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Research in the U-M Medical School Department of Urology spans a wide range of topics, offering a well-rounded perspective on many of the challenges facing the field of urology.
This broad span helps prepare the Department, as well as its many physicians, to be able to call upon innovative, thoroughly researched best practices when treating patients.
Department News
Dr. Ghani has been appointed as the new Director of Research for the Endourological Society.

Health Lab
Researchers at University of Michigan showed that the proportion of patients undergoing prostatectomy for the lowest risk type of cancer dropped over fivefold between 2010 to 2024.
Department News
Dr. Susanne Quallich of the U-M Medical School Department of Urology was selected as 2025 APP of the Year by the American Urological Association.

Health Lab
Concerns about telehealth’s potential to lead to more in-person care and higher costs are not panning out, which has implications for extending COVID-era flexibility.

Health Lab Podcast
For people with erectile dysfunction, penile prosthesis surgery provides a safer, and more successful treatment option, than you might think.

Health Lab
Researchers at have validated a previously developed urine test, which can potentially bypass invasive procedures for prostate cancer detection among men who are unlikely to benefit.