Congrats to our very own Dr Smith on a very well deserved retirement. Thank you for all you’ve done for our department and the field of urology! A true legend.
#AUA22
@AmerUrological
@Endo_Society
Introducing our newest faculty expert in voiding dysfxn and female urology Dr Wai Lee
@Mrwailee
! He comes to us by way of
@SBUrology
and recently
@VMUrology
where he completed a
#FPMRS
fellowship. We are excited to welcome him back to New York and to our program.
Dr Adam Cole
@aicole1
joins us from
@umichurology
. A Michigan native, we are glad to have him with us in New York. With a focus on general urology, he plans to see patients from our Garden City office. Welcome to the Smith Institute, Dr Cole!

Dr Arun Rai
@ArunRaiMD
joins us as a graduate of our Endourology and MIS fellowship. He completed residency at
@bcm_urology
and is interested in
#MIS
and complex stone disease. With an MBA/MS from Weill Cornell, he joins as Director of Surgical Innovation at the Smith Institute!
We are thrilled to share that our former resident Dr. Aaron Smith (
@AaronSmithUro
) is coming home to join the
@NorthwellHealth
#urology
faculty starting July 29! Dr. Smith is a specialist in men’s health and male reproductive medicine & completed his fellowship
@CleClinicUro
Congratulations to our three graduates.
@TavyaBenjaminMD
, Dr Darian Andreas and Dr Daniel Nethala we will miss you! We are proud of your accomplishments and can’t wait to see what you’ll achieve. 🌟
We would like to welcome Dr Jay Bishoff (
@DrJTBishoffMD
) to the Smith Institute. He joins us as Director of Urology for the Central Region. An expert in
#MIS
and
#prostatecancer
, we are excited to have him grow our existing prostate cancer programs to better serve our patients
Proud to see our own PGY2 Matthew Mikula earn Northwell Health Cancer Institute Advisory Council Innovation Pilot Award. $50K to study prostate cancer imaging and diagnostics.
We had a wonderful time welcoming Dr Sandhu from
@UrologyMSK
as our visiting professor today. Great hands on session, including a live demo of AUS deactivation.
@NYSAUA
We could not be more excited to match Ginnie, Kostantinos, Will, and Leo to our program! Congratulations to these future IU Urologists. Sunglasses to come because the future is bright!
#AUAMatch
#uromatch
@AmerUrological
Join us this evening at 630PM EST for our 2nd virtual open house event. Our faculty and resident family will share what goes into creating an outstanding residency experience for you budding urologists!
@UroResidency
@Uro_Stream
@Uro_Res
Register here:
On the threshold of an exciting day tomorrow for our
#uroapplicant
group! Our interview days will be offered Nov 11, Nov 18, and Dec 9. Good luck to all!
Another
#NURP
comes to a close as residents from around the country head back home with all sorts of new tips and tricks spanning urologic reconstruction, gender affirmation and men’s health!
@CleClinicUro
We are accepting applications to our 1-year paid Fracchia Urology Research Fellowship.
Interested medical students and transitional year applicants should send CV & medical school transcript to:
JBagielto
@northwell
.edu
Please DM with any questions.
1/3
Please join us in congratulating our YUO Chair
@samsimsal
!
Dr. Salami is the winner of the
@AmerUrological
’s prestigious Gold Cystoscope Award for his outstanding contributions to the science of genomics for the early detection and treatment of urologic cancers 👏👏👏
Spotted our very own
@Dr_Kresh
featured as part of this year’s
@AmerUrological
leadership class. Congrats Dr Kreshover! We are lucky to have her as a leader in our department.
#AUA22
Such an honor to be invited to
@SmithInstUro
as the Albert Sutton VP this week. A homecoming to Long Island to see mentors, friends, and many new faces at the amazing program where I trained just a few (ok…maybe many) years ago.
We are so excited to welcome our first group of applicants to interview with us today! Looking forward to a great day of meeting the future of our field.
We are now accepting visiting rotator applications for the summer and fall of 2021! You can apply on
#VSLO
and find us under The Zucker School of Medicine. DM with any questions or reach out to our program coordinator: jtidridge
@northwell
.edu.
#UroSoMe
#MedTwitter
Great journal club tonight lead by Dr. Moldwin 💪. Topics from genetic testing for prostate cancer 🧬to novel treatments for OAB 💊. Journal club is a great way for our residents to critically appraise literature and grow as urologic researchers.
#UroSoMe
Join us for our final open house tonight! Still not too late to register (link below). We look forward to meeting to future of our field.
#UroSoMe
@Uro_Res
@UroUnbound_IG
Fantastic day learning FPMRS procedures today! Huge shout out to
@Mrwailee
for organizing this amazing event and all the vendors who helped make this possible!! 🎉
#UroSoMe
#fpmrs
@SmithInstUro
Kicked off the week with a full day in the OR and my first time on the console! Thanks to Dr Schwartz for walking me through my first real
#roboticsurgery
experience of residency 😎
@smithurologist
#UroSoMe
Breaking News! 📢 This morning,
#healthcarehero
Sandra Lindsay, an intensive care nurse at Northwell's Long Island Jewish Medical Center, became the first person to be vaccinated for
#COVID19
in the US.
Bringing together experts from our own institution and around the country, we have created a
#DEI
themed video library for students to learn more about the field of urology. Thanks to our own
@MiguelPinedaMD
for organizing.
This morning we had our annual robotics skills workshop, featuring a replica of a vesicourethral anastomosis using a balloon and soda bottle courtesy of PD, Dr. Michael Schwartz! Special thanks to our wonderful
#roboticsurgery
APPs for their help today.
#UroSoMe
We have all star faculty at Northwell Urology! Excited to see this shout out to men’s health expert
@drPaduch
in a discussion of varicocele repair for infertility.
Our PA's are an essential part of our program, helping us in the inpatient, outpatient, and operating room setting. We are lucky to have them as colleagues at the Smith Institute!
@AmerUrological
#PAweek
Happy PA Week! This year, we want to recognize the work PAs have done during the most challenging times. That’s why this year's theme is “PAs Are Essential" -- because you are. Essential to patients, essential to healthcare. Kick off
#PAweek
by watching and sharing this video!
We have a $1,500 travel & living stipend for
#urology
away rotations geared towards underrepresented in medicine
#URiM
medical students:
Rising 4th year students are encouraged to apply! Details in link above. Comment/DM with questions.
Great
#pediatricurology
conference this morning featuring an overview of pediatric stone management by PGY3 Tommy Williams and followed by a case presentation by PGY4 Darian Andreas. What’s on your
#ddx
?
Today’s biweekly research meeting features presentations to research fellow
@ShashankPandy11
on PT for pelvic pain and PGY2 Matt Mikula on the impact of family hx on prostate cancer detection rates. Plenty of opportunities for research at the
#SmithInsitute
@Uro_Res
,
#UrologyMatch2023
Our last virtual open house is tomorrow, 8/25 at 7PM EST! Join us to meet with faculty and residents and learn about our dynamic program! Register:
Hey
@smithurologist
welcome to Twitter! You are on the Urology Residency List. Applicants can find you and you can follow other programs for ideas and support.
Wrapping up a great first week with our
#virtual
sub-intern from
@JeffersonUniv
. We created our virtual SubI to give visiting students a window to our program even in this uncertain time.
@JEFFUrology
#UroSoMe
September
#TumorBoard
in the books. Great talk from SubI Eitan Katlowitz from
@JeffersonUniv
on muscle-invasive
#BladderCancer
and a debate on optimal management of NSGCT
#TesticularCancer
between Dr Dan Nethala from Urology and Dr Carlos Lopez from HemOnc