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News and Announcements

AUA Board of Directors

PRESIDENT – DR. ANTON J. BUESCHEN, Division of Urology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rdAve. S, FOT 1105, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-3411

PRESIDENT-ELECT – DR. DATTA G. WAGLE, Main Urology Associates, 6645 Main St., Williamsville, New York14221-5934

PAST PRESIDENT – DR. JOHN M. BARRY, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Urology, CH10U, 3303 SWBond Ave., Portland, Oregon 97239

SECRETARY – DR. ROBERT C. FLANIGAN, Department of Urology, Loyola University Medical Center,Maywood, Illinois 60153

TREASURER – DR. RICHARD A. MEMO, 2530 Timothy Knoll Rd., Poland, Ohio 44514HISTORIAN – DR. SAKTI DAS, 1890 Via Ferrari, Lafayette, California 94549

Section Representatives to the Board of Directors

MID-ATLANTIC SECTION – DR. THOMAS J. ROHNER, JR., 2907 Mt. Gretna Rd., Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania 17022NEW ENGLAND SECTION – DR. DAVID F. GREEN, Concord Hospital Center for Urologic Care, 246 Pleasant St., Suite

G-2, Concord, New Hampshire 03301-2551NEW YORK SECTION – DR. PRAMOD C. SOGANI, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 353 E. 68th St.,

New York, New York 10021NORTH CENTRAL SECTION – DR. DENNIS A. PESSIS, 362 Whistler Rd., Highland Park, Illinois 60035

NORTHEASTERN SECTION – DR. KEVIN PRANIKOFF, 150 Greenaway Rd., Eggertsville, New York 14226SOUTH CENTRAL SECTION – DR. CHARLES W. LOGAN, Arkansas Urology, 1300 Centerview Dr., Little Rock, Arkansas

72211-4349SOUTHEASTERN SECTION – DR. B. THOMAS BROWN, 545 Health Blvd., Daytona Beach, Florida 32114-1493

WESTERN SECTION – DR. JOHN C. PRINCE, 3622 E. Westridge Dr., Orange, California 92867-2044

Sections

Mid-Atlantic

PRESIDENT – DR. MARGUERITE C. LIPPERT, Department of Urology, University of Virginia, 2nd Floor,Room 2570, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-0422

SECRETARY – DR. LOUIS L. KEELER, III, 502 Centennial Blvd. #2, Center for Urologic Care, P.A.,Voorhees, New Jersey 08043-9544

TREASURER – DR. STANLEY I. S. ZASLAU, Division of Urology, West Virginia University, P.O. Box 9238,Morgantown, West Virginia 26506

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – MR. STAN ALGER, 900 Cummings Center, Suite 221U, Beverly, Massachusetts 01915-6183

New England

PRESIDENT – DR. KEVIN R. LOUGHLIN, Department of Urology, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, 75 FrancisSt., Boston, Massachusetts 02115

SECRETARY – DR. E. ANN GORMLEY, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, 1 Medical Center Drive,Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756

TREASURER – DR. MARK KENNETH PLANTE, 111 Colchester Ave., ACC 5th Floor East, Urology, Burlington,Vermont 05401-1473

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – MS. AURELIE M. ALGER, 900 Cummings Center, Suite 221U, Beverly, Massachusetts

Vol. 182, 2540-2543, November 2009THE JOURNAL OF UROLOGY® Printed in U.S.A.Copyright © 2009 by AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION DOI:10.1016/j.juro.2009.08.089

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New York

PRESIDENT – DR. HARRIS M. NAGLER, 10 Union Square East, Ste. 3A, Phillips Ambulatory Care Center,Department of Urology, New York, New York 10003

SECRETARY – DR. FREDERICK ANTHONY GULMI, Ste 5C4, 1 Brookdale Plaza, Brooklyn, New York11212-3139

TREASURER – DR. R. ERNEST SOSA, New York Urological Associates PC, 880 Fifth Ave., New York,New York 10021-4873

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – MICHELE PAOLI, 4100 Duff Place, Lower Level, Seaford, New York 11783-1324

North Central

PRESIDENT – DR. STEPHEN Y. NAKADA, 3427 Sunset Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53705SECRETARY – DR. HOWARD NEIL WINFIELD, RCP 3235, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1009TREASURER – DR. PETER M. KNAPP, JR., 1801 N. Senate Blvd., Suite 655, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – MS. WENDY J. WEISER, 1100 E. Woodfield Rd., Suite 520, Schaumburg, Illinois 60173-4946

Northeastern

PRESIDENT – DR. ANNE-MARIE HOULE, Pediatric Urology, CHU Sainte-Justine, 3175 Cote St. Catherine,A-4, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1C5 Canada

SECRETARY – DR. EDWARD M. MESSING, Department of Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center,601 Elmwood Ave., Box 656, Rochester, New York 14642

TREASURER – DR. HASSAN RAZVI, Division of Urology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, 268 Grosvenor St.,London, Ontario N6A 4V2 Canada

