- UAA Congress 2025

12th August 2025 - Asian Urology Residents' Courses (AURC)

Time	Session

08:30 10:00	Endourology Eddie ChanHong Kong, China Moderator Minimal Invasive Therapy: Where do We Stand in 2025 Peter Ka-Fung ChiuHong Kong, China Speaker Updates on Laparoscopic Surgery in Urology Xeng Inn FamMalaysia Speaker Robotic Surgery: Past, Present and Future Perspectives Kittinut KijvikaiThailand Speaker Case Presentation and Discussion TWTC - 2F Conference Room 5

14th August 2025

Time	Session

08:30 17:00	Asian Robotic Urology Society (ARUS) Opening Remarks Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Speaker Tai-Lung ChaTaiwan Speaker Ponco BirowoIndonesia Speaker Allen W. ChiuTaiwan Speaker Mario Gyung-Tak SungKorea (Republic of) Speaker Yen-Chuan OuTaiwan Speaker ARUS–PRUS Partnership Ceremony: A New Chapter in Asia Robotic Urology Collaboration Jason Lui LetranPhilippines Speaker Yen-Chuan OuTaiwan Speaker Session 1: Advances in Robotic Surgery Allen W. ChiuTaiwan Moderator Yen-Chuan OuTaiwan Moderator Chi-Fai NgHong Kong, China Moderator Enhancing Robotic Surgery with AI and Imaging Navigation: Bridging Precision and Efficiency Gang ZhuChina Speaker From Console to Cloud: The Evolution of Robotic Telesurgery in Urology – Innovations, Trials, and Ethical Frontiers Xu Zhang China Speaker Open Surgery Training: Is It Necessary in the Era of Robotics? John DavisUnited States Speaker Hinotori Robotic System in Urological Surgery: Clinical Applications and Future Potential Ryoichi Shiroki Japan Speaker What's Next in Urologic Robotics in Asia: Future Perspectives Mario Gyung-Tak SungKorea (Republic of) Speaker Panel Discussion Coffee Break Session 2: Robotic Prostate Surgery Bo DaiChina Moderator Edmund ChiongSingapore Moderator KoonHo RhaKorea (Republic of) Moderator Lessons from 20,000 Robotic Prostatectomies: A Global Expert’s Perspective Vipul R. PatelUnited States Speaker Aquablation Revolutionizing BPH Treatment: A New Era of Minimally Invasive Therapy-Tungs' Taichung Metroharbor Hospital Experience Yen-Chuan OuTaiwan Speaker Debulking the Primary: Robotic Cytoreductive Radical Prostatectomy Isaac KimUnited States Speaker Robotic Radical Prostatectomy: Trying to Fit the Right Surgery to the Right Patient Cheng-Kuang YangTaiwan Speaker Single-Port vs. Multi-Port Robotic Prostatectomy: Balancing Innovation, Precision, and Outcomes Simone CrivellaroUnited States Speaker Comparison of Hood technique vs Retzius sparing RARP: Beijing Hospital Experience. Ming LiuChina Speaker Panel Discussion Lunch Break Session 3: Robotic Kidney and Vascular Surgery Shancheng RenChina Moderator Bannakij LojanapiwatThailand Moderator Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator Expanding horizons: SP for complex RAPN Ketan BadaniUnited States Speaker Partial Nephrectomy: Managing Complications and Challenging Cases Hsiao-Jen ChungTaiwan Speaker Robotic IVC Thrombectomy: Expanding the Role of Robotics in Vascular Involvement Xuepei ZhangChina Speaker Panel Discussion Session 4: Robotic Reconstructive Surgery Jason Lui LetranPhilippines Moderator Jianming GuoChina Moderator Pai-Fu WangTaiwan Moderator Robotic Sacrocolpopexy: Techniques, Challenges, and Long-Term Outcomes Jimmy NomuraJapan Speaker Robotic Vesico-Rectal and Vesico-Vaginal Repair: Innovations in Complex Fistula Management Narasimhan RagavanIndia Speaker Robotic Ureteral Reconstruction: Managing Strictures and Injuries Xuesong LiChina Speaker Panel Discussion Coffee Break Session 5: Robotic Bladder Surgery Zhuo-Wei LiuChina Moderator Jeremy TeohHong Kong, China Moderator Rajeev KumarIndia Moderator Mastering the Details: Tips and Tricks on Robotic Radical Cystectomy Kittinut KijvikaiThailand Speaker Step-by-Step: Intra-Corporeal Orthotopic Bladder Creation Wei-Yu LinTaiwan Speaker Robotic Pelvic LN Dissection: A critical Component of Bladder Cancer Surgery Noor Ashani Md YusoffMalaysia Speaker Panel Discussion Closing Remarks Ryoichi Shiroki Japan Speaker Gang ZhuChina Speaker TICC - 1F 101D

