COVID-19 and Genitourinary Cancers VL

COVID-19 Crisis is Transforming GU Oncology Care in San Francisco - Hala Borno

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Recorded Date: March 25, 2020 Talking with Alicia Morgans is Hala Borno a medical oncologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at UCSF, discussing the ways in which COVID-19 has affected all aspects of oncology care, including the way physicians interact with patients, diagnostics, and treatment plans. Clinical encounters have been shifted to remote platforms; treatment plans have been transform...

COVID-19 and Global Urologic Surgery Disruptions - Bertrand Tombal and Neal Shore

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Recorded Date: March 24, 2020 Amid the escalating COVID-19 crisis across the globe, Alicia Morgans speaks with Neal Shore and Bertrand Tombal who share the urologist's perspective on the impact of the crisis on their patients and their capacity to give care. Dr. Tombal calls in from Belgium; where he speaks to the effect of total confinement in the country and how GU-oncology and urology surgeries...

Managing GU Cancer Care during the Disruption of the COVID-19 Pandemic - Tomasz Beer

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Recorded Date: March 22, 2020 Tomasz Beer joins Alicia Morgans from Portland, Oregon, to share how his clinic is shifting priorities to prepare for the COVID-19 global pandemic. Since cancer patients are among some of the highest at risk of contracting COVID-19, Dr. Beer outlines the clinical differences he is seeing in his practice, and how his team is implementing virtual visits (telemedicine) t...

Navigating GU Oncology Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic - Petros Grivas

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Recorded Date: March 24, 2020 In the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic, Petros Grivas discusses the importance of collaboration and communication among clinicians across the cancer care community. Hosted by Alicia Morgans, Dr. Grivas outlines the initiative of the multi-institutional collaborative registry, the CCC19 registry which is being spearheaded by Dr. Jeremy Warner and colleagues. This...

How COVID-19 Is Impacting Cancer Care in NYC - William Oh

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Recorded Date: March 21, 2020 William Oh, a GU medical oncologist practicing at Mount Sinai in New York City, joins Alicia Morgans to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. With testing being ramped up at Mt. Sinai and the disease evolving at rapid speed, Dr. Oh discusses testing criteria for COVID-19 in cancer patients, how they approach safely discharging cancer patients from the inpatient...

COVID-19 and Cancer Care at St. Barts Cancer Institute in London UK - Thomas Powles

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Recorded Date: March 19, 2020 Thomas Powles from Barts Cancer Institute in London joins Alicia Morgans to discuss how the GU medical oncology and urologic oncology communities are preparing for and caring for people with genitourinary malignancies in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Powles provides a European perspective on the state of the virus today. As the cancer center director Dr....

Safe and Effective Cancer Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Toni Choueiri

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Date Recorded: March 19, 2020 Joining Alicia Morgans is Toni Choueiri to share the measures he is taking at his clinic to support safe and effective cancer care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Choueiri, the Director of the Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, shares that in addition to following strict screening processes, his team is working to prioritize...

COVID-19 Impacting GU Cancer Care in New Orleans at Tulane Cancer Center - A. Oliver Sartor

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Recorded Date: March 19, 2020 Oliver Sartor joins Alicia Morgans sharing his perspective of the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) and the current disruption in healthcare. Dr. Sartor discusses variables his institution is experiencing with personnel resources, the importance of staying in close communication with patients and considerations of their care in this challenging time. Drs. Sartor and M...

Considerations of GU Cancer Patients Treatments in the New Reality of COVID-19 - Petros Grivas

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Recorded Date: March 18, 2020 Petros Grivas, Brian Rini, and Ali Khaki discuss the current status of the COVID-19 global pandemic and its impacts on the current ongoing care for patients receiving treatment for cancer and for patients currently on clinical trials. It is clear that there is no data on oncologic outcomes as the virus is rapidly spreading. Drs. Rini, Khaki, and Grivas discuss aspects...