Not Every Health Concern Is Easy to Talk About
Dear Ellensburg Neighbors,
Recently there have been some exciting developments for Urology care in Ellensburg and surrounding areas. Historically, these specialists have mostly been limited to larger cities with some clinic satellites coming to Ellensburg. Kittitas Valley Healthcare has opened an outpatient Urology clinic. This new local resource will improve access to specialized Urologic medical care.
I guess this is a great time for me to share a little bit about myself. My name is Mary Lyons PA-C, and I am an Advanced Practice Provider on staff at this new clinic, and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to help improve access to specialized Urologic medicine in this amazing community.
I am a lifetime resident of Washington state, with almost 30 years living in Eastern Washington. I have been working in medicine in the Urology specialty for many years, but as Urologic specialty PA-C for a couple years before spending some time developing skills and experience in primary care. I have missed Urology and I am very excited to be coming back. I will be full-time clinic advanced practice provider, helping to see patients for continuation of care, manage medications, and help with diagnosis and coordinate care to surgical providers when necessary.
Some Urological problems could be kidney stones, recurrent urinary tract infections, prostate infections, incontinence, retention, as well as cancers of any of the organs in that system as well.
Elective procedures can include Vasectomy and circumcision.
Some signs that you may need a Urology visit include blood in urine, not able to get urine out, urine coming out when you don’t want it to, and infections that recurrently happen in the prostate or bladder. There are plenty more reasons, but not all of them look good in print.
If you find that you need a Urology specialist while we wish that you didn’t need us, bring that care closer.
Hope to see you around!
Mary Lyons PA-C
Kittitas Valley Healthcare Urology
P.S. September is Prostate Cancer Awareness (blue ribbon) American Urology Association 2026 recommendation is average risk men start screening with PSA (a blood test) at 45 years old. Higher risk patients (Black ancestry or strong family history of prostate cancer, or germline mutation) should start at 40 years old. Screening is usually discontinued around 70 years depending on historical results and risk levels and life expectancy.
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