Peer-reviewed work

Research, in plain language

17 peer-reviewed papers, 7 as first author. Original research, systematic reviews, case series, and essays, and surveys, each described for a reader rather than a hiring committee. Two are accepted and in press at CUAJ.

2026

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EssayFirst authorCanadian Urological Association JournalAccepted, in press

96 hours

Five straight days of solo call, and the case for treating rest as part of the work.

Can Urol Assoc J. 2026 resident essay contest supplemental issue. In press.
Case Report / SeriesFirst authorCanadian Urological Association JournalAccepted, in press

Vicious vessels: a large pelvic arteriovenous malformation causing gross hematuria and hydronephrosis

A high-flow pelvic vascular malformation that looked like a bladder tumour on the first scan. Angiography located the nidus, and embolization stopped the bleeding.

Can Urol Assoc J. In press (Images in Urology).

2025

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Survey StudyCo-authorCanadian Urological Association Journal

Practice patterns of Canadian penile prosthesis implanters: a survey-based analysis

National survey characterizing how Canadian surgeons select, implant, and manage inflatable penile prostheses.

Can Urol Assoc J. 2025;19(12).PubMed →DOI →
Case Report / SeriesFirst authorCanadian Urological Association Journal

Renal cell carcinoma with remote testicular metastases

Renal cell carcinoma that turned up in the testis, and how the team reached the diagnosis.

Can Urol Assoc J. 2025;19(7).PubMed →DOI →
Original ResearchCo-authorCanadian Urological Association Journal

Retrospective evaluation of post-surgical orchialgia in men undergoing no-scalpel vasectomy

How often chronic scrotal pain follows no-scalpel vasectomy, and how long it lasts. Worth knowing before you counsel a patient.

Can Urol Assoc J. 2025;19(4).PubMed →DOI →

2024

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Original ResearchCo-authorWorld Journal of Urology

Real-world utility of ChatGPT in pre-vasectomy counselling: a prospective single-centre clinical study

Tests whether a large language model can handle patient counselling before vasectomy.

World J Urol. 2024;43(1).PubMed →DOI →
Original ResearchCo-authorUrology

Utilizing local anesthesia only for penile and scrotal urologic surgery: a prospective study on tolerability and outcomes

Prospective evidence that selected penile and scrotal operations go fine under local anesthesia alone, with no sedation.

Urology. 2024;194.PubMed →DOI →
Narrative ReviewCo-authorCanadian Urological Association Journal

An overview of the Canadian landscape on restorative therapies for erectile dysfunction and Peyronie's disease

Where restorative and regenerative therapies for ED and Peyronie's stand in Canadian practice.

Can Urol Assoc J. 2024;18(12).PubMed →DOI →
Narrative ReviewFirst authorCanadian Urological Association Journal

The landscape of male contraception: a narrative review

Male contraceptive options, hormonal and non-hormonal, and which ones are close to reaching clinic.

Can Urol Assoc J. 2024;18(10).PubMed →DOI →
Original ResearchCo-authorUrology Practice

Prospective pilot study: tolerability of outpatient penile plication under nursing-administered conscious sedation vs anesthesiologist-administered deep sedation

Compares two sedation pathways for outpatient penile plication, and how light an anesthetic the operation needs.

Urol Pract. 2024;11(4).PubMed →DOI →
Systematic ReviewCo-authorUrology

A systematic review of loco-sedative anesthesia for urologic surgery

Synthesizes the evidence for combined local-plus-sedation anesthesia across urologic procedures.

Urology. 2024;189.PubMed →DOI →
Original ResearchCo-authorCanadian Urological Association Journal

Do you want to be a urologist? Gender differences in medical student perception of urology

How medical students see urology as a career, and where men and women answer differently.

Can Urol Assoc J. 2024;18(4).PubMed →DOI →

2023

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Case Report / SeriesFirst authorCanadian Urological Association Journal

Tolerability of penile fracture repair under conscious sedation

Case series showing that emergency penile fracture repair holds up under conscious sedation instead of a general.

Can Urol Assoc J. 2023;17(7).PubMed →DOI →

2022

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Narrative ReviewFirst authorInternational Journal of Impotence Research

An update on male infertility and intratesticular testosterone — insight into novel serum biomarkers

Reviews the link between intratesticular testosterone and male infertility, and the serum biomarkers that might one day stand in for it.

Int J Impot Res. 2022;34(7).PubMed →DOI →
Original ResearchCo-authorWorld Journal of Urology

Are there predictors of flexible ureteroscopic aptitude among novice trainees? An objective, simulation-based assessment

Uses a simulation trainer to test whether early skill at flexible ureteroscopy can be measured.

World J Urol. 2022;40(3).PubMed →DOI →
Original ResearchCo-authorMembranes

Characterizing extracellular vesicles from skeletal muscle myoblasts and myotubes and the effect of acute contractile activity

Basic-science characterization of extracellular vesicles released by muscle cells and how exercise-like contraction changes them.

Membranes (Basel). 2022;12(5):464.PubMed →DOI →

2020

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Narrative ReviewFirst authorInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences

A review of exosomal isolation methods: is size exclusion chromatography the best option?

Compares techniques for isolating exosomes and argues for where size-exclusion chromatography fits best.

Int J Mol Sci. 2020;21(18):6466.PubMed →DOI →

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