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The Smith Institute for Urology at Northwell Health trains the future leaders of our field in an academic, innovative, and inclusive environment.
Lake Success, NY
Joined August 2020
A very warm welcome to our newest class at the Smith Institute. Congratulations and welcome to @ZoraSingh95 (@AlbanyMed), @Andrea_Moyer2 (@MedicalCollege) and Iyla Bagheri (@utmbhealth). We are excited to have you! #AUAMatch #UroSoMe #uromatch
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Congrats to our very own Dr Smith on a very well deserved retirement. Thank you for all you’ve done for our department and the field of urology! A true legend. #AUA22 @AmerUrological @Endo_Society
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Introducing our newest faculty expert in voiding dysfxn and female urology Dr Wai Lee @Mrwailee! He comes to us by way of @SBUrology and recently @VMUrology where he completed a #FPMRS fellowship. We are excited to welcome him back to New York and to our program.
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Urology residency programs at Northwell @LHHUrology and @SmithInstUro will be blinded to applicants USMLE scores this year and beyond. #morethanascore @Uro_Res @UrologyMatch
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Congratulations to our PGY4 (and soon to be PGY5) Leah Beland on her match at @ChildrensPhila for pediatric urology fellowship! @SPU_Urology
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Happy to announce @RogerKhouriJr has joined @NorthwellHealth Dr. Roger Khouri completed residency @UTSWUrology & #GURS fellowship (Reconstructive surgery & men's health) @CleClinicUro Passionate mentor for @ZuckerSoM students. Will be seeing patients at our Hauppauge & Bay Shore
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Dr Adam Cole @aicole1 joins us from @umichurology. A Michigan native, we are glad to have him with us in New York. With a focus on general urology, he plans to see patients from our Garden City office. Welcome to the Smith Institute, Dr Cole! . 
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We are thrilled to welcome @RoSawhney from @Rutgers_NJMS, Maya Srinath from @VCUHealth and Vinay Patel @IcahnMountSinai to our program. Welcome to our urology family! #AUAMatch2021 🥳 . @VCUUrology @NjmsUrology @MSUroRes @AmerUrological @NYSAUA
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Dr Arun Rai @ArunRaiMD joins us as a graduate of our Endourology and MIS fellowship. He completed residency at @bcm_urology and is interested in #MIS and complex stone disease. With an MBA/MS from Weill Cornell, he joins as Director of Surgical Innovation at the Smith Institute!
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We are thrilled to share that our former resident Dr. Aaron Smith (@AaronSmithUro) is coming home to join the @NorthwellHealth #urology faculty starting July 29! Dr. Smith is a specialist in men’s health and male reproductive medicine & completed his fellowship @CleClinicUro
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Congratulations to our three graduates. @TavyaBenjaminMD , Dr Darian Andreas and Dr Daniel Nethala we will miss you! We are proud of your accomplishments and can’t wait to see what you’ll achieve. 🌟
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Congratulations to our rising chief resident @AaronSmithUro on his match to the @CleClinicUro for andrology! Look out for a rising star in #menshealth 🌟🌟🌟#UroSoMe #Andrology.
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We would like to welcome Dr Jay Bishoff (@DrJTBishoffMD) to the Smith Institute. He joins us as Director of Urology for the Central Region. An expert in #MIS and #prostatecancer, we are excited to have him grow our existing prostate cancer programs to better serve our patients
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Today: Celebrating the career, innumerable contributions, and retirement of one of the greats--Arthur Smith--for whom our Institute is named @Endo_Society @JEndourology @AmerUrological.
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Kudos to our residents for their performance on the Urology ISE, half of whom scored above 90th percentile. Awesome job!.
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We are proud of our Chief Resident Dr Thomas Williams for winning his round of the @NYSAUA Chief Resident Debate!!!
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Congratulations to our outstanding resident, Gurt Lynch, for her best poster award! Amazing work!
