This page is being served from the Urological Sciences Research Foundation web repository, and was originally posted between 1996-2008. In January 2009 USRF’s founder, Dr. Leonard S. Marks and his staff joined UCLA’s Department of Urology where they are continuing their research. Click for more information.

Joseph J. Kaufman, M.D., Emeritus Professor of Surgery/Urology at UCLA, visits USRF in 1992. With Professor Kaufman are Erlinda D. Shery (seated), who was founding research coordinator at USRF; Mannan Reese, Health Science Associate at Merck & Co.
Joseph J. Kaufman, M.D., UCLA Emeritus Professor of Surgery/Urology (second from left) visits USRF in 1992. With Professor Kaufman are Dr. Marks (left), Mannan Reese, Health Science Associate at Merck & Co. (right), and Erlinda D. Shery (seated), founding research coordinator.

History of USRF

Since the Foundation was started in 1992, much has happened. A spacious, functional, permanent office site has been developed in West Los Angeles. A full-time staff has come aboard. And numerous projects have been successfully completed, establishing the Foundation as a desirable site for the research needs of the pharmaceutical and medical-device industries. In adddition, a number of peer-reviewed scientific publications and presentations have evolved from original ideas generated at USRF.

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