Watch Video – Panelist Discussion: How Will Increased Telemedicine Impact the Prostate Cancer Racial Disparity?

A 2nd generation prostate cancer survivor and advocate on proactive prostate cancer health.

• President and co-founder of the Prostate Cancer Awareness Alliance-DMV (PCAA-DMV) – a non-profit focused on helping men to – Get a GRIP on Prostate Cancer – through educational and informational interactive sessions highlighting prostate cancer treatment centers and cancer support services within the DMV and through shared survivor stories.
• Co-author on family prostate cancer book – “Prostate Cancer – a Family Affair”
• Career spans over three decades in information technology as a Cybersecurity Officer/Enterprise Solutions Architect.
• Master martial arts instructor/practitioner for more than 49 years in seven styles. Currently teaching – Tang Soo Do, Tai Chi, and self-defense – Silver Spring, MD.
• Avid cyclist – averaging 50mi plus/week
• A father, son, and husband
• 5-year proactive prostate cancer survivor – April 19^th – second birthday on life.

Watch Video – Panelist Discussion: How Will Increased Telemedicine Impact the Prostate Cancer Racial Disparity?  

Robert L Waterhouse Jr., MD MBA HSM attended Northwestern University for his undergraduate and medical school education. He completed urology training at Case Western University Hospitals of Cleveland for both residency and a fellowship.  After finishing training, he initially followed an academic career path with the Urology Department at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, as the director of minimally invasive surgery.  He left academic medicine in 1999 to start an independent practice of urology in the greater Charlotte metropolitan area, which eventually merged with other groups to become the largest urology group in the Carolinas. With his clinical practice, he focused on urologic oncology with special interest in both prostate cancer and the disparity with outcomes for Black men. As Chief Medical Officer for his group, Research Champion, and Advanced Prostate Cancer Center Director, he developed expertise in prostate cancer including initiating and participating in numerous clinical research studies to investigate challenges around prostate cancer. He transitioned to a role in population health with payers in 2017, with ongoing activities to address health care disparities. In addition, he is one of the founders and executive board members of the Consortium on Disparities in Urologic Cancer.

Dr. Pamela W. Coleman is a well-versed urologist who diagnoses and treats patients at Howard University Hospital in Washington, DC. “Over the course of its 145-year history of providing the finest primary, secondary, and tertiary health care services, Howard University Hospital, a Level 1 Trauma Center, has become one of the most comprehensive health care facilities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area”, states the official website of Howard University Hospital. As a urologist, Dr. Coleman has dedicated training and unique experience in the management of surgical and medical diseases of the male and female urinary tract system and the male reproductive organs. She has an impressive professional journey that spans thirty-three years and her areas of expertise are urogynecology, pelvic medicine, and reconstructive medicine.