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. 2017 Sep 12;11(9 Suppl 6):S305–S313.

Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association 69th Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA: Scientific Program

PMCID: PMC5629074  PMID: 29034048

Thursday, October 12, 2017

8:00–8:15 am Welcome remarks
D. Rob Siemens, NSAUA President
J. Brantley Thrasher, AUA President
Gerald Brock, CUA President
8:15–9:15 am Session 1: Uro-International
International opportunities for urologists
Hassan Razvi, Western University, London, ON, Canada
J. Brantley Thrasher, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
Gerald Brock, Western University, London, ON, Canada
IVUmed experience in Mexico
Chris Doiron, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
9:15–10:00 am Managing and preventing physician burnout
Julie Franc-Guimond, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Alp Sener, Western University, London, ON, Canada
10:00–10:30 am Break in exhibit hall
10:30 am–12:00 pm Moderated poster session 1: Laparoscopy & robotics/Voiding dysfunction/Pediatrics
10:30 am View posters
10:40 am P1: Tying the knot on robotic transition: Results of a prospective study on the learning curve and operative time of robotic pediatric urology procedures
Noah Stern, Roderick Clark, Aseem Shukla, Sumit Dave
Western University, London, ON, Canada
10:44 am P2: Natural history and predictors of parastomal hernia after robot-assisted radical cystectomy
Ahmed Aly Hussein Aly, Youssef Ahmed, Paul May, Peter Loud, Taimoor Ali, Basem Ahmad, Khurshid A. Guru.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
10:48 am P3: Measuring quality for robot-assisted radical cystectomy worldwide: External validation of the Quality Cystectomy Score utilizing the International Robotic Cystectomy Consortium
Ahmed Aly Hussein Aly1, Youssef Ahmed1, Justen Kozlowski1, Carl Wijburg2, Peter Wiklund3, Abolfazl Hosseini3, James O. Peabody4, Mani Menon4, Abdullah Canda5, Lee Richstone6, Andrew Wagner7, Jihad Kaouk8, Alexandre Mottrie9, Koon-ho Rha10, John Kelly11, Wei Shen Tan11, Juan Palou Redorta12, Mohammed Shamim Khan13, Omar Kawa13, Franco Gaboradi14, Mattias Saar15, Ashok Hemal16, Michael Stockle15, Thiomas Maatman17, Khurshid A. Guru1
1Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA; 2Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, Netherlands; 3Karolinska, Karolinska, Sweden; 4Henry Ford, Detroit, MI, USA; 5Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey; 6Smith Institute for Urology, New Hyde Park, NY, USA; 7Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; 8Cleveland Clinic, Cleaveland, OH, USA; 9OLVZ, Aalst, Belgium; 10Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea; 11University College Hospital, London, UK; 12Fundació Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain; 13Kings College, London, UK; 14Ospedale Luigi Sacco, Milan, Italy; 15Universität des Saarlandes, Saarlandes, Germany; 16Wake Forest, Winston Salem, NC, USA; 17Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
10:52 am P4: Intracorporeal vs. extracorporeal approaches to W configuration neobladders after robot-assisted radical cystectomy
Ahmed Aly Hussein Aly1, Youssef Ahmed1, Justen Kozlowski1, Paul May1, John Nyquist1, Sandra Sexton1, Leslie Curtin1, James O. Peabody2, Hassan AboulEnein3, Khurshid A. Guru1
1Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA; 2Henry Ford, Detroit, MI, USA; 3Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
10:56 am P5: Development and validation of Cystectomy Assessment and Surgical Evaluation (CASE) scoring for male radical cystectomy
Ahmed Aly Hussein Aly1, Kevin J. Sexton1, Maxwell V. Meng2, Abolfazl Hosseini3, Peter Wiklund3, Daniel D. Eun4, Siamak Daneshmand5, Bernard Bochner6, James O. Peabody7, Ronney Abaza8, Eila C. Skinner9, Richard Hautmann10, Khurshid A. Guru1
1Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA; 2UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA; 3Karolinska, Karolinska, Sweden; 4Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA; 5University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; 6Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA; 7Henry Ford, Detroit, MI, USA; 8OhioHealth, Dublin, OH, USA; 9Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, USA; 10Universität Ulm, Ulm, Germany
11:00 am P6: Low incidence of clean intermittent catheterization with onabotulinumtoxinA in diverse age groups of overactive bladder patients with substantial improvements in treatment response
Benjamin Brucker1, Sidney Radomski2, Eric Rovner3, Marcus Drake4, Karel Everaert5, Christopher Chapple6, David Ginsberg7, Tamer Aboushwareb8, Cheng-Tao Chang9, Roger Dmochowski10, Victor Nitti1
