AUANews Inside Tract

Women's representation in urology continues to grow, but recruitment is only part of the story. Drs. Maheetha Barathwaj, Jaime Cavallo, Angie Smith, and Cheryl Lee examine findings from the 2025 AUA Census and share perspectives from different career stages. They discuss mentorship, leadership, retention, work-life integration, and the opportunities and barriers shaping the future of women in urology.

We are pleased to announce that Dr Stephen Nakada, AUA Past President (2024-2025), has joined the AUANews editorial board as the new Associate Editor for Leadership and Business. He will be leading a new series on leadership within the AUA. The third installment features a conversation between Dr Nakada and two recent Leadership Program graduates, Dr. Una Lee and Dr. Kevin Koo.

In this episode of AUANews Inside Tract, medical student David Stack speaks with Dr. Brock O'Neil from the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah about the growing role of AI in medicine. They discuss the challenges and questions this new technology is bringing up in the field of urology. 

Quality Improvement and Patient Safety In this episode, Dr. Tariq Chaudry joins Dr. Andrew Harris, chair of AUA's Quality Improvement and Patient Safety (QIPS) Committee, to discuss the University of Kentucky's journey to becoming a high-reliability organization (HRO), where safety, accountability, teamwork, continuous improvement, and learning come together to minimize risk and reduce harm. This episode explores what sparked UK's HRO commitment, how teams turned principles into action, the lessons and changes that made the greatest impact, and practical first steps any organization can take to begin its own journey.

In this episode of AUANews Inside Tract, host Dr. Avani Desai speaks with Dr. Daniel Frendl about the coverage gaps in prostate cancer screening in the United States and how the PSA Screening for HIM act hopes to help solve the problem. They touch on the role of urologists in advocacy and how the Act will change prostate cancer screening for both urologists and their patients.