Clinical
The Department of Urology provides
a full range of secondary and tertiary services,
excluding extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy
or advanced paediatric urological surgical,
to the population of the Southeastern Ontario
and Moose Factory. Along with providing
inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical
urology services through Kingston General
Hospital and associated clinics, the Department
provides outreach clinics to the Lennox
and Addington County General Hospital
and Prince Edward County Memorial site of
the Quinte
Health Corporation as well as to Moose
Factory.
Specialty services are provided in the
areas of urological oncology, nephrolithiasis,
and male sexual dysfunction and minimally
invasive urologic surgery, for example.
The Department supports diagnostic and therapeutic
services specific to patients with urological
problems, such as urodynamics, phallodynamics,
and biofeedback for patients with voiding
dysfunction. The Department further supports
therapeutic teaching by directing programs
for male sexual dysfunction and voiding
dysfunction.
The Department of Urology functions as
part of many multidisciplinary teams supporting
services or programs such as: oncology with
Radiation and Medical Oncology, trauma with
the Trauma Program, end stage renal disease
services with the Division of Nephrology,
human sexual dysfunction with Psychotherapy
services, complex urinary incontinence with
the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
rehabilitation medicine with the Department
of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,
and Paediatrics. In addition, the Department
of Urology supports urology services in
the Quinte Health Corporation at the Belleville
and Trenton sites, Brockville General Hospital
and Perth-Smiths Falls Hospitals through
tertiary care emergency referrals.
The Urology service relies
on clinical lab, diagnostic imaging, pharmacy,
OR and PACU, emergency services and CCAC
to provide optimal patient care.
Research
It is the research role of the Department
to carry out basic science and clinical
research with a focus on human sexual function
and dysfunction, inflammatory diseases of
the urinary tract, and urologic oncology
and andrology specifically, the study
of the hormonal changes in the aging male.
The Department of Urology supports basic
science research laboratories that are devoted
primarily to microbiological research and
conducts collaborative research with the
Departments of Pharmacology and Toxicology,
Anatomy and Cell Biology, Oncology. The
Department also has an extensive program
of clinical research actively engaged in
locally developed clinical trials as well
as multi-centred pharmaceutical sponsored
clinical trial research.
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