Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundatin/VA Scholar, University of California School of Medicine 2011 - 2013
  • Resident, Urology, Duke University 2006 - 2011
  • Intern, Surgery, Duke University 2005 - 2006
  • Research Associate, Urology, Duke University 2004 - 2005
  • M.D., Duke University School of Medicine 2004
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Urology, Surgery 2013 - 2017
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • MAR 24, 2015

    Philly.com, HealthDay News

    Kidney stones can send patients to hospital more than once

  • SEP 18, 2014

    Reuters

    Dr. Charles Scales comments: Study finds ultrasound as good as CT for initial diagnosis of kidney stones

  • MAY 19, 2014

    Non-Invasive Lithotripsy Leads to More Treatment for Kidney Stones

  • APR 29, 2014

    HealthDay News

    Complications fairly common, costly with some kidney stone treatments

  • APR 28, 2014

    Complications From Kidney Stone Treatments Are Common And Costly
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Duke KURe Program awarded by National Institutes of Health 2013 - 2023
  • Urinary Stone Disease Research Network: Scientific Data Research Center awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2021
  • Bladder Cancer in Older Adults - Treatment and Outcomes awarded by AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP 2016 - 2017
  • Urinary Dysfunction in the Elderly: Informing Accountable Urologic Care awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2017
  • The Jahnigen Career Development Award (JCDA) awarded by American Geriatrics Society 2014 - 2016
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Carlos, EC, Peters, CE, Wollin, DA, Winship, BB, Davis, LG, Li, J, Scales, CD, Eaton, SH, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Psychiatric Diagnoses and Other Factors Associated with Emergency Department Return within 30 Days of Ureteroscopy." The Journal of Urology (October 11, 2018).  Full Text
    • Cone, EB, Hammill, BG, Routh, JC, Lipkin, ME, Preminger, GM, Schmader, KE, and Scales, CD. "Disproportionate Use of Inpatient Care by Older Adults With Kidney Stones." Urology 120 (October 2018): 103-108.  Full Text
    • Wollin, DA, Gupta, RT, Young, B, Cone, E, Kaplan, A, Marin, D, Patel, BN, Mazurowski, MA, Scales, CD, Ferrandino, MN, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Abdominal Radiography With Digital Tomosynthesis: An Alternative to Computed Tomography for Identification of Urinary Calculi?." Urology 120 (October 2018): 56-61.  Full Text
    • Scales, CD. "Editorial Comment." The Journal of Urology (September 20, 2018).  Full Text
    • Kurtzman, JT, Song, L, Ross, ME, Scales, CD, Chu, DI, and Tasian, GE. "Urology Consultation and Emergency Department Revisits for Children with Urinary Stone Disease." The Journal of Urology 200, no. 1 (July 2018): 180-186.  Full Text
    • Venkatesh, AK, Scales, CD, and Heilbrun, ME. "From Ruling Out to Ruling In: Putting POCUS in Focus." Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (February 10, 2018).  Full Text
    • Cabrera, FJ, Shin, RH, Waisanen, KM, Nguyen, G, Wang, C, Scales, CD, Ferrandino, MN, Preminger, GM, Yoshizumi, TT, and Lipkin, ME. "Comparison of Radiation Exposure from Fixed Table Fluoroscopy to a Portable C-Arm During Ureteroscopy." Journal of Endourology 31, no. 9 (September 2017): 835-840.  Full Text
    • Iqbal, MW, Shin, RH, Youssef, RF, Kaplan, AG, Cabrera, FJ, Hanna, J, Scales, CD, Ferrandino, MN, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Should metabolic evaluation be performed in patients with struvite stones?." Urolithiasis 45, no. 2 (April 2017): 185-192.  Full Text
    • Dale, J, Kaplan, AG, Radvak, D, Shin, R, Ackerman, A, Chen, T, Scales, CD, Ferrandino, MN, Simmons, WN, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Evaluation of a Novel Single-Use Flexible Ureteroscope." Journal of endourology (March 2017).  Full Text
    • Schoenfeld, EM, Pekow, PS, Shieh, M-S, Scales, CD, Lagu, T, and Lindenauer, PK. "The Diagnosis and Management of Patients with Renal Colic across a Sample of US Hospitals: High CT Utilization Despite Low Rates of Admission and Inpatient Urologic Intervention." Plos One 12, no. 1 (January 3, 2017): e0169160-null.  Full Text
