Brantley Thrasher, MD
Professor and Chair
University of Kansas School of Medicine
Mail Stop 3016
3901 Rainbow Blvd.
Kansas City,
KS
USA
66160
Biographical Sketch: Dr. J. Brantley Thrasher is Professor and the William L. Valk Chair, Department of Urology and the Co-Director of Operative Services at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Dr. Thrasher has served on numerous national committees, including the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC), as the Kansas State Representative to the Board of Directors of the South Central Section of the American Urolgical Association, as the Chair of the Fellowship Committee for the Society of Urologic Oncologyand the Public Media (previous chair), Practice Guidelines, Prostate Cancer Guidelines (vice-chair) and Audio-Visual Committees of the American Urological Association. He recently served as a mentor for the 2008 - 2009 AUA Leadership Program, is a member of the American College of Radiology Expert Advisory Panel on Prostate Cancer, a member of the Best Practice Policy Panel on Cryotherapy for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer, and the Chair of the Prostate Cancer Literature Review Panel for the American Urological Association. He is the President-Elect of the American Urological Association, President of the Society of Urologic Oncology, Chairman of the Metropolitan Kansas City Committee on Applicants of the American College of Surgeons, and the Past-President of the South Central Section of the American Urological Association. He was also appointed as the South Central Section Representative to the American Urological Association Board of Directors, as a Trustee of the American Board of Urology, and as a member of the Residency Review Committee for Urology. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Urology and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
Papers:
TREATMENT DECISION MAKING IN LOW-RISK PROSTATE CANCER: RECRUITMENT AND DATA COLLECTION FEASIBILITY