Current Concepts in Men's Health (Aug, 2015)

At the conclusion of this course, the participants should:

• Become familiar with the challenges of early intervention, watchful waiting and active surveillance in prostate cancer
• Understand the role of genetic testing in with prostate cancer
• Understand the treatment of PSA recurrences after curative prostate therapy
• Understand advances in the treatment of castrate resistant prostate cancer
• Become familiar with new MRI/ultrasound fusion imaging technologies for prostate biopsies
• Become familiar with the newest advances in robotic surgery for the prostate, kidney, and bladder cancer
• Become familiar with the newest advances in robotic surgery for male infertility
• Become familiar with challenging cases and their management in Urology
• Understand the risks and benefits of short term versus long term testosterone therapies
• Become familiar with new concepts in the medical and surgical management of priapism
• Become familiar with new concepts in testosterone restoration versus replacement in hypogonadism
• Understand advances in the medical management of lower urinary tract symptoms
• Understand advances in the minimally invasive surgical management of lower urinary tract symptoms
• Understand the meaning and treatment of nocturia
• Become familiar with new concepts in the treatment of prostatitis and prostodynia
• Understand surgical and systemic therapies for metastatic kidney cancer
• Understand the best treatment options for incontinence after radical prostatectomy
• Become familiar with best coding practices to increase practice efficiency for urology patients
• Become familiar with different ways to incorporate social media into the practice of medicine
• Understand legal pitfalls in the practice of medicine from social media, surgical innovation and off label use of medications
• Understand how to incorporate men’s health programs in the general urology practice