Byron D. Joyner , MD, FAAP, FAC

Associate Professor
Residency Program Director
Department of Urology
School of Medicine
University of Washington, and
Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center

Education Philosophy

Dr. Joyner's passion is learning of better ways to improve graduate medical education. He is responsible for the education and Competency training of all of the urology residents. His training in the Teaching Scholar’s program has allowed him to create new approaches to teaching residents about interpersonal and communication skills and professionalism. In fact, his efforts have been rewarded with the Julian S. Ansell Teaching award which he won in 2005. Besides the more than 40 scientific articles he has published, he has recently written some of the seminal articles for urology in the field of graduate medical education and continues to champion better ways to improve doctors and doctoring.

Research Interests

Besides his interest in resident and fellow education, Dr. Joyner has interests in clinical research related to voiding dysfunction and urinary tract infections in children. He is an active member of many urological societies including the American Urological Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Society of University Urologists, and the American College of Surgeons.

Education & Training

Dr. Joyner graduated from Princeton University and received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in Boston. He completed his residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital and then performed a research fellowship at the Boston Children’s Hospital. He had an additional 2 years of pediatric and reconstructive urology training at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. He came to the Children’s in August of 2001 after a 4-year commitment in the US Army where he was chief of pediatric urology at Madigan Army Medical Center.

Honors

2005: Dr. Julian Ansell Resident Teaching Award from Department of Urology at the University of Washington
Training Program Director for Urology Residency at the University of Washington
2004: Teaching scholar program

Selected Publications

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Curriculum Vitae [85K PDF*]

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Contact Information:

Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center
Box 359300
W-7729 - Urology
4800 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105
Ph: (206) 987-2380