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We are SO excited that Downstate Urology will soon welcome our three new matched residents for the class of 2029: Joseph Boroda, Justin Ingram and Frederick Okoye. A truly great day for our outstanding residency program!

Downstate proudly recognizes our ten students who successfully matched in Urology: Lakshay Khosla (Hershey); Caroline Canning (Penn); Lulu Wei (Vanderbilt); Bradley Amazan (Hackensack); Samuel Yim (Montefiore); Justin Ingram (Downstate); Blaine Russ (Rutgers NJMS);

Joseph Boroda (Downstate); Benjamin De Leon (Rutgers NJMS); Neeta D'Souza (Rutgers RWJ); and Downstate Urology's first Lang Research Fellow Frederick Okoye (Downstate). Another Blue Wave in Urology! 😊

Save Downstate: A Student Plea Against Hospital Closure chng.it/4BWH6ZcL via Change.org

Congratulations to my wonderful friend and mentor Dr. Jerry Blaivas for being featured in a superb article in the Canadian Journal of Urology, recounting some career highlights on his way to becoming a Legend in Urology! canjurol.com/html/free-arti…

Our team including Lennox Ksido, Cassie Heaney and Tom Monaghan published a nice reference article detailing clinical applications of desmopressin. Some light weekend reading! pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/781221/1-s2.0-…

Congratulations to Downstate scientists Rena Orman and Mark Stewart in creating recognition of the value of bat research as a model for human aging. See the article in the Annals of the NY Academy of Sciences: nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/TTG4GHGF…

Please check out this article in NAU, from ICI-RS 2024, highlighting a new field of "Cardio-urology" in comparing cardiac myogenic failure with underactive detrusor, the brain child of Downstate Executive Vice Dean and Chief of Cardiology, Dr. Jason Lazar: doi.org/10.1002/nau.25…

Downstate Urology is thrilled to welcome three superstars to our training program: A Huskie, A Hurricane and A Panther, Julia Tryon, Jason Codrington and Michael Raver!!!

Congratulations to our terrific Downstate Med Students who matched into five outstanding programs: Susan Gong (Mount Sinai); Luis Gonzalez Miranda (VCU); Aaron Walt (NYMC); Joel Thomas (Rutgers/RWJ); Marc Ganz (Maimonides)!!

Dr. Moben Mirza, SAU President and yours truly at culmination of a successful SAU Winter 2025 meeting in Washington DC. Kudos to meeting co-chair Casey Kowalik. The future of Urological education and leadership is in the best of hands!

Dr. Llew Hyacinthe Chairs the SAU session on diversity/URiM in Urology. “H” told it well.

Dr. Andrew Winer speaks on the EMPIRE Urology Boot Camp upcoming, at SAU Winer meeting 2025 in the nation’s capital. Strong leadership!!

Dr. Lauren Fink opens the SAU Winter meeting with “Do’s and Don’ts of Social Media in Urology”. Fantastic session!

Dr. Brian McNeil, along with Dr. Lara MacLachlan (Lahey Hospital&MC) and Dr. Jessica Lange (UTennessee/Chattanooga), tackled the difficult topic of "The Struggling Resident" at the SAU 2025 Winter Meeting in DC. A superb, idea-provoking contribution to this exciting meeting.

Dr. Pamela Coleman of Howard University COM, an inspiring mentor to legions of students inside and outside her hometown of Washington, DC, along with Dr. Llewellyn Hyacinthe and myself, discussed strategies to encourage URiM students to choose Urology, at SAU Winter Meeting '25.

doi.org/10.1016/j.cont… Congrats to Tasmia Promi, Downstate COM '25, + coauthors Joel Thomas, Gulzhan Tologonova, Alana Kosches, Tom Monaghan, Louis Salciccioli, Marie-Claire Roberts and Jason Lazar on this paper showing high adherence to voiding diaries done during sleep hours!

SAU President Moben Mirza presents winter meeting Co-Chair Casey Kowalik with award!