    • Narayan, VM, Cone, EB, Smith, D, Scales, CD, and Dahm, P. "Improved Reporting of Randomized Controlled Trials in the Urologic Literature." European urology 70, no. 6 (December 2016): 1044-1049.  Full Text
    • Scales, CD, Tasian, GE, Schwaderer, AL, Goldfarb, DS, Star, RA, and Kirkali, Z. "Urinary Stone Disease: Advancing Knowledge, Patient Care, and Population Health." Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : Cjasn 11, no. 7 (July 2016): 1305-1312. (Review)  Full Text
    • Carroll, PR, Parsons, JK, Andriole, G, Bahnson, RR, Castle, EP, Catalona, WJ, Dahl, DM, Davis, JW, Epstein, JI, Etzioni, RB, Farrington, T, Hemstreet, GP, Kawachi, MH, Kim, S, Lange, PH, Loughlin, KR, Lowrance, W, Maroni, P, Mohler, J, Morgan, TM, Moses, KA, Nadler, RB, Poch, M, Scales, C, Shaneyfelt, TM, Smaldone, MC, Sonn, G, Sprenkle, P, Vickers, AJ, Wake, R, Shead, DA, and Freedman-Cass, DA. "NCCN Guidelines Insights: Prostate Cancer Early Detection, Version 2.2016." Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : Jnccn 14, no. 5 (May 2016): 509-519.  Full Text
    • Cabrera, FJ, Kaplan, AG, Youssef, RF, Tsivian, M, Shin, RH, Scales, CD, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Digital Tomosynthesis: A Viable Alternative to Noncontrast Computed Tomography for the Follow-Up of Nephrolithiasis?." Journal of endourology 30, no. 4 (April 2016): 366-370.  Full Text
    • Scales, CD, Moin, T, Fink, A, Berry, SH, Afsar-Manesh, N, Mangione, CM, and Kerfoot, BP. "A randomized, controlled trial of team-based competition to increase learner participation in quality-improvement education." International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care 28, no. 2 (April 2016): 227-232.  Full Text
    • Kaplan, AG, Lipkin, ME, Scales, CD, and Preminger, GM. "Use of ureteral access sheaths in ureteroscopy." Nature Reviews. Urology 13, no. 3 (March 2016): 135-140. (Review)  Full Text
    • Shin, RH, Cabrera, FJ, Nguyen, G, Wang, C, Youssef, RF, Scales, CD, Ferrandino, MN, Preminger, GM, Yoshizumi, TT, and Lipkin, ME. "Radiation Dosimetry for Ureteroscopy Patients: A Phantom Study Comparing the Standard and Obese Patient Models." Journal of Endourology 30, no. 1 (January 2016): 57-62.  Full Text
    • Carroll, PR, Parsons, JK, Andriole, G, Bahnson, RR, Barocas, DA, Castle, EP, Catalona, WJ, Dahl, DM, Davis, JW, Epstein, JI, Etzioni, RB, Farrington, T, Hemstreet, GP, Kawachi, MH, Lange, PH, Loughlin, KR, Lowrance, W, Maroni, P, Mohler, J, Morgan, TM, Nadler, RB, Poch, M, Scales, C, Shaneyfelt, TM, Smaldone, MC, Sonn, G, Sprenke, P, Vickers, AJ, Wake, R, Shead, DA, and Freedman-Cass, D. "NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines Prostate Cancer Early Detection, Version 2.2015." Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : Jnccn 13, no. 12 (December 2015): 1534-1561.  Full Text
    • Scales, CD, Bergman, J, Carter, S, Jack, G, Saigal, CS, Litwin, MS, and NIDDK Urologic Diseases in America Project, . "Quality of Acute Care for Patients With Urinary Stones in the United States." Urology 86, no. 5 (November 2015): 914-921.  Full Text
    • Chen, TT, Wang, C, Ferrandino, MN, Scales, CD, Yoshizumi, TT, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Radiation Exposure during the Evaluation and Management of Nephrolithiasis." The Journal of Urology 194, no. 4 (October 2015): 878-885. (Review)  Full Text
    • Wang, H-HS, Wiener, JS, Lipkin, ME, Scales, CD, Ross, SS, and Routh, JC. "Estimating the nationwide, hospital based economic impact of pediatric urolithiasis." The Journal of urology 193, no. 5 Suppl (May 2015): 1855-1859.  Full Text
    • Scales, CD, Lin, L, Saigal, CS, Bennett, CJ, Ponce, NA, Mangione, CM, Litwin, MS, and NIDDK Urologic Diseases in America Project, . "Emergency department revisits for patients with kidney stones in California." Academic Emergency Medicine : Official Journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 22, no. 4 (April 2015): 468-474.  Full Text
    • Youssef, RF, Neisius, A, Goldsmith, ZG, Ghaffar, M, Tsivian, M, Shin, RH, Cabrera, F, Ferrandino, MN, Scales, CD, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "Clinical outcomes after ureteroscopic lithotripsy in patients who initially presented with urosepsis: matched pair comparison with elective ureteroscopy." Journal of Endourology 28, no. 12 (December 2014): 1439-1443.  Full Text