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Congrats to @ZuckerSoM medical student @GinnieJeng and future @IUuro resident for a fantastic presentation on sepsis after ureteroscopy. #AUA22
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Winner! 🏆 so proud of our @SmithInstUro chief @TavyaBenjaminMD winning her chief-resident debate - what a compelling defense of hysteropexy! #AUA22
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Proud to see our own PGY2 Matthew Mikula earn Northwell Health Cancer Institute Advisory Council Innovation Pilot Award. $50K to study prostate cancer imaging and diagnostics.
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Congrats and good luck to all those part of #AUAMatch2021. We eagerly await to welcome a new class of residents at the Smith Institute! @AmerUrological @NYSAUA @Uro_Res
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We had a wonderful time welcoming Dr Sandhu from @UrologyMSK as our visiting professor today. Great hands on session, including a live demo of AUS deactivation. @NYSAUA
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It’s finally here!! Excited to have the new SP robot 🤖 and trainer at LIJ. 🤓 @NorthwellHealth
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Registration is open for our virtual open houses on Thursday July 8th and Tuesday July 27th. Register here:
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Our all-star PA Celeste decorating for the holiday season, featuring an original design made by chief resident Shannon Smith. #UroSoMe
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Congrats to our home student Ginnie @ZuckerSoM for her match!.
We could not be more excited to match Ginnie, Kostantinos, Will, and Leo to our program! Congratulations to these future IU Urologists. Sunglasses to come because the future is bright! #AUAMatch #uromatch @AmerUrological
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Congratulations Dr Nethala! We are proud of you 🌟🎉🎊.
We are thrilled with our excellent group of matched applicants! . Dan Nethala @SmithInstUro .@charleshesswani @mcgillu .@GuKoller @TulaneUrology . Looking forward to July 2023!. @SUO_YUO @UroOnc
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Our chief resident @lukitg presenting findings that demonstrate # lesions on MRI predict ⬆️ rate of clinically significant #prostatecancer on biopsy @NYSAUA Valentine resident essay contest! @allison_polland @alexcsmall @JenAngerMD @JillC_Buckley @AdityaBagrodia
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Another urologic milestone— newly minted chief residents! Dan Nethala, Tavya Benjamin, and Darian Andreas. Looking forward to an amazing year.
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#UrologyMatch2023 join us for our final virtual open house of the season on Aug 25! Can't wait to meet everyone! #StreamTeam @Uro_Res @UroUnbound_IG #UroSoMe @rfrankjones. Register
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It was a pleasure having @drjfeid as our visiting professor for a master class on penile prosthetics! @LHHUrology #MensHealth
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We had a wonderful day interviewing our first cohort of residency applicants. The future of our field is certainly looking bright!.
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Thanks to @manishvira for hosting our outstanding journal club this week. Wonderful to be back together in person!
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Exciting opportunity for medical students pursuing a career in urology. Fracchia Research Scholar: 1 yr funded position beginning summer 2024. Innovative, diverse faculty, all uro subspecialties.Email jtidridge@northwell.edu.@UroResidency @UrologyUnbound @AmerUrological @Uro_Res.
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Join us this evening at 630PM EST for our 2nd virtual open house event. Our faculty and resident family will share what goes into creating an outstanding residency experience for you budding urologists! @UroResidency @Uro_Stream @Uro_Res Register here:
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pgy-3 @SrinathMaya presenting Untold “Disposable” Cost of PCNL - avg 31 disposables/case, or $1,650 in disposables/case! Cost & environmental burden to consider. @NYSAUA valentine resident essay contest @allison_polland @alexcsmall @JenAngerMD @JillC_Buckley @AdityaBagrodia
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#MedTwitter! Here are our interview dates for this cycle: . November 19th, December 10th, and January 7th. We look forward to meeting a new class of stellar applicants!! #UroSoMe @UrologyMatch @AmerUrological.@AmerUrological @UroResidency @Uro_Res @NYSAUA @UroAcademic.