Time

Session

08:30

17:00

Asian Robotic Urology Society (ARUS)

Opening Remarks

Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Speaker

Tai-Lung ChaTaiwan Speaker

Ponco BirowoIndonesia Speaker

Allen W. ChiuTaiwan Speaker

Mario Gyung-Tak SungKorea (Republic of) Speaker

Yen-Chuan OuTaiwan Speaker
ARUS–PRUS Partnership Ceremony: A New Chapter in Asia Robotic Urology Collaboration

Jason Lui LetranPhilippines Speaker

Yen-Chuan OuTaiwan Speaker
Session 1: Advances in Robotic Surgery

Allen W. ChiuTaiwan Moderator

Yen-Chuan OuTaiwan Moderator

Chi-Fai NgHong Kong, China Moderator
Enhancing Robotic Surgery with AI and Imaging Navigation: Bridging Precision and Efficiency

Gang ZhuChina Speaker
From Console to Cloud: The Evolution of Robotic Telesurgery in Urology – Innovations, Trials, and Ethical Frontiers

Xu Zhang China Speaker
Open Surgery Training: Is It Necessary in the Era of Robotics?

John DavisUnited States Speaker
Hinotori Robotic System in Urological Surgery: Clinical Applications and Future Potential

Ryoichi Shiroki Japan Speaker
What's Next in Urologic Robotics in Asia: Future Perspectives

Mario Gyung-Tak SungKorea (Republic of) Speaker
Panel Discussion
Coffee Break
Session 2: Robotic Prostate Surgery

Bo DaiChina Moderator

Edmund ChiongSingapore Moderator

KoonHo RhaKorea (Republic of) Moderator
Lessons from 20,000 Robotic Prostatectomies: A Global Expert’s Perspective

Vipul R. PatelUnited States Speaker
Aquablation Revolutionizing BPH Treatment: A New Era of Minimally Invasive Therapy-Tungs' Taichung Metroharbor Hospital Experience

Yen-Chuan OuTaiwan Speaker
Debulking the Primary: Robotic Cytoreductive Radical Prostatectomy

Isaac KimUnited States Speaker
Robotic Radical Prostatectomy: Trying to Fit the Right Surgery to the Right Patient

Cheng-Kuang YangTaiwan Speaker
Single-Port vs. Multi-Port Robotic Prostatectomy: Balancing Innovation, Precision, and Outcomes

Simone CrivellaroUnited States Speaker
Comparison of Hood technique vs Retzius sparing RARP: Beijing Hospital Experience.

Ming LiuChina Speaker
Panel Discussion
Lunch Break
Session 3: Robotic Kidney and Vascular Surgery

Shancheng RenChina Moderator

Bannakij LojanapiwatThailand Moderator

Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator
Expanding horizons: SP for complex RAPN

Ketan BadaniUnited States Speaker
Partial Nephrectomy: Managing Complications and Challenging Cases

Hsiao-Jen ChungTaiwan Speaker
Robotic IVC Thrombectomy: Expanding the Role of Robotics in Vascular Involvement

Xuepei ZhangChina Speaker
Panel Discussion
Session 4: Robotic Reconstructive Surgery

Jason Lui LetranPhilippines Moderator

Jianming GuoChina Moderator

Pai-Fu WangTaiwan Moderator
Robotic Sacrocolpopexy: Techniques, Challenges, and Long-Term Outcomes

Jimmy NomuraJapan Speaker
Robotic Vesico-Rectal and Vesico-Vaginal Repair: Innovations in Complex Fistula Management

Narasimhan RagavanIndia Speaker
Robotic Ureteral Reconstruction: Managing Strictures and Injuries

Xuesong LiChina Speaker
Panel Discussion
Coffee Break
Session 5: Robotic Bladder Surgery

Zhuo-Wei LiuChina Moderator

Jeremy TeohHong Kong, China Moderator

Rajeev KumarIndia Moderator
Mastering the Details: Tips and Tricks on Robotic Radical Cystectomy

Kittinut KijvikaiThailand Speaker
Step-by-Step: Intra-Corporeal Orthotopic Bladder Creation

Wei-Yu LinTaiwan Speaker
Robotic Pelvic LN Dissection: A critical Component of Bladder Cancer Surgery

Noor Ashani Md YusoffMalaysia Speaker
Panel Discussion
Closing Remarks

Ryoichi Shiroki Japan Speaker

Gang ZhuChina Speaker

TICC - 1F 101D