    • Carroll, PR, Parsons, JK, Andriole, G, Bahnson, RR, Barocas, DA, Catalona, WJ, Dahl, DM, Davis, JW, Epstein, JI, Etzioni, RB, Giri, VN, Hemstreet, GP, Kawachi, MH, Lange, PH, Loughlin, KR, Lowrance, W, Maroni, P, Mohler, J, Morgan, TM, Nadler, RB, Poch, M, Scales, C, Shanefelt, TM, Vickers, AJ, Wake, R, Shead, DA, Ho, M, and National comprehensive cancer network, . "Prostate cancer early detection, version 1.2014. Featured updates to the NCCN Guidelines." Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : Jnccn 12, no. 9 (September 2014): 1211-1219.  Full Text
    • Reed, SD, Stewart, SB, Scales, CD, and Moul, JW. "A framework to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the NADiA ProsVue slope to guide adjuvant radiotherapy among men with high-risk characteristics following prostatectomy for prostate cancer." Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 17, no. 5 (July 2014): 545-554.  Full Text
    • Scales, CD, Lai, JC, Dick, AW, Hanley, JM, van Meijgaard, J, Setodji, CM, Saigal, CS, and Urologic Diseases in America Project, . "Comparative effectiveness of shock wave lithotripsy and ureteroscopy for treating patients with kidney stones." JAMA surgery 149, no. 7 (July 2014): 648-653.  Full Text
    • Scales, CD, Saigal, CS, Hanley, JM, Dick, AW, Setodji, CM, Litwin, MS, and NIDDK Urologic Diseases in America Project, . "The impact of unplanned postprocedure visits in the management of patients with urinary stones." Surgery 155, no. 5 (May 2014): 769-775.  Full Text
    • Bergman, J, Neuhausen, K, Chamie, K, Scales, CD, Carter, S, Kwan, L, Lerman, SE, Aronson, W, and Litwin, MS. "Building a medical neighborhood in the safety net: an innovative technology improves hematuria workups." Urology 82, no. 6 (December 2013): 1277-1282.  Full Text
    • Bergman, J, Lorenz, KA, Acquah-Asare, S, Scales, CD, Ryan, G, Saigal, CS, Bennett, CJ, and Litwin, MS. "Urologist attitudes toward end-of-life care." Urology 82, no. 1 (2013): 48-52.  Full Text
    • Bergman, J, Neuhausen, K, Chamie, K, Scales, CD, Carter, S, Kwan, L, Lerman, SE, Aronson, W, and Litwin, MS. "Building a medical neighborhood in the safety net: An innovative technology improves hematuria workups." Urology 82, no. 6 (2013): 1277-1282.  Full Text
    • Jr, CDS. "Practice patterns in the management of urinary lithiasis." Current Urology Reports 14, no. 2 (2013): 154-157.  Full Text
    • Lavallée, LT, Fergusson, D, Dahm, P, Scales, CD, Witiuk, K, and Breau, RH. "Diagnostic tests in urology: urine cytology." Bju International 110, no. 11 Pt C (December 2012): E789-E791.  Full Text
    • Peterson, AC, Curtis, LH, Shea, AM, Borawski, KM, Schulman, KA, and Scales, CD. "Urinary diversion in patients with spinal cord injury in the United States." Urology 80, no. 6 (December 2012): 1247-1251.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Stewart, SB, Scales, CD, Moul, JW, and Reed, SD. "Does variation in either age at start of therapy or duration of therapy make chemoprevention with finasteride cost-effective?." Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases 15, no. 4 (December 2012): 380-385.  Full Text
    • Scales, CD, Smith, AC, Hanley, JM, Saigal, CS, and Urologic Diseases in America Project, . "Prevalence of kidney stones in the United States." European Urology 62, no. 1 (July 2012): 160-165.  Full Text
    • Dinan, MA, Robinson, TJ, Zagar, TM, Scales, CD, Curtis, LH, Reed, SD, Lee, WR, and Schulman, KA. "Changes in initial treatment for prostate cancer among Medicare beneficiaries, 1999-2007." Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 82, no. 5 (April 1, 2012): e781-e786.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Breau, RH, Jr, CDS, and Dahm, P. "Diagnostic tests in urology: An introduction." BJU International 110, no. 11 C (2012): E792-E793.  Full Text