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An engaged faculty helps all of us @SmithInstUro to succeed! #AUA2022 @authordmhoenig Tare Moldwin Cho and @ArunRaiMD
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Great #research opportunity for #UroSoMe students interested in the #auamatch 2022. Our Fracchia fellows have tremendous success both with academic publication and in the urology match. DM with any questions! @NYSAUA @UroResidency @AmerUrological @Uro_Res #MedTwitter
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@Uro_Res @AmerUrological @UroResidency @UroAcademic 1) Zucker SOM at Hofstra/Northwell @SmithInstUro .2) Outstanding Mentorship, extremely busy service, best PA coverage anywhere.3) 800 Languages spoken in NYC.4) @AaronSmithUro @charansmohan @lukitg @RoSawhney @SrinathMaya @Hollie_Brown13 @ZoraSingh95 @Andrea_Moyer2 .5) DM us!.
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Great presentation by incoming intern @ZoraSingh95 on opioid free discharge pathway for urologic oncology surgeries. #AUA22
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On the threshold of an exciting day tomorrow for our #uroapplicant group! Our interview days will be offered Nov 11, Nov 18, and Dec 9. Good luck to all!.
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Our PD Michael Schwartz and former residents @SandeepGurramMD and Dan Nethala enjoying an outstanding @FocalSociety meeting in DC this weekend. Kudos to @DrRastinehad and @ThomasPolascik for organizing the program.
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🕵️♂️🕵️🕵️♂️.We spot super star PGY3 @SrinathMaya and Smith alumnus @AaronSmithUro. Thank you @CleClinicUro for hosting #NURP and help train our residents.
Another #NURP comes to a close as residents from around the country head back home with all sorts of new tips and tricks spanning urologic reconstruction, gender affirmation and men’s health! @CleClinicUro
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We are accepting applications to our 1-year paid Fracchia Urology Research Fellowship. Interested medical students and transitional year applicants should send CV & medical school transcript to:. JBagielto@northwell.edu. Please DM with any questions. 1/3.
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Congratulation @samsimsal!!.
Please join us in congratulating our YUO Chair @samsimsal!. Dr. Salami is the winner of the @AmerUrological’s prestigious Gold Cystoscope Award for his outstanding contributions to the science of genomics for the early detection and treatment of urologic cancers 👏👏👏
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Robotics training: low fidelity urethrovesical anastomosis model training this morning at LIJMC. #northwell #SmithUro #roboticsteam
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Want to know more about our program? Check out our newly updated website! #UroSoMe #MedTwitter .
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Exciting opportunity for medical students pursuing a career in urology. Fracchia Research Scholar: 1 yr funded position beginning summer 2023. Innovative, diverse faculty, all uro subspecialties.Email jtidridge@northwell.edu.@UroResidency @UrologyUnbound @AmerUrological @Uro_Res.
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Great to see our residents as teachers. Our outstanding PGY3 Matt Mikula takes our eager intern Maya Srinath through a prostatectomy on the simulator.
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#UrologyMatch2023 join us for a virtual open house next week on July 28! #StreamTeam @Uro_Res @UroUnbound_IG #UroSoMe @rfrankjones_uro Register
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@SmithInstUro @NorthwellHealth is proud to offer $1500 grant for #urim students with us for #subinternship at either of our 2 residency programs. Details at @rfrankjones_uro @LatinXUro @uro_res @UrologyMatch @UroResidency @UroForEquity @UrologyUnbound
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Spotted our very own @Dr_Kresh featured as part of this year’s @AmerUrological leadership class. Congrats Dr Kreshover! We are lucky to have her as a leader in our department. #AUA22
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Pgy-2 @iybagher presenting our clinical experience with #rUTI pts treated with a combination prevention therapy to attempt to minimize antibiotics @NYSAUA Valentine resident essay contest! @allison_polland @alexcsmall @JenAngerMD @JillC_Buckley @AdityaBagrodia
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Good luck to all the future members of #streamteam putting the final touches on their #ERAS applications this weekend. We look forward to reading your applications and meeting some of you virtually soon! @AmerUrological #Match2021 #UroSoMe #MedTwitter.
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Great presentations by research fellow @Eric_Macdonald9 and PGY4 Thomas Williams on microhematuria and urologic cancer risk from our center.
