Grahame Smith

Grahame Smith is a paediatric urologist and the Head of the Department of Pediatric Urology at The Children's Hospital at Westmead. He holds Fellowships in Pediatric Surgery and Urology from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and a Pediatric Urology Fellowship from the Children's Hospital in Philadelphia. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons (RACS), the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ), the American College of Surgeons, the Society of Pediatric Urology of New Zealand and Australia (SPUNZA), and the Hypospadias International Society (HIS). Additionally, he is a member of the Asia Pacific Association of Pediatric Urology (APAPU). He keenly advocates for the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric (NSQIPP). His interests include evidence-based medicine, hypospadias, vesicoureteric reflux, hydronephrosis, and posterior urethral valves. He has published more than 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including HOSE – A scoring system for the results of hypospadias surgery and antibiotics and surgery for vesicoureteric reflux: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

15th August 2025

Time Session
13:30
15:00
Debate on Pediatric VUR and UPJO
  • Opening
    Stephen S. YangTaiwan Speaker
  • Debate: To Do or Not to Do Surgery for High Grade (IV-V) Vesicoureteral Reflux
    Grahame SmithAustralia Moderator
    Yu-Chen ChenTaiwan Moderator
  • Proposition for VUR Surgery
    Kentaro Mizuno Japan Speaker
  • Opposition to VUR Surgery
    Shin-Mei WongTaiwan Speaker
  • Challenges from the Floor
  • Advancement in the Management of Pediatric Hydronephrosis and UPJO
    Yoshiyuki KojimaJapan Moderator
    Yu-Hua FanTaiwan Moderator
  • Postnatal Hydronephrosis: How to D/D Obstructive from Non-Obstructive Hydronephrosis
    Jae-Min Chung Korea (Republic of) Speaker
  • Which Surgical Treatment is Best for UPJO in Infants: Open, Laparoscopic, Robotic Assisted
    Shang-Jen ChangTaiwan Speaker
  • How I do It: Laparoscopic and Robotic Assisted Pyeloplasty
    Sujit ChowdharyIndia Speaker
  • Discussion
  • Closing
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