It is important that we take time to pause and recognize the achievements of our department, which include both current members and alumni.

• Joseph Renzulli, MD, and Joseph Brito, MD, have just published a potentially practice-changing paper in JAMA, which could lead to modifying the guidelines on prostate screening and biopsy. Please see the Publications / Feature section below.

• Congratulations are also in order for our distinguished 1997 alumnus, John Phillips, MD, who was recently promoted to chair of the Department of Urology at New York Medical College School of Medicine and director of urology at Westchester Medical Center.

Here are a few upcoming events to keep on your radar:

• At next month’s AUA Alumni Reception, Michel Pontari, MD, will be presented with the inaugural Robert M. Weiss, MD, Distinguished Alumni Medal. This will take place at the Off the Strip Restaurant in Las Vegas, Sunday, April 27, at 6:30 p.m. To RSVP, please look for your invitation via email from Greenvelope.

• Nominations are now being accepted for the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award. To nominate an alumnus who embodies the spirit of our department across all three academic missions—clinical care, education, and research—please go to this online application. Nominations must be turned in by June 1, 2025.

• On June 18, we will celebrate the graduation of our next generation of urologic leaders. It is also the Bernard Lytton Visiting Professor Day. Presentations, debates, and case reviews will be available in a hybrid format for alumni who wish to attend. This year’s visiting professor will be Chris Gonzalez, MD, MBA, chair of the Department of Urology at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. He will share his extensive expertise in genitourinary reconstruction.

• Our Third Annual Bulldog Debates CME conference will take place in New York City at the Yale Club, November 7-9, 2025. Please mark your calendars and stay tuned for more information!

Finally, I want to acknowledge that there is uncertainty both within our organization and across our nation. The best way to address these challenges is to remember why we are here. We are here because of the unwavering commitment we have to our patients, trainees, and colleagues. As long as we stay focused on our mission, Yale Urology will emerge stronger on the other side. I am deeply grateful for each of you.

Isaac Yi Kim

Yale Urology moved up four slots from the previous year to #22 in the Blue Ridge Medical Research listing, recently released for 2024.

[Re]view what the team published or presented for the last quarter [October to December 2024].

Dean Nancy J. Brown, MD, explains how she and Yale School of Medicine leadership are being proactive, refreshing strategic plans, and implementing new opportunities for collaboration, such as "Fifth Fridays." It's all in her latest, Beyond Sterling Hall - "Creating the Future."

She also provides a follow-up to Provost Strobel, Senior Vice President Callahan, and Vice President Murphy's recent university budget update.

The Robert A. Winn Excellence in Clinical Trials Award Program is accepting funding applications through May 12.

Apply.

Yale University Health Sciences IT is conducting a user experience analysis to improve how faculty, staff, students, and researchers navigate technology platforms across Yale University and Yale New Haven Health System [YNHHS].

The five-minute survey will help shape improvements that enhance access, efficiency, and user satisfaction.

Jaime A. Cavallo, MD, MPHS, has been named a 2025 American Urological Association's Young Urologist of the Year, which is presented annually to select early-career AUA members in recognition of their efforts to advance the development of fellow young urologists.

Robert M. Weiss, MD, was featured in a recent CNN piece on Camp Century. In the early 1960s, he spent nearly a year there as a military officer, serving as the Arctic research station’s physician.

Learn more about his experience, the camp, and why it continues to be of interest today.

Resident Olamide Olawoyin, MD, recently married her fiance, Owen, in a traditional ceremony in her native Lagos, Nigeria. Another wedding celebration will happen here in the States in May. Congratulations!

Yale New Haven Health's commercial featuring Chair Isaac Kim, MD, PhD, MBA, Katherine Rotker, MD, Daniel Petrylak, MD, and Melissa Matias, BSN, RN, is now airing on several TV and cable stations across the region.

Check it out.

George Turini, MD, was recently featured in a YNHHS Westerly Hospital ad touting Yale Urology services.

AUA News recently spotlighted Chief Resident Soum Lokeshwar, MD, MBA, and his "Tips and Tricks for the Newly Matched Applicant."

Yale School of Medicine students recently had the opportunity to meet faculty, ask questions, and plug into the breadth of research going on in the department. It was all part of the annual research night organized by Urology Interest Group student leaders.

Members of YSM's First Generation Low Income Mentorship program, founded by Yale Urology's Jaime Cavallo, MD, MPHS, recently assembled kids' bicycles as part of a team building activity. The bikes were then donated to state and local law enforcement groups who handed them out to children in New Haven.

[Re]read the latest message from Lee H. Schwamm, MD, on telehealth waivers.

News on streamlining mandatory compliance education; what to do when receiving an investigation or audit request; updated medical billing training materials. It's all in the latest edition of Compliance Compass.

Miss Tom Martin, MD's, latest Must-Know Notes? [Re]read the March edition.