( Patrick C. Walsh M.D. who served for ...)Patrick Walsh Wins International Medicine Prize,Health

Patrick C. Walsh, M.D., who served for 30 years as the director of the Johns Hopkins Brady Urological Institute, has been honored// by the Saudi Arabian-based King Faisal Foundation for his pioneering work in the area of prostate cancer research.

Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, member of the Saudi royal family and director of the King Faisal Foundation, announced the winners of this year’s King Faisal International Prize at an awards ceremony in Riyadh on Jan. 16. Walsh, along with Fernand Labrie, a Canadian researcher, was selected as the prize recipient in the medicine category, which this year honored contributors in the field of prostate cancer research.

The monetary award ($200,000), which Walsh and Labrie will share, is given in five categories: service to Islam, Islamic studies, Arabic language and literature, medicine and science. Awardees also receive a 24-karat, 200-gram gold medal.

“It goes without saying that being selected for this award is an immense honor,” says Walsh. “I realize how much thought and care goes into their selection process, so to ultimately be chosen is indeed special.”

Walsh, a physician and researcher at Johns Hopkins for more than three decades, is widely known for his ground-breaking nerve-sparing prostatectomy and is credited with furthering the overall understanding of benign and malignant neoplasms of the prostate.

He is the author of several best-selling books and the winner of many distinguished awards honoring his contributions to prostate cancer research, including the Charles F. Kettering Gold Medal from the General Motors Cancer Research Foundation.

In its press release detailing the selection process, the King Faisal Foundation said, “Professor Walsh is renowned worldwide for developing nerve-sparing radical surgery for prostate cancer, thereby contributing substantially to improved survival and eliminating the possibility of impotence and incontinence.” '"/>




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