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Alexander Cole: Curriculum Vitae[Type text]Page:
Alexander Putnam Cole
Curriculum Vitae
7/24/2017
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Alexander Cole: Curriculum Vitae[Type text]Page:
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Division of Urological Surgery
45 Francis St ASB-II
Boston MA 02115
(617) 525 7372
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Alexander Cole: Curriculum Vitae[Type text]Page:
EDUCATION
Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts. AB (magna cum laude) 2008
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. MD 2014
TRAINING
Internship: Brigham Women’s Hospital. Boston, Massachusetts. Surgery, 6/14-6/15.
Residency: Harvard Program in Urology. Boston, Massachusetts. Urology, 7/15 – Present.
Research Fellowship in Urologic Health Services Research, Center for Surgery and Public Health. Boston, Massachusetts. 7/17-Present
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles
1. Cole AP, Block L, Wu AW. On higher ground: ethical reasoning and its relationship with error disclosure. BMJ Quality & Safety. 2013.
2. Sundi D, Cohen JE, Cole AP, Neuman BP, Cooper J, Faisal FA, Ross AE, Schaeffer EM. Establishment of a new prostate cancer multidisciplinary clinic: Format and initial experience. Prostate. 2014.
3. Cole AP, Dalela D, Hanske J, Mullane SA, Choueiri TK, Meyer CP, et al. Temporal trends in receipt of adequate lymphadenectomy in bladder cancer 1988 to 2010. Urologic oncology. 2015.
4. Meyer CP, Hollis M, Cole AP, Hanske J, O‘Leary J, Gupta S, et al. Complications Following Common Inpatient Urological Procedures: Temporal Trend Analysis from 2000 to 2010. European Urology Focus. 2015.
5. Bjorklund J, Folkvaljon Y, Cole A, Carlsson S, Robinson D, Loeb S, et al. Ninety-Day Postoperative Mortality after Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy and Retropubic Radical Prostatectomy. Nation-wide population-based study. BJU international. 2016.
6. Leow JJ, Chang SL, Meyer CP, Wang Y, Hanske J, Sammon JD, Sammon JS, Cole AP, Preston MA, Dasgupta P, Menon M, Chung BI, Trinh QD. Robot-assisted Versus Open Radical Prostatectomy: A Contemporary Analysis of an All-payer Discharge Database. European Urology. 2016.
7. Loppenberg B, Cheng PJ, Speed JM, Cole AP, Vetterlein MW, Kibel AS, et al. The Effect of Resident Involvement on Surgical Outcomes for Common Urologic Procedures: a Case Study of Uni- and Bilateral Hydrocele Repair. Urology. 2016.
8. Cole AP, Leow JL, Chang SL, Chung BI, Meyer CP, Kibel AS, Menon M, Nguyen PL, Choueiri TL, Reznor G, Lipsitz SR, Sammon JR, Sun M, Trinh QD, Surgeon and Hospital-level Variation In The Costs Of Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy. Journal of Urology. 2016.
9. Seisen T, Sun M, Leow JJ, Preston MA, Cole AP, Gelpi-Hammerschmidt F, et al. Efficacy of High-Intensity Local Treatment for Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma of the Bladder: A Propensity Score-Weighted Analysis From the National Cancer Data Base. Journal of Clinical Oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. 2016.
10. Cole AP, Trinh QD, Sood A, Menon M. The Rise of Robotic Surgery in the New Millennium. J Urol. 2017.
11. Cole AP, Trinh QD. Secondary data analysis: techniques for comparing interventions and their limitations. Curr Opin Urol. 2017.
12. Cole AP, Jiang W, Lipsitz SR, Learn PA, Sun M, Choueiri TK, Nguyen PL, Kibel AS, Menon M, Sammon JD, Koehlmoos T, Haider A, Trinh QD. The Use of Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening in Purchased Versus Direct Care Settings: Data from the Tricare Military Database. J Urol. 2017.
13. Paller CJ, Cole AP, Partin AW, Carducci MA, Kanarek NF. Risk factors for metastatic prostate cancer: A sentinel event case series. Prostate. 2017.
