Brownstein Visiting Professor

Dr. Laurence Klotz 9th Annual P. Kenneth Brownstein, MD Visiting Professor

On December 9 and 10, the Department of Urology hosted a virtual 2020 P. Kenneth Brownstein, MD Visiting Professorship. This year’s VP was Laurence Klotz, CM, MD, FRCSC, Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Chair of Prostate Cancer Research Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada (pictured). He completed his urology residency at the University of Toronto and a Urologic Oncology Fellowship at Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

Dr. Klotz is one of the leading international figures in Urologic Oncology also serving as Chairman, World Urologic Oncology Federation and Chair, SIU Office of Research and uCARE. He is recipient of the Order of Canada, an honor that recognizes outstanding achievement, dedication to the community, and service to the nation. While he has made numerous contributions to urologic oncology generally and prostate cancer specifically, he is widely known for his pioneering work in the area of active surveillance as a method of managing low risk prostate cancer.

The Wednesday evening program was a Zoom based journal club featuring articles selected by Dr. Klotz and presented by our residents. On Thursday, December 10, 2020, Dr. Klotz delivered the Brownstein Lecture titled: “Integrating New Developments in Imaging, Biomarkers, And Therapeutic Interventions Into The Active Surveillance Trajectory.”

The Visiting Professorship was established in 2012 to honor the longstanding contributions of Dr. Kenneth Brownstein to Jefferson. Dr. Brownstein is the Harold A. Honickman Physician Director of Jefferson Signature Services and Director of Development for the Department of Urology. Following his Grand Rounds lecture, Dr. Klotz was presented via Zoom with his Brownstein Visiting Professorship commemorative plaque by Dr. Leonard Gomella. Seen here are Dr. Klotz (upper left panel) from his home in Toronto and Dr. Ken Brownstein from his home in Philadelphia.

Urology Grand Rounds Now on the Web

The 2020 coronavirus pandemic has made it challenging to clinically manage our patients and restricted our ability to participate in live educational conferences. This has also impacted our student and resident teaching opportunities normally provided through weekly Grand Rounds. These Grand Rounds also offer a platform for practicing urologists to learn about the latest advances in the field and provide a venue to present and discuss complex clinical cases.

In response to these challenges, in the summer of 2020 the structure of our Jefferson Urology CME certified Grand Rounds switched completely to the Zoom platform. The Jefferson Office of CME office has provided a pathway for providers to obtain CME credit for participating in our Grand Rounds remotely.

Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University supports the lifelong professional development of physicians. The goal of Jefferson’s CME/CPD (Continuous Professional Development) Program is to assist physicians in maintaining and continuously improving their core professional competencies as described by the Institute of Medicine and American Board of Medical Specialties as they perform their roles of clinicians, educators, researchers, and administrators for the public good. Jefferson’s CME/CPD activities support improvement in physicians’ and other healthcare providers’ competence, performance and patient outcomes.

Thursday morning Grand Rounds are held weekly from 7:15 to 8:15 a.m. Eastern time. The list of current topics for 2021 Grand Rounds can be found at www.jefferson.edu/university/jmc/departments/urology/ conferences. All Jefferson Health affiliated practices can now obtain CME credit through participating in these web-based conferences after initial registration with the Department of Urology. Providers including nurse practitioners, physician assistants and practice affiliated nursing staff will have full on live access to all presentations with the exception of our monthly M&M conference which is restricted to full time faculty and residents. We have now also extended access to the conferences to our international affiliates at the Jefferson Center in India. Contact Kelley Lilly (kelley.lilly@jefferson.edu) for additional information on our Grand Rounds program participation.

To login into the CME Portal, use the following URL: cme.jefferson.edu/, then log in with your campus key and password. If you don’t have an account, you will have to create one, follow the instructions to “Create an Account.”

Your attendance at a Jefferson RSS (Regularly Scheduled Series) Meeting such as Grand Rounds will be recorded via text message by texting the session SMS Code to the Jeff LEARN CPD phone number: 215-3235008. Weekly session SMS code is provided several times during the presentation.