UIC Urology News and Events

New American Urological Association (AUA) President

Dr. Lawrence S. Ross, Clarence C. Saelhof professor, is the president of American Urological Association, the premier professional associatioin for the advancement of urologic patient care. The college is very proud of Dr. Ross's achievement and wish to congratulate him as he becomes president of the association's 14,500 members in May.

New Faculty Join Our Department

The Department of Urology of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), is pleased to announce that Stewart Lipson M.D., has joined the faculty as Associate Professor of Urology. Dr. Lipson completed a urologic residency at Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center in 1981 and remained at Michael Reese on the attending staff . While at Michael Reese he developed an interest in urologic stone disease and was the principal investigator for development of the first tubless extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter (Medstone). He was Vice Chairman of the Department of Urology and Director of the Michael Reese Stone Center until 1989 when he moved to Rochester, New York

For the past sixteen years he has practiced urology in Rochester, both in the community and at Strong Memorial Hospital (University of Rochester) and has continued his interest in treating complicated urinary calculi with extracorporeal, percutaneous and ureteroscopic techniques. In addition to stone disease, Dr. Lipson has had extensive uro-oncologic experience with emphasis in laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, nephrectomy and partial nephrectomy, cystectomy with neo-bladder and brachytherapy for cancer of the prostate. At UIC he will be performing DaVinci robotic prostatectomy.

We are delighted that he has returned to Chicago and the Department of Urology at UIC. He can be contacted at (312) 996-2779 (academic office), (312) 440-5127 (University Center for Urology), and (312) 996-2779 (Outpatient Care Center/Urology Clinic/UIC).

Da Vinci Robotic Radical Prostatectomy

The new surgical service of Da Vinci Robotic Radical Prostatectomy.