Carissa Chu @CChuMD Twitter profile

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

1 year

Huge thanks to #AUA23 for supporting on site daycare this year. Amazing care and attention for our little ones = peace of mind. @plusonemeetings

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

1 year

After 13 years of graduate/post graduate training, so happy to be hanging up a shingle at @UCSFUrology @UCSFCancer Thinking of all my teachers and mentors along the way and grateful to @pcarroll_ @ben_breyer for their vision and support. Let’s get to work!

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@UCSFUrology

1 year

Thrilled to welcome Dr. Carissa Chu to the @UCSFUrology team!! @CChuMD

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

6 years

Surgical commandments. Words to live by at all stages of training. From Dr Brandes @ColumbiaUrology

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

URETER: A nationwide mentorship program for Black/Latinx/ALL underrepresented applicants in Urology this cycle.👊 ✅Residents, sign up to mentor (DM me or email Kirstie.Cruz @ucsf .edu). Here is your chance to widen the pipeline. ✅Applicants, sign up 7/20:

Welcome to the UReTER (UnderRepresented Trainees Entering Residency)

According to the 2022 AUA Census, only 2.2% of Urologists identify as Black & 4.9% as Hispanic. The UReTER Mentorship Program was created by UCSF Urology residents specifically for BIPOC (Black,

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

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Operating with the great @pcarroll_ — mentor, teacher, and now colleague. In OR 1 the Jedi ways you will find! @UCSFUrology @UrologyMSK

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

1 year

Excited for the next chapter of our careers and will always be grateful to @UrologyMSK for unparalleled training and this band of brothers. We did it!

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

90% of urologists do not get their own access for #PCNL . Not surprising, given ~60 fluoro cases/year are needed to reach proficiency. With ultrasound, only 20 cases were required, with data suggesting trainees can reliably get access after 5. @thomaschi8 🙌🏼 @UCSFUrology

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

New York, here we come! Beyond excited to begin @SUO_YUO Urologic Oncology fellowship @UrologyMSK in 2021. Thank you to @pcarroll_ @SimaPorten @Uro_Max @felixfengmd @dr_coops @KGUROmd @thomaschi8 @ben_breyer @haognguyen @anobelodisho @UCSFUrology

Rich Matulewicz

@RichMatulewicz

4 years

I♥️NY

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

Single use ureteroscopes have comparable costs when you account for repairs and processing, plus better visualization and degrees of flexion. Also, they're lighter and smaller - important benefit if your glove size < 6.5 :) @thomaschi8 @UCSFUrology #AUALive

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

🗓️Save the Date: July 28th 8 PM EST ▶️SAU Webinar on Virtual Interviews for Urology Match ✅Best practices/tips/tricks for programs & applicants ✅Q&A with residents s/p recent virtual fellowship match 📝Submit your questions now: @UroAcademic

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

2 years

TROP2 Expression Across Molecular Subtypes of Urothelial Carcinoma and Enfortumab Vedotin-resistant Cells New study by @jonchou05 @felixfengmd @sjostrom_martin @ewanagibb @pcvblack @koshkin85 @SimaPorten @Uro_Max @UCSFUrology

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

Returning pages intern year

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

1 year

Finally crossed the NYC half marathon off my bucket list! Here’s live footage of me trying to keep up with @drMPerera for ~13.1 miles. Never saw him but great views and a medal at the end 🤙🏼

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

3 years

Congrats to @clementsurology of @UrologyMSK for his YUO Paper of the Year award showing longitudinal QOL data in patients after radical cystectomy!! #SUO21 @SUO_YUO

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

2 years

Beyond proud of my husband David Chen for graduating with his MBA from @USCMarshall ‘22 this weekend. Between being a new dad, moving to NY, and working full time - you can do anything. Fight on✌🏼

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

2 years

👏🏼 👏🏼 for the Merit award winning, Oral abstract presenting, Clinical trial conducting, Interview mastermind @WesleyYipMD all star @UrologyMSK co-fellow! Doing great work in UTUC and beyond #GU22