1New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA; 2University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; 3Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA; 4Bristol Urological Institute, Bristol, UK; 5Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; 6The Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK; 7USC Institute of Urology, Los Angeles, CA, USA; 8Allergan plc, Irvine, CA, USA; 9Allergan plc, Bridgewater, NJ, USA; 10Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
11:04 am P7: Off-label use of incobotulinumtoxinA for treatment of patients with idiopathic OAB
Kyle Waisanen1, Hemikaa Devakumar2, Eric Hurtado2, Sneha Vaish2
1Ross University School of Medicine, Miramar, FL, USA; 2Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USA
11:08 am P8: Automating perineal hygiene effectively treats incontinence-associated dermatitis, maintains independence, and improves quality of life
Brian Murray, Brian Murray
St. Peter’s Health Partners, Albany, NY, USA
11:12 am P9: WITHDRAWN
11:16 am P10: Individualized prediction of incontinence after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: Development and validation of prostatectomy incontinence nomogram
Ruben M. Pinkhasov, Timothy Lee, Rogerio Huang, Bonnie Berkley, Nicole Dodge, Alexandr M. Pinkhasov, Kristopher Attwood, Elena Pop, Gaybrielle James, James Mohler
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
11:20 am P11: Safety and quality issues associated with neonatal percutaneous nephrostomy tube (PNT) placement in neonates and infants
Martin A. Koyle, Eli Bator, Joao Amaral, Dimitri Parra, Armando Lorenzo, Darius Bagli, Joana Dos Santos, Walid Farhat
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
11:24 am P12: Surgical outcomes of open ureteral re-implantation in patients with spinal dysraphism: A single-institution experience
Lee A. Hugar1, Rajeev Chaudhry2, Heidi A. Stephany2, Michael C. Ost2, Francis X. Schneck2, Glenn M. Cannon2
1University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
11:28 am P13: Rare alterations in Cyp11b1 gene in 46,xx virilized females with ambiguous genitalia and 46,xy males with early onset virilization
Rajeev Chaudhry1, Patrick J. Fox1, Miguel Reyes-Mugica1, Selma F. Witchel1, Aleksandar Rajkovic2, Alicia Belgorosky3, Francis X. Schneck1, Svetlana Yatsenko2
1Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2Magee Women’s Hospital of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 3Hospital de Pediatria Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
11:32 am P14: Surgical management and outcomes of pediatric ureterocele: A 12-year experience
Jeffrey D. Browning1, Binghua Li2, Heidi A. Stephany3, Glenn M. Cannon3, Francis X. Schneck3, Michael C. Ost3, Rajeev Chaudhry3
1UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 3Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
11:36 am P15: Two-stage repair for proximal hypospadias with chordee: Long-term review
Michael Ernst, Saul Greenfield
University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
11:40 am P16: Pediatric renal transplant and subsequent ureteral re-implantation
Michelle Yu, Rajeev Chaudhry, Thomas W. Fuller, Glenn M. Cannon, Francis X. Schneck, Michael Ost, Christina R. Nguyen, Heidi A. Stephany
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
11:44 am P17: Direction of rotation in testicular torsion and identification of new predictors of testicular salvage
Todd S. Yecies, Jathin Bandari, Francis X. Schneck, Glenn M. Cannon
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
11:48 am P18: Predicting urinary tract infections in infants with prenatal hydronephrosis: Application of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms
Nathan C. Wong, Luis H.P. Braga
McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
10:30 am–12:00 pm Moderated poster session 2: Basic science/Education
10:30 am View posters
10:40 am P19: Glutamatergic mechanisms involved in bladder overactivity and pudendal neuromodulation in cats and pudendal neuromodulation in cats
Jamie Uy1, Michelle Yu1, Xuewen Jiang2, Cameron Jones1, Bing Shen1, Jicheng Wang1, James R. Roppolo1, William C. de Groat1, Changfeng Tai1
1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2Shandong University, Jinan, China
10:44 am P20: An excitatory reflex from superficial peroneal nerve to bladder in cats
Michelle Yu1, Jamie Uy1, Xuewen Jiang2, Xing Li2, Cameron Jones1, Bing Shen1, Jicheng Wang1, James R. Roppolo3, William C. de Groat3, Changfeng Tai1
1UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, China; 3Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
10:48 am P21: Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) expression promotes tubular dysfunction in renal fibrosis
Fei Lian, Jiaqi Tang, Alex Arnouk, Rohan Samarakoon, Paul Higgins
Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA
