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Recent Published Abstracts & Abstracts for Presentation

Our residents and faculty contribute to the academic atmosphere of the department by proactive participation in our educational program and research efforts, including co-authorship of peer reviewed publications and acceptance of papers to be presented at local/national meetings. See our listing below.

  • Fink, L, Okoye F, Namkoong, L, Bruha M.    Presentation at AUA Annual Meeting,  Chicago, IL April 2023
  • Jeune, Karl-Ray,  Presentation at AUA Annual Meeting,   Chicago, IL, April 2023
  • Weiss, JP.  Presentation at AUA Annual Meeting,  Chicago, IL, April 2023• Bruha, Matthew.  Presentation at FC Valentine, NYC April 2023
  • Weinstein, Corey.  Presentation  at Michael J. Droller Chief Residents’ Debate, NYC March 2023
  • Elia, Marlie.  Participation at SWIU Annual Meeting Clinical Mentoring Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, Jan. 2023
  • Diah, Jonathan.  Participation at SWIU Annual Clinical Mentoring Conference, Scottsdale
  • Robins, Dennis. Presentation at AUA, Resident Bowl.  New Orleans, May 2022
  • Weinstein, Corey. Presentation at AUA, New Orleans.  May 2022
  • Bruha, Matthew. Participation at AUA Advocacy Summit, New Orleans, May 2022
  • Bruha, Matthew. Participation at Murry Friedman Competition, NYC, May 2022
  • Weinstein, Corey. Participation at Murry Friedman Competition, NYC, May 2022
  • Seiden, Ben. Presentation at FC Valentine, NYC, April 2022
  • Bruha, Matthew. Presentation at FC Valentine, NYC April 2022
  • Fink, Lauren. Presentation at FC Valentine, NYC April 2022
  • Weiss, JP.   SUFU  San Diego, CA.   Feb. 2022
  • Gordon, Danielle. Presentation at the SWIU Annual Meeting at the AUA, New Orleans, February  2022
  • Weinstein, Corey. Presentation at SIU, Dubai, UAE.  November 2021
  • Weiss, JP. Presentation at NOPIA-ASIA Workshop on the Management of Nocturia and Polyuria, 15th Pan-Pacific Continence Society Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, 9/11/21: “Prostate, OAB and Nocturia”.
  • Weng, Stanley. Participation and Presentation at AUA Annual Meeting, September 2021.
  • Barlog, John. Presentation at  FC Valentine, NYC, April 2021
  • Flores, Viktor. Participation at AUA Annual Meeting , Resident Bowl. Virtual Event 2021
  • Weiss, Jeffrey. Participation  (Course Director)at AUA Annual Meeting Summer Course.   Virtual Event 2021
  • Weiss, Jeffrey. Participation  (Course Director)at AUA Annual Meeting .   Virtual Event 2021
  • Weiss, Jeffrey. Participation  (Course Director)at AUA Annual Meeting .   Virtual Event 2021
  • McNeil, Brian K. Faculty Participation.   Urological Association of Asia Congress “Asian Urology Residents’ Course” 2021
  • Weiss, JP. Presentation at International Nocturnal Polyuria Research Group meeting at ICS 2019 Gothenburg, Sweden, Symposium Leader, 
  • Weiss, JP. Presentation at NOPIA Nocturia Conference at ICS 2019 Gothenburg, Sweden “Role of Diminished Bladder Capacity in Nocturia”, 2019.
  • Desroches, Bethany. Multiple Abstracts accepted for Presentation.  AUA Annual Meeting.  May 2020.  (Conference Cancelled due to C19)
  • Munver R, Desroches B. Use of a Human Amniotic Membrane and Umbilical Cord Regenerative Matrix for the Management of Recalcitrant Bladder Neck Contractures. JOU. 2020 Apr; 203(4)
  • Billah M, Ahmed M, Desroches B, Munver R, Lovallo G, Stifelman M. Single Port Robotic Pyeloplasty: Similar Outcomes, Excellent Cosmesis. Journal of Urology, 2020 Apr; 203(4).
  • Stifelman M, Desroches B, Deolankar J, Lovallo G, Munver R, Ahmed M. Single Port versus Multiport Robotic Surgery for the Upper Urinary Tract: Short Term Peri-Operative Outcome Analysis. Journal of Urology, 2020 Apr; 203(4).
