THIRD PLACE - $300/Plaque
James Yu, M.D., Stanford University
Green Trash in the Operating Room: Reducing Regulated Medical Waste..
James Yu, M.D., Craig V. Comiter, M.D.: Stanford, CA

JOSEPH F. McCARTHY / OLYMPUS GYRUS ACMI PHYSICIAN ESSAY CONTEST

FIRST PLACE - $1,000/Plaque
Steven L. Chang, M.D., Stanford University
The Imapct of Common Medications on Serum Prostate-Specific Antigen Levels: Analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
Steven L. Chang, M.D., Joseph C. Presti, Jr., M.D.: Stanford, CA.

SECOND PLACE
Maurice M. Garcia, M.D., University of California
A Novel Non-Invasive, Motility-Independent Sperm Sorting Method and Technology To Identify and Retrieve Individual Viable Non-Motile Sperm for ISCI.
Maurice M. Garcia, M.D., Aaron Ohta, Ph.D., Thomas J. Walsh, M.D., Eric Vittinghof, Ph.D., Guiting Lin, M.D., Ph.D., Ming Wu, Ph.D., and Tom F. Lue, M.D.: San Francisco, CA.

THIRD PLACE
Matthew R. Cooperberg, M.D., University of California
Comparative Risk-Adjusted Mortality Outcomes Following Primary Surgery, Radiation Therapy, and Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Prostate Cancer.
Matthew R. Cooperberg, M.D., Andrews J. Vickers, Ph.D., Jeanette M. Broering, MS, Peter R. Carroll, M.D.: San Francisco, CA.

Overall Winners:

James L. Goebel Grand Prize Poster: $500 Prize/Plaque
Steven L. Chang, M.D. (Paper #91)
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Nephron-Sparing Options in the Management of Small Renal Masses.
Steven L. Chang, M.D., Lauren E. Cipriano, Benjamin I. Chung, M.D., Stanford, CA.

Second Place Poster Overall: $300 Prize
Leah Y. Nakamura, M.D. (Paper #14)
Incontinence After Robot Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Characteristics and Effect on Quality of Life.
Leah Y. Nakamura, M.D., Aaron D. Martin, M.D., M.P.H., Rafael N. Nunez, M.D., Amylou Dueck, Ph.D., Mitchell R. Humphreys, M.D., Scott K. Swanson, M.D., Robert G. Ferrigni, M.D., Paul Andrews, M.D., Erik P. Castle, M.D.: Phoenix, AZ.

Third Place Poster Overall: $200 Prize
Christopher R. Porter, M.D. (Paper #2)
Tissue Type Imaging for Prostate Cancer.
Christopher R. Porter, M.D., Ernest Felleppa, Ph.D., Shreedevi Dasgupta, Deborah Sparks: New York, NY.; Seattle, WA.

Best of Session Winners: Ribbon Award

Poster Session I – First Place Winner:
Leah Y. Nakamura, M.D. (Paper #14)
Incontinence After Robot Assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Characteristics and Effect on Quality of Life.
Leah Y. Nakamura, M.D., Aaron D. Martin, M.D., M.P.H., Rafael N. Nunez, M.D., Amylou Dueck, Ph.D., Mitchell R. Humphreys, M.D., Scott K. Swanson, M.D., Robert G. Ferrigni,M.D., Paul Andrews, M.D., Erik P. Castle, M.D.: Phoenix, AZ.

Poster Session I – Second Place Winner:
Christopher R. Porter, M.D. (Paper #2)
Tissue Type Imaging for Prostate Cancer.
Christopher R. Porter, M.D., Ernest Felleppa, Ph.D., Shreedevi Dasgupta, Deborah Sparks: New York, NY.; Seattle, WA.

Poster Session I – Third Place Winner:
Tracy M. Downs, M.D. (Paper #22)
Predictors of Upgrading at the Time of Radical Prostatectomy in a Contemporary Veterans Affairs Cohort..
Tracy M. Downs, M.D., Jonathan L. Silberstein, M.D., Ithaar Deerwesh, M.D., Cameron Ghaffery, B.S.*, Seth Cohen, M.D., Jessica Wang-Rodriguez, M.D.*, Linda Rustin, M.S.N., Kyoko Sakamoto, M.D., Kerrin Palazzi-Churas, M.P.H.*, Kimberly Christensen, B.S.*, Christopher J. Kane, M.D.: San Diego, CA.

Poster Session II – First Place
Brian Mayson, M.D. (Paper #57)
Efficacy of Repeat Course of Therapeutic Solution for Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder Syndrome.
Brian Mayson, M.D., Joel HM Teichman, M.D., FRCSC: Vancouver, BC, Canada

Poster Session II – Second Place
Claus G. Roehrborn, M.D. (Paper #55)
Retrograde Ejaculation Induced by Silodosin Is Associated With Greater Urodynamic and Symptomatic Improvements in Men With Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Secondary to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.
Claus G. Roehrborn, M.D., Herbert Lepor, M.D., Steven A. Kaplan, M.D., Lawrence A. Hill, R.Ph., Pharm.D., Weining Volinn*, M.S., Gary Hoel*, R.Ph., Ph.D.: Salt Lake City, UT.

