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The Montague Boyd Prize Essay Contest

Dr. Montague Boyd was the founder of the Southeastern Section, and he served as president in 1933 and 1934. The prize was established in 1967 and is given to a resident, fellow, or urologist in private practice less than ten years.


2024

1st Place
Kiran Sury, MD
Duke University School of Medicine
“Material Fatigue in the Artificial Urinary Sphincter Pressure Regulating Balloon”

2024

2nd Place
Seyed Behzad Jazayeri, MD, MHA
University of Florida College of Medicine
“Protein Kinase D1 Protects Against Etoposide Induced DNA Damage in Prostate Cancer by Upregulation of a-Catenin-3”

2024

3rd Place
Tyler Lynne Overholt, MD, BS
Wake Forest Univesity School of Medicine
“Onabotulinum toxin A injections: a novel option for management of refractory nocturnal enuresis”

2023

1st Place
Dr. Allison Feibus
UF Jacksonville
“MT1, a Novel Small Molecular Bivalent Bromodomain Inhibitor, Inhibits Prostate Cancer Growth”

2023

2nd Place
Dr. Jordan Foreman
Duke University
“Preoperative Bladder Mechanics Forecast Individualized Artificial Urinary Sphincter Longevity”

2023

3rd Place
Dr. Joseph Bardot
LSUHSC
“Disparities in Healthcare Coverage for Clean Intermittent Catheterization – A Nationwide Analysis”

2022

1st Place
Victor Chalfant
UF Health, Jacksonville
“3JC48-3, A NOVEL MYC/MAX DIMERIZATION INHIBITOR DECREASES PROSTATE CANCER GROWTH”

2022

2nd Place
Dr. Nicholas Eyrich
Emory University School of Medicine
“ASSOCIATION OF MYPROSTATESCORE (MPS) WITH PROSTATE CANCER GRADE IN THE RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY SPECIMEN”

2022

3rd Place
Dr. Rohan G. Bhalla
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
“IMPACT OF HEALTH LITERACY ON SATISFACTION FOLLOWING MALE PROSTHETIC SURGERY”

2021

1st Place
Jordan Goldwag
University of Kentucky
“Modified Frailty Index as a Preoperative Predictor of Morbidity Following Minimally Invasive Partial Nephrectomy”

2021

2nd Place
Seth Teplitsky, MD
University of Kentucky
“Operative Duration and Short-Term Morbidity and Mortality Following Radical Cystectomy with Urinary Diversion”

2021

3rd Place
Christopher Koller, MD
Tulane University
“Prostate Cancer Lesions by Zone And Race: Does MPMRI Demonstrate Racial Difference In Prostate Cancer Lesions for African American Men?”

2020

1st Place
Mark Ehlers, MD
UNC Chapel Hill
“A National Cross-Sectional Survey of Financial Toxicity Among Bladder Cancer Patients”

2020

2nd Place
Hamza Beano, MD
Atrium Health
“Describing and Determining the Clinical Value of Early Post-Radical Cystectomy Urinary Flora”

2020

3rd Place
Bradley Potts, MD
Duke University
“Barrington’s Reflexes Revisited: Proximal Urethral Electrical Stimulation as a Treatment for Underactive Bladder in Rats”

2019

1st Place
Patrick Hensley, MD
“Novel Immunohistochemical Signatures Predict Response of Bladder Cancer to Cisplatin-Based Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy”

2019

2nd Place
Brian M. Inouye, MD
“Diabetic Bladder Dysfunction is Associated with Bladder Inflammation Triggered through Hyperglycemia not Polyuria”

2019

3rd Place
Mohammed A. Said, MD
“Incidence and Risk Factors for Prolonged Opioid Use Among Opioid-Naïve Patients Following Urologic Stone Surgery”

2018

1st Place
Rashid Sayyid
Augusta University
“Population-Based Outcomes of Men with a Single Negative Prostate Biopsy: Importance of Continued Follow Up Among Older Patients”

2018

2nd Place
Eugene Cone, MD
Duke University
“Disproportionate Use of Inpatient Care by Older Adults with Kidney Stone”

2018

3rd Place
Louis Aliperti
Emory University
“Genitourinary Prosthetic Use Among Prostate Cancer Survivors Treated with Radical Prostatectomy”

2017

1st Place
Charles Adam Lorentz, MD
Emory University

2017

2nd Place
Eugene Cone, MD
Duke University

2017

3rd Place
Eric Schommer, MD
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville

2016

1st Place
Ilan J. Safir, MD
Emory University
“Implementation of a Tele-Urology Program for Outpatient Hematuria Referrals: Initial Results and Patient Satisfaction”

2016

2nd Place
Alison Feibus, BS, MS
Tulane University
“PCA3 and TMPRSS2:ERG Urinary Biomarkers Demonstrate Clinical Utility in African American Men Undergoing Prostate Biopsy”

2016

3rd Place
Jacob Ark, MD
Vanderbilt University
“Correlation Between Contrasted Computed Tomography Scan and Nuclear Medicine Renogram to Predict Differential Renal Function in Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction”

2015

1st Place
James Liu
Tulane University
“Comparison of Sorafenib-loaded PLGA and Liposome Nanoparticles in the Treatment of Renal Cell Carcinoma”

2015

2nd Place
Jessica C. Lloyd, MD
Duke University School of Medicine
“Superior Efficacy of Combination Pharmacotherapy for Treatment of Neurogenic Detrusor Overactivity Following Spinal Cord Injury”

2015

3rd Place
Paymon Nourparvar, MD
Emory University
“Safety and Efficacy of Ureteral Stent Placement at the Bedside Under Local Anesthesia”

2014

1st Place
Courtney Shepard, MD
University of Alabama-Birmingham
“The Effects of C5 Hemicontusion Injury on Bladder Function in Rats”

2014

2nd Place
Scott Castle, MD
University of Miami
“Ejaculatory Success Rates and Semen Quality in the First 2 Years After Spinal Cord Injury”

2014

3rd Place
Joseph Ellen, MD
University of Florida
“Evaluation of Different Region of Interest (ROI) Strategies for Characterization of Upper Urinary Tract Stones Detected on Computed Tomography”