President - Todd J. Doran, MS, PA-C


Todd J. Doran, MS, PA-C is currently an associate faculty member in the Department of Urologic Surgery at Vanderbilt University since January 2004. He served in the Navy for 8½ years as a medical officer after completing PA school at University of Washington in 1997. He has previously been on staff at Tripler Army Medical Center and Naval Medical Center San Diego in their urologic residency programs. He is a regular speaker at local and national conferences.
Past President - David R. Coleman, MPAS, PA-C

David R. Coleman, MPAS, PA-C is a urology physician assistant who has been in medicine since 1980 and a health care provider since 1992. During his medical career, he has also worked in flight medicine, family practice, emergency medicine, urgent care, and diabetes medicine. He is a retired military officer and recent past-president of the Urological Association of PAs. He currently practices in Cheyenne, Wyoming and is the author of the book, Bedside Manner – A Practical Guide to Interacting with Patients.
Vice President - Wanda C. Hancock, MHSA, PA-C

Wanda C. Hancock, MHSA, PA-C is currently the Vice President and in private practice at Eastern Urological Associates. She is a past president of UAPA and serves as the Executive Secretary. Wanda is a native of North Carolina and just returned to the state in December 2007. Prior to this, she was with the VA Medical Center in Charleston, S.C. as a Urology PA. After 25 years as a radiation therapist, faculty/program director, and academic administrator at the Medical University of South Carolina, she returned to school to enter the profession of Physician Assistant. She is currently serving AAPA as the Specialty Organization representative to the Constituent Relations Committee.
Secretary - Folusho Ogunfiditimi, MPH, PA-C

As Director of the Mid Level Provider program, Folusho is responsible for the professional development and maintenance of quality standards of over 250 Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Midwives and Nurse Anesthetist. Folusho acts as a liaison for the MLP to executive leadership of the hospital on germane to the professionalism, scope of practice and competencies of Midlevel providers within the system. Act as an advocate for the quality measures of patient care delivered by Mid-Level providers.

Folusho is also a Practicing Physician Assistant with over 10 years experience in Urology. Over the past 5 years, he has been with the Vattikuti Urology Institute, working directly for Dr. Mani Menon, the pioneer of the Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy. Folusho serves as team leader on the Vattikuti Institute Prostatectomy (VIP) team and is responsible for pre operative evaluation of patients diagnosed with prostate cancer, Assisting in the state of the art procedure of robotic prostatectomy utilizing 3Dimensional visual aids and 6 point robotic instruments and intricately involved in the post operative evaluation of patients and assessment and management of post operative complications such as erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence. Folusho was also instrumental in the development of a world class Prostate Cancer Support Group.

He graduated with B.Sc. in Physician Assistant Studies at Howard University in 1998 and finished a Masters degree in Public Health from the Medical College of Ohio in 2001. He is currently a doctoral candidate with the University of Phoenix with anticipated graduation in May 2009 with a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership. Folusho is well published in peer reviewed journals and has presented at several national and state medical and public health organizations and conferences including being the first Physician Assistant to present a peer reviewed article at the American Urological Association (AUA).

With his strong interest in public health, he founded a non-profit organization that provides public health and education awareness in Nigeria. This role provides a means of fostering public health knowledge such as Prostate Cancer awareness programs to citizens of Nigeria, his nation of origin.

Folusho serves as adjunct faculty to the Physician Assistant program at Medical College of Ohio and also serves as guest lecturer and preceptor in Urology for the University of Detroit, Mercy in Detroit, Michigan. He is a fellow member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), Urological Association of Physician Assistants and Past President of Physician Assistants for Global Health
Treasurer - Mary Mathe, PA-C

Mary Mathe, PA-C works at the world renowned Global Robotics Institute in Celebration, Florida for Dr Vipul Patel. She graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a degree in Physician Assistant studies and has 6 years experience in taking care of urological patients. She is a national speaker on erectile dysfunction, with a specific area of interest in post-prostatectomy penile rehabilitation. She is also currently working with a GU oncologist in the development of a multidisciplinary prostate cancer clinic within the Global Robotics Institute. She is the current Treasurer of the Urological Association of Physician Assistants and has been appointed as the first PA to the education council of the American Urological Association.
AAPA HOD Representative - Brad Hornberger

 

Brad Hornberger is a Physician Assistant in the Department of Urology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He has been practicing as a Urology PA since graduating from Missouri State University's PA program in 2002. His clinical interests include general urology with a special interest in male sexual dysfunction. In addition, he serves as a co-investigator in several clinical trials. He frequently lectures for the UT Southwestern PA program and has presented on a wide variety of topics for locally and nationally. He is also an active member of the Texas Academy of Physician Assistants where he serves on the Board of Directors and as the Chair of the CME committee. He also serves as the Delegate to represent the Urological Association of Physician Assistants to the American Academy of Physician Assistants House of Delegates.

AUA Representative - Lou Koncz Jr.
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