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August 2021
Shreyas Joshi, MD, MPH, and Brendan Browne, MD, discussed advances in the diagnosis and management of patients with localized and advanced bladder cancer during a live Winship Cancer Institute Webinar on August 20th. Bladder cancer is a common malignancy in women and is the fourth most common malignancy in men.
July 2021
Almost half of the physicians recognized in Atlanta magazine's July 2021 "Top Doctors" issue are physicians within Emory Healthcare, Emory Healthcare Network, Emory medical staff, or faculty of Emory University School of Medicine. The annual listing — compiled by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. — includes six faculty of the Emory Department of Urology: Viraj Master, Kenneth Ogan, John G. Pattaras, Chad W.M. Ritenour, Martin Sanda, and Aaron Weiss.
June 2020
Chad W.M. Ritenour, MD, and Ashesh B. Jani, MD, have been selected for James C. Kennedy professorships at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Ritenour, professor of urology and director of the division of men's health and infertility, was selected as James C. Kennedy Professor in Prostate Health, and Dr. Jani, MD, professor of radiation oncology, has been named James C. Kennedy Professor in Prostate Cancer. They were honored in a virtual ceremony on June 29. The professorships were established in 2015 as a component of a $25 million gift from the James M. Cox Foundation to create the Kennedy Initiative for Transforming Care.
April 2021
Akanksha Mehta, MD, and her colleague David Schirmer, MD, of Emory Gynecology & Obstetrics, hosted "Fertility Preservation for Cancer Survivors," an educational webinar for physicians and other health care professionals, on April 14. Drs. Mehta and Schirmer discussed how cancer treatment may impact a patient's future fertility and shared evidence-based approaches for fertility preservation and treatment.
March 2021
In recognition of Doctor's Day, the Emory School of Medicine Recognitions Committee sent out a call for nominations for doctors across the School of Medicine who are exceptionally dedicated to serving others. Among the featured faculty selected by the committee from over 195 peer and colleague nominations were Emory Urology faculty members Cara Cimmino, MD, Lindsey M. Hartsell, MD, Akanksha Mehta, MD, MS, and Kenneth Ogan, MD.
March 2021
Emory Urology's Bladder Cancer Team has initiated a Bladder Cancer Peer Support Group, which is available to patients on the fourth Thursday of every month via Zoom. In addition to peer support and giving patients the opportunity to ask questions related to their recovery and other issues, each meeting features experts speaking on such topics as urostomy care and nutrition. See the link to the flyer below for additional details and sign-up information.
January 2021
Adam Lorentz, MD, medical director of Emory Clinic Urology at Emory University Hospital Midtown, is one of several surgeons at the hospital that is using a new single-port robot, which is capable of using only one small incision to treat patients, thanks to improved instrumentation, camera angles, and a new design. "The single-port platform will be useful for prostate surgery as well as cancer and reconstructive operations of the kidney and bladder, as the design will allow us to offer robotic surgery to more patients who otherwise may not have been good candidates with prior robotic platforms," he says.