10:52 am P22: Comprehensive immune transcriptomic analysis in bladder cancer reveals subtype-specific immune gene expression patterns
D. Robert Siemens, Madhuri Koti, Runhan Ren, Kathrin Tyryshkin
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
10:56 am P23: Tertiary lymphoid structures in the tumor immune microenvironment of bladder cancer
D. Robert Siemens, Madhuri Koti
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
11:00 am P24: Effects of purified omega-3 fatty acid supplements on prostate cancer
Nikunj Gevariya1, Gabriel Lachance2, Karine Robitaille1, Alain Bergeron1, Valérie Picard1, Mickael Leclercq3, Charles Joly3, Yves Fradet1, Arnaud Droit3, André Marette2, Vincent Fradet1
1CHU de Québec Research Center, Laval University, L’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Quebec, QC, Canada; 2IUCPQ Research Center, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada; 3Centre de protéomique du CRCHU de Québec, Laval University, CHUL, Quebec, QC, Canada
11:04 am P25: Effects of zinc chelation and supplementation in presence of vitamin D, testosterone, and retinoic acid on growth of prostate cancer cells
Adam Schatz1, Wei-Lin Wang2, Martin Tenniswood2, Charles Welliver3
1Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA; 2SUNY University at Albany Cancer Research Center, Albany, NY, USA; 3Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA
11:08 am P26: Twitter analytics are a poor proxy for predicting physician prescribing habits
Austin Lee1, Omar Ayyash2, Jathin Bandari2, Nathan Hale2, Bruce L. Jacobs2, Benjamin J. Davies2
1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
11:12 am P27: Management of the post-pubertal undescended testis: An updated risk analysis
Ankur Shah1, Paul Feustel2, Jennifer Knuth3, Charles Welliver4.
1Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA; 2Albany Medical College, Center for Neuropharmacology & Neuroscience, Albany, NY, USA; 3Albany Medical College, Division of Anesthesia, Albany, NY, USA; 4Albany Medical College, Division of Urology, Albany, NY, USA
11:16 am P28: Prospective, randomized, controlled study of five-year results on prostatic urethral lift (PUL)
Jack Barkin
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
11:20 am P29: Is testosterone an independent risk factor for nephrolithiasis? Results from NHANES
Michael Daugherty, Michael Daneshvar, Timothy Byler
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
11:24 am P30: Transurethral convective radiofrequency water vapor thermal therapy for symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia: Two-year outcomes of a randomized, controlled, and prospective crossover study
David M. Albala1, Kevin T. McVary2, Claus G. Roehrborn3, James C. Ulchaker4
1Associated Medical Professionals of NY, Syracuse, NY, USA; 2Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL, USA; 3University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA; 4Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
11:28 am P31: Phenazopyridine: An easier way to identify ureteral orifices
Alexandra Rehfuss1, Joseph Mahon1, Igor Sorokin2, Cynthia Smith3, Barry Stein3
1Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA; 2University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA; 3Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA
11:32 am P32: Compliance and factors associated with compliance when utilizing a home-based post-vasectomy sperm test
Alex Arnouk1, Max Roehmholdt1, Paul Feustel1, Andrew McCullough2, Charles Welliver1
1Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA; 2Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, MA, USA
11:36 am P33: Predictors of postoperative urinary incontinence after holmium laser enucleation of the prostate: Short and intermediate followup
Laura B. Cornwell, Garrett E. Smith, Jessica E. Paonessa
SUNY Upstate, Syracuse, NY, USA
11:40 am P34: Treatment of men with hypogonadism with aromatase inhibitors: Our experience
Rikin Patel, Annie Chen, Blake Wynia, Charles Welliver
Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA
12:00–1:00 pm Lunch symposium*
Sponsored by: Astellas Pharma US, Inc. and Pfizer Oncology
1:00–1:45 pm Exhibit hall dessert reception
2:00–3:00 pm Session 2: Andrology
Moderator: J.C. Trussell, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
Adult-acquired buried penis disease: Etiologies and management
Paul Rusilko, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Fertility preservation in male cancer patients: What urologists should know
Peter Chan, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
Practical management of GU pain: Tips from the Urology Pelvic Pain Clinic
J. Curtis Nickel, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
3:00–4:00 pm Session 3: Voiding dysfunction
Moderator: Stephen Steele, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Resident debate #1: Is TURP facing extinction?
