Name William Steers | Fields Urology | |
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Institutions University of Virginia, American Board of Urology, Journal of Urology Alma mater Medical College of Ohio, Cornell University, University of Texas Notable awards Hovey Dabney Professorship Died April 10, 2015, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States Education University of Toledo Medical Center | ||
Dr william d steers biographical sketch by eduardo montes bradley
Dr. William D. Steers, August 19, 1955 – April 10, 2015, was a Paul Mellon professor and Chair of the Department of Urology at the School of Medicine of the University of Virginia. Dr. Steers is past President of the American Board of Urology (ABU) and Editor of the Journal of Urology. In 2003, the University of Virginia awarded Dr. Steers the Hovey Dabney Professorship. In 2004 Dr. Steers initiated the Charlottesville Men’s Four Miler road race in Virginia to raise funds for men’s health. Dr. Steers was a viticulturist aficionado, he co-owned Well Hung Vineyard in Charlottesville. He also authored YOURometer an iPhone app. used to record urological related symptoms.
Contents
- Dr william d steers biographical sketch by eduardo montes bradley
- A salute to dr william d steers tribute
- Education
- Career
- Awards
- Societies
- Publications
- On Film
- References
A salute to dr william d steers tribute
Education
Steers obtained his degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University in 1977 and his medical degree in 1980 from the Medical College of Ohio. After a urology residency at the University of Texas Houston and M.D. Anderson Hospital, Dr Steers completed a fellowship in Neuropharmacology at the University of Pittsburgh.
Career
Steers was a faculty member at the University of Virginia since 1988, and became Chair of the Department of Urology in 1995. His most cited publication is the 1998 paper in the New England Journal of Medicine which first described the clinical efficacy of Viagra.
In 2007 Steers was appointed Editor of the Journal of Urology, a position which he hold for life. He was also President of the American Board of Urology for the period 2010-2011, served as chair of the joint ABU/ABOG fellowship in female pelvic medicine, and Director on the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Steers has been a member of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA)Reproductive Medicine Advisory Panel, and chaired the National Institutes of Health’s Urinary Incontinence and Interstitial Cystitis clinical trial groups.
In 2011 Steers was appointed to the advisory council at National Institutes of Health by Kathleen Sebelius and Francis Collins. Dr. Steers was President of the University of Virginia physician’s practice plan from 2002-2009 and is a member of the Health System Strategic Planning and Executive Committees.
Steers' entrepreneurial activities include development of a cell phone application to record patient symptoms, and using Internet Crowdcasting to fund medical research.
"Isaac Asimov predicted in 1976 that I would someday be operating with a robot. By golly, he was right!"
Awards
Steers was named by Men’s Health magazine as one of the top fifteen doctors for men in the U.S. He was awarded the American Urological Association’s Hugh Hampton Young Award, Gold Cystoscope Award, Dornier’s Innovation prize, Gineste Award for research in erectile dysfunction, the Zimskind Award in Neurourology, the annual Castle Connelly.
Societies
Publications
On Film
William D. Steers. A biographical documentary film on Dr. William D. Steers. Filmed in Charlottesville. Produced by Heritage Film Project and directed by Eduardo Montes-Bradley.