- UAA Congress 2025

Biography

13th August 2025

Time	Session

08:00 17:00	Asian Urology Residents' Courses (AURC) Welcome Speeches Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator Welcome Speech from Chairman of Asian School of Urology Michael WongSingapore Speaker Welcome Speech from Chairman of AURC Samuel Vincent G. YrastorzaPhilippines Speaker 0 Wrap-up from Day 1 Course Shu-Wen LiTaiwan Speaker Oncology-Kidney Cancer and Urothelial Carcinoma Michael WongSingapore Moderator From Bench to Bedside - A Comprehensive Overview of Kidney Cancer Stephen A. BoorjianUnited States Speaker Real World Experience in the Management of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Stephen A. BoorjianUnited States Speaker Updates on MIBC and Advanced Bladder Cancer: Where do We Stand in 2025 Stephen A. BoorjianUnited States Speaker Case Presentation and Discussion Coffee Break Oncology-Prostate Cancer and Testicular Tumor Shin EgawaJapan Moderator Comparison of Various Treatment Options for Localized Prostate Cancer David PensonUnited States Speaker Updates on Combination Therapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer David PensonUnited States Speaker Revisit on Testicular Tumors-What we Learned from past and Prepared for the Future Stephen A. BoorjianUnited States Speaker Case Presentation and Discussion Lunch Break Functional Urology Chun-Hou LiaoTaiwan Moderator Overview on Female Urine Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse Multimodality Management of Male Bladder Outlet Obstruction Overview of Urodynamic Studies - A Must Learn Approach in Daily Clinical Practice Case Presentation and Discussion Coffee Break Research Trends William J. HuangTaiwan Moderator The Startup of An Academic Urologist - How to Build up Your Team in Clinical Research David PensonUnited States Speaker How to Incorporate Simulation into Surgery Practice Thomas HsuehTaiwan Speaker Application of Big Data Research in Urology Case Presentation and Discussion Semi-Live Surgery Presentation AURC Networking Dinner TWTC - 2F Conference Room 5

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Session

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Asian Urology Residents' Courses (AURC)

Welcome Speeches

Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator
Welcome Speech from Chairman of Asian School of Urology

Michael WongSingapore Speaker
Welcome Speech from Chairman of AURC

Samuel Vincent G. YrastorzaPhilippines Speaker
0 Wrap-up from Day 1 Course

Shu-Wen LiTaiwan Speaker
Oncology-Kidney Cancer and Urothelial Carcinoma

Michael WongSingapore Moderator
From Bench to Bedside - A Comprehensive Overview of Kidney Cancer

Stephen A. BoorjianUnited States Speaker
Real World Experience in the Management of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

Stephen A. BoorjianUnited States Speaker
Updates on MIBC and Advanced Bladder Cancer: Where do We Stand in 2025

Stephen A. BoorjianUnited States Speaker
Case Presentation and Discussion
Coffee Break
Oncology-Prostate Cancer and Testicular Tumor

Shin EgawaJapan Moderator
Comparison of Various Treatment Options for Localized Prostate Cancer

David PensonUnited States Speaker
Updates on Combination Therapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer

David PensonUnited States Speaker
Revisit on Testicular Tumors-What we Learned from past and Prepared for the Future

Stephen A. BoorjianUnited States Speaker
Case Presentation and Discussion
Lunch Break
Functional Urology

Chun-Hou LiaoTaiwan Moderator
Overview on Female Urine Incontinence and Pelvic Organ Prolapse
Multimodality Management of Male Bladder Outlet Obstruction
Overview of Urodynamic Studies - A Must Learn Approach in Daily Clinical Practice
Case Presentation and Discussion
Coffee Break
Research Trends

William J. HuangTaiwan Moderator
The Startup of An Academic Urologist - How to Build up Your Team in Clinical Research

David PensonUnited States Speaker
How to Incorporate Simulation into Surgery Practice

Thomas HsuehTaiwan Speaker
Application of Big Data Research in Urology
Case Presentation and Discussion
Semi-Live Surgery Presentation
AURC Networking Dinner

