Destigmatizing Urology: Dr. Watts destigmatizes telemedicine
“I think that for the urologist, a lot of what we do in practice is very much appropriate for telemedicine,” says Kara L. Watts, MD.
10m Oct 19, 2021
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How urologists can be more sustainable
“All of human health is inextricably linked with environmental health,” says Stacy Loeb, MD, PhD, MSc.
10m Oct 19, 2021
10m
The Evolution of Single-Use Urologic Endoscopy
A recent study conducted at Duke University Hospital and published in the Journal of Endourology found that a new single-use cystoscope demonstrated superior flexion and comparable optics to the reusable scopes already being used in a hospital urology department. Dr. Michael Lipkin, one of the study’s authors, discusses the findings.
18m Oct 19, 2021
18m
Destigmatizing Urology: Dr. Palese discusses robotic surgery
“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.
9m Oct 14, 2021
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Destigmatizing Urology: Dr. Nickel discusses recurrent UTIs in women
“[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.
13m Oct 13, 2021
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Destigmatizing Urology: Dr. Burnett discusses sexual dysfunction in men
“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.
7m Oct 13, 2021
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Dr. Kutikov comments on the new NCCN active surveillance guideline
“I think the community was just asking the NCCN for transparency, and to better understand what initiated this change, since a lot of us in the localized prostate cancer community feel strongly that active surveillance is really underutilized,” says Alexander Kutikov, MD, FACS.
4m Oct 06, 2021
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Destigmatizing Urology: Dr. Seth destigmatizes urinary incontinence
“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.
9m Sep 29, 2021
9m
Dr. Krambeck investigates efficacy of Trilogy and ShockPulse-SE lithotripters
In this episode, Urology Times® Managing Editor Ben Saylor spoke with Amy E. Krambeck, MD. She discusses the recent Journal of Endourology study, "Multi-institutional prospective randomized control trial of novel intracorporeal lithotripters: ShockPulse-SE vs Trilogy trial," for which she served as senior author. Krambeck is a professor of urology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of M...
5m Sep 07, 2021
5m
Dr. Sarah Faris on taking precautions when prescribing postoperative opioids
“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.
7m Sep 07, 2021
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Dr. Allaway on the increased efficiency of transperineal biopsies
“We need to do a better job sampling the prostate,” says Matthew J. Allaway, MD.
9m Sep 02, 2021
9m
How FPMRS patients are reacting to televisits
“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.
9m Sep 01, 2021
9m
Mental health care and gender dysphoria in transgender and gender-diverse youth
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.
13m Aug 31, 2021
13m
Dr. Seth assesses the bleeding risk of Botox treatments in patients who take blood thinners
“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.
8m Aug 30, 2021
8m
Dr. Zillioux discusses same-day discharge after FPMRS cases
“Same-day discharge is safe and feasible across a broad spectrum of FPMRS cases,” says Jacqueline Zillioux, MD.
8m Aug 24, 2021
8m
Kenton H. Steele, Esq, discusses expert witnesses from the attorney perspective
"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.
14m Aug 20, 2021
14m
Dr. Kang weighs in on prostate MRIs
In this episode, Urology Times® Managing Editor Ben Saylor spoke with Dr. Stella K. Kang. She discusses the recent Radiology study titled, "Active Surveillance Strategies for Low-Grade Prostate Cancer: Comparative Benefits and Cost-effectiveness,” for which she served as a study author. Kang is an associate professor of radiology and population health and director of Comparative Effectiveness a...
8m Aug 17, 2021
8m
Researchers evaluate data on priapism malpractice litigation
In this episode, Ariana Matz, MD, discusses the Urology study, “Review of priapism litigation in the United States,” for which she served as a study author.
7m Jul 30, 2021
7m
Urologist Dr. Randie White discusses appointment no-shows
In this episode, Randie White, MD, discusses findings from the recent Urology Practice study, “Failure to Attend Urology Appointments: A Retrospective Analysis of a Single Urban Academic Practice,” for which she served as study author. White is a urology resident at Maine Medical Center, Portland.