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

5 years

That time when your poster got moved behind the bar at #SUO2019 . Red or white? @UCSFUrology @SamWashUro @pcarroll_ @SUO_YUO

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

5 years

Thank you for believing in us and helping us grow @KGUROmd . We will all miss you dearly.. onto big things @uvaurology ! P.S. There’s also a girl gang ready to follow your (stiletto) footsteps. @UCSFUrology

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

1 year

New 2023 SUO/AUA guidelines for UTUC: 🔬Universal histologic assessment 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦Screening for Lynch syndrome 🚦New risk stratification 💊NAC for high risk disease 🗓️Helpful surveillance table Led by Dr Coleman @UrologyMSK and many others 👏🏼

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

Celebrating @ben_breyer for securing huge new office space for the SFGH urology residents. Would have thrown a parade, but we managed with a socially distanced ribbon (kerlix) cutting ceremony with Dr. McAninch’s black handled Metz. Love this team!!

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

So thankful for all of my mentors @UCSFUrology - for setting a high bar and always lifting us up. And to my allstar co-residents @ClaireDlc & @UrologYiLi for making residency not just bearable, but often joyful. Now let’s get to work!!

Benjamin Breyer

@ben_breyer

4 years

Big day for @UCSFUrology 💪 Chiefs, @CChuMD & @ClaireDlc , matched at some legendary @UroOnc fellowships 🎉🍾 @UrologyMSK & @brady_urology . It’s a testament to their immense talent. The future is bright! @pcarroll_ @KGUROmd @Uro_Max @dr_coops @SimaPorten @anobelodisho @SamWashUro

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

1 year

End of the year celebrations with our @UrologyMSK inpatient APP team. What a squad 🤩💛

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

7 months

A radiation oncologist, a pathologist, and a urologist walk into a bar… #GU24

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

⁦ @RenaMalikMD : reducing disparities among women/minorities in uro workforce (slower promotion, less leadership/collab). Pay gap is $76k/yr but closing. ⁦⁦ @UCSFUrology ⁩:⁩ residents are >50% 🚺, >50% minority, & 100% badass. #diversity

‎AUAUniversity: Increasing Workplace Diversity - Attracting And Retaining Women And Minority...

‎Show AUAUniversity, Ep Increasing Workplace Diversity - Attracting And Retaining Women And Minority Urologists - May 5, 2020

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

My @UCSFMedicine classmate & ED physician @rosnydaniel @UCSFHealth , is COVID-19+, here is his account . This is hitting closer to home by they day. Thank you to our brave physicians on the front lines.

I Am an ER Physician and I Have Covid-19

Here’s how I’m faring after diagnosis

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

Huge thanks to @WilliamKimMD @ASCO for highlighting our work on Nectin4 and EV resistance early this AM and hosting a great discussion. Recordings/material: @felixfengmd @jonchou05 @SimaPorten @Uro_Max @koshkin85 @pcvblack

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

1 year

Name a better family of co-fellows…. I’ll wait. In addition to outstanding clinicians and cancer researchers, incredible babysitters @WesleyYipMD @SongJiangUro

Wesley Yip

@WesleyYipMD

1 year

Can two fellows ( @SongJiangUro and I) substitute for one Chief fellow ( @CChuMD ) for a night? What’s the worst that could happen? The @UrologyMSK family is real!

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

3 years

We @UCSFUrology fortunate to have @UroCancerMD speak to us this AM about academic careers in Urology. Lead by example, show gratitude. Thank you for visiting us!

