Dr. Margaret Knoedler has been selected as a member of the Research on Calculus Kinetics (ROCK) Society. The ROCK Society's mission is to further the investigation of calculi and reach a better understanding of the basic mechanisms involved. Society membership currently numbers around 100 individuals and is the premiere scientific organization in the US dedicated to the study of kidney stone formation, management, and prevention and includes many of the world's leading stone experts among its members.

Dr. Kyle Richards has been invited to serve on the Scientific Review Group (SRG) for the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) Patient-Centered Clinical Young Investigator Award for 2024.

Additionally, Dr. Richards participated in a UroToday video lecture to discuss his clinical expertise on the topic "Impact of Agent Orange Exposure on Non-muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Outcomes." You can view the video lecture here.

Doctors Ali Antar, Margaret Knoedler, Dan Gralnek, Chris Manakas, and Emi Serrell were part of the inaugural meeting of WHOLEP, the Wisconsin Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate (HoLEP) organization.

As part of her participation in the AUA Leadership cohort 2023-2024, Dr. Sarah McAchran and team presented the Capstone Project entitled “Leveraging EMR Templates to Improve Compliance with AUA Guidelines” during the 2024 AUA Advocacy Summit in Washington, DC.

Additionally, she and Dr. Stephen Nakada were part of the Wisconsin Delegation who went to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, February 27 and met with staff of Senator Tammy Baldwin and Senator Ron Johnson, as well as Congresswoman Gwen Moore and Congressman Mark Pocan. 

Urology residents, Drs. Ali Ghasemzadeh and Emily Ellmann both won awards for their presentations at this year's Wisconsin Urological Society (WUS) annual meeting in Lake Geneva. Dr. Ghasemzadeh's presentation was on "Risk Factors for Progression and Survival in mRCC Patients with No Evidence of Disease Following Cytoreductive Nephrectomy with Metastases Directed Therapy", and Dr. Ellmann's was on "Risk Factors for Readmission Following Ureteroscopy and Laser Lithotripsy for Stone Disease: Modern Single Center Experience."

Dr. Frank Lin presented a moderated poster "The Utility of Urodynamics and Cystourethroscopy in Women with Uncomplicated Recurrent Stress Urinary Incontinence" at the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction in February.

Bruskewitz Distinguished Alumni Reception – May 4, 2024

Our annual UW Urology Alumni Reception, the “Bruskewitz Distinguished Alumni Reception”, will take place on Saturday, May 4, 5:30-7:30 PM at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio, Lone Star Salon A. We will have a short program that evening recognizing a distinguished UW alumnus along with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres for our guests.

This year’s award recipient is Gyan Pareek, MD, FACS, Chief of the Division of Urology, Co-Director of the Minimally Invasive Urology Institute at Lifespan, and Director of the Kidney Stone Center at The Miriam Hospital. Dr. Pareek is a Professor of Urology, and the Krishnamurthi Family Professor of Urology at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He is also president of Brown Urology, Inc. Dr. Pareek completed his laparoscopy and endourology fellowship here at the UW in 2005.

Please mark your calendar and be sure to stop by. We enjoy seeing and catching up with our UW alumni and friends!

Specialty Societies

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center or Grand Hyatt San Antonio

Friday, May 3

Frank Lin, MD will serve on the “Expert Panel: What’s the Role for UDS for Urinary Incontinence? How I Use it Effectively and Efficiently in my Practice” during the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU) meeting, 3:30 PM to 4:00 PM, Hemisfair Ballroom 2, HBGCC.

Matthew Grimes, MD will give a lecture on “Semi-Live Surgery (Video): What is the Best Approach to Fossa Navicularis Strictures?” during the Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons (GURS) meeting, 3:45 PM to 4:05 PM, Grand Hyatt: Lone Star Ballroom A.

Saturday, May 4

David Jarrard, MD will give a lecture “Neoadjuvant Strategies before Radical Prostatectomy for High-Risk Prostate Cancer in the Era of New Hormonal Agents” and participate in a Panel Discussion during the Korean World Urologic Congress (KWUC) meeting, 8:10 AM to 9:10 AM, Room 206, HBGCC.