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  • Khusid, Jonathan. Presentation at the Annual 2020 NYAM (Virtual)Chief Resident Debate. (Accepted for Presentation) March 2020.
  • Esdaille, AR, Jones T, Gordon D, Harris WN, Weng S., Khargi, R., Winer, A. Can current active surveillance Strategies be applied to black men/: A cohort study of men of African descent on active surveillance. Society of Urologic Oncology 20th Annual Meeting, Aug. 2019. (Submitted).
  • Bruha, M. Racial differences in preoperative predictors of pathologic T3a Upstaging in clinical T1 renal cell carcinoma. Summer 2019. Mid Atlantic Section of American Urologic Association. Moderated Poster Presentation.
  • Harris H, Barlog J, Winer A, Sullivan J, Shields J. Preoperative urine culture does not reliably correlate with intraoperative stone culture in patients undergoing endoscopic or percutaneous management for urolithiasis. ACS Clinical Congress, Urological Surgery I. San Francisco , CA., October 2019. Oral Presentation.
  • Olugbade, Kola. Presentation at the Annual 2019 NYAM Chief Resident Debate. March 2019.
  • Russo, P. Kidney Cancer: Epidemiology and evaluation / staging / surveillance. Presenting at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
  • Dalbagni, G. Bladder Cancer: non invasive III. Presenting at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
  • Donat MS. Bladder Cancer: invasive IV. Presenting at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
  • Sheinfeld, J. Penile and testicular cancer I. Presenting at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
  • Sandhu, JS. Male Urinary incontinence after prostatic treatment. Presenting at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
  • Blaivas J. Urodynamics/lower urinary tract dysfunction/female pelvic medicine: incontinence: evaluation (urodynamic testing). Presenting at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
  • Blaivas, J. Nocturia: Advances in diagnosis and management. Presenting at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
  • Emeruwa, Curran. Abstract Accepted for presentation at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
  • Smith, Matthew. Abstract Accepted for presentation at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
  • Khusid, Johnathan. Abstract Accepted for presentation at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
  • Robins, Dennis. Abstract Accepted for presentation at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
  • Weiss, JP. Nocturia: Advances in diagnosis and management. Presenting at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
  • Bochner, B. Setbacks and operative solutions (sos):Radical cystectomy. Presenting at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
  • Sheinfeld, J. Testis Cancer: Current concepts and controversies. Presenting at the 2019 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2019.
  • Bochner B. Surgical techniques: Tips and tricks: Bladder Cancer. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
  • Graham, J. Presentation at the Annual 2018 NYAM Chief Resident Debate. March 2018.
  • Russo, P. Kidney Cancer: Localized surgical therapy. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
  • Purohit, R. Surgical Techniques: Tips & Tricks: Female Urethral Stricture Disease. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
  • Kolon, T. Understanding disorders and differences in sexual development. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
  • Blaivas, J. Diagnosis and treatment of catheter dependent men after transurethral resection of the prostate and laser failures. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
  • Sheinfeld, J. Testis Cancer: Current concepts and controversies. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
  • Sullivan, J. Comparative analysis of the natural history of De Novo Peyronie’s disease versus post radical prostatectomy Peyronie’s disease. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
  • Blaivas, J. Benign prostatic hyperplasia: medical and non surgical therapy. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
  • Weiss, JP. Nocturia: Advances in diagnosis and management. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
  • Blaivas, J. Safety of autologous fascial pubovaginal slings versus synthetic mid urethral slings. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
  • Graham, J. Participation at the AUA 2018 Annual Meeting The Great Debate: AUA Chief Residents. May 2018.
  • Khusid JA. Novel prolonged action formulation acetaminophen ibuprofen combination therapy for treatment of nocturia…… Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
  • McNeil, BK. Take Home Messages: Kidney Cancer. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
  • Chouhan J. Assessing Primary Care Patterns for Prostate Specific Antigen Screening in an Inner City. Presentation at the 2018 AUA Annual Meeting. May 2018.
  • Chouhan, J. Participation at the AUA 2018 Annual Advocacy Summit. May 2018.
  • Robins, D. Abstract Presentation at Annual Society of Urologic Oncology. Nov. 2018
  • Flores V. Abstract Presentation at Annual Society of Urologic Oncology. Nov. 2018
  • Khusid J. Abstract Presentation at Annual Sexual Medicine Society of North America Conference. 2018
  • Weiss JP. Presentation at Annual Congress of the American College of Surgeons. 2018.
