On this advocacy episode of the AUA Inside Tract Podcast, Hans C. Arora, MD, PhD and Daniel Frendl, MD, PhD discuss their experience with the Holtgrewe Legislative Fellowship Program. 

This program prepares and educates urology residents and fellows in the legislative aspect of health policy. It is open to all AUA residents in their research year, fellows, and first year post-graduates. Applications are now being accepted, visit AUAnet.org to learn more. 

Kyle Richards, MD, FACS, is our guest this week on the AUA Inside Tract Podcast. He discusses his experience working as a urologist at an academic institution and V.A. hospital.

Dr. Richards is a urologic oncologist with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He is also Chief of Urology at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison, Wisc.

Today’s Advocacy Update of the AUA Inside Tract Podcast includes a summary on the first session of the 116th Congress and what to watch for in the second session. Today's update also contains news about this year’s AUA Summit, and a look ahead at the 2020 elections.

Drs. Kevin Koo and Karen L. Stern join the AUA Inside Tract Podcast for a chat about myths and facts in urology residency. Dr. Stern is a urologist with Mayo Clinic in Arizona where she specializes in endourology. Dr. Koo is a fellow in endourology and minimally invasive urological surgery with Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Md.

Dr. William Gee joins this advocacy edition of the AUA Inside Tract Podcast to discuss the importance of state-level advocacy in urology. Dr. Gee is a urologist in Lexington, Kentucky and a past-President of the American Urological Association (AUA). 

To learn more about the AUA's state-level advocacy efforts, visit AUAnet.org. 

In 2018, the American Urological Association (AUA) announced a modernized structure to better align its international growth with its global footprint and to further develop wide-reaching collaborations and opportunities. With this announcement, the AUA established three new Assistant Secretary positions, each with a distinct global geographic region of responsibility. Sam S. Chang, MD, MBA; Aseem R. Shukla, MD; and Angela B. Smith, MD, MS, FACS have each been appointed to fill these roles. Today we will hear from Dr. Shukla on his experience within this leadership position. 

Today's episode of the AUA Inside Tract podcast is based on a section of the "Transitioning from Residency to Practice Manual."

This manual is now in its 4th Edition and has been prepared by the AUA's Young Urologists Committee (YUC). The Young Urologists Committee has prepared this manual to guide residents and young urologists as they embark on their transition to practice.

Welcome to the latest advocacy edition of the AUA’s Inside Tract podcast.

Today's episode features news on state and national advocacy news. We'll also have updates on payment for shockwave lithotripsy, year-end deadlines and an announcement about the AUA's 2020 Gallagher Health Policy Scholar.

On this episode of the Inside Tract we are joined by Amanda C. North, MD, to discuss managing difficult cases and physician burnout in urology.

Dr. North is a pediatric urologist who specializes in the care and treatment of children with complex voiding problems and congenital anomalies of the urinary tract at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. She is also a graduate of the AUA's Leadership Program.

On today's episode of the Inside Tract we are joined by the AUA's Coding Education Trainer Edna Maldonado. Ms. Maldonado talks about important changes that are coming in 2020 that could impact a urology practice's coding and reimbursement.