RT @qdtrinh: It was a great honor to have @TimDaskivich join us for @CSPH_BWH HSR Speaker Series, followed by @BWHUrology Grand Rounds. A h….

So proud to share our work published in CDC MMWR showing that vaccination of underserved communities in LA helped reduce disparities in COVID-19 incidence by community income. Thanks @JohnMastersonMD and @mluu921 for all your effort on this project! .

A big thank you to @SWilliams_MD, @UTMBUrology, and @UTMBSurgery for graciously hosting me as invited speaker for Gen Surg Grand Rounds and the GME Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Poster Session. Was a pleasure to see the super QI work being done at @UTMBHealth!

Congrats to super @CedarsSinai urology resident @JohnMastersonMD for winning best poster for our work showing racial disparities in the way life expectancy is valued in prostate cancer decision making. So glad to have him present three posters from our lab at AUA 2023!

Delighted my fellow Nadine Friedrich @nadinefrisa18 won best poster for our work on variation in content discussed by specialty in multidisciplinary prostate cancer consults. We found urologists spend significantly less time on shared decision making than other specialties.

Congrats to @JohnMastersonMD on publishing this article showing that lymph node count is more useful than lymph node density in predicting survival in men with pathologic node positive prostate cancer @pcan_journal @DrHowardSandler @SFreedlandMD.

Super work by @Antavakolian and @Avenkat24 comparing cost effectiveness of treatments for prostate CA across a spectrum of life expectancies. Shows how costly AS is over time for young, healthy men. AS protocols should be risk adjusted to reduce cost!

How do we actually communicate risks of cancer and other cause death in prostate cancer consults? Turns out we fail to quantify cancer mortality, life expectancy, and survival benefit with treatment in 34% , 31%, and 71% of consults!.

Top med and law schools have withdrawn from USNWR rankings in part due to methodologic concerns. Hospital rankings have potential to improve quality of care but only if they alter their methods to capture meaningful metrics. See our article in JAMA surgery

Working at the #2 hospital and #3 urology program in the country is great but, trolling for specialist votes for USNWR rankings is beneath the house of medicine! Our editorial examines flawed specialist voting and suggests using measures of process of care.

With high rates of burnout, Urologist is the most stressful job out there! We should definitely figure out why and seek out solutions.

RT @Chris_Barbieri1: Urologic surgeon scientists - add your voice as NCI considers 50% effort for surgeons on K08. @CarolynBestAUA @AriaOl….

National @CBS TV networks covered our work using Fitbits to monitor postop ambulation at @CedarsSinai. Every 100 steps on postop day 1 was associated with a 4% decrease in length of stay. Published in @JAMANetworkOpen last month.