Dr. John Denstedt graduated from medical school in 1982 at The University of Western Ontario in London, Canada. He completed his residency in Urology at Western between 1983 and 1987 followed by a fellowship in Endourology at Washington University in St. Louis. He returned to London and joined the Division of Urology in the Department of Surgery at Western in 1990.
In July 2002 he assumed the role of Chair and Chief of the Department of Surgery at Western University and served in this role for 14 years. Dr. Denstedt is a Past Chair of the Canadian Association of Surgical Chairs and has served on the American Urological Association Board of Directors. He completed a 10 year term as Treasurer of the Endourological Society in 2018. He has been a Past President of the Northeastern Section of the AUA and in 2023 will serve as President of the Endourological Society.
While maintaining an active clinical practice, Dr. Denstedt is an internationally renowned scholar in urology with career accomplishments encompassing over 300 published papers and book chapters, more than 400 guest professorships in 60 countries and numerous honours and awards including being the first Canadian to have won the Gold Cystoscope Award from the American Urological Association in 1998. In 2019 he was awarded the Karl Storz Lifetime Achievement Award from the Endourological Society. Dr. Denstedt has served on the Editorial Board of eight major journals in Urology and is the immediate past Executive Editor of the Journal of Endourology. He is the immediate past Secretary of the American Urological Association and is the first Canadian to hold this prestigious position since the founding of the organization in 1902.
Brian Helfand, MD is a physician with NorthShore University HealthSystem who specializes in urology. Dr. Helfand earned his medical degree from and completed his fellowship at the Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency at the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University.
Dr. Sarah E. McAchran is an urologist in Madison, Wisconsin and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including UnityPoint Health Meriter and UW Health University Hospital.
She received her medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years.
I am a pediatric urologist and health services researcher who is interested in caring for children with urological problems, conducting research on how to improve that care, and mentoring young researchers to ensure that the next generation does both better than I currently can.
My clinical interests include minimally-invasive surgery, neurogenic and non-neurogenic voiding dysfunction, complex urologic reconstruction (particularly in children with spina bifida), and pediatric urologic oncology (particularly Wilms tumor and rhabdomyosarcoma). My research has been funded by awards from the NIH, CDC, FDA, and multiple foundations and industry partners, and during my time on faculty at Duke I have had the pleasure of collaborating with many groups and individuals around the world on a number of projects. Over the past 15 years, I have formally mentored nearly 3 dozen undergraduates, medical students, urology residents, post-doctoral students, and junior faculty members across multiple disciplines (pediatrics, urogynecology, urology, and nursing).
Dr. Ahmad Almarzouq is from Kuwait. Graduated from Cardiff University, UK where he also completed 1 year of internship. He obtained a Master of Science from Queen Mary University in London, UK. After returning to Kuwait as a junior doctor in general surgery and urology, Ahmad was awarded a scholarship and joined the McGill urology program in 2015. Upon completion of residency training, Ahmad started his Uro-oncology fellowship in University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Outside work, Ahmad enjoys travelling, fine dining, exercising and is an avid follower of European soccer.
Dr. Ahmad H. Al-Malki is a specialist in the field of Andrology & Male infertility. He completed his Bachelor Degree in Medicine and Surgery from Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland in 2006 and successfully obtained his membership of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2012. Dr AlMalki did his residency in Urology at Hamad Medical corporation in Doha, Qatar and obtained Certification of Arab Board of Urology in 2013. He then underwent a specialized 2-year training in Andrology & Male Infertility at Hamad Medical Corporation and did a second 2-year Clinical and Research Fellowship in Male infertility at McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Dr. Al-Malki has great interest in the field of Medical Research, with several published and ongoing research projects relating to the updates in male infertility.