    • McNamara, ER, and Scales, CD. "Role of systematic reviews and meta-analysis in evidence-based clinical practice." Indian J Urol 27, no. 4 (October 2011): 520-524.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Stewart, SB, Dahm, P, and Scales, CD. "How to appraise the effectiveness of treatment." Indian J Urol 27, no. 4 (October 2011): 525-531.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD, Krupski, TL, Curtis, LH, Matlaga, B, Lotan, Y, Pearle, MS, Saigal, C, Preminger, GM, and Urologic Diseases in America Project, . "Practice variation in the surgical management of urinary lithiasis." J Urol 186, no. 1 (July 2011): 146-150.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD, and Canfield, SE. "Advanced topics in evidence-based urological oncology: using results of a subgroup analysis." Urol Oncol 29, no. 4 (July 2011): 462-466. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Wiener, JS, Antonelli, J, Shea, AM, Curtis, LH, Schulman, KA, Krupski, TL, and Scales, CD. "Bladder augmentation versus urinary diversion in patients with spina bifida in the United States." J Urol 186, no. 1 (July 2011): 161-165.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD, and International Evidence-Based Urology Working Group, . "Education and training in evidence-based urology." World J Urol 29, no. 3 (June 2011): 325-329. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Dinan, MA, Robinson, TJ, Zagar, TM, Scales, CD, Curtis, LH, Reed, SD, Schulman, KA, and Lee, WR. "Financial implications of changes in the initial treatment of prostate cancer among Medicare beneficiaries." Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 29, no. 15_suppl (May 2011): 6115-.
    • Reed, SD, Scales, CD, Stewart, SB, Sun, J, Moul, JW, Schulman, KA, and Xu, J. "Effects of family history and genetic polymorphism on the cost-effectiveness of chemoprevention with finasteride for prostate cancer." J Urol 185, no. 3 (March 2011): 841-847.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Barnett, JC, Judd, JP, Wu, JM, Scales, CD, Myers, ER, and Havrilesky, LJ. "Cost comparison among robotic, laparoscopic, and open hysterectomy for endometrial cancer." Obstet Gynecol 116, no. 3 (September 2010): 685-693.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • MacDonald, SL, Jr, SCD, Dahm, P, and Grp, EBUW. "Evidence-based urology in practice: P-values vs confidence intervals." BJU INTERNATIONAL 106, no. 6 (September 2010): 758-759.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Breau, RH, Gaboury, I, Scales, CD, Fesperman, SF, Watterson, JD, and Dahm, P. "Reporting of harm in randomized controlled trials published in the urological literature." The Journal of Urology 183, no. 5 (May 2010): 1693-1697. (Review)  Full Text
    • Scales, CD, Chandrashekar, AS, Robinson, MR, Cantor, DA, Sullivan, J, Haleblian, GE, Leitao, VA, Sur, RL, Borawski, KM, Koeberl, D, Kishnani, PS, and Preminger, GM. "Stone forming risk factors in patients with type Ia glycogen storage disease." J Urol 183, no. 3 (March 2010): 1022-1025.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Jr, SCD, Zarei, M, Dahm, P, and Grp, EBUW. "Evidence-based urology in practice: likelihood ratios." BJU INTERNATIONAL 104, no. 7 (October 2009): 892-894.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD, Zarei, M, Dahm, P, and Evidence Based Urology Working Group, . "Evidence-based urology in practice: likelihood ratios." BJU Int 104, no. 7 (October 2009): 892-894.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Robinson, MR, Leitao, VA, Haleblian, GE, Scales, CD, Chandrashekar, A, Pierre, SA, and Preminger, GM. "Impact of long-term potassium citrate therapy on urinary profiles and recurrent stone formation." J Urol 181, no. 3 (March 2009): 1145-1150.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Dahm, P, Preminger, GM, Scales, CD, Fesperman, SF, Yeung, LL, and Cohen, MS. "Evidence-based medicine training in residency: a survey of urology programme directors." BJU Int 103, no. 3 (February 2009): 290-293.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Ferrandino, MN, Bagrodia, A, Pierre, SA, Scales, CD, Rampersaud, E, Pearle, MS, and Preminger, GM. "Radiation exposure in the acute and short-term management of urolithiasis at 2 academic centers." J Urol 181, no. 2 (February 2009): 668-672.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD, and Wiener, JS. "Evaluating outcomes of enterocystoplasty in patients with spina bifida: a review of the literature." J Urol 180, no. 6 (December 2008): 2323-2329. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD, Norris, RD, Preminger, GM, Vieweg, J, Peterson, BL, and Dahm, P. "Evaluating the evidence: statistical methods in randomized controlled trials in the urological literature." J Urol 180, no. 4 (October 2008): 1463-1467. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD, Antonelli, J, Curtis, LH, Schulman, KA, and Moul, JW. "Prostate-specific antigen screening among young men in the United States." Cancer 113, no. 6 (September 15, 2008): 1315-1323.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD, Dahm, P, Sultan, S, Campbell-Scherer, D, and Devereaux, PJ. "How to use an article about a diagnostic test." The Journal of Urology 180, no. 2 (August 2008): 469-476. (Review)  Full Text
