Xu Zhang

Director of urology department of the General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Member of the Academic Committee of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Chairman-elect of Chinese Urological Association, Chairman of Beijing Urological Association, Deputy Director of the Chinese Human Organ Donation Management Center, Chairperson of the Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery of the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association, Director of the Key Laboratory of Military Trauma of the People's Liberation Army, Member of the Central Health Care Committee Expert Group, Chief Scientist of National High-Tech Research and Development Program and Major Logistics Scientific Research Projects of the People's Liberation Army, Leading Talent of the Military Science, Recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and the National Science and Technology Progress Award, Enjoying the Special Allowance of the State Council, The founder of laparoscopic and robotic technology in urology in China, Editor-in-Chief of academic journals such as "Chinese Journal of Urology", "Bladder" and "Journal of Minimally Invasive Urology".

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
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