- Increasing access to surgery, improving patient safety, and insuring the quality of
surgical services in resource-constrained settings
- Vesicovaginal fistula treatment and prevention
- Post-traumatic urethral stricture disease treatment, pelvic fracture prevention
- Mass circumcision for HIV prevention in Africa
PRESENTATIONS AT REGIONAL/NATIONAL/
INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS:
5/08 Mayo Clinic Conference on Volunteerism in International Medicine,
invited speaker "International Surgical Volunteerism and Research"
3/08 Gates Foundation Meeting?Needs Assessment for Male
Circumcision Kampala, Uganda, invited speaker
"Technical challenges of male circumcision: focus on anesthesia,
hemostasis, and closure"
3/08 Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology, Miami,
invited speaker Obstetric VVF: Lessons learned in Africa
2/08 American College of Surgeons Utah Chapter, Meeting on Surgical
Opportunities in the Developing World, invited speaker The local
development of surgical research projects
11/06 Society of International Urology, Cape Town, South Africa Fistula
Outcomes in Patients Conceiving after VVF Repair
5/06 AUA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA Post-operative prostate cancer
surveillance: PSA surveillance intensity and mortality
2/06 Society of Urodynamics and Female Urology, Grand Bahama Island
Fistula and Fetal Outcomes in Patients Achieving Pregnancy After
Vesicovaginal Fistula Repair in Nigeria
9/05 North Central Section of the AUA, Chicago, IL
Smoking, Radiation and Bladder Cancer Risk
Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Vesicovaginal fistula Repair
8/05 Western Section of the AUA, Vancouver, Canada
The Interaction of Smoking and Pelvic Radiation on the Risk of
Subsequent Bladder Cancer
5/05 AUA Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX
Complex Vesicovaginal Fistula Repair Techniques
12/04 Society of Urologic Oncology, Bethesda, MD
The Interaction of Smoking and Pelvic Radiation on the Risk of
Subsequent Bladder Cancer
10/04 American College of Surgeons, New Orleans, LA
Bladder Cancer Risk after Primary and Adjuvant Radiation for
Prostate Cancer
10/04 North Central Section of the AUA, Bal Harbour, FL
Management of Urinary Fistulas after Radiation,
Bladder Cancer Risk after External Beam Radiation for Prostate
Cancer Spectratype analysis of Receptors found on T Cells
Infiltrating Bladder Tumors, Complex VVF Repair Techniques
9/03 North Central Section of the AUA, Vancouver, Canada
Complications after Laparoscopic Varicocelectomy
5/02 AUA Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL
Durasphere and Contigen for ISD: Extended Follow-up
9/99 IUALTD, Madrid, Spain
TB Surveillance in Botswana
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Peer reviewed publications
- A Senchenkov, J Knoetgen, KL Chrouser, and A Nehra. Application of vacuum-assisted closure dressing in penile skin graft reconstruction. Urology. 67(2): 416-9. 2006.
- Chrouser, K, Leibovich B, Bergstralh E, Zincke H, and Blute M, Bladder cancer risk following primary and adjuvant external beam radiation for prostate cancer. Journal of Urology 174 (1), 107, 2005
- Chrouser K, Leibovich, B, Sweat S, Larson D, Davis B, Tran N, Zincke H, Blute, M. Urinary fistulas following external radiation or permanent brachytherapy for the treatment of prostate cancer. Journal of Urology. 173 (6). 1953-7. 2005.
- Chrouser K, Sim F, Lieber, M. Intravascular extension of an osteosarcoma of the pubic bone into the periprostateic venous plexus. Urology. 65(5): 1001. 2005
- Larson DW, Chrouser K, Young-Fadok T, and Nelson H. Rectal complications after modern radiation for prostate cancer: a colorectal surgical challenge. J Gastrointest Surg, 9(4): 461-6. 2005
- Chrouser K, Vandersteen D, Crocker J, Reinberg Y. Nerve Injury after laparoscopic varicocelectomy. Journal of Urology. 172(2): 691-3. 2004.
- Chrouser KL, Fick F, Goel A, Itano NB, Sweat SD, Lightner DJ: Carbon Coated Zirconium Beads in beta-Glucan Gel and Bovine Glutaraldehyde Cross-Linked Collagen Injections for Intrinsic Sphincter Deficiency: Continence and Satisfaction after Extended Follow-up. Journal of Urology 171(3):1152-1155. 2004.
- Alpers L. Chrouser K. Halabi S. Moeti T. Reingold A. Binkin N. Kenyon T. Validation of the surveillance system for tuberculosis in Botswana. International Journal of Tuberculosis & Lung Disease. 4(8):737-43, 2000.
Non-peer reviewed publications
- Chrouser, KL and Lieber, MM Extended and Saturation Needle Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer. Current Urology Reports 5:226-30. 2004
- Lightner DJ, Itano NB Sweat SD, Chrouser KL, Fick F: Injectable Agents: Present and Future. Current Urology Reports 3:408-413, 2002
Monographs
- "Maternal Malaria and Reduced Fetal Viability: Integrating Biological, Epidemiological and Social Influences." Princeton Undergraduate Thesis. 1994.
Non-print materials
- Complex Vesicovaginal Fistula Repairs (video) 2004
Submitted for publication
- Fistula and Fetal Outcomes in Patients Achieving Pregnancy after VVF Repair in Nigeria
- Post-operative Detection of Prostate Cancer Recurrence: PSA Surveillance Intensity and Mortality
Research in progress
- Tools for evaluation of surgical assets and needs in developing countries
- Urologic trauma in Bombay, India: mechanisms of injury, potentials for prevention
- The use of low-cost double J stents in developing countries: evaluation of safety and efficacy
- Patient safety indicators, comparing laparoscopic and open radical prostatectomy
- Challenges of mass circumcision in Sub-Saharan Africa: surgical technique, anesthesia, and prevention/management of complications
NOTEWORTHY HONORS AND AWARDS:
2007 Sommer Scholar (Johns Hopkins School of Public Health)
2005 Mayo International Health Program Award (Vietnam)
2005 American Urological Association Gerald P. Murphy Scholar
2004 Mayo International Health Program Award (Nigeria)
2003 Mayo Urology Excellence in Teaching Award
2003 International Volunteers in Urology Resident Scholar Award
1996 Mayo Medical School Dean's award
1995 JW Sachs Scholar (Princeton) (for international public service)
1995 Henry Labouisse Memorial Prize Fellowship (Princeton)