AUA 2022 New Orleans

The 2022 American Urologic Association annual meeting was held in New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 13-16, 2022. Our Department of Urology faculty, residents, and students were well represented. This comprised 24 presentations, including several plenary sessions, faculty moderator duties, and instructional courses. In the national AUA residents bowl, we were pleased that our Mid-Atlantic AUA team featuring our current Chief Resident, Dr. Andrew Salib, took first place.

The Mid-Atlantic residents bowl team (nicknamed “The Rod Squad”) during the competition featuring our PGY-5 now Chief Resident, Dr. Andrew Salib.

Drs. Alex Nourian, Jefferson Urology Resident Andrew Salib (now Chief Resident), Harmanmeet Singh, Jacob Thatcher, and Jacques Farhi were the winning Resident Team during the 2022 National Residents Bowl. Dr. Tracey Krupski, President of the Mid-Atlantic AUA, is seen celebrating our sections big win. The group rose to the top out of eight AUA sections in North America.

THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2022 E.Trabulsi: Hands-on-Urologic Ultrasound Course L. Gomella: The Evolving Landscape of Advanced Prostate Cancer Treatment: A Guidelines and CaseBased Discussion P. Shenot SAU: Assessing Residency Applicants in the Post-USMLE STEP 1 Score Era

FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2022 L. Gomella: Plenary Panel Moderator: What is the Optimal Multidisciplinary Team in 2022: Drafting for the Future T. Chandrasekar: International AUA Meeting: Debate Moderator C. Lallas: Plenary Panel Discussion: Management of Incidentally Discovered 3cm Solid Renal Mass Michael Rothberg, Jacob Enders, Cheyenne Williams, Michael Daneshvar, Nitin Yerram, Sohyoung Kim, Saori Fujiwara, Lorenzo Rinaldi, Songjoon Baek, Luke O'Connor, Qizong Kim, Patrick Gomella, Maria Merino, Bradford Wood, Peter Choyke, Baris Turkbey, Gordon Hager, Peter Pinto: Identification of Chromatin Signatures Predictive of Prostate Cancer Progression. Residents Bowl: Preliminaries ( Mid-Atlantic vs. Western) P. Chung: Plenary Discussion: Radical Prostatectomy with Both Severe Incontinence and Severe Erectile Dysfunction

SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2022 Andrew Denisenko, Andrew Salib, Jessica Bulafka, Sabina Spigner, Vishal Swaminathan, Peyton Stauffer, Cassra B. Clark, Andrew Shumaker, Rosemary Frasso, Paul H. Chung: Exploring Sexual Health of Transfeminine Individuals: An Opportunity to Educate Medical Providers. A. Calvaresi: Course Director Day 1: Urologic Care for the Advanced Practice Provider Andrew Denisenko, Andrew Salib, Jessica Bulafka, Sabina Spigner, Vishal Swaminathan, Peyton Stauffer, Cassra B. Clark, Andrew Shumaker, Rosemary Frasso, Paul H. Chung: Characterizing the Challenges Transfeminine Individuals Face in Seeking Urologic Care. Cassra Clark, Jared Raikin, Anthony Tokarski, Abhay Singh, Patrick Shenot, Akhil Das, Philadelphia, PA. Overcoming the Learning Curve: A Single Institution Review of HoLEP Complications and How to Manage Them. Thenappan Chandrasekar presenting on behalf of the Pennsylvania Urologic Regional Collaborative (PURC): Large Scale Implementation of Opioid Prescription Reduction after Robotic Prostatectomy-2 year Evaluation from the Pennsylvania Urologic Regional Collaborative (PURC)

Team spirit from each of the eight AUA North American Sections is encouraged throughout the Resident Bowl Competition.

EVENT/PRESENTATION

Jacob Enders, Nicole Varble, Michael Rothberg, Zach Kozel, Sheng Xu, Patrick Gomella, Michael Daneshvar, Reza Seifabadi, Maria Merino, Baris Turkbey, Bradford Wood, Peter Pinto, Bethesda, MD Free-Hand versus Grid-Assisted Transperineal Ultrasound MRI-Fusion Prostate Biopsy: An Initial Experience. E. Trabulsi Moderator: Uroradiology I Cassra Clark, Corinne E. Wessner, Shuo Wang, Andrew Denisenko, Andrew Shumaker, Joonyau Leong, Andrea Quinn, Erica Mann, Lydia Glick, Timothy M Han, Kibo Nam, Katherine Smentkowski, John Eisenbrey, Leonard Gomella, Edouard Trabulsi, Costas Lallas, Mark Mann, James Mark, Flemming Forsberg, Andrej Lyshchik, Ethan Halpern, Thenappan Chandrasekar: ContrastEnhanced Ultrasonography for the Evaluation of Complex Renal Cysts.

SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2022 L Gomella: Genetic Testing in Prostate Cancer: Clinical Implications for Early Detection and Management of Localized and Advanced Disease A.Calvaresi: Course Director Day 2 Urologic Care for the Advanced Practice Provider Cheyenne Williams, Philadelphia, PA, Michael Daneshvar, Patrick Gomella, Luke O'Connor, Sandeep Gurram, Peter Choyke, Bradford Wood, Baris Turkbey, Maria Merino, Peter Pinto: Risk of Adverse Pathology after Deferred Prostatectomy for Grade Group 1 and 2 Prostate Cancer Being Managed by Active Surveillance. Aseem Malhotra, MD Boston Scientific Fellow Presentation JY Leong, Alex Uhr, Benjamin Rudnick, Andrea Quinn, Brian Calio, Edouard Trabulsi, Tingting Zhan, Leonard Gomella, Mark Mann, Collaborators of PURC: A Comparison of Biopsy Genomic Test to Predict Adverse Disease on Prostatectomy. Residents Bowl: Finals with Mid Atlantic AUA Jefferson Urology & Canadian Journal of Urology Reception for Faculty Alumni

MONDAY, MAY 16, 2022 L. Gomella: Live from AUA 2022: Highlights in Advanced Prostate Cancer (Virtual-Stream Yard) Chung PH, Leong JY, Phila, PA; Phillips CD, Lubbock TX; Henry GD, Bossier City, LA: Penile Implant Bacterial Biofilm Profiles Vary by Surgical Indication: An Opportunity to Modify Peri-operative Care? C. Lallas: Video Abstracts Moderator V11: Prostate, Penile, Testis & Misc. Oncology II L. Gomella: Incorporating Genomic Testing for Prostate Cancer Into Your Practice C. Lallas; A. Calvaresi; E. Trabulsi: Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy for the Urologist and Advanced Practice Provider Anne Calvaresi co-directed a two-day session at the AUA Annual meeting devoted to Urologic Care for NP’s and PA’s.

Jefferson Urology and CJUI Reception

During the plenary session on Saturday, May 14, Dr. Gomella moderated a session on multidisciplinary care in urologic oncology. The session highlighted our 25-year experience with the SKCC GU Oncology Multidisciplinary Clinic Approach.

Dr. Costas Lallas moderated a plenary session at the AUA titled, “Incidentally Discovered 3 cm Solid Renal Mass.” Dr. Paul Chung was also a plenary panelist for a session titled, “Radical Prostatectomy with Both Severe Incontinence and Severe Erectile Dysfunction.”