NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
In Memoriam – Dr. Stuart S. Howards
Dear colleagues, It is with deep sadness that I share the news that Dr. Stuart S. Howards passed away on Sunday, October 4. Stuart's career spanned more than six decades and shaped modern urology in ways few others have. After training at Yale, Columbia, the Brigham,...
In Memoriam – Dr. Christina Wang
In Memoriam: Christina Chung-Lun Wang, MD 1944-2026 Past President of the American Society of Andrology It is with deep sadness that the American Society of Andrology (ASA) announces the passing of Christina Chung-Lun Wang, M.D., after battling untreatable cancer. She...
In Memoriam – Dr. Susan Suarez
It is with a sad heart that we note that Susan Stevens Suarez, PhD, of Ithaca, NY passed away peacefully Wednesday morning, June 11, 2026, at 77 after a prolonged illness. Susan was professor at Cornell University and a member of ASA until her retirement. Among her...
In Memoriam – Dr. Richard Julius Sherins
In Memoriam - Richard Julius Sherins, MD With profound sadness, we announce the passing of RICHARD JULIUS SHERINS, M.D., on November 2, 2024, surrounded by his loving wife, Audrey, and their three daughters. Dr. Sherins was a pioneering figure in the field of...
In Memoriam – Dr. Anna Steinberger
In Memoriam - Anna Steinberger 1928-2024 Barbara M. Sanborn, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, Colorado State University and University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston Dolores J. Lamb, Ph.D., HCLD (ABB), CC (NRCC) Associate Dean (Faculty Affairs, Robert S. Dow...
In Memoriam – Dr. Ryuzo Yanagimachi
With great sadness we inform you that one of the Giants in Reproduction, Professor Ryuzo Yanagimachi, passed away on September 27, 2023. Yana, as everyone called him, was 95 years old. He was full of energy and full of vitality until the end. On the day he entered the...
In Memoriam – Arnold Belker, M.D.
Arnold Belker, M.D. died on August 26, 2023. His record of service to both patients and colleagues is inspirational. Dr. Belker was a highly respected leader in our discipline who was a regular attendee and contributor to ASA meetings. He served as President of the...
Dr. Richard V. Clark
We are saddened by the recent death of Richard V Clark, MD, PhD. Richard was a warm and gracious man, very accomplished, greatly admired and respected by all who knew him and at the same time, he was very thoughtful, funny, and kind, with a twinkle in his eyes. The...
In Memoriam – Diarmaid H. Douglas-Hamilton
DOUGLAS-HAMILTON, Diarmaid Noted Local Physicist and Company Founder Diarmaid H. Douglas-Hamilton, inventor, entrepreneur, amateur pilot, mountaineer, and physicist, died Jan.19, at age 82 at his office in Beverly, MA, after a heart attack. He leaves his wife of 40...
William D. Odell MD, PhD (1929–2022)
Dr. Bill Odell passed away in November, 2022 at age 93. Bill was a Senior Investigator at the NIH, Professor and Chair of Medicine at Harbor-UCLA and Professor of Physiology and Medicine at UCLA and University of Utah, President of the ASA, Vice President of the...