The Northwestern Memorial Hospital Urology Program is proud to be the highest-ranked in Illinois for the 27th straight year and among the top-ranked in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report, 2024 – 2025. This reflects our commitment to advancing urology care.
We are thrilled to announce
@amy_krambeck
will join our Northwestern Urology team as Professor in January 2021. She brings significant expertise in the surgical and medical treatment of BPH and stone disease
Please join us in welcoming Hiten D. Patel, MD, MPH, (
@HitenDPatel
) who is joining
@NorthwesternU
as an Assistant Professor of Urology with a clinical and research focus on improving the diagnosis and management of urological malignancies.
🌟ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT🌟
Today we dedicate our
#AlumniFriday
to Dr. Peggy Pearle, MD, PhD, who was just named the 1st female President of the
@Endo_Society
!
Amy E. Krambeck, MD, takes the viewer step by step through the HoLEP procedure on a patient with an extremely large prostate who presented with severe overactive bladder, obstructive voiding symptoms and urinary incontinence. Watch full 30-min video:
Congratulations to
@JoshMeeks
for receiving a 2019
@AACRFoundation
- Bayer Innovation and Discovery Grant for his project 'Targeting FGF in bladder cancer after neoadjuvant immunotherapy and surgery'. He was recognized for this achievement at the
@AACR
2019 Meeting in Atlanta.
Ziho Lee, MD, assistant professor of Urology, has been named chief of the Division of Trauma and Reconstructive Urology at Northwestern Medicine. Dr. Lee specializes in complex robotic reconstruction of the upper and lower urinary tracts, and has helped develop novel techniques
Please join us in welcoming Amanda Vo, MD as an Assistant Professor of Urology with a focus on BPH, kidney stones, neuro-urology, & non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. Dr. Vo completed urology residency at McGaw Medical Center of
@NorthwesternU
& medical school at
@NUFeinbergMed
.
David Chu, MD (
@DaveIChu
), recently received a Career Development Award to improve kidney health assessment tools and approaches in young patients with spina bifida. Congratulations Dr. Chu on this amazing award!
Congratulations to
@JoshMeeks
for receiving a DOD Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Idea Award for his proposal 'Investigation of the Tumor Microenvironment as a Protective Niche that Supports Treatment Resistance of Bladder Cancer'
Congratulations to Dr. Amy Krambeck, the inaugural recipient of Northwestern Medicine's Distinguished Physician in Urologic Innovation. This is the highest honor
@NorthwesternMed
can bestow on a faculty member & we are grateful for
@amy_krambeck
's contributions to this program.🎉
Northwestern Medicine Urology investigators identified a gene that confers resistance to ARPI. Targeting the pathway downstream from this gene could reverse therapeutic resistance and improve prostate cancer outcomes.
Congratulations to
@JoshMeeks
for receiving a Veterans Health Administration Biomedical Laboratory R&D Clinician Scientist Investigator Award for his proposal titled “Epigenetic Regulation of Immune Evasion in Bladder Cancer”
We are pleased to announce & congratulate our four graduating residents! It has been an honor watching your journey & witnessing your accomplishments here with the
@NorthwesternMed
Urology Department!🎉🎓
#MedTwitter
#Urology
Lauren Cooley, MD, PhD
Matthew Hudnall, MD, MPH
Join us in congratulating Dr. Shilajit Kundu, who is the inaugural Janice Binstein Professor of Urology. An Endowed Professorship is the highest academic award Northwestern University can bestow on a faculty member and we are so proud of everything he brings to this program. 🎉💜
In a discovery that could improve the survival of
#bladdercancer
patients,
@NorthwesternMed
scientists have developed a biomarker signature test to predict which tumors will respond to immunotherapy.
#Urology
#MedTwitter
Article Link:
We had three familiar faces who were named as Endowed Professors, which represents the highest honor a university can give upon its faculty. These titles recognize the most distinguished physicians & scientists & help Feinberg continue to recruit & retain leaders in medicine.
Tremendous new work from
@JoshMeeks
et al. just out in
@EUplatinum
!
They develop & validate an expression-based classifier for T1
#bladdercancer
to categorize tumors based on molecular and clinical features
A great tool for precision cancer care🔬
Link:
🌟ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT🌟
Friday's are officially dedicated to all of our rock star Northwestern
#Urology
Resident Alumni, and who better to kick us off than
@rebrannigan
!
#AlumiFriday
Dr.
@amy_krambeck
’s closing remarks and advice to everyone in the room:
“Never send an email at night - sleep on it. Also, keep your eyes on your own paper. Have your own goals and follow your own path. You’ll be much happier in life.”