TWTC - 2F Conference Room 5

14th August 2025

Time	Session

08:00 16:50	Asian Urological Society of Endoluminal Surgery & Technology (AUSET) Part I: Urolithiasis & Technology (Fundamental) Opening Remarks & Congratulatory Remarks from Experts Sung Yong Cho Korea (Republic of) Speaker Welcome ETS Cheng-Chia LinTaiwan Speaker Session: Reshaping Upper Tract Endourology Intervention Abhay MahajanIndia Moderator Cheng-Chia LinTaiwan Moderator Chong-Tsung WenSingapore Moderator How Suction Changed My Hospital Practice of Flexible Ureteroscopy Yi Quan TanSingapore Speaker Digitalization in Suction PCNL Can Change Practice Jaisukh KalathiaIndia Speaker Endoscopic Combined Intra Renal Surgery: New Frontiers Han Kyu ChaeKorea (Republic of) Speaker Navigating the Complex Renal Anatomy with FANS? Chu Ann Chai Malaysia Speaker Suction PCNL vs Suction RIRS? Do We Have a Winner Boyke SoebhaliIndonesia Speaker Q&A Session: Global Leaders Share the Evidence Anil ShresthaNepal Moderator Chinnakhet Ketsuwan Thailand Moderator Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator Thullium Fibre Laser: A Unique Laser for Urological Use Mohamad Afzal Bin Farikhullah KhanMalaysia Speaker Do We Need Augmented Reality for Renal Stone Management? Takaaki InoueJapan Speaker Battle of the Robots in Flexible Ureteroscopy: What's the Verdict? Albert El HajjLebanon Speaker Transurethral En Bloc Resection of Bladder Tumor: Where Are We Now? Jeremy TeohHong Kong, China Speaker Best Laser for UTUC Hsiang-Ying LeeTaiwan Speaker Q&A Session: Surgical Advancement of Asia for Stone Management: ECIRS Nguyen Ngoc ChauVietnam Moderator Jia-Lun Kwok Singapore Moderator Albert El HajjLebanon Moderator Impact of Ureteral Access Sheath on Kidney Stones before and after FANS Anggie N. RahwantoIndonesia Speaker How to Perform Supine PCNL in Pediatrics? Is It Different from Adults? Azimjon TursunkulovUzbekistan Speaker ESWL for Ureteric Stones: Art of Achieving 100% Stone Free Rate Shemeem Kachereente VitaQatar Speaker Discussion Part II: Endoluminal Technology Symposium (ETS), Advance Course of Urolithiasis & Technology, Company Sponsored Symposium 1st Company Session: Luncheon Symposium Hsiang-Ying LeeTaiwan Facilitator Majed AlharthiSaudi Arabia Facilitator Single-Use Cysto-Nephro Scope in ECIRS/ PCNL Yasser FarahatUnited Arab Emirates Speaker Experimental and Real World Take Away Messages on DISS Vineet GauharSingapore Speaker Q & A 2nd Company Session Jia-Lun Kwok Singapore Moderator Karl Marvin TanPhilippines Moderator The Power of Magneto and Vapour Tunnel in Holep Giorgio BozziniItaly Speaker Take Home Messages to Prevent Bladder Neck Contracture in Enucleation Sarvajit Biligere Singapore Speaker Q & A 3rd Company Session Joy CastilloPhilippines Moderator Steffi YuenHong Kong, China Moderator Intra Renal Pressure Defines Outcomes: Current Evidence Chinnakhet Ketsuwan Thailand Speaker Pressure Management Strategy in RIRS using Tidor System Ponco BirowoIndonesia Speaker Q & A 4th Company Session Sung Yong Cho Korea (Republic of) Moderator Vineet GauharSingapore Moderator The Power of Powerbend in Management of Lower Pole and Complex Stones. Steffi YuenHong Kong, China Speaker What I Need as a Clinician in Single Use Scopes Manint UsawachintachitThailand Speaker Q & A 5th Company Session Boyke SoebhaliIndonesia Moderator Takaaki InoueJapan Moderator Clearpetra the Sheath of Choice for Lower Pole Stones Anil ShresthaNepal Speaker How to Use Clearpetra Shetah to Minimize Post Operative Stenting after FANS Deepak Ragoori India Speaker Q & A TICC - 2F 201DE
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
18:30 21:00	Industry Symposium 1 【Minimal Invasive Surgery Medical Foundation】 Single Port(SP) Urological Surgery Experience Sharing Opening Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Speaker How to start SP application in Urology? Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator Ryoichi Shiroki Japan Moderator Steven L. ChangUnited States Speaker What are patient selection criterion for SP in early phase? Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator Ryoichi Shiroki Japan Moderator John DavisUnited States Speaker Pivoting your procedure to broader range New approach and application with SP Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator Ryoichi Shiroki Japan Moderator Simone CrivellaroUnited States Speaker Things need to know Tips and Tricks from setup to surgery Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator Ryoichi Shiroki Japan Moderator Ketan BadaniUnited States Speaker TBD Q&A and discussion (Panel discussion) TICC - 1F 101B

