J o u r n a l   I n f o r m a t i o n
 
 
EDITORIAL BOARD

Official Journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology - SBU


EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
 
Sidney Glina, M.D, PhD
ABC Medical School and Ipiranga Hospital, SP, Brazil

 
ASSOCIATE EDITORS
 
Anuar I. Mitre
University of Sao Paulo, USP,
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Lucas Nogueira
Federal University of Minas Gerais,

MG, Brazil
 
Eduardo Mazzucchi
School of Medicine USP,
SP, Brazil
Luciano A. Favorito
State University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
 
Erich K. Lang
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Marcus V. Sadi
Federal University of Sao Paulo - UNIFESP, SP, Brazil
 
Fernando J. Kim
Denver Health Medical Center, CO, USA
Philippe E. Spiess
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, USA
 
Leonardo O. Reis
University of Campinas, Unicamp, SP, Brazil
Sandro Esteves
Androfert, SP, Brazil
 
Stênio de Cássio Zequi
Urology Division, AC Camargo Cancer Center- Fund. A. Prudente, Sao Paulo, Brazil


 
SECTION EDITORS
 
Benign Prostate Disease Pediatric Urology
Fernando G. Almeida
Federal Univ of Sao Paulo,
SP, Brazil

Adriano Calado
University of Pernambuco - UPE,

PE, Brazil

   
Basic Science Reconstructive Urology

Leopoldo Alves Ribeiro Filho
State University of Sao Paulo,

SP, Brazil

Décio Streit
Sao Lucas Hospital, PUC,
Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
   
Female Urology Review
João Luiz Amaro
Paulista University - UNESP,
Botucatu, SP, Brazil

Gustavo Carvalhal
Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio Grande do Sul,

RS, Brazil

   
Infertility Sexual Medicine
Marcello Cocuzza
School of Medicine USP,

SP, Brazil

Ernani L. Rhoden
Federal Foundation of Med Sci,

RS, Brazil

 
Laparoscopy and Robotics Transplant
Anuar I. Mitre
University of Sao Paulo, USP,
Sao Paulo, Brazil

William Nahas
School of Medicine USP,

SP, Brazil

   
Lithiasis Uropathology
Eduardo Mazzucchi
School of Medicine USP,
SP, Brazil
Athanase Billis
University of Campinas, Unicamp,
SP, Brazil
   
Neurourology  

Márcio Josbete Prado
Federal Univ. of Bahia,

Salvador, BA, Brazil

 
   
Oncology  

Lucas Nogueira
Federal University of Minas Gerais,

MG, Brazil

 

Antonio A. Ornellas
National Cancer Institute Rio de Janeiro,

RJ, Brazil

 
 
Clinical Cases
Leonardo O. Reis
University of Campinas, Unicamp,
SP, Brazil
 
Radiology Page
Erich K. Lang
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
 
Video Section

Philippe E. Spiess
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, USA

 
 

 
CONSULTING EDITORS 
   
A. Lopez-Beltran
Cordoba University Sch Med
Cordoba, Spain
Judd W. Moul
Duke University Med Ctr
Durham, NC, USA
   
Antonio C. Westphalen
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
Joseph L. Chin
University of Western Ontario
London, ON, Canada
   
Adilson Prando
Vera Cruz Hospital
Campinas, SP, Brazil
Julio Pow-Sang
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, USA
   
A.J. Stephenson
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA
K. Mutaguchi
Hiroshima University Med Sci
Hiroshima, Japan
   
Ahmed I. El-Sakka
Suez Canal University Sch Med
Ismailia, Egypt
Karim Kader
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC, USA
   
Alan M. Nieder
Columbia University
Miami Beach, FL, USA
Karl-Dietrich Sievert
University of Tuebingen
Tuebingen, Germany
   
Alexandre L. Furtado
Coimbra University Hospital
Coimbra, Portugal
Katia R. M. Leite
University of Sao Paulo, USP
Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
   
Allen F. Morey
Univ. Texas SW Med. Ctr.
Dallas, Texas, USA
Laurence Baskin
Univ California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
   
Andre G. Cavalcanti
Federal Univ of the State of Rio de Janeiro,
RJ, Brazil
Liang Cheng
Indiana University Sch Medicine
Indianapolis, IN, USA
   
Andreas Bohle
Helios Agnes Karll Hospital
Bad Schwartau, Germany
Lisias N. Castilho
Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
   
Anthony J. Schaeffer
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL, USA
Luca Incrocci
Erasmus Mc-Daniel Cancer Ctr
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
   
Antonio C. L. Pompeo
ABC Medical School, SP, Brazil
Luiz E. M. Cardoso
State Univ of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
   
Antonio Corrêa Lopes Neto
ABC Medical School, SP, Brazil
M. Chad Wallis
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
   
Antonio Macedo Jr.
Federal Univ of Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
M. Manoharan
University of Miami Sch Med
Miami, FL, USA
   
Anuar I. Mitre
University of Sao Paulo, USP
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Marcos F. Dall'Oglio
University of Sao Paulo, USP
Sao Paulo, Brazil
   
Arthur T. Rosenfield
Yale University Sch Medicine
New Haven, CT, USA
M. Tobias-Machado
ABC Medical School
Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
   
Ashok Agarwal
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Margaret S. Pearle
Univ of Texas Southwestern
Dallas, Texas, USA
   
