An alumnus of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Erol Onel, MD, serves as a vice president at Heron Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company in La Jolla, California. Over his decades-long career, Dr. Erol Onel has maintained membership in a number of medical groups, including the American Urological Association (AUA).

1. AUA REPORTS
UROLOGIST BURNOUT
AT HIGH LEVELS
Erol Onel

2. Introduction
 An alumnus of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Erol Onel, MD,
serves as a vice president at Heron Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology
company in La Jolla, California. Over his decades-long career, Dr. Erol
Onel has maintained membership in a number of medical groups, including
the American Urological Association (AUA).
According to a recent AUA study, an increasing number of urologists are
reporting that they are experiencing burnout at a higher rate than
physicians in other specialties. Using the Maslach Burnout Inventory, which
measures both emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, researchers
found that nearly 39 percent of urologists report feeling burned out.
Breaking the data down, only 17.2 percent of urologists reported high
scores on the emotional exhaustion portion of the evaluation, which is on
par with other physicians. Depersonalization scores, however, were much
higher, with 37.1 percent reporting that they were experiencing it.
Researchers concluded that the overall rate of 39 percent burnout requires
immediate attention in an effort to help alleviate the physical and
psychological burdens that urologists are experiencing.