Page 32 - Layout 1

PRACTICE GROUPS

Urology San Antonio, P.A.

By Mike W. Thomas

the end of 2018, the care giving teams at Urology San At the forefront of urologic health, the group was one of only
By Antonio will have provided almost 200,000 patient five groups permitted to launch the revolutionary Rezum Procedure
for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and one of the first in the
visits, analyzed data from over 26,000 patient surveys,
and implemented programs which measure not only market with Fusion Biopsy which utilizes multiparametric MRI im-
patient satisfaction but also patient outcomes around more than 40 ages overlaying ultrasound images to more precisely diagnose
clinical pathways. prostate cancer, which permits more informed decisions around ac-
Urology San Antonio was founded in 1976 and currently has 28 tive surveillance and/or treatment.
physicians, eight advanced practice providers, two pelvic floor phys- While all of the urologists in the group treat general urology pa-
ical therapists, and over 230 other clinical and non-clinical care tients, many sub-specialize in areas such as robotic prostatectomies,
givers. The practice is also preparing to add another five physicians renal cancer / transplants, overactive bladder, BPH, and bladder
in 2018. With nine sites of care including seven geographically-dis- cancer. With three female urologists on staff, two more having re-
persed clinics, a radiation therapy cancer center, an ambulatory sur- cently joined and another set to join in 2018, Urology San Antonio
gery center, a catheter division, a pharmacy, and a robust clinical offers more female urology practicioners than any other group in
research division, Urology San Antonio addresses the full range of South Texas and more than most in the whole nation. Urology San
a patients’ urological needs. Antonio specialists also include radiation oncology, radiology, and

32 San Antonio Medicine • September 2018