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“There really shouldn't be a stigma about robotic surgery. I think that we should embrace this technology that has really revolutionized the way that we do surgery,” says Michael A. Palese, MD.

“All of human health is inextricably linked with environmental health,” says Stacy Loeb, MD, PhD, MSc.

“[Promoting anti-microbial resistance is] really the only stigma and it's not the fault of the patients with recurrent urinary tract infection…most of us in the medical profession realize that this stigma is more the result of our only treatment we have for this condition,” says J. Curtis Nickel, MD, FRCSC.

“I wouldn't be surprised if we have spotty distribution areas of concern for the next several years,” says Sam S. Chang MD, MBA, on the latest episode of the UT podcast Speaking of Urology.

“That's certainly the most significant stigma, the stigma that you're not quite the man that you want to be or what you perceive your partner wants you to be,” says Arthur L. Burnett, MD, MBA, FACS.

“As health care professionals, we've got…an incredibly important role and responsibility with regards to increasing awareness and education, and then really trying to address the barriers and bring down the barriers,” says Jai Seth, MD.

“Our study strongly suggests that telemedicine can become the mainstay of treatment within FPMRS even after the COVID-19 pandemic has ended,” says Christina Shin, BA.

“Opioids are opioids…they can lead to long-term usage regardless of their FDA class. We really need to be good stewards for our patients,” says Sarah F. Faris, MD.

“We need to do a better job sampling the prostate,” says Matthew J. Allaway, MD.

“We're not saying a blanket stop for all patients, but I think we do need to be taking each patient as an individual in terms of their backgrounds,” says Jai Seth, MD.

“You have tradeoffs with every device that you use,” says Amy E. Krambeck, MD.

“A lot of clinicians are seeing transgender and gender-diverse people in their practice, whether it’s urology, whether it’s primary care, whether it’s other subspecialties…[They should have an understanding] that transgender and gender-diverse people are at a higher risk of a multitude of mental health diagnoses,” says David A. Klein, MD, MPH.

“Same-day discharge is safe and feasible across a broad spectrum of FPMRS cases,” says Jacqueline Zillioux, MD.

“Their opinions do need to be credible and be honest, but there is some component of being able to walk a line between providing a candid, unbiased opinion, and knowing that you are retained to represent a specific side in that case,” says Kenton H. Steele, Esq.

“I think it's the responsibility of the physician to really take on educating and counseling and setting clear expectations and that way, when complications do arise, patients are better equipped, and they have a more favorable outcome,” says Ariana Matz, MD.

“I think one of the most surprising things to us as we started to look at the data is that we had a very low rate of no shows amongst telemedicine visits,” says Randie White, MD.

“We really found it surprising the sheer amount of debt that our urology trainees are carrying,” Harris said.

“I think the take home message is that when you're interviewing applicants in your program, take a step back and think about the questions you want to ask,” says Stephanie J. Kielb, MD.

Hamilton discusses findings from a recent study published in European Urology.

The study encompassed the prostatic urethral lift (UroLift), water vapor thermal therapy (Rezum), and temporary implantable nitinol device (iTIND).

“Because so many disease processes that we deal with are related to tobacco use and smoking specifically… I think this is absolutely our domain,” says Richard S. Matulewicz, MD, of tobacco cessation counseling and treatment.

A search of a legal database found 42 cases related to cystectomy over a 30-year period.

“The available information [on] male infertility websites right now is not of good quality,” Samplaski says.

Williams discusses a study comparing costs for radical versus partial cystectomy.

Kathleen Kieran, MD, MSc, MME, discusses findings from a recent paper published in Urology.

On the latest episode of the Speaking of Urology podcast, Dr. Giulia Lane discusses her recent study evaluating treatment of urethral stricture disease in women.

Steele outlines topics covered in his recent column, "Why urologists should beware the perils of friendly prescribing."

On the latest episode of the Speaking of Urology podcast, Dr. Amy Krambeck discusses her recent study evaluating the Axis single-use ureteroscope.

Ramasamy talks about the findings of a recent study published in the Journal of Urology.

In this podcast, North discusses the findings of a recent Urology Practice study.