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Editor

T. Ernesto Figueroa, MD

managing Editor

Christine Frey

Contributing Writers

Casey Callanan
Christine Frey
Aisha Langford
Taylor Titus
Celia Vimont

Design

Jennifer Kennedy
Ashleigh Kilgour

Contributors

Anne E. Calvaresi, DNP, CRNP, RNFA; Scott Eggener, MD; Alexander Kutikov, MD; Veronica Triaca, MD

Urology Care Foundation Board of Directors

Harris M. Nagler, MD, FACS (President);

David Green, MD, FACS (Treasurer); Gopal Badlani, MD (Secretary); Sanford Siegel, MD; Raju Thomas, MD; Jay G. Baitler, Ryan D. Drant, Larry Lipshultz, MD; Mary Ann Lynn Stothers, MD, MHSc; Amarpreet Sawhney, PhD

Public Education Council

T. Ernesto Figueroa, MD (Chair);

Timothy Averch, MD, FACS; Ahmad H. Bani Hani, MD; Elizabeth Timbrook Brown, MD, MPH; Arthur L. Burnett, II, MD; Anne Calvaresi, DNP, CRNP, RNFA; Kelly A. Healy, MD, FACS; Stanton Honig, MD; Kevin McVary, MD, FACS; Amanda North, MD; Benjamin Ristau, MD,MHA; Angela M. Smith, MD, MS; Brian R. Stork, MD; Ana Tomšić, MPH, CHES

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