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Early-Career Investigators Showcase Past Presenters

The Early-Career Investigators Showcase celebrates clinician-investigators and research-scientists with exceptional scholarly contributions to date and their research contributions across the complete spectrum of basic, translational, and clinical urologic research.

Zebrafish as a Model for Bladder Development and Function
Duncan Morhardt, MD, PhD

Neural Mechanisms of Post-stroke Urinary Incontinence: Results from an fMRI Study
Evgeniy Kreydin, MD

Using an Implantable Microdevice to Test Drug Responses in Patients Undergoing Cystectomy
Matthew Mossanen, MD

Manipulation of Bladder Contraction by Cell-type Selective Optogenetics of the Anterior Cingulate Cortex Neurons in a Mouse Model with Increased Urinary Frequency
Hiroshi Shimura, PhD

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Urinary Stone Research: From Formation Mechanisms to Clinical Applications
Yutaro Tanaka, MD, PhD

Physician Sex and Patient Outcomes
Christopher Wallis, MD, PhD

Biochemical Recurrence After Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer
Ugo Falagario, MD, PhD

A Phase II Trial of SeqUential GeMcitabine and MITomycin Treatment for Favorable High-Risk Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma (SUMMIT)
Vignesh Packiam, MD

Quantifying the Benefit of Salvage Radiation vs Surveillance for Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Cancer After Radical Prostatectomy
Vidit Sharma, MD, MS

Improving Outcomes in Pelvic Floor Disorders among Minority Populations
Raveen Syan, MD

Gaining Insights into Calcium Urolithiasis: Application of a Novel Translational Approach
Jennifer Bjazevic, MD, MSc
 

Altered Epithelial Differentiation: A Potential Therapeutic Target in Urethral Stricture Disease
Matthew Grimes, MD
 

Automated Operative Reports for Robotic Radical Prostatectomy Using Artificial Intelligence
Abhinav Khanna, MD
 

Spatial Analysis Reveals Gradient of Transition from Clear Cell to Sarcomatoid Renal Cell Carcinoma Driven by Crosstalk between Tumor Cells and Macrophages
Allison May, MD
 

Cancer-associated Fibroblasts as Upstream Regulators of the Tumor Immune Microenvironment in Urothelial Carcinoma and Their Therapeutic Application
Takayuki Owaki, MD
 

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Urology Workforce: Strengthening the Pathway
Efe Simons, MD
 

Novel Highly Elastic, Suturable Biomaterial Development for the Lower Urinary Tract: Scaffold Design for Dynamic Organ Regeneration and Function
Renea Sturm, MD
 

Development and Validation of a Novel 18-Gene Urinary Test for Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer
Jeffrey Tosoian, MD, MPH
 

Deep Learning of Videourodynamics to Predict Incident Hydronephrosis in Patients with Spina Bifida
John Weaver, MD, MSTR
 

The Nature and Origin of Randall’s Plaque Macrophages
Heiko Yang, MD, PhD

MagSToNE – A Magnetic Hydrogel for the Efficient Retrieval of Kidney Stone Fragments
Tianjia Ge, MD
 

Validating Stimulated Raman Histology Interpretation for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: Human and Artificial Intelligent Assessment
Miles Mannas, MD, MSc
 

Improving Clinical Trial Conduct with Informatics, Infrastructure, and Implementation Science
Kristian Stensland, MD, MPH
 

Germline Genetics of Urothelial Cancer - Who, When, and How to Test
Hong Truong, MD, MPH
 

Automated Segmentation of Upper Urinary Tract Tumors During Ureteroscopy Using Computer Vision Techniques
Nicholas Kavoussi, MD, MS
 

Decision Making in Metoidioplasty and Phalloplasty Gender Affirming Surgery (MaPGAS)
Rachel Moses, MD, MPH
 

Detrusor Ultrastructural Studies in Human Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction: Correlation of Structural Features and Function
Amanda Chung, MBBS, MS
 

