Professional Memberships:

• American Urological Association History Committee (2016–present)
• The Northeastern Section, American Urological Association Historian (2016–present)
• American Urological Association Male Circumcision Task Force, Steering Committee (2009–2013)
• The Northeastern Section, American Urological Association Representative to AUA Board of Directors (2009–2013)
• American Urological Association Board of Directors (2009–2013)
• American Urological Association Compensation Committee (2009–2012)
• American Urological Association Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee (2008–2020)
• Geriatric Urological Society Vice President (2008–2017)
• American Urological Association Urology Core Curriculum Committee, Geriatrics Section (2008)
• The Northeastern Section, American Urological Association Awards Committee (2007–2009)
• Geriatric Urological Society Secretary/Treasurer (2007)
• American Urological Association Judicial and Ethics Council (2006–2010)
• The Northeastern Section, American Urological Association Judicial Committee (2005–2008)
• American Urological Association Nominating Committee (2003–2009)
• The Northeastern Section, American Urological Association Nominating Committee (2001–2004)
• The Northeastern Section, American Urological Association President (2000)
• American Urological Association Education Council (1999–2004)
• American Urological Association Ad Hoc Committee on Women’s Issues in Urology (1999–2000)
• American Urological Association Ad Hoc Committee to Redraw Sectional Boundaries (1997–1998)
• American Urological Association Public Media Committee Consultant (1995–2001)
• American Medical Association; Representative (1993–2007)
• The Northeastern Section, American Urological Association Secretary (1992–1997)
• American Urological Association Public Bylaws Committee (1992–1997)
• American Urological Association Section Secretaries Committee (1992–1997)
• The Northeastern Section, American Urological Association Scientific Program Committee Chairman (1990)
• American Urological Association Public Media Committee Chairman (1989–1995)
• Buffalo Urological Society President (1987)
• Buffalo Urological Society Vice President (1986)
• The Northeastern Section, American Urological Association By-Laws Committee (1985–1997)
• The Northeastern Section, American Urological Association Executive Committee (1985–1988)
• American Urological Association Long-Range Planning Committee’s Think Tank (1985–1987)
• Buffalo Urological Society Secretary/Treasurer (1985)
• Upstate New York Transplant Services Board of Directors (1984–1994)
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Western New York Chapter Medical Advisory Committee (1984–1989)
• American College of Surgeons (1984)
• Affiliate Medical Committee, Planned Parenthood of Buffalo, Inc. (1981–1998)
• American Association of Clinical Urologists
• The Society of University Urologists
• New York State Urological Society
• International Continence Society
• Buffalo Academy of Medicine
• American Spinal Injury Association
• Society for Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction
• Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons
• New York State Medical Society
• Medical Society of the County of Erie
• Maimonides Medical Society

Presentations:

• "Helicopters, Catheters and the Innovators Who Used Them" Virtual Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association (2020)
• "Internal Validation and Correlation of two Different PSA Assays for Prostate Cancer Screening in Community Based Men" Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (2018)
• "Neuropharmacology of the Lower Urinary Tract" Catholic Health System Saturday CME Series, Mercy Hospital (2018)
• "Special Considerations for Treating Overactive Bladder in the Elderly: A Practical Approach: Invited moderator for Panel Discussion" Plenary Session, Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association (2015)
• "Priapism: Does shunting really work? Current Concepts in Men’s Health" Sponsored by Albany Medical College (2013)
• "Combined Anticholinergic Therapy with Long Term Follow up in Refractory Overactive Bladder: Quality of Life Assessment and the Economics of Care" Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (2012)
• "An Update on Male Genital Trauma: Current Concepts in Men’s Health" Sponsored by Albany Medical College (2012)
• "The Urologist’s Future as a Medical Neighbor: Invited Panelist: Care of the Aging Male: Should Urology be the Medical Home?" Plenary Session, Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association (2011)