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – MR. DREW SHIFFLET, 1000 Corporate Blvd., Linthicum, Maryland 21090

South Central

PRESIDENT – DR. J. BRANTLEY THRASHER, Department of Urology, University of Kansas Medical Center,3901 Rainbow Blvd., MS 3016, Kansas City, Kansas 66160-0001

SECRETARY – DR. RANDALL BROWNING MEACHAM, UCD SOM Division of Urology, 12631 East 17th Ave.,MS C-319 Rm. L15-5602, Aurora, Colorado 80045

TREASURER – DR. CHARLES A. MCWILLIAMS, 4200 W. Memorial Rd., Suite 1007, Oklahoma City,Oklahoma 73120-8305

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – MS. WENDY J. WEISER, 1100 E. Woodfield Rd., Suite 520, Schaumburg, Illinois 60173-4946

Southeastern

PRESIDENT – DR. THOMAS F. STRINGER, Citrus Urology Associates, 609 W. Highland Blvd., Inverness,Florida 34452-4638

SECRETARY – DR. RAYMOND J. LEVEILLEE, Department of Urology, University of Miami, 1400 NW 10thAve., Ste 509, Miami, Florida 33136-1022

TREASURER – DR. W. TERRY STALLINGS, 101 Memorial Hospital Dr. Ste. 100, Mobile, Alabama 36608EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – MS. WENDY J. WEISER, 1100 E. Woodfield Rd., Suite 520, Schaumburg, Illinois 60173-4946

Western

PRESIDENT – DR. STEVEN C. STEWART, Department of Urology, Loma Linda University School ofMedicine, 11234 Anderson St., Room A560, Loma Linda, California 92354

SECRETARY – DR. PAUL ERNEST ANDREWS, Department of Urology, 5777 E. Mayo Blvd., Phoenix, Arizona85054

TREASURER – DR. ERIC J. ZEIDMAN, 202 E. Earll Drive, Ste. 360, Phoenix, Arizona 85012-2648EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR – JEANNIE DESANTIS, 1950 Tustin Ave., Santa Ana, California 92705

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Section MeetingsMID-ATLANTIC – Nemacolin Woodlands Resort & Spa,

Farmington, Pennsylvania,September 23–26, 2010

NEW ENGLAND – The Westin Hotel and Rhode IslandConvention Center, Providence,Rhode Island, October 21–23, 2010

NEW YORK – Jagiellonian University, Krakow,Poland, October 2–9, 2010

NORTH CENTRAL – Camelback Inn, Scottsdale, Arizona,November 9–14, 2009

NORTHEASTERN – The Westin Convention Center,Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September22–26, 2010

SOUTH CENTRAL – The Greenbrier, White SulphurSprings, West Virginia, September22–25, 2010

SOUTHEASTERN – Loews Miami Beach Hotel, MiamiBeach, Florida, March 11–14, 2010

WESTERN – Hilton Waikoloa Village, Waikoloa,Hawaii, October 23–29, 2010

Get the Member AdvantagePracticing urologists and researchers are invited to ap-ply for membership to the American Urological Associ-ation. Details may be obtained from www.auanet.org orby contacting the AUA Member Services Department atmembership@auanet.org, telephone 410-689-3933 (FAX:410-689-3939 or 9940).

Annual Meeting of AUAMay 29–June 3, 2010–San Francisco, California

Society for Basic

Urologic Research Annual MeetingNovember 5–8, 2009. Sheraton New Orleans, New Orleans,Louisiana. For details telephone 847-264-5915 (e-mail:sueo@wjweiser.com; Internet: www.sbur.org).

AUA Female Urology

and Voiding DysfunctionNovember 6–7, 2009. Fairmont Hotel, Washington, D. C.For details telephone 800-908-9414 (e-mail: registration@auanet.org).

Large Urology Group

Practice Association Annual MeetingNovember 6–7, 2009. The Drake Hotel, Chicago, Illinois.For details telephone 847-517-7225 (e-mail: info@lugpa.org; Internet: www.lugpa.com).

Sexual Medicine Society of

North America Annual MeetingNovember 20–22, 2009. Marriott San Diego Hotel &Marina, San Diego, California. For details telephone 847-517-7225 (e-mail: annmarie@wjweiser.com; Internet: www.smsna.org).

AUA In-Service ExaminationNovember 21, 2009. Various sites throughout the U.S. andCanada. For details telephone 410-689-3783 (e-mail:

AUA Oncology

Knowledge Assessment Test (OKAT)November 21, 2009. Various sites throughout the U.S. andCanada. For details telephone 410-689-3783 (e-mail:exams@auanet.org).

AUA Mentored LaparoscopyNovember 21–22, 2009. Houston Marriott Medical Center,Houston, Texas. For details telephone 800-908-9414(e-mail: registration@auanet.org).

International Urolithiasis

Research SymposiumDecember 3–4, 2009. Conrad Hotel Indianapolis, Indianap-olis, Indiana. For details e-mail csprunger@clarian.org(Internet: www.iksi.org).