14. Leow JJ, Cole AP, Seisen T, Bellmunt J, Mossanen M, Menon M, Preston MA, Choueiri TK, Kibel AS, Chung BI, Sun M, Chang SL, Trinh Q-D. Variations in the Costs of Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer in the USA. Eur Urol. 2017.
15. Seisen T, Jamzadeh A, Leow JJ, Roupret M, Cole AP, Lipsitz SR, Kibel AS, Nguyen PL, Sun M, Menon M, Bellmunt J, Choueiri TK, Trinh QD. Adjuvant Chemotherapy vs Observation for Patients With Adverse Pathologic Features at Radical Cystectomy Previously Treated With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. JAMA Oncol. 2017.
16. Cole AP, Friedlander DF, Trinh QD. Secondary data sources for health services research in urologic oncology. Urol Oncol. 2017.
Editorials/Letters
Cole AP, Trinh QD. Editorial Comment. Urology. 2015.
Cole AP, Leow, J. J., Trinh, Q. D.: New evidence from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial may exculpate cyclooxygenase (COX) blockers in erectile dysfunction. BJU Int. 2016.
Cole AP, Trinh QD, Sun M. Re: Comparing Open Radical Cystectomy and Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Eur Urol. 2016.
Cole AP, Abdollah F, Trinh QD. Observational Studies to Contextualize Surgical Trials. European Urology. 2016.
Leow JJ, Cole AP, Sun M, Trinh QD. Association of Androgen Deprivation Therapy With Alzheimer's Disease: Unmeasured Confounders. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2016.
Cole AP, Friedlander DF, Trinh QD. Understanding the roles of randomized trials for robotic prostatectomy. Ann Transl Med. 2016.
Cole AP, Friedlander DF, Trinh Q-D. Leveraging the Full Potential of Clinical Registries. Eur Urol Focus. 2016.
Cole AP, Trinh QD, Sun M. Re: Comparing Open Radical Cystectomy and Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Radical Cystectomy: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Eur Urol. 2016.
Trinh QD, Cole AP, Dasgupta P. Weighing the evidence from surgical trials. BJU Int. 2017.
Seisen T, Cole AP, Sun M, Kibel AS, Trinh Q-D. Assessing robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy. The Lancet. 2017.
Gild P, von Landenberg N, Cole AP. Re: Temporal Trends and the Impact of Race, Insurance, and Socioeconomic Status in the Management of Localized Prostate Cancer. Eur Urol. 2017.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Max K Willscher Research Award (3rd Pl) – New England AUA 2016
Best Abstract – AUA 2016 2016
Young Investigator Award – PCBaSe, Sweden 2014
Henry Russell Shaw Travelling Fellowship 2008
High Honors in Philosophy 2008
John Harvard Scholar 2007
Center For European Studies Summer Internship 2006
Cum Laude Society 2003
CONFERENCE ACTIVITY/PARTICIPATION
Papers Presented
Cole AP, Block LG, Wu AW. On Higher Ground: Ethical Reasoning and Its Relation to Error Disclosure. Mid Atlantic Meeting: Society for General Internal Medicine, March 16, 2012, Baltimore MD.
Cole AP, Block LG, Wu AW. On Higher Ground: Ethical Reasoning and Its Relation to Error Disclosure. Fifth International Conference:Diagnostic Error in Medicine, November 12, 2012, Baltimore MD.
Björklund J, Folkvaljon Y, Cole A, Carlsson S, Robinson D, Loeb S, Stattin P, Akre O. Ninety-Day Postoperative Mortality after Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy and Retropubic Radical Prostatectomy. Nation-wide population-based study. American Urological Association Annual Meeting, May 15-19, 2015, New Orleans, LA.
Cole AP, Dalela D, Hanske J, Mullane SA, Choueiri T, Meyer C, Nguyen P, Menon M, Kibel AS, Preston MA, Bellmunt J, Trinh QD. Temporal trends in Receipt of Adequate Lymphadenectomy in Bladder Cancer 1988-2010. American Urological Association Annual Meeting, May 15-19, 2015, New Orleans, LA.
Leow J, Cole AP, Chang SL, Meyer C, Kibel AS, Menon M, Seisen T, Sammon JD, Preston MA, Chung BI, Sun M, Trinh QD. Surgeon Variation in the Costs of Radical Cystectomy. American Urological Association Annual Meeting, May 6-10, 2016, San Diego, CA.
