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The AUA learned of the death of Dr. Carl Olsson, who served on the AUA Board of Directors and many Committees for over 25 years. Dr. Olsson was AUA Secretary from 2002-2006, a time of great change and growth for the AUA, as the organization built and relocated to a new Headquarters, consolidated the Office of Education, and created the AUA Foundation (now Urology Care Foundation). Dr. Olsson became a member of the AUA in 1971 and was recommended for membership by no fewer than four AUA Presidents (Drs. Richard Chute, Wyland Leadbetter, Walter Kerr, and Joseph Dowd). Dr. Chute wrote of Dr. Olsson: He is a capable and courageous and resourceful surgeon. He is very bright and is extremely well-read, and I am sure he is destined to “make his mark” in urology. He has a fine character and is an excellent fellow in every way…
Many AUA members and staff have stories to tell about Dr. Olsson; if you send yours to archives@auanet.org, they will be archived for research by future urologic historians.
Dr. Olsson was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and attended school in Winthrop, MA, before Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. He earned his MD at Boston University School of Medicine and completed surgical internship and residency in surgery at Massachusetts Memorial Hospital. His residency and fellowship in urology were conducted at Boston Veterans Administration Hospital and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, respectively. Dr. Olsson was certified by the American Board of Urology in 1972 and served as their President in 1993.
Carl Olsson worked at the Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center, becoming Chief of Urology in 1969. He taught urology and later served as Chair of Urology at Boston University School of Medicine from 1974-1980. Dr. Olsson became Chair of the Department of Urology College of Physicians & Surgeons in New York in 1980, as well as Director of the Urological Service at Presbyterian Hospital and Director of Squier Urological Clinic.
Dr. Olsson has received numerous awards including Citations from the US Department of State, Republic of Vietnam and the American Medical Association for service in Project Vietnam, First Prize in the Grayson Carroll AUA Essay Contest on 3 occasions, numerous CapCURE Research Awards, the Gold Cystoscope Award, the John K. Lattimer Distinguished Contribution and Hugh Hampton Young Awards (given by the American Urological Association), a Certificate of Appreciation (from the American Board of Urology), a Special Presidential Award (from the American Foundation for Urological Diseases), the Michael E. Debakey Award (from Baylor College of Medicine), the John K. Lattimer Award (from the National Kidney Foundation), the Ferdinand C. Valentine Award (from the NY Academy of Medicine), the Russel Lavengood Award (from the New York Section of the AUA), the SBUR Service Award (from the Society of Basic Urology Research), a Lifetime Achievement Award (from the Vattikuti Urological Foundation), a Presidential Merit Award (from President Leonel Hernandez of the Dominican Republic), an honorary degree from Bowdoin College and Distinguished Alumnus Awards from Boston University (main campus) as well as Boston University School of Medicine.
Dr. Olsson was a member of various groups, including the American Urological Association, the South Central Section of the AUA, the Southeast Section of the AUA, the New York Section of the AUA and the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand. He was an invited member of the American Surgical Association, the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons, the Society of Pelvic Surgeons and the Clinical Society of Genitourinary Surgeons. He was past President of the Society of University Urologists, the American Board of Urology, the Society of Urological Oncology, the Intersociety Council, the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons, the Clinical Society of Genitourinary Surgeons, and the New York Section of the AUA. He was not only Secretary of the American Urological Association, but also Secretary of the American Foundation of Urological Diseases and American Urological Association Foundation. Dr. Olsson authored over 400 publications in his long and prestigious career as a urologist and served as Editor of the AUA’s journal, Urology Practice, from 2014-2019.
The AUA sends its profound condolences to the many friends and family of Dr. Carl Alfred Olsson.