6m Jun 24, 2021
6m
Dr Andrew Harris discusses debt levels in urology trainees
In this episode, Andrew M. Harris, MD, discusses the Urology Practice study, “Impact of urology trainee debt levels on future practice choices and expectations,” for which he served as a study author. Harris is an assistant professor of urology at the University of Kentucky, Lexington.
7m May 18, 2021
7m
Dr Stephanie Kielb on curbing restricted questions in the urology match process
In this episode, Stephanie J. Kielb, MD, discusses the recent Urology Practice study, The impact of stricter guidelines on post-interview contact, restricted interview topics and differences by gender in the urology match, for which she served as senior author. Kielb is chief of reconstruction and neurourology and professor of urology, medical education, and obstetrics and gynecology at Northwe...
11m May 03, 2021
11m
Dr. Robert J. Hamilton on statin use in men starting ADT for prostate cancer
“The patients who use statins had longer overall survival, longer prostate cancer-specific survival, and a trend towards longer time before they became castration resistant,” Hamilton says in discussing the European Urology study, “The Association Between Statin Use and Outcomes in Patients Initiating Androgen Deprivation Therapy,” for which he served as a study author.
8m Apr 13, 2021
8m
Study: New BPH treatments demonstrate efficacy
In this episode, Richard K. Lee, MD, MBA, discusses the recent European Urology Focus paper, New Endoscopic In-office Surgical Therapies for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Systematic Review, for which he served as senior author. Lee is an Associate Professor of Urology and Healthcare Policy & Research at Weill Cornell Medicine Department of Urology in New York City.
9m Apr 08, 2021
9m
Dr. Richard Matulewicz discusses smoking cessation counseling and treatment among urologists
In this episode, Richard S. Matulewicz, MD, discusses the recent Journal of Urology paper, “Tobacco screening and treatment during outpatient urologic office visits in the United States,” for which he served as a study author. Matulewicz is a clinical instructor in urology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
10m Mar 25, 2021
10m
Dr. Rena Malik on cystectomy-related litigation
In this episode, Rena Malik, MD, discusses findings from the recent Urology Practice paper, “A 30-Year Review of Cystectomy Litigation,” for which she served as senior author. Malik is an assistant professor and director of female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery at the University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore.
4m Mar 09, 2021
4m
Dr. Mary Samplaski discusses online resources regarding male infertility
In this episode, Mary K. Samplaski, MD, discusses findings from the recent Urology Practice paper, “Male Infertility Websites: What are Our Patients Reading?” for which she served as senior author. Samplaski is an associate professor of clinical urology at Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles.
13m Feb 09, 2021
13m
Dr. Stephen Williams on costs of surgical treatments for bladder cancer
This episode’s guest is Stephen B. Williams, MD, MS. He discusses findings from a paper published in Urology titled, Comparing Costs of Radical Versus Partial Cystectomy for Patients Diagnosed With Localized Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: Understanding the Value of Surgical Care, for which he served as a study author. Williams is chief of urology and professor of urology and radiology at the U...
8m Jan 25, 2021
8m
Study evaluates authorship for women in urology
In this episode, Kathleen Kieran, MD, MSc, MME, discusses findings from a recent study published in Urology titled, Gender differences in authorship in urology: a five-year review of publications in five high-impact journals, for which she served as senior author. Kieran is an associate professor of urology at the University of Washington, Seattle.
7m Jan 13, 2021
7m
Attorney Kenton H. Steele, Esq discusses informal prescribing
This episode’s guest is Kenton H. Steele. An attorney in the Columbus, Ohio office of Reminger Co., LPA, Steele specializes in malpractice defense and insurance litigation. He is also a Malpractice Consult columnist for Urology Times®. In this interview, Steele discusses the ways in which friendly prescribing can lead to medico-legal issues for providers. You can read Steele’s column on this to...