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Curious about what makes our training program so special? Hear from our faculty and residents what training at the Smith Institute is like.
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Thanks to our amazing LIJMC team for helping us the launch our SP robotics program this month! More to come!
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Fantastic job by chief resident @TavyaBenjaminMD at the #GreatDebate arguing for uterine sparing surgery for prolapse repair. #AUA2022 @AmerUrological @sufuorg
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Great job by research fellow @JacobMGaines on a fantastic presentation on the history of the French impotence trials!
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A wonderful VP visit by a 🌟🌟🌟alumnus. Thank you for sharing your time with all of us, it was a true privilege.
Such an honor to be invited to @SmithInstUro as the Albert Sutton VP this week. A homecoming to Long Island to see mentors, friends, and many new faces at the amazing program where I trained just a few (ok…maybe many) years ago.
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Happy #ThankAResidentDay to all our all-star residents. Thank you for all you do for our patients and department!.
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Our PD Michael SchwartzMD @NYSAUA speaking on reimagining the urology residency match with a more holistic approach.
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We are so excited to welcome our first group of applicants to interview with us today! Looking forward to a great day of meeting the future of our field.
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Captured video of a ureterocele during a prostate cancer focal therapy case. Wait for it!
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We are now accepting visiting rotator applications for the summer and fall of 2021! You can apply on #VSLO and find us under The Zucker School of Medicine. DM with any questions or reach out to our program coordinator: jtidridge@northwell.edu. #UroSoMe #MedTwitter.
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@wandering_gu @m_e_nielsen @samsimsal @UMichUrology @SUO_YUO @UroOnc @UMRogelCancer Always proud to see our former residents flourishing in their careers. Congrats, Simpa!.
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@markballmd @NCICCR_UroOnc @SandeepGurramMD @egan_jillian26 Strong residents make strong fellows and @SandeepGurramMD is no exception 💪.
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Great journal club tonight lead by Dr. Moldwin 💪. Topics from genetic testing for prostate cancer 🧬to novel treatments for OAB 💊. Journal club is a great way for our residents to critically appraise literature and grow as urologic researchers. #UroSoMe
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Join us for our final open house tonight! Still not too late to register (link below). We look forward to meeting to future of our field. #UroSoMe @Uro_Res @UroUnbound_IG.
#UrologyMatch2023 join us for our final virtual open house of the season on Aug 25! Can't wait to meet everyone! #StreamTeam @Uro_Res @UroUnbound_IG #UroSoMe @rfrankjones. Register
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Proud of our PGY-2 @ZoraSingh95 presenting on Urinary Symptom Progression after BCG tx for #bladdercancer here at @NYSAUA valentine resident essay contest! @allison_polland @alexcsmall @JenAngerMD @JillC_Buckley @AdityaBagrodia
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Announcing our virtual residency open house dates:.July 28th and Aug 25th. Both 7PM EST. Register:
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1st multidisciplinary conference btwn @NorthwellHealth #pmr & #urology Depts on spinal cord injury and NGB/urodynamics. Learned so much from our @NorthwellPMR colleagues #dradamstein @cdavidoffDO @amyparkDO @CarlyRothmanDO @charansmohan @SmithInstUro #fpmrs
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Interesting and informative talk by PGY3 Leah Beland on penile preferences throughout history!
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Thanks to all involved in planning especially our star #FPMRS faculty! @Mrwailee @derisavi_md @F_FirooziMD.
Fantastic day learning FPMRS procedures today! Huge shout out to @Mrwailee for organizing this amazing event and all the vendors who helped make this possible!! 🎉 #UroSoMe #fpmrs @SmithInstUro
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Our comprehensive robotic surgery curriculum ensures level-appropriate exposure to surgical robotics for all residents, even PGY1s!.
Kicked off the week with a full day in the OR and my first time on the console! Thanks to Dr Schwartz for walking me through my first real #roboticsurgery experience of residency 😎 @smithurologist #UroSoMe
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@Mrwailee @WCMUrology @RodriguezMDUrol @manishvira @AaronSmithUro @lukitg @iybagher Awesome to revive an old tradition after a few years hiatus.