The neurogenic bladder: A rationale guide to patient followup
Blayne Welk, MD, Western University, London, ON, Canada
Surgical management of female voiding dysfunction
Natasha Ginzburg, MD, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
4:00–5:00 pm Reception symposium
Sponsored by: Nymox Pharmaceuticals
5:00–6:00 pm Welcome reception in exhibit hall

Friday, October 13

7:15–7:30 am Breakfast
7:30–9:00 am Moderated poster session 3: Oncology 1
7:30 am View posters
7:45 am P35: Mortality within one year of prostate cancer diagnosis: High rate of cancer-specific mortality in the elderly
Alex Arnouk1, Barry Stein2
1Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA; 2Albany Stratton VA Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA
7:49 am P36: Liquid biopsy for the detection of renal cell carcinoma
Callan Brownfield1, Dean Laganosky2, Charles Lorentz2, Usama Al-Qassab2, Kenneth Ogan3, Viraj Master3, Muta Issa4, John Pattaras3, David Roberts5, Sharon Bergquist5, Michael R. Rossi6, Rebecca Arnold7, Jeremy Goecks8, John Petros4.
1Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; 2Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Urology, Atlanta, GA, USA; 3Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Urology; Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; 4Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Urology; Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University; Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Atlanta, GA, USA; 5Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; 6Emory University, Department of Radiation Oncology; Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; 7Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Urology; Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Atlanta, GA, USA; 8Oregon Health Sciences University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Portland, OR, USA
7:53 am P37: Invasive adenocarcinoma arising within an Indiana pouch: Two-case series
Kyle Waisanen1, Fernando J. Cabrera2, Jaspreet S. Sandhu3
1Ross University School of Medicine, Miramar, FL, USA; 2Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, USA; 3Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
7:57 am P38: Importance of long-term followup after endoscopic management for upper tract urothelial carcinoma and factors leading to surgical management
Anand Mohapatra1, Seth A. Strope2, Joel Vetter2, Katie S. Murray3
1UPMC Department of Urology, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Urologic Surgery, St. Louis, MO, USA; 3University of Missouri-Columbia, Division of Urologic Surgery, Columbia, MO, USA
8:01 am P39: Impact of the Affordable Care Act on insurance status and initial staging in patients with bladder cancer
Christopher Nelson, Kyle Plante, Elizabeth Ferry
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
8:05 am P40: Impact of MRI/ultrasound fusion-guided biopsy on prostate cancer detection in a community-based large urology group practice
Alexander Van Hoof, Nedim Ruhotina, Richard Kronhaus, Herbert James, Peter Iannotta, Bashar Omarbasha, Christopher Pieczonka, David M. Albala
AMP of NY Urology, Syracuse, NY, USA
8:09 am P41: Focal prostate brachytherapy with cesium 131
Katherine K. Shapiro, Sarah M. Tepe, Ryan P. Smith, Sushil Beriwal, Ronald M. Benoit
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
8:13 am P42: Exploring the obesity paradox in prostate cancer: A study of a population of high-risk African-American men
Samuel A. Gold1, Adan Z. Becerra2, Andrew Tam1, Igor Inoyatov1, Zachary S. Feuer1, Daniel A. Segal1, Jeffrey P. Weiss3, Llewellyn M. Hyacinthe3, Brian K. McNeil3, Andrew G. Winer3
1SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, USA; 2University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Public Health Sciences, Division of Epidemiology, Rochester, NY, USA; 3SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Department of Urology, Brooklyn, NY, USA
8:17 am P43: Evaluation of e-cigarette users’ urine for known bladder carcinogens
Thomas W. Fuller1, Abhinav P. Acharya2, Michelle Yu1, Godugu Bhaskar2, Steven R. Little2, Tatum V. Tarin1
1University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
8:21 am P44: Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of the asymptomatic microhematuria guidelines by sex
Jathin Bandari1, Bruce L. Jacobs1, Matthew E. Nielsen2, Kenneth J. Smith1
1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
8:25 am P45: Effects of purified fatty acid subtypes on prostate cells and their implication in prostate cancer progression
Lisanne Beaudoin, Nikunj Gevariya, Karine Robitaille, Vincent Fradet
CHU de Québec Research Center, Laval University, L’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Quebec, QC, Canada
8:29 am P46: Effects of patient gender on urologist decision-making for treatment of the localized renal mass
William D. Ulmer, Ankur Shah, J. Paul Feustel, Rebecca O’Malley
Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA
8:33 am P47: Effects of a dietary intervention to increase omega-3 intake compared to dutasteride in men with low-risk prostate cancer under active surveillance: Preliminary results on fatty acid intake and fatty acid profiles of red blood cells and prostate tissue