12m Dec 17, 2020
12m
Dr. Giulia Lane discusses urethral stricture disease in women
This episode’s guest is Giulia I. Lane, MD, MS. She discusses the recent Neurourology and Urodynamics article, Treatment of urethral stricture disease in women: A multi‐institutional collaborative project from the SUFU research network, for which she served as a study author. Lane is a fellow in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
6m Dec 15, 2020
6m
Dr. Amy Krambeck discusses 90-day trial of disposable ureteroscope
This episode’s guest is Amy E. Krambeck, MD. She discusses a recent Urology Practice paper, "Initial Experience With a Novel Single Use Disposable Ureteroscopy: A Prospective Single Arm 90-day Trial of the Axis Ureteroscope," for which she served as a study author. Krambeck is the Michael O. Koch Professor of Urology at Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.
6m Nov 10, 2020
6m
Dr. Ranjith Ramasamy discusses nasal testosterone gel and sperm parameters
This episode's guest is Ranjith Ramasamy, MD, who discusses findings from the recent Journal of Urology paper, Effect of Natesto on Reproductive Hormones, Semen Parameters, and Hypogonadal Symptoms: A Single Center, Open Label, Single Arm Trial. Ramasamy is director of male reproductive medicine and surgery and associate professor of urology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
8m Oct 28, 2020
8m
Dr Amanda North on the gender pay gap in urology
This episode's guest is Amanda North, MD, associate professor of pediatric urology at Montefiore Medical Center. North discusses the recent Urology Practice paper, “The Gender Pay Gap in Urology,” for which she served as a study author.
14m Oct 07, 2020
14m
Malpractice and stones: What a recent study reveals
In this episode, Peter L. Steinberg, MD, discusses a recent Urology Practice paper titled “Medical Malpractice and Nephrolithiasis: U.S. Appellate Cases From 2001- 2018,” for which he served as co-author. Steinberg is assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School.
6m Sep 21, 2020
6m
Dr. Finkelstein discusses telemedicine for pediatric post-op visits
This episode's guest is Julia Beth Finkelstein, MD, MPH, CPPS. She discusses the recent Journal of Urology study “Telemedicine for Pediatric Urological Postoperative Care is Safe, Convenient and Economical,” for which she served as a study author. Finkelstein is assistant professor of urology at Columbia University Medical Center in New York.
8m Sep 08, 2020
8m
How to get started with HIFU for prostate cancer
For this episode, we bring you the third and final installment of Urology Times® Editorial Consultant Dr. J. Brantley Thrasher’s recent interview with Dr. Samuel J. Peretsman regarding high-intensity focused ultrasound. In this segment, Peretsman discusses robotic prostatectomy following HIFU and also explains how urologists can learn how to perform HIFU in their practice. Peretsman is with Uro...
8m Aug 24, 2020
8m
What patients undergoing HIFU should expect postoperatively
This episode features the second installment of Urology Times® Editorial Consultant Dr. J. Brantley Thrasher’s recent interview with Dr. Samuel J. Peretsman regarding high-intensity focused ultrasound. In the interview, Peretsman explains what he tells patients undergoing HIFU to expect postoperatively. Peretsman is with Urology Specialists of the Carolinas in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Thr...
8m Aug 10, 2020
8m
HIFU: An expert discusses his treatment criteria
For this episode, Urology Times® Editorial Consultant Doctor J Brantley Thrasher interviews Doctor Samuel J. Peretsman regarding high-intensity focused ultrasound, or HIFU. Peretsman describes his background and experience with HIFU and also discusses his treatment criteria for the modality. Peretsman is with Urology Specialists of the Carolinas in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Thrasher is exe...
9m Jul 20, 2020
9m
Dr. Angela Smith discusses FDA approval of Jelmyto for low-grade UTUC
This is episode's guest is Dr. Angela B. Smith, Co-director of the Multidisciplinary Genitourinary Oncology Service at the N.C. Cancer Hospital; Director of Urologic Oncology in the UNC Department of Urology; and Associate Professor of Urology at UNC School of Medicine. A member of the study advisory committee for UroGen Pharma, Smith discusses the recent FDA approval of Jelmyto, which is the f...
11m Jul 06, 2020
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