Jacob See-Tong Pang

Professor Jacob See-Tong Pang graduated from Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan. Upon completion of his medical and surgical residency training and driven by his strong interest in medical research, he pursued his advanced study at the Karolinska Institute, Sweden and obtained his PhD degree in 2003. He was the chief of Department of Uro-Oncology at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital from 2007 to 2014, and vice-superintendent of the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (CGMH), LinKou from July 2017 till June 2023. He completed the first robotic surgery at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in October, 2006, since then he has completed nearly 1500 robotic surgeries including prostatectomy, partial nephrectomy, cystectomy, nephroureterectomy and etc. Prof. Pang actively involves in both clinical and translation research. His research effort focuses on understanding and improving clinical outcomes of patients with urological cancer. Of note, he co-led the research team to elucidate the mutational signature of aristolochic acid-associated upper urinary tract urothelial cell carcinoma (UTUC) and published the results in Science Translational Medicine. Thus far, he has published more than 160 peer-reviewed articles in many renowned medical journals. He is also the immediate past president of Taiwan Urological Association(TUA), and currently the president-elect of Urological Association of Asia (UAA).

12th August 2025 - Asian Urology Residents' Courses (AURC)

Time	Session

08:00 08:30	Welcome Speeches Tai-Lung ChaTaiwan Moderator Welcome Speech from Chairman of UAA Congress 2025 Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Speaker Welcome Speech from Secretary General, UAA Allen W. ChiuTaiwan Speaker Introduction of Asian Urology Residents' Course Thomas HsuehTaiwan Speaker Group Photo TWTC - 2F Conference Room 5

14th August 2025

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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 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 Edmund ChiongSingapore Moderator KoonHo RhaKorea (Republic of) Moderator Jian-Ri LiTaiwan 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 Eddie ChanHong Kong, China 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 Pai-Fu WangTaiwan Moderator Teng-Aik OngMalaysia 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 Masatoshi EtoJapan 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 Honoring the Past, Embracing the Future: ARUS Business Session and Presidential Handover Xu Zhang China Speaker Yen-Chuan OuTaiwan Speaker ARUS Closing Remarks Ryoichi Shiroki Japan Speaker Gang ZhuChina Speaker TICC - 1F 101D
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

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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
10:30 12:00	South Asian Association of Urological Surgeons (SAUS) Welcome Address Hammad Ather Pakistan Speaker Session (1): Uro-Oncology Madhu S AgrawalIndia Moderator Mohammad Saiful IslamBangladesh Moderator Uttam Kumar MeteIndia Moderator Retroperitoneal vs. Transperitoneal Robot Assisted Partial Nephrectomy for RCC Sarbartha Kumar PratiharIndia Speaker Post RNU Adjuvant Treatment in UTUC- Recent Update Parash Mani ShresthaNepal Speaker Treatment Option for Post Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy T0- Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Speaker Management of NMIBC during BCG Shortage Era M. SivashankarSri Lanka Speaker BCG Refractory Cancer: Current Status of Intravesical Treatment Athanasios PapatsorisGreece Speaker Session Wrap Up Session (2): Uro-Oncology Keshavamurthy RamaiahIndia Moderator Mahesh Bahadur AdhikariNepal Moderator Rajeev TPIndia Moderator Beyond the Chips: Enbloc Enucleation in NMIBC - Enhancing Diagnostic and Oncological Precision Bulent OnalTurkey Speaker Quality of Life Issues with Androgen Blockade in Prostate Cancer Md Jahangir KabirBangladesh Speaker Prostate Biopsy Technique: Current Evidence Hammad Ather Pakistan Speaker Radical Prostatectomy without Biopsy: Are We There? Keval PatelIndia Speaker Session Wrap Up Lunch Break TICC - 1F 101D
12:00 13:00	Luncheon Symposium 7【Bayer】 Integrating Radioligand Therapy into mCRPC Clinical Practice: From Taiwan and Japan Experience Integrating Radioligand Therapy into mCRPC Clinical Practice: From Taiwan and Japan Experience Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Moderator Urabe FumihikoJapan Speaker Ming-Hsin YangTaiwan Speaker TICC - 2F 201BC
13:30 15:00	Young Leadership Forum Effective Communication Conflict Resolution; Develop a Compelling Vision to Motivate Others Effective Communication Conflict Resolution; Develop a Compelling Vision to Motivate Others Welcome Remarks Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Speaker Michael WongSingapore Speaker Introduction to Young Leadership 2025 Hung-Jen WangTaiwan Speaker Juan Luis VásquezDenmark Speaker Introduction to Asia School of Urology Michael WongSingapore Speaker To Publish or not to Publish? Jeremy TeohHong Kong, China Speaker Bringing Innovation to Patient Henry HoSingapore Speaker Road to Excellent Research Yao-Chi ChuangTaiwan Speaker How to Escape Surgical Complications Eddie ChanHong Kong, China Speaker TICC - 3F Banquet Hall
13:30 15:00	Industry Symposium 3 【Sonablate】 Advancing Focal Therapy in Localized Prostate Cancer: From Patient Stratification to Post-HIFU Management Introduction and Welcome Po-Hui Chiang Taiwan Speaker Shoji SunaoJapan Speaker Update of Localized Prostate Cancer Therapy Yi-Hsiu HuangTaiwan Moderator Jen-Chieh ChenTaiwan Speaker Who is NOT the patient for Focal Therapy? Kae Jack Tay Singapore Moderator Vincent KhorMalaysia Speaker Oncological and Functional Outcomes of Focal Therapy Kuan-Chou ChenTaiwan Moderator Peter Ka-Fung ChiuHong Kong, China Speaker Beyond Oncologic Control: Real-World Experience in Patient-Centered HIFU for Prostate Disease Shin-Hong ChenTaiwan Moderator L Sivaneswaran LechmiannandanMalaysia Speaker Follow-Up after HIFU Treatment Yu ChenTaiwan Moderator Po-Fan HsiehTaiwan Speaker Panel Discussion Mark EmbertonUnited Kingdom Moderator Shoji SunaoJapan Moderator Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Moderator Po-Hui Chiang Taiwan Moderator Closing Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Speaker TICC - 1F 101B

