The Department of Urology at LSU Health Shreveport hosted on January 21st, 2023 an advanced Urology Course at a national level, that took place at the state of the art SPARTA simulation center within the School of Medicine.

Congratulations to Chief Resident Dr. Kevin Morgan.  He was accepted into the Endourology and Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL.  He will start in July 2023.  

Congratulations to our recent graduates – Dr. Emily Kelly and Dr. Ernest Tong.  Dr. Kelly will be entering private practice in Melbourne, FL.  Dr. Tong has started a Laparoscopic/Robotic Fellowship at Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, NJ. 

Red River Radio/NPR - Health Matters: One in seven American adults are estimated to have chronic kidney disease, and most may not know that their kidneys are in decline. Dr. Tom Siskron, Assistant Professor of Urology at LSUHS talks about issues affecting the kidneys.

Family Living Magazine - We turned to Dr. Alexander Gomelsky, professor and chair of LSU Health Shreveport’s Urology Department for more information about men’s risk factors and treatments. While testicular cancer accounts for roughly 1 percent of cancer cases in men, it is the most common tumor in young men, ages 20-40.