• "Combined Anticholinergic Therapy with Long Term Follow up in Refractory Overactive Bladder" Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (2010)
• "Penile Prosthesis in Present Day Practice: Current Concepts in Men’s Health" Sponsored by Albany Medical College (2010)
• "Percutaneous Suprapubic Cystotomy in Patients with Previous Surgery" Societe International D’Urologie (2009)
• "Suprasacral Spinal Cord Injury Patients Managed by Reflex Voiding: Characterization of our Cohort" Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (2009)
• "Urologic Management of Male Spinal Cord Injured Patients: Current Concepts in Men’s Health" Urologic Management of Male Spinal Cord Injured Patients: Current Concepts in Men’s Health (2008)
• "Urologic Care in Long Term Care Facilities" 2008 Winter Meeting, Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology (2008)
• "Genitourinary Trauma: Central New York Chapter" Society of Urological Nurses and Assistants, held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (2007)
• "Urological Care in Long Term Facilities: Current Concepts in Men’s Health" Sponsored by Albany Medical College (2007)
• "Urological Care in Long Term Facilities" Annual Meeting of the Geriatric Urological Society held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association (2007)
• "Urologic Issues in the Elderly: Annual Meeting of the Western New York Chapter" American College of Surgeons (2006)
• "Male Genital Trauma and Reconstruction: Current Concepts in Men’s Health" Sponsored by Albany Medical College (2006)
• "Management of LUTS, Medical Therapy is Best: Current Concepts in Men’s Health" Sponsored by Albany Medical College (2006)
• "LUTS/BPH: Alphabet Soup or Real Concerns for Aging Men" Joint Annual Meeting, Northeastern Section and New England Section of the American Urological Association (2005)
• "Male Genital Trauma and Reconstruction: Current Concepts in Men’s Health" Sponsored by Albany Medical College (2005)
• "Urodynamics for Nurses" Sponsored by New York State Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (2004)
• "Male Sexual Circuitry: Sexual Dysfunction and Rapid Ejaculation, Sexual Health Hospital Symposia" Boston University School of Medicine and the National Foundation for Sexual health Medicine (2003)
• "Psychological Perspectives and Sexual Function" Sexual Health Hospital Symposia, Sponsored by Boston University School of Medicine and the National Foundation for Sexual Health Medicine (2003)
• "Surgery for Erectile Dysfunction: Still Relevant? Current Concepts in Men's Health" Albany Medical Center (2003)
• "Men's Health" Jewish Community Center of Buffalo (2003)
• "Erectile Dysfunction" Mini-Medical School, Sponsored by the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (2002)
• "Penetration and Avulsion Injuries in External Genital Trauma" Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (2002)
• "Penetration and Avulsion Injuries in External Genital Trauma" Annual meeting of the National Medical Association (2002)
• "Prosthesis in the Pill Millennium, Current Concepts in Men's Health" Albany Medical Center (2002)
• "Poor Patient Satisfaction with Collagen Injections for Post Prostatectomy Incontinence with Correlates for the Few Successes" Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association (2001)
• "Amitriptyline in the Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis" Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (2000)
• "Medical Management of Incontinence" Urologic Nursing 2000 (2000)
• "Overall Poor Patient Satisfaction with Collagen Injections for Post Prostatectomy Incontinence with Correlates for the Few Successes" Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (2000)
• "Pelvic Pain or Interstitial Cystitis, A Current Approach to Female Urinary Incontinence" University of Rochester (1999)
• "Neurologic Complications of the Exaggerated Lithotomy Position: Detailed Analysis" Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (1998)
• "Neurological Complications of the Exaggerated Lithotomy Position: Detailed Analysis" Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association (1998)
• "Overactive Bladder" Women’s Health Care Symposium (1998)
• "Continent Augmentation Ileocecocystoplasty, Urinary Incontinence: Research Issues and Opportunities" National Institute of Health (1998)
• "Assessment of Urinary Incontinence, Mind Your Elders: Advances in the Care of the Elderly" Independent Health and the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences/SUNY at Buffalo (1997)
• "Change in Management of Male Urethral Strictures at a Single Institution Over a 20-year Period: Improvement in Outcomes" 49th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (1997)
