1923 — Nathaniel G. Alcock, M. D., recruited to develop a urology program at The University of Iowa College of Medicine, creating the teaching program for students and residents.
1927 — UI Department of Urology was formally established; Alcock named Department Chair.
1934 — Alcock pioneered the transurethral resection of the prostate (TRUP) in the Midwest.
1937-39 — Rubin H. Flocks, M. D., studied the blood supply to the prostate and the healing process after TURP, basing surgical principles on anatomic descriptions still in use worldwide today.
1949 — Flocks named Department Chair.
1949-50 — Flocks developed the radioisotopic treatment of prostate cancer with colloidal radioactive gold, one of the first medical uses of radioisotopes, and the beginning of brachytherapy.
1953-56 — Raymond G. Bunge, M. D., developed the glycerol medium for preserving sperm, thus developing the first sperm bank in the world, paving the way for human artificial insemination. The clinical area of infertility treatment was born.
1959-61 — David A. Culp, M. D., supervised some of the first clinical trials of closed drainage systems to avoid urinary tract infections in urology patients.
1968 — Flocks served as President of the American Urological Association (AUA).
1970 — Charles E. Hawtrey, M. D., became the first pediatric urologist in Iowa.
1973 — David M. Lubaroff, Ph. D., recruited as the first basic scientist in the Department.
1974 — Culp was named Department Chair.
1981 — Culp served as AUA President.
1982 — The Flocks Prostate Disease Center was dedicated.
1984 — Richard D. Williams, M. D., was named Department Chair.
1984 — Stefan Loening, M. D., brought the eighth ESWL unit in the U.S. to The University of Iowa; an investigative team studied the adverse effect of shock waves, broadening the application of lithotripsy in urologic practice.
1984-90 — Williams identified and recruited specialists in laparoscopy, endourology, infertility, urologic oncology, male sexual dysfunction, and female urology, establishing broad and specific expertise in all areas of urology in the UI department.
1992 — Howard N. Winfield, MD, performed the world’s first laparoscopic partial nephrectomy and Iowa’s first laparoscopic nephrectomy.
1997 — Timothy L. Ratliff, PhD, recruited as the first recipient of the Andersen-Hebbeln Endowed Chair in Prostate Cancer Research; the Department of Urology Research team included 33 investigators and staff and has a working budget of $6 million in extramural grants.
2001 — Thomas S. Griffith, PhD, immunologist, invited to speak at the Karolinska Institute Nobel Conference, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prize for Research.
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