Jay Y. Gillenwater

Jay Y. Gillenwater, MD
Dr. Jay Y. Gillenwater
Born	July 27, 1933 Kingsport, Tennessee
Alma mater	University of Tennessee
Awards	Russell and Mary Scott Award, Hugh Hampton Young Award, Valentine Medal.
Scientific career
Fields	Urology
Institutions	University of Virginia, American Board of Urology, Journal of Urology

Jay Y. Gillenwater, MD., (born July 27, 1933 in Kingsport) is professor emeritus at the University of Virginia. He is former chair of the Department of Urology at the School of Medicine of the University of Virginia, was president of the American Urological Association, editor of the Journal of Urology, member of the NIH Advisory Council of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, and president of the American Foundation for Urologic Diseases. He is the author of Adult and Pediatric Urology.

Dr. Gillenwater obtained his B.S. from the University of Tennessee in 1954 and his M.D. from The University of Tennessee (College of Medicine in Memphis) in 1957. He was a house officer in internal medicine at the Graduate Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania from January 1958 to June 1960. In 1961 Gillenwater joins the Army during the experimental phase of the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) He was first stationed in Fort Knox where he was assigned to the Armored Medical Research Laboratory, he was then deployed to Clark Air Base in Manila where he worked on research leading to asset the impact of prolonged exposure to extreme heat, particularly in soldiers deeply to tank and armored vehicle units. Upon competition of his Military Service Gillenwater completed his residency in urology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in 1965.