Sunday, May 5

Stephen Nakada, MD will give an “AUA Update” during the Society for Women in Urology (SWIU) meeting, 8:15 AM to 8:30 AM, Grand Hyatt: Lone Star Ballroom A.

E. Jason Abel, MD will deliver the Anil Kapoor Keynote Lecture: "High Risk Renal Cell Carcinoma and Adjuvant Treatment" at the 2024 Urologic Society for Transplantation and Renal Surgery (USTRS) meeting.

Monday, May 6

Kristina Penniston, PhD is scheduled to moderate the session “Patient-Centered Research and Clinical Care” as well as give the Introduction, Summary and Take-Home Messages during the Research on Calculus Kinetics Society (ROCK) meeting, 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Hemisfair Ballroom 1, HBGCC.

Shannon Cannon, MD will speak on the “The Changing Epidemiology of Pediatric Stone Disease” at the Research on Calculus Kinetics Society (ROCK) meeting, 8:30 AM to 8:40 AM, Hemisfair Ballroom 1, HBGCC.

Courses, Lectures, Forums and Panels

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

Thursday, May 2

David Jarrard, MD will participate in the AUA forum “The Evolving Landscape of Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatment: A Guidelines and Case-Based Discussion” presented by the AUA in partnership with the Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO), 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Room 221B.

Friday, May 3

David Jarrard, MD will participate as a Plenary Speaker for “Second Opinion Cases: GG1 with Sacral Abnormality on Bone Scan and PSMA PET Started on ADT by Dx Urologist; Referred for Treatment of m1b", 8:50 AM to 9:20 AM, Stars at Night Ballroom.

David Jarrard, MD will serve as a Podium Session Moderator for “Prostate Cancer: Basic Research & Pathophysiology II”, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM, Room 304A.

Stephen Nakada, MD is the Instructional Course Director for “Controversies in Surgical Management of Stone Disease” with Margaret Knoedler, MD serving as a faculty member on the course, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Room 214A.

David Jarrard, MD is a faculty member on the Instructional Course, “AUA Advanced Prostate Cancer Guidelines”, 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM, Room 214A.

Margaret Knoedler, MD will give a Lecture, “Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Pulse-Moderated Holmium-YAG Laser Vs Thulium Fiber Laser for Dusting Stones” during the Session, Clinical Trials in Progress, Benign Disease, 2:04 PM to 2:12 PM, Learning Lab.

Saturday, May 4

Kristina Penniston, PhD will serve as a Poster Session Moderator for “Stone Disease: Medical & Dietary Therapy”, 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM, Room 304B.

Christopher Manakas, MD will participate as a Plenary Speaker for “Semi-Live Surgeries-Surgical Techniques: BPH”, 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM, Stars at Night Ballroom.

Kyle Richards, MD will serve as a Poster Session Moderator for “Bladder Cancer: Invasive III”, 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM, Room 304A.

Monday, May 6

Stephen Nakada, MD will serve as Poster Session Moderator for “Surgical Technology & Simulation: Training & Skills Assessment”, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM, Room 221C.

Podium and Poster Abstract Presentations

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

PD-18-06: Validation of the Selection for Cytoreductive Nephrectomy (SCREEN) Model Using an Independent Contemporary Multi-center Cohort

Abel EJ, Master V, Spiess P, Peyton C, Psutka S, Raman J, Mercinelli C, Shapiro D, Nicaise E, Robertson N, Dolan B, Sirard R B, Noonavath M, Jani A, Necchi A, Sexton W, Manley B, Patil D, Allen G, Matin S, Karam J

MP07-06: Evaluating the Efficacy of Artificial Intelligence in Predicting Outcomes for Pediatric Hydronephrosis: A Systematic Review

Baydoun A, Sridhar V, Ebert K, Cannon S, Farhat W

MP18-18: Impact of 18F-DCFPYL PSMA PET on Accuracy of mpMRI in Men with Low and Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer: Interim Analysis of a Phase II Diagnostic Trial

