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 TWTC - 2F Conference Room 5

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

08:30 10:00	Plenary Session 1-1 UAA Lecture: Innovations in Renal Stone 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 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

Time

Session

08:30

10:00

Plenary Session 1-1

UAA Lecture: Innovations in Renal Stone 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

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 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 Complex Robotic Assisted Surgery for Urinary Fistula Repair 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 17【Intuitive】 Role of Da Vinci SP in Urology 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