With a world-class team of urologists, oncologists, and physician-scientists, the Department of Urology at Northwestern Medicine has been at the forefront of clinical and research advancements in urology for more than a century. Northwestern Medicine Urology is committed to providing personalized, integrative, and innovative urologic care and conducting leading-edge research for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of urologic conditions. In light of this commitment, the Urology Program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital is the highest-ranked program in Illinois and No.11 in the country by U.S. News & World Report, 2021 – 2022 and among the top three NIH-funded urology departments in the nation.
Study highlights how DTC online platforms often fail to convey risks of testosterone therapy
December 8th 2022“While there’s benefit in improving access, there’s also potential for harm when providers fail to follow evidence-based guidelines, or when the benefits and risks of treatment are not appropriately communicated," said Joshua A. Halpern, MD.
50th Anniversary Innovation Celebration: Buccal mucosa grafts for urethral strictures
November 18th 2022"With regards to utilization of buccal mucosa graft in ureteral reconstruction, it's revolutionized the way that we can take care of patients with ureteral strictures, just as buccal mucosa graft revolutionized how urethral reconstruction is being done," says Ziho Lee, MD.
Experts discuss addition of West-African ancestry to risk calculator for prostate cancer
August 30th 2022“We actually found that our calculator held up pretty well at different risk thresholds, especially when compared to the PCPT in terms of maintaining the same number of missed cancers, but cutting the number of biopsies that were not necessary nearly in half,” says Neil Mistry, MD, MPH.
Elevated FSH is associated with decline in sperm concentration
May 20th 2022“We found that men with an elevated FSH but a normal semen test were more likely to have a decline in their sperm concentration and their total motile sperm count over time…when compared to men also starting with the normal semen test but with a normal FSH,” says Joshua Halpern, MD.