Arvin George, MD

University of Michigan

Arvin K. George, MD is a Urologic Surgeon specializing in the diagnosis and management of genitourinary cancers. After obtaining his medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, he completed his Urology Residency at the Smith Institute for Urology, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine. He remained to complete his Endourology fellowship in New York gaining additional subspectialty expertise in robotic, laparoscopic, and percutaneous surgery. Subsequently, he completed a Urologic Oncology fellowship at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health. Dr. George’s clinical practice includes both surgical and non-operative management of prostate, kidney, ureteral, testicular, and bladder cancers. Dr. George’s research interests include minimally invasive and image-guided treatments, functional prostate imaging and focal therapy for prostate cancer. He currently serves as the director for the Michigan Urologic Surgery Improvment Collaborative’s (MUSIC) prostate cancer quality improvement initiatives.

Dr. George’s research focuses on the use of prostate MRI, MR/Ultrasound fusion-guided prostate biopsy, and focal therapy for prostate cancer including HIFU, Cryotherapy, Irreversible Electroporation, and Nanoparticle-directed laser ablation. His research aims to identify appropriate use for imaging in diagnosis, risk stratification, and management of prostate cancer including active surveillance and selection/treatment of patients with novel focal therapy modalities. He is currently the serves as director of the annual Frontiers in Oncologic Prostate Care and Ablative Local Therapy (FOCAL) course.

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Presentation(s):

• 103HO - Prostate MR Imaging: What a Urologist Should Know – Live Virtual

  Friday, May 13, 2022
  9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

• Hands-on Skills Session - Live Virtual

  Friday, May 13, 2022
  10:35 AM – 12:00 PM

• 105HO - Introduction to Office-Based Transperineal Prostate Interventions: Systematic Biopsy, Rectal Hydrogel Spacer and MR/US Fusion

  Friday, May 13, 2022
  2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

• Welcome and Introduction

  Friday, May 13, 2022
  2:00 PM – 2:05 PM

• Poll Everywhere ARS Pre-Test

  Friday, May 13, 2022
  2:05 PM – 2:10 PM

• MRI/Ultrasound Transperineal Fusion Biopsy

  Friday, May 13, 2022
  2:30 PM – 2:40 PM

• Transperineal Rectal Hydrogel Spacer

  Friday, May 13, 2022
  2:40 PM – 2:50 PM

• Poll Everywhere ARS Post-Test

  Friday, May 13, 2022
  2:50 PM – 3:00 PM

• Hands-on Skills Stations

  Friday, May 13, 2022
  3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

• Welcome and Introduction

  Saturday, May 14, 2022
  2:00 PM – 2:05 PM

• 104HO - Introduction to Prostate Tissue Ablation: High Intensity Focused Ultrasound and Cryotherapy

  Saturday, May 14, 2022
  2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

• Poll Everywhere ARS Pre-Test

  Saturday, May 14, 2022
  2:05 PM – 2:10 PM

• Prostate Cryoablation

  Saturday, May 14, 2022
  2:20 PM – 2:35 PM

• Poll Everywhere ARS Post-Test

  Saturday, May 14, 2022
  2:50 PM – 3:00 PM

• Hands-on Skills Stations

  Saturday, May 14, 2022
  3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

• Concluding Remarks

  Sunday, May 15, 2022
  2:25 PM – 2:30 PM