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 Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago.

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“I think the take home message is that when you're interviewing applicants in your program, take a step back and think about the questions you want to ask,” says Stephanie J. Kielb, MD.

Dr. Stephanie Kielb on curbing restricted questions in the urology match process

“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,” 

says in this podcast. Hamilton is an associate professor of urology at the University of Toronto.

Hamilton discusses findings from a recent study published in European Urology.

Dr. Robert J. Hamilton on statin use in men starting ADT for prostate cancer

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.

The study encompassed the prostatic urethral lift (UroLift), water vapor thermal therapy (Rezum), and temporary implantable nitinol device (iTIND).

Study: New BPH treatments demonstrate efficacy

 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.

“Because so many disease processes that we deal with are related to tobacco use and smoking specifically… I think this is absolutely our domain,” says Richard S. Matulewicz, MD, of tobacco cessation counseling and treatment.

Dr. Richard Matulewicz discusses smoking cessation counseling and treatment among urologists

 paper, “A 30-Year Review of Cystectomy Litigation,” for which she served as senior author. The paper, Malik says, “is a snapshot into what we can find about malpractice associated with cystectomy.” Malik is an assistant professor and director of female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery at the University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore.

A search of a legal database found 42 cases related to cystectomy over a 30-year period.

Dr. Rena Malik on cystectomy-related litigation

 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.

“The available information [on] male infertility websites right now is not of good quality,” Samplaski says.

Dr. Mary Samplaski discusses online resources regarding male infertility

 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 University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

Williams discusses a study comparing costs for radical versus partial cystectomy.

Dr. Stephen Williams on costs of surgical treatments for bladder cancer

 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.

Kathleen Kieran, MD, MSc, MME, discusses findings from a recent paper published in Urology.

Study evaluates authorship for women in urology

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.

On the latest episode of the Speaking of Urology podcast, Dr. Giulia Lane discusses her recent study evaluating treatment of urethral stricture disease in women.

Dr. Giulia Lane discusses urethral stricture disease in women

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 

®. 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 topic 

Steele outlines topics covered in his recent column, "Why urologists should beware the perils of friendly prescribing."