Dr. Arthur L. Burnett: surgical treatment for penile cancer

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  • Lucine M. Gao
چکیده

tau.amegroups.com © Translational Andrology and Urology. All rights reserved. The 2016 Huaxia Medical Forum—Genitourinary Tumor & The 2016 Great wall International Translational Andrology and Urology Forum (GUT-HMF 2016 & GITAU 2016) was held at the Tianjin Convention Center in Tianjin, China from April 15–17, 2016. We are honored to invite Dr. Arthur L. Burnett for an interview after his speech on “Penile Preserving and Reconstructive Surgery”. Arthur L. Burnett (Figure 1), MD, Professor of Department of Urology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he is also Director of the Basic Science Laboratory in Neuro-urology. Currently, Dr. Burnett holds professional appointments at the Johns Hopkins Hospital including Director of the Male Consultation Clinic and clinician-scientist at the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute. Dr. Burnett is recognized for being a world-authority in the science and medicine of male erectile dysfunction. He contributed original discoveries of the nitric oxide biochemical mechanisms in erectile tissue that paved the way for the clinical development of oral medications to treat erectile dysfunction such as Viagra. He has also pioneered work to develop therapies to protect penile nerve function required for improved erectile function recovery after radical prostatectomy.

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دوره 5  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2016