SAU January 2020

Society of Academic Urology (SAU) January 2020

Dr. Leonard Gomella 2020 Program Co-Chair

The Society of Academic Urologists (SAU) formed in 2016 when the Society of University Urologists and the Society of Urology Chairpersons and Program Directors voted to merge. SAU provides academic urologists with a forum to discuss, review, and potentially resolve critical issues in all aspects of academic urology. SAU gives academic urology a voice in the AUA Match program, which connects medical students interested in becoming urologists with urology programs.

The 2020 SAU Program Directors meeting was held in Las Vegas on January 24 and 25. Dr. Leonard Gomella served as Co-Chair for the meeting along with Dr. Joseph Basler from University of Texas San Antonio. Jefferson participants, in addition to Dr. Gomella, included residency program director Dr. Pat Shenot, associate program directors Drs. Alana Murphy and Costas Lallas and PGY5 resident Dr. Tom Hardacker. The two-day meeting consisted of a series of panels and workshops. Some of the sessions that Jefferson representatives participated in included:

Developing Medical Student Curriculum:

Costas D. Lallas, MD, FACS

Sexual Harassment/Bias in Training:

Thomas Hardacker, MD, MBA

Resident Involvement in Patient Safety and Quality Initiatives:

Scott G. Hubosky, MD

Funding for the Residency Programs - How Do You Do It?:

Patrick J. Shenot, MD, FACS

The keynote speaker for the event was Timothy P. Brigham, MDiv, PhD Chief of Staff and Chief Education and Organizational Development Officer for the ACGME. Dr. Brigham was previously at Sidney Kimmel Medical College as the associate dean for graduate medical education and Chief of Staff under Dr. Thomas Nasca. Dr. Brigham is a recognized expert on physician wellness and suicide prevention. His keynote lecture was “Physician Well-Being. With ResidentDirected Effort Back to Bedside.” Dr. Costas Lallas, Professor of Urology and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs presenting our JeffMD Curriculum at the SAU meeting.

A session at the 2020 SAU included a discussion on funding residency programs. Our program data was presented by Dr. Pat Shenot, Deputy Chair of the Department of Urology and Residency Program Director.