The Modern Urologist

By Myriad Genetics

Education

What's The Modern Urologist about?

Dr. Todd Cohen, former CEO of Carolina Urology Partners and Medical Director of Myriad Urology, brings you a casual, yet educational podcast about modern topics in Urology. Because every man with prostate cancer deserves a better answer.

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Active Surveillance Patient...

05.03.2022

In this episode Dr. Todd Cohen is joined by Geoff McLennan, a board member of Active Surveillance Patients International (ASPI), an advocacy group created by men with prostate cancer for men with prostate cancer. When Geoff was diagnosed with localized ...

The Modern Urologist episodes:

05.03.2022 Active Surveillance Patients International In this episode Dr. Todd Cohen is joined by Geoff McLennan, a board member of Active Surveillance Patients International (ASPI), an advocacy group created by men with prostate cancer for men with prostate cancer. When Geoff was diagnosed with localized ...
01.06.2022 The Power of Clinical Care Pathways and Navigation In this episode, two guests from Urology Austin, Jessica Stewart, VP of Business Development, and Marco Carlos, Clinical Care Director, join Dr. Cohen to discuss their elevated nurse navigation program and how they care for their prostate cancer patients. They ...
11.05.2021 The Many Roles of a Practicing Urologist Dr. Marc Greenstein, from Advanced Urology, joins Dr. Todd Cohen to discuss his various roles as a urologist in the community and how he decided to get into the field of Urology. Dr. Greenstein provides insight to how his practice ...
09.29.2021 Radiation Oncologists and Prostate Cancer In this episode, Radiation Oncologist, Jeffery Skinner from Chesapeake Urology sits down with Dr. Todd Cohen to discuss how a radiation oncologist determines the proper treatment for a prostate cancer patient. Dr. Skinner will also share his thoughts on androgen ...
05.04.2021 Practicing Urologist Turns United States Congressman In this installment of The Modern Urologist, Dr. Todd Cohen was able to sit down with Neal Dunn, a former urologist and current Congressman of Florida’s 2nd Congressional District. They will discuss his transition from a practicing urologist to a ...
04.01.2021 The Prostate Cancer Foundation Dr. Howard Soule, Chief Scientific Officer of the Prostate Cancer Foundation, joins Dr. Todd Cohen on this episode of The Modern Urologist to discuss his involvement with the Prostate Cancer Foundation. He will also talk through the history of the ...
02.05.2021 The Father of Active Surveillance In this episode, Dr. Laurence Klotz, Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto, sits down with Dr. Todd Cohen to discuss his role in the advancement of Active Surveille in Urology. He dives into how himself and two colleagues ...
12.08.2020 Radiation Oncologists and Prostate Cancer In this episode, Radiation Oncologist, Dr. Michael Greenberg from New Jersey Urology sits down with Dr. Todd Cohen to discuss how a radiation oncologist determines the proper therapy for a prostate cancer patient. He will talk through the evolution of...
11.05.2020 Prostate Cancer Survivor - John Earp In this episode, Dr. Todd Cohen sits down with cancer survivor John Earp to talk about his journey from diagnosis to treatment and life beyond. John was diagnosed with cancer at age 46 also shares his extensive cancer history and ...
10.15.2020 HIFU and Prostate Cancer Pt. 2 In this episode, we continue our conversation with Dr. Samuel Peretsman on clinical utilization and potential benefits of using HIFU and other focal therapies in the treatment of prostate cancer.
10.15.2020 HIFU and Prostate Cancer Pt. 1 In the first episode of a two-part series on focal therapies, Dr. Samuel Peretsman from Urology Specialists North Carolina joins Dr. Todd Cohen to talk about his early involvement using High intensity focused Ultrasound (HIFU). Dr. Peretsman discusses in-detail the ...
09.21.2020 Increased Collaboration With Pathologists Leads to Better Patient Decision Making In this episode, Pathologist, Dr. Adam Cole and Urologist Dr. Richard Bevan-Thomas join The Modern Urologist to discuss how improved collaboration and communication between the two specialty groups has lead to better patient risk stratification and treatment plans. Multiple patient ...
09.15.2020 Successfully Switching EHRs Alan Winkler, Executive Director of Urology San Antonio shares his experience with bringing a new EHR system online. The technical challenges of building out existing clinical pathways and the steps taken internally to get the requisite physician and staff adoption ...
09.02.2020 Prostate Cancer Survivor - Byron Sparkman In this episode, Dr. Todd Cohen kicks off prostate cancer awareness month by interviewing prostate cancer survivor - Byron Sparkman. Byron shares his personal cancer journey starting at the time he learned of his elevated PSA, to getting a biopsy, ...
08.26.2020 Managing High Risk Prostate Cancer Pt.2 Dr. Paul Sieber continues his conversation with Dr. Todd Cohen around managing the advanced prostate cancer patient. The use of somatic and germline testing to support decision making within the treatment algorithm are discussed. Medical management changes of positive mutation ...
08.18.2020 Managing High Risk Prostate Cancer. Pt. 1 In this episode, Dr. Paul Sieber from Lancaster Urology sits down to talk about how his practice is managing advanced prostate cancer. The rise in the number of M0 prostate cancer patients and how advanced treatment protocols are being used ...
08.10.2020 Racial Disparities in Prostate Cancer Dr. Walter Rayford joins Dr. Todd Cohen to talk about the racial disparities among African American men and prostate cancer. Dr. Rayford has been extensively involved in researching discrepancies in prostate cancer disease outcomes and shares his experiences and recommendations ...
05.14.2020 Prioritizing Patient Care in the COVID Era Pt. 2 Dr. Cohen and Dr. Neal Shore continue their conversation about prioritizing patient care using personalized testing to better risk stratify and create customized treatment plans.
