Allen W. Chiu

Dr. Allen Chiu graduated from National Yang-Ming University in Taiwan. He got Ph. D. from the Clinical Research Institute in his Alumni School (1996). He became the staff of Urology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital (the main teaching hospital of the medical school), after his residency in 1989. He was the clinical fellow in Boston University Hospital and the research fellow in the physiological laboratory of Boston University, USA from 1993 - 1994. He became the Chief, Department of Urology in Chi-Mei Medical Center in Tainan, Taiwan. He was later promoted as the Chief, Department of Research, in Chi Mei Hospital, and later to the Director of Chung-Xiao Hospital, Deputy Superintendent of Academy in Taipei City Union Hospital, Commissioner of Health - Taipei City government, Deputy Mayor of Taipei City Government, Dean of the School of Medicine (National Yang-Ming University), Superintendent, Taipei City Hospital. He was the President of Urological Association of Asia (UAA - 2012), Chairman of World Congress of EndoUrology (2014). He is the current Secretary General of UAA (2014 - 2026), Honorary Professor in Shin-Kong Hospital, Honorary Member of Japan Urological Association (JUA), Honorary Member of European Association of Europe (EAU). He was elected in the Advisory Board of Eastern Far Eastern Hospital and the Honorary Consultant of Mackay Memorial Hospital. He has held more than 40 workshops and symposia in Asian Pacific region. He published more than 200 articles in internationally renowned journals, 8 books and chapters. He gave more than 400 speeches in international conferences. He has many patents and awards, he won the Essay Contest, in World Congress of Urology 1996, he got the 2011 World Chinese Urology - Outstanding Award, the Highest Rank Award in Ministry of Health, (2011), Highest Rank Award from Executive Yuan of Taiwan (2014) and the Presidential Citation Award of American Urological Association (2017). He has trained more than 40 clinical fellows from all over the world. He is the first surgeon performed laparoscopic nephrectomy in Taiwan, the first laparoscopic radical cystectomy in Asian His major interest is in endourology, uro-oncology and Robotic assisted surgery in Urology, AI and Surgery and Medical Education.

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
TICC - 4F VIP Room

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
TICC - 1F 101D

15th August 2025

Time Session
08:30
10:00
Plenary Session 1-1
  • UAA Lecture: Kidney Stones; It's Not All about 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: Which to Follow?
    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

16th August 2025

Time Session
10:30
12:00
Robotic
  • Robotic Surgery
    Jian-Ri LiTaiwan Moderator
    KoonHo RhaKorea (Republic of) Moderator
    Pai-Fu WangTaiwan Moderator
  • How to Standardize Training by AI-Learning from The Best Practice of Urological Robotic Surgery
    Ketan BadaniUnited States Speaker
  • Discussion
  • Da Vinci Surgery for Urinary Fistula
    Allen W. ChiuTaiwan Speaker
  • Discussion
  • Pros and Cons in the daVinci SP System Applications in Urological Surgeries
    Steven L. ChangUnited States Speaker
  • Discussion
TICC - 2F 201DE
12:00
13:00
Luncheon Symposium
Intuitive
  • Opening
    Allen W. ChiuTaiwan Speaker
  • SP Partial Nephrectomy
    Allen W. ChiuTaiwan Moderator
    Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator
    Ketan BadaniUnited States Speaker
  • Single Port Prostate Surgery
    Allen W. ChiuTaiwan Moderator
    Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Moderator
    Simone CrivellaroUnited States Speaker
  • Q&A
    Jeff S. ChuehTaiwan Speaker
TICC - 2F 201BC