E. Darracot Vaughan, JR., MD
E. Darracot Vaughan, JR., MD is
the chairman emeritus of the Department of Urology and the James
J. Colt Professor of Urology at the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical
College of Cornell University, and the past attending urologist-in-chief
at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Additionally, he serves as attending
surgeon, Department of Urology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center, New York.
Dr. Vaughan received his bachelor’s degree
from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia and his
medical degree from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville
where he completed his residency. He was a trainee under an NIH
training grant while taking his residency training, and received
his masters of science in surgery. Subsequently, he was a special
fellow in urology under the Public Health Service at Columbia-Presbyterian
in internal medicine and then returned to the University of Virginia
where he obtained a research career development award and was funded
through a grant from the American Heart Association. Dr. Vaughan
left Virginia and joined the faculty at Cornell University Medical
Center in 1978.
Dr. Vaughan is president emeritus of the
American Foundation for Urologic Disease, past co-chairman of the
Prostate Health Council, past chairman of the Research Committee
of the American Urological Association, past deputy chairman of
the National Kidney and Urologic Disease Advisory Board, past president
of the New York Section of the AUA, past president of the American
Urological Association and is currently on the Board of Visitors
of the University of Virginia and serves on the National Diabetes
and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Advisory Council of the National
Institute of Health.
He is a member of numerous scientific
societies including Alpha Omega Alpha. He has received the Gold
Cystoscope Award from the American Urological Association, the Barringer
Medal from the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons, the
Valentine Medal from the New York Academy of Medicine, the Hugh
Hampton Young Award from the American Urological Association and
the St. Paul’s Medal from The British Association of Urological
Surgeons.
Dr. Vaughan was the editor of Seminars
in Urology, co-editor of Campbell’s Urology and serves on the editorial
boards of the World Journal of Urology, and the British Journal
of Urology. He has had numerous publications in prominent medical
journals including the Journal of the American Medical Association,
the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of Urology.
Dr. Vaughan serves as the Executive Vice
Dean and Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at Weill Medical
College of Cornell University and is responsible for the development
of clinical programs, including involvement of the clinical staff
in the evolving area of managed health care. He also serves as the
Chief Medical Officer of the Physician Organization.