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

2 years

Busy 4 day open surgery boot camp and simulation with @UrologyMSK faculty and @HartfordHealthC as the research fellows transition to clinical year. Invaluable hands on teaching with @bbmdmsk @RichMatulewicz @EKChaMD Drs Smith, Cheung, Coleman and Dalbagni. Year 2 let’s go 💪🏼

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

The URETER mentorship program for underrepresented candidates applying into Urology is endorsed by the SAU, and still open for student signups! @UCSFUrology @UroAcademic @Uro_Res

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

2 years

Celebrating @drMPerera and Catherine’s baby on the way. Love my co fellows (and research life) at @UrologyMSK .. we are +2 this year! 💛💛

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

5 years

Completed my first half marathon today - Napa to Sonoma. Just trying to keep up with @pcarroll_ (in running and life). Thanks coach!

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

2 years

Proud of my co fellow @SongJiangUro accepting his @ConquerCancerFd @ASCO Young Investigator Award at #ASCO22 today. Urologic oncologist onto big things in immune microenvironment @UrologyMSK @MSKCancerCenter

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

2 years

Testament to the incredible support at @MSKCancerCenter . We stand on the shoulders of giants here including mentors @DSolit @DrRosenbergMSK and the entire @UrologyMSK department

Wesley Yip

@WesleyYipMD

2 years

Not one, not two, but THREE (🤯) of my @UrologyMSK cofellows were awarded YIAs this year. Congrats @CChuMD , @SongJiangUro , and @sari_safaa !!!

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

2 years

Excited to share our experience at MSKCC. Aside from an incredible education, having co-fellows is a huge plus. These guys are crazy smart, hard working, and above all else - kind, hilarious, and totally committed.. I learn from them every day. My NY family here!

UrologyMSK

@UrologyMSK

2 years

Interested in learning more about the oldest and largest @UroOnc fellowship? Come join us at our virtual open house Wednesday Nov 16th 7 pm EST. (zoom link to follow)

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

5 years

Hands on urinary diversion skills lab with the mighty @KGUROmd and @SimaPorten . Pig neobladders, bowel anastomoses, complete with mesentery and lots of goop. Urology is the best field! @Uro_gadz @MeeraChappidi @Heiko25 @UrologYiLi @UCSFUrology @BogdanaSchmidt

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

3 years

Urology lectures available as podcast - Great boards study. Thanks for the tip @JorgeMena

Urology COViD

Podcast · [object Object] · Welcome! UCSF Urology faculty are dedicated in continuing resident education during the COVID-19 outbreak. Given the decrease in clinical activities and the desire to...

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

2 years

Incredible effort led by @ClintonTim Jessica Chen @AndrewLenis @h_alahmadie & others in @DSolit lab 👏🏼👏🏼 23% discordance in actionable genes between primary/met. Overall mutational concordance for known/likely oncogenic alterations 85%. cfDNA may pick up additional targets.

UrologyMSK

@UrologyMSK

2 years

Now published in @CellReports by @UrologyMSK @CChuMD @bbmdmsk @eugene_pietzak et al.: Genomic heterogeneity as a barrier to precision oncology in urothelial cancer

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

Prostate cancer lesions are dark on T2 (anatomic), bright on DWI (traps water), dark on ADC (calculated coefficient), and bright on DCE (vascular). @KaraWattsMD #urologycovid

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

5 years

My co-resident Claire de la Calle doing a video interview with @UrologyTimes on the role of biomarkers in prostate cancer diagnosis at #SUO19 . @ClaireDlc is the real deal! @haognguyen @pcarroll_

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

5 years

40% complete response rate to pembrolizumab for patients with BCG unresponsive non muscle invasive bladder cancer - new hope for these patients. Awareness of AEs increasingly important. @UrologyMSK #mskurologycme

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

2 years

When your co-fellow @drMPerera wrote the perspective on PSMA PET for discussion at Grand Rounds 🤩 @UrologyMSK

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

Take-home messages on pelvic fracture urethral injury (PFUI) management. Great session by @lindsayahampson @UCSFUrology

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

Great study by @SimaPorten and team, showing fundamental gender differences in #bladdercancer biology and potential role for androgen-driven differentiation. @UCSFUrology @EurUrolOncol

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

3 years

Table of IO monotherapy trials in chemo-refractory metastatic urothelial CA - nice reference for trainees #AUA21 @cnsternberg

