Hong Gee Sim

Dr Sim is a senior consultant urologist and Medical Board member at Gleneagles Medical Centre. He is the Honorary Treasurer for UAA, past council member of Academy of Medicine Singapore, past President of Singapore Urological Association and past Chairman of the Chapter of Urologists, College of Surgeons Singapore. Dr Sim was previously the Director of Urologic Oncology at Singapore General Hospital in charge of complex genito-urinary cancers. He completed his urology residency at Singapore General Hospital and subsequent urologic oncology and robotic surgery training at University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in USA. He was the first urologist in Southeast Asia to be certified by Society of Urologic Oncology in Chicago. He has published extensively and was the Principal Investigator for various National Medical Research Council (NMRC) and Singhealth Research Foundation grants and a reviewer for Urologic Oncology and NMRC grants.

14th August 2025

Time	Session

09:00 15:00	Asian Society of Urologic Oncology (ASUO) Welcome Remarks Tai-Lung ChaTaiwan Speaker Welcome Remarks Hong Gee SimSingapore Speaker Bladder Cancer Track Edmund ChiongSingapore Moderator Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Moderator Hanjong AhnKorea (Republic of) Moderator MDT Discussion: Treating High-Risk BCG Refractory NMIBC in a ECOG2 75-year-old Po-Hung LinTaiwan Speaker Raj TiwariSingapore Speaker Debate: Bladder Preservation Should Be Considered for All Cases of MIBC Jeremy TeohHong Kong, China Speaker Tuan Thanh NguyenVietnam Speaker Edmund ChiongSingapore Speaker Technical Pearls: Node Dissection in Robotic Cystectomy Noor Ashani Md YusoffMalaysia Speaker Technical Pearls: Robotic Intra-Corporeal OBS Lui Shiong LeeSingapore Speaker Practice Changing Papers Bhoj Raj LuitelNepal Speaker Coffee Break Prostate Cancer Track Teng-Aik OngMalaysia Moderator Bannakij LojanapiwatThailand Moderator Sunil KimKorea (Republic of) Moderator MDT Discussion: Personalizing Treatment in High Volume CSPC Winnie LamSingapore Speaker Chao-Yuan HuangTaiwan Speaker Peter Ka-Fung ChiuHong Kong, China Speaker Debate: PIRADS 4/5 Negative Biopsies Should Enrique Ian LorenzoPhilippines Speaker Kenneth ChenSingapore Speaker Technical Pearls: Retzius Sparing Tanet ThaidumrongThailand Speaker Technical Pearls: Nerve-Sparing Hung-Jen WangTaiwan Speaker Technical Pearls: Total Extraperitoneal Technique John YuenSingapore Speaker Practice Changing Papers Raj TiwariSingapore Speaker Group Photo Lunch Break Kidney Cancer Track John YuenSingapore Moderator Agus Rizal HamidIndonesia Moderator Treating SRM in a 65-Year-Old ECOG 1 with Multiple Previous Operations-Is Minimally Invasive Treatment Feasible? Tanet ThaidumrongThailand Speaker Treating SRM in a 65-Year-Old ECOG 1 with Multiple Previous Operations-Is SBRT the New Kid on the Block? Jeffrey TuanSingapore Speaker Debate: Should We Only Offer Consolidative Cytoreductive Nephrectomy in Metastatic RCC? Enrique Ian LorenzoPhilippines Speaker Peter Ka-Fung ChiuHong Kong, China Speaker Technical Pearls: Wheel-Barrow Techniques Henry HoSingapore Speaker Technical Pearls: Renorrhaphy Techniques Vorapot Choonhaklai Thailand Speaker Practice Changing Papers Tuan Thanh NguyenVietnam Speaker Closing Remarks Lui Shiong LeeSingapore Speaker TICC - 1F 101A

Time

Session

09:00

15:00

Asian Society of Urologic Oncology (ASUO)

Welcome Remarks

Tai-Lung ChaTaiwan Speaker
Welcome Remarks

Hong Gee SimSingapore Speaker
Bladder Cancer Track

Edmund ChiongSingapore Moderator

Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Moderator

Hanjong AhnKorea (Republic of) Moderator
MDT Discussion: Treating High-Risk BCG Refractory NMIBC in a ECOG2 75-year-old

Po-Hung LinTaiwan Speaker

Raj TiwariSingapore Speaker
Debate: Bladder Preservation Should Be Considered for All Cases of MIBC

Jeremy TeohHong Kong, China Speaker

Tuan Thanh NguyenVietnam Speaker

Edmund ChiongSingapore Speaker
Technical Pearls: Node Dissection in Robotic Cystectomy

Noor Ashani Md YusoffMalaysia Speaker
Technical Pearls: Robotic Intra-Corporeal OBS

Lui Shiong LeeSingapore Speaker
Practice Changing Papers

Bhoj Raj LuitelNepal Speaker
Coffee Break
Prostate Cancer Track

Teng-Aik OngMalaysia Moderator

Bannakij LojanapiwatThailand Moderator

Sunil KimKorea (Republic of) Moderator
MDT Discussion: Personalizing Treatment in High Volume CSPC

Winnie LamSingapore Speaker

Chao-Yuan HuangTaiwan Speaker

Peter Ka-Fung ChiuHong Kong, China Speaker
Debate: PIRADS 4/5 Negative Biopsies Should

Enrique Ian LorenzoPhilippines Speaker

Kenneth ChenSingapore Speaker
Technical Pearls: Retzius Sparing

Tanet ThaidumrongThailand Speaker
Technical Pearls: Nerve-Sparing

Hung-Jen WangTaiwan Speaker
Technical Pearls: Total Extraperitoneal Technique

John YuenSingapore Speaker
Practice Changing Papers

Raj TiwariSingapore Speaker
Group Photo
Lunch Break
Kidney Cancer Track

John YuenSingapore Moderator

Agus Rizal HamidIndonesia Moderator
Treating SRM in a 65-Year-Old ECOG 1 with Multiple Previous Operations-Is Minimally Invasive Treatment Feasible?

Tanet ThaidumrongThailand Speaker
Treating SRM in a 65-Year-Old ECOG 1 with Multiple Previous Operations-Is SBRT the New Kid on the Block?

Jeffrey TuanSingapore Speaker
Debate: Should We Only Offer Consolidative Cytoreductive Nephrectomy in Metastatic RCC?

Enrique Ian LorenzoPhilippines Speaker

Peter Ka-Fung ChiuHong Kong, China Speaker
Technical Pearls: Wheel-Barrow Techniques

Henry HoSingapore Speaker
Technical Pearls: Renorrhaphy Techniques

Vorapot Choonhaklai Thailand Speaker
Practice Changing Papers

Tuan Thanh NguyenVietnam Speaker
Closing Remarks

Lui Shiong LeeSingapore Speaker

TICC - 1F 101A

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

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