Grand Rounds
About
Grand Rounds are held monthly on the 1st Wednesday mornings and are formal lectures by faculty, guest speakers, and residents on a variety of related topics. Please see below for the schedule of speakers and topics. If you are interested in attending Grand Rounds virtually please contact Meghan Rover.
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023
7:00-8:00 a.m. Anticholinergics for Overactive Bladder: Does Treating the Bladder Put the Brain at Risk? – Jacqueline Zillioux, MD
Wednesday, November 1st, 2023
7:00-8:00 a.m. Update on urethral reconstruction and how urethral strictures took me to Africa – Kurt A. McCammon, MD, FACS
Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
8:40-9:40 a.m. Pediatric Endourology: From Inception to the Present, a 20 Year Experience – Michael C. Ost, MD, MBA
Wednesday, September 6th, 2023
7:00-8:00 a.m. Restorative Therapies for Erectile Dysfunction – Ryan P. Smith, MD
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023
7:00-8:00 a.m. My Journey in Urology and Diversity Equity and Inclusion at UCLA Health Sciences – Carol Bennett, MD
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
7:00-8:00 a.m. Neurourology of the lower urinary tract – Claire Yang, MD
Click here to see a video of Dr. Yang’s talk
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
7:00-8:00 a.m. The Role of Acute Care Prescribing in the Opioid Epidemic – Chad Brummett, MD
Click here to see a video of Dr. Brummett’s talk
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
7:00-8:00 a.m. Do You Hear What I Feel? An Exploration of Experience, Perception, Interaction (EPI) as Motivation Toward Cultural Actualization and Empathic Modeling in Clinical Practice – Zoe Spencer, PhD, MLS, MSW
Click here to see a video of Dr. Spencer’s talk
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
7:00-8:00 a.m. Initial Management of Narrowing Conditions of the Male Urethra – Nicolas Ortiz, MD
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
7:00-7:30 a.m. Lightbulb moments along an academic career – John Davis, MD
7:30-8:00 a.m. What are we doing better about PSA screening in 2022? – John Davis, MD
Click here to view a video of Dr. Davis’ Talk
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
7:00-8:00 a.m. Endourology 2022: What’s Hot and What’s Not – Stephen Nakada, MD, FACS
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
7:00-8:00 a.m. Surgonomics: Environmental and Behavioral Modifications to Optimize Surgeon Well-Being and Performance – Robin Riddle, PT, DPT
Click here to view a video of Dr. Riddle’s Talk
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
7:00-8:00 a.m. Surgical management of complications of penile prosthesis and artificial urinary sphincters – Omer Raheem, MD
Click her to view a video of Dr. Raheem’s Talk
Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
7:00-8:00 a.m. Cancer of the External Male Genitalia – Surgical Management and Tidbits – Dr. Stephen Culp
Journal Club Articles: Scrotal cancer 1, EM Pagets 1, Penile Cancer 1 (002)
Click here to View a Video of Dr. Culp’s Talk
Wednesday, April 6th, 2022
7:00-8:00 a.m. Reducing Health Disparities Among Transgender & Gender-Diverse People: the Urologist’s Role – Dr. Geolani Dy
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022
7:00-8:00 a.m. Behavioral Economics for the Urologist: Core Concepts and Nudges – Dr. Jack Farhi
Click here to View a Video of Dr. Farhi’s Talk
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022
7:00-8:00 a.m. American Board of Urology Updates – Dr. J. Brantley Thrasher
Click here to View a Video of Dr. Thrasher’s Talk
Wednesday, January 5th, 2022
7:00-8:00a.m. Colovesicular Fistulae – Dr. Traci Hedrick
Journal Club Articles: Article 1
Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
7:00-8:00 a.m. The PSA is High –Now What? New Approaches to Prostate Cancer Detection and Diagnosis – Dr. Sumit Isharwal