    • Scales, CD, Voils, CI, Fesperman, SF, Sur, RL, Kübler, H, Preminger, GM, and Dahm, P. "Barriers to the practice of evidence-based urology." J Urol 179, no. 6 (June 2008): 2345-2349.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD, and Dahm, P. "The critical use of population-based medical databases for prostate cancer research." Curr Opin Urol 18, no. 3 (May 2008): 320-325. (Review)  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD, Moul, JW, Curtis, LH, Elkin, EP, Hughes, ME, Carroll, PR, and CaPSURE Investigators, . "Prostate cancer in the Baby Boomer generation: results from CaPSURE." Urology 70, no. 6 (December 2007): 1162-1167.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD, Presti, JC, Kane, CJ, Terris, MK, Aronson, WJ, Amling, CL, Freedland, SJ, and SEARCH Database Study Group, . "Predicting unilateral prostate cancer based on biopsy features: implications for focal ablative therapy--results from the SEARCH database." The Journal of Urology 178, no. 4 Pt 1 (October 2007): 1249-1252.  Full Text
    • Scales, CD, Preminger, GM, Keitz, SA, and Dahm, P. "Evidence based clinical practice: a primer for urologists." J Urol 178, no. 3 Pt 1 (September 2007): 775-782.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD, Curtis, LH, Norris, RD, Springhart, WP, Sur, RL, Schulman, KA, and Preminger, GM. "Changing gender prevalence of stone disease." The Journal of Urology 177, no. 3 (March 2007): 979-982.  Full Text
    • Scales, CD, Norris, RD, Keitz, SA, Peterson, BL, Preminger, GM, Vieweg, J, and Dahm, P. "A critical assessment of the quality of reporting of randomized, controlled trials in the urology literature." J Urol 177, no. 3 (March 2007): 1090-1094.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD, Curtis, LH, Norris, RD, Schulman, KA, Dahm, P, and Moul, JW. "Relationship between body mass index and prostate cancer screening in the United States." J Urol 177, no. 2 (February 2007): 493-498.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD, Fein, S, Muir, AJ, and Rockey, DC. "Clinical utilization of digital rectal examination and fecal occult blood testing upon hospital admission." J Clin Gastroenterol 40, no. 10 (November 2006): 913-918.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Sur, RL, Scales, CD, Preminger, GM, and Dahm, P. "Evidence-based medicine: a survey of American Urological Association members." J Urol 176, no. 3 (September 2006): 1127-1134.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD, Curtis, LH, Norris, RD, Schulman, KA, Albala, DM, and Moul, JW. "Prostate specific antigen testing in men older than 75 years in the United States." J Urol 176, no. 2 (August 2006): 511-514.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Jr, CDS, Peterson, B, and Dahm, P. "Interpreting Statistics in the Urological Literature." Journal of Urology 176, no. 5 (2006): 1938-1945.  Full Text
    • Scales, CD, Jones, PJ, Eisenstein, EL, Preminger, GM, and Albala, DM. "Local cost structures and the economics of robot assisted radical prostatectomy." J Urol 174, no. 6 (December 2005): 2323-2329.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • L'esperance, JO, Ekeruo, WO, Scales, CD, Marguet, CG, Springhart, WP, Maloney, ME, Albala, DM, and Preminger, GM. "Effect of ureteral access sheath on stone-free rates in patients undergoing ureteroscopic management of renal calculi." Urology 66, no. 2 (August 2005): 252-255.  Full Text
    • Scales, CD, Springhart, WP, Young, MD, Anger, JT, Leder, RA, and Preminger, GM. "Lymphangioleiomyomatosis presenting as bladder outlet obstruction." Urology 65, no. 3 (March 2005): 589-590.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Jr, CDS, Norris, RD, Peterson, BL, Preminger, GM, and Dahm, P. "Clinical research and statistical methods in the urology literature." Journal of Urology 174, no. 4 I (2005): 1374-1379.  Full Text
    • Alman, BA. "Editorial comment." Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research , no. 401 (2002): 2-3.

