Noor Ashani Md Yusoff

Dr. Noor Ashani Md. Yusoff currently working as Senior Consultant Urologist and Head of Urology Department, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has been entrusted to be the Head of Urology Specialty in Ministry of Health Malaysia. He has been appointed as an Adjunct Professor at Hospital Sultan Azlan Shah UPM since year 2000. Currently he is also the President of Malaysia Urological Association (MUA). He qualified as General Surgeon in 2002 after completed his Master of Surgery (General) at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia(UKM). He continue his training as Urologist under the auspice of Malaysia Board of Urology in collaboration with Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) and Malaysia Urological Association (MUA). And completed his urology training in 2007. He was conferred Diploma in Fellowship , FRCS (Urology)(Glasgow) in 2014. His interest mainly in minimally invasive surgery particularly robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery. He started his robotic surgery training in 2004 under the supervision by Dato’ Dr. Sahabudin Raja Mohamed, the pioneer of robotic surgery in Malaysia. His robotic surgery training continue at Yonsei Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea in 2010 under the supervision of Dr. Khoo Hon Rha, the pioneer of robotic surgery in Korea. He has performed more than 400 cases of Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic surgery, from RAL Radical Prostatectomy to RAL Retroperitoneal Lymph Nodes Dissection. He is the pioneer RAL RPLND in Malaysia and has the largest series in South East Asia. He has proctored more than 80 cases of Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery throughout Malaysia and has been invited to give several talks related to Robotic Assisted Surgery local. or internationally.

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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10:30 12:00	The Federation of ASEAN Urological Associations (FAUA) Exploring Urology Service Challenges in ASEAN The Federation of ASEAN Urological Associations Karl Marvin TanPhilippines Moderator Noor Ashani Md YusoffMalaysia Moderator Highlight and Limitation in Urology Service in Malaysia Noor Ashani Md YusoffMalaysia Speaker Challenges in BPH Management in Singapore Thiruchelvam JegathesanSingapore Speaker Highlights and Limitations in Urology Service in Thailand Kamol PanumatrassameeThailand Speaker Highlights and Limitations in Urology Service in Indonesia Ferry SafriadiIndonesia Speaker Uro-Laparoscopic Activities in Cambodia at Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital since 2018 Sotheavy VongCambodia Speaker Enhancement of Endourological Services in Myanmar Phone MyintMyanmar Speaker Factors Defining Urology: Philippine Setting Patrick TuliaoPhilippines Speaker Discussion TICC - 3F South Lounge

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10:30

12:00

The Federation of ASEAN Urological Associations (FAUA)

Exploring Urology Service Challenges in ASEAN

The Federation of ASEAN Urological Associations

Karl Marvin TanPhilippines Moderator

Noor Ashani Md YusoffMalaysia Moderator
Highlight and Limitation in Urology Service in Malaysia

Noor Ashani Md YusoffMalaysia Speaker
Challenges in BPH Management in Singapore

Thiruchelvam JegathesanSingapore Speaker
Highlights and Limitations in Urology Service in Thailand

Kamol PanumatrassameeThailand Speaker
Highlights and Limitations in Urology Service in Indonesia

Ferry SafriadiIndonesia Speaker
Uro-Laparoscopic Activities in Cambodia at Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospital since 2018

Sotheavy VongCambodia Speaker
Enhancement of Endourological Services in Myanmar

Phone MyintMyanmar Speaker
Factors Defining Urology: Philippine Setting

Patrick TuliaoPhilippines Speaker
Discussion

TICC - 3F South Lounge

17th August 2025

Time	Session

08:30 10:00	Plenary Session 5 UAA Honorary Member Lecture: Learning through Giving Expert Opinion, a Hong Kong Case Book Teng-Aik OngMalaysia Moderator Chi Wai ManHong Kong, China Speaker Normothermic Ex Vivo Kidney Perfusion for Urologic Discovery Shomik SenguptaAustralia Moderator Marshall StollerUnited States Speaker Trend in Healthcare AI Atsuko FujiharaJapan Moderator KoonHo RhaKorea (Republic of) Speaker Bridging AI Frontiers and Urology: How Multimodal and Agentic AI Will Shape 2025 Pai-Fu WangTaiwan Moderator Chung-You TsaiTaiwan Speaker Applying Vision Augmentation in Robotic Surgery: Reality or Fiction Rajeev KumarIndia Moderator Jian-Ri LiTaiwan Speaker Big Data in Urol Science Research: from Scratch to Hatch Noor Ashani Md YusoffMalaysia Moderator Yao-Chou TsaiTaiwan Speaker TICC - 3F Plenary Hall

Time

Session

08:30

10:00

Plenary Session 5

UAA Honorary Member Lecture: Learning through Giving Expert Opinion, a Hong Kong Case Book

Teng-Aik OngMalaysia Moderator

Chi Wai ManHong Kong, China Speaker
Normothermic Ex Vivo Kidney Perfusion for Urologic Discovery

Shomik SenguptaAustralia Moderator

Marshall StollerUnited States Speaker
Trend in Healthcare AI

Atsuko FujiharaJapan Moderator

KoonHo RhaKorea (Republic of) Speaker
Bridging AI Frontiers and Urology: How Multimodal and Agentic AI Will Shape 2025

Pai-Fu WangTaiwan Moderator

Chung-You TsaiTaiwan Speaker
Applying Vision Augmentation in Robotic Surgery: Reality or Fiction

Rajeev KumarIndia Moderator

Jian-Ri LiTaiwan Speaker
Big Data in Urol Science Research: from Scratch to Hatch

Noor Ashani Md YusoffMalaysia Moderator

Yao-Chou TsaiTaiwan Speaker

TICC - 3F Plenary Hall