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Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Department of Urology

Recent Publications

  1. Rahman-Enyart A, Jmii H, Ghura S, Yaggie RE, Schaeffer AJ, Klumpp DJ  Microglia mediate sex-dependent memory deficits in pelvic pain.  Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol  2026 Jul 01;331(1):R65-R74. doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00080.2026
  2. Ho A, Dajani S, Yadav P, Kalapurakal J, Kundu S, Meeks J, Sachdev S  Redefining Boundaries-Safety of Radiation Therapy in the Presence of Orthotopic Neobladder.  Adv Radiat Oncol  2026 Jul;11(7):102042. pii:102042
  3. Thumbikat P, Pattabiraman G, Sharifzad F, Yang Y, Liu Z, Osborn CV, Murphy SF, Cao Q, Schaeffer AJ  Epigenetic Regulation of Immune Dysfunction in Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome.  Prostate  2026 Jul;86(10):1124-1133. doi:10.1002/pros.70191
  4. Patel HD  Editorial Commentary.  Urol Pract  2026 Jul;13(4):439. doi:10.1097/UPJ.0000000000001004
  5. Driscoll CB, Huang MM, Handa N, Panken EJ, Li Y, Schaeffer EM, Schaeffer AJ, Zembower TR  Reply by Authors.  Urol Pract  2026 Jul;13(4):421. doi:10.1097/UPJ.0000000000001005
  6. Schnauss M, Handa N, Nateghi R, Alam R, Jang JW, Huang MM, Abrams A, Neill C, Kumar SKSR, Hubbard N  et al.  Clinical and Reader Associated Correlates of Clinically Significant Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Invisible Prostate Cancer Based on Negative Scans.  J Urol  2026 Jul;216(1):25-33. doi:10.1097/JU.0000000000005028
  7. Patel HD  Editorial Commentary.  Urol Pract  2026 Jul;13(4):383. doi:10.1097/UPJ.0000000000000990
  8. Driscoll CB, Huang MM, Handa N, Panken EJ, Li Y, Schaeffer EM, Schaeffer AJ, Zembower TR  Risk Factors for Fluoroquinolone Resistance on Pre-Prostate Biopsy Rectal Swab.  Urol Pract  2026 Jul;13(4):413-421. doi:10.1097/UPJ.0000000000000985
  9. Guo J, McDevitt JW, Peterson JT, Patel A, Khondakar N, Xu P, Krambeck A  Outcomes in patients undergoing benign prostatic hyperplasia surgical re-treatment with holmium laser enucleation of the prostate compared to treatment-naïve patients.  BMC Urol  2026 Jun 26;. doi:10.1186/s12894-026-02227-w
  10. Michael J, Wu C, Rosoklija I, Johnson EK, Burjek N, Lazar A, Froyshteter AB, Cheon EC, Chu DI  Age and postoperative unplanned reintubation: A retrospective observational study using the NSQIP Pediatric database.  J Urol  2026 Jun 18;:101097JU0000000000005177. doi:10.1097/JU.0000000000005177
  11. Brown RJ, Khan MT, Houston AJ, Niu H, Podojil JR, Choy B, Cui W, Meeks JJ  Divergent macrophage-regulated T cell states determine response to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine in high-risk bladder cancer.  J Clin Invest  2026 Jun 15;136(12). pii:e200442
  12. Cheng HH, Maxwell KN, Salari K, Cooperberg MR, Follmer K, Jeter JM, Jun G, Lee DJ, Patel HD, Schaeffer EM  et al.  The 'Prostate Cancer Screening for People at Genetic Risk of Aggressive Disease' (PATROL) study.  BJU Int  2026 Jun 09;. doi:10.1111/bju.70334
  13. Edwards RC, Shah SK, Sinche BK, Ahrenholtz R, Cao Q, Davis TJ, Blum AL, Premkumar A, Norton ES, Massey SH  et al.  Navigating complexity: understanding the experiences, motivations and challenges of conducting research with perinatal individuals who use opioids and other substances.  BMC Pregnancy Childbirth  2026 Jun 08;. doi:10.1186/s12884-026-09017-0
  14. Xu P, Patel A, Roane A, Gibbs C, Mechlovich D, Bucko R, Stock L, Krambeck A  The urologic impact of long-term finasteride 1-mg use for androgenic alopecia: a matched-cohort database analysis.  World J Urol  2026 Jun 08;44(1). pii:416
