Update in Urologic Oncology

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CME Updates for GU Cancer Care

Strengthen your clinical approach with the Update in Urologic Oncology. This high-yield continuing medical education course is an all-encompassing look at the full spectrum of genitourinary oncology. From new guidelines and recent trials to updated diagnostics and the latest therapeutic approaches, you’ll gain practical tools for board prep and knowledge you can use in your daily practice to improve care coordination, and optimize patient outcomes.

 

In this online video CME program, you’ll explore:

• Comprehensive coverage of disease-specific diagnosis, treatment algorithms, and survivorship considerations.
• Actionable updates on systemic therapies, immuno-oncology, biomarkers, and advanced imaging.
• Expert insights into multidisciplinary care coordination, value-based care delivery, and patient-centered decision-making.
• Practical tools to translate new evidence into clinical workflows and improve outcomes across diverse practice settings.

Topics / Speakers

Understanding the Global Epidemiology and Burden of Genitourinary Cancers - Aaron Laviana, MD, MBA

Clinical Trial Design and Interpretation for the Busy Surgeon - Kristian Stensland, MD, MPH, MS

Contemporary PSA-Based Screening for Prostate Cancer – Evidence, Controversies, and Risk-Adapted Approach - Udit Singhal, MD

Prostate Biopsy – Techniques, Pitfalls, and Future Directions - Kara Watts, MD

Genomic Classifiers Part 1 – Prostate Cancer Screening Risk Assessment - Randy A. Vince, Jr., MD, MS

Genomic Classifiers Part 2 – Prostate Cancer Risk Stratification - Randy A. Vince, Jr., MD, MS

Active Surveillance in Prostate Cancer - Kristen R. Scarpato MD, MPH

Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy – Novel Techniques - Keith J. Kowalczyk, MD

Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer – Low and Intermediate Risk Categories - Khush Singh Aujla, MD, MHA

Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer – High-Risk Localized and Locally Advanced Categories - Khush Singh Aujla, MD, MHA

Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer - Kara Watts, MD

Principles of Prostate Cancer Survivorship after Radical Prostatectomy – Erectile Dysfunction and Urinary Incontinence - Niels V. Johnsen, MD, MPH, FACS

ligometastatic and Biochemical Recurrence of Prostate Cancer - Mohummad Minhaj Siddiqui, MD FACS

Management of Advanced Prostate Cancer for the Urologist – Part 1 – De novo Locally Advanced Systemic Therapy - Catherine Fahey, MD, PhD

Management of Advanced Prostate Cancer for the Urologist – Part 2 – De novo Metastatic Systemic Therapy - Catherine Fahey, MD, PhD

Managing Treatment-Related Adverse Effects, Sexual Health, and Survivorship after Prostate Cancer Treatment - Cameron J. Britton, MD

Contemporary Workup of Microscopic and Gross Hematuria - Mary Beth Westerman, MD

Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Part 1 – Diagnosis and Risk Stratification - Helen Y. Hougen, MD

Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Part 2 – Treatments - Helen Y. Hougen, MD

Neo-Adjuvant Chemotherapy Prior to Radical Cystectomy for Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer - Parminder Singh, MD

Adjuvant Therapy for Muscle – Invasive Bladder Cancer - Parminder Singh, MD

Radical Cystectomy for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer – Surgical Approaches and Urinary Diversions - Laura Bukavina, MD, MPH, MSc

Trimodality Bladder-Preservation Protocols for MIBC - Wesley Yip, MD

Upper-Tract Urothelial Carcinoma – Diagnosis and Treatment - Amy Luckenbaugh, MD, FACS

Novel Imaging Strategies in Renal Mass Staging and Detection - Ava Saidian, MD

Management of Small Renal Masses - Daniel D. Shapiro, MD, FACS

Surgical Approaches for Renal Masses – Overview of Open Surgery, and Anatomical Considerations - Kelvin A. Moses, MD, PhD, FACS

Small Renal Masses - Overview of Robotic Approaches - Daniel D. Joyce, MD, MS

Advanced RCC – Venous Tumor Thrombi and Cytoreductive Nephrectomy - Vidit Sharma, MD, MS

Renal Cell Carcinoma – Implications for Radiation Therapy - Dakim Gaines, MD, PhD

The Systemic Therapy Landscape for RCC - Katy Beckermann, MD, PhD

Non-Clear-Cell Renal Masses and Hereditary RCC Syndromes - Allison May, MD

Early-Stage Germ-Cell Tumors – Management Approaches - Daniel D. Joyce, MD, MS

Metastatic Germ-Cell Cancer – Management Approaches - Nirmish Singla, MD, MSCS, FACS

Penile Cancer Part 1 – Organ Confined Disease - Reza Nabavizadeh, MDk

Penile Cancer Part 2 – Adavanced Disease - Reza Nabavizadeh, MD

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery - Saum B. Ghodoussipour, MD

Palliative and End-of-Life Care – Integrating Early with Curative-Intent Pathways - Kristen R. Scarpato MD, MPH

Artificial Intelligence Applications for GU Cancers - Abhinav Khanna, MD

Optimizing Sexual Health in Women Undergoing Radical Cystectomy - Ariana L. Smith MD

Pediatric Urologic Oncology - Leslie M. Peard, MD

Frailty Assessments in GU Cancer Patients - Logan Briggs, MD

Diagnosis and Management of Benign Adrenal Lesions - Marshall Strother, MD

Malignant Adrenal Masses for the Urologist - Jacob Tallman, MD

Smoking Cessation in Genitourinary Cancer Care - Marc Bjurlin, DO, MSc

Optimizing Performance and Efficiency in Robotic-Assisted Procedures - Janet Kukreja, MD, MPH, FACS

