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C. Lowell Parsons, M.D., 62, a director of Urigen, is a leader in medical research into the causes and treatment of interstitial cystitis, which is a painful bladder syndrome with typical cystoscopic and/or histological features in the absence of infection or other pathology, and has published over 200 scientific articles and book chapters in this area describing his work. Dr. Parsons received his M.D. degree from the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT, in 1970. After completing his medical internship at Yale in 1971, Dr. Parsons spent two years as a staff associate in the Laboratory of Microbiology at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He then completed his urology residency training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1977. Dr. Parsons joined the Division of Urology faculty at the University of California, San Diego, or UCSD, in 1977 as assistant professor. He served as Chief of Urology at the UCSD-affiliated Veterans Affairs Medical Center in La Jolla from 1977 to 1985. Since 1988, he has been Professor of Surgery/Urology.
S. Grant Mulholland, M.D., has achieved international recognition for his
interest and expertise in urologic oncology and general urology over the past 30 years. Dr. Mulholland is a
member of numerous urologic, oncologic and surgical organizations, including the past
President of the Philadelphia Urologic and Mid-Atlantic Section of the American
Urological Association. Dr. Mulholland has also authored over 180 articles, chapters
and books.
Christian Stief, M.D., is an internationally recognized scientist and practicing urologist; since 2004 he has been Professor and Chairman of the Department of Urology at the Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, the largest and one of the leading University urological centers in Europe. From 1996 through 2003 he served as Professor and Vice Chairman of the Depart of Urology at Hannover Medical School in Hannover, Germany. His main areas of interest are smooth muscle pharmacology; bladder carcinoma and reconstructive surgery. Professor Stief has published more than 200 manuscripts in peer reviewed journals and more that 50 chapters in medical textbooks.
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