March 21st, 2011

Penn Medicine reports:

(PHILADELPHIA) – Alan J. Wein, MD, PhD (Hon.), has been selected to receive the Ferdinand C. Valentine Award in Urology from the New York Academy of Medicine’s Section on Urology. Wein is professor and chief of the division of Urology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Director of the Urology Residency Program at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.  

According to the New York Academy of Medicine Web site, the Ferdinand C. Valentine award recognizes “a person who has significantly advanced the science and art of Urology.” The award selection committee praised Wein, saying that he is a “rare thought leader whose greatest contribution to Urology has been an uncanny ability to sift through huge volumes of data and extract those which drive clinical practice. He is one of the world’s great technical urological surgeons. His brilliance is to simplify complex conditions and communicate his concepts with clarity, elegance and a twinkle of humor.”

Read the full story: Ferdinand C. Valentine Award Presented to Penn’s Alan J. Wein, MD, PhD