Isaac Kim

Dr. Isaac Yi Kim is currently the Professor and Chair, Department of Urology, Yale School of Medicine. He is an expert in minimally invasive robotic surgery and has completed more than 2,400 robotic surgeries for prostate cancer. His laboratory research interests include tumor microenvironment and androgen signaling in prostate cancer while clinical research programs focus on racial disparity as well as role of surgery in advanced and metastatic prostate cancer. He is the principal investigator of the international multi-institution clinical study on cytoreductive radical prostatectomy, SIMCAP.

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
    Bannakij LojanapiwatThailand Moderator
    Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator
    Shancheng RenChina 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
    Shingo MoriyamaJapan 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
    Jeremy TeohHong Kong, China Moderator
    Rajeev KumarIndia Moderator
    Zhuo-Wei LiuChina Moderator
  • TBC
  • Step-by-Step: Intra-Corporeal Orthotopic Bladder Creation
    Wei-Yu LinTaiwan Speaker
  • TBC
  • TBC
  • TBC
  • Panel Discussion
  • Closing Remarks
    Gang ZhuChina Speaker
    Ryoichi Shiroki Japan Speaker
TICC - 1F 101D

16th August 2025

Time Session
08:30
10:00
Plenary Session 3-1
  • ACU Lecture: Videourodynamic Study for Precision Diagnosis and Management of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction
    Yoshihisa MatsukawaJapan Moderator
    Hann-Chorng KuoTaiwan Speaker
  • Future Direction of AI Application in Urology
    Andrew HungUnited States Speaker
  • Telesurgery: The Future of Surgery
    Takashi KobayashiJapan Moderator
    Vipul R. PatelUnited States Speaker
  • Update on the Results of SIMCAP Study
    Srinath K. ChandrasekeraSri Lanka Moderator
    Isaac KimUnited States Speaker
  • AAU Lecture: Robotic Flexible Ureterorenoscopy— Gimmick or a True Helper? What’s It Cost Performance Value?
    Ravindra SabnisIndia Moderator
    Albert El HajjLebanon Speaker
  • Which Position is the Best for PCNL in 2025?
    Dinh Khanh LeVietnam Moderator
    Michael WongSingapore Speaker
TICC - 3F Plenary Hall