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. 2016 Sep-Oct;10(9-10Suppl4):S149–S157.

Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association 68th Annual Meeting, Buffalo, NY Scientific Program

PMCID: PMC5063720  PMID: 27795745

Thursday, September 29, 2016

6:30 – 7:30 am Industry-sponsored breakfast
7:30 – 8:00 am Welcome remarks
Ronald Kaufman, NSAUA President William Gee, AUA Immediate Past President J. Curtis Nickel, CUA President Badar Mian, Scientific Program Chair
8:00 – 8:30 am U.S. healthcare reform: Is Canada a better model?
William Gee
University of Kentucky

Quality measures in urology session

Moderator: Timothy Averch, University of Pittsburgh

8:30 – 8:45 am National healthcare policy and quality improvement: How do these areas intersect?
Christopher Gonzalez, Case Western Reserve
8:45 – 9:00 am Quality measurement in the U.S.: An evolution
Timothy Averch
University of Pittsburgh
9:00 – 9:15 am Quality of care in bladder cancer: A Canadian perspective
Wassim Kassouf
McGill University
9:15 – 9:30 am Panel discussion and Q&A
9:30 – 9:45 am Resident debate: Testosterone replacement therapy in mildly symptomatic 55 y/o man with low testosterone
9:45 – 10:15 am Coffee break
10:15 am – 12:00 pm Moderated poster session I: Oncology
10:15 – 10:30 am View posters
10:30 am P1 Is there a measurable association of epidural use at cystectomy and postoperative outcomes? A population-based study
R. Christopher Doiron, Melanie Jaeger, Christopher M. Booth, Xuejiao Wei, D. Robert Siemens
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
10:34 am P2 A Canadian prostate cancer electronic library for improved function npost-treatment (eLIFT)
Joseph Chin1, Garson Chan1, Jennifer Goulart2, Khurram Siddiqui1, Elizabeth Wambolt1, Hon Leong1, Sally Hodgson2, Nelson Leong2, Kristin Tangen-Steffins2
1Western University, London, ON, Canada; 2BC Cancer Agency, Victoria, BC, Canada
10:38 am P3 A pilot study of high-arginine nutritional supplementation prior to radical cystectomy
Timothy Lyon, Robert Turner, Dawn McBride, Jeffrey Gingrich, Benjamin Davies, Bruce Jacobs, Tatum Tarin
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
10:42 am P4 Antibiotic prophylaxis protocol for TRUS-guided prostate biopsy based on local organism resistance patterns
Yifan Meng, Jimena Cubillos, Edward M. Messing, Janet Kukreja
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
10:46 am P5 Associations between omega-3 and quality of life of patients with prostate cancer under active surveillance
Hanane Moussa, Molière Nguile-Makao, Janie Allaire, Karine Robitaille, Vincent Fradet
CRCHU de Québec, Université Laval, HDQ, Quebec City, QC, Canada
10:50 am P6 Biopsy perineural invasion in prostate cancer patients who are Candidates for active surveillance by liberal and conservative criteria
Todd S. Yecies1, Robert M. Turner1, Jonathan G. Yabes1, Benjamin T. Ristau2, Benjamin J. Davies1, Bruce L. Jacobs1, Joel B. Nelson1
1University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2Fox Chase Cancer Center Philadelphia, PA, USA.
10:54 am P7 Development of a urine-based inflammatory test for prostate cancer
Nikunj Gevariya1, Alain Bergeron1, Karine Robitaille1, Tal Ben-Zvi1, Marc-Andre Allard1, Yves Fradet1, Nicolas Bisson2, Vincent Fradet1
1Laboratory of Uro-oncology, Cancer Research Centre (CRC), Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada; 2Cancer Research Centre (CRC), Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
10:58 am P8 Functional status after prostate cancer treatment among Medicare advantage beneficiaries
Bruce L. Jacobs, Samia Lopa, Jonathan Yabes, Joel B. Nelson, Amber E. Barnato, Howard B. Degenholtz
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
11:02 am P9 High frequency of incidental bone lesions on prostate mpMRI in low-risk subjects
Stephanie Gleicher, Andrij Wojtowycz, Timothy Damron, Timothy Byler, Gennady Bratslavsky, Srinivas Vourganti
SUNY Upstate, Syracuse, NY, USA
11:06 am P10 Magnetic resonance/ultrasound-guided fusion biopsy: An initial experience using the updated prostate imaging reporting and data system (PI-RADS v2)
Cameron Jones1, Robert M. Turner II2, Alessandro Furlan2, Bruce L. Jacobs2, Benjamin J. Davies2
1University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
11:10 am P11 MRI-TRUS fusion biopsy in patients with atypical small acinar proliferation (ASAP): Evaluation of clinical benefit and comparison with biopsy-naive patients
Derek W. Cool, Cesare Romagnoli, Jonathan I. Izawa, Joseph Chin, Lori Gardi, David Tessier, Ashley Mercado, Jonathan Mandel, Aaron D. Ward, Aaron Fenster
University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
11:14 am P12 Oncologic outcomes of simple enucleation partial nephrectomy in sporadic papillary type 2 renal cell carcinoma
Andres F. Correa, Jathin Bandari, Ronald L. Hrebinko, Benjamin J. Davies, Stephen V. Jackman
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
11:18 am P13 Surgical treatment for stage I renal cell carcinoma: Does treatment facility or location matter?
Kyle Plante, Telisa Stewart, Dongliang Wang, Gennady Bratslavsky, Margaret Formica
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
11:22 am P14 The role of urinary cytology when diagnostic workup is suspicious for upper tract urothelial carcinoma but tumor biopsy is non-confirmatory
David Horovitz, Yifan Meng, Jean V. Joseph, Changyong Feng, Guan Wu, Hani Rashid, Edward M. Messing
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
11:26 am P15 Utility of pre-biopsy multiparametric MRI of prostate in biopsy-naive men underegoing image fusion targeted biopsy
Joseph Mahon, Ahmad Essa, Hugh A. G. Fisher, Rebecca O’Malley, Ronald P. Kaufman Jr., Badar M. Mian
Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA
11:30 am P16 Validation of perioperative blood transfusion as a surgical quality indicator of radical cystectomy for urothelial bladder cancer
D. Robert Siemens, Melanie Jaeger, Xuejiao Wei, Chris Booth
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
11:34 am P17 Variations in preoperative use of bone scan among Medicare beneficiaries undergoing radical cystectomy
Robert M. Turner II1, Jonathan G. Yabes2, Benjamin J. Davies1, Dwight E. Heron1, Bruce L. Jacobs1
1University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
11:38 am P18 Young patients with T1a renal cell carcinoma and comorbidities treated at commission on cancer-accredited facilities are more likely to have radical and not partial nephrectomy
Daniel Wang, Kyle Plante, Telisa Stewart, Dongliang Wang, Margaret Formica, Gennady Bratslavsky
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
10:15 am – 12:00 pm Moderated poster session II: Reconstruction/Andrology
10:15 – 10:30 am View posters
10:30 am P19 A novel technique for reconstruction of fossa navicularis and distal pendulous urethral stricture via transurethral ventral buccal mucosal inlay
Michael Daneshvar, Mourad Abouelleil, Dmitry Nikolavsky
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
10:34 am P20 Buccal mucosal graft augmentation urethroplasty for bulbomembranous strictures after radiation therapy for prostate cancer
Jeffrey Spencer1, Stephen Blakely1, Mourad Abouelleil1, Dmitriy Nikolavsky1, Brian Flynn2
1SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA; 2Universtiy of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
10:38 am P21 Patient characteristics, morbidity, and mortality of genital and perineal burns
Yifan Meng, Scott Quarrier, Paige L. Myers, Gareth J. Warren, Derek E. Bell
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
10:42 am P22 Bulbospongiosus muscle dissection and ejaculatory function outcomes in urethroplasty
Laura B. Cornwell, Stephen Blakely, Dmitry Nikolavsky.
SUNY Upstate, Syracuse, NY, USA
10:46 am P23 Changes in nocturnal bladder diary parameters in men after urethroplasty for anterior urethral strictures
Jyoti D. Chouhan, Frank Copeli, Jeffrey P. Weiss, Rajveer S. Purohit
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
10:50 am P24 Early ambulation decreases hospital stay in renal trauma: A randomized prospective study
Ilija Aleksic1, Igor Sorokin1, Himanshu Aggarwal2, Adam Walker3, Paul Feustel1, Ronald Kaufman1
1Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA; 2UT Southwestern Medical Center, TX, Dallas, TX, USA; 3USA Air Force, Anchorage, NY, USA
10:54 am P25 Outcomes following urethral reconstruction in the geriatric population
Jillian Egan, Jeffrey Spencer, Dmitry Nikolavsky
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
10:58 am P26 Surgical management of adult acquired buried penis: Escutcheonectomy, scrotoplasty, and penile split thickness skin graft
Thomas W. Fuller, Katherine Theisen, Paul Rusilko
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
11:02 am P27 Practice patterns among genital burn patients: Surgical interventions and urologic service involvement
Scott Quarrier, Yifan Meng, Paige L. Myers, Gareth J. Warren, Derek E. Bell
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
11:06 am P28 Safety and surgical outcomes of same-day anterior urethroplasty
Katherine M. Theisen1, Thomas Will Fuller1, Jeremy Reese1, Utsav K. Bansal2, Paul Rusilko1
1University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2University of Pittsburgh Medical School, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
11:10 am P29 The PRIVATES study: Pain rates in vasectomy and testing to ensure sterility: A contemporary series
William D. Ulmer1, Anand Brahmamdam2, Michael Kottwitz2, Benjamin M. Bova2, Bradley Holland2, Georgia Mueller2, Danuta Dynda2, Tobias S. Kohler2, Charles Welliver1
1Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA; 2Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA
11:14 am P30 Rates of hypogonadism in a nationwide sample: Results from NHANES
Michael Daugherty, Michael Daneshvar, Dmitriy Nikolavsky, Timothy Byler
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
11:18 am P31 The efficacy of tadalafil daily vs. on-demand in the treatment of erectile dysfunction: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Utsav K. Bansal1, Cameron Jones1, William Fuller2, Charles Wessel1, Stephen Jackman2
1University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
11:22 am P32 Analysis of semen parameters during two weeks of daily ejaculation: A first in humans study
Joseph Mahon1, Aaron D. Benson4, Luke Frederick5, Benjamin Leader6, Edna Tirado6, Paul Feustel7, Mary McAsey8, Tobias S. Köhler5, Charles Welliver1,2,3
1Albany Medical College, Division of Urology, Albany, NY, USA; 2Albany Stratton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA; 3Urological Institute of Northeastern New York, Albany, NY, USA; 4OSF Healthcare, Peoria, IL, USA; 5Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Division of Urology, Springfield, IL, USA; 6Division of Clinical Research, ReproSource Inc, Woburn, MA, USA; 7Albany Medical College, Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, Albany, NY, USA; 8Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Springfield, IL, USA
11:26 am P33 Stuttering priapism: Can’t keep a good man down
JC Trussell
Upstate, Syracuse, NY, USA
11:30 am P34 Histopathologic characterization of urethral strictures: A comparison of various types
Morgan Prince, Tiffany Caza, Steve Landas, Dmitriy Nikolavsky
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch symposium
Sponsored by Astellas/Medivation
1:00 – 2:00 pm Exhibit hall sneak peek dessert reception

