Kevan Sternberg Glad you like the gift. A small token of appreciation for being the guest skeptic. thesgem.com/2023/01/sgem38… #ebm #foamed

Interesting paper in Journal of Urology from Toronto defining and assessing “spin” in uro literature. Good read for anyone involved in reading and/or evaluating studies. The onus seems placed on the reader to identify but what role do the journals and peer review process have? Jason Lee

Finally enough snow to train for the upcoming Olympic snow swimming event.

Sneaky Karen Stern MD not telling us the answer… I’ve read it and I won’t be a spoiler. Congrats!

Talking about colleges with 9 y/o. “Oh Harvard, isn’t that one of the best schools in the world? Me- yes 9- what do they have more lunchtime or something? If rankings were made by kids, things would be so much easier…

AUA homepage. Just click and submit awesome QI projects. #EQIPS Amer. Urol. Assn.

I put my new affiliation on my recent NEAUA abstract submissions- So I guess now is a good time to tell Twitter how excited I am to be joining UMass Urology! Thanks Mitchell Sokoloff for the opportunity. Excited to help Igor Sorokin with #endourology and organize research and QI!

Just got this today. Had bike for 4 yrs. Anyone else get this/do this? Wonder why, never changed the pedals on my regular bikes? 🤔

Congratulations to all of those who submitted to the EQIPS competition! Special congrats to the winners. Thank you all for progressing QIPS in the AUA. Thank you to the Amer. Urol. Assn. and Emily Calvert for organizing. Kevan Sternberg Justin Ziemba #EQIPS

Looking 4 unique ideas for a new kidney stone “program”. Anyone doing more than multidisciplinary metabolic clinics for complex pts? Incorporate acute stone pts as well (centralized stone care)? Pt selection? Who sees certain pt populations? What works? Love to hear more!

When you’re there, I sleep lengthwise… #IYKYK

If you are going to learn enucleation and are able to use a proctor should you: 1) go observe first to make sure you are going to commit to the process or 2) identify appropriate cases first and then go observe and have proctor return soon after to start Maybe no right answer?

This threads thing would be pretty easy if I wasn’t otherwise in the stone ages and first having to create an instagram account… am I the only one? I’m getting there

Dear nice Vermont golfer in Shelburne VT this pm, I found your ball. Thanks for coming forward and making sure my son and I are ok… people never cease to amaze…

👋🗣️Headed into Match 2024 and want to learn a bit more about UMass Chan Urology? Join us for an open house to hear from our chairman, PD, and current residents! 🤩💻 Register here: arcsapps.umassmed.edu/redcap/surveys… #Match2024 #uromatch UroResidency

Important topic from our PD! ⁦UMass Urology⁩ ⁦Mitchell Sokoloff⁩ ⁦Igor Sorokin⁩ ⁦Ashley V Alford⁩ ⁦Greg Kunkel⁩

Endo folks- how do you treat large Bladder stones in male (>2 cm) with an existing SP tube? Do you put a neph scope and lithotriptor through SP tract? Need a sheath? Do you use a balloon or concern with stretching SP site? Mini /clear Petra? Other ideas? Thanks!

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Walked into robotic cases and wow, the memories... I have wracked my brain to think of anything in the world i’d rather do LESS than be a resident bedside assisting. Always wrong, always too slow, the target of all the stress in the room. Attendings don’t forget your past.