Effect of an online opioid training course on prescription patterns for urologic surgeries
Meena Davuluri, MD, MPH, and Kara L. Watts, MD, discuss findings from a study published in Urology Practice.
In this interview, Meena Davuluri, MD, MPH, and Kara L. Watts, MD, discuss a recent Urology Practice study, “Impact of Mandated Opioid Online Training Course: Does It Impact Opioid Prescription Patterns for Outpatient Endoscopic Urologic Surgeries,” for which they served as study authors. Davuluri is a health care outcomes and research fellow at Weill Cornell Medicine Urology and clinical instructor of urology at NewYork Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, and Watts is assistant professor of urology at Montefiore Medical Center.
Investigators prepare for first-in-human bladder transplant study
September 13th 2023"Our study is the first report of bladder auto-transplantation in heart-beating, brain-dead human research donors as a necessary preparatory step toward clinical bladder transplantation in living patients," says Inderbir S. Gill, MD.
Dr. Benjamin N. Breyer appointed chair of the UCSF Department of Urology
August 24th 2023Benjamin N. Breyer, MD, is a urologic surgeon who is internationally known for performing complex urethral and penile reconstruction for urethra stricture and cosmetic disfigurement, male incontinence, male fistula, and surgery for erectile dysfunction.
