Johns Hopkins Medicine Greenberg Bladder Cancer Institute 2026 Virtual Grand Rounds

Our patients are our best teachers. Joining us for this informative session will be a Bladder Cancer Survivor and Advocate who will share his long journey living with and tackling Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC), his experiences participating in clinical trials, and just about every known treatment available, with urologist and GBCI Co-Director Dr. Max Kates MD; the two will reflect upon the doctor-patient partnership and share their winding and ultimately successful journey together.

A tutorial on different bladder cancer surgical procedures & techniques, radical cystectomies, and bladder reconstructions, with a special update on novel and improved techniques for neobladders along with a push for bladder preservation with Sunil Patel, MD, Director of the Testicular Cancer Program, Associate Residency Program Director, and Urologic Oncology Fellowship Director at the Brady Urological Institute and the GBCI.

Join Nirmish Singla, MD, MSC, Urologic Surgeon, Associate Professor of Urology and Oncology, and Jeannie Hoffman-Censits, MD, Oncologist, Co-Director, Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer (UTUC) Multidisciplinary Clinic , and Co-Leader of the GBCI’s Women’s Bladder Cancer Program at Sibley for updates and progress on the treatment of early and late stage UTUC and how it relates (or doesn't) to Bladder and Kidney Cancers.

In collaboration with Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN), join Kendall Moseley, MD, Clinical Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Medical Director, Johns Hopkins Metabolic Bone & Osteoporosis Center, for a discussion on bone health and screening, treatments and outcomes, often overlooked but needed for bladder cancer patients, especially those with a urinary diversion.

Join Farzad Sedaghat, MD, Section Chief of Ultrasound and Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science, to learn what these tests mean, what they are for, what they show, and why so many? Presented with step-by-step examples to debunk and demystify this stressful yet necessary aspect of bladder and UTUC treatments.