Geriatrics in urology session

2:00 – 2:15 pm Lower urinary tract symptoms in the older adult
Diane Newman
University of Pennsylvania
2:15 – 2:30 pm Geriatric oncology research to improve the care of older patients with urologic cancers
Supriya Mohile
University of Rochester
2:30 – 2:45 pm Lessons learned in three decades of geriatric urinary incontinence research
Ananias Diokno
Beaumont Health System
2:45 – 3:00 pm Panel discussion and Q&A
3:00 – 3:15 pm Coffee break in exhibit hall
3:15 – 5:00 pm Moderated poster session III: Pediatrics/Voiding Dysfunction
3:15 – 3:30 p.m. View posters
3:30 pm P35 Blood product utilization pattern in pediatric renal transplantation: A single-institution analysis
Rakan I. Odeh, Frank J. Penna, Naimet K. Naoum, Teresa Skelton, Armando J. Lorenzo, Walid A. Farhat, Martin A. Koyle
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
3:34 pm P36 Cost-effectiveness of a multidisciplinary stone clinic in a tertiary care children’s hospital
Jessica M. Ming, Elizabeth Harvey, Darius J. Bagli, Roberto I. Lopes, Megan A. Saunders, Walid A. Farhat, Joana Dos Santos
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
3:38 pm P37 Feasibility and efficiency of pediatric outpatient cystoscopy: A step out of the operating room
Frank J. Penna, Abby Varghese, Katharine Williams, Hissan Butt, Martin A. Koyle, Armando J. Lorenzo
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
3:42 pm P38 Impact of email and media communication on emergency room visits post-hypospadias repair
Michael Chua1, Megan Saunders1, Paul Bowlin2, Jessica Ming1, Roberto Iglesias Lopes1, Walid Farhat1, Joana Dos Santos1
1The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas, KS, USA
P39 WITHDRAWN
3:50 pm P40 Improving the management of bladder and bowel dysfunction in children
Joana Dos Santos, Rebecca Rockman, Niraj Mistry, Roberto I. Lopes, Walid A. Farhat, Martin A. Koyle
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
3:54 pm P41 Operating room utilization in a tertiary care free-standing pediatric hospital: Current practices and improvements
Jessica M. Ming, Michael E. Chua, Megan A. Saunders, Melyssa Stoute, Vannessa Chin, Martin A. Koyle
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
3:58 pm P42 Optimal length of followup for the detection of an unsuccessful pediatric pyeloplasty: A single-center experience
Utsav K. Bansal, Pankaj Dangle, Heidi Stephany, Asad Durrani, Glenn Cannon, Francis Schneck, Michael Ost
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
4:02 pm P43 Prognostic factors of chronic kidney disease in patients with posterior urethral valves
Monica Salgado, Yann Chaussy, Pierre-Alain Hueber, Anne-Marie Houle, Diego Barrieras, Julie Franc-Guimond
CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC, Canada
4:06 pm P44 Radiation exposure in children with posterior urethral valves during the first year of life: A necessity or an avoidable oversight?
Frank J. Penna, Rakan I. Odeh, Hissan Butt, Armando J. Lorenzo, Walid A. Farhat, Darius J. Bägli, Martin A. Koyle
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
4:10 pm P45 Short stay pediatric pyeloplasty: A pilot project
Martin A. Koyle, Armando Lorenzo, Darius Bagli, Walid Farhat
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
4:14 pm P46 The fate of postoperative perinephric fluid collections within one month of pediatric renal transplantation: Etiology and therapeutic interventions
Frank J. Penna, Armando J. Lorenzo, Walid A. Farhat, Martin A. Koyle
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
4:18 pm P47 Trends in renal extirpative surgery: A single-institution experience over 10 years
Rakan I. Odeh, Frank J. Penna, Naimet K. Naoum, Ibraheem Abu Azzawayed, Walid A. Farhat, Armando J. Lorenzo, Darius J. Bägli, Martin A. Koyle
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
4:22 pm P48 Consistent and durable improvements in quality of life with long-term onabotulinum toxin A treatment in patients with overactive bladder
Benjamin Brucker1, Victor Nitti2, Sidney Radomski3, Angelo Gousse4, Marcus Drake5, Albert Kaufmann6, Andrew Magyar7, JP Nicandro8, David Ginsberg9
1New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA; 2New York University, New York, NY, USA; 3University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; 4Bladder Health and Reconstructive Urology Institute, Miami, FL, USA; 5Bristol Urological Institute, Bristol, UK; 6Kliniken Maria Hilf GmbH, Mönchengladbach, Germany; 7Allergan plc, Bridgewater, NJ, USA; 8Allergan plc, Irvine, CA, USA; 9USC Institute of Urology, Los Angeles, CA, USA
4:26 pm P49 Do postoperative urinary retention and urinary tract infections predict complications of mid-urethral slings?
Nahid Punjani1, Jennifer Wince-Ng2, Blayne Welk1
1Western University, London, ON, Canada; 2Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada
4:30 pm P50 Increasing screening for overactive bladder and incontinence in at-risk patient population
Diane K. Newman1, Ruth Cohen Cooper2, Vandana Iyer2
1University of Pennsylvania, Berwyn, PA, USA; 2Practicing Clinicians Exchange, Stamford, CT, USA
4:34 pm P51 Network meta-analysis to assess the treatment effect of onabotulinum toxin A, mirabegron, and anticholinergics vs. placebo for overactive bladder
Benjamin Brucker1, Marcus Drake2, David A. Ginsberg3, Christopher Chapple4, Rachael McCool5, Julie Glanville5, Kelly Fleetwood6, Daniel James6, Kristin Khalaf7, Victor W. Nitti8
