Upcoming Presentations
Each month, prostate cancer experts host meetings for patients, families, and medical teams to learn about topics from diagnosis to treatment and living with the condition. Each presentation includes a Q&A session. Presentations typically occur on the fourth Thursday, with occasional short guest "chats" at the beginning of Tuesday Advanced support group meetings.
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Xiaosong Meng, MD, PhD
Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care
Assistant Professor
Department of Urology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Treating Localized Prostate Cancer
Dr. Xiaosong Meng, M.D., Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Urology and Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer and other urologic cancers, with a focus on personalized, evidence-based care.
Dr. Meng combines his extensive clinical training with cutting-edge expertise in focal therapy approaches — including robotic and minimally invasive techniques — to help men manage localized prostate cancer while minimizing side effects. He also offers advanced imaging and biopsy techniques to enhance diagnostic accuracy.
His research spans improving patient selection for novel therapies and optimizing outcomes for men with genitourinary cancers. Dr. Meng is dedicated to patient education and shared decision making, helping individuals and families understand their treatment options and tailor care to their goals.
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Dr. Richard Szabo, MD
Urologist at Kaiser Permanente in Orange County
Kaiser Permanente Orange County
Transperineal Biopsy
In this presentation, Dr. Szabo will share his expertise and practical insights on how transperineal biopsy is changing prostate cancer diagnosis and what that means for patients.
Dr. Szabo is widely recognized for his leadership in advancing transperineal prostate biopsy, a technique that improves prostate cancer detection while significantly reducing the risk of infection compared with traditional approaches.
He has published and taught extensively on performing office-based, local-anesthesia transperineal biopsy and has helped train urologists in adopting this safer diagnostic method.