Keith Kowalczyk, MD
@KeithKow
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Husband to @tarablelawyer❤️. Urologic Oncologist. Chair of Urology @GUUrology @MedStarHealth. @Patriots @Arsenal @NotreDame @NHLBruins fanatic. VIEWS MINE!
Washington, DC
Joined September 2010
As part of the @IVUmed Kumasi Uro Onc team, I’ve struggled firsthand with the lack of a simple tool—a resectoscope—that limits TURPs/TURBTs. Please donate to transform and improve care for thousands. 👉 https://t.co/2K6XnKTeaH
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🚨23 years of PSA screening in @NEJM 🚨 👉ERSPC RCT of >162k patients 📅Median 23 year f/u PSA screening lead to... 📉 #prostatecancer mortality by 13% ✅1 death prevented for every 456 men invited for screening or 12 diagnosed w/ PCa 📉Risk of advanced PCa by 34% ⭐️Benefit
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At 23 years of follow-up, population-based PSA screening of asymptomatic men led to a sustained reduction in prostate cancer mortality, although overdiagnosis remains a concern. Full ERSPC study results: https://t.co/DTw9NcUFJM Editorial: Early Detection of Prostate Cancer —
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Amazing accomplishment and well deserved @dytcmd!!
Tonight we had the honor of celebrating @dytcmd ‘s endowment! It was surreal to be back at this great institution after a decade and hang out with old friends @UROncDoc ! Thanks @uretericbud for organizing the events. @benristau @UroCorrea @FCUroOnc
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🚨Important update from ProtecT #ProstateCancer trial after central pathology review 1️⃣ Which early PCa need treatment? Which do not? 2️⃣ For “bad” early PCa, do RP or RT prevent long-term (15y) metastasis? 🧵1/ @OncoAlert @urotoday @PCF_Science @JAMAOnc @Uroweb @AmerUrological
1/2 Just published in @JAMAOnc: 15-year outcomes of Active Monitoring, Surgery, and Radiotherapy for cribriform-positive and cribriform-negative prostate cancer in the ProtecT trial. Secondary analysis based on centralised biopsy review🔬 Article:
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OR. Do TP without antibiotics
Rectal Swab–based Targeted Prophylactic Antibiotics Reduce Infectious Complications After Transrectal Prostate Biopsy https://t.co/Sli3AptJrb In this systematic review and meta-analysis of nine randomized controlled trials including 3,002 patients, the use of targeted
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💡 Pelvic fascia-sparing RARP (PFS-RARP) ⚙️ Aims to speed up continence recovery 🧬 Oncologic outcomes — still under debate 👩⚕️ Sarah Kodres-O’Brien | Christopher Dall | Tamir Sholklapper | Keith Kowalczyk 🔗 https://t.co/W9RrFP9Mde
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RAMPP trial out in @EUplatinum. Radical prostatectomy for oligometastic cancer improves cancer specific mortality. Important work.
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Radical prostatectomy was an effective treatment addition to best systemic therapy in a contemporary cohort of patients with oligometastatic prostate cancer. Therefore, radical prostatectomy may be...
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Friends and enemies Please donate to purchasing equipment for our friends in Kumasi,Ghana. It would improve the lives of many needy people and help educate the future urologists in Ghana. https://t.co/jxXOUzGZf9
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BREAKING: The Joint Commission releases Guidlines for the Responsible Use of AI in Healthcare. cc @HealthcareAIGuy @Cacciamani_MD
https://t.co/hx00tV2TR9 TLDR; 🛡️ Seven Core Elements of Responsible Use AI Policies & Governance – formal oversight structures, board-level
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Today at @NDFootball, @ruthriley00 presented the flag on behalf of every woman who’s worn the irish jersey #GoIrish
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Dr. Canes explaining how he brought joy back into the practice of medicine. ⭐️ @CanesDavid @GUUrology @KeithKow
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Thanks for the invite @KeithKow What a great conference!
@CanesDavid, as only he can, on how to address inefficiencies in daily practice, how to get back to being a doctor, and getting joy back to medicine.
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Dr. Devang Sharma providing nuance and insights to managing male sexual dysfunction. @GUUrology
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This urologic oncologist is learning so much about urology I don’t know anything about!! @QmaxDC @drrachelrubin @CanesDavid @NathanShawMD
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Dr. Sussman discussing clinical pearls of managing Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women @GUUrology
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