  • Smith, M. Presentation at International Continence Society Annual Meeting. 2018.
  • Kashani, M. Presentation at International Continence Society Annual Meeting. 2018.
  • Epstein, M, Khusid JA, Weiss JP Comparison of flow volume chart parameters between Caucasian and African American men with nocturia. Presented at the Association of VA Surgeons 2018 Annual Meeting. May 2018.
  • Smith M, Graham J, Levy E, Olugbade K, Roudnitsky V, Flores V, Emeruwa C, Shimonovich S, Winer A. Penile preservation with subcutaneous transposition during Fournier's Gangrene. Urology. (Case Report). Accepted. 2017.
  • Khusid JA, Chouhan JD, Sullivan JF, Soberjot S, Becerra AZ, Sterling WA, Weiss JP: Efficacy of Fluoroquinolone Use For Post Prostate Biopsy Sepsis Prophylaxis At A Single Institution. Slated for Presentation at Association of VA Surgeons’ Meeting, Houston, TX, May 7-9, 2017.
  • Jerry G Blaivas, Lucas J Policastro, Zahava M Hirsch, Amy L O'Boyle, David Chaikin. Correlation between symptom severity and bother in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms. Slated for Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass, May 2017.
  • Jerry G Blaivas, Lucas J Policastro, Zahava M Hirsch, Amy L O'Boyle, David Chaikin. Utility of Bladder Diaries Containing Frequency Volume Charts. Slated for Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass, May 2017.
  • Johnathan A. Khusid MD1, Igor Inoyatov BA1, Adan Z. Becerra BA2, Llewellyn Hyacinthe MD3, Brian K. McNeil MD3 and Andrew G. Winer MD4. EFFECTS OF THE 2012 USPSTF PSA SCREENING RECOMMENDATIONS ON PROSTATE BIOPSY PRACTICES IN AN INNER CITY HOSPITAL WITH A HIGH RISK PATIENT POPULATION. Slated for Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass, May 2017.
  • Shawn Mendonca, John Graham, Daniel Sjoberg, Melissa Assel, Jonathan Coleman, Behfar Ehdaie. Characterizing Local Recurrence after Radical Prostatectomy using MR-Targeted Biopsy. Slated for Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass, May 2017.
  • John Sullivan, Yanira Ortega, Kelly Chiles, Lawrence Jenkins, John P. Mulhall. Comparing Plaque Morphology Between Men Developing Peyronie’s Disease (PD) After Radical Prostatectomy (RP) To That of De Novo Peyronie’s Disease Patients. Slated for Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass, May 2017.
  • John N Graham1, David A Silver2, Jeffrey P Weiss1, Michael P Herman3. Utilization of rectal swab cultures prior to prostate biopsy: an initial survey to assess practice and possible barriers to use. Slated for Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, Boston, Mass, May 2017.
  • Levy, Eric. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Slated for Presentation at The New York Academy of Medicine Chief Residents' Debate. March 2017.
  • William Atallah. End-to-end urethroplasty. Slated for Presentation at The New York Academy of Medicine Chief Residents' Debate. March 2017.
  • Liaw, Policastro, Blaivas. Surgical Outcomes in Catheter Dependent Men Due to Urinary Retention. Slated for Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, May 2016.
  • Cherian, Weiss... Convergence of Nocturnal Polyuria Definitions. Presented at the AUA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, May 2016.
  • Sterling, Mehta, Schriber, Karanikolas, Weiss. Prostate biopsy in the era of contemporary USPSTF guidelines. Presented at the AUA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, May 2016.
  • Bagrodia A, Levy E, Sukhu R, Winer A, Vacchio M, Lee B, Donahue T, Cha E, Tully C, Assel M, Sjoberg D, Vickers A, Rosenberg J, Bajorin D, Dalbagni G, Bochner B. Incidence and impact of venous thromboembolism in radical cystectomy patients undergoing pre-operative chemotherapy for muscle invasive bladder cancer. Presented at the AUA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, May 2016.
  • Chouhan J, Swerdloff DS, Graham JN, Verges D, Sterling WA, Weedon J, Mehta K, Schreiber D, Weiss JP, Karanikolas N. Serum Vitamin D Levels and Their Association with Prostate Cancer in the Veteran Population. Presentated at the Association of VA Surgeouns Annual Meeting, Virginia VA, USA, April 2016.