Cole AP, Leow J, Chang SL, Meyer AP, Hanna N, Kibel AS, Menon M, Sammon JD, Abdollah F, Chung BI, Sun M, Trinh QD. Surgeon and Hospital Variation in the Costs of Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy in the United States. American Urological Association Annual Meeting, May 6-10, 2016, San Diego, CA.
Cole AP, Meyer C, Vetterlein M, Löppenberg B, Kibel AS, Abdollah F, Leow J, Seisen T, Zavaski M, Sun M, Sammon J, Trinh QD. The Affordable Care Act and PSA Screening Practices: Analysis of Racial Subgroups. American Urological Association Annual Meeting, May 6-10, 2016, San Diego, CA.
Cole AP, Hanske J, Jiang W, Sammon JD, Trinh QD. Adverse Effects of Testosterone Replacement Therapy: A Matched Cohort Study. Michigan Health Services Research Symposium, September 19-20 2016, Ann Arbor, MI.
Cole AP, Mullane SA, Meyer CP, Preston MA, Kibel, AS, Trinh, QD. Racial Disparities in the Receipt of Quality Metrics in Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer. New England Section Meeting, American Urological Association, September 29-Oct 1, 2016, Portland, ME.
Cole AP, Seisen T, Gelpi-Hammerschmidt, Hanna N, Preston MA, Trinh QD, Efficacy of High-Intensity Local Treatment for Metastatic Bladder Cancer. New England Section Meeting, American Urological Association, September 29-Oct 1, 2016, Portland, ME.
Cole AP, Leow J, Chang SL, Trinh QD. Surgeon and Hospital Level Variation in the Costs of Radical Cystectomy in the United States. New England Section Meeting, American Urological Association, September 29-Oct 1, 2016, Portland, ME.
Cole AP, Hanske J, Jiang W, Sammon JD, Trinh QD. Adverse Effects of Testosterone Replacement Therapy: A Matched Cohort Study. New England Section Meeting, American Urological Association, September 29-Oct 1, 2016, Portland, ME.
M Sun, AP Cole, N Hanna, QD Trinh. Adverse effects of androgen deprivation therapy on cognitive impairment for men with prostate cancer: A meta-analysis. Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Feb 16, 2017 - Feb 18, 2017, Orlando, FL.
C Paller, AP Cole, M Carducci, A Partin, N Kanerak. Risk factors for metastatic prostate cancer: A sentinel event case series. Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, American Society of Clinical Oncology, Feb 16, 2017 - Feb 18, 2017, Orlando, FL.
Cole AP, Jiang W, Learn PA, Koehlmoos T, Trinh QD. The Use of Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening in Purchased Versus Direct Care Settings: Data From the Tricare Military Database. Military Health Services Research Symposium. August 28, 2017, Orlando, FL.
Cole AP, Sun M, Hanna N, Choueiri TK, Trinh QD. Adverse effects of androgen deprivation therapy on cognitive impairment for men with prostate cancer: A meta-analysis. New England Section Meeting, American Urological Association, September 7, 2017, Montreal QC.
Cole AP, von Landenberg N, Gild P, Speed, JM, Seisen T Trinh QD. Impact of Extended Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection on Overall Survival Adter Radical Cystectomy: A Stratified Analysis by Stage and Receipt of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. New England Section Meeting, American Urological Association, September 9, 2017, Montreal QC.
FUNDING
Brigham Research Institute/Center for Faculty Development and Diversity
- Comparison of PSA Screening Rates Between Men in Purchased and Direct Care Settings in a Large Military Database - $1200
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Student Preceptor 2013-2014
Harvard University
Teaching Fellow Physical Sciences 1 (Hongkun Park), 2010
Chemistry 1ab (Gregg Tucci), 2009-2010
Physics 1ab (Wolfgang Rueckner), 2009-2010
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Reviewer for Journals:
BJU International
BMC Urology
BMJ Quality and Safety
European Urology
Journal of Urology
Urologic Oncology
World Journal of Urology
LANGUAGES
English – Fluent
Spanish - Conversant
Russian – Conversant
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Urological Association
Massachusetts Medical Society