Marie-Helene Guertin, Hanane Moussa, Karine Robitaille, Jean-François Pelletier, Vincent Fradet
CHU de Québec Research Center, Laval University, L’Hôtel-Dieu-de-Québec, Quebec, QC, Canada
8:37 am P48: Contemporary outcomes of palliative transurethral resection of the prostate in patients with locally advanced prostate cancer
Joanie Pelletier, Sarah-Jeanne Cyr, Anne-Sophie Julien, Louis Lacombe, Yves Fradet, Paul Toren
Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada
8:41 am P49: Association of anesthetic and recurrence rates after transurethral resection of bladder tumours
Gregory W. Hosier, Yuri Koupman, Wilma Hopman, Glenio Mizubuti, Rob Tanzola, Melanie Jaeger, D. Robert Siemens
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
8:45 am P50: An independent, multi-institutional, prospective study in the Veterans Affairs Health System confirms the 4K score accurately predicts aggressive prostate cancer
David M. Albala1, Michael C. Risk2, Sanoj Punnen3, Stephen J. Freedland4, Thomas J. Polascik5, Stephen Savage6, Stacy Loeb7, Edward Uchio8, Sharad C. Mathur9, Yan Dong10, Jonathan Silberstein11
1Associated Medical Professionals, Syracuse, NY, USA; 2Department of Urology, University of Minnesota and Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA; 3Department of Urology, University of Miami and Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, FL, USA; 4Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; 5Duke Cancer Institute and Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; 6Medical University of South Carolina and Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA; 7Department of Urology and Population Health, New York University and Manhattan Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New York, NY, USA; 8Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine and Veterans Affairs Long Beach Health System, Orange, CA, USA; 9Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, Kansas City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Kansas CIty, KS, USA; 10OPKO Diagnostics, Woburn, MA, USA; 11Tulane University School of Medicine and Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
7:30–9:00 am Moderated poster session 4: Stones & endourology/Infertility
7:30 am View posters
7:40 am P51: WITHDRAWN
7:44 am P52: Dual usage of a stone basket: Stone capture and retropulsion prevention
Tad Kroczak, Daniela Ghiculete, Robert J. Sowerby, Kenneth T. Pace, R. John D’A Honey
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
7:48 am P53: Improvement of surgical outcomes after preoperative rehearsal using 3D printed patient-specific simulation for percutaneous nephrolithotomy
Prabhakar Mithal, Ahmed Ghazi, Jonathan Stone, Erdal Erturk
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
7:52 am P54: Randomized, control trial comparing narrow vs. wide focal zones for shock wave lithotripsy of renal calculi
Kenneth T. Pace, Daniela Ghiculete, Monica Farcas, R. John D’A Honey
St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
7:56 am P55: Markers of renal injury during shock wave lithotripsy with narrow vs. wide focal zones
Kenneth T. Pace, Daniela Ghiculete, Monica Farcas, R. John D’A Honey
St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
8:00 am P56: Conservative management of staghorn calculi: Is it safe?
Tara N. Morgan, Mohammad Shahait, Avinash Maganty, Michael Ost, Stephen Jackman, Timothy Averch, Michelle J. Semins
UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
8:04 am P57: Practice patterns for management of urolithiasis in patients with spina bifida: Single-institution experience
Katherine Theisen1, Rajeev Chaudhry2, Francis X. Schneck2, Michael C. Ost2, Glenn M. Cannon2, Heidi A. Stephany2
1University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
8:08 am P58: Identifying the relationship between fluoroscopy pulse rate and radiation-absorbed dose
Todd S. Yecies1, Michelle J. Semins1, Michael Sheetz2, Mark Duranko2, Rajeev Chaudhry3
1University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 3Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
8:12 am P59: Stone composition and risk factors in patients with ureteropelvic junction calculi
Mohammed Shahait, Avinash Maganty, Michelle Semins, Tatum V. Tarin, Stephen Jackman, Timothy Averch, Michael Ost
UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
8:16 am P60: Assessment of adherence to metabolic evaluation guidelines in patients with nephrolithiasis: Results of a national multicentric study
Sabrina Harmouch1, Hiba Abou-Haidar1, Sero Andonian2, Jason Lee3, Trevor Schuler4, Andrea Lantz5, Ben H. Chew6, Naeem Bhojani1
1University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada; 2McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; 3University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; 4University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; 5Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada; 6University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
8:20 am P61: Contemporary trends in utilization and outcomes of percutaneous nephrolithotomy in the United States from 2003 to 2014
Sabrina Harmouch1, Jeffrey J. Leow2, Christian P. Meyer2, Ye Wang2, Steven L. Chang2, Benjamin I. Chung3, Quoc Dien Trinh2, Ruslan Korets4, Naeem Bhojani1
