History of the Society



Founding & Expansion



The Philadelphia Genitourinary Society was organized on January 16, 1911 by 17 physicians interested in genitourinary surgery. Its objective was to advance Urology through scientific discussions and presentations. Meetings of the society were originally closed, and its membership was limited to thirty individuals.



  • 1914 - Philadelphia GU Society hosted the national American Urological Association meeting & became a loosely affiliated branch of the AUA
  • 1918 - Meetings were first opened to all physicians & medical students
  • 1921 - Society renamed to become the Philadelphia Urological Society of the American Urological Association


Prior Events



Resident Essay Competitions



2022



Judge: Mani Menon, MD

Mount Sinai Professor, Department of Urology Director of Education

Director of the Precision Prostatectomy Program, Icahn Mount Sinai and Center of Excellence for Prostate Cancer at the Tisch Cancer Institute


1st Place - Lisa Ly, MD - Temple

Functional Penile Length after Penile Plication: “Empha-sizing” What Matters

2nd Place - Ahman Alzubaidi, MD. - Penn State Utilization of Patient-Specific Characteristics and Competing Risks to Tailor the Duration of Surveillance Imaging Following Surgery for Renal Cell Carcinoma

3rd Place -


1. 2. 3. Jeffrey Wei, MD - Temple Association between PURCASE Score and Likelihood of Upgrading on Repeat Biopsy for Patients on Active Surveillance





2021



Judge: Laurence Klotz, MD, FRCSC

University of Toronto Professor, Department of Surgery


1st Place - Matthew Epstein, MD (Temple)

Relief of Ureteral Obstruction does not Reduce Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Toxicity for Cisplatin Eligible Patients with Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

2nd Place - Ruchika Talwar, MD (University of Pennsylvania)

Prostate Cancer treatment disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from a Multi-Institutional Collaborative

3rd Place - Paulette Dreher, DO (Main Line Health)

Socio-environmental conditions associated with geospatial clusters of urothelial carcinoma: A multi-institutional analysis





2020



Judge: Eila C. Skinner, MD

Chair, Department of Urology

Stanford University


1st place - Aeen Asghar, MD (Temple)

Systematic Endoscopic Evaluation in Predicting pT0 Bladder Cancer: A Prospective Trial

2nd place - Ruchika Talwar, MD(Penn)

Concordance of Confirmatory Prostate Biopsy in Active Surveillance with National Guidelines: an Analysis from the Multi-Institutional PURC Cohort

3rd place - John Drevik, MD (Einstein)

Factors Associated with Postoperative Urinary Retention in Patients Undergoing Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Implantation





2019



Judge: Roger Dmochowski, M.D.

Associate Surgeon-in-Chief

Vanderbilt University


1st: Nathan Peffer, MD (Temple)

Optical Uroflowmetry

2nd: Victor Kucherov, MD (Jefferson)

Effect of comprehensive genomic profiling on clinical practice and outcomes in patients with advanced urologic malignancy

3rd: Sarah Christianson, DO (Einstein)

A multi-institutional assessment of multimodal analgesia in penile implant recipients demonstrates dramatic narcotics reduction





2018



Judge: Inderbir Gill, MD

Chair, Department of Urology

University of Southern California


1st: Jason Levy, DO (Hahnemann)

Male-to-Female Gender Reassignment Surgery: An Institutional Analysis of Outcomes, Complications, and Risk Factors

2nd: Allison Sih, MD (Temple)

Active surveillance for localized renal masses: growth rates and outcomes in patients with masses ≥4cm

3rd: Carmen Tong, DO (Einstein)

Novel multimodal Analgesia Protocol Significantly Decreases Opioid Requirements in inflatable penile prosthesis patients





2017



Judge: Christopher G. Wood, MD
Deputy Chairman, Department of Urology

MD Anderson Cancer Center



1st Place: Andrew McIntosh, MD (Temple)​

Active surveillance for renal masses with >5 years of follow-up. Tumor growth, delayed intervention rates, and clinical outcomes.