  15. Mulugeta P, Dorff T, Hafron J, Huynh MA, Morgans AK, Ross AE, McKay RR  The emerging role of prostate-specific membrane antigen-targeted radioligand therapy in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.  Oncologist  2026 Jun 06;31(7). pii:oyag173
  16. Highet A, Borst JM, Lee C, Gutierrez S, Foy A, Vu L, Lai J, Feng S, Raval M, Wadhwani SI  National Analysis of Secular Trends and Racial Disparities in Age at Kasai Hepatoportoenterostomy for Infants with Biliary Atresia, 2005-2025.  Ann Surg  2026 Jun 04;. doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000007109
  17. Field C, Wu J, Scholtens D, Lowe W, Josefson J, Grobman WA, Venkatesh KK  Is Fetal Sex Associated with Maternal Diabetes 10 to 14 Years after Delivery?  Am J Perinatol  2026 Jun 04;. doi:10.1055/a-2884-8662
  18. Walsh E, Guadagnoli L, Barkmeier-Kraemer JM, Dion G, Gartner-Schmidt J, Kaneko M, Lechien JR, Pandolfino JE, Vertigan A, Gyawali CP  et al.  Laryngopharyngeal Symptoms and Laryngopharyngeal Reflux Disease: Interdisciplinary Considerations and Management.  Neurogastroenterol Motil  2026 Jun;38(6):e70383. doi:10.1111/nmo.70383
  19. Seed M, Ilardi D, Rofeberg V, Ortinau C, Goldberg C, Reichle G, Bush L, Elhoff J, Lisanti AJ, Butcher J  et al.  Early Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Children With Congenital Heart Disease.  JAMA Netw Open  2026 Jun 01;9(6):e2615885. pii:e2615885
  20. Fink KE, Liu Y, Wiarda G, Gowda A, Chan D, Neill C, Silberman P, Amarasekera C, Patel HD, Ross AE  et al.  Comparative Performance of Prostate Cancer Risk Prediction Tools in Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men vs Heterosexual Men.  Urology  2026 Jun;212:81-87. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2026.04.015
  21. Alam R, Hesse D, Hubbard N, McGarrity E, Kumar S, Neill C, Li Y, Handa N, Patel HD, Schaeffer EM  et al.  A Pilot Study of 18F-rhPSMA-7.3-PET/MRI to Reduce Mischaracterization of Active Surveillance and Focal Therapy Candidates With Occult Higher Risk Disease.  Prostate  2026 Jun;86(8):865-871. doi:10.1002/pros.70147
  22. Gibble TH, Huang A, Higgins C, Ananth M, Lee C, Ryder JR, Xue J  Clinical characteristics, treatment patterns, and healthcare utilization among children, adolescents, and young adults with obesity in the United States.  Obes Pillars  2026 Jun;18:100252. pii:100252
  23. Sharifzad F, Sharifzad A, Thumbikat P, Purnaghshband H, Ghamari A, Vaseghi G, Mahmoodzadeh A, Assefi M, Los MJ, Ghavami S  Harnessing hitchhikers: Outer membrane vesicles leading the way in advanced cancer therapeutics and diagnostic- A review.  Cancer Lett  2026 Jun 01;647:218370. doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2026.218370
  24. Gupta S, Li R, Hensley PJ, Daneshmand S, Faltas BM, Grivas P, Lobo N, Mir MC, Meeks JJ, Mouw KW  et al.  Optimal Management of Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: Recommendations from the International Bladder Cancer Group.  Eur Urol  2026 Jun;89(6):500-511. doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2026.01.029
  25. Driscoll CB, Schwab G, Quan VL, McKenney J, Hooper MJ, Ramesh Kumar SKS, Kundu RV, Kundu SD  Tumor necrosis alpha inhibitor therapy is associated with increased long-term risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer and melanoma: A retrospective cohort study.  J Am Acad Dermatol  2026 Jun;94(6):1723-1730. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2026.02.035
  26. Rowe SP, Murtazaliev S, Patel HD, Gorin MA  Reply: Performance of 99mTc-Sestamibi Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography for Characterizing Renal Masses: Combined Results From a Prospective Scan-and-Resect Trial and Clinical Experience.  J Urol  2026 Jun;215(6):757-758. doi:10.1097/JU.0000000000004947
  27. Ji E, Naser-Tavakolian A, Kanabolo D, Lin J, Bhalla R, Eid N, Jauregui RG, Elbakry A, Doersch K, Flynn B  et al.  Reconstruction of a Devastated Ureter: Multi-institutional Experience with Robotic Intracorporeal Ileal Ureter Replacement.  Eur Urol  2026 Jun;89(6):541-549. doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2026.01.011
  28. Driscoll CB, Handa N, Huang MM, Murphy AB, Hu JC, Schaeffer EM  Evaluating PI-RADS lesions and clinically significant prostate cancer in Black and Asian men: a PREVENT randomized clinical trial secondary analysis.  Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis  2026 Jun;29(2):435-439. doi:10.1038/s41391-025-01057-5
  29. Tosoian JJ, Meyers JI, Moore B, Britton CJ, Chevli K, Rayford W, Gadzinski AJ, Joseph JV, Patel P, Kasraeian A  et al.  Noninvasive Urine Test Predicts Grade Group Upgrading in Patients on Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer: Prospective Multisite Validation and Comparison with MRI.  J Urol  2026 May 20;:101097JU0000000000005095. doi:10.1097/JU.0000000000005095
  30. Weaver KN, Broeckel JW, Brown K, Wasserman H, Wu J, Neal A, Prada CE, Kleinschmidt NL, Machal EMF, Bertinetti D  et al.  Combined skeletal dysplasia and vasculopathy phenotypes associated with in-frame intragenic deletion in PRKACA.  HGG Adv  2026 May 18;7(3):100626. pii:100626
  31. Corona LE, Streur CS, Ahn JJ, Bhatia V, Chu DI, Boswell TC, Johnson EK, Kan KM, Khoury A, Kokorowski P  et al.  Establishing a clinician-prioritized pediatric urology clinical research agenda in the United States.  J Pediatr Urol  2026 May 16;:106024. doi:10.1016/j.jpurol.2026.106024
  32. Patel A, Guo JN, Xu P, McDonald A, Fadl-Alla A, Krambeck A  Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate after prostatic urethral lift: the state of bother.  Int Urol Nephrol  2026 May 04;. doi:10.1007/s11255-026-05150-z
  33. Rowe SP, Murtazaliev S, Amindarolzarbi A, Sheikhbahaei S, Meyer AR, Javadi MS, Wood M, Kaufmann B, Goel R, Viglianti BL  et al.  Reply by Authors.  J Urol  2026 May;215(5):587-588. doi:10.1097/JU.0000000000004949
  34. Yu X, Song X, Schäfer RA, Meng Q, Tiek D, Wu R, He Q, Walker M, Cao Q, Yang R  et al.  An EGFR co-amplified lncRNA HELDR promotes glioblastoma malignancy through KAT7-driven gene programs.  Nat Cell Biol  2026 May;28(5):972-985. doi:10.1038/s41556-026-01924-w
  35. Sridalla K, Nicolas JD, Zhao L, French DD, Meeks JJ, Patel HD, Bentrem DJ  Contemporary Microhematuria Evaluation in Veterans: Cancer Detection and Resource Utilization.  Urology  2026 May;211:29-34. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2026.02.028
  36. Rowe SP, Murtazaliev S, Amindarolzarbi A, Sheikhbahaei S, Meyer AR, Javadi MS, Wood M, Kaufmann B, Goel R, Viglianti BL  et al.  Reply by Authors.  J Urol  2026 May;215(5):586. doi:10.1097/JU.0000000000004938
  37. Kanabur P, Su ZT, Kaba A, Singla N, Allaf ME, Patel HD, Shuch BM  Reply by Authors.  J Urol  2026 May;215(5):575-576. doi:10.1097/JU.0000000000004948
  38. Kanabur P, Su ZT, Kaba A, Singla N, Allaf ME, Patel HD, Shuch BM  Cost-Effectiveness of Incorporating [89Zr]Zr-Girentuximab Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography for Characterizing Small Renal Masses.  J Urol  2026 May;215(5):565-576. doi:10.1097/JU.0000000000004912
