In the News
Implanting AxoGen’s Avance Nerve Graft Using a Robot for Cavernous Nerve Repair
May 16
Dr. Kevin Slawin and Dr. Tung Shu, founders of the Vanguard Urologic Institute, are the first in the U.S. to use AxoGen’s Avance nerve grafts to repair the cavernous nerves robotically.
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Dr. Rodney Appell joins Vanguard Urologic Institute and establishes the Texas Continence Center
May 1
Rodney A. Appell, MD, FACS, has joined the Vanguard Urologic Institute (VUI), after having served as Professor of Urology and Gynecology and Chief, Division of Voiding Dysfunction and Female Urology, at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston since 2002.
As Director of the new Texas Continence Center at VUI and Memorial Hermann Hospital - Texas Medical Center, Dr. Appell will focus his practice and research in the sub-specialty area of voiding dysfunction, both neurogenic and non-neurogenic in origin, and incontinence in both women and men. Because VUI houses a state-of-the-art urodynamics laboratory, a fully equipped cystoscopy and treatment suite, and is just an elevator ride away from the Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza Ambulatory Surgery Center, he will be able to diagnose and treat patients with voiding dysfunction and incontinence within the confines of the Center.
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Vanguard Urologic Institute opens flagship facilities in the new Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza Tower
Feb 1
The Vanguard Urologic Institute has relocated to its new, state-of-the-art outpatient facility on the 23rd floor of the new Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza Building in the Texas Medical Center.
This new facility features a completely paperless office experience; kiosk check-in and check-out to streamline and speed the process of seeing physicians; minimally invasive and robotic technologies to treat urologic problems; and integration of the Internet, multimedia content, Web-based medical outcome prediction software (i.e., nomograms), and other Web-based tools for routine care of the Institute’s patients.
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