Dr. Steven Campbell to serve as new WVU Urology chair
The West Virginia University School of Medicine announces Steven Campbell, M.D., Ph.D., as the new chair of the Department of Urology, effective June 30.
Dr. Campbell joins WVU from The Cleveland Clinic, where he is a board-certified urologist who has served as vice chair of urology, residency program director and professor of surgery. For the past 20 years, he has led the largest urology residency training program in the United States, and was central to the urologic oncology fellowship program.
“We are fortunate to attract someone of Dr. Campbell’s stature to lead our Department of Urology. He is known worldwide and has done much to enhance the field of urological cancer, which is on the rise in West Virginia and the surrounding regions,” Clay Marsh, M.D., chancellor and executive dean for Health Sciences, said. “Our urologists are pioneering advancements in care, training future physicians and putting patient care at the forefront of everything they do. Dr. Campbell’s leadership, experience and skill will advance the breadth of our research and patient-care capability and will continue to expand our urology faculty, staff and trainees.”
Dr. Campbell’s primary interests include renal cell carcinoma, bladder cancer, prostate cancer and resident education. He’s a nationally renowned expert in the field, authoring more than 400 papers and serving as the lead author of the American Urological Association’s Guidelines for the management of kidney cancer.
Campbell also contributed to The Cleveland Clinic’s renal cell carcinoma medical genetics team, treating thousands of patients with all types of genitourinary cancer tumors.
Campbell will join a dedicated and highly skilled group of urologists and a strong and cohesive group of residents.
“I’m excited to work collaboratively to improve the urologic health for West Virginians and surrounding states through strong patient care and communications, dedicated research initiatives, and efforts to further enhance the educational experiences in the Department,” he said.
Before joining The Cleveland Clinic, he served as co-director of urologic oncology at Loyola University Medical Center; chief of urology service at Hines Veterans Affairs Hospital in Maywood, Illinois; and co-director of the division of Urological Oncology at Northwestern.
After completing his urology residency at The Cleveland Clinic, he completed a urology fellowship in urologic oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He obtained a Ph.D. in biochemistry and molecular biology from the University of Chicago, where he earned his M.D. and bachelor’s degrees.
Urology services at WVU were founded as a division within the Department of Surgery in 1960 by Frank Milam, M.D. The division’s initial focus was on patient care, and in the 1970s, it began to expand its efforts in research on the basic science of male reproductive organs. Later, an emphasis was placed on the initial studies for intravesical treatments for bladder cancer, and the School’s first Department of Urology was established in 2017.
For more information on the Department of Urology, visit medicine.wvu.edu/urology.
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