  39. Rowe SP, Murtazaliev S, Amindarolzarbi A, Sheikhbahaei S, Meyer AR, Javadi MS, Wood M, Kaufmann B, Goel R, Viglianti BL  et al.  Performance of 99mTc-Sestamibi Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography for Characterizing Renal Masses: Combined Results From a Prospective Scan-and-Resect Trial and Clinical Experience.  J Urol  2026 May;215(5):577-588. doi:10.1097/JU.0000000000004911
  40. Barbakoff D, Wald G, Strasser MO, Yu R, Winograd J, Huang M, Driscoll CB, Handa N, Vickers A, Schaeffer EM  et al.  Predictors of fluoroquinolone-resistant bacterial colonization prior to prostate biopsy: a secondary analysis of two randomized trials.  Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis  2026 Apr 27;. doi:10.1038/s41391-026-01110-x
  41. Sarrain EJ, Wang Q, Bondoy AC, Guo F, Cao Q, Niu H  PARP1 regulates the genomic ribonucleotide processing activity of TOP1 to prevent the formation of toxic TOP1-DNA adducts and the associated mutations.  bioRxiv  2026 Apr 21;. pii:2026.04.16.719024
  42. Peterson JT, Guo JN, Patel A, Khondakar N, Xu P, Krambeck AE  Body Mass Index Lacks Predictive Influence on Perioperative, Short-Term Follow-Up, and Patient-Reported Outcomes from Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate.  J Pers Med  2026 Apr 18;16(4). pii:225
  43. Bourillon A, Peyronnet B, McGuire BB, Pinar U, Lee Z, Nair R, Stifelman M, Eun D, Zhao LC, Bhatt N  et al.  Correction: Ureteral stricture: current treatment algorithm and key surgical principles in the robotic upper urinary tract reconstruction era.  World J Urol  2026 Apr 11;44(1). pii:291
  44. Panken EJ, Greenberg DR, Nam CS, Panken EJ, Brannigan RE, Halpern JA  High prevalence of low testosterone in men undergoing urologic surgery: Results of a prospective study.  Asian J Urol  2026 Apr;13(2):220-225. doi:10.1016/j.ajur.2025.06.001
  45. Nakayama T, El Achkar CM, Burbano LE, Quraishi IH, Wu J, Li M, Asami Y, Golinski SR, Sherrill E, Goodlett BD  et al.  Antisense oligonucleotide-mediated knockdown therapy in two infants with severe KCNT1 epileptic encephalopathy.  Nat Med  2026 Apr;32(4):1411-1420. doi:10.1038/s41591-026-04314-9
  46. Meghani K, Yu Y, Frydenlund N, Li EZ, Choy B, Abdulkadir SA, Meeks JJ  Genomic and Transcriptomic Profiling of High-risk Bladder Cancer Reveals Diverse Molecular and Microenvironment Ecosystems.  Eur Urol  2026 Apr;89(4):346-352. doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2025.09.4138
  47. Rosenfeld J, Naser-Tavakolian A, Boehm D, Arteaga R, Raikar A, Kim J, Ji E, Lee Z  Assessment of lower urinary tract symptoms and health-related quality of life in patients undergoing ureteral rest prior to ureteral reconstruction.  Ther Adv Urol  2026;18:17562872261436896. pii:17562872261436896
  48. Rosenblatt A, Ballard H, Froyshteter AB, Chu DI, Lazar A  Parental decision-making for infant spinal anesthesia - a qualitative study.  BMC Anesthesiol  2026 Mar 29;26(1). pii:211
  49. Brea L, Shi H, Keo V, Huang J, Peng L, Chu Q, Xie W, Xie Y, Senthil S, Breneman MT  et al.  FOXA1 loss drives basal/squamous de-differentiation of prostate cancer and induces an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment.  Nat Commun  2026 Mar 28;17(1). pii:4572
  50. Wu J, Xie T, Zhang Z, Liu X, Zhou X, Zhang Y, Tian W, Gale DP, Zhu S, Barratt J  et al.  Absence of glomerular IgA1 deposition despite overexpression of galactose-deficient IgA1 in the B cell c1galt1 knockout mouse.  Kidney Int  2026 Mar 27;. pii:S0085-2538(26)00235-8

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