Stephen Y. Nakada, MD, FACS is the David T. Uehling Professor and Chairman of the Department of Urology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, WI. He received his medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, and completed his residency training at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY. Dr. Nakada went on to complete his endourology fellowship at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, MO, prior to joining the faculty at the University of Wisconsin in 1995. Dr. Nakada has been the chairman of urology in Madison since 2001. Dr. Nakada's research focuses on urolithiasis and renal aspects of minimally invasive urology. He has authored or co-authored more than 200 publications in these areas. Dr. Nakada is currently associate editor for Urology, an editorial consultant for Urology Times and an assistant editor of the Journal of Endourology. Dr. Nakada has served numerous roles in regional and national organizations, including the Wisconsin Urologic Society, North Central Section of the AUA and the Endourological Society.

Dr. Nakada has served on both the Staghorn Stone and the Ureteral Stones Guidelines Committees, the AUA/ABU Examination Committee and he served as the chair of the AUA Laparoscopy & Robotic Surgery Committee. Recently, Dr. Nakada has been appointed to the Urology RRC and as a Trustee of the American Board of Urology. Dr. Nakada has been an AUA member since 1997.