  • Other Articles

    • Jr, SCD. "Factors Influencing Readmission after Elective Ureteroscopy EDITORIAL COMMENT." JOURNAL OF UROLOGY 195, no. 5 (May 2016): 1491-1491.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD. "Editorial Comment." The Journal of urology 195, no. 5 (May 2016): 1491-.  Full Text
    • Scales, CD, and Schulman, KA. "Triggering management for quality improvement." Health services research 49, no. 5 (October 2014): 1401-1406.  Full Text
    • Jr, CDS. "Editorial comment." Journal of Urology 189, no. 2 (2013): 519-520.  Full Text
    • Stewart, SB, Scales, CD, and Moul, JW. "Health policy: Health-care implications of resident duty-hour restrictions." Nat Rev Urol 6, no. 12 (December 2009): 635-636.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Jr, CDS, and Preminger, GM. "Editorial Comment." Urology 73, no. 4 (2009): 724--.  Full Text
    • Mesrobian, H-GO. "Re: A Critical Assessment of the Quality of Reporting of Randomized, Controlled Trials in the Urology Literature." The Journal of Urology 179, no. 6 (June 2008): 2488-2489.  Full Text

  • Book Sections

    • Kaplan, AG, Scales, CD, Lipkin, ME, and Preminger, GM. "How do I set up a stone clinic?." In Practical Tips in Urology, 333-339. January 1, 2016.  Full Text
    • Scales, CD, and Cone, E. "Acute Renal Colic and Medical Expulsive Therapy." In Pocket Guide to Kidney Stone Prevention Dietary and Medical Therapy. Springer, November 1, 2014. (Chapter)
    • Scales, CD. "Epidemiology of stone disease." In Clinical Management of Urolithiasis, 1-8. January 1, 2013.  Full Text
    • Lipkin, ME, Scales, CD, and Preminger, GM. "Video Imaging and Documentation." In Smith's Textbook of Endourology: 3rd Edition, 19-37. January 5, 2012.  Full Text
    • Jr, CDS, and Penson, DF. "Clinical Trials in Urology." 12-17. 2010.  Full Text

