Urology Times staff

“The better our health care work force represents the patients we're trying to take care of, the better care we'll deliver and the better outcomes our patients will have,” says Christopher J.D. Wallis, MD, PhD.

“I think by applying these metrics that we've outlined in our manuscript, it's a perfect steppingstone in allowing urologists to take that step toward providing value-based care,” says Randall A. Lee, MD.

“I've always felt like my patients are my partners in discovery,” says Edward M. Schaeffer, MD, PhD.

“With regards to urinary function, there were actually no differences between the 2 eras. We thought that was a little surprising,” says Udit Singhal, MD.

“At this point, we really have to consider the hard work and next steps of setting up multi-institutional databases and registries aimed at drilling down on patient and provider factors and medical decision-making around this diagnosis,” says James Ferguson III, MD, PhD.

“I think the key to remember for a lot of what we're doing is that kidney stone disease is complicated. It's a really heterogenous patient population,” says Nicholas L. Kavoussi, MD.

“So many times, partners were left in the dark. They didn't have a clue what their partner who had prostate cancer was going through, and we felt that we could fill that void,” says Neil H. Baum, MD.

“What we're thinking here is that surgeon sex is a surrogate for a whole series of behaviors driven by sociologic conditioning of how people interact with each other and how physicians practice medicine,” says Christopher J.D. Wallis, MD, PhD.

“We found that over 40% of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer are not receiving cystectomy or trimodal therapy,” says James Ferguson III, MD, PhD.

“I think the other thing that was surprising was that this allowed us to really pinpoint where we were dragging our feet,” says Randall A. Lee, MD.

“We have over 400 abstracts submitted this year to the SMSNA, which is really outstanding. We're looking at a record in terms of attendance this year, and we're very excited to have this,” says Mohit Khera, MD, MBA, MPH.

“The driving force for this was understanding whether we have made improvements as surgeons over time in how we're able to remove the prostate, but then also what types of functional outcomes patients have with regards to urinary function and sexual function,” says Udit Singhal, MD.

“There's going to be new techniques that we're not even aware of yet to try and break up the stones in a better fashion, but in a less invasive way for patients,” says Ben H. Chew, MD, MSc, FRCSC.

"Patients who have a female surgeon are about 25% less likely to die than if they had a male surgeon," says Christopher J.D. Wallis, MD, PhD.

“As we increase spending, we know there are good data out there that we haven't seen reflective improvement in outcomes or decreasing complications when we treat our patients,” says Randall A. Lee, MD.

"We're currently doing a multicenter, prospective study using the new Boston Scientific scope to measure intrarenal pressure for every ureteroscopy that we perform to get more data and to be able to identify these patients earlier, before they get septic," says Naeem Bhojani, MD, FRCSC.

“Another effort could be querying recent applicants or current applicants and seeing what information about diversity, equity, and inclusion would be important to them,” says Keiko Cooley, MD.

"It was really wonderful to work with a lot of our coauthors for the chapters because they really are thought leaders in the field," says Edward M. Schaeffer, MD, PhD.

The radionuclide-drug conjugate 225Ac-J591 combines J591, a monoclonal antibody that recognizes PSMA, with actinium-225, a potent alpha emitter.

"Just really try to have awareness; figure out, what do you really need right now? Once you realize what you need, have compassion, stop the judgment," says Diana Londoño, MD.

"What we found was that if during ureteroscopy your intrarenal pressure remains below 30 mm of mercury, there shouldn't be any infectious complications," says Naeem Bhojani, MD, FRCSC.

"I think that there could have been some expectation to see this lack of advertisement or engagement with DEI, particularly in urology given its current demographics," says Keiko Cooley, MD.

“Where I have found that it has been incredibly useful has been in those unfavorable intermediate-risk patients or those individuals who are kind of borderline at the risk spectrum,” says Rana R. McKay, MD.

“The purpose of the course is really to bring together like-minded surgeons and physicians who are interested in robotic reconstructive surgery to really come together to not only build a network, but also discuss complex situations, discuss tips and tricks, and also to review the most salient literature in this space,” says Ziho Lee, MD.

"Given that these lesions are common, even if surgeons aren't treating adrenal tumors, they're certainly going to find some on imaging," says Neal E. Rowe, MD, FRCSC.

“I was of course flattered when Dr. Walsh and Janet Worthington approached me to take the lead on editing and writing this fifth version of the book,” says Edward M. Schaeffer, MD, PhD.

"It's very important to build trust early on for a urologist and with a patient so that they're more likely to stay with a screening program," says Daniel E. Spratt, MD.

Joshi Alumkal, MD, highlights findings from the phase 3 ARASENS trial that led to the FDA approval of darolutamide for use in combination with docetaxel for the treatment of patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.

“About 25% of men didn't even want to know that they had cancer,” says Daniel E. Spratt, MD.

"Sometimes, when you just look at people in the eye, you sort of can forget about everything else; you can just focus on that person in front of you," says Diana Londoño, MD.