56th Annual James C. Kimbrough Urological Seminar
February 2, 2009
The 56th James C. Kimbrough Urological Seminar brought great recognitions to CPDR. This year the seminar was held in Washington DC.
COL (Ret.) David G.McLeod was honored with the H. G. Stevenson award. In 1992 the Society of Government Service Urologists established this award, which is presented annually for outstanding support and dedicated service to the Society. The recipient of this award can be a Corporate Member, physician, or other individual as determined by the Board of Directors.
The presentation of Albert Dobi, Ph.D., “Splice Variants and Functions of TMPRSS2-ERG Fusion, a Common Genomic Alteration in Prostate Cancer” won the Best Poster Award in Basic Science. This presentation summarized recent advances in CPDR’s multi-disciplinary prostate cancer research.
CPT Chad DeRosa won first place in the Resident’s Competition with his presentation “Elevated Secreted Protein, Acidic, and Rich in Cysteine (SPARC) Expression in Prostate Cancer Correlates with Tumor Metastasis after Radical Prostatectomy”.
CPT Dorota Hawksworth Urology Resident won 2nd place reporting her novel findings titled “Elevated C-MYC Expression in Primary Prostate Tumor Predicts Biochemical Recurrence”.
The presentation by CPT Eric Whitman “PCA3 Score Before Radical Prostatectomy Predicts Extracapsular Extension and Tumor Volume” was recognized in the Honorable Mention category.
In the Oncology Session that was chaired by MAJ Stephen Brassell, COL (Ret.) David G. McLeod addressed the State of The Art lecture titled “Antiandrogen Therapy in Prostate Cancer”.
His presentation was followed by Gyorgy Petrovics, Ph.D., reporting novel findings on prostate genetic cancer risks of African descents. The title of his talk was “Prostate Cancer risk Allele Specific for African Descent correlates with Pathologic Stage at Prostatectomy.”
The CPDR mission is fulfilled primarily through its three principal programs – the Clinical Research Center, the Basic Science Research Program and the National Multicenter Prostate Cancer Database– and through a robust education and training program that operates out of its Headquarters location, the Clinical Research Center, and the original laboratories at USUHS. CPDR is also committed to patient outreach, primarily through its affiliation with the WRAMC US TOO! organization and through a heavy schedule of health fairs in which it participates.
