Kelly Pekala MD (@kellypekalamd) 's Twitter Profile
Kelly Pekala MD

@kellypekalamd

Urologic oncology fellow at MSK,🐕‍🦺 and toddler mom, foodie, travel enthusiast. Opinions are my own. Trying to make the world a better place for everyone.

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Wesley Yip (@wesleyyipmd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This month's JU cover features the histologic effects of vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy on #UTUC from our Phase 1 trial at UrologyMSK (images c/o Hikmat Al Ahmadie). The Phase 3 ENLIGHTED trial (NCT04620239) is currently enrolling! Article free at: tinyurl.com/VTPUTUC

Bernie Bochner, MD (@bbmdmsk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Female specific HRQOL after radical cystectomy and diversion being presented by current UrologyMSK fellow Kelly Pekala MD and former fellow Matthew Clements showing excellent recovery across most domains. Adam Kibel and Rob Siemens #AUA2023 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Female specific HRQOL after radical cystectomy and diversion being presented by current <a href="/UrologyMSK/">UrologyMSK</a> fellow  <a href="/KellyPekalaMD/">Kelly Pekala MD</a> and former fellow <a href="/clementsurology/">Matthew Clements</a> showing excellent recovery across most domains. 

<a href="/adamkibel_uro/">Adam Kibel</a> and Rob Siemens  #AUA2023 <a href="/MSKCancerCenter/">Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center</a>
Matthew Clements (@clementsurology) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Ben Beech doing a great job presenting our work on race and patient reported continence after prostatectomy. Despite many factors tested in mediation analysis, were unable to identify a mechanism explaining the observed differences. Andrew Vickers Jim Hu

<a href="/BenBeech9/">Ben Beech</a> doing a great job presenting our work on race and patient reported continence after prostatectomy. Despite many factors tested in mediation analysis, were unable to identify a mechanism explaining the observed differences. <a href="/VickersBiostats/">Andrew Vickers</a> <a href="/jimhumd/">Jim Hu</a>
Kelly Pekala MD (@kellypekalamd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thanks so much for highlighting this important work! Octogenarians have similar post-RC QOL outcomes to our younger patients!

Maria Pere (@mariaperemd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Couldn’t have asked for a more incredible group of co-chiefs. Best friends forever. We did it! Thank you UPMC Urology for an incredible 6 years! On to UrologyMSK!

Couldn’t have asked for a more incredible group of co-chiefs. Best friends forever. We did it! Thank you <a href="/UPMCUrology/">UPMC Urology</a> for an incredible 6 years! On to <a href="/UrologyMSK/">UrologyMSK</a>!
UrologyMSK (@urologymsk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Now published in European Urology by UrologyMSK Kelly Pekala Oskar Bergengren Sigrid Carlsson et al.: 2022 Update on Prostate Cancer Epidemiology and Risk Factors—A Systematic Review sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (@mskcancercenter) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What makes MSK's urology care #1 in the nation? "We don't find the status quo acceptable," says surgeon Eugene Pietzak. Hear more from Dr. Pietzak as we mark #UrologyAwarenessMonth in September.

Jian Carrot-Zhang (@carrotjian) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So excited to share our work on tumor genomes of African ancestry in common cancers. We report several actionable associations, including a novel ancestry-smoking interaction impacts TP53 rate. More discoveries to come if we improve diversity in genomics! cell.com/cancer-cell/fu…

Holly Ni Raghallaigh (@holsurolols) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I could not love these urologists anymore for this uplifting, wonderful and important piece of research. What a Christmas crack-er….🤦🏻‍♀️❤️👏☘️

Stacy Loeb, MD (@loebstacy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Shared decision-making before #prostatecancer screening decisions -new in Nature Reviews Urology Key points: 📊 Prevalence varies (11-98%) ❎ Barriers: limited time, health literacy ❗️Decision aids underused Thx Kelly Pekala MD Sigrid Carlsson for leading this! nature.com/articles/s4158…