2nd Place: Siobhan Hartigan, MD (Penn)

Association between urinary symptom severity and automated segmentation of white matter plaque in women with multiple sclerosis


3rd Place: Albert Lee, DO (Einstein)

Clinical destiny of indeterminate pulmonary nodules in patients undergoing radical cystectomy for urothelial carcinoma of the bladder






2016



Judge: Richard A. Santucci, MD

Director, The Center for Urologic Reconstruction

Detroit Medical Center


1st Place: Hong Truong, MD (Jefferson)​

Prevalence and Characteristics of Patients Meeting Referral Criteria for Genetic Counseling for Suspected Kidney Cancer Syndromes Based on Tumor Pathology


2nd Place: Ronak Gor, DO (Einstein)

Unexpected High Rates of Angiography and Angioembolization for Isolated Low Grade Renal Trauma: Results from a Large, Statewide Trauma Database


3rd Place: Matthew Sterling, MD (Penn)

Day of Catheter Removal May Predict Cure Rates in Men Undergoing the Advance Sling for Post-Prostatectomy Incontinence at Extended Follow-up (>=24 Months)​





2015



Judge: Marshall Stoller, MD
Professor & Vice Chair of Urology,

UCSF


1st Place: Neil J. Kochner, MD (Penn State-Hershey)

Hypertension is the Primary Component of Metabolic Syndrome Associated with Renal Tumor Pathology

2nd Place: Laura Giusto, MD (Temple)

Lack of Racial Variation in Rates of Adverse Pathology After Radical Prostatectomy Among Men Meeting Active Surveillance Eligibility Criteria

3rd Place: Ronak Gor, DO (Einstein)

Surgical Chronic Kidney Disease Appears to be a Distinct Subtype of Chronic Kidney Disease Based on Mortality Risks Following Renal Surgery





2014



Judge: Harris M. Nagler, MD
President & Chair of Urology,

Beth Israel Medical Center

1st Place: Charles Concodora, MD (Temple)​

Performance of Initial Radical Cystectomy & Risk of Pathologic Upstaging in Patients with High Grade T1 Urothelial Carcinoma of the Bladder: A National Cancer Database Analysis

2nd Place: Eugene Pietzak, MD (Penn)

Impact of Race on Selecting Appropriate Patients for Active Surveillance with Seemingly Low Risk Prostate Cancer

3rd Place: Justin Ziemba, MD (Penn)

Practice Patterns of Acute Renal Colic in the Emergency Department





2013



Judge: Culley C. Carson, III, MD
John Sloan Rhodes Distinguished Professor

University of North Carolina


1st Place: John Walton, MD (Fox Chase)

Tumor Contour "Irregularity" Predicts High Grade Pathology for Large Renal Masses


2nd Place: Sean Jay Henderson, DO (Einstein)

Prostatic Urethral Length Correlates with Increased Risk of Postoperative Urinary Incontinence Following Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy


3rd Place: Eugene Pietzak, MD (Penn)

Factors Influencing the Length of Stay after Radical Cystectomy: Implications for Cancer Care and Perioperative Management





2012



Judge: Louis R. Kavoussi, MD
Chairman of Urology, North Shore-LIJ Health System

Professor of Urology, New York University


1st Place: Christopher Rippel, MD (Penn State - Hershey)

Residual Fragments Following Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy: Incidence and Predictors in 248 Patients with Post-Operative Computed Tomography (CT) Imaging


2nd Place: Gregory Tasian, MD (CHOP)

Pediatric Genitourinary Injuries in the United States from 2002-2010


3rd Place: Jay Simhan, MD (Temple)

Trends in Regionalization of Adrenalectomy to Higher Volume Surgical Centers





2011



Judge: Victor W. Nitti, MD
Professor & Vice-Chairman of Urology

New York University

1st Place: Matthew Resnick (Penn)

Factors Associated with Satisfaction with Prostate Cancer Care: Results from CaPSURE

2nd Place: Jamie Messer, MD (Penn State - Hershey)

Multi-Institutional Validation of the Ability of Preoperative Hydronephrosis to Predict Advanced Pathologic Tumor Stage in Upper-Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

3rd Place: Thomas Clements, MD (Penn State - Hershey)

Variable PSA Management Patterns by Non-Urologist Providers at a Tertiary Care Medical Center





2010



Judge: Paul F. Schellhammer, MD FACS
Professor of Urology

Eastern Virginia Medical School

1st Place: Ray Bernal, MD (Temple)

Reinnervation of Urethral and Anal Sphincters with Anterior Femoral to Pudendal Nerve Transfer

2nd Place: Laura Stansell, MD (Penn)

Increased Basal Resting Tone During EMG Biofeedback is Associated with Improved Voiding for Patients with Orthotopic Neobladder Dysfunction

3rd Place: Jay Simhan, MD (Temple)

Open, Laparoscopic, and Robotic Partial Nephrectomy: A Single Institution Analysis with Perioperative and Oncologic Outcomes





2009



Judge: James Edward Montie, MD
Professor of Urology

University of Michigan

1st Place: David Kaplan, MD (Temple)

External Validation of the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial Risk Calculator in a High-Risk Screening Population

2nd Place: Eric Nelson, MD (Jefferson)

Preoperative Stenting in Pediatric Ureteroscopy - Is There an Advantage?