• "Change in Management of Male Urethral Strictures at a Single Institution Over a 20-year Period: Improvement in Outcome" 92nd Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association (1997)
• "Continent Augmentation Ileocecocystoplasty" Spring Clinical Day, State University of New York at Buffalo Medical Alumni Association (1997)
• "Urinary Tract Infections: Evaluation and Treatment" Urologic Nursing, 1997, sponsored by Urologic Nursing Society, Inc. (1997)
• "Overview of Urinary Incontinence" 28th Annual Scientific Symposium of the Hungarian Medical Association of America (1996)
• "Urological Findings in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" Biennial Meeting of the Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (1996)
• "Amitriptyline in the Treatment of Intersititial Cystitis" 48th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (1996)
• "Urological Findings in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" 48th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (1996)
• "Amitriptyline Therapy for Patients with Urinary Frequency and Pelvic Pain" Festschrift for Dr. Abraham T. K. Cockett, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (1996)
• "Disabling Proximal Paraparesis with Rhabdomyolysis and Other Neurologic Complications of the Hyperlithotomy Position" 48th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology (1996)
• "Continent Ileocecocystoplasty" 47th Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association, 30th Annual Conference of the Egyptian Urological Association (1995)
• "Let’s Talk About Sex: An Interactive Approach to Sexual History-Taking" The Western New York Fall Conference on Aids: Sexuality and HIV (1995)
• "Urinary Incontinence" Series of Topics in Primary Care Medicine, Sponsored by IPA/WNY and SUNY at Buffalo (1995)
• "Amitriptyline Therapy for Patients with Urinary Frequency and Pelvic Pain" Research Symposium on Interstitial Cystitis, National Institutes of Health, (1995)
• "Predictors of Incontinence in Elderly Women" 46th Annual Meeting, Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (1994)
• "Sphincterotomy in the Treatment of Autonomic Dysreflexia, Long-Term Follow-Up" 46th Annual Meeting, Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (1994)
• "Sphincterotomy in the Treatment of Autonomic Dysreflexia, Long-Term Follow-Up" 16th Annual Meeting, Urodynamic Society (1994)
• "Predictors of Incontinence in Elderly Women" 1994 Symposium on Women’s Urological Health Research, National Institutes of Health (1994)
• "Indications of Urethroscopy in Male Patients with Penile Condylomata" 45th Annual Meeting, Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (1993)
• "Predictors of Incontinence in Elderly Women" 23rd Annual Meeting, International Continence Society (1993)
• "Amitriptyline Therapy for Patients with Urinary Frequency and Pelvic Pain" 15th Annual Meeting, Urodynamic Society (1993)
• "On-Site Nursing Home Specialty Care: A Cost Effective Model" Spring Clinical Day, State University of New York at Buffalo Medical Alumni Association (1993)
• "The Comparison of an Elderly Stress Incontinent Population to the Liverpool Momogram" 88th Annual Meeting, American Urological Association (1993)
• "On-Site Nursing Home Specialty Care: A Cost Effective Model" American Geriatrics Society/American Federation for Aging Research Annual Meeting (1992)
• "Amitriptyline Therapy for Patients with Urinary Frequency and Pelvic Pain" 1992 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern and New England Sections of the American Urological Association (1992)
• "Neuropathic Bladder, Urodynamics" 87th Annual Meeting, American Urological Association (1992)
• "Management of Urologic Trauma" Department of Surgery, State University of New York at Buffalo (1991)
• "On-Site Nursing Home Urological Care: A Cost Effective Model" 1991 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (1991)
• "The Use of Surgical Mesh in Urological Surgery" 1991 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (1991)
• "Cost Effective Treatment of Urinary Incontinence in Nursing Home Confined Female Patients" Spring Clinical Day, State University of New York at Buffalo Medical Alumni Association (1991)
• "Endourodynamics in the Evaluation of Occult Obstruction" 1990 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (1990)
• "Pelvic Floor Exercises and Urodynamics" 1990 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (1990)
• "The Correlation of Transrectal Ultrasound of the Prostate with Uroflowmetry" 1990 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (1990)
