Annual New York GU Meeting SMSNA and ISSM Fall Meeting

Jefferson Faculty at the Annual New York GU Meeting

Dr. Dan Petrylak from Yale and Dr. Leonard Gomella co-chaired this annual meeting in New York, which includes two days of GU Oncology presentations. MARCH 11-12, 2022 HYBRID INTERACTIVE CONFERENCE NEW YORK

Dr. Leonard Gomella along with Dr. Dan Petrylak, Director of Genitourinary Oncology, Professor of Medicine and Urology, Yale University Cancer Center in New Haven, Connecticut, co-chaired this 15th annual meeting in New York.

Other Jefferson faculty who participated included Dr. Scott Hubosky who presented “Management of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinomas,” and Dr. Kevin Kelly who discussed “New Approaches for Advanced Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: Hormonal Agents and PARP Inhibitors.” Participating faculty members were from centers across the United States with almost 200 individuals participating in the live and virtual meeting.

SMSNA and ISSM Fall Meeting

The Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) and the International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM) held a joint scientific meeting on October 27-30, 2022, in Miami. The SMSNA and the ISSM are healthcare professionals dedicated to the science of human sexual function and dysfunction, and they promote the study of the anatomy, physiology, diagnosis, and treatment of human sexual function and dysfunction. SMSNA is an AUAaffiliated subspecialty society.

Dr. Zachary Prebay, PGY-2 , Dr. Rishabh Simhal, Research Fellow, Kerith Wang, Urology Research Scholar, and Yash Shah, SKMC undergraduate, were all mentored by Dr. Paul Chung and had the opportunity to participate in the meeting. Other SKMC students and previous Jefferson Urology Scholars also contributed to the meeting abstracts. Jefferson Urology Research scholar Kerith Wang with Research Fellow Dr. Rishi Simbahl and PGY-2 Urology resident Dr. Zachary Repbay. Dr. Paul Chung mentored this team who had 5 presentations at the fall SMSNA and the ISSM scientific meeting.

Kerith Wang, Jefferson Urology Research Scholar, presenting at the Sexual Medicine Society meeting in Miami and October 2022. Kerith is doing a research year between her 3rd and 4th years at SKMC.

The following were Jefferson’s presentations at the SMSNA/ISSM joint winter scientific meeting in Miami.

Risk for Priapism after Intracavernosal Injections and Selected Treatments after Index Priapism Encounter: Zachary Prebay, MD, David Ebbott, BS, Michael Li, PhD, Paul H. Chung, MD

Rabbits Provide a Viable Model for Pre-clinical Penile Implant Studies presented by Rishabh Simhal (E-Poster): Paul H. Chung, MD, Ji-Bin Liu, PhD, Priscilla Machado, MD, Yash Shah, BS, Rishabh Simhal, MD, Kerith Wang, BS, Corinne Wesner, BS, MBA, Selin, Isguven, BS, Lauren Delaney, PhD, Noreen Hickock, PhD, Flemming Forsberg, PhD

Analyzing Patient-Specific Predictors of Surgical Risk and Outcomes Following Gender-Affirming Surgery: Rishabh Simhal, MD, Yash Shah, BS, Kerith Wang, BS, Paul H. Chung, MD

Identifying Challenges Experienced by Transgender Individuals Seeking Urologic Care: Andrew Denisenko, BS, Jessica Bulafka, BS, Sabina Spigner, BS, MPH, Vishal Swaminathan, MD, Peyton Stauffer, Rosemary Frasso, PhD, Paul H. Chung, MD

Risk Factors for Reinterventions, Complications, and Infections after Inflatable Penile Prosthesis: A Propensity-Matched Study: David Ebbott, BS, Zachary Prebay, MD, Michael Li, PhD, Paul H Chung, MD