Speaker Presentations
2024 Winter Meeting
January 19 – 20, 2024
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada
Friday, January 19, 2024
8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
Program Chairs: Gina M. Badalato, MD; Mitchell H. Sokoloff, MD, MBA, FACS
8:05 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.
Overcoming Challenges in Programmatic Leadership without Compromising Resident Education
8:05 a.m. – 8:35 a.m.
Meeting Institutional Goals: Productivity, HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems), Access, Patient Satisfaction, Rankings
Speakers: Stacey C. Carter, MD; Christian Winters, MD, FACS
8:35 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.
Challenges in Providing Pediatric Coverage for Non-Pediatric Medical Centers
Speaker: Andrew L. Freedman, MD FAAP
8:50 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
Optimizing the Operating Room and Ambulatory Clinic
Speakers:
Stephen V. Jackman, MD;
Victor W. Nitti, MD
9:20 a.m. – 9:35 a.m.
Optimizing Call Coverage Policies to Promote Faculty Retention
Speaker: Cheryl T. Lee, MD
9:35 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.
Discussion/Q&A
10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Pilot Urology Residency Interview Process
Speaker: Louis R. Kavoussi, MD, MBA
10:45 a.m. – 11:35 a.m.
The Changing Landscape of Clinical Practice
10:45 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.
Promoting Health Equity: Responsible Involvement of Trainees in the Care of Vulnerable Populations
Speaker: Kelvin A. Moses, MD, PhD, FACS
11:05 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.
Healthcare Policy in an Evolving Political Landscape: How Does this Impact Urologists and What is our Responsibility
Speaker: Christopher M. Gonzalez, MD, MBA, FACS
11:25 a.m. – 11:35 a.m.
Discussion/Q&A
10:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
ACURe Breakout Session
11:35 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
How Do You Overcome Career Changes and Challenges?
Panelists: Justin Friedlander, MD; Julie M. Riley, MD, FACS; Elizabeth B. Takacs, MD
1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Considerations in Modern Day Recruitment and Teaching
1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Visiting Professors: How Important Are They? How to Make the Most of this Experience?
Speaker: Lara MacLachlan, MD
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Cultivating Residents and Fellows as Teachers and Leaders: Best Practices
Speaker: David A. Bloom, MD
2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
eRVUS: Assigning Value (And Compensation) To Non-Clinical Activities
Speaker: Gary E. Lemack, MD
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Discussion/Q&A
2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Lessons Learned: Changes Due to Virtual Interviews Reflecting on Experiences from a Program and Applicant Perspective
2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Program Panel
Panelists:
Kirsten L. Greene, MD, MS;
Milvonna (MJ) Jones;
Mathew D. Sorensen, MD, MS, FACS
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Junior Resident Panel
Moderator: Ezra J. Margolin, MD
Panelists: Kate Dwyer, MD; Nathanaelle O. Ibeziako, MD, MA; Amber McMahon, MD
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Discussion/Q&A
4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
SAU Leadership Panel
4:45 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.
Summary and Adjourn
Saturday, January 20, 2024
8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
Program Chairs: Jay D. Raman, MD, FACS, FRCS(Glasg); Heidi A. Stephany, MD, FACS
8:05 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Professional Development I — Challenges and Opportunities for Urology Chairpersons
8:05 a.m. – 8:20 a.m.
Leadership 101- What are the Critical Skills Necessary to Succeed?
Speaker: Stephen Y. Nakada, MD, FACS
8:20 a.m. – 8:35 a.m.
Recruitment — Identifying the Department Needs and How to Recruit for Them
Speaker: Michael S. Cookson, MD
8:35 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.
Retention — Keeping Your Team Engaged Despite the Pressures
Speaker: Matthew E. Nielsen, MD, MS, FACS
8:50 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.
Walking into a New Environment — Lessons Learned 6 months into Being a New Chair
Speaker: Brent K. Hollenbeck, MD, MS
9:05 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.
Q&A
9:25 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.
Supreme Court Ruling on Race-Conscious Admissions
9:25 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.
Supreme Court Ruling on Race-Conscious Admissions and Potential Implications for Graduate Medical Education
Speaker: Gregory A. Broderick, MD
9:40 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.
Q&A
9:50 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Mentorship Programs for Under Represented Minorities
9:50 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.
Operationalizing a Program — How to Advertise, Engage, Fund, and Sustain
Speaker: Shenelle N. Wilson, MD
10:05 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.
Q&A
10:50 a.m. – 11:05 a.m.
PROSPECT Overview
Speaker: Linda L. McIntire, MD
11:05 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
ABMS Visiting Scholar Research
11:05 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
What are Best Practices? A Comparative Analysis of Oral Board Delivery and Outcomes Across Surgical Disciplines
Speaker: Gina M. Badalato, MD
11:15 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.
Safe Introduction of New Procedures and Emerging Technologies in Urology
Speaker: Ahmed Ghazi, MD, FEBU, MHPE
11:25 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.
Q&A
11:40 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.
Podcasts in Urology
11:40 a.m. – 11:55 a.m.
Getting into the Podcast World — Conception, Execution, Challenges, and Engagement
Speaker: Aditya Bagrodia, MD
11:55 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.
Q&A
1:15 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
Professional Development II
1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Self-Defeating Language
Speaker: Anne P. Cameron, MD, FPMRS
1:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Surgical Coaching
Speaker: Abhinav Khanna, MD
1:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Important considerations in accepting a job in academics
Speaker: Jeremy B. Myers, MD, FACS
2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
Q&A
2:20 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Resident Social Events After Work Hours — When is it an Imposition?
Speaker: Alexander Sankin, MD, MS
2:45 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
The Associate Program Director (APD) Role
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
How to Divide Responsibility and Accountability between a PD and an APD
Speaker: Susan M. Macdonald, MD
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Valuation of APD Time and Effort — Departmental Responsibility
Speaker: Marawan M. El Tayeb, MD
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
APD Expectations for the Next Step Forward — Is there a Timeline?
Speaker: J. Tyler Roseman, MD
3:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
Q&A
3:50 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Challenges that All Programs Face
3:50 p.m. – 4:05 p.m.
Resident Complement Increases — Why is it So Hard if There is a Work Force Shortage?
Speaker: Casey Kowalik, MD, FACS
4:05 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.
Division to Department Status — Why is it So Hard if Independence Benefits the Health System?
Speaker: Steven E. Canfield, MD
4:20 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.
Does Expanding Health System Means that the “Academic Brand” Is Being Diluted?
Speaker: Soroush Rais-Bahrami, MD, MBA
4:35 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Q&A
4:45 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.
Summary and Adjourn