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

11 months

We are recruiting an academic endourologist to join the amazing team here @UCSFUrology More information: @thomaschi8 @AShindelGHI @DBBayneMD

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

7 months

🚦We are operating on higher risk disease. ❓ We still don’t know whether LND improves survival. 🔎 Better molecular imaging may improve surgical precision. ➡️ PSMA guided surgery presented by @pcarroll_ @UCSFUrology @PSMAconference

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

WHO: “We have a simple message for all countries: test, test, test. Test every suspected case, if they test positive, isolate them and find out who they have been in contact with 2 days before they developed symptoms...test them too” 👉🏼we are not testing enough MDs with symptoms

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

Review the game tape, study your own outcomes, refine your technique, and most of all listen to your patients. Words of wisdom from Dr. Pat Walsh. Great talk hosted by @miami_urology @gonzomdphd

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

Management algorithm for bothersome (keyword!) prolapse presented by @MCliftonMD @brady_urology for #urologycovid lecture series - very high yield lecture will be posted on @UCSFUrology

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

5 years

1) Not all robotic cases are equal. 2) Its the surgeon not the robot. 3) Correct surgery for the right patient 4) Open vs robotic has been well studied in prostate cancer and those findings not represented in this article

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

5 months

Full house for 2024 BCAN Bladder Cancer Summit for Patients and Families - moderated by @UCSFUrology NP Krisztina Emodi and Stephanie Chisolm Hearing from patients and learning from each other - what we are here for. 💛💛 @bcan_chisolm @fredhutch

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

3 years

Dr. Eila Skinner gives the 2021 Ramon Guiteras Lecture on the past 3 decades of progress in bladder cancer, having paved the way for aspiring women surgeon scientists. Key challenges remain in the detection/staging of disease, and lessening the burden of treatment. #AUA21

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

Medical students and graduate students @UCSFMedicine @UCSF volunteer their time and services for child care and errands to providers, prioritizing those with fewer resources. A selfless act that speaks volumes about @UCSF and the future of our profession. Thank you!

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

Great talk by @eugene_pietzak on the current landscape of non muscle invasive bladder cancer. Very interesting biology - new insights into mechanism of BCG response with implications for subsequent treatment/resistance. #GU21

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

5 years

The @UCSFUrology holiday party - this year featuring The Photobooth.. what a department!

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

👏🏼👏🏼 HUGE CONGRATS to my co-resident, my brother from another mother, the workroom karaoke singer, the lap/robot whisperer, and soon-to-be pediatric urologist Yi Li! @UCSFUrology lucky to have you as always!

Yi Li, MD

@UrologYiLi

4 years

Congratulations to all of my colleagues who matched in #PediatricUrology today! Excited to announce I will be continuing my fellowship training @UCSFUrology with my incredible mentors here! @copph @lindsayahampson @thomaschi8

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

1 year

Exciting new study out of @UCSFCancer Michael Evans @jonchou05 et al: Theranostic Targeting of CDCP1 in Multiple Subtypes of Bladder Cancer with Lu177

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

5 years

Congratulations on your graduation from urologic oncology fellowship @aherlema ! we are so proud of you @UCSFUrology @SimaPorten

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

9 months

Peter O’Donnell from @UChicago sums up the incredible progress in treatment for metastatic urothelial carcinoma. “The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more” #GUSummit #DAVABroadmoorGU @DAVAOnc

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

COVID-19 canceled our plans, but they did not cancel us. Keep on keepin on @UCSFUrology . @domesypantsx3 @UrologYiLi @MeeraChappidi @ClaireDlc

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

7 months

Outstanding poster by @UCSFMedicine MS4 Kevin Chang on engineering CAR-T therapy to overcome EV resistance. #GU24 @ASCO @UCSFUrology @jonchou05

