It was a great honor to have Timothy Daskivich join us for CSPH HSR Speaker Series, followed by Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Urology Grand Rounds. A heartfelt thank you for sharing your expertise on prostate cancer shared decision-making.

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So proud to share our work published in CDC MMWR showing that vaccination of underserved communities in LA helped reduce disparities in COVID-19 incidence by community income. Thanks John M. Masterson and Michael Luu for all your effort on this project!

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A big thank you to Stephen B. Williams, MD, MBA, MS, FACHE, UTMBUrology, and UTMBSurgery for graciously hosting me as invited speaker for Gen Surg Grand Rounds and the GME Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Poster Session. Was a pleasure to see the super QI work being done at @UTMBHealth!

Congrats to super Cedars-Sinai urology resident John M. Masterson for winning best poster for our work showing racial disparities in the way life expectancy is valued in prostate cancer decision making. So glad to have him present three posters from our lab at AUA 2023!

Delighted my fellow Nadine Friedrich Nadine Friedrich won best poster for our work on variation in content discussed by specialty in multidisciplinary prostate cancer consults. We found urologists spend significantly less time on shared decision making than other specialties.

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Congrats to John M. Masterson on publishing this article showing that lymph node count is more useful than lymph node density in predicting survival in men with pathologic node positive prostate cancer Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases Howard Sandler Stephen Freedland, MD

Super work by @Antavakolian and @Avenkat24 comparing cost effectiveness of treatments for prostate CA across a spectrum of life expectancies. Shows how costly AS is over time for young, healthy men. AS protocols should be risk adjusted to reduce cost!buff.ly/3Yvl5UL

How do we actually communicate risks of cancer and other cause death in prostate cancer consults? Turns out we fail to quantify cancer mortality, life expectancy, and survival benefit with treatment in 34% , 31%, and 71% of consults!
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Top med and law schools have withdrawn from USNWR rankings in part due to methodologic concerns. Hospital rankings have potential to improve quality of care but only if they alter their methods to capture meaningful metrics. See our article in JAMA surgery buff.ly/3WCvKwd

Working at the #2 hospital and #3 urology program in the country is great but, trolling for specialist votes for USNWR rankings is beneath the house of medicine! Our editorial examines flawed specialist voting and suggests using measures of process of care.buff.ly/3WCvKwd

With high rates of burnout, Urologist is the most stressful job out there! We should definitely figure out why and seek out solutions.
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Urologic surgeon scientists - add your voice as NCI considers 50% effort for surgeons on K08. @CarolynBestAUA Aria Olumi Ganesh Palapattu Ganesh Raj ari hakimi Todd 〽️ Morgan, MD Simpa Salami Dr. John Sfakianos

National CBS TV networks covered our work using Fitbits to monitor postop ambulation at Cedars-Sinai. Every 100 steps on postop day 1 was associated with a 4% decrease in length of stay. Published in JAMA Network Open last month.

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