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In this episode, Janelle Bunce, PA-C, highlights the role that advanced practice providers can play in filling the gaps created by the growing workforce shortages in urology.

"We're excited that the FDA approval of this radiotracer gives us yet more tools at our disposal to diagnose prostate cancer in all its forms, from early to late in the disease process," says David M. Schuster, MD, FACR.

In this episode, Ashish M. Kamat, MD, MBBS, highlights the state of bladder cancer care in recognition of Bladder Cancer Awareness Month.

Gopal H. Badlani, MD, and Steven A. Kaplan, MD, discuss some of the notable abstracts in benign urology that were presented at the 2023 AUA Annual Meeting.

The data were presented at the recent American Urological Association Annual Meeting.

Adam B. Weiner, MD, and Ruchika Talwar, MD, discuss some of the notable urologic oncology abstracts that were presented at the 2023 AUA meeting.

Amar Kishan, MD, highlights findings showing that MRI-guided SBRT is superior to CT-guided SBRT in localized prostate cancer.

Laura Bukavina, MD, and Kyle Rose, MD, discuss some of the notable abstracts from the 2023 ASCO GU conference.

"I think there's a lot of fear that can go into talking about these topics," says Katherine Rotker, MD.

"Hopefully, this will be a resource for people who are preparing for birth, or who have recently experienced birth," says Linda Brubaker, MD, MS.

Catherine Ann Matthews, MD, FACS, FACOG, and John B. Gebhart, MD, MS, preview the upcoming AUGS Clinical Meeting.

“Localized prostate cancer is a very complicated disease space,” says Aaron A. Laviana, MD, MBA.

“We showed in this controlled study that the mindfulness meditation decreases anxiety level and has a positive effect on pain and also on patient satisfaction,” says Andrea Staack, MD, PhD.

“Less than half of the videos actually featured a medical provider, so a majority of videos are being produced by non-medical providers, commercial media, or individual YouTubers with no medical experience,” says Connie Huang, MD.

“A lot of people that are fatigued [and] a lot of people that have back pain assume it's something else, and we have the same masculinity concerns or embarrassment concerns about reporting gynecomastia. So, all these things feed into a potential in delaying diagnosis,” says Bradley C. Leibovich, MD, FACS.

“We know that erectile dysfunction is really an important issue that can be a harbinger for other underlying cardiovascular or neurological health issues,” says Michael Lutz, MD.

“I think we often encourage our patients to share concerns about depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions, yet are less likely ourselves to seek help due to this issue of stigma,” says Raj S. Pruthi, MD, MHA, FACS.

“I think it's really important to understand the role of prevention and early detection,” says Michael Lutz, MD.

“While we have these young men in our offices, we need to try and engage them for all of the necessary screening opportunities that will improve the quality of their lives moving forward,” says Michael Lutz, MD, in this podcast episode.

“Getting people to work together towards a common goal is really, really important in alleviating the imposter syndrome,” says Toby C. Chai, MD.

“As urologists, we see men of all ages, and one of the things that we need to do is…take advantage of being their advocates for health care,” says Michael Lutz, MD.

“In urology, and really medicine as a whole, I think we're all really striving to build that championship-caliber team, and we're looking at recruiting diverse talent, but if we don't take the time to create the environments where all the team members can reach their full potential, then we as a whole may never reach our full potential in medicine,” says Ekene Enemchukwu, MD, MPH.

“I think that the utilization of social media for professionals is only going to grow. And I would really encourage people at every level to start to dip their toe in the water and explore Twitter or other social media platforms,” says Casey Seideman, MD.

“The social needs aren't medical conditions that can be alleviated in a doctor's office, and they shouldn't be medicalized or viewed in that way,” says Elisabeth M. Sebesta, MD.

“It's very underrepresented because a lot of women just don't ask, so we're not going to know,” says Alexandra Dubinsky, MD.

“When you compound the patient delay and…the physician delay, then you really get a delay in diagnosis,” says Curtis A. Pettaway, MD.

“Instead of waiting for all the bureaucracy and paperwork, I decided just to go there, figure out what I need to do, and then figure out where I could be helpful, whether it’s medical or non-medical. I really didn’t care. I felt that I just needed to do something,” says Laura Bukavina, MD, MPH.

“We need to just approach STIs as the medical conditions they are because until we do, and until we take those stigmas away, people will truly have resistance to discussing it, hesitance to discussing it, and resistance to diagnosis and intervention,” says Ashley Winter, MD.

“This technique is feasible, it is very well tolerated, and there’s not much of a complication rate, so it appears to be very safe,” says Amy D. Dobberfuhl, MD, MS.

“We need to improve the fact that 75% of these patients are untreated [or] unmanaged and frustrated,” says Alexandra Rogers, MD.