Professor and Chair, Department of Urology
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, United States
Michael S. Cookson, MD, MMHC, FACS is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Urology at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. He holds the Donald D. Albers Endowed Chair in Urology, the David Ross Boyd Professorship, and serves as the Associate Chief Physician Executive for OU Health and Deputy Director for the Stephenson Cancer Center. Dr. Cookson earned his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 1988. He completed his residency in Urology at the University of Texas, San Antonio, and a Urologic Oncology fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. After 15 years at Vanderbilt, Dr. Cookson returned to his alma mater in 2013 to lead the Department of Urology. Under his leadership, the Stephenson Cancer Center’s prostate and urologic cancer service line has become one of the top programs in the nation. In 2025, Dr. Cookson was elected as a Trustee of the American Board of Urology. Dr. Cookson has contributed extensively to urologic education and policy. He has served on the AUA/ABU Examination Committee and within the Society for Urologic Oncology (SUO), co-developing the Oncology Knowledge Assessment Examination (OKAT). He chaired the AUA’s Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (CRPC) Guidelines Panel and was Vice Chair of the AUA-SUO Advanced Prostate Cancer Guidelines Panel. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of the AUA Update Series and was Co-Editor of Urology Times. Dr. Cookson is Past President of the Society of Urologic Oncology and Past President of the South-Central Section of the AUA. He is a member of both the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons and the Clinical Society of Genitourinary Surgeons. An internationally recognized researcher and lecturer, he has authored of over 270 peer-reviewed publications and 34 textbook chapters.
SYMP-29: Clinical case discussion on NMIBC
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