Dr. Kelvin Moses
Urologic Oncologist
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Dr. Kelvin Moses is a urologic oncologist the Program Director of the Urologic Oncology Fellowship at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Episode # 326 • 27 Aug 2026
Strategies for Surgical Training During High-Stakes Operations
How can high-stakes surgical cases be optimized for teaching while ensuring patient safety and trainee growth? On this episode of BackTable Urology, Dr. Ruchika Talwar interviews Dr. Kelvin Moses about intentional strategies for surgical education, especially during complex urologic oncology operations. They discuss workflows that prioritize preoperative planning, structured debriefs, and progressive autonomy for trainees, as well as the importance of psychological safety and open communication with patients and families.
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Dr. Moses is the Program Director of the Urologic Oncology Fellowship. He is the immediate Past Chair of the NCCN Guidelines Panel on Early Detection of Prostate Cancer. His surgical practice focuses on advanced kidney cancer, including complex IVC thrombectomy and cytoreductive nephrectomy and advanced testis cancer via retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. He has research interests in health literacy and cancer outcomes, advanced prostate cancer clinical trials and optimal surgical resection for advanced Urologic cancers.
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