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VA Rep to SGSU 2018 Report
SGSU 2018 Kimbrough Meeting VA Representative Report by Jeffrey Jones, MD – USAV President Dr. Jones thanked SGSU for the opportunity to become a Chapter of the SGSU and for their support. USAV was financially successful in the past year, having a gain of over $3,300 in its fund. He said they are gaining new…
Read MoreJohn Barry’s Meeting “take aways” – 2018 Scottsdale
SGSU/Kimbrough 2018 Many thanks to Dr. John Barry for his diligence in taking the time to provide SGSU members these insights. Ten minutes of mindfulness exercises (or simply sitting in an empty quiet room) may reduce anxiety and pain associated with urodynamic procedures. It was a prize winner. Decellularized placental membrane grafts may turn out…
Read MoreSenate bill aimed at modernizing VA health system includes telehealth licensing provision
From FierceHealthCare by Evan Sweeney | Dec 5, 2017 11:17am A bill introduced by two senators on Monday designed to modernize the Department of Veterans Affairs includes a provision that would allow physicians to practice telehealth across state lines. Introduced by Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz. and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., the Veterans Community Care and Access…
Read MoreA VA surgeon barred from operating on patients since 2013 still collects an annual salary—and he’s not alone
From FierceHealthCare by Joanne Finnegan | Nov 27, 2017 11:50am A neurosurgeon has been barred from performing any surgeries at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Mississippi but has continued to collect his salary as a legal battle goes on. The G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson barred the doctor, Mohamed Eleraky, from seeing…
Read MoreUrological Society for American Veterans – President’s Report 2017
by Jeff Jones, President Urological Society for American Veterans – an affiliate of the SGSU Thanks to all who attended, and contributed to, the May 2017 meeting of the USAV in Boston, during the AUA. We had an excellent scientific program put together by the program and abstract committee of Robert Grubb, Justin Parker, Jennifer…
Read MoreOutlook Newsletter – March 2017
Click link below to view the 2017 meeting highlights ! https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https://govurology.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SGSU-newsletter-2017.pdf
Read MoreCongratulations to Kimbrough 2017 Award Winners
HG Stevenson Award for outstanding support and dedicated service to the SGSU and urology residency programs. Presented to: George Kaplan, MD Honorary Lifetime Membership Award for lifetime dedication and service to the SGSU. Presented to: Mitchell Edson, MD Prince Beach Award for best paper (#65) presented by a society member staff physician as judged by…
Read MoreKimbrough Meeting “take aways” – 2017 San Diego
Dr. Tim Brand Take Home Points Enzalutamide is easy to prescribe but causes fatigue. – Ray Lance, MD Corynebacteria are bad for prosthetics. -Jesse N. Mills, MD Primary care should refer everyone with psa >1.5 ng/dl to urology for risk assessment (using sophisticated biomarkers) for clinically significant prostate cancer. -E. David Crawford, MD “If you…
Read MoreSGSU and USAV Affiliation Approved in San Diego
SOCIETY OF GOVERNMENT SERVICE UROLOGISTS (SGSU) AND UROLOGICAL SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN VETERANS (USAV) FORMALLY AGREE TO JOIN TOGETHER At its Annual Business Meeting in San Diego on January 14, 2017, the SGSU membership voted to approve an affiliation arrangement with the newly established USAV – which represents VA urologists nationwide. SGSU President, Dr. Hal Frazier…
Read MoreWhat the military can teach physician leaders
Editor’s corner: What the military can teach physician leaders by Joanne Finnegan |Fierce Healthcare Jul 27, 2016 1:38pm Like me, the national political conventions taking place these last two weeks might have you thinking more about leadership and the kind of leader the country so desperately needs right now. But it’s not just the country…
Read MoreIBM’s Watson Supercomputer Is Going to Help 10,000 Veterans
FORTUNE by Laura Lorenzetti June 29, 2016, 6:15 AM EDT A a big leap forward for cancer treatment. IBM is teaming up with the federal government to bring Watson technology into America’s largest hospital and healthcare network. The initiative is one of the first public-private partnerships setup as part of Vice President Joe Biden’s Cancer…
Read MoreNew VA Physicians Wanted
Wanted: 1,800 New VA Physicians HealthLeaders Media News, June 28, 2016 Making the Department of Veterans Affairs health system an attractive place to work is a key priority in the wake of negative reports about wait times and reimbursements to physicians in the private sector. click here to read full article
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