Athanasios Papatsoris
Univ of Athens, Sismanoglio Hospital
Athens, Greece
Matthew C. Biagioli
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, USA
   
Barry A. Kogan
Albany Medical College
Albany, NY, USA
Mauricio Rubinstein
Federal University State RJ
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
   
Boris Chertin
Shaare Zedek Med Ctr
Jerusalem, Israel
Michael B. Chancellor
William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, MI, USA
   
Cassio Andreoni
Federal University of Sao Paulo,
SP, Brazil
Monish Aron
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Los Angeles, CA, USA
   
C. F. Heyns
University of Stellenbosch
Tygerberg, South Africa
Monthira Tanthanuch
Prince of Songkla University,
Haad Yai, Thailand
   
Claudio Teloken
FFFCMPA - Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Nestor Schor
Federal Univ of Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
   
Donna M. Peehl
Stanford University Sch Med
Stanford, CA, USA
Paulo R. Monti
Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro, MG, Brazil
   
Erik Busby
University of Alabama
Birmingham, AL, USA
Paulo Rodrigues
Hospital Beneficence Portuguese of Sao Paulo
SP, Brazil
   
Eugene Minevich
Univ of Cincinnati Med Ctr
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Rafael Carrion
Univ. of South Florida
Tampa, Florida, USA
   
Evangelos N. Liatsikos
University of Patras
Patras, Greece
Ralph V. Clayman
Univ California Irvine Med Ctr
Orange, California, USA
   
F. Hadziselimovic
Ktk-Kindertagesklinik
Liestal, Switzerland
Ricardo Miyaoka
State Univ. Campinas
Campinas, SP, Brazil
   
Fabio Pasqualotto
Univ of Caxias do Sul
RS, Brazil
Richard A. Santucci
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI, USA
   
Ferdinand Frauscher
Medical University Innsbruck
Innsbruck, Austria
Rodolfo Borges
Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto
SP, Brazil
   
Fernando Pires Vaz
Hosp. Serv. the State of Rio de Janeiro
RJ, Brazil
Rodolfo Montironi
Polytechnic Univ of Marche Region
Ancona, Italy
   
Flavio Trigo Rocha
School of Medicine USP,

SP, Brazil
Roger R. Dmochowski
Vanderbilt University Sch Med
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
   
Francisco T. Denes
University of Sao Paulo, USP
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sean P. Elliott
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
   
Franklin C. Lowe
Columbia University
New York, NY, USA
Serge Carreau
Univ of Caen Basse-Normandie
Caen, France
   
Glenn M. Preminger
Duke University Medical Ctr
Durham, NC, USA
Silvio Tucci Jr.
State University of Sao Paulo
Riberao Preto, Brazil
   
Guido Barbagli
Ctr Urethral & Genitalia Surgery
Arezzo, Italy
Simon Horenblas
Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
   
Hann-Chorng Kuo
Buddhist Tzu Chi Sch Med
Hualien, Taiwan
Sittiporn Srinualnad
Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital
Bangkok, Thailand
   
Homero Bruschini
University of Sao Paulo, USP
Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
Stephen Y. Nakada
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI, USA
   
Hubert Swana
Nemours Children's Clinic
Orlando, Florida, USA
Tariq Hakki
Univ. of South Florida
Tampa, FL, USA
   
J. L. Pippi Salle
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
Truls E. Bjerklund Johansen
Aarhus University Hospital
Aarhus, Denmark
   
Jack W. McAninch
Univ California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA
Ubirajara Ferreira
State University of Campinas
Sao Paulo, Brazil
   
Jae-Seung Paick
Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, Korea
Vincent Delmas
Universite Rene Descartes
Paris, France
   
Jeffrey A. Cadeddu
Univ of Texas Southwestern
Dallas, Texas, USA
V. R. Patel
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida, USA
   
Jeffrey P. Weiss
SUNY Downstate Medical School
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Wade J. Sexton
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa, Florida, USA
   
Jens Rassweiler
University of Heidelberg
Heilbronn, Germany
Waldemar S. Costa
State Univ of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
   
John Denstedt
University of Western Ontario
London, ON, Canada
Wassim Kassouf
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
   
Jonathan I. Epstein
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD, USA
Wilfrido Castaneda
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
   
Jose Carlos Truzzi
University of Santo Amaro
Sao Paulo, SP
Wolfgang Weidner
Justus-Liebig Univ Giessen
Giessen, Germany
   
Jose J. Correa
Ces University
Medellin, Columbia
Wojtek Rowinski
Univ of Warmia and Mazury
Olsztyn, Poland
   

FORMER EDITORS


Alberto Gentile (Founder)
(1975 - 1980)

Lino L. Lenz
(1981)

Rubem A. Arruda
(1982 - 1983)

G. Menezes de Góes
(1984 - 1985)

Sami Arap
(1986 - 1987)

N. Rodrigues Netto Jr
(1988 - 1993)


Sami Arap
(1994 - 1997)

Sérgio D. Aguinaga
(1998 - 1999)

Francisco J. B. Sampaio
(2000 - 2010)

Miriam Dambros
(2011)

Sidney Glina
(2012 -           )

 


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The International Braz J Urol, ISSN: 1677-5538 (printed version) and ISSN: 1677-6119 (electronic version) is the Official Journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology– SBU, has a circulation of 6,000 copies per issue and is published 6 times a year (bimonthly, starting in January - February).
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