1Division of Urology, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada; 2Division of Urology and Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; 3Department of Urology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; 4Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
8:24 am P62: Ambulatory percutaneous nephrolithotomy: A cost-reducing innovation
Tad Kroczak1, Kenneth T. Pace1, Sero Andonian2, Darren Beiko3
1University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; 3Urology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
8:28 am P63: PCNL in kidneys with borderline renal function: A single-institution experience
Omar M. Ayyash, Mohammed Shahait, Stephen Jackman, Timothy Averch
UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
8:32 am P64: Characterization of upper tract urolithiasis in patients following urinary diversion
Omar M. Ayyash, Mohammed Shahait, Jordan Denk, Stephen Jackman, Timothy Averch, Michelle Semins
UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
8:36 am P65: Routine complete blood count has limited value post-percutaneous nephrolithotomy in identifying hemorrhagic or infectious complications
Tad Kroczak, Michael Ordon, Kenneth T. Pace, R. John D’A Honey, Jason Y. Lee
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
8:40 am P66: Hypogonadal men with idiopathic infertility have more sperm than eugonadal men
Morgan Prince1, Michael Daugherty1, Robert Kiltz2, JC Trussell1
1Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse, NY, USA; 2CNY Fertility Center, Syracuse, NY, USA
8:44 am P67: A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial between anastrozole and clomiphene to evaluate improvement in hypogonadal symptoms and erectile function using ADAM, IIEF, and EHS validated scales
Joseph T. Mahon1, Sevann Helo1, Joseph Ellen1, Paul Feustel1, Charles Welliver1, Andrew McCullough2
1Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA; 2Lahey Clinic, Melrose, MA, USA
9:00–9:45 am Section stars session
Young investigator
Prize essay winners
9:45–10:00 am American Board of Urology MOC updates
Joel Nelson, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
10:00–10:30 am Coffee break in exhibit hall
10:45 am–12:00 pm Session 4: Stones
Moderator: Naeem Bhojani, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Resident Debate #2: SWL vs. URS vs. PCNL for 15 mm upper calyceal stone
Health-related quality of life in patients with stone disease: A pathway to patient-focused care
Kristina L. Penniston, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
Endourologic misadventures: Managing complications of URS
Jason Lee, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Endourologic misadventures: Managing complications of PCNL
Kenneth Pace, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
12:00–1:00 pm Lunch symposium
Sponsored by: Legally Mine
1:15–2:30 pm Session 5: Oncology (Non-prostate)
Moderator: Michael Leveridge, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
The role of cytoreductive nephrectomy in 2017
Thomas McGregor, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
Advanced bladder cancer management: The paradigm shift by checkpoint inhibitors
Saby George, MD Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
Redefining surgical anatomy of retroperitoneum
Nicholas Power, Western University, London, ON, Canada
2:30–3:15 pm Session 6: Pediatric urology
Moderator: Karen Psooy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Imaging of the pediatric urinary system: Trends and controversies
Julie Franc-Guimond, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Emergent urologic conditions in the newborn
Heidi Stephany, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
Changing epidemiology of nephrolithiasis: Implications for population health and surgical care of children with kidney stones
Gregory E. Tasian, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
3:15–3:30 pm Coffee break
3:30–4:30 pm George E. Slotkin Lecture
Medical marijuana for urologic chronic pelvic pain: Evil weed or blissful savior?
J. Curtis Nickel, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
4:30–5:30 pm Reception symposium
Sponsored by: Merck
7:00–10:00 pm Fun night event
Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum
Transportation departs at 6:30 pm

Saturday, October 14, 2017

7:15–7:30 am Breakfast
7:30–9:00 am Moderated poster session 5: Oncology 2
7:30 am View posters
7:45 am P68: Vanishing prostate cancer: Quantifying the relationship between biopsy disease volume and absence of disease in radical prostatectomy specimens
Adam B. Klein1, Eric Kauffman2
1University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA; 2Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
7:49 am P69: Trends in the management of small renal masses: A survey of members of the Endourological Society
Anand Mohapatra1, Aaron M. Potretzke2, Barrett G. Anderson3, Robert S. Figenshau3
1UPMC Department of Urology, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2Mayo Clinic, Department of Urology, Rochester, MN, USA; 3Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Urologic Surgery, St. Louis, MO, USA
7:53 am P70: Trends in penile cancer diagnosis in the era of the ACA
Daniela Kaefer, Elizabeth Ferry
