Honors and Awards
2007
- Second Prize Bronzed Pronghorn Elk, Award for Excellence, 27th Annual Jackson Hole Urologic Conference, Jackson Hole, WY, February 2, 2007.
2006
- Lapteva N, Seethammagari MR, Hanks BA, Levitt JM, Slawin KM, Spencer DM: Second Place, 2006 Center for Cell and Gene Therapy Conference, “Preclinical Evaluation of an iCD40-Dendritic Cell Vaccine for Prostate Cancer.”
2006
- America’s Top Doctors for Cancer, 2nd Edition, Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd., Specialty: Urology.
2005-2006
- The Best Doctors in America, Central Region, Aiken, SC: Woodward/White, Specialty: Urology.
2005
- Henry Weyrauch Award for the Best Paper: “Vaccine Therapy for Prostate Cancer.” Western Urologic Forum (WUFers) meeting in Scottsdale, AZ.
2003-2004
- The Best Doctors in America, Central Region, Aiken, SC: Woodward/White, Specialty: Urology.
2003
- Hanks BA, Jiang J, Slawin KM, and Spencer DM: Second Prize, Basic Research, 1st Annual Baylor College of Medicine Cancer Center Retreat and Symposium, “Pharmacological Regulation of Dendritic Cell Activation: Enhancing Cancer Vaccine Efficacy.”
2003
- F. Brantley Scott, Jr., Award for Innovation and Creativity in Urology.
2002
- Third Prize Poster, Third Annual Society of Urologic Oncology and National Cancer Institute Joint Winter Meeting, Urologic Oncology: Extraordinary Opportunities in Discovery.
2002
- Mikolajczyk SD, Wang TJ, Rittenhouse HG, Wolfert RL, Slawin KM: “Forms of Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) Specific for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) and Methods of Using Such.” Patent Serial Number: US 6,482,599 B1, Patent Date: 11/19/2002.
2002
- Slawin KM, Tindall DJ, Young CYF, Saedi MS, Kumar A, Rittenhouse HG, Wolfert RL: “Method for Detection of Micrometastatic Prostate Cancer.” Patent Serial Number: US 6,479,263 B1, Patent Date: 11/12/2002.
2002-2003
- The Best Doctors in America, Central Region, Aiken, SC: Woodward/White, Specialty: Urology.
2002-2003
- AUA South Central Section Delegate, AUA Research Council, 2002 Annual AUA Meeting.
2002
- Named “Eminent Scientist and Outstanding Scholar of the Year 2001” by the International Research Promotion Council. The group, organized in England and based in India, publishes a journal that will feature an article on Dr. Slawin, his work, and Baylor College of Medicine.
2001-2002
- The Best Doctors in America, Central Region, Aiken, SC: Woodward/White, Specialty: Urology.
2001
- Raptidis R, Shariat SF, Bergamaschi F, Leventis A, Slawin KM: “Initial Experience with Radiofrequency Interstitial Tumor Ablation (RITA) for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer.” Selected as one of the top three posters in the Advanced Prostate Cancer category at the 96th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Anaheim, CA, June 2-7, 2001.
2001
- Slawin KM, Shariat SF, Lerner SP: “Method to Determine Prognosis After Therapy for Bladder Cancer.” Patent Application Serial Number: Docket #675.003PR; Filed June 1, 2001.
2001
- Shariat SF, Lamb DJ, Nguyen C, Kim J, Kattan MW, Wheeler TM, Slawin KM: Correlation of preoperative plasma levels of insulin-like growth factor I and insulin-like growth factor binding proteins -2 and -3 with prostate cancer invasion, progression, and metastasis. Third Prize, Clinical Research, 10th Annual Oncology Research Seminar, The Methodist Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, May 1, 2001.
2001
- Shariat SF, Shalev M, Menesses-Diaz A, Kim IY, Kattan MW, Wheeler TM, Slawin KM: “Preoperative Plasma Levels of Transforming Growth Factor ?1 Strongly Predict Progression in Patients Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy.” Poster Selected for Resident Travel Award, AACR Annual Meeting, March 2001.
2000
- Leventis AK, Shariat SF, Kattan MW, Butler EB, Wheeler TM, Slawin KM: “Prediction of Response to Salvage Radiation Therapy in Patients with Prostate Cancer Recurrence after Radical Prostatectomy.” 3rd Prize, Clinical Research, 9th Annual Oncology Research Seminar and Poster Session, The Methodist Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, May 1, 2000.
2000
- Honoree, Prostate Cancer Awareness Day, Enron Field, Houston, Texas. Plaque presented by The Methodist Hospital, The American Cancer Society, and the Houston Astros, September 2000.
1999
- Mikolajczyk SD, Wang TJ, Rittenhouse HG, Wolfert RL, Slawin KM: “Novel Forms of Free Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Specific for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) and Methods of Using Such.” U.S. Patent Number: 6,423,503 B1, Issued: July 23, 2002.
1998
- The Best Doctors in Houston, Inside Houston, October 1998, p 44.
1996-1997
- The Best Doctors in America, Central Region, Aiken, SC: Woodward/White, Specialty: Urology, p 839.
1994-1996
- Lamar Fleming Award, Texas Medical Center
1994-1996
- Edwin Beer Award, New York Academy of Medicine
1993
- First Prize, Basic Science Research Essay Contest, 72nd Annual Meeting South Central Section, American Urological Association.
1992-1994
- American Foundation for Urologic Disease Scholar
1992-1993
- Ferdinand C. Valentine Fellowship Award
1992
- American Cancer Society Physician’s Research Training Fellowship
1990-1991
- National Kidney Foundation Research Fellowship Award
1989
- First Prize, Ferdinand C. Valentine Essay Meeting, New York Academy of Medicine, Section on Urology
1986
- Louis Gibovsky Memorial Prize for Research in Nephrology, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
1986
- Alpha Omega Alpha
1982
- Phi Beta Kappa
1982
- New York State Regent’s Scholarship in Medicine
1982
- Magna Cum Laude, Columbia College, New York, NY
1978
- Salutatorian, VS South High School, Valley Stream, NY
1977
- The Rensselaer Medal