  • Conference Papers

    • Aksenov, LI, Wietsma, AC, Lipkin, ME, Routh, JC, Preminger, GM, and Scales, CD. "Analgesic Prescribing Patterns for Acute Symptomatic Kidney Stones in Emergency Departments." Owen Wangensteen Scientific Forum / Annual Clinical Congress of the American-College-of-Surgeons (ACS). Boston, MA. October 21, 2018 - October 25, 2018.: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, October 1, 2018.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Johnston, AW, Cone, EB, Bergman, J, Moin, T, Fink, A, Kerfoot, BP, and Scales, CD. "Just a Nudge: Applying Behavioral Incentives to Engage Residents in Quality Improvement Education." Owen Wangensteen Scientific Forum / Annual Clinical Congress of the American-College-of-Surgeons (ACS). Boston, MA. October 21, 2018 - October 25, 2018.: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, October 1, 2018.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Dinan, MA, Georgieva, M, Shenolikar, R, and Scales, CD. "Real-world systemic therapy utilization in Medicare patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma." February 20, 2018.  Full Text
    • Hobbs, KT, Hammill, B, Wollin, D, Preminger, GM, Lipkin, ME, Schmader, KE, Scales, and Jr., CD. "MP95-05 INCREASING UTILIZATION OF CARE FOR URINARY STONE DISEASE IN OLDER ADULTS." April 2017.  Full Text
    • Youssef, RF, Martin, JW, Sakhaee, K, Poindexter, J, Vernez, SL, Dutta, R, Scales, CD, Preminger, GM, and Lipkin, ME. "MP01-19 RECENT EPIDEMIOLOGICAL AND METABOLIC TRENDS IN STONE DISEASE: RISING HYPOCITRATURIA AND HYPEROXALURIA." April 2017.  Full Text
    • Chen, TT, Webster, W, Shahsahebi, M, Lipkin, ME, Preminger, GM, Hull, SK, and Scales, CD. "PD10-07 FASTER CARE FOR LESS? COST MODEL OF HEMATURIA CARE REDESIGN." April 2016.  Full Text
    • Cone, EB, Hammill, B, Kaplan, AG, Dale, J, Routh, JC, Lipkin, ME, Preminger, GM, Schmader, K, and Scales, CD. "PD47-06 DISPROPORTIONATE USE OF INPATIENT CARE BY OLDER ADULTS WITH URINARY STONE DISEASE." April 2016.  Full Text
    • Reed, S, Biehn Stewart, S, Scales, C, and Moul, J. "Use of PSA Slope to Guide Adjuvant Radiotherapy in Post-Prostatectomy Prostate Cancer has Potential to be Cost Effective." May 2014.  Full Text
    • Wang, AJ, Lipkin, ME, Scales, CD, Ferrandino, MN, and Preminger, GM. "USE OF A NOVEL ANTI-RETROPULSION DEVICE FOR URETEROSCOPIC TREATMENT OF URETERAL STONES." November 2011.  Link to Item
    • Dinan, MA, Robinson, TJ, Zagar, TM, Scales, CD, Curtis, LH, Reed, SD, Schulman, KA, and Lee, WR. "Financial implications of changes in the initial treatment of prostate cancer among Medicare beneficiaries." May 20, 2011.  Full Text
    • Mancini, JG, Raymundo, MEM, Lipkin, ME, Ferrandino, MN, Scales, CD, Gerardo, C, and Preminger, GM. "WHAT FACTORS CAN BETTER PREDICT THE INCIDENCE OF UROSEPSIS FOLLOWING AN ACUTE STONE EPISODE?." September 2010.  Link to Item
    • Jr, SCD, Shea, AM, Curtis, LH, Ferrandino, MN, Zilberman, DE, Schulman, KA, and Preminger, GM. "VARIATION IN IMAGING UTILIZATION FOR URINARY LITHIASIS IN THE UNITED STATES." April 2009.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Robinson, MR, Jr, SCD, Lack, BD, Ferrandino, MN, Zilberman, DE, and Preminger, GM. "DOES RISING URINE PH INCREASE THE STONE FORMATION RATE?." April 2009.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Ferrandino, MN, Pierre, SA, Bagrodia, A, Rampersaud, E, Scales, CD, Pearle, MS, and Preminger, GM. "Radiation exposure in the acute and short-term management of urolithiasis: A multi-institutional review." April 2008.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD, Calhoun, EA, Assimos, DG, Lingernan, JE, Nakada, SY, Pearle, MS, Kim, M, Byrne, TW, and Preminger, GM. "Practice patterns in surgical therapy for urinary lithiasis." April 2008.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD, Curtis, LH, Schulman, KA, Freedland, SJ, and Krupski, TL. "UTILIZATION OF LYMPH NODE DISSECTION WITH RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY IN THE UNITED STATES." April 2008.  Full Text