Faculty

Course Director

Ruchika Talwar, MD, MMHC

Assistant Professor

Department of Urology

Medical Director, Episodes of Care, Population Health

Division of Urologic Oncology

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

Faculty

Khush Singh Aujla, MD, MHA

Assistant Professor

Department of Radiation Oncology: Genitourinary Service Line

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

Katy Beckermann, MD, PhD

Medical Director, GU Clinical Research

Tennessee Oncology, Greco-Hainsworth Center for Research

Nashville, TN

Marc A. Bjurlin, DO, MSc

Associate Professor

Director of Clinical Trials

Vice Chair of Research

Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Department of Urology

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC

Logan Briggs, MD

Department of Urology

Mayo Clinic of Arizona

Scottsdale, AZ

Cameron J. Britton, MD

Department of Urologic Oncology

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

Laura Bukavina, MD, MPH, MSc

Glickman Urologic Institute

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH

Catherine Fahey, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Division of Oncology

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC

Dakim Gaines, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department of Radiation Oncology

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashvlle, TN

Saum B. Ghodoussipour, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Surgery

Director, Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Program

Section of Urologic Oncology

Rutgers Cancer Institute

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

New Brunswick, NJ

Helen Y. Hougen, MD

Department of Urologic Oncology

University of Iowa Health Care

Iowa City, IA

Niels V. Johnsen, MD, MPH, FACS

Department Of Urology

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

Daniel D. Joyce, MD, MS

Assistant Professor

Department of Urology

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

Abhinav Khanna, MD

Assistant Professor

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

Keith J. Kowalczyk, MD

Chair, Department of Urology

Georgetown University Medical Center

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Washington, DC

Janet Kukreja, MD, MPH, FACS

Associate Professor

University of Colorado

Aurora, CO

Aaron A. Laviana, MD, MBA

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care

Courtesy Faculty Member, Department of Oncology

The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School

Austin, TX

Amy Luckenbaugh, MD, FACS

Associate Professor

Department of Urology

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

Allison May, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Urology

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

Kelvin A. Moses, MD, PhD, FACS

Department Of Urology

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

Reza Nabavizadeh, MD

Assistant Professor

Division of Urologic Oncology

Department of Urology

Duke University

Durham, NC

Leslie Peard, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Urology

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Ava Saidian, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Urologic Oncology

University of Tennessee-Memphis Health Science Center

Memphis, TN

Kristen R. Scarpato, MD, MPH

Associate Professor

Residency Program Director

Vice Chair of Education

Department of Urology

Division of Urologic Oncology

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

Benjamin Schurhamer, MD

Assistant Professor

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Daniel D. Shapiro, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor

Department of Urology

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Madison, WI

Vidit Sharma, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Urology

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

Mohummad Minhaj Siddiqui, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery and Chief of Urology

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Chief of Urology

Maryland VA Healthcare System

Baltimore, MD

Parminder Singh, MD

Consultant and Section Leader

Genitourinary Oncology

Associate Professor of Medicine

Department of Oncology (Medical)

Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

Mayo Clinic Arizona

Phoenix, AZ

Udit Singhal, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Urologic Oncology

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center

Ann Arbor, MI

Nirmish Singla, MD, MSCS, FACS

Associate Professor

Departments of Urology and Oncology

Director, Translational Research in GU Oncology

Director, Kidney Cancer & UTUC Programs

Vice Chair, QSS, Brady Urological Institute

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD

Ariana L. Smith, MD

Alan J. Wein Professor of Urology

Chief of Urology

Pennsylvania Hospital

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Kristian Stensland, MD, MPH, MS

Assistant Professor

Departments of Urology and Learning Health Sciences

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

Marshall Strother, MD

Assistant Professor

Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, OR

Jacob Tallman, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery

University of Chicago Medical Center

Chicago, IL

Randy A. Vince, Jr., MD, MS

Assistant Professor

Department of Urology

Director of Minority Men’s Health

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Seidman Cancer Center

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Cleveland, OH

Kara Watts, MD

Associate Professor and Vice Chair

Department of Urology

Director, Urologic Cancer Services

Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY

Mary Beth Westerman, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Urology

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC

Wesley Yip, MD

Assistant Professor of Urologic Oncology

Division of Urology

Department of Surgery

City of Hope

Duarte, CA

Accreditation / Pass Guarantee

Accreditation

Oakstone Publishing is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to:

• Interpret the latest NCCN/AUA guideline updates and pivotal trial data to optimize management of localized and advanced genitourinary malignancies.
• Integrate imaging, genomic, molecular, and biomarker information into personalized diagnostic and treatment algorithms.
• Formulate multidisciplinary treatment plans that appropriately sequence surgery, systemic therapy, radiation, and survivorship strategies.
• Apply evidence-based multidisciplinary and survivorship strategies to improve quality and coordination of care in genitourinary oncology
• Evaluate emerging therapies, clinical-trial data, and evolving standards of care relevant to genitourinary oncology practice.

Intended Audience

This activity was designed for urologists, urologic oncologists, and medical oncologists.

Quick Facts

a CMEinfo video production

Accredited by: Oakstone Publishing

Course Director:

Ruchika Talwar, MD, MMHC
Assistant Professor
Department of Urology
Medical Director, Episodes of Care
Population Health
Division of Urologic Oncology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

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