The UCI School of Medicine Office of Research annually recognizes excellence in research and outstanding academic achievement in six categories. Please join us in congratulating awardees Olivia H. Chang, MD, MPH & Muhammed A. Moukhtar Hammad of the 2024 UCI School of Medicine Annual Research Awards.

The SMSNA has issued a position statement regarding Cosmetic Penile Enhancement Procedures. This statement aims to synthesize current scientific literature and offer recommendations for future research. Read it here: smsna.org/resources/posi…

Fresh off the press 📰 The new DoD Joint Trauma System Clinical Practice Guidelines for GU Trauma is available 💥 Joint Trauma System #urotrauma jts.health.mil/assets/docs/cp…

Comprehensive narrative review on overcoming barriers to immediate penile implant salvage surgery: tau.amegroups.org/article/view/1…

In addition to 2 outstanding VPs (Edward Schaeffer, MD, PhD & Dr Jennifer Miles-Thomas), we had a The Johns Hopkins Brady Urological Institute FIRST w/ a built-in promotion ceremony for Victoria Maxon, DO as she pinned Major! Congratulations and cheers to continuing the line of military trainees The Johns Hopkins Brady Urological Institute.

Does climate impact inflatable penile prosthesis infection (IPP) risk? Find out: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38481017/

#Penileimplant patients worry a lot about length. Therefore the more we can understand about factors affecting this as surgeons, the better. Great to see this paper online and well done to all involved. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Good morning from sunny #WMSM24 in Rio where we start bright and early with VJSM 🎥 sessions! For anyone who hasn’t yet, check it out online- incredible repertoire of surgical advances, debates, historical perspectives ISSM

#Great Honor #OutstandingVideoAwardofYear2025 dofYear2025 .Weenღ #Rio vjsm.info/videos/all/dou… .⁦ISSM⁩ 🙏.⁦Faysal A. Yafi, MD FRCSC⁩ .⁦J Sex Med (Guest Account)⁩ #VJSM .⁦Perito Urology⁩ .⁦Alfie Suarez-Sarmiento, Jr., MD, MBA⁩

I am truly honored to receive the VJSM #OutstandingReviewerOfTheYearAward. Congratulations to all fellow winners and a sincere thanks to our ISSM and Journal of Prosthetic Urology (VJPU) boards for this heartfelt recognition Faysal A. Yafi, MD FRCSC David Barham #WMSM24

What is the typical recovery process after inflatable penile prosthesis surgery? Find out: smsna.org/patients/did-y…

We thank the editor Dr. Tanaka Stacy Tanaka & guest editor Dr. Stratton for the kind invitation to feature our #AUA2024 best poster at the #AUANews FOCUS ISSUE-Prostate Cancer: auanews.net/issues/article… Fond of Spanish edition too⏬️ Rafael Gevorkyan David Barham Faysal A. Yafi, MD FRCSC UCI Urology

Humbled and excited to have been appointed Editor in Chief of Trends - with a fantastic support structure and Ed Board, we will do our very best to be the home of #MensHealth We will be online | Gold #OpenAccess from Jan 2025 | submission open soon! 🚀

Check out the first VJSM debate on the hot topic of irrisept. Great debate with Paul Chung and Dr Ed Karpman! Comment below the video to share your experiences! #VJSM Faysal A. Yafi, MD FRCSC ISSM Sexual Medicine Journals (ISMJ) SMSNA ISSM ED Solutions ® by COLOPLAST vjsm.info/videos/debate-…

“One click” on prosthesis tubing is a myth? Apparently so. Nice work from the Duke group at #SMSNA24

Program directors, urology applicants, and all others in academia: check out our newest publication in Urology Gold Journal ! We explored research productivity of individuals matching to Top 50 Urology residencies! Christopher J. Warren, M.D. Nahid Punjani Karen Stern MD pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39395447/

Packed schedule for the first 2 days at SMSNA! UCI Urology kept things busy with a long lineup of talks and presentations. Faysal A. Yafi, MD FRCSC Jessica Yih Muhammed A. Moukhtar Hammad

Great presentation by Brent Nosé on expert opinions with ICI and PD!

WHAT A PHENOMENAL OUTPUT FOR UCI Urology on same day! Gustavo Gryzinski PGY3 UCI Urology presenting gold case challenge Elia Abou Chawareb co-fellow shining presenting for PUMP David Barham Zaid Ahmed 2nd year undergrad with poster/podium! SMSNA #Smsna2024 Faysal A. Yafi, MD FRCSC