Richard E. Link, MD, PhD and Brian S. Christine, MD, presented “Panel Discussion: MIS, Renal Stones, and Transplants” at the 27th Annual Innovations in Urologic Practice conference on September 23, 2023.
How to cite: Link, Richard E; Christine, Brian S. “Panel Discussion: MIS, Renal Stones, and Transplants.” September 2023. Accessed Aug 2024. https://grandroundsinurology.com/panel-discussion-mis-renal-stones-and-transplants/
Panel Discussion: MIS, Renal Stones, and Transplants – Summary
Richard E. Link, MD, PhD; Brian S. Christine, MD
About The 27th Annual Innovations in Urologic Practice:
Presented by co-chairs Mohit Khera, MD, MBA, MPH, and Michael Coburn, MD, FACS, the Innovations in Urologic Practice conference provides a detailed review and commentary on multiple genitourinary and urologic diseases. Among the featured oncological topics are bladder cancer and immunotherapies, as well as upper tract cancer management, prostate cancer, including state-of-the-art imaging, focal therapy, and MRI. Experts also discuss new tools and techniques for nephrectomy and treating advanced renal cell carcinoma. In terms of general urological approaches, the conference also includes pelvic reconstruction and trauma; men’s health topics like male infertility, andrology, and sexual dysfunction; OAB and voiding dysfunctions; and ways to diagnose and treat infections in the urology patient.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Christine attended Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, and then went on to complete his urology residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He practiced general urology for five years, treating urologic cancers, kidney stones, female urology, and male sexual dysfunction. Over a decade ago, Dr. Christine decided to sub-specialize in prosthetic urology and men’s sexual health. At present, his internationally-recognized practice is centered on treating erectile dysfunction, Peyronie’s disease, premature ejaculation, radical prostatectomy-induced urinary incontinence, and low testosterone, as well as on providing male genital aesthetic surgery. In addition to his work as a clinician, Dr. Christine is heavily involved in the medical community and is committed to urologic education. He is Fellowship Director and Director of Prosthetic Urology and Men’s Sexual Health at Urology Centers of Alabama. He frequently hosts urologists from around the world and allows them to observe his surgeries. He is a member of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America, the International Society of Sexual Medicine, the European Association of Urology, and the International Continence Society.
Richard E. Link, MD, PhD, is a professor and board-certified and fellowship-trained urologist specializing in the treatment of urologic disease affecting the kidney, ureter, adrenal gland and prostate. Dr. Link holds the Carlton-Smith Endowed Chair in urologic education at the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston, Texas and directs the BCM division of endourology and minimally invasive surgery. He serves as director of living donor procurement for several major kidney transplant programs in Houston, including Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Texas Children’s Hospital, and the Houston Methodist Hospital. Dr. Link focuses on the use of laparoscopic, robotic-assisted, percutaneous, and endoscopic techniques to treat kidney and prostate tumors, benign prostatic hypertrophy, renal and ureteral obstruction, and urinary tract stones and has been an early pioneer in the development of laparoendoscopic single-site donor nephrectomy.
Dr. Link earned both his MD and PhD in molecular and cellular physiology at Stanford University in California and completed an internship and residency at BCM before completing a fellowship at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Link also has a strong interest in applying single site robotic technology using the da Vinci SP platform to retroperitoneal and transvesical urologic surgery. He has published numerous papers and earned many awards, including the Fulbright and Jaworski LLP Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Evaluation at BCM.