Bigarella M, Lawrence E, Wiedmer A, Cava J, Borza T, Bereslavskyy I, Wells S, Cho S, Jarrard DF

MP06-01: Basal Epithelial Keratin 14 Expression is Associated with Squamous Metaplasia in Urethral Stricture Disease

Carey AZ, Grimes MD

PD11-12: Outcomes for Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients on Immunosuppression Following Solid Organ Transplantation

Carey AZ, Abel EJ, Dolan B, Mezrich J, Al-Adra D, Aufhauser D, Collins K, Mandelbrot D, Parajuli S, Allen G, Jarrard D, Richards K, Risk M, Shapiro D

MP31-05: 5-Alpha Reductase Inhibitor Use Reduces the Clinical Performance of Multiparametric MRI in the Detection of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer

Das A, Bigarella M, Brackman K, Filson CP, Pectasides M, Rais-Bahrami S, Fang AM, Esdaille A, Borza T, Wells S, Toia G, Jarrard DF

MP66-15: Daily Treatment With the Puberty Blocker, Leuprolide Acetate, Reduces Sex Differences and Lowers Anxiety-like Behavior in Juvenile Rats

Ebert K, de Faria Oliveira G, Carreras Simons L, Ebert K, Niepsuj T, Nguyen AT, Gadelhak SH, Johnson AK, Abdalla A, Lev E, Torres Roman SG, Jorgensen JS, Farhat WA, Auger AP

MP55-17: Early Results of A Pediatric Transplant Program During Wartime in Ukraine: A Cohort Study

Farhat W, Nakonechnyy R

MP55-04: Do All Infants with Prenatal Hydronephrosis Need a Screening VCUG? Analysis of the Societies for Pediatric Urology Hydronephrosis Taskforce

Farkouh A’a, Davis-Dao C, Herndon A, Kuang R, Williamson S, Zee R, Cheng K-W, Song S, Cannon S, Braga LH, Wehbi EJ, Lockwood GM, Welch V, Kern NG, McGrath M, Dudley A, Chamberlin DA, Khoury AE, Chamberlin JD

PD18-05: Patient Selection for Upfront Cytoreductive Nephrectomy: Assessment of Two Clinical Risk Stratifications Tools

Henning G, Deol E, Shapiro D, Abel EJ, Dorr M, Basourakos S, Nabavizadeh R, Thompson RH, Leibovich B, Boorjian S, Sharma V

MP10-15: Using Artificial Intelligence to Characterize Body Composition in Patients Undergoing Cytoreductive Nephrectomy

Henning G, Dorr M, Deol E, Basourakos S, Shapiro D, Abel EJ, Nabavizadeh R, Thompson RH, Boorjian S, Leibovich B, Sharma V

MP78-06: Risk Factors for Readmission Following Ureteroscopy and Laser Lithotripsy for Stone Disease: Modern Single Center Experience

Hirano S, Serrell E, Knoedler MA, Li S, Antar A, Nakada SY

PD03-06: Mitochondrial Complex I Protein NDUFS3 is Decreased in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Patients Treated with Celecoxib and/or Finasteride

Liu T, Ricke W, et al.

MP73-02: The Resident HoLEP Learning Curve: Creating a Standardized Curriculum for learning HoLEP

Manakas C, Grimes MD, Serrell EC, Antar A, Knoedler MA, Gralnek D

PD35-07: Identifying and Targeting Upregulated Histone Modifying Enzymes Involved in Prostate Cancer Cell Survival After Androgen Deprivation Therapy

Purohit TA, Schmitt ES, Bigarella M, Bahr K, Sardeson S, Garcia D, Esbona K, Lewis PW, Denu JM, Huang W, Yang B, Jarrard DF

MP33-03: “I was in a very deep, dark place... I wasn’t prepared for that”: A Qualitative Analysis of the Mental Health Needs of Cystectomy Patients