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

5 years

It's #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay and I want to honor these fierce and fearless women docs in my life, who inspire me everyday: my mom (Sandy Chun), @KGUROmd @SimaPorten @aherlema @lindsayahampson @BogdanaSchmidt @ClaireDlc @MeeraChappidi @DrPFili @domesypantsx3

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

Appendiceal interposition graft for distal ureteral stricture - very cool robotic techniques described by our Jack W. McAninch Visiting Professor @JillC_Buckley ! @UCSD_Urology @UCSFUrology

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

The patients ask the questions, we just try to answer them :)

UCSFUrology

@UCSFUrology

4 years

@CChuMD et al in @usnews on their study demonstrating that negative surveillance biopsies in men with prostate cancer indicate low volume disease with very favorable outcomes, supporting less intensive surveillance. @pcarroll_ @SamWashUro @ClaireDlc

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

Five years ago, we danced our way past graduation @UCSFMedicine - how times have changed, yet the spirit remains the same. Keep doin big things @DDominguezMD @rosnydaniel @DrPFili @mdewittfoy @Chelsea_Anne_MD @ymkelly @brandon_imber

Peter Chin-Hong MD

@PCH_SF

4 years

"You live as long as you dance"- #RudolfNureyev Throwback @UCSF @UCSFMedicine graduation. Dance every day #UCSFgrads & congrats! See more here: (Just a prologue #ClassOf2020 . Wait to see what your classmates & faculty did for you this yr-coming up soon!)

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

3 years

Focal therapy is here, but more data is needed: only half of men treated with focal therapy have follow up biopsies, and clinically significant recurrences occur both in/out of field. Which patients missed a window for cure? @pcarroll_ @UCSFUrology #AUA21

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

3 years

This is the Willow. 1 of 2 “hands free” pumps on the market, allowing you to type, Zoom, see patients, even operate (cc: @ClaireDlc @DrPFili @BogdanaSchmidt et al) discreetly while pumping. Each part assembled, disassembled, and cleaned per 20-25 minute session, every 3-5 hours.

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@Jasosamd

4 years

Breastfeeding has benefits but pumping results in ⬇️productivity/pay. For MDs, a 30min lactation hold/half day clinic session for 1 yr from birthdate & 1.5 wRVU credit per hold will be provided. Similar for APPs. Thanks for lactation RVUs @UCSFHospitals & @UCSF ! #WomenInSTEM

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

3 years

The best ideas in Silicon Valley came from a garage. This is what that looks like now, in the post-pandemic era. Congrats to John Lindsey MD, MEng @UCSFUrology for graduating from the @StanfordMed Biodesign fellowship in his research year!

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

5 years

We sure will miss you @aherlema and best of luck in Germany. An incredible onc fellow, role model, and friend.

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

The 1st @UCSFUrology Residency Open House is fast approaching. Register here: 🗓️Wednesday, 7/29/20 @ 5PM PST 📝Submit any questions and come check us out!

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

5 months

What’s new in urethral stricture disease? 📝Standardized classification system 🙋‍♂️Patient perspectives 🌊Fluid dynamic modeling 🧫Understanding pathophysiology Inspiring grand rounds by @UCSFUrology with Dept Chair @ben_breyer

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

Getting ready to pass out food to families with SF unified school district!

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

1 year

Dr @h_alahmadie taking us though difficult diagnoses in GU Pathology at #USCAP2023 - until 9 PM CST no less. Eye opening to learn about urologic diseases from the other side. @MSKCancerCenter @MSKPathology

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

5 years

Dr. Christi Butler, featured research resident, is advocating for vulnerable and underserved populations in Urology and recipient of $100k grant. The research year @UCSFUrology grooms future leaders in the field

The Fifth Year Research Year

In urology programs across the country, a dedicated research year is becoming an increasing rarity, with just a handful of schools finding them worth the expense and ambivalence among some potential r

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

6 months

Being Well while Doing Well — Distinguishing Necessary from Unnecessary Discomfort in Training | NEJM Necessary reading

Being Well while Doing Well — Distinguishing Necessary from Unnecessary Discomfort in Training |...

