David Penson

David F. Penson, MD, MPH is the Hamilton and Howd Chair in Urologic Oncology, Director of the Center for Surgical Quality and Outcomes Research and Professor and Chair, Department of Urology at Vanderbilt University. He currently maintains a clinical practice in urologic oncology at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. His research focus is on the comparative effectiveness of treatment options in localized prostate cancer and the impact of the disease and its treatment on patients’ quality of life. He currently serves as Secretary of the American Urological Association.

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 Jaspreet SandhuUnited States Speaker Multimodality Management of Male Bladder Outlet Obstruction Jaspreet SandhuUnited States Speaker Overview of Urodynamic Studies - A Must Learn Approach in Daily Clinical Practice Jaspreet SandhuUnited States Speaker 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

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

Jaspreet SandhuUnited States Speaker
Multimodality Management of Male Bladder Outlet Obstruction

Jaspreet SandhuUnited States Speaker
Overview of Urodynamic Studies - A Must Learn Approach in Daily Clinical Practice

Jaspreet SandhuUnited States Speaker
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

15th August 2025

Time	Session

08:30 10:00	Plenary Session 1-1 UAA Lecture: Innovations in Renal Stone Surgery Man-Kay LiSingapore Moderator John DenstedtCanada Speaker Reflecting on the Past, Shaping the Present, and Envisioning the Future of UAA Yasser FarahatUnited Arab Emirates Moderator Allen W. ChiuTaiwan Speaker EAU Lecture: AI to Support Informed Decision Making (INSIDE) for Improved Literature Analysis in Oncology. Shin EgawaJapan Moderator Arnulf StenzlGermany Speaker AUA Lecture: 2025 Update of AUA and EAU NMIBC Guidelines Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Moderator Stephen A. BoorjianUnited States Speaker A Programmatic Approach to Prostate Cancer Screening Bannakij LojanapiwatThailand Moderator David PensonUnited States Speaker PSMA PET Scan in Diagnosing Early/Advanced Localized Prostate Cancer Especially Comparing Various Radioactive Tracers Ponco BirowoIndonesia Moderator Declan MurphyAustralia Speaker TICC - 3F Plenary Hall

Time

Session

08:30

10:00

Plenary Session 1-1

UAA Lecture: Innovations in Renal Stone Surgery

Man-Kay LiSingapore Moderator

John DenstedtCanada Speaker
Reflecting on the Past, Shaping the Present, and Envisioning the Future of UAA

Yasser FarahatUnited Arab Emirates Moderator

Allen W. ChiuTaiwan Speaker
EAU Lecture: AI to Support Informed Decision Making (INSIDE) for Improved Literature Analysis in Oncology.

Shin EgawaJapan Moderator

Arnulf StenzlGermany Speaker
AUA Lecture: 2025 Update of AUA and EAU NMIBC Guidelines

Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Moderator

Stephen A. BoorjianUnited States Speaker
A Programmatic Approach to Prostate Cancer Screening

Bannakij LojanapiwatThailand Moderator

David PensonUnited States Speaker
PSMA PET Scan in Diagnosing Early/Advanced Localized Prostate Cancer Especially Comparing Various Radioactive Tracers

Ponco BirowoIndonesia Moderator

Declan MurphyAustralia Speaker

TICC - 3F Plenary Hall