Innovation in Urinary Stone Disease for Earth and Space Applications
Hunter Wessells is Professor and Nelson Chair of the Department of Urology at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr Wessells specializes in genitourinary trauma, reconstructive surgery, and erectile dysfunction, directing a fellowship in trauma and reconstructive urology, and working with trainees to solve the challenging problems of tissue loss and fibrosis. He seeks solutions to urinary stone disease, erectile dysfunction and lower urinary tract dysfunction from a number of directions ranging from cell culture systems and mouse models to collaborative multicenter studies funded by NIH, NASA and other agencies. Current investigations include genetic susceptibility to erectile dysfunction; novel therapies for kidney stones; and urological complications of diabetes. He serves as the AUA Guidelines Panel Chair for Male Urethral Stricture, Steering Committee Chair of the NIDDK sponsored Urinary Stone Disease Research Network, member on the NIDDK Strategic Planning Work Group, the Urology representative to the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, and previously as trustee of the American Board of Urology.

Please email Tarryn Ching (tarryn.ching@nds.ox.ac.uk) if you would like to attend.
Date: 6 May 2022, 8:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Trinity 2022)
Venue: John Radcliffe Academic, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1, also online via Microsoft Teams
Speaker: Professor Hunter Wessells (University of Washington School of Medicine)
Organising department: Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences
Organiser: Tarryn Ching (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences)
Part of: Surgical Grand Rounds
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Louise King