Rose A, Zeng E, Pati B, Saucke M, Levenson T, Abel EJ, Borza T, Jarrard D, Shapiro D, Risk M, Alagoz E, Richards K

MP11-07: Soft Tissue Infections after HoLEP: An Under-described Complication

Serrell EC, Taychert MT, Richmond E, Tyllo R, Antar A, Knoedler MA, Manakas C, Gralnek D, Grimes MD

MP07-19: Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Measuring Renal Calculus Volume: Initial Single-center Description of Sequential AI-enhanced Ultra-low Dose CT’s

Serrell EC, Borowski K, Li S, Nakada SY, Antar A, Knoedler MA, Garrett J, Lubner MJ, Summers RM, Pickhardt P

MP26-13: What Do Patients Believe About the Effectiveness of Thiazide and Alkali Therapy for Stone Prevention?

Serrell EC, Jhagroo R, Penniston KL

MP40-12: Opioid Prescribing After Stone Surgery in Wisconsin Remains High: Evidence that Pre-operative Exposure to Opioids Leads to Higher Post-operative Prescribing

Serrell EC, Schumacher JR, Venkatesh M, Cartmill R, Stevens J, Tyllo R, Knoedler MA, Nakada SY, Borza T

MP43-08: Risk of Occupational Hearing Loss During Common Endourologic Procedures: PCNL, URS, HoLEP, SWL

Serrell EC, Roedel M, Misurelli S, Li S, Knoedler MA, Gralnek D, Hirano S, Antar A, Nakada SY

PD18-07: Risk Factors for Progression and Survival in mRCC Patients with No Evidence of Disease Following Cytoreductive Nephrectomy with Metastases Directed Therapy

Shapiro D, Ghasemzadeh A., Peyton CC, Manley B, Sirad R B, Robertson N, Patel K, Nicaise E, Jani A, Karam J, Sexton W, Patil D, Allen G, Matin S, Master V, Abel EJ, Spiess P

PD18-08: Tumor Size Reduction (≥10%) Resulting from Pre-Surgical Systemic Therapy Predicts Improved Survival Following Cytoreductive Nephrectomy

Shapiro D, Karam J, Master V, Spiess P, Peyton C, Dolan B, Sirard R B, Robertson N, Patel K, Jani A, Patil D, Nicaise E, Manley B, Sexton W, Allen G, Matin S, Abel EJ

PD18-04: Survival is Dramatically Improved for mRCC Patients with Sarcomatoid Features who are Treated with Cytoreductive Nephrectomy and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Regardless of Treatment Sequence

Shapiro D, Karam J, Master V, Spiess P, Peyton C, Psutka S, Raman J, Mercinelli C, Nicaise E, Robertson N, Sirard RB, Jani A, Necchi A, Sexton W, Manley B, Patil D, Allen G, Matin S, Abel EJ

MP21-14: Psychological Intervention in Pubertal Hypospadias Patients May Prevent Long-Term Morbidity – A Qualitative Analysis

Stevens J, Patel AN, Ebert K, Farhat WA, Bhatia VP

MP45-15: Yield of Genetic Testing in Children with Nephrolithiasis

Ticho A, Goodman R, Finup J, Farhat W, Paloian N, Cannnon S

MP72-18: The Conundrum of High-Grade Hydronephrosis with Indeterminate Lasix Renal Scan

Wehbi EJ, Williamson SH, Davis-Dao CA, Herndon A, Chamberlin JD, Dudley AG, Cannon S, Lockwood GM, Kern NG, Zee RS, Braga LH, Welch VW, Chuang K-W, McGrath M, Stephany HA, Khoury AE

MP02-01: "Doctor 1 put me in touch with a former patient... of my experience through it, I think she helped me the most": Peer Support as an Invaluable Resource in the Setting of Bladder Cancer Surgery

Zeng E, Rose A, Pati B, Saucke M, Levenson T, Risk M, Shapiro DD, Borza T, Abel EJ, Jarrard DF, Alagoz E, Richards KA