
Dr Curtis Nickel
Professor of Urology, Canada Research Chair in Urologic Pain and Inflammation and Urologist, Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston Ontario Canada
Speaker's biography
Dr Nickel is one of the worlds leading experts on prostatitis, in particular, non-bacterial prostatitis including pelvic pain syndromes in men, one of the most common reasons men under fifty consult urologists. Dr Nickel’s clinical and research interests cover inflammatory, benign prostate and pain diseases of the urinary tract. He is Director of the urological chronic pain clinical research clinics in Kingston. He has over 585 publications, is on the editorial board of 8 Urology journals, editor of the AUA Update Series, presented in over 45 countries, currently funded by US NIH and Canadian CRC. He was president of the Canadian Urological Association in 2017. He was awarded a The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Tier I Canada Research Chair (until 2022), American Urological Association (AUA) Distinguished Contribution Award, Société Internationale d'Urologie (SIU) Academy Award and in 2018 was the first recipient of the SIU Mostafa Elhilali Award for contributions to international urology research.