A Fully Automated Artificial Intelligence System to Assist Pathologists’ Detection of Histological High-Grade Urothelial Carcinoma from Urine Cytology
Masatomo Kaneko, MD, PhD
 

Effect of Anticholinergic Overactive Bladder Medication on Cognitive Function: A Longitudinal Population-Based Assessment
Brian Linder, MD
 

Outcomes of Hematuria Evaluation by Advanced Practice Providers and Urologists
Parth Modi, MD

Deregulated mTOR (Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Kinase) is Responsible for Autophagy Defects Exacerbating Kidney Stone Development
Rei Unno, MD, PhD
 

Using Optogenetic Photo Stimulation of Corticotrophin-releasing Hormone (CRH) Expressing Neurons in the Pontine Micturition Center to Further our Understanding of the Brain-bladder Pathways Controlling Volitional Voiding and to Reverse the Effects of Cyclophosphamide-induced Cystitis
Jason Van Batavia, MD
 

Optimizing Use of Evidence-based Smoking Cessation Practices for Urologists
Richard Matulewicz, MD, MS
 

Safety, Feasibility and Accuracy of the UroMonitor: the first Catheter-Free Wireless Ambulatory Bladder Pressure Monitor
Samir Derisavifard, MD
 

Diffusion Histology Imaging: A Clinical Tool to Non-Invasively Diagnose and Manage Prostate Cancer
Eric Kim, MD
 

Transdifferentiation of Fibroblasts to Urothelial Stem Cells
Kris Prado, MD
 

Cellular Heterogeneity of Cisplatin Resistant Localized Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer
Filipe Carvalho, MD, PhD
 

Dissecting the Role of Homologous Recombination Deficiency in Early-stage Prostate Cancer
Keyan Salari, MD, PhD
 

Steroid Pathways and Progression for Medically Treated Patients with Benign Prostate Hyperplasia
Conner Forbes, MD, FRCSC

ARID1A Mutant Bladder Cancer is Dependent on PI3K/AKT/mTOR Signaling via a Novel Upregulation of Non-canonical PI3K Isoforms, Which Can Be Therapeutically Targeted
James Ferguson, MD, PhD
 

A Non-invasive Metabolomics-based Signature of Prostate Cancer Progression in Men on Active Surveillance
Justin Gregg, MD
 

Understanding Patient Preferences for Surgical Management of Urethral Stricture Disease
Lindsay Hampson, MD, MAS
 

Circulating microRNAs: Next-generation Urological Cancer Detection
Fumihiko Urabe, MD, PhD
 

The Sources of Endogenous Oxalate
Kyle Wood, MD
 

A Combinatorial Genetic Strategy Rapidly Uncovers Diverse Genotype-phentoype Relationships in Urothelial and Non-urothelial Carcinomas of the Bladder
John Lee, MD, PhD
 

Urothelial Piezo Channels in Bladder Mechanosensation
Marianela Dalghi, PhD, MSc
 

Glucose-regulated Protein 78 (GRP78) in Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Novel Biomarker for Predicting Tumor Behavior
Harshit Garg, MD, MBBS, MS
 

Use of sipIT Intervention to Increase Fluid Intake for Kidney Stone Prevention
Necole Streeper, MD

An Investigation of the Physiology of Ureteral Contraction and the Adverse Effects of Stent Placement
Kymora Scotland, MD, PhD
 

Abiraterone and Enzalutamide are Less Effective When Administered After Long-term Androgen Deprivation Therapy in a Novel Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer Cellular Model
Ignacio Puche-Sanz, MD, PhD
 

The Effects of Androgens and Estrogens on Urethral Homeostasis and Regeneration
Matthias Hofer, MD, PhD
 

The Distribution of Molecular Subtypes in Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer is Driven by Sex-specific Differences
Sima Porten, MD, MPH
 

CHD1-Loss Promotes Lineage Plasticity and Heterogeneous Mechanisms of Resistance to AR Targeted Therapy
Ping Mu, PhD
 

