Dr. Hodges talks about his early years and education. He became involved with urology when he went to work with Dr. Charles Huggins at the University of Chicago. Huggins won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1966 for work on prostate cancer that was conducted in his laboratory during Dr. Hodges' time there. Hodges talks about Huggins. Hodges moved to University of Oregon Medical School and soon became Chair of the Division of Urology. He talks about the first kidney transplant at UOMS in 1959 and about surgery for prostate cancer. Hodges moved to Hawaii and became Chair of the Division of Urology at the University of Hawaii. He practiced at the Tripler Army Medical Center and the Straub Clinic, too. He discusses further about his years in Hawaii.
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