  • Ghanaat, Mazyar. Treatment with artificial urinary sphincter. New York Academy of Medicine Chief Residents' Debate. March 2016.
  • Levy Eric. Age Related urge perception in men with nocturia. a 5 year review of frequency volume charts at a single institution. Presented at The Ferdinand C. Valentine Resident's Essay Contest, The New York Academy of Medicine. April 2016.
  • Chouhan, Weiss, Fischer: Current Urology Resident Views on Desirable Characteristics for First Time Employment. Slated for Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, May 15-May 19, 2015.
  • Gerber J, Weiss J, Hou A, Aizen J, Mehta K. Etiology of nocturia in elderly men. Abstract presented at Internation Continence Society Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, 2015.
  • Sterling, Weiss, Karanikolas, Weedon, Schreiber, Atallah, Bergman, Mehta: Is race predictive of a future prostate cancer diagnosis after an initial negative biopsy? Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, May 15-May 19, 2015.
  • Tyler, Badri, Aizen, Weiss, Benedon, Blaivas: TURP/KTPLAP: An Effective Treatment for Men with Detrusor Underactivity (DU) & Bladder Outlet Obstruction (BOO). Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, May 15-May 19, 2015.
  • Aizen, Weiss, Gerber, Mehta: When Nocturia Improves, What Gets Better? Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, May 15-May 19, 2015.
  • Daniel P. Verges, MD, Wililam Andrew Sterling, William Atallah, MD, Jeremy Weedon, PhD, Nicholas Karanikolas, M.D. The Relationship of PSA at Referral to Urology Clinic and Risk of Positive Prostate Biopsy and its Variance Between the Races. Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, May 15-May 19, 2015.
  • Jerry Blaivas, Matthew Benedon, James Weinberger, Yosi Rozenberg, Lior Ravid, Jonathan Vapnek. The Dynamic Urine Vibration Halter: A New Outpatient Device for Remote Patient Monitoring of Uroflow. Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, May 15-May 19, 2015.
  • Melissa Laudano, Matthew Benedon, Michael Stern, Jerry Blaivas. Underactive Bladder is Not a Symptom Complex. Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, May 15-May 19, 2015.
  • Rajveer Purohit, Matthew Benedon, Gabriel Mekel, James Weinberger, Johnson Tsui, Jerry BlaivasValsalva Voiding Distinguishes Slow Urinary Flow Caused by Anterior Urethral Strictures from Prostatic Obstruction. Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, May 15-May 19, 2015.
  • E. Charles Osterberg,Johnson Tsui, Matthew Benedon, Jerry Blaivas, Rajveer Purohit . TREATMENT OF URETHRAL STRICTURES CURES BOTH OBSTRUCTIVE AND STORAGE VOIDING SYMPTOM. Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, May 15-May 19, 2015.
  • Golombos David. DVIUNew York Academy of Medicine chief Residents' Debate. April 2015.
  • McNeil B. 2014 SBU Annual Meeting. Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Selected as AUA/SBU Academic Exchange Program Scholar. (Presentation September 2014).
  • Tyler M, Aizen J, Badri A, Benedon M, Weiss JP, Blaivas J. TURP/KTPLAP is an effective treatment for men with detrusor underactivity. October 2014 International Continence Society Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Published, Neurology and Urodynamics, Aug. 2014, Vol. 33, Issue 6.
  • Blaivas J, Rozenberg Y, Ravid L, Benedon M, Vapnek J. The dynamic urine vibration halter: a new outpatient ambulatory flow/meter. Presentation October 2014 International Incontinence Society. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Published, Neurology and Urodynamics. Aug. 2014, Vol 33, Issue 6.
  • Blaivas J, Nassau D. Long term results of augmentation enterocystoplasty in patients with chronic progressive multiple sclerosis. October 2014 International Incontinence Society. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Published, Neurology and Urodynamics. Aug. 2014, Vol 33, Issue 6.
  • Weiss JP, Marshall SD. Chapter 78 Nocturia IN: Wein et al. 11th Edition Campbell-Walsh Urology 2014.
  • Friedman FM, Weiss JP , Carlsson MO, Mangan EK. Identifying patient characteristics predicting optimal nocturia reduction with fesoterodine. Presentation at the AUA Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL 2014.
  • Skenazy JF, Levy EB, Atallah W, Bergman A, WeissJP, Schreiber D. Impact of African American Race on outcomes after prostatectomy in an equal access center. Presentation at the Association of VA Surgeons: 38th Annual Meeting. 2014.
