William D. Steers
| Dr. William D. Steers | |
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University of Virginia
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| Born | August 19, 1955 Toledo, Ohio |
| Died | 10 April 2015 (aged 59) Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Fields | Urology |
| Institutions | University of Virginia, American Board of Urology, Journal of Urology |
| Alma mater | Medical College of Ohio, Cornell University, University of Texas |
| Notable awards | Hovey Dabney Professorship |
Dr. William D. Steers, August 19, 1955 – April 10, 2015, was a Paul Mellon professor and Chair of the Department of Urology at the School of Medicine of the University of Virginia. Dr. Steers is past President of the American Board of Urology (ABU) and Editor of the Journal of Urology. In 2003, the University of Virginia awarded Dr. Steers the Hovey Dabney Professorship. In 2004 Dr. Steers initiated the Charlottesville Men’s Four Miler road race in Virginia to raise funds for men’s health. Dr. Steers was a viticulturist aficionado, he co-owned Well Hung Vineyard in Charlottesville. He also authored YOURometer an iPhone app. used to record urological related symptoms.
Steers obtained his degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University in 1977 and his medical degree in 1980 from the Medical College of Ohio. After a urology residency at the University of Texas Houston and M.D. Anderson Hospital, Dr Steers completed a fellowship in Neuropharmacology at the University of Pittsburgh.
Steers was a faculty member at the University of Virginia since 1988, and became Chair of the Department of Urology in 1995. His most cited publication is the 1998 paper in the New England Journal of Medicine which first described the clinical efficacy of Viagra.
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