Urology Times Podcasts

In this episode, Urology Times Assistant Editor Janelle Hart spoke with Jai Seth, MD. He discusses onabotulinumtoxinA injection programs as a treatment for urinary incontinence and the bleeding risk associated with these injections for patients who also take blood thinners. Seth is a consultant urological surgeon at St. George’s University hospital, London, UK. 

In this episode, Urology Times Managing Editor Ben Saylor spoke with Jacqueline Zillioux, MD. She discusses the safety and feasibility of same-day discharge after female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery cases. Zilloux is a urologist at Cleveland Clinic. 

In this episode, Kenton H. Steele, Esq, discusses the role of expert witnesses in medical malpractice litigation and offers the attorney perspective on the qualities that make a good expert witness. Steele practices in the Columbus, Ohio, office of Reminger Co, LPA. He specializes in malpractice defense and insurance litigation. 

In this episode, Urology Times® Managing Editor Ben Saylor spoke with Dr. Stella K. Kang. She discusses the recent Radiology study titled, "Active Surveillance Strategies for Low-Grade Prostate Cancer: Comparative Benefits and Cost-effectiveness,” for which she served as a study author. Kang is an associate professor of radiology and population health and director of Comparative Effectiveness and...

In this episode, Ariana Matz, MD, discusses the Urology study, “Review of priapism litigation in the United States,” for which she served as a study author.

In this episode, Randie White, MD, discusses findings from the recent Urology Practice study, “Failure to Attend Urology Appointments: A Retrospective Analysis of a Single Urban Academic Practice,” for which she served as study author. White is a urology resident at Maine Medical Center, Portland.

In this episode, Andrew M. Harris, MD, discusses the Urology Practice study, “Impact of urology trainee debt levels on future practice choices and expectations,” for which he served as a study author. Harris is an assistant professor of urology at the University of Kentucky, Lexington.

In this episode, Stephanie J. Kielb, MD, 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 Northweste...

“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,” Hamilton says in discussing the European Urology study, “The Association Between Statin Use and Outcomes in Patients Initiating Androgen Deprivation Therapy,” for which he served as a study author.

In this episode, Richard K. Lee, MD, MBA, discusses the recent European Urology Focus 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.

In this episode, Richard S. Matulewicz, MD, discusses the recent Journal of Urology 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.

In this episode, Rena Malik, MD, discusses findings from the recent Urology Practice paper, “A 30-Year Review of Cystectomy Litigation,” for which she served as senior author. Malik is an assistant professor and director of female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery at the University of Maryland Medical System, Baltimore.

In this episode, Mary K. Samplaski, MD, discusses findings from the recent Urology Practice 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.

This episode’s guest is Stephen B. Williams, MD, MS. He 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 Univ...

In this episode, Kathleen Kieran, MD, MSc, MME, 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.

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 Urology Times®. 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...

This episode’s guest is Giulia I. Lane, MD, MS. She discusses the recent Neurourology and Urodynamics 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.

This episode’s guest is Amy E. Krambeck, MD. She discusses a recent Urology Practice paper, "Initial Experience With a Novel Single Use Disposable Ureteroscopy: A Prospective Single Arm 90-day Trial of the Axis Ureteroscope," for which she served as a study author. Krambeck is the Michael O. Koch Professor of Urology at Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.

This episode's guest is Ranjith Ramasamy, MD, who discusses findings from the recent Journal of Urology paper, Effect of Natesto on Reproductive Hormones, Semen Parameters, and Hypogonadal Symptoms: A Single Center, Open Label, Single Arm Trial. Ramasamy is director of male reproductive medicine and surgery and associate professor of urology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

This episode's guest is Amanda North, MD, associate professor of pediatric urology at Montefiore Medical Center. North discusses the recent Urology Practice paper, “The Gender Pay Gap in Urology,” for which she served as a study author.

In this episode, Peter L. Steinberg, MD, discusses a recent Urology Practice paper titled “Medical Malpractice and Nephrolithiasis: U.S. Appellate Cases From 2001- 2018,” for which he served as co-author. Steinberg is assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School.

This episode's guest is Julia Beth Finkelstein, MD, MPH, CPPS. She discusses the recent Journal of Urology study “Telemedicine for Pediatric Urological Postoperative Care is Safe, Convenient and Economical,” for which she served as a study author. Finkelstein is assistant professor of urology at Columbia University Medical Center in New York.

For this episode, we bring you the third and final installment of Urology Times® Editorial Consultant Dr. J. Brantley Thrasher’s recent interview with Dr. Samuel J. Peretsman regarding high-intensity focused ultrasound. In this segment, Peretsman discusses robotic prostatectomy following HIFU and also explains how urologists can learn how to perform HIFU in their practice. Peretsman is with Urolog...

This episode features the second installment of Urology Times® Editorial Consultant Dr. J. Brantley Thrasher’s recent interview with Dr. Samuel J. Peretsman regarding high-intensity focused ultrasound. In the interview, Peretsman explains what he tells patients undergoing HIFU to expect postoperatively. Peretsman is with Urology Specialists of the Carolinas in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Thrash...

For this episode, Urology Times® Editorial Consultant Doctor J Brantley Thrasher interviews Doctor Samuel J. Peretsman regarding high-intensity focused ultrasound, or HIFU. Peretsman describes his background and experience with HIFU and also discusses his treatment criteria for the modality. Peretsman is with Urology Specialists of the Carolinas in Charlotte, North Carolina, and Thrasher is execut...