Poster Session II – Third Place
Chasta-Dawne L. Bacsu, M.D. (Paper #54)
A RCT of Hydrophilic vs Non-hydrophilic Catheters in Spina Bifida.
Katherine N. Moore, Ph.D., R.N., Darcie A. Kiddoo, M.D., Peter D. Metcalfe, M.D., Chasta-Dawne L. Bacsu, M.D., C. William Hyndman, M.D., Donald P. Schopflocher, Ph.D.: EB, Canada

Poster Session III – First Place
Jonathan L. Silberstein, M.D. (Paper #99)
Pilot Study of Feasibility and Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Sunitinib prior to Nephron Sparing Surgery.
Jonathan L. Silberstein, M.D., Reza Mehrazin, M.D., Fred Millard, M.D., Farhan Yunis, M.D., Wassim Bazzi, M.D., Anthony Patterson, M.D., Christopher J. Kane, M.D., Christopher DiBlasio, M.D., Tracy M. Downs, M.D., Ithaar H. Derweesh, M.D.: San Diego, CA.

Poster Session III – Second Place
Steven L. Chang, M.D. (Paper #91)
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Nephron-Sparing Options in the Management of Small Renal Masses.
Steven L. Chang, M.D., Lauren E. Cipriano, Benjamin I. Chung, M.D., Stanford, CA.

Poster Session III – Third Place
Gautum Agarwal, M.D. (Paper #76)
Comparison of a Reduced Radiation Fluoroscopy Protocol to Conventional Fluroscopy During Uncomplicated Ureteroscopy.
Gautum Agarwal,M.D.,Daniel Greene,B.A.* Kamyar Ebrahimi,M.D.,D. Duane Baldwin,M.D.: Loma Linda, CA.

The Earl F. Nation Resident Scholarships were awarded to one outstanding Resident from each training facility. The recipients are listed below: ($1,000 awarded if traveling across Pacific, $500 awarded when not traveling across Pacific.)

Forest Jellison, M.D. - Loma Linda University, CA - $500
Dayne M. Nelson, CPT, MC - Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma - $500
Leah Nakamura, M.D. - Mayo Clinic, Phoenix - $500
Jason Durbin, M.D. - Naval Medical Center San Diego - $500
Brian Duty, M.D. - Oregon Health Sciences University - $500
William Tu, M.D. - Stanford University Medical Center - $500
CPT George Kallingal, M.D. - Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii. - $1000
Chasta Bacsu, M.D. - University of Alberta - $500
David Ritsema, M.D. - University of Arizona Health Science Center - $500
Stephen Faddegon, M.D. - University of British Columbia - $500
Jacqueline Craig, M.D. - University of California, Davis - $500
Jennifer L. Young, M.D. - University of California, Irvine - $500
Ramdev Konijeti, M.D. - University of California, Los Angeles - $500
Sepehr Nowfar, M.D. - University of California, San Diego - $500
Thomas Chi, M.D. - University of California, San Francisco - $500
Philip H. Kim, M.D. - University of Southern California - $500
Robert Laciak, M.D. - University of Utah School of Medicine - $500
Anup Shah, M.D. - University of Washington - $500

Prize Drawing Winners
1st Place ($300): Jim Crowley, MD
2nd Place ($200): Robert Laciak, MD
3rd Place ($100): Shawn Robinson, MD
4th Place ($50): Leah Nakamura, MD
5th Place ($50): James Chartrand, MD
6th Place ($50): Cu Phan, MD
7th Place ($50): Shawn Robinson, MD
Western Section Logo Sweatshirt: Greg Thibault, MD
Western Section Logo Sweatshirt: Robert Taylor, MD
Western Section Logo T-Shirt: Nancy Itano , MD
Western Section Logo T-Shirt: John Prince, MD
Western Section Logo T-Shirt: Alvaro Lucioni, MD
Western Section Logo T-Shirt: Michael Verni, MD

Wednesday Exhibit Hall Drawing Winners
“Lucky” Chip Pillow: Jerry L. Coles, MD
$100 Cash: Shaun Robinson, MD
$100 Cash: Jason Kim, MD
$100 Cash: Nicholas Buchan, MD
$100 Cash: Ray Hackett, MD
$200 Cash: Jason Zommick, MD
$200 Cash: Jian Ma, M.D.
MAC Book Air Laptop: NP Patel, M.D.

1st 100 Registered Drawing
$1000 Bertram Lewis, MD

Closet to Pin:
Gregory P. Thibault, MD
(received $50.00)