• "Pelvic Floor Exercises and Urodynamics" Urodynamics Society Session, 85th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association (1990)
• "Urinary Incontinence" Surgitek Corporation (1990)
• "Urological Rehabilitation of the Spinal Cord Injured Patient" Department of Urology, Beth Israel Medical Center (1990)
• "Age Comparisons of Physiological Factors Related to Incontinence" 42nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (1989)
• "Results of Sphincterotomy in the Treatment of Autonomic Dysreflexia" 1988 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (1989)
• "Effectiveness of Biofeedback Therapy for Stress Incontinence" 84th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association (1989)
• "Effectiveness of Behavioral Therapy for Incontinence" Society for Behavioral Medicine, 10th Annual Scientific Meeting (1989)
• "Incontinence in the Elderly" Joint Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, Family Practice and SUNY Buffalo Geriatric Education Center Education Day (1988)
• "Effectiveness of a Behavioral Therapy for Stress Incontinence" 1988 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (1988)
• "Effectiveness of Behavioral Treatments for Managing UI in Older Persons: Results of the NIA-NCNR Clinical Trials" 41st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America (1988)
• "Effectiveness of Biofeedback Therapy for Incontinence" Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association (1988)
• "Technical Factors in 135 Urodynamic Studies in Older Women with Clinical Stress Urinary Incontinence" 1988 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (1988)
• "Combined Pelvic Floor Exercises and Biofeedback" NIH Consensus Development Conference on Urinary Incontinence in Adults (1988)
• "Effectiveness of Biofeedback Therapy for Stress or Mixed Incontinence" 18th Annual Meeting, International Continence Society (1988)
• "Incontinence, Selected Problems in the Postmenopausal Female" The Western New York Geriatric Education Center (1988)
• "Urodynamics in Elderly Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence" 1986 Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association (1987)
• "An Analysis of Perceived Impact Versus Objective Measures of Incontinence" Third Joint Meeting of the International Continence Society and the Urodynamics Society (1986)
• "Sexual Functioning after Surgery, Sexual Rehabilitation and the Cancer Patient" Continuing Medical Education, Roswell Park Memorial Institute (1986)
• "Urodynamics in Elderly Women with Stress Urinary Incontinence" 1986 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (1986)
• "Multiple Sclerosis: Medical Update" Western New York Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis Society (1986)
• "Acute Urological Management, Acute Care of Spinal Cord Injuries" Continuing Medical Education, State University of New York at Buffalo (1986)
• "Acute Urological Rehabilitation after Spinal Cord Injury" 81st Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association (1986)
• "Stress Urinary Incontinence" Continuing Education Seminar, American Urological Association Allied, Niagara Frontier Chapter (1986)
• "Urinary Incontinence Research Group: Clinical Trials of Behavioral Therapies for Urinary Incontinence" Society for Behavioral Medicine (1986)
• "Male Sexual Dysfunction" Surgical Nursing Updates in Urology Health Care, Veterans’ Administration Health Center (1985)
• "Urinary Incontinence Research Group: Clinical Trials of Behavioral Therapies for Urinary Incontinence" Gerontological Society of America (1985)
• "Urinary Incontinence Research Group: Clinical Trials of Behavioral Therapies for Urinary Incontinence" Nursing Research Symposium (1985)
• "Urinary Incontinence Research Group: Clinical Trials of Behavioral Therapies for Urinary Incontinence" American Public Health Association (1985)
• "Acute Urological Rehabilitation of Spinal Cord Injuries" Combined Meeting of the New England Section and Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (1985)
• "Laser Ablation of Penile Carcinoma" Combined Meeting of the New England Section and Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (1985)
• "Incontinence in the Elderly, Newer Approaches to Treatment of Urinary Incontinence" State University of New York at Buffalo (1985)
• "Techniques for Urodynamic Studies, Newer Approaches to Treatment of Urinary Incontinence" State University of New York at Buffalo (1985)
• "Urinary Incontinence in the Elderly" Western New York Geriatric Education Center (1984)