SUNY Upstate, Syracuse, NY, USA
7:57 am P71: The utility of urine cytology in female patients with vaginal atrophy and asymptomatic microhematuria
Michael Hughes, Conor Policastro, Natasha Ginzburg
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
8:01 am P72: The use of brachytherapy with cesium 131 in patients with significant baseline lower urinary tract symptoms and large-volume prostates
Katherine K. Shapiro, Sarah M. Tepe, Ryan P. Smith, Sushil Beriwal, Ronald M. Benoit
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
8:05 am P73: The prevalence and biopyschosocial predictors of suicidality in men with prostate cancer
Jason P. Izard, Robert Siemens, Phylicia Verreault, Angela Black, Dean A. Tripp
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
8:09 am P74: The evolving landscape of perioperative chemotherapy usage in bladder cancer patients treated with radical cystectomy
Lee A. Hugar1, Nathan E. Hale1, Jonathan G. Yabes2, Robert M. Turner, II1, Jeffery R. Gingrich1, Benjamin J. Davies1, Bruce L. Jacobs1
1University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2University of Pittsburgh Department of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
8:13 am P75: The comparative effectiveness of quadratus lumborum blocks and paravertebral blocks in radical cystectomy patients
Austin J. Lee1, Jonathan G. Yabes1, Nathan Hale2, Ronald L. Hrebinko2, Jeffrey R. Gingrich2, Jodi K. Maranchie2, Mina M. Fam2, Robert M. Turner, II2, Benjamin J. Davies2, Bruce Ben-David2, Bruce L. Jacobs2
1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
8:17 am P76: Temporal trends in management and outcomes of testicular cancer: A population-based study
Michael Leveridge, D. Robert Siemens, Kelly Brennan, Jason P. Izard, Safiya Karim, Christopher M. Booth
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
8:21 am P77: Prostate brachytherapy with cesium 131
Katherine K. Shapiro, Sarah M. Tepe, Ryan P. Smith, Sushil Beriwal, Ronald M. Benoit
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
8:25 am P78: Oncological outcomes after partial cystectomy for bladder cancer
Benjamin J. Nelson, Edward M. Messing
URMC Urology, Rochester, NY, USA
8:29 am P79: Omega-3 fatty acids and risk of prostate cancer progression during active surveillance
Hanane Moussa1, Molière Nguile-Makao1, Janie Allaire2, Karine Robitaille1, Caroline Diorio3, Vincent Fradet1
1CHU of Quebec Research Center, Laval University, L’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Quebec, QC, Canada; 2Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada; 3CHU of Quebec Research Center, Laval University, Quebec, QC, Canada
8:33 am P80: Novel use of PSA velocity to sub-stratify PI-RADS 3 lesions
Cameron Jones1, Seo Young Park1, Mohammed Shahait2, Diane Comer1, Nathan Hale2, Alessandro Furlan2, Benjamin Davies2, Bruce Jacobs2
1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; 2University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
8:37 am P81: Novel creation of a non-everted stoma during ileal conduit urinary diversion: Technique and short-term outcomes
Katherine Theisen, Avinash Maganty, Ronald L. Hrebinko
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
8:41 am P82: MRI-TRUS fusion biopsy in active surveillance: Can we predict disease progression without biopsy?
Stephanie Gleicher, Michael Daugherty, Gennady Bratslavsky, Timothy Byler
SUNY Upstate, Syracuse, NY, USA
8:44 am P83: MRI fused cone beam CT-guided biopsy of the prostate: A novel method of prostate biopsy
Jason P. Izard, D. Robert Siemens, Michael Di Lena, Michael J. Leveridge, Alexandre Menard
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
7:30–9:00 am Moderated poster session 6: Trauma/Education
7:30 View posters
7:45 am P84: Two-institution study examining the association of low testosterone and anterior urethral stricture
Jeffrey Spencer1, Joseph Mahon2, Timothy Byler1, Michael Daugherty1, Laura Chang-Kit2, Stephen Blakley1, Andrew McCullough2, Dmitriy Nikolavsky1
1SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA; 2Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, USA
7:49 am P85: Transvesical ventral buccal mucosa graft inlay cystoplasty for reconstruction of refractory bladder neck contractures after benign prostatic hyperplasia surgery: Surgical technique and preliminary results of combined institution data
Kathryn A. Scott1, Rodrigo Donalisio da Silva2, Jason C. Warncke2, Jeffrey M. Marks2, Fernando J. Kim2, Dmitriy Nikolavsky1, Brian J. Flynn2
1SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY, USA; 2University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, USA
7:53 am P86: One-sided urethral dissection dorsal onlay urethroplasy through a subcoronal incision for distal urethral strictures
Kathryn A. Scott1, Jason C. Warncke2, Stephen A. Blakely1, Lisa M. Parrillo2, Dmitriy Nikolavsky1, Brian J. Flynn2
1SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY, USA; 2University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, USA
7:57 am P87: Histological characterization of the radiation-induced urethral stricture in men with prostate cancer
Michael Hughes, Jeffrey Spencer, Tiffany Caza, Michael Daneshvar, Stephen Blakely, Dmitriy Nikolavsky
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