  • Verges D. The Relationship of tumor grade to the rate of biochemical recurrence and pretreatment prostate prostate specific antigen levels in men planning to undergo radical prostatectomy. Presentation at The NY Section, American Urological Association, Inc. Valentine Meeting. 2014.
  • Winer A. Surveillance with interval imaging. Presentation at The NY Academy of Medicine, Chief Residents’ Debate. 2014.
  • Bergman A. Ancient Egyptian Urology in the Edwin Smith surgical papyrus. Presentation at The NY Section, American Urological Association, Inc. Valentine Meeting. 2014.
  • McNeil B, Sun Y. Derivation of Molecular Signatures for Acute Prostate Cancer Prognosis Using Both Annotated and Non-annotated Tissue Samples. (Grant Award by SUNY Research Foundation, Collaborative Principal Investigation), Aug. 2013.
  • Tsui J, Shah MB, Weinberger JM, Ghanaat M, Weiss JP, Purohit RS, Blaivas JG. Pad Count is a poor measure of the severity of urinary incontinence. SUFU and AUA Presentation 2013.
  • Montamedinia P, Patel T, Tan Y, Goru V, Shapiro E, Bergman A, Badani K.Does the Amount of Perirenal Fat Affect Total Operative Time During Robotic Partial Nephrectomy? Poster Presentation at the World Congress of Endourology, New Orleans Louisiana, October 22-26, 2013.
  • Shapiro E, Berg W, Bergman A, Scarberry K, Patel T, Badani K.Baseline Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels in Men Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy: Is There an Association with Adverse Pathologic Features? Poster Presentation at the World Congress of Endourology, New Orleans Louisiana, October 22-26, 2013.
  • Shapiro E, Pagano M, Scarberry K, Patel T, Bergman A, RoyChoudhury A, McKiernan J, Benson M, Badani K.Predictive Factors of Biochemical Recurrence in Men with Seminal Vesicle Invasion. Poster Presentation at the World Congress of Endourology, New Orleans Louisiana, October 22-26, 2013.
  • Bergman A, Shapiro E, Korets P, Patel T, Badani KUtilization of Robotic Simulators for Urologic Training. . Poster Presentation at the World Congress of Endourology, New Orleans Louisiana, October 22-26, 2013.
  • Badani K, Bergman A, Shapiro E, Patel The First Assistant Sparing Technique (F.A.S.T) of Robotic Partial Nephrectomy Using Immunofluorescence Aided Selective Arterial Clamping. . Video Presentation at the World Congress of Endourology, New Orleans Louisiana, October 22-26, 2013.
  • John P Sfakianos, Andrew Winer, Llewellyn M Hyacinthe, Brian K McNeil. What will happen if we don't screen for prostate cancer? A 10 year analysis of metastatic prostate cancer as an initial presentation in an underserved population. American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2012, Atlanta, GA. (Presented May 2012) (The AUA Press Office annually selects 20 of 2000 abstracts for their newsworthiness. This one was selected for presentation)
  • Stephen Marshall , Johnson Tsui, Jeffrey Weiss, Jerry Blaivas, J.L.H. Ruud Bosch: Comparison of Nocturial Severity in Men , Interquartile Ranges of Voided Volume and Bladder Compliance". American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2012, Atlanta, GA. (Presented May 2012)
  • Jason Skenazy, Mark Horowitz. Alpha adrenergic blockade in neonates with posterior urethral valves. American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2012, Atlanta, GA. (Presented May 2012)
  • Svetlana Avulova, Boris van Doorn, Jeffrey P. Weiss, Marco Blanker, J.L.H. Ruud Bosch, Jerry G. Blaivas, Johnson F. Tsui, David Golombos. FVC Deterrminants of Nocturia Severity in Men. American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2012, Atlanta, GA. (Presented May 2012)
  • Kelvin Moses, Andrew Winer, John Sfakianos, Melanie Bernstein, Paul Russo, Guido Dalbagni. Contemporary Management of Penile Cancer: 15 Year Experience. American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2012, Atlanta, GA. (Presented May 2012)
  • Jerry G. Blaivas, Rajveer S. Purohit, Johnson F. Tsui, Jeffrey P. Weiss. Salvage of Mesh Sling Complications in Women. American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2012, Atlanta, GA. (Presented May 2012).