What You Need to Know
Members of the Department of Urology at Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC), as well as residents and fellows, and students from the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine (HMSOM), were involved in 20 presentations at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) held in San Antonio from May 3-6, 2024.
Many of the urologists from HUMC are also faculty at the medical school, and medical students are playing integral parts of the ongoing cutting-edge research. Among the presentations were the following:
- At a podium lecture, scientists from the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) lab of Benjamin Tycko, Ph.D., reported recent findings related to the genetic analysis of kidney cancer.
- At two more podium lectures, Research fellow and student Michael Raver addressed ureteral reconstruction with a buccal mucosa graft, surgical scar cosmesis, and changes in the surgical approach to kidney cancer with the introduction of the da Vinci Single Port (SP) system.
- Sarah Brink, MD, incoming chief resident, described seasonal patterns of pediatric torsion.
- Resident Katerina Lembrikova, MD, discussed the operational burden of recurrent urinary tract infection management on female urologists in an outpatient academic practice.
- Catherine Implicito, third-year medical student at the HMSOM, discussed applications of artificial intelligence in urology, a project that she worked on with Angelo Cadiente, another student.
- Meghana Singh, third-year HMSOM medical student, presented a video on the management of adrenal tumors using the da Vinci SP system.
The 2024 AUA Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas provided the latest evidence-based science and education in urology. More than a hundred hours of science and education was offered at AUA2024, covering the full spectrum of urology. Hackensack University Medical Center urologists were thrilled to present their groundbreaking research, new clinical guidelines and updates, and the latest advances in urology medicine at this annual event.