Urology Times staff

From a show dog to a family of cats, let's see who some of the top medical professionals are spending their time with when they're not in the clinic.

"It's no surprise that there are many people interested in active surveillance and how we can be doing it better," says Kevin Shee, MD, PhD.

"This is just another way that we can exploit the body's own natural system to take care of cancer," says Daniel P. Petrylak, MD.

"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.

"If you suspect that you have a calcium oxalate monohydrate stone, we found that the most effective settings are 0.4 J and 40 Hz, and maybe as a backup setting, 0.2 J and 100 Hz," says Ojas Shah, MD.

"I think that, across industries, AI is going to provide a great benefit to our day-to-day practice," says Michael Karellas, MD.

"The reason we did this study was that in Australia, there are usually very long waiting times to be seen in the continence service," says Patrina H. Y. Caldwell, BMed, FRACP, PhD.

"There is a real importance for qualitative research and understanding the patient's experience and voice whether it's incontinence or any other condition," says Lindsay A. Hampson, MD, MAS.

"Probably the most common scenario that we get a lot of parental concerns about are the patients that only have bedwetting, and it just never went away," says Miriam Harel, MD.

"It's really gratifying to see how the field has changed over the last 10 years," says Daniel P. Petrylak, MD.

"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.

"There is a definite shortage, so not just increasing the diversity, but we have to increase the work force itself," says Sumit Saini, MD

"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.

“There are a lot of people using this technology now, but it is not mainstream by any means,” says Ojas Shah, MD.

"Ask about leakage and talk about options," says Lindsay A. Hampson, MD, MAS.

"I think as urologists that treat incontinence, both Dr. Shaw and I probably have the experience of talking to many men who actually never pursue surgical treatment for their incontinence, but they still want to understand what the options are," says Lindsay A. Hampson, MD, MAS.

"I find writing kind of relaxing. I like it like I like sitting down and reading for an hour," says Andrew L. Siegel, MD.

“These are key, because right now our sepsis rates following ureteroscopy are, quite frankly, unacceptable,” says Jordan L. Allen, MD.

"For me, the take-home message is that reduced or even no-narcotic discharge for patients after kidney surgery is feasible, and that it really should be our mindset of, can we reduce the amount of opioids we use?" says Craig G. Rogers, MD.

"I think the main [finding] that continues to strike me working with Dr Hampson on this type of work is how different individual incontinence is for the patient who is experiencing it," says Nathan M. Shaw, MD.

This monthly series will begin in January 2024, and attendees can earn one category 1 CME credit per session.

"Nowadays, the complexity of potential management options have gotten increasingly difficult to express to patients," says Andrew L. Siegel, MD.

“The primary outcome will be feasibility of in-home treatments,” says Timothy D. Lyon, MD, FACS.

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“Overall, I'd say these shorter-term outcomes at 6 months look to be very similar to those outcomes measured with the smaller glands. In a sense, at least within this range, volume may not be a deal breaker,” says Kevin T. McVary, MD.

“In addition to the psychological and emotional burden associated with infertility, it's also been growing in incidence,” says Catherine S. Nam, MD.

“[We can use] the study to help further those arguments that we should be able to make our clinical decisions based on the patient's presentation, a risk-benefit discussion between patient and physician, and not based on what insurance companies will pay for,” says Michelle E. Van Kuiken, MD.

“So, always going where the point of max curve is gives a much better outcome compared to if you're using any other technique,” says Landon Trost, MD.

“We were pleased and excited to see that 72% of patients reported openness to receiving in-home intravesical therapy,” says Timothy D. Lyon, MD, FACS.

"For me, as a physician who treats patients with kidney cancer and does surgeries, where this study is going to help me and change my practice is making me more thoughtful and intentional in the way I approach my patients with their pain management," says Craig G. Rogers, MD.