Study: GU cancer survivors report difficulty affording mental health, dental care
August 28th 2024“While the medications might be covered, while the surgical treatment might be covered, we all know that mental health and dental care are one of those things where people have large copays, long delays to care, and it is very clear to see that from our study,” says Laura Bukavina, MD, MPH, MSc.
Thairo Pereira, MD, on IU’s andrology fellowship, research on ‘couplepause’
August 27th 2024"We hypothesize that when we treat female sexual dysfunction, we can ultimately improve the dynamics between the couple, and therefore improve the male partner satisfaction with his IPP," says Thairo Pereira, MD.
Dr. Rosalia Misseri on using long-term data to enhance pediatric urologic care
August 19th 2024"We have incredible data based on long-term follow up that help us understand what the right therapy is for kids, primarily kids with neurologic diseases like spina bifida," says Rosalia Misseri, MD, FAAP.
Dr. Aaron Bernie discusses patient selection for Aquablation
August 16th 2024“I think particularly as we've had the technology for longer and we've used it more and become more comfortable with it, there's really nobody, necessarily, that can't be considered for it,” says Aaron M. Bernie, MD, MPH.
Dr. Nam on potential future research on vasectomy in the post-Dobbs era
August 15th 2024“The other thing that I think would be interesting is there's the thought of vasectomy regret where because of the permanent nature, what proportion of patients have regret surrounding their decision?” says Catherine S. Nam, MD.
Nicolette G. Payne, MD, on genetic testing in patients with nephrolithiasis
August 15th 2024"We sought to describe the genetic and clinical characteristics for patients undergoing genetic testing at our institution that were referred to genetics from our multidisciplinary stone clinic," says Nicolette G. Payne, MD.
Dr. Nam on the increased interest in vasectomy amidst urologist shortages
August 13th 2024“Within our department at University of Michigan, there has been increased numbers of vasectomy procedure days to be able to meet the demand so that there's not a very long prolonged delay for our patients,” says Catherine S. Nam, MD.