Dr. Shee on delayed prostatectomy after active surveillance
January 25th 2024"These data really show that even in the patients who upgrade and have more severe disease than were initially expected, even if their surgery was delayed for 12 months after having this upgraded diagnosis, these patients did just as well from a recurrence perspective, compared to patients who got surgery right away," says Kevin Shee, MD, PhD.
Dr. Bernie on how telemedicine transcends barriers to urologic care
January 24th 2024"From a physician standpoint, [telemedicine] allows you to have a greater reach of patients that you can help, that you can educate, that you can help improve their quality of life," says Helen L. Bernie, DO, MPH.
Experts discuss the association between low testosterone and kidney stones
January 17th 2024"The main finding is that when you look at men with low testosterone, grouped 18 and above, we found that there is an association between low testosterone and kidney stone encounter diagnoses," says Austin Thompson.
Dr. Pedro Maria highlights the Hispanic Urologists Society of North America
January 17th 2024“We want to serve as role models for pre-med students to come into the urology field [and] to explore what urology is, because there is a great need not only in general for urologists, but for Hispanic urologists. ,” says Pedro P. Maria, DO.
Dr. Robles and Dr. Watts share takeaways from AUA QI Summit
January 16th 2024"There's just a tremendous opportunity for telehealth and being able to increase delivery to patients in these areas or at least reduce their amount of travel time to get to see a urologist based on where they live," says Kara L. Watts, MD.
Expert: Online resources help improve incontinence, do not reduce clinic visits
January 14th 2024"What we found was that the primary outcome didn't change. Whether you had access to eADVICE or you didn't, most people still wanted to see the specialist at the end of their time, including people who were already dry," says Patrina H. Y. Caldwell, BMed, FRACP, PhD.
Dr. Rickey on the Prevention of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Research Consortium
January 10th 2024"PLUS was created to start laying down the foundation for implementing prevention science, and understanding things that helped maintain bladder health [and] things that are risk factors for progression into bladder disease," says Leslie Rickey, MD, MPH.
Begin Your Journey: Dr. Suskind on wellness and mentorship at UCSF
January 9th 2024"For the first 3 years that people join us, there's a whole program set up for them to help assimilate them into the culture, get them the resources that they need, make sure that they're meeting their benchmarks and goals," says Anne M. Suskind, MD, MS, FACS, FPMRS.