The Grand Rounds in Urology™ (GRU) Community is a premier network for urologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, and other healthcare providers to keep up-to-date with best practices and current clinical updates for the treatment of urologic diseases and conditions, especially genitourinary cancers. GRU provides dissemination of knowledge through online content, live meetings, lectures, conversations, information sharing, and constructive debates, ultimately improving physician performance and patient outcomes throughout the world. Members of the GRU community receive timely notifications of important upcoming meetings, additional coursework, CME opportunities, and educational materials relating to urology.

GRU accomplishes its mission in the following ways:

Live Meetings: GRU is an organizer and host of international conferences and symposia that bring together the top thought leaders in the treatment of urologic disease. Our meetings focus on current best treatment practices, as well as future trends and directions. These educational programs offer highly interactive dialog with state-of-the-art presentations.

Valuable Information and Online Learning Products: Virtual Grand Rounds, Platinum Lecture Series, Ask the Expert, as well as presentations from international meetings provide the resources urologists need to stay informed. Online courses, CME and non-CME, provide urologists with the best practices for treating patients.

Networking: GRU serves to constantly connect professional learners, faculty experts, and industry partners through its live and virtual activities. These opportunities facilitate high-level collaborations to evolve best practices in urologic care.

GRU is published by Carden Jennings Publishing Co., Ltd., an internationally recognized medical publisher and award-winning producer of medical education materials for healthcare professionals in a variety of specialties.

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Rivanna Health Publication’s Prostatepedia features informal conversations with doctors, patients, and activists about prostate cancer. Each month, we tackle a different topic facing prostate cancer patients today—from how imaging has impacted treatment, to dealing with erectile dysfunction after radiation or surgery, and to the evolving field of immunotherapy.

IOS Press is headquartered in Amsterdam, serving the information needs of scientific and medical communities worldwide. IOS Press publishes over 100 international journals and about 75 book titles each year on subjects ranging from medicine and the natural sciences to computer sciences and mathematics. The company’s two journals, Bladder Cancer and Kidney Cancer, are forums for important scientific advancements and the advocacy communities in these fields. Bladder Cancer and Kidney Cancer facilitate progress in understanding the epidemiology/etiology, genetics, molecular correlates, pathogenesis, pharmacology, ethics, patient advocacy and survivorship, diagnosis, and treatment of tumors of the bladder and the kidney, respectively. IOS Press partners with Grand Rounds in Urology to provide access to the latest research (abstracts) published in these journals.

In 2008, when physician leaders of member urology practices began to recognize the need for a formal association to help meet the challenges of the future, the Large Urology Group Practice Association (LUGPA) was established with the purpose of enhancing communication among large groups, allowing for benchmarking of operations, promoting quality clinical outcomes, developing new opportunities, and improving advocacy in the legislative and regulatory arenas. LUGPA has modified its bylaws and now welcomes memberships for all physician colleagues, regardless of size. All urologists may benefit from the growing LUGPA network.

Prostate Conditions Education Council (PCEC) was founded in 1989, and is a non-profit 501-3c organization. A national organization committed to men’s health, PCEC is the nation’s leading resource for information on prostate health. The PCEC is dedicated to saving lives through awareness and the education of men, the women in their lives, as well as the medical community about prostate cancer prevalence, the importance of early detection, available treatment options, and other men’s health issues. The Council – comprised of a consortium of leading physicians, health educators, scientists, and prostate cancer advocates – aims to conduct nationwide screenings for men and perform research that will aid in the detection and treatment of prostate conditions.

The PCa Commentary was commenced in October 2002 as a project to bring to clinicians working the prostate cancer field new information about clinically relevant developments in diagnosis, staging, imaging, and treatment — and place this information into the context of a basic science background. The articles are based on literature research of a variety of sources which the busy clinician may not have the time to peruse. In most instances the text has been reviewed by an expert in the subject under discussion. The goal is to present practice relevant data concisely and accurately.

The College is managed by a volunteer Board of Chancellors elected by the membership and guided by the By-laws. The Board consists of 11 elected Chancellors made up of the Chair, the President (Chair Elect), the Vice-President (President Elect), the Secretary-Treasurer, the three (3) Chairs of select ACRO Standing Committees (Governmental & Economic Affairs Committee, Standards Committee, and Membership Committee), and four (4) At-large members of the Board. The Board meets twice each year, at the Annual Meeting and at a mid-year meeting in October. The Executive Committee meets monthly by telephone conference call. Elections are held annually prior to the College’s Annual Meeting. Each chancellor serves a 4-year term but not more than two consecutive terms. The chief executive officer of the College is the President of the College who automatically ascends to the position of Chairman. Programming is by committees whose members are appointed by the Board of Chancellors. The Board of Chancellors adheres to guidelines of tenure for committee personnel to ensure periodic rotation. The Board of Chancellors, through a contract with an association management company (WSMA Association Management Services), is supported by an Executive Director who, with other assigned staff members, is responsible for all functions related to management direction, administrative services, membership administration, publications, conference management, financial management, continuing medical education, and committee support. The strength of the College lies in the careful appointment of committees for the varied assignments and in the broad participation of members in the educational activities.