05.14.2020 Prioritizing Patient Care in the COVID Era pt. 1 In this episode, Dr. Neal Shore, with Atlantic Urology Clinics in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Medical Director at Carolina Urologic Research Center discusses how his practice continues to adapt to the current COVID-19 pandemic, specifically around the importance of ...
04.20.2020 How Urologists Are Dealing With the COVID-19 Pandemic pt.4 Dr. Cohen continues his conversation with Urologists and CEOs Dr. Ed Cohen and Dr. David Ellis on how their respective practices continue to adapt to the current crisis. The topics of federal loan programs, personal protective equipment (PPE) and the ...
04.09.2020 How Urologists Are Dealing With the COVID-19 Pandemic pt. 3 In this episode of the COVID-19 series, Dr. David Ellis and Dr. Ed Cohen continue to share how they have further adapted their individual operations and practices to deal with the current pandemic. Both CEOs share at-length their short and ...
03.30.2020 How Urologists Are Dealing With the COVID-19 Pandemic Pt.2 In this episode, Dr. Todd Cohen follows up on his previous conversation with Dr. David Ellis, and Dr. Ed Cohen on how these providers and their practices continue to adapt and evolve patient care amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The challenges ...
03.30.2020 Improving Resiliency During Times of Added Stress Wayne Sotile, PhD, founder of the Sotile Center for Resilience and the Center for Physician Resilience shares some powerful ideas on how physicians and other healthcare providers can manage individual burnout. Drawing on this extensive experience, Dr. Sotile shares how ...
03.18.2020 How Urologists Are Dealing With the COVID-19 Pandemic Pt.1 Dr. Cohen sits down with Dr. David Ellis from MidLantic Urology and Dr. Edward Cohen, from Genesis Healthcare to talk about the challenges of managing their day-to-day operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The use of digital technology, like tele-medicine is ...
02.28.2020 The Future Role of Genetics in Precision Medicine In this episode, Dr. Matthew Cooperberg, Urologist and Professor of Urology; Epidemiology & Biostatistics at UCSF talks about the parallels between breast and prostate cancer and how precision medicine in Urology is continuously evolving. The role of family history, mutation ...
02.05.2020 Men Get Cancer Too Dr. Brian Richardson, Urologist and men's health activist talks about his experience dealing with prostate cancer in his own family and how it influenced him to pursue a career in Urology. Dr. Richardson also shares his passion for men's health ...
11.18.2019 Improved Efficiency. The Benefits of an MBA. In this episode, The Modern Urologist sits down with Dr. Angelo Baccala, Division Chief of Urology at Lehigh Valley Hospital Network to talk about his motivation for pursuing an MBA and the benefits it provides. The idea of protocols and ...
11.18.2019 Advanced Prostate Cancer Clinics Dr. Aaron Berger and Nurse Navigator, Kristyn Minetti join the show to discuss their experience building out and growing an advanced prostate cancer clinic. Genetic testing to personalize prostate cancer treatment, the challenges associated with family history and implications of ...
11.18.2019 Private Equity in Urology Dr. Mike Gambla from Central Ohio Urology Group joins The Modern Urologist to talk about his experience with private equity acquisitions (PE) in the Urology space. The idea of potential culture disruptions and other pros and cons of PE acquisitions ...
11.15.2019 Creating a Patient Focused Culture In this episode, The Modern Urologist sits down with E.Scot Davis, CEO of Arkansas Urology to talk about his experience creating men's health clinics and advance pathways to improve the competitive advantage of his organization. The conversation then dives into ...
11.15.2019 The Young Urologist In this episode, The Modern Urologist sits down at LUGPA with Dr. Jason Haffron, from Michigan Institute of Urology to talk about how his patient first mentality inspired him to develop new treatment pathways. The topic of being a young ...
11.15.2019 The Appropriateness of MRI In this episode, The Modern Urologist sits down with Dr. David Morris, from Urology Associates P.C. in Tennessee to talk about the history of MRI and the impact it can have on biopsy and surgical planning. Dr. Morris further discusses ...
10.23.2019 Advanced Cancer Clinics Generate New Levels of Patient Care In this episode, Dr. Cohen sits down at AACU with Dr Benjamin Lowentritt, Director of the Prostate Cancer Care Program at Chesapeake Urology to talk about his experience setting up advanced prostate cancer clinics. Dr. Lowentritt also talks at length ...
10.22.2019 New Technologies Lead to Better Patient Outcomes In this episode Dr. Cohen sits down with Dr. Jonathan Henderson, CEO of Regional Urology in Shreveport Louisiana to discuss how the Prolaris test changed his treatment decision of multiple patients considering treatment or active surveillance. Dr. Henderson also talks ...
10.18.2019 How Genetic Counselors Add Value to a Urology Practice In this episode, Dr. Cohen sits down with Sarah Nielsen, Genetic Counselor to talk about her experience educating and developing screening protocols for providers who are new to the genetics space. The implications of genetic mutations,family history and the limitations ...
10.17.2019 How Genetics Personalize Individual Prostate Cancer Treatment In this episode, Dr. Cohen sits down with Dr. Mark Edney, Medical Director at Peninsula Institute for Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery to discuss the limitations of relying on clinical pathology alone and how the addition of Prolaris allows providers to ...
10.16.2019 The Modern Urologist Dr. Todd Cohen, Medical Director of Urology at Myriad Genetics discusses his intentions for creating this casual, yet educational podcast about modern topics in Urology. Enjoy!