#NMWIM2022
#Urology
@NUFeinbergMed
Our own Kent Perry, MD is discussing management of small renal masses right now on to an audience of 500+. tune in now to this great live video lecture series!
@AmerUrological
@UrologyCareFdn
@SUO_YUO
We are delighted to announce that Jennifer Miles-Thomas, MD, URPS, MBA, will be joining Northwestern Medicine Urology. Dr. Miles-Thomas will take on the roles of Vice Chair - Regional Integration and Innovation, and Assistant Professor of Urology. With a focus on female
Our Department Chair,
@EdwardSchaeffer
, MD, PhD, traveled back to his roots as he is this weeks
#VisitingProfessor
at John Hopkins Medicine!
Dr. Schaeffer completed his residency from John Hopkins in 2007 and is pictured with the current Department Chair, Mohammad Allaf, MD, as
Huge shout out & congratulations are in order for
@NUFeinbergMed
's very own Noah Frydenlund, MD & Jenny Guo, MD, who have been named to the
@AmerUrological
2022-2023 Residency Research Award Recipients list! 🎉 Amazing work!
Mentors:
@JoshMeeks
, MD, PhD &
@amy_krambeck
, MD
The
@NorthwesternMed
Transitional Urology Program provides comprehensive care for congenital conditions of the GU system. Listen to this podcast to learn how
@SKielb_MD
&
@dkbowen_md
transition patients with these conditions to long-term care
Amy Krambeck, MD (
@amy_krambeck
), discusses Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms related to BPH. She describes how HoLEP compares to other surgical BPH treatments and how MoLEP advances the procedure.
🚨CALLING ALL FACULTY & FELLOWS INTERESTED IN ROBOTIC RECONSTRUCTION🚨
Join us September 24 for this in person course led by an all-star faculty that emphasizes novel techniques & innovation in managing complex reconstructive challenges.
Register Here:
Edward Schaeffer, MD (
@EdwardSchaeffer
), received a 5-year R01 for his proposal “Evaluation of transperineal biopsy under local anesthesia. A novel approach to decrease post-biopsy infections and improve cancer detection.”
#ResidentSpotlight
🎓
Congratulations, Rashid Siddiqui, MD! Rashid will be joining the Catherine and Joseph Aresty Department of Urology at USC as a robotic urologic oncology and minimally invasive surgery fellow!
The Northwestern Urology Department wishes you all the best and
Our virtual sub-I's repaid us the gift of teaching by giving a series of excellent presentations
Thanks for being a part of
@NM_Urology
We hope you all had a wonderful time & good luck on the interview trail!!
@joshphayden
@BrynLauner
@OnyiIbeziako
@manishkuch
& Diana Aponte
We are thrilled to welcome
@gregauff
to our
@NM_Urology
team. Greg's clinical focus is in urologic oncology. He has an extensive research background in the area of health services and will lead the department’s Urologic Health Services and Outcomes Research Program.
Congratulations to our very own
@DrAdamMurphy
, MD, Assistant Professor of
#Urology
, for receiving the 2022 Lurie Cancer Center Award of Excellence for his commitment to addressing cancer disparities at Lurie Cancer Center and beyond!
Congratulations to Adam Murphy, MD (
@DrAdamMurphy
), who was recently awarded a 5-year R01 grant to create cost-effective strategies to identify clinically significant prostate cancer while helping avoid unnecessary biopsies among Black and Hispanic men with elevated PSA.
“Reflecting on the year with immense gratitude for the mentors who shape my journey from college, medical school, and beyond: Dr. Kamal Khan, Dr. Joe Barone, Dr. Peter Schlegel, Philip Li, Dr. Dolores Lamb, Larry Lipschultz, Dr. Dipen Parekh, Dr. Mohit Khera, and Dr. Robert
#ResidentSpotlight
🎓
Congratulations, Dylan Isaacson, MD! Dylan will be joining the Cleveland Clinic as an Abdominal Multi-Organ Transplantation Surgery (Liver/Kidney/Pancreas) Fellow!
The Northwestern Urology Department wishes you all the best and will continue to stay updated
Suturing, cystoscopes, and knot tying lessons as the new PGY5's teach the incoming PGY1's
#Internbootcamp
- getting the intern residents ready for July 1st!