1New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA; 2Bristol Urological Institute, Bristol, UK; 3USC Institute of Urology, Los Angeles, CA, USA; 4The Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK; 5York Health Economics Consortium, University of York, York, UK; 6Quantics, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK; 7Xcenda, Palm Harbor, FL, USA; 8New York University, New York, NY, USA
4:38 pm P52 The use of urodynamics in followup of neurogenic bladders treated with onabotulinum toxin A
Michelle Bergeron
CHU de Québec, Quebec City, QC, Canada
4:42 pm P53 Voiding symptoms age and BMI are driving factors in AUASS
Ilija Aleksic1, Charles Welliver1, Randy Sulaver2, Adam Whittington3, Brian Helfand3, Ömer Onur çakır4, James Griffith5, Kevin McVary2
1Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA; 2Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA; 3NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL, USA; 4Istanbul Bagcilar Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey; 5Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
3:15 – 5:00 pm Moderated poster session IV: General/Endourology/Stones
3:15 – 3:30 pm View posters
3:30 pm P54 An analysis of industry effects on prescriber behavior: Degarelix and denosumab
Jathin Bandari, Robert M. Turner, II, Bruce L. Jacobs, Benjamin J. Davies
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
3:34 pm P55 The light at the end of the scope: The history of Electro Surgical Instruments Co and the mignon lamp
Scott Quarrier, Ronald Rabinowitz
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
3:38 pm P56 Clinical phenotyping does not differentiate Hunner’s lesion subtype of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS): A relook at the role of cystoscopy
R. Christopher Doiron, Victoria Tolls, Karen Irvine-Bird, Kerri-Lynn Kelly, J. Curtis Nickel
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
3:42 pm P57 A rectal swab-guided prophylaxis program on the incidence of infectious complications following transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy and fiducial marker placement
Alexander Van Hoof, Dylan Stoy, Sarah Faisal, Bashar Omarbasha, MD, Christopher Pieczonka, MD, Yi Yang, MD, David Albala, MD
AMP of NY Urology, Syracuse, NY, USA
3:46 pm P58 Randomized, controlled trial of laser vs. bipolar plasma vaporization treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia
Thomas A. A. Skinner, Robert J. Leslie, Stephen S. Steele, J. Curtis Nickel
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
3:50 p.m. P59 Re-examining the role of prophylactic ciprofloxacin prior to transrectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsies at a tertiary academic teaching hospital
Nathan C. Wong, Aalok Shah, Camilla Tajzler, Anil Kapoor
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
3:54 pm P60 AUA annual census: Assessing urologists’ participation in quality reporting measures
Jamie Uy, Timothy Averch
UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
P61 Moved to Session V An Update on fluoroquinolones: The emergence of a multisystem toxicity syndrome
Lauren E. Tennyson, Timothy D. Averch
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
4:02 pm P62 Giving underactive bladders a second chance: Holep for management of lower urinary tract symptoms in patients with detrusor underactivity
Jessica Paonessa, Garrett Smith, Portia Thurmond
SUNY Upstate, Syracuse, NY, USA
4:06 pm P63 Outcomes after holmium laser enucleation of the prostate in patients 75 years and older
Garrett Smith, Portia Thurmond, Jessica Paonessa
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
4:10 pm P64 The relationship of physician payments from drug manufacturers to Medicare claims for abiraterone and enzalutamide
Omar M. Ayyash, Jathin Bandari, Robert M. Turner II, Bruce L. Jacobs, Benjamin J. Davies
UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
4:14 pm P65 Pulsed fluoroscopy safely reduces radiation exposure during ureteroscopy
Lorraine Liang1, Yifan Meng1, Oleg Mironov2, Kevin Tsai1, Janet Kukreja1, David Dever1, Ahmed Ghazi1
1University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA; 2University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
4:18 pm P66 Changing lithogenic trends in patients with neurological derived musculoskeletal deficiencies
Ilan Kafka, Thomas Fuller, Sarah Sprauer, Hassan Taan, Timothy Averch, Michelle Semins
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
4:22 pm P67 Treatment of forniceal rupture: A single-institution experience with conservative management
Tara N. Nikonow, Jathin Bandari, Timothy Averch
UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
4:26 pm P68 Single pulse-per-second setting significantly reduces fluoroscopy time during ureteroscopy
Todd S. Yecies, Anisleidy Fombona, Michelle Semins
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
4:30 pm P69 Does the timing of magnesium supplementation affect urinary oxalate levels in patients with nephrolithiasis
Omar Ayyash, Timothy Averch, Julie Riley, Michelle Semins
UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
4:34 pm P70 External lower abdominal pressure to aid semirigid ureteroscopy in the proximal ureter: Opinion of modern-era endourologists: Is it safe and effective?
Monica A. Farcas1, Daniela Ghiculete2, Keith Barrett1, Robert J. Sowerby1, Kenneth T. Pace2, R. John D’A. Honey2
1University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
4:38 pm P71 Evaluation of student athlete kidney stone risk via 24-hour urine collection
Katherine M. Theisen1, Omar Ayyash1, Matthew Ferroni1, Kevin Rycyna1, Julie Riley2, Timothy D. Averch1, Michelle J. Semins1
1University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
5:00 – 6:00 pm Exhibit hall welcome reception
7:00 – 10:00 pm Fun night event at Buffalo RiverWorks

