Emily Willingham, PhD, the keynote speaker of the 22nd Annual Fall Scientific Meeting of the SMSNA, sought to contextualize the human penis within the greater world of animal penises in her lecture, “Life Lessons from the Animal Penis.”
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Avery Braun, DO, presented new research on the location and severity of postoperative pain for patients who have undergone inflatable penile prosthesis implantation during the first Erectile Dysfunction Surgical Abstract Session of the SMSNA Annual Fall Scientific Meeting.
Today at the SMSNA Annual Fall Scientific Meeting during the APP Symposium, Lutricia Harrison, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, spoke on the topic of explicit and implicit biases and how they may impact patients.
Often, health care professionals provide soon-to-be parents with a surfeit of information on what to expect during a pregnancy. However, once the baby is born, the flow of information pertaining to the parents’ health tends to fall off as the attention generally shifts to the well-being of the newborn.
The American Urological Association (AUA) and the Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) released a new clinical practice guideline to aid in the diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of acute ischemic priapism in men.
For health care providers, it can be useful to have a general understanding of the sexual response cycle to properly diagnose, support, and treat patients who are dealing with sexual dysfunctions like erectile dysfunction, female sexual dysfunction, and anorgasmia.
The American Urological Association (AUA) recently announced that the AUA2021 is going virtual. In light of this change, the SMSNA has decided to cancel its 27th Annual Scientific Program from the virtual AUA2021 meeting. We are looking forward to a very successful 2022 AUA Annual Meeting with SMSNA Annual Scientific Program in New Orleans, LA in May 2022.
The SMSNA is committed to planning a safe, in-person 22nd Annual Fall Scientific Meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona, from October 21-24, 2021. The health and safety of SMSNA members and the greater community are of the utmost importance. As such, the SMSNA has published its COVID-19 protocols/requirements for attendance to this meeting here: https://www.smsna.org/annual2021/covid-19.
The penile doppler ultrasound (PDU) is a dynamic, noninvasive imaging modality that allows the depiction of normal penile anatomy and real-time measurement of pathologic changes. PDU can also provide insight into the arterial and venous hemodynamic condition of the penis. Thus, PDU is a valuable tool for evaluating and diagnosing various conditions such as Peyronie's disease (PD), erectile dysfunction (ED), penile trauma, and priapism. Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) are good candidates to perform this diagnostic procedure to establish appropriate medical management for patients.
Sexual health is an important part of one’s overall health. A comprehensive sexual history can help a provider screen for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and other sexual health conditions and share information about risk reduction and family planning when appropriate. However, it may be more difficult to broach a conversation with a patient regarding sexual health than it is to discuss other health topics. Though each patient’s situation is unique, the following guide provides an example of approaching and obtaining a patient’s sexual health history.
Call all student and resident members!
Recently the SMSNA leadership has made the decision to form a Medical Student & Resident Committee to help with serving the best interests of our student and resident members, including initiatives to improve education and networking opportunities, and guidance on pursuing a career path in sexual medicine. This committee will be comprised of student/resident members, under the advisement of Drs Amy Pearlman (Young Clinicians Committee Chair) & Hossein Sadeghi-Nejad (Immediate Past-President).
Elsevier, the publisher of ISSM’s journals, has announced the latest impact factors for 3 of the publications. Impact factor is a ratio of the citations to a journal in the most recent year to a count of articles and reviews published in the journal in the prior two years.
It is with our deepest sorrow that we inform you of the death of Dr. William P. Conners III (43). Dr. Conners passed away unexpectedly on July 5, 2021.
