July 18th 2025
Take a look back through some of the top stories from the first half of the year.
GU Tumor Board: Enhancing Prostate Cancer Outcomes – The Role of PSMA and Targeted Treatment Strategies
September 27, 2025
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Case-by-Case: Application of HIF-PHIs for the Treatment of Anemia in Patients With CKD
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Medical Crossfire® in Adjunctive Testing: Charting a New Course in Prostate Cancer Risk Assessment
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Label change for testosterone: Implications for urologists, prescribers, and patients
April 9th 2025In February 2025, the FDA recommended a removal of the black box warning related to an increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes for all testosterone products. This recommendation has important implications for urologists and the patients they treat.
Fertility restoration may offer benefits in cost, efficacy vs sperm cryopreservation
February 5th 2025“While sperm cryopreservation is very safe, there might be hidden costs that patients aren't aware of, both [in] the upfront costs of preserving the sperm and then the annual cost of maintaining it at a facility,” says Bradley Roth, MS4.
Investigators discuss cost-effectiveness study of cryopreservation vs vasectomy reversal
January 30th 2025"The idea here is to determine, from an epidemiologic perspective, whether freezing sperm for many men before their vasectomy is cost-effective compared to whether we should simply avoid this routine practice and allow men to proceed with their vasectomy and then restore their fertility in the future," says Scott D. Lundy, MD, PhD, HCLD.
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.
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.
Dr. Rust recaps the SMSNA Men’s Health Fellowship Bootcamp
August 8th 2024“We get exposure and get an opportunity to work with experts in the field before we even start fellowship, so that we can develop a baseline of expertise in areas of Peyronie's disease, erectile dysfunction, infertility, and managing sexual medicine and fertility in men across the board,” says Jacob Rust, MD.