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American Board of Urology
Dr. J. Brantley Thrasher is Professor Emeritus and former Chairman of the Department of Urology at the University of Kansas Medical Center. A native of South Carolina, he completed his MD at the Medical University of South Carolina, an internship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and his urology residency at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado. He subsequently completed a urologic oncology fellowship at Duke University Medical Center. He served for three years as Program Director for the Urology Residency Program at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington, and after completing his military obligation, he was appointed as Chair of Urology at the University of Kansas Medical Center in 1998 and serving until 2016.
He is the Past-President of the American Urological Association (AUA), the Society of Urology Chairpersons and Program Directors, the Society of Urologic Oncology, and a previous member of the Residency Review Committee for Urology. He has served as the Vice-President of the American Board of Urology and as the South Central Section Representative to the AUA Board of Directors. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Urology, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons, and a member of the Clinical Society of Genitourinary Surgeons. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the AUA in 2015, for 15 years of service to academic and organized urology, and was also awarded the Distinguished Service award from the Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO), in 2017. He stepped down as Chair of the Department of Urology in June 2016, in order to dedicate more time to his position and service for the AUA. He is currently Executive Secretary of the Society of Academic Urologists and the Executive Director of the American Board of Urology.
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Sunday, May 15, 2022
7:50 AM – 8:00 AM