    • Scales, CD, Terris, MK, Aronson, WJ, Presti, JC, Kane, CJ, Amling, CL, Krupski, TL, and Freedland, SJ. "DOES PRACTICE REFLECT THE EVIDENCE? LYMPH NODE DISSECTION WITH RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY: RESULTS FROM THE SEARCH DATABASE." April 2008.  Full Text
    • Dahm, P, Kuebler, HR, Fesperman, SF, Sur, RL, Jr, SCD, Vieweg, JW, and Preminger, GM. "Barriers to the practice of evidence based urology in the United States." April 2007.  Link to Item
    • Jr, SCD, Norris, RD, Vieweg, JW, Preminger, GM, Peterson, BL, and Dahm, P. "Evaluating the evidence: Statistical analysis in randomized controlled trials in the urology literature." April 2007.  Link to Item
    • Robinson, MR, Leitao, VA, Jr, SCD, Haleblian, GE, Chandrashekar, A, Pierre, SA, and Preminger, GM. "Long term potassium citrate therapy does impact urine pH." April 2007.  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD, Amling, CL, Kane, CJ, Presti, JC, Terris, MK, Aronson, WJ, and Freedland, SJ. "Can unilateral prostate cancer be reliably predicted based upon biopsy features?." April 2006.  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD, Kang, D, Munver, R, Auge, BK, Ekeruo, W, Haleblian, GE, Sur, RL, Albala, DM, and Preminger, GM. "Changing practice patterns for the surgical management of renal calculi." April 2006.  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD, Norris, RD, Peterson, B, Preminger, GM, and Dahm, P. "Evaluating the evidence: Statistical methods in the urology literature." April 2006.  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD, Norris, RD, Peterson, B, Vieweg, J, Preminger, GM, and Dahm, P. "Evaluating the evidence: Randomized controlled trial reporting in the urologic literature." April 2006.  Link to Item
    • Sur, RL, Scales, CD, Haleblian, GE, Jones, PJ, Borawski, KM, Eisenstein, EL, Preminger, GM, and Albala, DM. "Local cost structures and the economics of robot assisted radical prostatectomy." April 2006.  Link to Item
    • L'esperance, JO, Springhart, WP, Sur, RL, Norris, RD, Scales, CD, Robertson, CR, Preminger, GM, and Albala, DM. "A comparison of renal function following hand assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy and open nephrectomy in patients with a normal contralateral kidney." April 2005.  Link to Item
    • Maloney, ME, Zhong, P, Marguet, CG, Zhou, YF, Sung, JC, Springhart, WP, Sur, RL, Scales, CD, Norris, RD, Cantor, DA, Jones, PJ, and Preminger, GM. "Treatment strategy improves the in vivo stone comminution efficiency and reduces renal tissue injury during shock wave lithotripsy." April 2005.  Link to Item
    • Norris, RD, L'Esperance, JO, Sung, JC, Maloney, ME, Springhart, WP, Sur, RL, Scales, CD, Jones, PJ, Cantor, DA, Preminger, GM, and Albala, DM. "A controlled survival study evaluating the effects of Tisseel, or a combination of Floseal and Tisseel, on both major vascular injury and major collecting system injury during partial nephrectomy in a porcine model." April 2005.  Link to Item
    • Scales, CD, Curtis, LH, Springhart, WP, Sur, RL, Norris, RD, Albala, DM, and Preminger, GM. "Changing gender prevalence of nephrolithiasis." April 2005.  Link to Item
    • Springhart, WP, Maloney, ME, Sur, RL, Norris, RD, Scales, CD, Cantor, DA, Jones, PJ, Albala, DM, and Preminger, GM. "Digital video ureteroscope: A new paradigm in ureteroscopy." April 2005.  Link to Item
    • Springhart, WP, Sung, JC, Marguet, CG, L'Esperance, JO, Sur, RL, Scales, CD, Norris, RD, Jones, PJ, Cantor, DA, Albala, DM, and Preminger, GM. "Location and etiology of flexible and semi-rigid ureteroscope damage." April 2005.  Link to Item
    • Springhart, WP, Sur, RL, Norris, RD, Scales, CD, Preminger, GM, and Albala, DM. "Significant variation in medical therapy treatment rates explained by local market factors." April 2005.  Link to Item
    • Springhart, WP, Sur, RL, Scales, CD, Norris, RD, Sung, JC, Preminger, GM, and Albala, DM. "Significant variation in BPH-surgical rates explained by medical therapy rates, health resources and sociodemographic factors." April 2005.  Link to Item
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