Badrinath Konety, MD (TSP 2006-2007) is an associate professor in the Departments of Urology and Epidemiology & Biostatistics. He received his MD at the MS Ramaiah Medical College of Bangalore University, India. He completed his urology residency at University of Pittsburgh. Following his residency training he was an AFUD Research Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh's Department of Urology and Cancer Institute, and concurrently received an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh Katz School of Business. He then completed a clinical fellowship in urologic oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He was an assistant professor of urology at the Univeristy of Iowa before moving to UCSF. His research interests include outcomes research in urologic cancers, marker development in bladder and prostate cancer and risk assessment models in older patients undergoing cancer surgery. He is also involved in developing a geriatric education curriculum for trainees in surgical subspecialties.