Yahir Santiago-Lastra | Urology
@YSL_MD
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🌺🇵🇷(Ja-EER) @UCSD_Urology. Pelvic surgeon | Director of @ucsdhealth Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery. Inequality is a comorbidity
San Diego, CA
Joined November 2015
I’m a child of affirmative action. I dare you to tell me I didn’t deserve to be part of this space. Affirmative action helped me be found. My team and I did the rest. Thank you @AmerUrological for this statement - I vow to pay it forward.
The AUA and the Urology Care Foundation believe that using race as one of the criteria for admission to institutions of higher learning has led to a more diverse urology workforce and thereby has improved access to patient care. Read more:
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RT @AmirSalmasi: Thrilled to welcome @YakhannahKay from @UNCurology to the @UCSD_Urology SUO fellowship! She’s an incredible talent, and we….
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RT @AmerUrological: We loved seeing familiar faces at #AUA25. Two of our incredible program recipients stopped by our booth to share how th….
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RT @BEkidneystone: Thank you to UCSD Urology for hosting me for an incredible visit. The discussion, exchange of ideas, time spent with fac….
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RT @AmerUrological: We loved seeing familiar faces at #AUA25. Two of our incredible program recipients stopped by our booth to share how th….
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RT @UrologyTimes: Yahir A. Santiago-Lastra, MD, (@YSL_MD) discusses some of the barriers to vaginal estrogen access. @UCSD_Urology .https:/….
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RT @JenAngerMD: Congrats to Tyler Sheetz for his Research Scholar Award and Anthony Galvez for his Boston Scientific Medical Student Innova….
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RT @KamranSajadi: Behind the scenes at the green room with these awesome urologists! #WeAreSUFU #AUA2025
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RT @sarahmponce: Grateful to have attended MUA this week where we learned how to be the best urology applicants we can be from @YSL_MD @gpa….
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RT @medicalwatchBC: @PTarantinoMD @matteolambe 3/ @candacegranberg on a talk by @YSL_MD. on vaginal estrogen:.
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RT @claudiarm2025: Hi! With sub-i season around the corner, here is a panel that can help M3s navigate their surgical sub-i ✨. ⭐️ Being a S….
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RT @rfrankjones_uro: Congratulations to 2025 @AmerUrological Young Urologist of the Year Awardee @DrEnemchukwu! Well-deserved recognition….
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RT @UroUnbound_IG: UUIG Office Hours is back! Your monthly chance to connect, ask questions, & dive into urology’s hidden curriculum — insi….
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RT @DrDenise_: My dear friend and health policy champion in so many ways @YSL_MD led an awesome panel on policy and vaginal estrogen ! So m….
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RT @candacegranberg: Alternative payment model development in #prostatecancer by @4rnav . ➡️ Improve quality care by engaging those who del….
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RT @drrachelrubin: New research alert 🚨.What if we told you that UTIs can be preventable. using vaginal DHEA reduces UTI prevalence and c….
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