Maintaining medicine’s commitment to excellence while remedying our failures requires distinguishing unnecessary trainee harms from necessary discomforts. Why is it so hard to make these distinctions?

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

9 months

4th talk in 2 days by @TiansterZhang . Taking us through the evolving landscape of mRCC yesterday and mUC today 💫 #DAVABroadmoorGU @DAVAOnc

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

In localized PC, #PSMA expression correlated with ⬆️ #Decipher and aggressive dz. #PSMA ⬆️ in LumB, #fluciclovine ⬆️ in LumA. Both ⬇️ in basal. #Fluciclovine transporters LAT1/LAT4 favorable. @felixfengmd @pcarroll_ @dr_coops @Davicioni @DrSpratticus @SimaPorten @drpaulnguyen

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

5 years

Sunshine, happy hour, and the best little residency family a girl could wish for. Sending @IanMetzler @Uro_gadz @BogdanaSchmidt off to new adventures. Our field is lucky to have you. @UCSFUrology

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

I could not be prouder of my big sis Christi. Look out world!!

OHSU Urology

@OHSUurology

4 years

Celebrating the end of 2020 with our 300th #vaginoplasty for OHSU Urology & Transgender Health Program 🥂🥳🎉 Today's case was a SP robotic vaginoplasty with Drs. Dugi and @GeolaniDy , and fellows Christi Butler and Blair Peters.

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

~400 in attendance to learn about Pediatric Urology Emergencies and other interactive cases from Dr. Larry Baskin, moderated by @UrologYiLi @UCSFUrology - join us at

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

@lindsayahampson @Uro_Res @wandering_er @ClaireDlc @UrologYiLi @Heiko25 @domesypantsx3 @_ashwin_bala @FloMaxBowman @MeeraChappidi 1️⃣ @UCSFUrology 2️⃣ Strong academic focus with fully funded research year. Amazing faculty. High surgical volume - excellent robotic, open, and endourology exposure. Tight knit resident family. 3️⃣ SF is where it’s at!! 5️⃣ Let’s talk more in DM.

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

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Take care of yourself, so you can care for others 1. Free CorePower yoga 2. Free cardio/strength 3. Free Headspace app (enter NPI) 4. Netflix Party - watch a movie with friends!

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

@UCSFUrology was honored to host Dr. Arthur Burnett from @brady_urology , for our 2020 Tanagho Visiting Professor event. A pioneer in male sexual health & a true inspiration. Together we held a moment of silence w/ @UCSF to remember #GeorgeFloyd & so many others. #BlackLivesMatter

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

Hate against Asian Americans is on the rise. As with any kind of witnessed xenophobia: bring attention to it, every single time.

Carmen Alvarez

@CarmenTAlvarez

4 years

Thank you ⁦ @Forbes ⁩ for highlighting ways in which we can address racism and xenophobia during these difficult times. Thank you Dr. Lucy Li for lending your voice to this issue and bravely sharing your story. ⁦ @MassGeneralNews ⁩

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

5 years

excited to see qualitative research being used to study cystectomy outcomes! patient perspective is major component and this identifies opportunities to improve telehealth and mobile health interventions. @UNCurology @angiesmith_uro

Using qualitative research to reduce readmissions and optimize perioperative cystectomy care

Semistructured interviews of cystectomy patients, caregivers, and providers suggest that preoperative education is overwhelming and lacks the ability to distinguish normal symptoms from abnormal...

acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

5 years

Congratulations to our graduating chiefs @BogdanaSchmidt @IanMetzler @Uro_gadz . Inspiring us to be better every day- knew you were destined for greatness since day 1! Final graduating class under @pcarroll_ who gently reminds us perfection is not optional

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

3 years

Congrats @lindsayahampson ! You are outstanding in every way possible... inspired me to choose urology back in med school. So well deserved!!

