@jeffmarc
No I am not seeing Rahul A Parikh, MD, PhD, but I do see him listed. I don't see Dr. John Antonucci listed when I do a name search at KUMC. My RO is DR Kane and surgical doctor is Dr Duchene (Urologic oncologists). Both are easy to talk to and spent plenty of time with, but really got blown away with the clinical notes from Dr Duchene. Also, you just can't seem to get responses when having questions. Maybe they have staffing issues, our daughter is a RN in town and I know Topeka is short of medical staff. Then if you want an appointment it will be a month or more out. I look back and my first MRI was scheduled back in December and KUMC sent me to a 3rd party where they scheduled me for 1/15/26. KUMC was scheduled out 3 months for an MRI is reason they used another provider.

I had to Google the difference between Urologic oncologists and genitourinary (GU) oncologists. Doesn't look like genitourinary (GU) oncologists do surgery, So I was wrong Dr Duchene is a Urologic Oncology Surgeon. However, still seems the right specialist for prostate cancer.

Urologic oncologists and genitourinary (GU) oncologists both specialize in treating cancers of the urinary system and male reproductive organs (bladder, kidney, prostate, testis, penis). The primary difference is their training background: Urologic oncologists are surgeons (uro-oncologists) who specialize in operating on these cancers, while genitourinary oncologists are often medical specialists focusing on chemotherapy, targeted therapies, and systemic treatments