Fernando J. Kim, MD, MBA, FACS, and E. David Crawford, MD, presented “What Urologists Need to Know About COVID-19” for the Grand Rounds in Urology audience in March, 2020.
How to cite: Kim, Fernando J. Crawford, E. David. “What Urologists Need to Know About COVID-19” March, 2020. Accessed Dec 2024. https://dev.grandroundsinurology.com/what-urologists-need-to-know-about-covid-19/
What Urologists Need to Know About COVID-19 – Summary:
Fernando J. Kim, MD, MBA, FACS, Chief Emeritus of Urology at Denver Health Medical Center, Professor of Surgery/Urology at the University of Colorado at Denver, and Associate Editor of the Patient Safety in Surgery Journal, and E. David Crawford, MD, Editor-in-Chief of Grand Rounds in Urology, discuss how the rapidly changing circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 crisis require doctors to be flexible in order to protect both their patients and the healthcare providers themselves. They further discuss how important it is to understand the capacity of ICU beds, respirators, and personal protective equipment, particularly the N95 mask. Dr. Kim suggests that urologists should follow the recommendations of both the CDC and the AUA to stop performing elective procedures, but that in cases of metastasizing cancers doctors need to weigh the need for the surgery against the possibility of contracting COVID-19 while the patient is in recovery in the ICU.
For other urology-focused information on the COVID-19 pandemic, please see our other posts, including:
COVID-19’s Impact on the Treatment of Urology Patients
Advances in COVID-19 Testing: PCR Test Validated for Sputum and Swabs
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Fernando Kim, MD, MBA, FACS, is Chief Emeritus of Urology at Denver Health Medical Center, Professor of Surgery/Urology at the University of Colorado at Denver, and Associate Editor of Patient Safety in Surgery. Dr. Kim received his medical degree from the University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1989, and went on to complete a Trauma Research Fellowship at Denver Health Medical Center. He later completed an Endourology and Laparoscopy Fellowship at the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute at John Hopkins University School of Medicine, and graduated from the University of Colorado School of Business. Dr. Kim has earned several awards, including the Presidential Citation from the American Urological Associates, the President Juscelino Kubitschek Medal from the Society of Brazilian Urologists, the Paul Alan Wetter Award, the Brazilian Armed Forces Friendship Bridge Award, the Ernest E. Moore Trauma Award from the Rocky Mountain Regional Trauma Center, the Medal of Merit in Urology (ABC School of Medicine), the Societa Italiana di Urologia International Guest Recognition, and the Brazilian Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Friends Award. He is a proud member of the American Urological Association Leadership Program Class of 2007. Dr. Kim has been the American Urological Association’s Host Country Liaison since 2008. He has been named among the Best Doctors in America since 2008 by US News & World Report, and Best Boss at DHMC. Dr. Kim has authored more than 250 published articles.