Friday, September 30, 2016

7:00 – 8:00 am Breakfast symposium
BPH and voiding dysfunction session
8:00 – 8:15 am Anti-muscarinics, beta-3 agonists and phospho-diesterase inhibitors in the treatment of male LUTS
Chuck Welliver
Urological Institute of Northeastern New York
8:15 – 8:30 am New technologies in BPH management
Naeem Bhojani
University of Montreal
8:30 – 8:45 am Practical approach and results for the use of botulinum toxin in bladder dysfunction
Geneviève Nadeau
Laval University
8:45 – 9:00 am Panel discussion and Q&A

Reconstructive urology session

9:00 – 9:15 am Worldwide trends regarding circumcision: Ethical and legal implications
Diego Barrieras
University of Montreal
9:15 – 9:30 am Urethral stricture disease: AUA guidelines
Christopher Gonzalez
Case Western Reserve
9:30 – 9:45 am Urethral mesh erosion: Diagnosis and management
Stephen Steele
Queen’s University
9:45 – 10:00 am Panel discussion and Q&A
10:00 – 10:30 am Coffee break in exhibit hall
10:30 – 11:20 am Section stars session
Stone risk analysis in pooled patient populations
Jo Semins
University of Pittsburgh Young Investigator 2012
IVUMed Scholar – Thomas Fuller, University of Pittsburgh

Prize-winning essays

(placing will be announced at the President’s Banquet)
Neurotransmittermechanisms underlying sacral neuromodulation of bladder overactivity in cats
Jathin Bandari
University of Pittsburgh
Metabolic imaging of prostate cancer reveals intrapatient intermetastasis response heterogeneity to systemic therapy
Fannie Morin
Laval University
Novel concept and method of endoscopic urethral stricture treatment using liquid buccal mucosal graft and histologic evidence of its engraftment
Jared Manwaring
SUNY Upstate Medical University
“Best of poster” presentations
11:20 am – 12:00 pm Optimizing ureteroscopy outcomes in 2016
Case presentations and panel discussion
Kenneth Pace1, Jessica Paonessa2
1University of Toronto; 2SUNY Upstate
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch symposium
Sponsored by Janssen
1:00 – 1:45 pm George E. Slotkin lecture: Urologists embracing level 1 evidence: An oxymoron?
Edward Messing
University of Rochester

