Thomas Stringer
M.D./Associate Chairman | University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, UNITED STATES
Dr. Thomas Stringer is passionate about sharing his knowledge with residents studying urology.
Biography
Dr. Thomas Stringer is the associate chairman of the Department of Urology.
Areas of Expertise (4)
Fusion Biopsy
Prostate Cancer Screening
General Urology
Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
Media Appearances (1)
UF Health Urologist Dr. Thomas Stringer Earns Lifetime Achievement Award
UF Health online
2021-12-20
For UF Health’s Thomas Stringer, MD, FACS, making a difference in someone’s life has been one of his life’s priorities. After four decades as a distinguished urologist, the list of people for whom he’s made a difference is greater than he could have imagined. Stringer was honored with the FUS Lifetime Achievement Award on Dec. 10 at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Florida Urological Society. Stringer gave a speech to those in attendance at Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld, reflecting on the often-touching highlights of his 40+ year career.
Articles (3)
Visualized Prostate Biopsy: An Intuitive Three-Dimensional User Interface for Systematic and Targeted Biopsy
Journal of EndourologySamsun Lampotang, Thomas Stringer and and David Lizdas
2021-08-21
Prostate biopsy false negative percentages are 21% to 47% and 16% to 30% for systematic and fused biopsy, respectively. An intuitive three-dimensional (3D) observed user interface may help reduce these percentages by providing real-time guidance and feedback during transrectal or transperineal biopsy.
Attitude is everything: keep probe pitch neutral during side-fire prostate biopsy. A simulator study
BJU InternationalZhou Zang, et al.
2021-05-07
To develop and validate on a simulator a learnable technique to decrease deviation of biopsied cores from the template schema during freehand, side-fire systematic prostate biopsy (sPBx) with the goal of reducing prostate biopsy (PBx) false-negatives, thereby facilitating earlier sampling, diagnosis and treatment of clinically significant prostate cancer.
The Urology Applicant: An Analysis of Contemporary Urology Residency Candidates
UrologyAmir H.Lebastchi, et al.
2018-05-01
To better understand today's urology applicant. All 2016 Urology Residency Match applicants to the study-participating institutions were provided a survey via email inquiring about their paths to urology, their career aspirations, how they evaluate a training program, and how they perceive residency programs evaluate them.
