Men’s Health, Prostate Cancer and Education
For many men, the twin ideas of compromised prostate health or erectile dysfunction is terrifying. A diagnosis of cancer is enough to handle, without having to thinking about a future of diminished or nonexistent sex. But medical science offers several options to treat ED and bring people back to their pre-cancer functionality. Urologist and men’s sexual health expert Dr. Mahyar Kashani explains the treatment options.
[00:00:00] Stephen Calabria: From the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, this is Road to Resilience, a podcast about facing adversity. I'm your host, Stephen Calabria, Mount Sinai's Director of Podcasting.
[00:00:13] On this episode, we welcome Mahyar Kashani, MD. Dr. Kashani is the Director of Male Sexual Health and an Assistant Professor of Urology at the Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital. In his practice, Dr. Kashani offers treatments for urological disorders, particularly the diagnosis and management of prostate cancer.
[00:00:32] He also counsels and treats patients with the after effects of prostate cancer, which can include erectile dysfunction. His practice allows him to change the lives of patients in an area that many are reluctant or unwilling to discuss. We're honored to welcome Dr. Mahyar Kashani to the show.
[00:00:50] Dr. Mahyar Kashani, welcome to Road to Resilience.
[00:00:57] Mahyar Kashani: Hello. Thank you so much for having me. Looking forward to having a good conversation today.
[00:01:01] Stephen Calabria: Me too. Now, in the context of men's health, what does resilience mean to you?
[00:01:08] Mahyar Kashani: So that's a great question. And men's health comes in the form of many different diagnoses, let's say in the urology world.
[00:01:17] Resilience can come in the form of someone who is interested in having children and fertility and maybe is dealing with an issue where they're unable to have children yet. They get worked up, get evaluated, go through all the necessary processes to have kids, because I think that's super important and that can be defined as resilience.
[00:01:39] People who suffer with certain cancers such as prostate and bladder cancer who deal with an array of different array of different issues, sexual issues, body image issues just on top of the cancer who fight through that. I think that's resilience.
[00:01:55] And I think just trying to live a day to day normal life, dealing with very common issues like erectile dysfunction and Peyronie's disease being able to power through and see a provider and speak about these issues I think that all is defined as resilience, in my book.