Phosphatidylserine as a Biomarker of Sperm Vitality and Fertilization Competency
Ryan Smith, MD
 

KDM6A Acts as a Tumor Suppressor by Functioning as a Co‐activator for FOXA1 in the Urothelium
Byron Lee, MD, PhD
 

Evaluating the Impact of Eliminating the Geographic Site Restriction on Telehealth Utilization
Chandy Ellimoottil, MD, MS
 

Disparities in Use of Pre-Biopsy Prostate Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Medicare-Eligible Prostate Cancer Patients
Christopher Filson, MD, MS
 

Reconnaissance of Tumor Immune Microenvironment Spatial Heterogeneity in Metastatic Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma and Response to Immunotherapy
Ali Hajiran, MD

2019 Presenters

Rodney Breau, MD, MSc
Christina Ching, MD
Boris Gershman, MD
Abraham Hakimi, MD
George Schade, MD
Jonathan Shoag, MD
Anne Suskind, MD, MS
Nathan Tykocki, PhD
H. David Ulmert, MD, PhD
 

2018 Presenters

A. Lenore Ackerman, MD, PhD
Thomas Chi, MD
Amy Dobberfuhl, MD
Bradley Erickson, MD
Michael Gorin, MD
Katie Murray, DO
Hao Nguyen, MD, PhD
Florian Schroeck, MD
Angela Smith, MD, MS
 

2017 Presenters

Philip Abbosh, MD, PhD
Christopher Barbieri, MD, PhD
Lysanne Campeau, MD
James Hotaling, MD, MS
Akanksha Mehta, MD, MS
Jeremy Myers, MD
Simpa Salami, MD, MPH
W. Stuart Reynolds, MD, MPH
John Sfakianos, MD
Gregory Tasian, MD, MSc, MSCE
 

2016 Presenters

John Gore, MD
Gopal Gupta, MD
Kathleen Hwang, MD
Timothy Jenkins, PhD
Alan Kaplan, MD
Rose Khavari, MD
Todd Morgan, MD
Alexander Pastuszak, MD, PhD
Eric Singer, MD
Quoc-Dien Trinh, MD
 

2015 Presenters

Donald Griend, PhD
John Hollingsworth, MD
Michael Hsieh, MD, PhD
Tobias Kohler, MD, MPH
Girish Kulkarni, MD
Dirk Lange, PhD
Brian Le, MD
Mark Preston, MD
James Smith, MD
 

2014 Presenters

Peter Chang, MD
Michael Eisenberg, MD
Carlos Estrada, MD
Joanna Hannan, PhD
Una Lee, MD
Stacy Loeb, MD
Alp Sener, MD
Ariana Smith, MD
Li Xin, PhD
 

2013 Presenters

Jason Abel, MD
Peter Black, MD
Karim Chamie, MD, MSHS
Mohit Khera, MD, MBA, MPH
Amy Krambeck, MD
Richard Lee, MD
Viraj Master, MD, PhD
Larisa Nonn, PhD
Siam Oottamasathien, MD
 

2012 Presenters

Matthew Cooperberg, MD, MPH
Adam Feldman, MD, MPH
Maurice Garcia, MD
Kristina Penniston, PhD
Jehonathan Pinthus, MD, PhD
Ashley Ross, MD, PhD
Praveen Thumbikat, DVM, PhD
Hsi-Yang Wu, MD
Jindan Yu, MD, PhD

2011 Presenters

Jennifer Anger, MD, MPH
Anthony Bella, MD, FRCS
Trinity Bivalacqua, MD, PhD
Peter Black, MD
Brian Eisner, MD
Travis Jerde, PhD
Yair Lotan, MD
Thomas Walsh, MD, MS

2010 Presenters

Scott Gilbert, MD
Jim Hu, MD, MPH
Adam Klausner, MD
Kirk Lo, MD, CM
Jodi Maranchie, MD
Minoru Miyazato, MD, PhD
Lee Richstone, MD, FACS
Pradeep Tyagi, PhD, MBA

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