@SKielb_MD
@NM_365
Congratulations to resident Lauren Cooley MD, PhD for being a recipient of the
@AmerUrological
@UrologyCareFdn
2020 Resident Research Award for her project on gender differences in the
#bladdercancer
microevironment under the mentorship of
@JoshMeeks
Transperineal Versus Transrectal Magnetic Resonance Imaging–targeted and Systematic Prostate Biopsy to Prevent Infectious Complications: The PREVENT Randomized Trial - ScienceDirect.
Zero infections in TP without antibiotics. 1.4% in TR TARGETED prophylaxis. P=0.059. 53% vs 50%
Congratulations to resident
@Adam_Weiner535
for receiving the
@AmerUrological
2019 Residency Research Award for his project ‘Molecular Profiles of African American Men with Localized Prostate Cancer’
🌟2500 followers🌟
We could not be the organization we are w/o great residents, medical students, faculty, researchers, &, most importantly, the patients we care for.
Thanks to all those supporting of our department!
@NorthwesternMed
@McGawGME
@NUFeinbergMed
@NCSAUA
Congratulations to
@DrAdamMurphy
on his recent work in
@JUrology
👏
In this new study, researchers attempted to optimize the prostate health index (PHI) in Black men to better screen for
#prostatecancer
Should the threshold to biopsy be adjusted for race?
As we continue to recognize and celebrate the contributions of women throughout history and today, let's take a look at chief Endourology and Stone Disease and a professor of Urology, Dr.
@amy_krambeck
, present the case of a 68-year-old patient with a long history of benign
Northwestern Medicine Urology is proud and honored to have Dr.
@ctleeuro
, MD, as our Visiting Professor this week! Dr. Lee is a tenured professor of urology and serve as chair of the Department of Urology for Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center. Her expertise and clinical
Our Male Reproductive Surgery and Men’s Health research working group hosts their first meeting of the new academic year. Excited to welcome new students, interns and fellows to the group.
Congratulations Dr. Laurence H. Belkoff
@Lash7587
winner of the 2020 AUA Residents & Fellows Committee Teaching Award!
@mlhurology
We also want to congratulate the additional 13 nominees!
#ResidentSpotlight
🎓
Congratulations, Jeremy Lai, MD, MBA! Jeremy will be staying here with
@NorthwesternMed
and the NM Urology family out in the West region at Central DuPage and Delnor Hospitals. We are thrilled to have him on board!
@jdlai7
#ResidentSpotlight
🎓
Congratulations, Adam Weiner, MD! Adam will participate in a Society of Urologic Oncology fellowship at the University of California Los Angeles Institute of Urologic Oncology.
@Adam_Weiner535
@UCLAHealth
Every June,
#PrideMonth
is observed to celebrate diversity & equality for all. Northwestern Urology recognizes that it is more important than ever to commemorate & support while also acknowledging the work that is needed in overcoming health disparities in the LGBTQ+ community.
We are pleased to announce and congratulate our four graduating residents! It has been an honor watching your journey and witnessing your accomplishments here with the
@NorthwesternMed
Urology Department! We can’t wait to see what your next adventure holds! 🎉🎓
Neil Mistry, MD
Congratulations to first year resident
@ChrisAlabastro
for
being recognized by Hospital Medicine for providing outstanding patient care in
addition to great communication and collaboration with the primary team
@NorthwesternMed
@NM_365
This manuscript authored by
@JennyGuo_Uro
, MD, discusses the updated trends in BPH surgeries from 2016 to 2019 in the ambulatory surgical setting using the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) National Ambulatory Surgery Sample (NASS).
@urotoday
@amy_krambeck
#ResidentSpotlight
🎓
Congratulations, Lauren Cooley, MD, PhD! Lauren will be joining
@AtlanticUrology
and Carolina Urologic Research Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina specializing in urologic oncology, BPH and clinical trials.
🚨 PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨
Use of Decipher Prostate Biopsy Test in Patients with Favorable-risk Disease Undergoing Conservative Management or Radical Prostatectomy in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Registry
Authors included:
@ashleyrossmdphd
,
@EdwardSchaeffer
, MD,
In a study evaluating DTC testosterone therapy, the
@nm_andrology
team found that despite the secret shopper having normal T levels & desiring fertility:
👉 6/7 companies offered TRT
👉 3/6 did not discuss fertility risks
👉 3/6 had target T > 1,000 ng/dL
The
@LurieCancer
Center has announced DEI and COE Leadership Appointments and our very own
@DrAdamMurphy
, MD, MBA, MSCI, will take on his new role by working on initiatives to identify and address cancer disparities across Chicago and beyond.
Congratulations, Adam! 🎉