LOS ANGELES – Physician researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Urology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA will present important information at the American Urological Association (AUA)’s May 13-16 in New Orleans.
Thousands of urologists, oncologists and other urology experts will gather for the AUA’s first in-person annual meeting since 2019. The 2020 meeting was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 2021 event was held virtually in September.
UCLA scientists and doctors are scheduled to deliver 28 abstracts, sessions and podium presentations at AUA22. by speaker or institution and view other programming.
Here’s a preview of some of the presentations to be made by UCLA presenters:
Oncology-focused
FRIDAY, MAY 13, 7:50 – 8:05AM
Plenary: State-of-the-Art Lecture: PSMA Diagnostics and Theranostics
Presenter: Dr. William J. Aronson, Professor of Urology
FRIDAY, MAY 13, 10:30 – 11:45 AM
MP09: Prostate biopsy targeted to prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) foci
Presenter: Dr. David Kuppermann, Contemporary Management of Prostate Cancer Fellow
FRIDAY, MAY 13, 11:05 – 11:21AM
Late-breaking abstract: PLLBA-01: Final clinical results of pivotal trial of IL-15R&[alpha]Fc superagonist N-803 with BCG in BCG-unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) CS and papillary cohorts
Presenter: Dr. Karim Chamie, Associate Professor of Urology
SATURDAY, MAY 14, 12:30 – 1:30PM
A treatment option for patients with urothelial carcinoma in the adjuvant setting
Presenter: Dr. Karim Chamie, Associate Professor of Urology
SUNDAY, MAY 15, 7:00 – 9:00AM
KWUC – PD 35- The health-related quality of life in low-income men after surgical castration for metastatic prostate cancer
Presenter: Dr. Thomas Gaither, Resident Physician in the department of Urology
Urology-focused
SATURDAY, MAY 14, 7:00 – 8:15AM
MP19: Trends in race and ethnicity among applications to US urology residency programs
Presenter: Dr. Efe C. Ghanney, Resident Physician in the department of Urology
SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1:00 – 3:00PM
PD 30- Assessing the perceived importance of selection criteria by urology residency by under-represented in medicine applications
Podium presentation: Dr. Efe C. Ghanney, Resident Physician in the department of Urology
SUNDAY, MAY 16, 7:00 – 8:15AM
MP36: Induction of immune tolerance after haploidentical living donor kidney transplant
Presenter: Dr. Nima Nassiri, Fellow, Kidney Transplantation Division at UCLA
SUNDAY, MAY 16, 8:40 – 8:55AM
Is there a true prevention strategy in men’s health and how do we get younger male patients to see us earlier
Speaker at the American Society for Men’s Health (ASMH) meeting: Dr. Jesse Nelson Mills, Director of the Men’s Clinic at UCLA, Associate Clinical Professor of Urology
SUNDAY, MAY 16, 9 :30 – 11:30AM
To hyst or not: concurrent vaginal hysterectomy at time of colpocleisis
Podium presentation: Dr. Ouwarotimi Nettey, Resident Physician in the department of Urology
SUNDAY, MAY 16, 3:10 – 3:50PM
Giving out ‘vouchers’ for future kidney transplantations
Speaker at the Urologic Society for Transplantation & Renal Surgery (USTRS) meeting: Dr. Jeffrey Veale, Clinical Professor of Urology and Director of the UCLA Kidney Exchange Transplantation Program
