September 24, 2024
Introducing Dr. Nolen to Urology Associates of Central Missouri!! After completing his medical education in Houston, Dr. Nolen went on to finish his Urology Residency at Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center.
His clinical focus includes managing stone disease, urologic oncology, neurogenic bladder, voiding dysfunction, genitourinary infections, BPH, incontinence, fertility, and sexual dysfunction. His passion for urology, combined with his unique experiences in NCAA Collegiate Summer Baseball, sets him apart as a dedicated professional on and off the field.
Dr. Nolen is married to his wife who is a general surgeon in Columbia. In his free time, Dr. Nolen enjoys spending time with his wife at local music venues, hunting, fishing, rodeo, and college baseball.
Q: What procedure do you perform most frequently? What’s your speciality or favorite procedure?
A: The most common procedure that I perform, involves removing stones from different areas of the genitourinary tract including the bladder, ureter and kidney.
Q: What can patients expect when they have a consultation/appointment with you?
A: The most important thing patients can expect from me when they have an appointment with me is that they will be heard. In today’s world of fast paced medicine, we do not always get the opportunity to completely understand what the patient is going through without listening. In order to come up with any sort of treatment plan, it is important to know the patient’s expectations and to educate them on their options regarding treatment regimens.
Q: What is your favorite quote?
A: My favorite quote is “Man in the Arena” by Teddy Roosevelt
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
Q: If I wasn’t a urologist I would be….
A: Still working in the oil field as a mechanical engineer.
Q: What was your first car?
A: My first car was a navy Blue F-150 that I got in 2005, and I drove until 2023.
My first job was as a demolition foreman for Graham’s concrete in Denton,Texas.
Q: 3 words you’d use to describe yourself?
Efficient, loyal, prepared.
Photo: (Printed shirt + white dress)
Caption: Dr. Nolen with his wife Heidi at a wedding in Arizona.
