Eddie Chan

Dr. Chan is the president of East Asian Society of Endourology, the Chair of Young Leadership Forum of Urological Association of Asia (UAA) and treasurer of Asian Urological Surgery Training and Education Group (AUSTEG). He is the past president of Hong Kong Urological Association and the Clinical Associate Professor (Honorary) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Honorary consultant of Prince of Wales Hospital. His interest in urology includes laparoscopic/robotic urologic surgery with 20 years of experience in robotic surgery. Dr. Chan is actively involving in undergraduates teaching, and residents and post-fellowship training in Hong Kong and Asia countries on minimal invasive and robotic urologic surgery, organizing workshops, lectures and conferences for education and improving the standards of urology practice in HK and other Asia countries.

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	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

Time

Session

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

16th August 2025

Time	Session

08:30 10:00	Plenary Session 4 UTI & Hydronephrosis: What's New and Asian Guideline Update Hio Fai LaoMacau, China Moderator Stephen S. YangTaiwan Speaker Prostate Cancer Nomograms and Their Application in Asian Men Samuel Vincent G. YrastorzaPhilippines Moderator Rajeev KumarIndia Speaker BJUI Lecture: 2025 Protect Trial update & the Caveats of Its Generalizability Yeong-Shiau PuTaiwan Moderator Freddie HamdyUnited Kingdom Speaker Active Surveillance for Early Prostate Cancer Eddie ChanHong Kong, China Moderator Mikio SugimotoJapan Speaker PSA Kinetics Following PADT in mHSPC. Is It a Real-World Tool for Predicting Oncologic Outcome? Bannakij LojanapiwatThailand Speaker The Potential Role of Urinary Microbiome in Benign Prostate Hyperplasia/Lower Urinary Tract Horie ShigeoJapan Moderator Seung Il JungKorea (Republic of) Speaker TICC - 3F Banquet Hall

Time

Session

08:30

10:00

Plenary Session 4

UTI & Hydronephrosis: What's New and Asian Guideline Update

Hio Fai LaoMacau, China Moderator

Stephen S. YangTaiwan Speaker
Prostate Cancer Nomograms and Their Application in Asian Men

Samuel Vincent G. YrastorzaPhilippines Moderator

Rajeev KumarIndia Speaker
BJUI Lecture: 2025 Protect Trial update & the Caveats of Its Generalizability

Yeong-Shiau PuTaiwan Moderator

Freddie HamdyUnited Kingdom Speaker
Active Surveillance for Early Prostate Cancer

Eddie ChanHong Kong, China Moderator

Mikio SugimotoJapan Speaker
PSA Kinetics Following PADT in mHSPC. Is It a Real-World Tool for Predicting Oncologic Outcome?

Bannakij LojanapiwatThailand Speaker
The Potential Role of Urinary Microbiome in Benign Prostate Hyperplasia/Lower Urinary Tract

Horie ShigeoJapan Moderator

Seung Il JungKorea (Republic of) Speaker

TICC - 3F Banquet Hall