UPMC Physicians and Researchers to Present at the American Urological Association’s 2019 Annual Meeting
April 29, 2019
UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh will be well-represented at American Urological Association’s (AUA) 2019 Annual Meeting, held May 3-6 in Chicago, IL. The annual event gathers more than 16,000 attendees from more than 100 countries around the world to review and discuss groundbreaking research, new clinical guidelines, and the most advanced technologies in the field.
UPMC physicians and researchers will be in attendance delivering presentations, moderated poster sessions, and podium sessions. Some of these include:
Omar Ayyash, MD
MP05-17 - New Psychiatric Diagnosis is a Poor Prognostic Factor for Patients with Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
Friday, May 3
7:00 AM – 9:00 AM
MP29-18 - Pharmaceutical Payments for Opioids Significantly Favor Extended-Release Medication and Correlate with Physician Prescriptions
Saturday, May 4
9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
MP44-03 - Key Opinion Leaders Motivate Increased Prescriptions Among Their Local Physicians
Saturday, May 4
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Benjamin Davies, MD
PD17 - PD17: Prostate Cancer: Staging II
Friday, May 3
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Opiate Use after Radical Prostatectomy: The End is Here
Saturday, May 4
4:10 PM – 4:17 PM
Panel Discussion on Clinical Cases: How do you Treat this Patient? Differences in Approaches?
Sunday, May 5
3:20 PM – 4:05 PM
Nathan Hale, MD (former fellow, presenting UPMC Research)
PD66-02 - Travel Distance Influences Post-Cystectomy Readmission Patterns
Date: Monday, May 6
Time: 9:40 – 9:50
Location: MCP: W185a
Lee Hugar, MD
MP33-07 - Aggressive End-of-Life Care in Medicare Beneficiaries Dying with Bladder Cancer
Date: Saturday, May 4
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
Location: MCP: W175ab
Kathleen Hwang, MD
Is There a Real Future for Stem Cell Cryopreservation?
Sunday, May 5
1:25 PM – 1:40 PM
Mary Killian, MD
Socioeconomic Factors in the Presentation and Progression of Posterior Urethral Valves
Sunday, May 5
Jodi Maranchie, MD
MP16 - MP16: Kidney Cancer: Basic Research & Pathophysiology I
Date: Friday, May 3
Time: 1:00 – 3:00
Location: MCP: W175ab
How are we Improving Outcomes of Locally Advanced RRC?
Date: Saturday, May 4
Time: 1:09 – 1:25
Location: MCP: W196
Tara Morgan, MD
PD65-04 - Sacral Neuromodulation: Determining Predictors of Success
Date: Monday, May 6
Time: 10:00 – 10:10
Location: MCP: W184d
John Myrga, MS4 (Upcoming Urology PGY-1 at UPMC)
MP33-03 - Dramatic Decrease in Urologic Opioid Prescribing after Implementation of Statewide Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Saturday, May 4
9:30 – 11:30
Location: MCP: W175ab
Joel Nelson, MD
D55 - PD55: Prostate Cancer: Localized: Active Surveillance III
Sunday, May 5 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM
Laura Pascal, PhD
MP06-04 - Inducible Prostate Luminal Epithelial Cell-Specific Deletion of CDH1 Induces Murine Prostatic Hyperplasia, Inflammation, and Stromal Fibrosis
Friday, May 3
7:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Devin Rogers, MS3
PD49-08 - Socioeconomic Factors in the Presentation and Progression of Posterior Urethral Valves
Date: Sunday, May 5
Time: 2:10 – 2:20
Location: MCP: W185a
Michelle Semins, MD
Panel Discussion: Next Generation Lasers
Date: Saturday, May 4
Time: 2:40 – 3:00
Location: MCP: W375e
MP08 - MP08: Stone Disease: Epidemiology & Evaluation I
Date: Friday May 3
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
Location: MCP: W178ab
Todd Yecies, MD
MP11-04 - Sympathetic Afferents in the Hypogastric Nerve Facilitate Nociceptive Bladder Activity in Cats
Friday, May 3
9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
PD42-04 - Outcomes of Endourologic Interventions in Patients with Pre-Operative Funguria
Sunday, May 5
7:30 AM – 7:40 AM
Michelle Yu, MD
MP29-11 - Impact of Multi-Parametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging on Medicare Spending in Prostate Cancer Active Surveillance
Date: Saturday, May 4
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
Location: MCP: W176bc
MP33-10 - Increasing Utilization of Multi-Parametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Prostate Cancer Active Surveillance
Date: Saturday, May 4
Time: 9:30 – 11:30
Location: MCP: W175ab
Additionally, Joel B. Nelson, MD, Frederic N. Schwentker Professor, Chairman, Department of Urology, will host a cocktail reception on behalf of UPMC and the UPMC Department of Urology on Saturday, May 4 from 5 to 7pm at the Marriott Marquis Chicago. The event will provide an opportunity to reconnect with alumni and meet new colleagues from around the country. For more information and to RSVP for the event, please click here.
