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Urologic Oncology With Christopher Wallis, MD, PhD, FRCSC

Urology

Dr. Wallis is a urologic oncologist at the University of Toronto and Mount Sinai Hospital/University Health Network. He completed his Society of Urologic Oncology-accredited fellowship training at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. His clinical work and research are focused on the care of patients with prostate, kidney, bladder, and testis cancer.

UroGPO coverage 1

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Happy fall and welcome to October. As September wrapped up, the UroGPO Fall 2023 National Conference, hosted by Specialty Networks, was held in Aurora, Colorado. This meeting provided both practical updates on practice management for urologists and scientific updates in Urology, with a heavy focus on advanced prostate cancer.

In the coming weeks, we’ll highlight take aways from this meeting but here’s a teaser highlighting some of the key speakers at this meeting and the key topics. The links below will, I hope, be not just entertaining but informative.

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    Operate with Zen - 8 month(s) ago

    While incredibly rewarding and honored vocations, careers in medicine and surgery are fraught with stress, burnout and challenges in work-life balance. OWZ is intended to open dialogue about a mindful approach to surgery – to create a space where…

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      One of the keynote speakers was Phil Pieroazio. Dr. Pieroazio discussed “Mindfulness & Wellness Strategies for Healthcare Professionals”. This talk dovetails closely with his podcast, Operate with Zen: https://operatewithzen.buzzsprout.com/. I can’t recommend this resource more strongly. While Dr. Pieroazio has particular pearls for surgeons, his insights will bring value to those within medicine and beyond.

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    Erin Stafford: Burnout & Peak Performance Speaker - 8 month(s) ago

    Erin Stafford is a keynote speaker, consultant and expert on changing mindsets through her innovative Type A Trap concept. She brings over 20 years of experience harnessing her own Type A personality and the pitfalls shared by Type A athletes, entrepreneurs, executives and leaders around the globe.

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      Burnout is rampant in medicine today, with clinical stresses, administrative demands, and wild amounts of documentation. At the UroGPO meeting, Erin Stafford discussed “Escaping the Type A Trip”. As highlighted in this link, she uses her expertise in social psychology to counter burnout and promote peak performance.

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    Data-Fueled, Patient-Centric Health Care with Aneesh Chopra: HealthChangers Podcast - 8 month(s) ago

    There’s little debate that health care in this country needs improvement. Costs are high, paperwork is cumbersome and confusing, and patients can get lost in the shuffle. Some believe technology will drive improvements in health care. Today’s podcast guest disagrees

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      The first keynote presentation at UroGPO was delivered by Dr. Aneesh Chopra on “Leveraging the Power of Data in Healthcare”. Dr. Chopra was the inaugural chief technology officer of the United States under the administration of President Obama. Since that time, he has sought to continue to advance the conversation regarding how technology can provide benefit in healthcare delivery.

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    PSMA PET/CT: joint EANM procedure guideline/SNMMI procedure standard for prostate cancer imaging 2.0 - European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging - 8 month(s) ago

    Here we aim to provide updated guidance and standards for the indication, acquisition, and interpretation of PSMA PET/CT for prostate cancer imaging. Procedures and characteristics are reported for a variety of available PSMA small radioligands. Different scenarios for the clinical use of PSMA-ligand PET/CT are discussed. This document provides clinicians and technicians with the best available…

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      Far be it for me to go a whole email update without focusing on some clinical science. One of the key changes in the management of prostate cancer in the last five years has been the introduction and widespread use of PSMA-PET imaging. At UroGPO, one of the key sessions was hosted by Dr. Medhat Osman discussing “Imaging in Prostate Cancer Patients”. PSMA-PET has been recommended in NCCN guidelines for the past few iterations. However, there remain may questions regarding how to perform and interpret these studies. In the linked document, Dr. Fendler and colleagues lay out EANM / SNMMI guidance on this topic.