Society of Urologic

Oncology Annual MeetingDecember 3–6, 2009. Hyatt Regency Bethesda, Bethesda,Maryland. For details telephone 847-264-5901 (e-mail:annmarie@wjweiser.com; Internet: www.suonet.org).

AUA Sexual Medicine:

Management of Female Sexual DysfunctionDecember 4–5, 2009. Las Vegas, Nevada. For details tele-phone 800-908-9414 (e-mail: registration@auanet.org).

Belgian Association of

Urology 2009 Yearly CongressDecember 11–12, 2009. Brabanthal Hotel, Leuven, Bel-gium. For details telephone �32 3 800 0654 (e-mail:info@bau2009.be; Internet: www.bau2009.be).

AUA LESS in Urology or LESS

is More? A Comprehensive Course

on Laparoendoscopic Single Site SurgeryJanuary 8–9, 2010. Los Angeles, California. For detailstelephone 800-908-9414 (e-mail: registration@auanet.org).

Society of Government

Services Annual MeetingJanuary 17–21, 2010. San Antonio, Texas. For detailstelephone 847-264-5915 (e-mail: sueo@wjweiser.com; In-ternet: www.sgsu.org).

Annual James C. Kimbrough

Urological SeminarJanuary 17–22, 2010. The Westin Riverwalk, San Anto-nio, Texas. For details e-mail sgsu@satx.rr.com (Internet:www.sgsu.org).

Techniques in Reconstructive UrologyJanuary 23–29, 2009. Urology & Nephrology Center, Man-soura, Egypt. For details e-mail ghoneimma@yahoo.com

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Winter Urologic ForumJanuary 29–February 1, 2010. Vail Mountain Marriott,Vail, Colorado. For details telephone 847-264-5915(e-mail: sueo@wjweiser.com).

Indiana Urologic Association Annual MeetingFebruary 5–6, 2010. Hyatt Regency Indianapolis, India-napolis, Indiana. For details telephone 847-264-5916(e-mail: sueo@wjweiser.com; Internet: www.iuaweb.org).

Jackson Hole Urologic ConferenceFebruary 7–11, 2010. Hotel Terra, Jackson Hole, Wyo-ming. For details telephone 847-264-5915 (e-mail: sueo@wjweiser.com; Internet: www.jacksonholeseminars.com).

International Society for the Study of

Women’s Sexual Health Annual MeetingFebruary 18–21, 2010. Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront, St.Petersburg, Florida. For details telephone 847-517-7225(e-mail: annmarie@wjweiser.com; Internet: www.isswsh.org).

ABU Certification (Part 2) ExaminationFebruary 19–21, 2010. Dallas, Texas. For details tele-phone 434-979-0059 (e-mail: Lindsay@abu.org).

Society for Urodynamics

and Female Urology (SUFU) MeetingFebruary 23–27, 2010. Renaissance Vinoy Resort and GolfClub, St. Petersburg, Florida. For details telephone 847-517-7225 (e-mail: annmarie@wjweiser.com; Internet: www.sufuorg.com).

International Symposium on Focal Therapy

and Imaging of Prostate and Kidney CancerFebruary 24–27, 2010. The Fairmont Hotel, Washington,D. C. For details e-mail mary.ruemker@duke.edu (Inter-net: www.cancer.duke.edu/focaltherapycme).

American College of Legal Medicine MeetingMarch 4–7, 2010. Caribe Royale, Orlando, Florida. For de-tails telephone 847-264-5915 (e-mail: sueo@wjweiser.

Training Course on Stress Urinary

Incontinence: Evaluation and ManagementMarch 9–11, 2010. Urology and Nephrology Center, Man-soura University, Mansoura, Egypt. For details e-mailBassem_wadie@mans.edu.eg.

Ohio Urological Society Annual MeetingMarch 12–13, 2010. Hilton Columbus, Columbus, Ohio. Fordetails telephone 847-264-5915 (e-mail: sueo@wjweiser.com; Internet: www.ousweb.org).

AUA/AACU Joint Advocacy ConferenceMarch 21–23, 2010. The Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D. C. Fordetails telephone 410-689-3762 (e-mail: governmentrelations@auanet.org; Internet: www.uropac.org).

ABU Pediatric

Subspecialty Certification ExaminationApril 8–9, 2010. Various testing centers throughout theU.S. and Canada. For details telephone 434-979-0059(e-mail: Lindsay@abu.org).

American Society of

Andrology Annual MeetingApril 10 –13, 2010. Omni Houston Hotel, Houston,Texas. For details telephone 847-517-7225 (e-mail:annmarie@wjweiser.com; Internet: www.andrologysociety.org).

Rocky Mountain

Urological Society Annual MeetingApril 16–17, 2010. Hotel Monaco, Denver, Colorado. Fordetails telephone 847-264-5915 (e-mail: sueo@wjweiser.com).

Wisconsin Urological

Society Annual MeetingApril 16–17, 2010. Fluno Center, Madison, Wisconsin. Fordetails telephone 847-264-5927 (e-mail: may@wjweiser.com;