Zev Wajsman, M.D. Urologic Oncology Fund

This fund was established in 2013 by a group of donors in honor of Zev Wajsman to support fellowship awards to Urologic Oncology fellows at the University of Florida.

Zev is a professor emeritus in the UF Department of Urology. He earned a medical degree from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and completed his internship and residency in Afula, Israel. Zev served as a medical officer for the Israel Defense Force from 1963 to 1965 and was a house surgeon for an Afula hospital from 1966 to 1969. He went on to become a resident of general surgery and a senior resident of urology at Central Emek Hospital in Afula. From 1973 to 1975, Zev was a urologic oncology clinical fellow at the Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, NY.

He joined the faculty at UF in 1983 and was a recipient of the University of Florida David A. Cofrin, M.D. Professorship. Zev retired as a Porfessor Emeritus in 199