The market needs information to price drugs appropriately. The ICER example proves that information about value alone can cut drug costs without any direct regulation. We can improve the ICER methodology- there is a lot more than QALY to measure. wsj.com/articles/obscu…

An articulate defense of capitalism and the need to invest in enabling everyone to fully participate in it. nytimes.com/2019/12/05/opi… via New York Times Opinion

This is the best opportunity for any urology resident, fellow or new graduate interested in really delving into health policy and getting hands on experience on the Hill. Can’t recommend the Holtgrewe fellowship highly enough! Applications are open

A worthwhile read illustrating the vulnerability and fragility of our networked world when it comes to fighting COVID. wsj.com/articles/netwo…

Unfortunate that hard-hit regions are far from herd immunity: “Wuhan’s Zhong­nan Hos­pi­tal found that 2.4% of its em­ploy­ees and 2% to 3% of re­cent pa­tients/vis­i­tors, in­clud­ing peo­ple tested be­fore return­ing to work, de­vel­oped antibodies” wsj.com/articles/wuhan…

Is keeping all of our children out of daycare and school really helping more than hurting right now? It doesn’t seem sustainable and certainly isn’t good for their minds. economist.com/leaders/2020/0…

#Urores - Amer. Urol. Assn. Census is now up and running; take 5 mins, fill it out, help inform future family leave policies, among others. Even w/o in-person push at #AUA20 (# that never was) no reason you can't still take it remotely!! Did you ever wear the free T shirt anyway?

It was great having our new Mayo Clinic Urology AZ colleague Dan Frendl join us for the past few weeks in Rochester in our prostate cancer ablation and transperineal biopsy practice. Looking forward to continued collaboration! Thanks Mitchell Humphreys, MD for sending him up!

Early vs Delayed Transurethral Surgery in Acute Urinary Retention: Does Timing Make a Difference? | Journal of Urology auajournals.org/doi/10.1097/JU… Excited JU is highlighting the association between early BPH surgery after acute retention and improved long-term outcomes

🎯 The TOP-Bx Global Delphi Consensus is in progress. 👩🏿‍⚕️👨🏼‍⚕️ Its aim: Address knowledge gaps for Transperineal Prostate Biopsy (T🎯P-Bx) Best Practices. 🧑🏾‍💻👩‍💻 Invited stakeholders, kindly complete the survey. Thank you. Like 👍🏾🩷, Share🫱🏾‍🫲🏽, Re-post 🔃 USC Urology #UroSoMe

Dan Frendl and Derek Lomas and I at the Focal Therapy Society meeting. Looking forward for the collaborations coming soon. Mayo Clinic Urology

Proud of my wife Anna Ward and the outstanding group of women leaders Mass General Anesthesia for their work supporting our colleagues who are amazing mothers! Championing the Mom: The Role of a Mother’s Support Group... : Anesthesia & Analgesia journals.lww.com/anesthesia-ana…

Day 2 VP Stephen Boorjian, MD Cleveland Clinic Urology Glenn Werneburg, MD PhD presenting his outstanding work on TP vs TR prostate biopsy microbiome Mechanism for reduced post-biopsy sepsis! Sam Haywood Chris Weight Mayo Clinic Urology

Another win for focal therapy Prostate cancer focal therapy (using HIFU & cryotherapy) is cost effective compared to radical therapy Lower cost, better quality of life imperial.ac.uk/news/249673/pr…

🩺Last week, two Mayo sites performed their first #VAPOR2 cases: Thanks Dr Dan Frendl of Mayo Clinic AZ & Dr Lance A Mynderse of Mayo Clinic MN for testing #WaterVaporTherapy on #ProstateCancer using #Vanquish. ➡️ francismedical.com #RandyBeahrs #MichaelHoey #ChrisDixon #ED #UI

Outstanding Expert Panel moderated by Hashim U. Ahmed discussing nuances of focal therapy energy and patient selection at #ipmasterclass24. Derek Lomas discussing our Mayo Clinic Urology experience

#VAPOR2 investigators meeting to kickoff #FOCAL2024+ Looking forward to a great meeting tomorrow! Francis Medical Dan Frendl Abhinav Sidana Ali Kasraeian, MD, FACS Thomas Frye D

Mayo Clinic Urology with two posters at #FOCAL2024 POSTER 1) Those are active surveillance with PIRADS 5 lesions disease have lower rates of high-grade disease on targeted biopsy, compared to those with no previous prostate cancer diagnosis. Dan Frendl

POSTER 2) Among men undergoing MR fusion prostate biopsy for unilateral PIRADS 3 or 4 lesions, transperineal biopsy resulted in greater disease detection for both targeted fusion and systematic samples. TP biopsy may provide a more thorough pre-treatment assessment for FT.

Great conversation with Rep. David Schweikert and Jason Jameson MD about AI in healthcare, improving efficiency and reducing administrative burden/waste. Thank you Amer. Urol. Assn. for a fantastic Advocacy Summit #AUASummit25