University Distinguished Service Professor of Urology
The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute
The Johns Hopkins Hospital and
Department of Urology
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute
The Johns Hopkins Hospital and
Department of Urology
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Dr. Walsh is best known for his pioneering work in the development of “the anatomic approach to radical prostatectomy”, which involves nerve-sparing techniques that have reduced the probability of impotence and incontinence, and for his 30 years as the Professor and Director of the Brady Urological Institute. He has also made major contributions to the basic understanding of benign and malignant neoplasms of the prostate. Along with co-workers, he was the first to describe the 5 alpha-reductase enzyme deficiency, to develop an experimental technique for the induction of benign prostatic hyperplasia, to demonstrate the influence of reversible androgen deprivation on BPH, and to characterize hereditary prostatic cancer. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, formerly named the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. For 15 years he was on the Editorial Board of the New England Journal of Medicine and for 25 years was the editor-in-chief of Campbell’s Textbook of Urology, which has been renamed Campbell Walsh in his honor. In 1996, Dr. Walsh received the Charles F. Kettering Medal from the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation for “the most outstanding recent contributions to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.” Dr. Walsh was honored as the 2007 National Physician of the Year for Clinical Excellence by America's Top Doctors®, and received the 2007 King Faisal International Prize in Medicine for his contributions to prostate cancer. In 2012 he was awarded the Francis Amory Prize by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Together with Janet F. Worthington, he authored the best-selling books for lay people The Prostate: A Guide for Men and the Women Who Love Them, which is published by Johns Hopkins University Press (1995) and Warner Books (1997) and more recently, Dr. Patrick Walsh’s Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer, Warner Books (2001), Warner Wellness (2007), Hachette Book Group (2012). Dr. Walsh served as the president of both the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons and the Clinical Society of Genitourinary Surgeons. To learn more about Dr. Walsh and his views on prostate cancer, watch his interview with Charlie Rose:
http://urology.jhu.edu/prostate/videoWalsh.php Birthdate | February 13,1938 |
1956-60 | A.B. - Case Western Reserve University |
1960-64 | M.D. - Case Western Reserve University |
1964-65 | Internship in Surgery Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston Massachusetts |
1965-66 | Junior Assistant Resident in Surgery Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts |
1966-67 | Assistant Resident in Pediatric Surgery The Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts |
1967-71 | Resident in Urology University of California, Los Angeles, California |
1968-70 | Fellow in Endocrinology UCLA School of Medicine, Harbor General Hospital Campus, Los Angeles, California |
1971-73 | Urologist, Naval Hospital, San Diego, California Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery/Urology |
1973-74 |
Visiting Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Metabolism University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Dallas, Texas |
1974-2004 | David Hall McConnell Professor Director, Department of Urology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
1974-2004 | Urologist-in-Chief The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute The Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, Maryland |
2004- | University Distinguished Service Professor of Urology The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland |