How to cite: Crawford, E. David, MD, Kaplan, Steven A., MD, McVary, Kevin T., MD, FACS. “Optilume® BPH Catheter System: Optilume® Care Pathway and Treatment Options – Q&A Session.” July 2024. Accessed Dec 2024. https://grandroundsinurology.com/optilume-bph-catheter-system-optilume-care-pathway-and-treatment-options-qa-session/
Optilume® BPH Catheter System: Optilume® Care Pathway and Treatment Options – Q&A Session
E. David Crawford, MD, Stephen Kaplan, MD, and Kevin T. McVary, MD, FACS, continue their discussion of the utility of the Optilume® BPH Catheter System in this Q&A session.
To see the main discussion on this topic, click here. To see the first part of this series, supported by Laborie, click here. For more informational content on the latest developments on men’s health topics like BPH, please visit our Men’s Health Next-Generation Learning Center.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Researcher-physician E. David Crawford, MD, Jack A. Vickers Director of Prostate Research and Professor of Urology at the University of California, San Diego, has devoted his career in medicine to educating the public about men's health issues and finding effective techniques and procedures to address prostate cancer, the most common malignancy affecting men in the United States.
Dr. Steven A. Kaplan is the Director of the Men’s Wellness Program at Mount Sinai Health System and a Professor of Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He is an internationally renowned leader in the study of benign diseases of the prostate, the association of metabolic factors with voiding dysfunction, and female urology.
Dr. Kevin T. McVary currently serves as the Director of the Center for Male Health and Professor of Urology at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He received his MD from Northwestern Medical School. He joined the faculty at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and was a Professor of Urology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine for 23 years. He served as the Director of the Center for Sexual Health at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and was Director of the Andrology Fellowship Program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
