Education

• 1966— Abilene Christian University, BS
• 1970— University of Kansas, MD

Postgraduate Training

• 1970-72— Internship/Residency, General Surgery, University of Minnesota
• 1972-76— Residency, Urology, University of Minnesota
• 1976-78— National Kidney Foundation/American Urological Association Fellowship
• 1978-81— American Cancer Society Clinical Faculty Fellowship

Academic Positions

• 1976-79— Instructor/Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
• 1979-84— Assistant/Associate Professor, University of California-San Francisco
• 1979-84— Chief of Urology, San Francisco VAMC
• 1984-Present— Professor and Head, University of Iowa Department of Urology
• 1994-Present— Rubin H. Flocks Chair, University of Iowa Department of Urology

Affiliations and Offices Held

• American Urological Association
• Society of Urologic Oncology
• American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons
• Society for Urologic Oncology
• Iowa Urological Society
• 1993-94— President, Society of University Urologists
• 1994-00— Trustee, American Board of Urology
• 1997-02— Chair, American Foundation for Urologic Diseases (AFUD) Research Committee
• 1999-Present— Board of Directors, AFUD
• 1997-99— Chair, Residency Review Committee for Urology, ACGME
• 1999-00— Vice President, American Board of Urology
• 1999-02— Chair, AUA Research Council
• 1997-98— President, Society of Urologic Oncology
• 1998-99— President, North Central Section AUA
• 1996-99— Advisory Council of the National Institutes for Health for the National Institute of Digestive Diseases and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
• 1999-Present— Board of Governors of the American College of Surgeons
• 2002-09— Chair, External Advisory Committee, Urologic Diseases in America, NIDDK
• 2002-05— Chair, External Advisory Committee, Urologic Oncology, NIH
• 2002-05— Nominating Committee, American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons
• 2004-05— President, American Foundation for Urologic Disease

Honors

• Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Kansas
• Editorial Board, Urology, Urologic Oncology, Journal of Surgical Oncology, Urology Times
• President's Citation, Society of University Urologists, 2000

Research and Clinical Interests

• Urologic oncology
• Immunotherapy of urologic cancer
• Translational gene therapy of prostate cancer