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UPMC Department of Urology at AUA 2025

April 26-29, 2025

The UPMC Department of Urology is looking forward to participating in the American Urological Association (AUA) 2025 Annual Meeting. As leaders in innovative urological care, research, and education, our faculty will be onsite to participate in educational sessions and gather for a colleagues, alumni, and friends reception hosted by the Department of Urology.

We invite you to explore our faculty's presentation schedule and RSVP for our evening reception where you can meet our new Department Chair, Quoc-Dien Trinh, MD, MBA, and learn about his vision for the future of the Department.

Educational Participation

  • Joel Nelson, MD, is speaking at:

  • Controversies in Urology: Low-Risk Prostate Cancer

  • Saturday, April 26

  • 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM

  • Venetian C

  • Quoc-Dien Trinh, MD, is speaking at:

  • MP16-01: Efficacy and Safety of Darolutamide Plus Androgen-Deprivation Therapy (ADT) in Black Patients With Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer (mHSPC) from the Phase 3 ARANOTE Trial

  • Sunday, April 27

  • 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

  • Casanova 503

  • Benjamin Davies, MD, is speaking at:

  • IP21: Prostate Cancer: Detection and Screening III

  • Monday, April 28

  • 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

  • Marco Polo 701

  • Creating or Maintaining a Productive Research Program when Research Isn’t supported

  • Friday, April 25

  • 3:45 PM to 4:00 PM

  • Titian 2302

  • Take Home Messages: Global Health

  • Tuesday, April 29

  • 10:00 AM to 10:15 AM
  • Pradeep Tyagi, PhD, is speaking at:
  • PD03-01: Dynamic T1 weighted Imaging of Hunner Lesion Permeability

  • Saturday, April 26

  • 7:00 AM to 7:08 AM

  • Galileo 1001

  • PD24-02: Intravesical Contrast Enhanced (ICE)-MRI Signal Intensity Correlates with Tumor Vascularity and Cell Density For Differentiating Histologic Tumor Grade

  • Monday, April 28

  • 7:08 AM to 7:16 AM

  • Galileo 1001

  • Will Daly, MD, is speaking at:

  • PD17-13: Characterizing the prevalence of lichen sclerosus and stricture disease in patients undergoing adult acquired buried penis repair: A large cohort review

  • Sunday, April 27

  • 2:36 PM to 2:44 PM

  • Galileo 901

  • Kathryn Marchetti, MD, is speaking at:

  • MP09-01: Who is Left Behind by Centralization? A Characterization of Patients Receiving Surgical Cancer Treatment for Urologic Cancers at Referral Centers

  • Saturday, April 26

  • 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

  • Marco Polo 703

  • IP24-24: The Use of a Remote Monitoring Program with Real-Time Alerts to Improve Patient-Reported Outcomes and Readmission Rates Following Radical Cystectomy

  • Tuesday, April 29

  • 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM

  • Casanova 501

Dr. Marchetti is also presenting the Remote Monitoring project at the 2025 Urology Care Foundation Research Honors Reception.

  • Peyton Skupin, MD, is speaking at:

  • IP04-37: Predicting Private Equity Acquisition of Urology Practices by the Social Vulnerability Index

  • Saturday, April 26

  • 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM

  • Marco Polo 701

  • Brett Teplitz, MD, is speaking at:

  • Residents Forum Panel: Residency to Reality: Essentials for Practice Success: Optimizing Your Workflow

  • Saturday, April 26

  • 10:10 AM to 10:45 AM

  • Residents Pavillion, Booth #1476

  • MP26-15: Operative success of endoscopic urethral stricture management in pediatric patients is inferior to that of urethroplasty but does not adversely impact future urethroplasty success

  • Monday, April 28

  • 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM

  • Casanova 505

  • MP26-19: Spatial Transcriptomics of Pediatric Renal Tumors

  • Monday, April 28

  • 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM

  • Shyam Patnaik, MD, is speaking at:

  • IP01-29: Stage One and Done: Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Electing for Only First Stage Johanson Urethroplasty

  • Saturday, April 26

  • 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM

  • Casanova 501

  • Vanessa Peña, MD, is speaking at:

  • MP37-03: High Deductible Health Plan Enrollment Significantly Decreases Prostate Cancer Screening

  • Tuesday, April 29

  • 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM

  • Casanova 503

  • Roger Klein, MD, PhD, is speaking at:

  • MP24-18: Controllable intravesical bladder outlet occlusion: A novel minimally-invasive treatment option for urinary incontinence

  • Monday, April 28

  • 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM

  • Marco Polo 703

  • PD22-08: Intraoperative Indocyanine Green Mapping Demonstrates Abnormal Lymphatic Drainage at the Time of Adult-Acquired Buried Penis Reconstruction

  • Monday, April 28

  • 7:56 AM to 8:04 AM

  • Marco Polo 805

  • Jodi Maranchie, MD, is moderating the interactive poster session on:

  • Kidney Cancer Basic Research

  • Daisy Obiora, MD, is speaking at:

  • PD18-13: The use of novel anti-androgen therapy and chemotherapy in the management of metastatic prostate cancer; a study on Pharmacoequity

  • Sunday, April 27

  • 2:36 PM to 2:44 PM

  • Galileo 1001

  • Aniket Dhariwal is speaking at:

  • MP09-02: Trends in treatment patterns for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: A Descriptive Analysis of Medicaid and non-Medicaid patients following Pennsylvania’s 2015 Medicaid Expansions

  • Saturday, April 26

  • 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

  • Marco Polo 703

  • Cory Taylor, MD, was selected to compete in the Residents Bowl:

  • Preliminaries: Saturday, April 26, 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM

  • Semifinals: Sunday, April 27, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

  • Championship: Monday, April 28, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM

  • Science & Technology Hall

  • John Myrga, MD, was selected to participate in the Global Residents Leadership Retreat on behalf of the AUA section.

 

Our pediatric faculty will also have research abstracts shared at the meeting:

Abstract Title: Spatial Transcriptomics of Pediatric Renal Tumors

Authors: Brett Teplitz, MD; Michael Morikone, PhD; Dhivyaa Rajasundaram, PhD; Omar Ayyash, MD, MPH, Karen Kenyon; Glenn M. Cannon, MD; Rajeev Chaudhry, MD; Michael C. Ost, MD.

Abstract Title: Operative Success Of Endoscopic Urethral Stricture Management In Pediatric Patients Is Inferior To That Of Urethroplasty But Does Not Adversely Impact Future Urethroplasty Success.

Authors Michael P. Pintauro, MD; Roger D. Klein, MD, PhD; Brett A Teplitz, MD: Valentina Grajales, MD, MS: Avinash Maganty, MD, MSCR; Paul J. Rusilko, MD; Omar Ayyash, MD, MPH; Rajeev Chaudhry, MD. 

Evening Reception

You are cordially invited to join the UPMC Department of Urology for an evening reception. This gathering will provide an excellent opportunity to network, engage in meaningful conversations, and connect with colleagues.

  • When: Saturday, April 26, 2025
  • Where: The Venetian Resort | Capri and Portofino Pool Deck
  • Time: 6-8pm

Formally RSVP here.