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Dr. Barry’s 2019 meeting “take away notes”

Peritoneal Dialysis. The visual obturator technique and the swan-neck catheter are good ideas. Prostate Cancer. If a kidney transplant candidate or recipient would otherwise qualify for active surveillance, it’s safe. Re-transplantation of previously transplanted kidneys. It’s reasonable. Robotic vs open renal transplantation. No comment. Is cytoreductive nephrectomy dead? No. One can consider systemic therapy followed…

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USTRS 2019 Abstracts now published in the CUAJ

Dear Colleagues, The USTRS is very proud to announce that for the first time, specific USTRS abstracts have been accepted by the CUAJ and are now being published. Many thanks to Dr. John Barry for his financial support in making this happen, to the officers who worked diligently on the details and to the authors…

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2019 Program – Call for Papers – Deadline March 3

2019 Program – Call for Papers – Deadline March 3 FANTASTIC NEW OPPORTUNITY..with the Canadian Urological Association Journal ACCEPTED PAPERS WILL NOW BE PUBLISHED IN CUAJ !! All residents and fellows worldwide welcome! Novick Award – $1,000 Prize for Best Paper 2 Poster Awards – $350 and $175 Program to be held in Chicago during…

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Invitation from Ahmed Halawa,Programme Director of MSc in Renal Transplantation Science – University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
September 30, 2018

Invitation from Ahmed Halawa MSc MD PGCE MEd (Higher Education) FRCS FRCS (Gen), Consultant Transplant Surgeon, Sheffield Teaching Hospital, Senior Lecturer (Hon), University of Sheffield – University of Liverpool, Programme Director of MSc in Renal Transplantation Science – University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Renal Transplantation Science, Sci Tech Central Inc, USA<hr> Dear USTRS Members, We…

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2018 Program “Take Aways” from Dr. John Barry

USTRS ANNUAL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS – MAY 21, 2018, SAN FRANCISCO BY JOHN M. BARRY, MD, IMM. PAST PRESIDENT Breakfast Hour. For minimally invasion renal surgeries, use the flank position and a retroperitoneal approach for posterior and lateral tumors, for patients who’ve had prior abdominal surgery, and obese patients. Airseal will allow constant CO2 pressure (12…

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General Announcement: USTRS-AUA San Francisco 2018 Meeting

Urologic Society for Transplantation and Renal Surgery Anil Kapoor, MD, President, Urologic Society for Transplantation and Renal Surgery Professor of Surgery (Urology), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada The Urologic Society for Transplantation and Renal Surgery will meet on Monday, May 21, 2018 (7:30am-11:45am) at the Moscone Convention & Exhibition Center. Note the new time this…

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Call for Papers 2018 Program San Francisco

Call for Papers!! Please forward this to potential residents and fellows! Novick Award: Call for Abstracts – click here for details Resident and Fellow Essay Competition – $1,000 First Prize 2018 USTRS Annual Meeting – Monday May 21, 2018 – 7:30 – 11:30 AM Abstract Submission Deadline March 26, 2018

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USTRS Transfers Management to DMG

Effective January 2, 2018, the duties of the administration and management of the Urologic Society for Transplantation & Renal Surgery have been transferred to DeSantis Management Group. The prior management contract at Urology Management Services has expired and is no longer active. Please contact Jeannie or Chris DeSantis at 714-550-9155 with any questions. The new…

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