Journal Club Articles: Stefanova et al J Urol 2019 Shoag et al NEJM 2016 Meyer et al Urology 2018 Ahdoot et al NEJM 2020
Click here to View a Video of Dr. Isharwal’s Talk
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021
7:00-8:00 a.m. A Urologist’s Guide To Cancer Predisposition Syndromes – Dr. Martha Thomas
Journal Club Articles: Lynch Syndrome 2021 Review Urothelial Carcinoma Genetics in Urologic Practice 2020
Click Here to View a Video of Dr. Thomas’ Talk
Wednesday, October 6th, 2021
7:00-8:00 a.m. The Current Landscape of Molecular Classification in MIBC – Dr. Sima Porten
Journal Club Articles: Molecular and Clinical Insights into the Role and Significance of Mutated DNA Repair Genes in Bladder Cancer Impact of Molecular Subtypes in Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer on Predicting Response and Survival after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Comprehensive Molecular Characterization of Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer (002) A Consensus Molecular Classification of Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer (002)
Wednesday, September 1st, 2021
7:00-8:00 a.m. Androgen Receptor Signaling in Prostate Cancer – Dr. Daniel Gioeli
Journal Club Articles: Ta_et_al-2019-Molecular_Cancer, Schwartz2008
Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
7:00-8:00 a.m. The urinary microbiome: A new frontier for framing lower urinary tract disorders– Dr. Monique Vaughan
Journal Club Articles: Neugent 2020 – minireview of microbiome in UTI, Shrestha 2018 – UM in prostate cancer
Wednesday, April 7th, 2021
7:00-8:00 a.m. Multispecialty panel: Develops case for gender confirming surgery in a transfemale– Dr. Susan Kirk, Dr. Catherine Casey, Dr. John T Stranix, and Dr. Amit Shahane
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021
7:00-8:00 a.m. Analgesia for Urologic Surgery- Dr. Peter Amato
Journal Club Articles: Magnesium for bladder spasm_Park 2020, Exparel vs Bupiv TAPs_Hutchins 2016, Cystectomy OG ERAS_Kehlet 2001
Wednesday, February 3rd 2021
7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Percutaneous Image Guided Renal Mass Biopsy-Dr. Ayman Mithqal
How Radiology and Pathology Guide the Treatment of Renal Masses– Dr. Helen Cathro
Journal Club Articles: Incidence of Malignancy in Complex Cystic Renal Masses (Bosniak Category III): Should Imaging-Guided Biopsy Precede Surgery? / Role of Percutaneous Needle Biopsy for Renal Masses / Five decades of urologic pathology: the accelerating expansion of knowledge in renal cell neoplasia
Wednesday, January 6th 2021
7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Urodynamics 2.0 – The Development of Next-Generation Urodynamics
Adam Klausner, MD
Journal Club Articles: Ultrasound Shear Wave Elastography: A Novel Method to Evaluate Bladder Pressure. / Urodynamic Investigation: A Valid Tool to Define Normal Lower Urinary Tract Function?/ Evaluation of bladder shape using transabdominal ultrasound: Feasibility of a novel approach for the detection of involuntary detrusor contractions.
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020
7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Renal Cell Carcinoma: Chronic Kidney Disease and Treatment-Related Nephrotoxicities, A Nephrologist’s Perspective
Amanda Renaghan, MD
Journal Club Articles: Clinical Features and Outcomes of Immune Checkpoint
Inhibitor–Associated AKI: A Multicenter Study / Renal Cell Carcinoma for the Nephrologist
Wednesday, November 4th, 2020
7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Prostatic Artery Embolization—The Latest
Ziv Haskal, MD
Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Evidence-Based Practice for Pelvic Reconstruction after Oncologic Resection
Christopher Campbell, MD
Journal Club Articles: abdomen versus thigh /Algorithm paper/ VRAM Technical modifications
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020
7:00 – 8:00 a.m. MRI to Improve the Diagnosis and Treatment of Prostate Cancer
Peter Pinto, MD-NCI – Urologic Oncology Branch