15th August 2025

Time	Session

10:30 12:00	Plenary Session 1-2 Comparison of Various Current Surgical Robotic Systems - Nuances, Advantages, & Drawbacks Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator Ryoichi Shiroki Japan Speaker The Future of Urological Robotic Surgery Michael WongSingapore Moderator Ketan BadaniUnited States Speaker The Application & Limitation of Urological SP Surgery Rajeev KumarIndia Moderator Simone CrivellaroUnited States Speaker Current Status & Future Perspective of Surgery Navigation in Robotic Surgery Khalil ArmachLebanon Moderator Masatoshi EtoJapan Speaker Novel Robotic Surgery Platforms Rainy UmbasIndonesia Moderator Chi-Fai NgHong Kong, China Speaker Advancement of Novel Instruments/Gadgets in Urological Robotic Surgery Hong Gee SimSingapore Moderator Mario Gyung-Tak SungKorea (Republic of) Speaker TICC - 3F Plenary Hall
12:00 13:00	Luncheon Symposium 9【Taiwan Laser (Pusen, Quanta)】 Role of Single-Use Flexible Cysto-Nephro Scope in ECIRS and PCNL Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator Ponco BirowoIndonesia Speaker HoLEP – The New Advancement Using Magneto Technology Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator Giorgio BozziniItaly Speaker Choosing the correct Laser and Flex scope combination in suction ureteroscopy can be the deal breaker Cheng-Chia LinTaiwan Moderator Vineet GauharSingapore Speaker TICC - 3F Banquet Hall

16th August 2025

Time	Session

10:30 12:00	BPH/MIST Crossfire (1): < 100g BPH/MIST Crossfire (1): < 100g Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator John Jang Hwan KimKorea (Republic of) Moderator Ju-Chuan HuTaiwan Facilitator Jian-Hua HongTaiwan Facilitator Dean EltermanCanada Speaker Henry WooAustralia Speaker Peter ChinAustralia Speaker Steffi YuenHong Kong, China Speaker TICC - 1F 102
12:00 13:00	Luncheon Symposium 17【Intuitive】 Role of Da Vinci SP in Urology Opening Allen W. ChiuTaiwan Speaker SP Partial Nephrectomy Allen W. ChiuTaiwan Moderator Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator Ketan BadaniUnited States Speaker Single Port Prostate Surgery Allen W. ChiuTaiwan Moderator Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator Simone CrivellaroUnited States Speaker Q&A Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Speaker TICC - 2F 201BC
13:30 15:00	BPH/MIST Crossfire (2): > 100g BPH/MIST Crossfire (2): > 100g Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator Jeremy TeohHong Kong, China Moderator Mitsui TakahikoJapan Commenter Chi-Shin TsengTaiwan Commenter Chih-Chieh LinTaiwan Facilitator Shih-Ting ChiuTaiwan Facilitator Dean EltermanCanada Speaker Giorgio BozziniItaly Speaker Li-Hua HuangTaiwan Speaker Simone CrivellaroUnited States Speaker TICC - 1F 102

17th August 2025

Time	Session

12:00 13:00	Luncheon Symposium 25【Jianhe-Biomedical】 Latest Clinical Data and Operative Technique on Focal One Robotic HIFU Therapy for Prostate Cancer Latest Clinical Data and Operative Technique on Focal One Robotic HIFU Therapy for Prostate Cancer Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator Tai-Lung ChaTaiwan Moderator Cary Nobles RobertsonUnited States Speaker TICC - 2F 201BC