Oncology session

1:45 – 2:00 pm Genomic biomarkers for prostate cancer: More hope, less hype
Gerald Andriole
Washington University
2:00 – 2:15 pm Management of small renal masses: Robotic partial nephrectomy or active surveillance?
Eric Kauffman
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
2:15 – 2:30 pm Active surveillance of prostate cancer: Shrinking the grey zone
Laurence Klotz
Sunnybrook Research Institute
2:30 – 2:45 pm Panel discussion and Q&A
2:45 – 3:00 pm Break
3:00 – 4:30 pm Moderated poster session V: Oncology/Laparoscopy/Robotics/Basic Science
3:00 – 3:15 pm View posters
3:15 pm P72 Investigating tumor dissemination during robot-assisted radical cystectomy
Ahmed Hussein1, Yingyu Ma1, Gissou Azabdaftari1, Wei Luo1, Victoria N. Cranwell1, Brittany L. Bunch1, Justen D. Kozlowski1, Nobuyuki Hinata2, Sean T. Glenn1, Song Liu1, Candace S. Johnson1, Khurshid A. Guru1
1Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA; 2University of Kobe, Kobe, Japan
3:19 pm P73 A comparison of open vs. robot-assisted prostatectomy, postoperative oncological outcomes in high-risk prostate cancer patients between 2003 and 2013: Analysis of a single-center
Arash Samiei, Jeffrey Cohen, Ralph Miller
Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
3:23 pm P74 Outcomes of robot-assisted radical cystectomy in patients over 80 years
Ahmed Hussein1, Nobuyuki Hinata2, Sana Raheem1, Khurshid Guru1
1Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA; 2Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
3:27 pm P75 Should robot-assisted radical cystectomy be the gold standard? A surgeon perspective
Ahmed Hussein1, Nobuyuki Hinata2, James Peabody1, Alex Mottrie1, Douglas Scherr1, Koon-Ho Rha1, Mani Menon1, Peter Wiklund1, Prokar Dasgupta1, Lee Richstone1, Shamim Khan1, Carl Wijburg1, Matthias Saar1, Abdullah Canda1, Jihad Kaouk1, Andrew Wagner1, Bertram Yuh1, Vassilis Poulakis1, Juan Palou Redorta1, Manish Vira1, M. Derya Balbay1, Abolfazl Hosseini1, Thomas Maatman1, Geert Smits1, Khurshid Guru1
1Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA; 2Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
3:31 pm P76 Robot-assisted laparoscopic ureterolysis and omental wrapping for management of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis
Matthew Truong, Yifan Meng, Guan Wu
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
3:35 pm P77 Is robot-assisted radical cystectomy acceptable for locally advanced bladder cancer
Ahmed Hussein, Basel Ahmad, Justen Kozlowski, Justen Kozlowski, John Binkowski, Amir Khan, Khurshid Guru
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
P78 WITHDRAWN
3:43 pm P79 Spinal segmental contribution to pudendal and tibial inhibition of bladder overactivity in cats
Utsav K. Bansal, Jathin Bandari, Bing Shen, Zhaocun Zhang, Jicheng Wang, James Roppolo, William de Groat, Changfeng Tai
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
3:47 pm P80 Role of connective tissue growth factor in epithelial maladaptive repair in renal fibrosis
Alex M. Arnouk, Rohan Samarakoon, Paul Higgins
Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA
3:51 pm P81 Effects of dietary omega-3 fatty acids on prostate tumor in immunocompetent mouse models
Nikunj Gevariya, Alain Bergeron, Marjorie Besançon, Valérie Picard, Karine Robitaille, Yves Fradet, Vincent Fradet
Laboratory of Uro-oncology, Cancer Research Centre (CRC), Université Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada
3:55 pm P82 A novel live cell diagnostic platform using phenotypic biomarkers for risk-stratifying prostate cancer
David M. Albala1, Kevin B. Knopf2, KImberly M. Rieger-Christ3, Travis B. Sullivan3, Naveen Kella4, Hani H. Rashid5, Vladimir Mouraviev6, Michael S. Manak7, Brad J. Hogan7, Gauri Dixit7, Wendell R. Su7, Delaney Berger7, Matthew J. Whitfield7, Jonathan S. Varsanik7, Mani Foroohar7, Stephen Zappala8, Ashok C. Chander7, Grannum Sant9
Medical Professionals of New York, Syracuse, NY, USA; 2California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA; 3Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA, USA; 4The Urology Place, San Antonio, TX, USA; 5University of Rochester Medical Center School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA; 6Florida Hospital, Orlando, FL, USA; 7Cellanyx Diagnostics, Beverly, MA, USA; 8Andover Urology, Andover, MA, USA; 9Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
3:59 pm P83 Fibrotic response to synthetic midurethral sling mesh in women with complications
Lauren E. Tennyson, Stacy Palcsey, Steve Abramowitch, Pamela Moalli
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Prize-winning essay – Presentation moved to “Section stars session”
P84 Liquid buccal mucosal grafting for urethral stricture disease: A preliminary animal study
Jared Manwaring, Tiffany Caza, Steve Landas, Leszek Kotula, Dmitriy Nikolavsky
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
4:07 pm P85 Early oncological failure after robot-assisted radical cystectomy: Results from the International Robotic Cystectomy Consortium
Ahmed A. Hussein1, Matthias Saar2, Syed Johar Raza1, John Binkowski1, Lee Richstone3, Andrew Wagner4, Joan Palou Redorta5, Prokar Dasgupta6, James Peabody7, Peter Wiklund8, Franco Gaboradi9, Alex Mottrie10, Alon Weizer11, Koon-ho Rha12, Douglas Scherr13, Ashok Hemal14, Khurshid Guru1, Michael Stockle15
1Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA; 2Universität des Saarlandes, Germany; 3Arthur Smith institute, New Hyde Park, NY, USA; 4Beth Israel Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA; 5Fundació Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain; 6Kings College, London, UK; 7Henry Ford Health Systems, Detroit, MI, USA; 8Karolinski University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; 9University of Milan, Milan, Italy; 10OLVZ, Brussles, Belgium; 11University of Michigan, Michigan, MI, USA; 12Seoul, Seoul, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of; 13Weil Cornell, New York, NY, USA; 14Wake Forest, Winston Salem, NC, USA; 15University of Saarland, Saarland, Germany
4:11 pm P86 Interrogating exosome miRNA in bladder cancer differential expression by disease status
Ilija Aleksic1, Winnie Wang2, Tucker Conklin2, Greg DiRienzo2, Badar Mian1, Martin Tenniswood2
1Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA; 2Cancer Research Center, Albany, NY, USA
4:15 pm P61 Moved from Session IV An update on fluoroquinolones: The emergence of a multisystem toxicity syndrome
Lauren E. Tennyson, Timothy D. Averch
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
3:00 – 4:30 pm Moderated poster session VI: Education
3:00 – 3:15 pm View posters
3:15 pm P87 30-day readmissions: An opportunity for quality improvement and education
Jathin Bandari, Timothy S. Anderson, Aaron Dailey, Gregory M. Bump
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
3:19 pm P88 Acceptability and feasibility of an advanced simulation-based preclinical surgical skills curriculum for medical students
Kevin Tsai, Manizheh Eghbali, Jennifer Park, Gabrielle Santangelo, Aisha Siebert, Jonathan Stone, Ahmed Ghazi
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
3:23 pm P89 An interview day surgical simulation session: A burden or blessing in disguise?
Kevin Tsai, Jennifer Park, Jonathan Stone, Ahmed Ghazi
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
3:27 pm P90 Can surgical mentor’s mind become the key to trainee performance?
Somayeh B. Shafiei1, Ahmed A. Hussein2, Justen Kozlowski2, Youssef Ezz2, Thomas Fiorica2, Sanna Raheem2, Khurshid A. Guru2
1University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA; 2Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
3:31 pm P91 Effective handover and challenges in implementation: A quality improvement project
Douglas C. Cheung, Alexandra L. Millman, Imraan Nagdee, Lex Wei, Martin A. Koyle
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
3:35 pm P92 Patients’ knowledge of their prostate cancer profile: Do provider communication strategies matter?
Kyle Plante1, Telisa Stewart1, Elias Hyams2, John Seigne2, Gennady Bratslavsky1, Margaret Formica1
1SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA; 2Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA
3:39 pm P93 Positive vs. negative intraoperative surgeons’ leadership: Which behaviors have greatest impact on surgical team performance?
Michael Di Lena1, Julian Barling2, Amy Akers2, Darren Beiko1
1Queen’s University Department of Urology, Kingston, ON, Canada; 2Queen’s University Smith School of Business, Kingston, ON, Canada
3:43 pm P94 Prospective, comparative evaluation of adult urologic consultation in an American and a Nigerian academic institution
Alexandra Rehfuss1, Matthew Bruha2, Alex Arnouk1, Oluwaseun Akinola3, Charles Welliver1
1Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA; 2Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA; 3Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria
3:47 pm P95 Quality of administrative studies in urology: A review
Justin Kwong, Blayne Welk
Western University, London, ON, Canada
3:51 pm P96 Reducing same-day OR delays and cancellations using the model for improvement
Martin A. Koyle1, Megan Saunders2, Melyssa Stoute2, Vannessa Chin2
1The Hospital for Sick Children & IHPME, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
3:55 pm P97 Robotic surgical skills acquisition in trainees: A randomized comparison of the two robotic trainers and trainees’ skills transfer to a 3-D printed simulated surgical task in the operating room
Yanbo Guo, Nathan C. Wong, Jen Hoogenes, Badr Alharbi, Saahil Vij, Kevin Kim, Elisa Bolognone, Bobby Shayegan, Edward Matsumoto
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
3:59 pm P98 Simulation-based mastery learning using deliberate practice demonstrates surgical skills resistant to decay
Aisha L. Siebert, Ravie Abozaid, Ahmed Ghazi
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
4:03 pm P99 Streamlining surgical instrumentation-reducing and standardizing for pediatric inguinal hernia repair (PIHR)
Martin A. Koyle1, Naif AlQarni2, Louis Konstant2, Ross Baker3
1The Hospital for Sick Children, IHPME, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; 3IHPME, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
P100 WITHDRAWN
4:11 pm P101 Utilization of race for evaluation of surgical competency during UVA
Justen Kozlowski, Ahmed A. Hussein, Mohamed Sharif, Youssef Ezz, Thomas Fiorica, Sana Raheem, Khurshid A. Guru
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
5:00 – 6:00 pm Residents reception
6:30 – 10:00 pm President’s banquet
Grand Ballroom AB

