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 Thomas
H. Tarter, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Urology
E-mail: ttarter@siumed.edu
Research
Interests/Areas of Expertise:
- Urologic oncology
- Bladder reconstruction after surgery for bladder cancer
- Prostate cancer
Dr. Thomas H. Tarter heads the Section of Urologic Oncology
within the Division of Urology at Southern Illinois University
School of Medicine.
Dr. Tarter earned his PhD degree at the Oregon Health Sciences
University School of Medicine, where he studied the interactions
of the male reproductive system with the immune system. As a
graduate student, he won the New Investigator Award of the American
Society of Andrology. He continued his studies as a fellow at
the Population Council Center for Biomedical Research on the
campus of the prestigious Rockefeller University in New York
City.
Dr. Tarter attended medical school at the Albany Medical College.
After medical school, he completed residency in Urology at the
University of Southern California, where he was trained in urologic
oncology.
Dr. Tarter has practiced urologic surgery in Central Illinois
for the past five years with the Carle Clinic Association, where
he established a reputation for bladder reconstruction after
surgery for bladder cancer, and where he co-founded an interdisciplinary
Prostate Cancer Center.
Dr. Tarter has clinical practices in urologic oncology and urologic
surgery. For an appointment, call SIU Physicians and Surgeons
at 217-545-7500.
- Albany
Medical College - Medicine M.D., 1990
Albany, New York
- Oregon
Health Sciences University - Anatomy Ph.D., 1983
School of Medicine
Portland, Oregon
- Linfield
College
McMinnville, Oregon - Biology B.A., 1977
- Glen
H. Leak Memorial Fellowship, American Cancer Society, New
York State Division, 1987.
- New
Investigator Award, American Society of Andrology, 1983.
- N.L.
Tartar Trust Fellowship Award, Medical Research Foundation
of Oregon, 1982.
- National
Research Service Award, Public Health Service, July 1980
- June, 1983.
- Biology
Departmental Honors, Honors Thesis Program, Linfield College,
1977.
- American
Medical Association, 1993
- American
Urological Association, 1996
- Illinois
State Urological Society, 1996
- Illinois
Urological Society, 1996
- Diplomate
National Board of Medical Examiners 1991
- Physicians
and Surgeons Certificate, State of California1992
- Controlled
Substances Registration Certificate
Drug Enforcement Administration 1992
- Physician
and Surgeon License, State of Illinois 1996
- American
Board of Urology 1998
8/27/2001
- present -
Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University School of
Medicine, Springfield, Illinois
As of August 27, 2001
2000
- 2001 - Board of Governors, Carle Clinic Association, Urbana,
Illinois
2000
- 2001 - Board of Directors, Health Alliance Medical Plans,
Urbana, Illinois
1996
- 2001 - Attending Physician, Division of Urology, Department
of Surgery, Carle Clinic Association, Urbana, Illinois
1997
- 2001 - Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Medicine,
Department of Surgery, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
1992
- 1996 - Resident in Urology, Department of Urology, Los Angeles
County Hospital - University of Southern California Medical
Center, Los Angeles, California
1991
- 1992 - Resident in General Surgery, Department of Surgery,
Los Angeles County Hospital - University of Southern California
Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
1990
- 1991- Intern in General Surgery, Department of Surgery,
Los Angeles
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