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Congratulations to former resident @samsimsal on this award! Great honor and well deserved.
Urology Care Foundation Announces Recipient of the 2020 Rising Stars in Urology Research Award. Congratulations, Dr. Simpa Salami!
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Proud to be part of the Northwell family. #NorthwellStrong.
Breaking News! 📢 This morning, #healthcarehero Sandra Lindsay, an intensive care nurse at Northwell's Long Island Jewish Medical Center, became the first person to be vaccinated for #COVID19 in the US..
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Bringing together experts from our own institution and around the country, we have created a #DEI themed video library for students to learn more about the field of urology. Thanks to our own @MiguelPinedaMD for organizing.
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This morning we had our annual robotics skills workshop, featuring a replica of a vesicourethral anastomosis using a balloon and soda bottle courtesy of PD, Dr. Michael Schwartz! Special thanks to our wonderful #roboticsurgery APPs for their help today. #UroSoMe
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Welcome Rohan!! We are excited to have you.
THRILLED TO MATCH AT @smithurologist!!! Thank you to everyone who has helped me along the way from my @NjmsUrology family including Dr. Weiss, @Hossein5555,.@tinalulla and @CjWarren_NJMS to my @HUMGUrology. research mentors including @mdstifelman and @RoboticsUrology!
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Great talk from VP @spsutkaMD @uwurology on financial toxicity in urologic oncology. Thank you for joining us (especially at 4:30am PST)!
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We have all star faculty at Northwell Urology! Excited to see this shout out to men’s health expert @drPaduch in a discussion of varicocele repair for infertility.
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Welcome back!!! We are so excited to have you join us on faculty. A much anticipated #homecoming. #FPMRS #UroSoMe.
So excited to be back in NYC joining this INCREDIBLE team @SmithInstUro @NorthwellHealth this week. Here for all your pelvic health needs in Rego Park & Forest Hills! #homecoming #incontinence #prolapse #pelvichealth.
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Our PA's are an essential part of our program, helping us in the inpatient, outpatient, and operating room setting. We are lucky to have them as colleagues at the Smith Institute! @AmerUrological #PAweek.
Happy PA Week! This year, we want to recognize the work PAs have done during the most challenging times. That’s why this year's theme is “PAs Are Essential" -- because you are. Essential to patients, essential to healthcare. Kick off #PAweek by watching and sharing this video!
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Great #pediatricurology conference this morning featuring an overview of pediatric stone management by PGY3 Tommy Williams and followed by a case presentation by PGY4 Darian Andreas. What’s on your #ddx?
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Today’s biweekly research meeting features presentations to research fellow @ShashankPandy11 on PT for pelvic pain and PGY2 Matt Mikula on the impact of family hx on prostate cancer detection rates. Plenty of opportunities for research at the #SmithInsitute
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@Uro_Res, #UrologyMatch2023 Our last virtual open house is tomorrow, 8/25 at 7PM EST! Join us to meet with faculty and residents and learn about our dynamic program! Register:
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Thanks for the warm welcome!.
Hey @smithurologist welcome to Twitter! You are on the Urology Residency List. Applicants can find you and you can follow other programs for ideas and support.
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Wrapping up a great first week with our #virtual sub-intern from @JeffersonUniv. We created our virtual SubI to give visiting students a window to our program even in this uncertain time. @JEFFUrology #UroSoMe
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@DrRastinehad @arvinkgeorge @peterchiu_uro @ThomasPolascik @LondonProstate1 @AmerUrological @FocalSociety @Endo_Society Congratulations on Kaia. Even she probably already knows that biopsy through poop loses.
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September #TumorBoard in the books. Great talk from SubI Eitan Katlowitz from @JeffersonUniv on muscle-invasive #BladderCancer and a debate on optimal management of NSGCT #TesticularCancer between Dr Dan Nethala from Urology and Dr Carlos Lopez from HemOnc.
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