Saturday, October 1, 2016

7:30 – 8:30 am Residents breakfast
How to succeed in residency and junior faculty
Jodi Maranchie1, Darren Beiko2
1University of Pittsburgh; 2Queen’s University
7:30 – 8:15 am Annual business meeting
8:30 – 8:45 am “Best of posters” presentation

Sexual medicine session

8:45 – 9:00 am Controversies in diagnosis and management of hypogonadism
Mohit Khera
Baylor College of Medicine
9:00 – 9:15 am Emerging medical and surgical approaches for ED: It’s not just Viagra anymore
Gerald Brock
Western University
9:15 – 9:30 am Peyronie’s disease: 2016 update and AUA guidelines
Mohit Khera
Baylor College of Medicine
9:30 – 9:45 am Panel discussion and Q&A
9:45 – 10:00 am Coffee break
10:00 – 10:45 am AUA course of choice: Management of common PSA dilemmas
Gerald Andriole
Washington University
10:45 – 11:00 am Resident debate
Multiparametric MRI of prostate before the initial biopsy

Prostate cancer session

11:00 – 11:15 am HIFU: Separating hype from facts
Joseph Chin
Western University
11:15 – 11:30 am ADT evolution in the NCCN prostatecancer guidelines
James Mohler
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
11:30 – 11:45 am Comparative effectiveness of surgery vs. for prostate cancer: What is the evidence?
Laurence Klotz
Sunnybrook Research Institute radiation
11:45 am – 12:00 pm Panel discussion and Q&A
12:00 pm Closing remarks & adjourn

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