Podcasts

“As urologists, we see men of all ages, and one of the things that we need to do is…take advantage of being their advocates for health care,” says Michael Lutz, MD.

“In urology, and really medicine as a whole, I think we're all really striving to build that championship-caliber team, and we're looking at recruiting diverse talent, but if we don't take the time to create the environments where all the team members can reach their full potential, then we as a whole may never reach our full potential in medicine,” says Ekene Enemchukwu, MD, MPH.

“I think that the utilization of social media for professionals is only going to grow. And I would really encourage people at every level to start to dip their toe in the water and explore Twitter or other social media platforms,” says Casey Seideman, MD.

“The social needs aren't medical conditions that can be alleviated in a doctor's office, and they shouldn't be medicalized or viewed in that way,” says Elisabeth M. Sebesta, MD.

“It's very underrepresented because a lot of women just don't ask, so we're not going to know,” says Alexandra Dubinsky, MD.

“When you compound the patient delay and…the physician delay, then you really get a delay in diagnosis,” says Curtis A. Pettaway, MD.

“Instead of waiting for all the bureaucracy and paperwork, I decided just to go there, figure out what I need to do, and then figure out where I could be helpful, whether it’s medical or non-medical. I really didn’t care. I felt that I just needed to do something,” says Laura Bukavina, MD, MPH.

“We need to just approach STIs as the medical conditions they are because until we do, and until we take those stigmas away, people will truly have resistance to discussing it, hesitance to discussing it, and resistance to diagnosis and intervention,” says Ashley Winter, MD.

“This technique is feasible, it is very well tolerated, and there’s not much of a complication rate, so it appears to be very safe,” says Amy D. Dobberfuhl, MD, MS.

“We need to improve the fact that 75% of these patients are untreated [or] unmanaged and frustrated,” says Alexandra Rogers, MD.

“I think we as urologists have to be proactive in providing information to our patients so that they avoid financial harm and potentially bodily harm from this sort of misinformation,” says Rena D. Malik, MD.

“Obviously, patients benefit [from this regimen]. Not only can they enjoy longer life, but also their cancer is pretty much under control for a longer time, which is great,” says Karim Fizazi, MD, PhD

“I think that the audience should know that there is a movement going on,” says Geo Espinosa, ND.

“We're all students on this journey, and things change and evolve,” says Polina X. Reyblat, MD.

“We need to create this safe, comfortable, welcoming environment for men to talk about the things that they need to talk about,” says Justin Dubin, MD.

“The prevalence of kidney stones has increased over 80% over the last 30 years, and the epidemiology has changed such that it's beginning at a younger age now,” says Gregory Tasian, MD, MSc, MSCE.

“I think it's really important for us to understand how important this is not only for patients, but for ourselves, as we participate in this career and in teaching and advocating,” says Priya Padmanabhan, MD, MPH, FACS.

“I think people can feel like they're all alone, or they have something that's uncommon, and it may not be,” says J. Quentin Clemens, MD, FACS, MSCI.

“I think transgender patients come in particularly with a worry about experiencing mistreatment in a clinician's office, and particularly around genitourinary care,” says Gaines Blasdel.

“The current landscape of online materials about prostate cancer is generally pretty bleak,” says Stacy Loeb, MD, PhD, MSc.

“Open your mind to being both [a mentee and mentor,] no matter where you are,” says Anne M. Suskind, MD, MS, FACS, FPMRS.

“To me, the overwhelming thing is understanding that treatments are, by and large, effective,” says Jerry G. Blaivas, MD, FACS.

“Gay people have had this history of feeling like the health care system and the structures that are supposed to protect them haven't protected them and kept them safe,” says Channa Amarasekera, MD.

“The urologist's role is to try to normalize what is going on and provide easier access,” says Peter N. Schlegel, MD.

“It's really become the epicenter of all the surgeries that we do in urology,” says Jennifer Linehan, MD.

“We cannot give if our cup is empty,” says Diana Londoño, MD.

“I thought identity theft was simple. You fix this 1 little thing. Today, what physicians and health care professionals need to be on the lookout for is [that] it's much different,” says Mark A. Moyad, MD, MPH, on the latest Speaking of Urology podcast episode.

“It doesn't need to be surgery or radiation. Setting that stage, really focusing on those conversations, using the appropriate tools that we've grasped from behavioral psychologists that are being used by negotiation specialists, are critical in medicine,” says Behfar Ehdaie, MD, MPH.

It's the hidden gem in medicine,” says Efe Chantal Ghanney Simons, MD.

"Many people do not examine patients who come in with urinary tract infections or overactive bladder symptoms, and it’s a mistake,” says Rachel S. Rubin, MD.