BERKELEY, CA USA (Press Release) - May 1, 2012 - The Keyes Medal, an award conceived in 1926, is presented to an individual for "outstanding contributions in the advancement of urology." It is recognized as the greatest individual citation in the specialty, and it has been awarded sparingly since its inception.
This award was named after Edward L. Keyes, MD (a NYC physician and one of the founders of the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons) an organization established in 1886. In the 1890s, the first reports on prostate surgery were presented during the annual program and since that time, continuing medical education has focused on surgery of the genitourinary tract.
All Keyes Medals are in cast, on order, and were originally of 14-karat gold. However, at the 1974 meeting, the membership voted that these might be cast in bronze because of the increased cost of gold.
Dr. Wein, the most recent recipient of this prestigious award, is Professor and Chief of the Division of Urology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Chief of Urology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Residency Program in Urology at the University of Pennsylvania at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Additionally he serves in the capacity of Chief Medical Editor for UroToday.
Previous recipients of the Keyes Medal award are:
- 1933 – A.M. Richards
- 1936 – E.L. Keyes, Jr.
- 1937 – Hugh H. Young
- 1944 – Henry G. Bugbee
- 1950 – H. L. Kretschmer
- 1951 – W.F. Braasch
- 1954 – Frank Hinman
- 1956 – C.C. Higgins
- 1960 – V.J. O’Connor
- 1965 – J.A.C. Colston
- 1967 – D. M. Davis
- 1969 – Edgar Burns
- 1974 – Rubin H. Flocks
- 1977 – Ormond S. Culp
- 1979 – William W. Scott
- 1982 – Harry M. Spence
- 1983 – J. Hartwell Harrison
- 1985 – Hugh J. Jewett
- 1987 – Willard E. Goodwin
- 1990 – Willet F. Whitmore
- 1992 – William H. Boyce
- 1994 – Victor F. Marshall
- 1996 – John K. Latimer
- 2001 – John T. Grayhack
- 2003 – William Catalona
- 2004 – Thomas Stamey
- 2006 - Emil Tanagho
- 2008 - John P. Donohue
- 2010 - Donald G. Skinner
- 2011 - Patrick C. Walsh
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