Yen-Chuan Ou

Prof. Ou is Dean of the Research, Development, and Innovation Center at Tungs' Taichung MetroHarbor Hospital in Taiwan. He has concurrently held the presidency of the Asian Robotic Urological Society, Taiwan Innovative Medical Association, and Urological Cancer Care Association of the Republic of China since 2019. As Professor of Urology at National Chi-Nan University, National Chung-Hsing University, and Chung Shan Medical University, Prof. Ou combines academic excellence with clinical expertise. He obtained his M.D. from the National Defense Medical Center (1986), completed surgical training at Taichung Veterans General Hospital (1986-1991), earned his Ph.D. from Chung Shan Medical University (2004), and recently completed an EMBA at National Taiwan University (2024). His research centers on renal cell carcinoma signal transduction, precision medicine in urologic oncology, and translational research. His career highlights include founding the Prostate Disease Center (2005) and establishing the Taiwan Urological Cancer Association (2008). A robotic surgery pioneer who trained from global experts, including Dr. Vipul Patel, Dr. Ashutosh Tewari, and Dr. Peter Wiklund, Prof. Ou has performed over 3,600 robotic urological procedures and was Taiwan's first Hugo RAS surgeon and proctor. His achievements have earned him prestigious recognitions, including the Global Best Paper Award from the British Journal of Urology International (2012), the Asian Journal of Andrology Outstanding Paper Award (2016), and multiple da Vinci Distinguished Robotic Surgeon Awards. With over 300 peer-reviewed publications, Prof. Ou continues to advance urological oncology as a clinician, researcher, and educator.

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 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

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

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

15th August 2025

Time	Session

13:30 15:00	Semi-Live Surgery 1 Tips and Tricks in Challenging Cases of Robotic Radical Prostatectomy Thomas HsuehTaiwan Moderator John DavisUnited States Speaker Technical Considerations for Large Prostates over 100gms Hiroshi KitamuraJapan Moderator Vipul R. PatelUnited States Speaker Single Port Retroperitoneal Partial Nephrectomy Satoru TaguchiJapan Moderator Simone CrivellaroUnited States Speaker Single-Port Robotic Partial Nephrectomy for Multiple or Large Renal Tumors Teng-Aik OngMalaysia Moderator Ketan BadaniUnited States Speaker Imaging Management Over Robotic Dysfunction Wenjie ZhongAustralia Speaker Experience of 100 Consecutive Hugo Robotic Radical Prostatectomies Uttam Kumar MeteIndia Moderator Yen-Chuan OuTaiwan Speaker TICC - 3F Plenary Hall
15:30 17:00	Function 2 Management of Post-Prostatectomy Incontinence Management of Post-prostatectomy Incontinence John Jang Hwan KimKorea (Republic of) Moderator Hann-Chorng KuoTaiwan Moderator Imaging of Male Pelvic Floor Structure and the Natural Course of Pelvic Floor Remodeling after Prostatectomy Lewis ChanAustralia Speaker Total Solution of Maintenance of Urinary and Sex Function during Robotic Radical Prostatectomy Yen-Chuan OuTaiwan Speaker Fixed and Adjustable Male Slings: Key Techniques for Primary Implantation and Troubleshooting in Challenging Cases Chung-Cheng WangTaiwan Speaker Artificial Urinary Sphincter: Key Techniques for Primary Implantation and Troubleshooting in Challenging Cases Kwang Jin KoKorea (Republic of) Speaker Regenerative Medicine for PPI Yoshihisa MatsukawaJapan Speaker Discussion TICC - 2F 201DE