Hsiao-Jen Chung

Dr. Hsiao-Jen Chung received his medical degree from National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (Taiwan), and completed his residency at the Taipei Veterans General Hospital Hsinchu Branch and the Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan. He was previously a Research Fellow at the University of California-San Francisco. Dr. Chung is currently the Chief of the Urological Oncology Treatment and Research Center, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and an assistant professor at the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. He is also currently a president of the Robotic Steering Committee of Taipei Veterans General Hospital and a chairperson of the Genitourinary Cancer Multidiscipline Team at Taipei Veterans General Hospital. Dr. Chung is an active member of the Taiwan Urological Association and the Taiwan Surgical Association. He is also an active member of Endourological Society, European Association of Urology, Société Internationale d’Urologie, and Urological Association of Asia. He specializes in urological oncology, laparoscopic surgery, and da Vinci surgery.

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

17th August 2025

Time	Session

13:30 15:00	Free Paper 【Video】 (6) Oncology & Transplantation Hsiao-Jen ChungTaiwan Moderator Parash Mani ShresthaNepal Moderator TICC - 3F South Lounge