8:01 am P88: Prefabricated composite gracilis-buccal mucosa flap for reconstruction of devastated urethra: Outcomes from two institutions at medium-term followup
Michael Hughes1, Stephen Blakely1, Pankaj Joshi2, Sanjay B. Kulkarni2, Dmitriy Nikolavsky1
1SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA; 2Kulkarni School of Urethral Surgery, Pune, India
8:05 am P89: Surgical management of adult acquired buried penis: Impact on urinary and sexual quality of life outcomes
Katherine Theisen, Thomas W. Fuller, Paul Rusilko
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
8:09 am P90: Post-TURP urethral strictures can be managed successfully with urethroplasty
Omar E. E. Soto-Aviles1, Mashrin L. Chowdhury1, Esther K. Liu2, Ibraheem M. Malkawi1, Maha Husainat1, William Du Comb2, Jonathan Warner3, Francisco Martins4, Christopher Gonzalez5, Justin Han6, Reynaldo Gomez7, Javier Angulo8, Nicolaas Lumen9, Kathryn A. Scott10, Dmitriy Nikolavsky10, Richard A. Santucci1
1Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA; 2Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA; 3City of Hope National Medical Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal; 5University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA; 6Northwell Health, North Hyde Park, NY, USA; 7Hospital del Trabajador and Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile; 8Universidad Europea de Madrid Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, Spain; 9Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; 10SUNY Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse, NY, USACenter, City of Hope, CA, USA; 4Universidad de
8:13 am P91: A multi-institutional study of the clinical and patient-reported outcomes of Kulkarni urethroplasty for long-segment urethral strictures
Jeffrey Spencer1, Stephen Blakley1, Javier Angulo2, Francisco Martins3, Krishnan Venkatesan4, Dmitriy Nikolavsky1
1SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA; 2Departamento Clinico, Facultad de Ciencias Biomedicas y de la Salud, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; 3Departamento de Urologia, Universidad de Lisboa, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal; 4Department of Urology, Medstar Washington Hospital Center, Washington DC, DC, USA
8:17 am P92: Surgical management of coexistent panurethral stricture disease and adult acquired buried penis: Kulkarni urethroplasty with subsequent escutcheonectomy and penile split-thickness skin graft
Thomas W. Fuller, Katherine Theisen, Paul Rusilko
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
8:21 am P93: Checklist to improve informed consent in pediatric surgery: Results of a pilot study
Martin A. Koyle, Annie Fecteau
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
8:25 am P94: Distance travelled for an outpatient clinic visit as a predictor for telemedicine alternatives
Martin A. Koyle, Armando Lorenzo, Walid Farhat, Darius Bagli, Eli Bator
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
8:29 am P95: Educating primary care providers about AUA guidelines for imaging of undescended testes is effective in changing practice patterns
Michael Tonzi, Jonathan Riddell, Matthew Mason
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
8:33 am P96: Accounting for equity options in the Sunshine Act
Jathin Bandari, Avinash Maganty, Benjamin J. Davies, Steven G. Docimo
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
8:37 am P97: Narrative comments about urologists on physician rating websites provide insight into what drives patient satisfaction surveys
Connor G. Policastro, Bryan Carnes, Derek Friedman, Elizabeth K. Ferry, Natasha Ginzburg
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
8:41 am P98: Publish or perish
Michael Di Lena
Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
9:15–10:15 am AUA course of choice
Handling intraoperative consults
Michael Schwartz, Arthur Smith Institute for Urology, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, NY, USA
10:15–10:30 am Coffee break
10:30–11:30 am Session 7: Uro-education & business
Moderator: Kenneth Pace, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
From transformational leadership to…your leadership
Julian Barling, Smith School of Business, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada
CMBE in US and Canada
Jason Lee, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Sunshine payments and behavioral economics in urology
Benjamin Davies, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
11:30 am–12:30 pm Session 8: Prostate cancer
Moderator: Bobby Shayegan, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Localized prostate cancer: AUA guidelines
Rodney Breau, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Genetic screening of prostate cancer patients: Why? Who? How?
Gennady Bratslavsky, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
Prostate focal therapy: What’s on the horizon?
Thomas Polascik, Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC, USA
12:30 pm Closing remarks & meeting adjournment
12:30–6:30 pm Free afternoon
Enjoy a free afternoon experiencing all the exciting things Savannah has to offer
7:00 pm President’s banquet
Beer pairing dinner at Hyatt Regency Savannah

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