Lindsay Hampson

@lindsayahampson

3 years

Honored to be included in this amazing group!🤗 Thanks to my own team of supporters, mentors, and sponsors - and to the trainees that make it fun and worthwhile to do this work!! 🙏🏼 @pcarroll_ @ben_breyer @KGUROmd @Uro_Max @Uro_KIND @anobelodisho @WessellsHunter @BryanVoelzke

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

6 years

We came in first place! Just the beginning of many exciting projects with @SimaPorten @KGUROmd @UCSFUrology thank you #WSAUA18 !

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

@UCSFUrology residents came together to build a mentorship program for underrepresented applicants this cycle. Time to 👏🏼 widen 👏🏼 the 👏🏼 pipeline @UroResidency @Uro_Res

micha

@uromicha

4 years

Only 2% of urologists identify as Black & 3.9% as Hispanic. @UCSFUrology residents created a mentorship program specifically for BIPOC and Latinx urology applicants. We can and must fight together against structural racism! #UroSoMe #UroMatch @UroResidency

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

3 years

@UrologyMSK first year fellows with a strong showing at @SUO_YUO dinner last night. Applicants, reach out anytime for questions about the fellowship. @WesleyYipMD @BenBeech9 @drMPerera @SongJiangUro @sari_safaa @DeJesusManuelMD

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

Very important study on the performance of biomarkers +/- mpMRI in the diagnosis of clinically significant prostate cancer. Great work @ClaireDlc et al!

UCSFUrology

@UCSFUrology

4 years

Drs de la Calle, Nguyen et al in @JUrology on, "Clinical Utility of 4Kscore, ExosomeDx and Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Early Detection of High-Grade Prostate Cancer" @pcarroll_ @ClaireDlc @PeterLonergan @Uro_gadz @dr_coops @haognguyen

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

2 years

Amazing talk by @SamWashUro on advancing our framework for studying and addressing disparities in GU cancers #GU22

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

7 months

ICYMI: T3N2M1a bladder CA with radiographic CR/ctDNA response after systemic chemo, residual HG T1 only? In 2024: cystectomy, avelumab maintenance, or consolidative chemoXRT?? Excellent multi-D discussion @DrRosenbergMSK @SimaPorten @gdgrass @Anto_cigliola @MonikaJoshimd #GU24

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

2 years

And huge shoutout to my mentor @DSolit (2001 YIA recipient!) who came out to support and represent 😊

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

#PSMA expression⬇️in mCRPC, and further depressed in t-SCNC/NEPC. #Fluciclovine transporters are more heterogeneous, but many ⬆️. Implications for imaging and tumor biology? @felixfengmd @pcarroll_ @dr_coops @SimaPorten @DrSpratticus @EdwardSchaeffer @DrPaulNguyen @aherlema

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

Great case-based bladder cancer panel, discussing what to do about BCG shortage in NMIBC, feat. @SimaPorten @JoshMeeks @ERPlimackMD @UroCancerMD Dr. Ronald Chen #AUALive @AmerUrological

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

3 years

“As a woman, I am plenty familiar with the false choice between diversity or excellence... that if organizations increase diversity and expand inclusion, they sacrifice mission or quality...In reality, the smart move is to choose both. Inclusion & excellence. Diversity & mission”

The Washington Post

@washingtonpost

3 years

Opinion: CIA critics are creating a false choice between diversity and excellence

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Carissa Chu

@CChuMD

4 years

Just signed up to be a resident mentor. Great idea and looking forward to the content. Prospective applicants should take a good look @UCSFUrology , cc: @UrologYiLi @ClaireDlc @MeeraChappidi @domesypantsx3 @FloMaxBowman @Heiko25 @_ashwin_bala @JorgeMena @michazheng8 @KShee11

Michael Ernst

@mernstUro

4 years

1/ 🚨Calling All Urology Applicants and Residents!🚨 Launching June 1st: #UroStream101 💥Connect with resident mentors 💥Interact with uro leaders 💥Deep dive on uro topic 💥Advance #SoMe urologic #MedEd efforts Residents sign up today for more info:

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