American Urological Association history

He subsequently relocated and established the American Cystoscopic Makers Incorporated (ACMI) in 1908 in New York City.

Dr Hugh Cabot’s speech at the annual AUA meeting in 1911 is one of the most important speeches ever delivered by its president.

At the 1928 annual meeting in Boston, presided by Drs Francis E DeBois, Drs A. Chute and W. Quimby discussed “The Symptoms and Diagnosis of Urinary Lithiasis” and “The Treatment of Urinary Lithiasis” respectively.

In 1940, the AUA territories were further divided into eight sections and the total membership then was 1155.

In 1950, the New York AUA instituted an annual resident essay contest.

At the April meeting in 1953, Dr Benjamin F. Miller of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, presented “Homologous Transplantation of the Kidney.” His assisting transplant team Drs JH Harrison and David Hume spoke on the challenges encountered.

By 1960, the AUA mandated that all AUA Sections become incorporated in order to qualify for tax free exemption status.

The Ferdinand C. Valentine Prize Essay Contest for Residents was held on April 7th, 1961 at the NYAM. It was a combined meeting with the GU Section of the New York Academy and New York AUA Section.

The AUA annual meeting was held in New York City in 1967.

Membership to AUA changed one again in 1973.

The AUA New York Section historian Dr Adrien W. Zorgniotti, wrote the above article published in the New York Academy of Medicine Volume 2 in 1976.

In 1977, Dr Harry Grabstald the president, formed the New York Section’s Malpractice Defense Committee, chaired by Dr Keith Waterhouse to help members plagued with malpractice lawsuits.

On January 4th 1980, Dr Russel Lavengood (Fig 7) proposed that the NY Section be divided into 7 areas:

The largest overseas meeting to date was the 94th Annual meeting and the 23rd overseas meeting held at The International Hotel in Paris, France with over 400 attendees on October 12, 1996.

In 1998, ten years after conceiving the idea of instituting the Russel Lavengood Award, Dr Richard Macchia became a recipient of the award for his achievements and contributions to the Section.

Upon the association's move to Linthicum, MD in 2003, the museum has evolved into the William P. Didusch Center for Urologic History and taken on new tasks and responsibilities that include the topic of research in urologic history.

The mission statement and bylaw of the NY AUA Section was revised in September 2014 by the committee members consisting of Drs Louis Kavoussi, Jay Motola, George Owens, and Fred Gulmi.