• "Factors Leading to Renal Transplant" Continuing Medical Education Seminar, American Urological Association Allied, Niagara Frontier Chapter (1984)
• "Early Experience with Ileocystostomy" Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (1984)
• "Renal Artery Thrombosis Following Blunt Abdominal Trauma" Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (1984)
• "Penile Prosthesis" Annual Conference of the Association of Surgical Technologists of Western New York (1984)
• "New Developments in the Management of Urinary Tract Infections" Western New York Infection Control Association (1983)
• "Spinal Cord Injury and the Neurogenic Bladder" Meeting of the American Urological Association Allied (1983)
• "Cell Kinetics of Human Transitional Cell Carcinoma" 1983 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section, American Urological Association (1983)
• "The Cost Effective Treatment of Urinary Incontinence in Nursing Home Confined Female Patients" 1983 Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Section, American Urological Association (1983)
• "Urologic Care of the Spinal-Cord Injured Patient" 1983 Annual Conference, Interurban Spinal Cord Injury Association (1983)
• "Modern Approaches to the Treatment of Urethral Strictures" First Annual Medical School Research Symposium, University of New York at Buffalo, (1983)
• "Rehabilitation of the Neurogenic Bladder Patient" Seminar on Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction, State University of New York at Buffalo (1983)
• "Evaluation and Treatment of Male Sexual Dysfunction" Second Annual Conference, Western New York Professionals Working in Human Sexuality, Roswell Park Memorial Institute (1982)
• "Repair of Traumatic Large Ureteral Defect" 1982 Annual Meeting, Northeastern Section, American Urological Association (1982)
• "The Case Against Urethral Stricture Dilation" 1982 Annual Meeting, Northeastern Section, American Urological Association (1982)
• "Traumatic Dislocation of the Testis" 1982 Annual Meeting, Northeastern Section, American Urological Association (1982)
• "Traumatic Torsion of the Testis" 1982 Annual Meeting, Northeastern Section, American Urological Association (1982)
• "Treatment of Male Sexual Dysfunction" Seminar on Impotency, American Urological Association Allied Niagara Frontier Chapter (1982)
• "Sexual Dysfunction in Diabetics" Seventh Annual Combined Health Professionals Diabetes Teaching Day, American Diabetic Association (1982)
• "Urethral Strictures: A Less Traumatic Approach" 77th Annual Meeting, American Urological Association (1982)
• "The Urethral Syndrome, Seminar on the Urological Problems of the Female Patient" State University of New York at Buffalo (1982)
• "Non-Invasive Renal Imaging: An Alternative to Retrograde Pyelography" 1981 Annual Meeting Northeastern Section, American Urological Association (1981)
• "Percutaneous Nephrostomy" 1981 Annual Meeting, Northeastern Section, American Urological Association (1981)
• "Urinary Incontinence Secondary to Baclofen Therapy" 1981 Annual Meeting, Northeastern Section, American Urological Association (1981)
• "Referral Process for Sexual Therapy" First Annual Conference, Western New York Professionals Working in Human Sexuality, Roswell Memorial Institute (1981)
• "Approaches to Patient Care" Urodynamics Seminar, American Urological Association Allied, Niagara Frontier Chapter (1980)
• "Procidentia Incarcerated by Bladder Calculi" 1980 Annual Meeting, Northeastern Section, American Urological Association (1980)
• "Radiocontrast Induced Renal Failure" 1980 Annual Meeting, Northeastern Section, American Urological Association (1980)
• "Anesthesia Pitfalls in Urological Surgery" Spring Meeting of the New York State Association of Nurse Anesthetists (1980)
• "Renal Trauma" Perspectives in Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Buffalo General Hospital (1980)
• "An Approach to Vasectomy and Infertility Patients" Eighth Annual Seminar of the American Urological Association, Allied Niagara Frontier Chapter (1979)
• "Hypertension Secondary to Massive Upper Pole Hydronephrosis" 1979 Annual Meeting, Northeastern Section, American Urological Association (1979)
• "Alteration of Semen Quality in the Dog after Creation of an Experimental Varicocele" 73rd Annual Meeting, American Urological Association (1978)
• "Topical Levarterenol in the Control of Bladder Hemorrhage" 1977 AMSA-UTMB National Student Research Forum (1977)
• "Cytochrome Staining of Leukocytes in Urine" 28th Annual Meeting, Northeastern Section of the American Urological Association (1976)
• "The Effects of Marijuana Smoking on Sleep EEG" 125th Annual Meeting, American Psychiatric Association (1972)