"American astronauts on American rockets from American soil, showing you what Americans can do when we come together as a team." — Leland Melvin on the #LaunchAmerica mission:

Congratulations to SpaceX, NASA and Elon Musk for making history today! #LaunchAmerica nasa.gov/content/live-l…

Thanks to Kevin Frazier for allowing me to contribute to his blog, The Oregon Way, which allows Oregonians to share their thoughts on issues of statewide significance. bit.ly/3t7CeUJ

Kevan Sternberg Patricia Banks Anne P Cameron @NaeemBhojani7 Brian Duty, MD, MBA

Thanks to the Amer. Urol. Assn. for putting on an amazing weekend of education, networking and fun as part of their Leadership Program. Thrilled to be part of such a great team Thomas Chi Polina Reyblat and Linda Shortliffe. Western Section AUA

Had an amazing MBA refresher this weekend at the Amer. Urol. Assn. Leadership Program with Professor Jon Chilingerian from the The Heller School of Healthcare Management. Great program! Thanks Jon.

Fascinating study at the AUA Leadership Program capstone presentation showing having one or more female faculty members significantly increases female resident recruitment. Amer. Urol. Assn. #DEI

The urologist shortage is real, esp in rural areas. 62% of US counties have ZERO practicing urologists (gray on map). Expanding the training pipeline (HR2256/S834) and supporting urologists to practice in rural areas (HR944) are critical to maintain patient access #AUASummit22

Can’t thank Eugene Rhee, MD MBA enough for being an amazing menor, advocate and friend. I hope to be able to #payitforward in the future.

It feels great to be back in DC meeting with colleagues and friends and advocating for our patients with legislators #AUASummit2021 Amer. Urol. Assn.

Brian Duty, MD, MBA discusses recent controversy on consent and chaperone for genital exams. Likely more and more activity on this topic and important for urology to provide our thoughts and insights. See summary slide below. #AUASummit22 Amer. Urol. Assn.

I had a great time advocating with my colleagues for our patients at the Amer. Urol. Assn. #AUASummit22!

.Ron Wyden Senator Jeff Merkley access to specialty medicine in rural America is growing scarcer each year. Help increase access to specialty care – please cosponsor S.4330!

Thanks to Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer for a wonderful dialog regarding Medicare payment and telehealth reform. Amer. Urol. Assn. #AUASummit23 Emily Clennon, MD, MPH

OHSU Give Day 2023 giveday.ohsufoundation.org/giving-day/744… #OHSUGiveDay

It’s a packed room at the public policy data quality session #WSAUA23, moderated by Eugene Rhee, MD MBA and Jeff Frankel. Western Section AUA

Hey everyone! I'm thrilled to let you all know that I have decided to run for the Oregon State Legislature. The primary campaign is competitive, and I need your support. Please let me know if you have any questions. I'd love to hear from you.

🔥🔥🔥 presentation by OHSU Urology resident Emily Clennon, MD, MPH on health policy iniatives to reduce transfers for adolescent torsion in Oregon! Transfer TIME and COST both doubled‼️#AUASummit24