Dr. Rodney Davis, an internationally recognized expert in minimally invasive techniques for the treatment of urologic cancers, serves as professor and chairman of the Department of Urology.

Dr. Davis most recently served as a professor in the Department of Urologic Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and as chief of Urology at both the Tennessee Valley Veterans Healthcare System and Meharry Medical College in Nashville. He has specialized in minimally invasive techniques including laparoscopy and robotics in the treatment of urologic cancers.

A Malvern native, he graduated from Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia. He was a medical student at UAMS in 1978 before graduating from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 1982. Dr. Davis completed a residency in urology at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Wash., and later completed a fellowship in urology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

From 1996 to 2007, he was on the faculty of Tulane University’s Section of Urological Oncology, while also serving as chief of Urology at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in New Orleans. He was recruited to Vanderbilt, Meharry and the VA system in Nashville in 2007.

Dr. Davis also has served in numerous active and reserve military posts and medical leadership positions throughout his career. He is retired from the military but still holds the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve. His assignments have included Madigan Army Medical Center, the 47th Combat Support Hospital in the Persian Gulf in 1990-91, and the Task Force 399th Hospital in Al Asad, Iraq, in 2007. Among many military honors, he received the Army Meritorious Service Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal in 2007.

He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the American Urological Association (AUA) Advisory Committee to the American College of Surgeons, and chairman of the AUA Guideline Panel for Microscopic Hematuria. He is a director for the African Medical Research Foundation U.S. and has been active in bench and clinical prostate cancer research.

Professional Certifications and Education

• American Urological Association
• American College of Surgeons
• Society of Government Service Urologists
• National Medical Association
• Southwest Oncology Group
• Reed M. Nesbit Urological Society
• Undergraduate: Undergraduate, Ouachita Baptist University
• Medical School: Medical school, Tulane University Medical School
• Internship: Internship, Madigan Army Medical Center
• Residency: Residency, Madigan Army Medical Center
• Residency: Residency, Madigan Army Medical Center
• Fellowship: Fellowship, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Specialties

• Bladder cancer
• Germ cell tumors
• Kidney cancer
• Penile cancer
• Prostate cancer
• Testicular cancer
• Urethral cancer
• Urology Oncology

Conditions/Diseases Treated

UAMS doctors treat a broad range of conditions some of which may not be listed below.

Tests/Procedures Performed

The following list represents some, but not all, of the procedures offered by this doctor.

Languages Spoken

• English

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Honors and Awards:

• (Silver Cystoscope) Annual Award from the Senior Urology, 1992
• Veterans Administration’s Making a Difference Award, 1993
• Who’s Who Among Outstanding Americans, 1994
• William J. Barge, Sr. Community Service Award for Men’s Health, 1998
• Tulane Research Day 1st Prize, (Joint Author), 1999
• Tulane Research Day 1st Prize, (Joint Author), 2000
• Montague Boyd Essay Contest 3rd Prize, Southeastern Section, 2001
• The Best Doctors in America Award, 2003-2004
• The Best  Doctors in America Award, 2004-2005
• America’s Top Surgeons by Consumers’ Research Council of America, 2010
• Robert S. McCleery Endowed Award for Master Teacher for Surgical Resident Education, April 13, 2012.