16th August 2025

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12:00 13:00	Luncheon Symposium 16【Sonablate】 Advancing Focal Therapy with HIFU for Localized Prostate Cancer Opening Mark EmbertonUnited Kingdom Moderator Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Moderator Preparing the Ground: Infrastructure Requirements Before Focal Therapy with HIFU Mark EmbertonUnited Kingdom Moderator Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Moderator Po-Fan HsiehTaiwan Speaker The Evolution of HIFU: Past, Present and Future Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Moderator Mark EmbertonUnited Kingdom Speaker Focal Therapy with HIFU for Localized Prostate Cancer: Innovations in Treatment Techniques and the Evolution of Therapeutic Technologies Mark EmbertonUnited Kingdom Moderator Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Moderator Shoji SunaoJapan Speaker Q & A Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Moderator Mark EmbertonUnited Kingdom Moderator TICC - 2F 201AF

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Luncheon Symposium 16【Sonablate】

Advancing Focal Therapy with HIFU for Localized Prostate Cancer

Opening

Mark EmbertonUnited Kingdom Moderator

Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Moderator
Preparing the Ground: Infrastructure Requirements Before Focal Therapy with HIFU

Mark EmbertonUnited Kingdom Moderator

Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Moderator

Po-Fan HsiehTaiwan Speaker
The Evolution of HIFU: Past, Present and Future

Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Moderator

Mark EmbertonUnited Kingdom Speaker
Focal Therapy with HIFU for Localized Prostate Cancer: Innovations in Treatment Techniques and the Evolution of Therapeutic Technologies

Mark EmbertonUnited Kingdom Moderator

Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Moderator

Shoji SunaoJapan Speaker
Q & A

Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Moderator

Mark EmbertonUnited Kingdom Moderator

TICC - 2F 201AF

17th August 2025

Time	Session

12:00 13:00	Luncheon Symposium 22【Astellas】 Maximizing Treatment Outcomes in Advanced Prostate Cancer: Strategies for Optimal Patient Care Early Use of Enzalutamide: Redefining Treatment Outcomes in Prostate Cancer Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Moderator Shao-Chuan WangTaiwan Speaker Managing Prostate Cancer with Comorbidities: Enhancing Quality of Life with Enzalutamide Chia-Hsiang LinTaiwan Moderator Cheng-Che ChenTaiwan Speaker TICC - 1F 101C
13:30 15:00	CaP Focal Therapy Crossfire CaP Focal Therapy Crossfire Shin EgawaJapan Moderator Kai-Jie YuTaiwan Moderator Jacob See-Tong PangTaiwan Commenter Tzu-Ping LinTaiwan Facilitator Po-Fan HsiehTaiwan Facilitator Cary Nobles RobertsonUnited States Speaker Chung-Hsin ChenTaiwan Speaker Mark EmbertonUnited Kingdom Speaker Peter Ka-Fung ChiuHong Kong, China Speaker Robert NamCanada Speaker TICC - 2F 201BC