Why Urology? AUA Video

Great AUA video on the field of Urology and why it continues to be sought after highly by today's medical students.

This Week's Faculty Profile - Mark Horowitz, MD, FACS, FAAP

This week's faculty profile is Dr. Mark Horowitz.  Dr. Horowitz graduated from New York Medical College and completed his residency in Urology at SUNY-Downstate before travelling to the Childrens' Hospital of Seattle for a Pediatric Urology Fellowship under the guidance of Dr. Mike Mitchell.  His practice is currently based at Univeristy Hospital-Brooklyn, Staten Island University Hospital, and New York Hospital Queens.  Dr. Horowitz's clinical interests include common pediatric urogenital anomalies such as undescended testicles, vesicoureteral reflux, hydronephrosis, posterior urethral valves, and hypospadias.

Recent Publications:

Glassberg KI, Combs AJ, Horowitz M. Nonneurogenic voiding disorders in children and adolescents: clinical and videourodynamic findings in 4 specific conditions. Journal of Urology. 2010;184(5):2123.

Van Batavia, JP, Combs, AJ, Horowitz, M, Glassberg, KI: Primary Bladder Neck Dysfunction in Children and Adolescents III: Results of Long Term Alpha Blocker Therapy. Journal of Urology, 183:724, 2010.

Combs, AJ, Horowitz, M, Glassberg KI: Assessment of Detrusor Leak Point Pressure in Patients with Spina Bifida Using the Reinsertion Modification: A Technique Worthy of Inclusion in Standard Urodynamic Evaluations. First World Congress on Spina Bifida Reasearch and Care, Orlando, 2009.

Horowitz, M, Harel, M, Combs AJ, Glassberg KI: Surveillance Cystoscopy in the Management of Posterior Urethral Valves. American Urological Association, Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2009.

To make an appointment with Dr. Horowitz at University Hospital-Brooklyn, call the Department of Urology at (718) 270-2554

Dr. Jeffrey Weiss: Exploring Nocturia

Follow the Facebook link below to learn more about Nocturia and Dr. Weiss' upcoming book on the subject, a condition that literally affects millions.
http://on.fb.me/zxCJNc

Happy New Year from SUNY-Downstate Department of Urology!

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This Week's Faculty Profile - Brian McNeil, MD

Dr. Brian McNeil is currently the Director of Urologic Oncology at University Hospital-Brooklyn, Assistant Professor of Urology at SUNY-Downstate College of Medicine, and Assistant Urology Residency Program Director for the SUNY-Downstate Department of Urology.

Dr. McNeil has completed multiple research and clinical fellowships in the subspecialty of Urologic Oncology.  He sees patients at both University Hospital Brooklyn and Kings County Hospital Center.

College:  Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia

Medical School:  University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Residency:  Urology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois

Research Fellowship:  National Cancer Institute, Washington, DC

Research Fellowship:  Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Urologic Oncology Fellowship:  Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York

Dr. McNeil specializes in the complete care of patients with Urologic malignancies including the following:

Adrenal Cancer
Bladder Cancer
Testicular Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Renal Cell Carcinoma
Ureteral Cancer
Urethral Cancer
Penile Cancer

To make an appointment with Dr. McNeil, call the SUNY-Downstate Department of Urology at (718) 270-2554

Buccal Mucosa Urethroplasty for Bulbar Urethral Stricture

From the November Journal of Urology, the video available here demonstrates a current technique for reconstructing the bulbar urethra with buccal mucosa for definitive management of a urethral stricture.  Often, more conservative measures such as urethral dilation or urethrotomy fail in the management of male urethral strictures.  Learn more about urethral stricture disease from Wikipedia here.

Epinephrine Used Effectively to Treat TURP Blood Loss

In the recent issue of International Urology and Nephrology, a group from Mexico used intraoperative intraprostatic injection of epinephrine during transurethral resection of the prostate to reduce blood loss.  In other surgical specialties, epinephrine has been used to reduce immediate blood loss with reasonable success.  The results of this study showed an average blood loss in the non-epinephrine group that is about 2.5 times higher than the group that received the injection.  This method would prove useful in health care settings where less invasive alternatives to TURP such as the plasma button vaporization of the prostate(see video below) are not available or in patients with coagulation disorders where peri-operative concern for bleeding is high.