3rd Place: Steve Dong, MD (Jefferson)

Ureteroscopic Management of Large Intrarenal Calculi - Comparison of Laser and Electrohydraulic Lithotripsy





2008



Judge: Michael L. Blute, MD
Professor of Urology,

University of Massachusetts


Basic/Translational Science Papers

1st Place: Tavis Shaw, DO (Einstein)

Overexpression of the Zinc Uptake Transporter hZIP1 Inhibits NF-kB and Suppresses the Malignant Potential of Prostate Cancer Cells in vitro and in vivo


2nd Place: Steve Lebovitch, MD (Temple)

CNS Findings in Anticholinergic Treated Patients with Overactive Bladder Using fMRI for Functional Brain Imaging


3rd Place: Jitesh Patel, MD (Jefferson)

Holmium Laser Lithotripsy: Assessment of Laser Energy in Relation to Calculus COmposition and Size



Clinical Papers

1st Place: Daniel Canter, MD (Penn)

The Presence of Lymphovascular Invasion in Radical Cystectomy Specimens for Patients with Urothelial Carcinoma Portends a Poor Clinical Prognosis


2nd Place: Benjamin J. Scoll, MD (Temple)

Relative Survival Following Treatment for Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma - A SEER Analysis


3rd Place: Jason A. Smith, MD (Einstein)

Sexual Dysfunction is Common in the Morbidly Obese Male and Improves After Gastric Bypass Surgery




B.A. Thomas Orations





2020: Bernard H. Bochner, MD

  • Chair in Surgery Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  • Management of High-Risk Bladder Cancer: Current Standards and Future Directions


2019: Claus Roehrborn, MD

  • Chairman of Urology at UT Southwestern
  • Targeting Phenotypic Heterogeneity in BPH – 30 years of progress

2018: John Mulhall, MD

  • Director of Male Sexual and Reproductive Medicine, MSK
  • The Quest for Truth in Sexual Function Outcomes after Radical Prostatectomy

2017: Joel Sheinfeld, MD

  • Deputy Chief, Urology Service; Chair of Urologic Oncology, MSK

2016: Jonathan I. Epstein, MD

  • The Reinhard Professor of Urologic Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute
  • "Update on Prostate Cancer Grading Including a Contemporary New Grading System"

2015: Larry R. Kaiser, MD

  • Dean, Temple University School of Medicine
  • President & CEO, Temple University Health System
  • "Surgeons as Leaders"

2013: Demetrius Bagley, MD

  • The Nathan Lewis Hatfield Professor of Urology, Professor of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University
  • "Ureteroscopy: Then, Now, and Future"

2012: Howard M. Snyder III, MD

  • Professor, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • "Thirty Year Perspective in Urology"

2011: Gerald H. Jordan, MD

  • Professor & Fellowship Director, Eastern Virginia Medical School
  • "The Penis, Too Short, Too Long, Bent"

2010: Harry Herr, MD FACS

  • Attending Surgeon, Memorial Sloan- Kettering Cancer Center
  • Professor of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • "Treatment of Superficial Bladder Cancer, Lessons Learned"

2009: Herbert Lepor, MD

  • Martin Spatz Professor & Chairman of Urology, New York University Medical Center

2008: Louis R. Kavoussi, MD

  • Chairman of Urology, North Shore-LIJ Health System
  • "Laparoscopic Urologic Oncology: Past, Present, and Future"

2007: Patrick C. Walsh, MD

  • University Distinguished Service Professor of Urology, Johns Hopkins University
  • "Controversies in Prostate Cancer: Prevention, Early Diagnosis and Management of Localized Disease"




Lectures & Visiting Professors


11/2014: Peter A. Pinto, MD

  • Head Investigator, Prostate Cancer Section, National Cancer Institute
  • "Prostate MRI: Opportunities for Urology"

10/2012: Matthew Cooperberg, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Urology, UCSF
  • "How to Solve the PSA Screening Controversy"

11/2011: Steve Brandes, MD

  • Professor of Urology, Washington University in St. Louis
  • "Management of Male Urinary Incontinence"

11/2010: H. Ballentine Carter, MD

  • Director of Adult Urology & Professor of Urology/Oncology, Johns Hopkins University
  • "PSA Screening and Prostate Cancer Surveillance"

11/2009: Gadi Weinreich, Esq

  • Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP
  • National Chair, Sonnenschein's Health Care Group
  • "An Update on Stark Law Changes and Maintaining Compliance"

11/2008: Jeffrey Cadeddu, MD

  • Professor of Urology, Radiology, and Biomedical Engineering, UT Southwestern
  • "Single Port Access Laparoscopic Surgery"

