NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE UROLOGY AT AUA2024

Northwestern Medicine Department of Urology had a strong presence at the 2024 AUA Annual Meeting, which took place May 3 through 6 in San Antonio, Texas.
Joshua J. Meeks, MD, PhD, the Edward M. Schaeffer, MD, PhD, Professor of Urology at Northwestern Medicine, focused his time at AUA on bladder cancer. In Dr. Meeks’ presentation, he challenged the use of neobladder diversion and favored ileal conduit in bladder cancer patients. Dr. Meeks also recaps other talks he gave at the meeting, including one on the benefits and challenges of having many options to treat bladder cancer, with the American Journal of Managed Care. He also discusses his session titled, “Harnessing Innovation in Bladder Cancer Care: Expert Strategies for Effectively Implementing Modern Therapeutic Advances Across the Disease Continuum” with Urology Times

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Hiten Patel, MD, assistant professor of Urology at Northwestern Medicine, spoke with Urology Times about the ongoing study he shared at the meeting titled “A Prospective Diagnostic Cohort Study to Compare the Accuracy of Renal Mass Biopsy, PEER, and 99mTc-sestamibi SPECT/CT for Patients with Clinically Localized Renal Tumors (BIOPSy).”
Perry J. Xu, MD, instructor of Urology at Northwestern Medicine, won best poster for “Waiting for HoLEP – Outcomes when Complications Arise in the Preoperative Period.” Additionally, Dr. Xu presented on a prospective randomized controlled trial, which examined the effectiveness of methocarbamol compared to oxybutynin in relieving stent colic.
 
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Eric Li, MD, resident in the Department of Urology at Northwestern Medicine, spoke with GUOncologyNow about his analysis he presented that evaluated bionomic signatures associated with adverse pathologic features at radical prostatectomy among active surveillance-eligible men.
 
Even Panken, MD, resident in the Department of Urology at Northwestern Medicine, won the SSMR Men’s Health Traveling Fellowship Award.
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Northwestern Medicine Urology is committed to providing personalized, integrative and innovative urologic medical care and conducting leading-edge research to prevent, diagnose and treat conditions affecting the genitourinary system. Our clinical team of dedicated urologists and physicians is focused on breakthrough discoveries and treatments that transform patient outcomes. The Urology Program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital is the highest-ranked in Illinois for the 26th year in a row and was ranked No. 11 in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report, 2023 – 2024.