Research at the Innovation Center for Urologic Research and Education

The Innovation Center for Urologic Research and Education (iCURE) is involved in a variety of active and prospective research projects. 

Recent Submissions

Submitted to New England American Urological Association Conference (September 29-October 1, 2022):

• Risky Business: The Use of Unregulated Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors in Healthcare Supplements
• Distressed communities with high risk stone formers may benefit more from multidisciplinary kidney stone clinic model
• Integration of Telehealth at Multidisciplinary Stone Clinic Increases Patient Adherence to Kidney Stone Prevention Visits
• A Geographic Analysis of the Endourologic Management of Stones Demonstrates a Variation between Northeastern States
• Age of Urologist Predicts Treatment Preference for the Management of Stone Disease 
• Temporal Trends of Diagnostic Prostate MRI Results 

Upcoming Presentations

To be presented at the American Urologic Association Conference (May 13-16, 2022):

• Artificial Intelligence in Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy: Developing Predictive Models for Positive Surgical Margins
• Identifying Bladder Urothelial Carcinomas Using Fluorescent Signal Intensity of pH Low Inserting Peptides
• Erectile Function 5 years Following Successful Penis Transplantation
• Comparison of Guidance UTI and standard urine culture for rates of sepsis, hospitalization and other adverse outcomes in complicated urinary tract infections
• Prostacyclin (Treprostinil) Therapy Improves Renal Hemodynamics During Rat Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury