Kidney stone surgeon @ Mayo Clinic AZ. Member of @EndoEDGE13 and @CoREndourology. Views my own.
Phoenix, AZ
Joined May 2016
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Honored to even be a part of the competition! Thank you @Uroweb and @OTRAXER for the invitation. Great conference content and excellent competitors in beautiful Valencia.
Karen Stern MD retweeted
You won’t want to miss this update. @KSternAZ always gives a great presentation.
🚨 CME ALERT 🚨
Join us on September 17th for another @NorthwesternMed CME session on Advancements and Breakthroughs in Endourology. This event is titled “Suction Technology in Ureteroscopy—Hype, Hazards, and the Horizon”, led by urologic surgeon Karen L. Stern, MD (@KSternAZ), of Mayo Clinic-Arizona (@MayoUrology).
📆: September 17, 2026
🕰️: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM CST
Link to register: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/…
Come work with us in 🌞 Phoenix! Mayo Clinic Arizona Department of Urology is hiring a Biostatistician.
We’re hiring!
We need a Biostatistician to join our Urology team at @MayoUrology in Arizona.
This individual will work closely with our faculty on clinical trials, statistical analyses, manuscripts, and general research across urology.
Link below: fa-euwp-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.o…
First time this has gone to a fellow and couldn’t have gone to a more deserving person. @jackson_cabo exemplifies everything Eric Wisenbaugh did - kindness, skill, and humility.
Our 2026 Eric Wisenbaugh award winner @jackson_cabo. Given to trainee who exhibits integrity, hard work, and kindness. We are very proud of you, and can’t wait to see all the great things you go on to accomplish. @MayoUrology @VUMCurology
We are so excited to welcome Yuval to Mayo AZ! 🌵
We're so excited to welcome Dr. Yuval Elkun to the Endourology Fellowship in Arizona. @YuvalElkun will join us in 2027 after graduating from @MountSinaiUro. Heartfelt congratulations from @MayoUrology!
Thank you, @tzevattefik & @dremresener, for arranging such a beautiful and historical venue for TALENTS2026. You are both incredible hosts - thank you for sharing your city with us!
Dünya Endoürolojisinin Önemli Buluşmalarından The TALENTS, 5. Edisyonuyla İstanbul Üniversitesi’nde Gerçekleştirildi
Endoüroloji alanının uluslararası platformda en saygın bilimsel toplantılarından biri kabul edilen The TALENTS (Trans-Atlantic Leaders in Endourological Technologies), beşinci edisyonunu 4–6 Haziran 2026 tarihleri arasında İstanbul Üniversitesi Rektörlük Binası Doktora Salonu’nda başarıyla tamamladı.
İlk dört edisyonu sırasıyla Paris, Miami, Roma ve Cambridge’de düzenlenen ve beşincisi Üniversitemizin ev sahipliğinde, Endourological Society ve EAU Endourology iş birliğiyle organize edilen toplantıya dünyanın dört bir yanından yaklaşık 80 seçkin endoüroloji uzmanı katıldı.
Toplantının kapanışında konuşan Rektörümüz Prof. Dr. Osman Bülent Zülfikar, endoüroloji alanındaki hızlı bilimsel ve teknolojik ilerlemeye dikkat çekerek, böylesine prestijli bir bilimsel buluşmanın İstanbul Üniversitesi’nin ev sahipliğinde düzenlenmesinden duyduğu memnuniyeti ifade etti.
What a huge honor to chair #Talents2026 with @albasierrad - stunning city, great discussion, supportive industry & inspiring speakers. Thank you, @OTRAXER & @endourologyucsd, for entrusting us with this. First all-female chaired conference in Endourology history! – at İstanbul, Türkiye
Karen Stern MD retweeted
BN185: Talents2026! Its now. Istanbul 50invited faculty,50 industry representatives. 1,5d of discussions in Endourology in friendly atmosphere.Karen Stern &Alba Sierra del Rio as chairwomen,Emre Sener &Tzevat Tefik as local hosts.Endorsed by EAU Endourology&Endourological Society
Less than 4 weeks until #TALENTS26 in beautiful Istanbul!
Honored to join the international faculty of THE TALENTS 2026, an outstanding global initiative by @Endo_Society and @Uroweb EAU Endourology, taking place in Istanbul on June 4–6, 2026.
The meeting brings together leading voices in endourology from across the globe to exchange perspectives on emerging technologies, stone disease management, and innovation in urology.
I am particularly excited to participate in the round table discussion:
“How do you imagine stone treatment in 20 years?”
These conversations are an opportunity not only to discuss technology and artificial intelligence, but also to reflect on how we can continue improving patient care, education, and global collaboration in endourology.
#Endourology #Urology #KidneyStones #EAU #TALENTS2026 #WomenInUrology
Still on ☁️ 9 from my time as the Vest Memorial Visiting Professor @uvaurology last month. What a truly special experience - thoughtful discussions, great questions, amazing people, & the kind of collegiality that reminds you why academic medicine is so much fun. What an honor!
Karen Stern MD retweeted
Join us for the 3rd Annual Mount Sinai Kidney Stone Symposium at #AUA2026!
Talks on the latest in stone management & semi-live surgical demos
w/ @MantuGuptaMD, @William_Atallah , @KSternAZ , @drpalese , @naeembhojani7 & @PabloNContreras
Register: eventcreate.com/e/kidneyston…
A true honor! #EAU26
Day3 plenary #EAU2026 #EAU26
Honour to be with the esteemed panel
@D_Castellani @steffiyuen @ewabres
@KSternAZ @wissamabokhalid @ameliapietr1 @StefanieCroghan @OstherPalle @DrBenChew @MattBultitude @DrJohnDenstedt @agallioli @PMKronenberg
@Uroweb
@AmerUrological
That’s a wrap on my first EAU! Great scientific content in an incredible city. 🇬🇧 #EAU26. Thank you for the invite @MattBultitude!
Karen Stern MD retweeted
Key takeaways are patients do consider cost when pursuing stone management, and work disruption is a big driver of financial toxicity in nephrolithiasis, rather than out of pocket costs alone
Financial toxicity and treatment deferral in #KidneyStone patients. @jackson_cabo @MayoUrology and @DDJoyce_BFA @VUMCurology explore practical solutions, including transparent counseling about expected time off work, simplifying preventative recommendations to focus on cost-effective interventions like increased fluid intake, and adopting more patient-centered approaches, such as leaving stent strings for home removal. #WatchNow to learn more > bit.ly/4qvIR19
Can’t wait! @USANZUrology
Super excited to welcome an incredible faculty to Melbourne next week! @wandering_gu @cgratzke @EndoLuminalEndo @KSternAZ @Uro_KIND @bjartell @Ruben_De_Groote @SimoneCrivella2 @damien_bolton @declangmurphy
Awkward fellow photos meets elite training @MayoUrology AZ. Apply now via @Endo_Society for our 2-year combined MIS/Endo fellowship.
☀️ Sunny Arizona 🌵
🤖 Robotics
🪨 PCNLs
😁 HoLEPs (tons!)
Metabolic stone disease
🔬 Research
I decided to join the “fun” of having @ChatGPTapp use its knowledge of me to make a caricature. It made this very cool photo, presumably of my husband, acting as a badass kidney stone doc. He’s not. So…@ChatGPTapp is dead to me now. Do we need to bring back #Ilooklikeasurgeon ?
