2025
Stephen Y. Nakada, MD, FACS, FRCS(Glasg)
2025 Karl Storz Life Time Achievement Award
Stephen Y. Nakada, MD, FACS, FRCS(Glasg) is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Urology and the David T. Uehling Chair of Urology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, WI. He received his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and completed his residency training at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY. Dr. Nakada went on to complete his Endourology Fellowship at Washington University prior to joining the faculty at the University of Wisconsin in 1995. Dr. Nakada has been the Chairman of Urology in Madison since 2001. In 2020, Dr. Nakada was named the Chief Administrative Physician of the Practice Plan at University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation.
Dr. Nakada's research focuses on urolithiasis and renal aspects of minimally invasive urology. He has authored or co-authored over 250 scientific articles, 50 book chapters, and he has edited more than 10 textbooks in those areas. In 2004, Dr. Nakada received the AUA Gold Cystoscope Award, in 2017 he received the AUA Distinguished Service Award and in 2020 he received the Hugh Hampton Young Award also from the AUA. In 2019, he received the Ralph V. Clayman Mentor Award from the Endourological Society.
Dr. Nakada has served on the AUA Staghorn Stone and Ureteral Stones Guidelines Committees, the AUA/ABU Examination Committee, and he served as the Chair of the AUA Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery Committee. He has served as President of the R.O.C.K. Society, the Society of Academic Urologists, the Endourological Society and the American Board of Urology. Currently, Dr. Nakada is an active member of the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons and the Clinical Society of Genitourinary Surgeons. Dr. Nakada is the current American Urological Association President.