11/2007: Franklin C. Lowe, MD

  • Professor of Clinical Urology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (New York, NY)
  • "Complementary and Alternative Medicines in Urology: What I Tell my Patients"

11/2006: Robert DiPaolo, MD

  • Professor of Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
  • "Adjuvant Strategies in the Management of Genitourinary Malignancies"

9/2006: Steven Schlossberg, MD MBA

  • Professor of Urology, Eastern Virginia Medical School
  • "Overcoming Economic Challenges in Urology"


Local Talent Debates





2020 Resident Debates

1st Place - Karl Godlewski, MD - University of Pennsylvania

2nd - MJ Counsilman, MD - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

3rd - Sarah Christianson, DO - Einstein Healthcare

4th - Linda Hsu, MD - Temple University Hospital


2019 Resident Debates
1st place-Eric Ghiraldi, DO (Einstein)
2nd- Jeffrey Walker, MD (Penn State-Hershey)
3rd- Shaun Hager, DO (Main Line Health)


2018 Resident Debates

1st Place – Marshall Strother, MD (Penn)

2nd Place – Andrew Pridjian, MD (Jefferson)

3rd Place – Daniel Edwards, DO (Hahnemann)


2017 Resident Debates

Overall Winner: Dr. Matthew Brennan (Einstein)


Attending Debates​

2014 (8th Annual)

Host: David McGinnis, MD (Academic Urology)

First Debate:

Jeanne Hoffman-Censits (Jefferson) vs. David Vaughn (Penn)

  • Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Versus Risk Stratification/ Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Urothelial Carcinoma

​Second Debate:

Bradley Figler (Jefferson) vs.Jay Simhan (Einstein/Fox Chase)

  • Early Realignment Versus Delayed Repair of Posterior Urethral Disruption

2012 (6th Annual)

First Debate:

Leonard Gomella (Jefferson) vs. Jessica Herzstein (Penn)

  • PSA: to Screen or Not to Screen, That is the Question​

Second Debate:

Tia Schellato (Urologic Consultants) vs. Ariana Smith (Penn)

  • The Utility of Urodynamics Evaluation Before SUI Surgery


2011 (5th Annual)

First Debate:

Brett Lebed (Urologic Associates) vs. David Sussman (Delaware Valley Urology)

  • Management of Refractory OAB​

Second Debate:

Alexander Kutikov (Fox Chase) vs. Thomas Guzzo (Penn)

  • Management of High Risk NSGCT


2010 (4th Annual)

Host: Edouard Trabulsi, MD (Jefferson)

First Debate: Eric Horowitz (Fox Chase) vs. Justin Bekelman (Penn)

Prostate Cancer Radiation Treatment - IMRT vs. Proton Beam​

Second Debate:

Steven Hirshberg (UHS-Abington) vs. Allen Seftel (Cooper)

Management of Post-Vasectomy Reversal vs. IVF/ICSI

Third Debate:

Richard Greenberg (Fox Chase) vs. Gordon Brown (UMDNJ-Kennedy)

Management of BCG-Refractory High Grade Bladder Cancer: Salvage Intravesical Treatment vs. Early Cystectomy


2009 (3rd Annual)

Host: Leo Doumanian, MD (Temple)

First Debate:

Scott Hubosky (Jefferson) vs. Lia Viterbo (Fox Chase)

  • Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer: Endoscopic Management vs. Robotic Nephroureterectomy​

Second Debate: Pat Casale (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) vs. Mark Zaontz (Temple)

  • Management of Vesicoureteral Reflux: Robotic Reimplantation vs. Endoscopic Injection Therapy


2008 (2nd Annual)

Host: Patrick Shenot, MD (Jefferson)

First Debate:

William Jaffe (Penn) vs. Michael Metro (Einstein)

  • Management of Male Incontinence: AUS vs. Male Sling​

Second Debate:

Michael Pontari (Temple) vs. Kristene Whitmore (Graduate)

  • Interstitial Cystitis: Localized Bladder Disease vs. A Systemic Disorder

Third Debate:

Richard Harkaway (Einstein) vs. Jim Squadrito (Academic Urology)

  • BPH Management: Optimized Medicine vs. Minimally Invasive Therapy


2007 (Inaugural)

Host: Michael Metro, MD (Einstein)

First Debate:

Bruce Malkowicz (Penn) vs. Edouard Trabulsi (Jefferson)

  • Indications for Prostate Biopsy 2007​

Second Debate:

Ilia Zeltser (Academic Urology) vs. Robert Uzzo (Fox Chase)

  • Management of the Small Renal Mass in Elderly Patients


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