John Davis

John W. Davis received his B.S in Biology at Davidson College in North Carolina in 1990, and Medical Degree at the University of Virginia in 1994. His postgraduate training (residency and post doctoral fellow with the American Foundation of Urological Diseases) was at Eastern Virginia School of Medicine, Norfolk, VA Additional clinical fellowships included Urology Oncology at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston, Texas, and laparoscopic surgery at Charité Hospital, Berlin, Germany. Current faculty position since 2006 at MD Anderson Cancer Center with the titles Professor of Urology, Director of Urosurgical Prostate Program, Patient Safety and Quality Officer, and Site Director of the UT-Houston Residency. His extramural leadership positions in professional societies have included President of the Young Urologic Oncologists (2003-2005), and President of the Society of Urologic Robotic Surgeons (2010-2012). For the American Urological Association, he served on the Minimally Invasive Surgery and Video Committees, and teaches post-graduate courses in prostate cancer, and co-hosts the multi year series at the annual meeting “The International Prostate Forum”. He is the former Treasurer for the South Central Section of the AUA, and past president. He was the inaugural editor for AUA Publications Online Content. His peer reviewed publication involvement is highlighted by the 8-year term as Associate Editor for Urologic Oncology for the British Journal of Urology International, and the inaugural Editor in Chief for BJUI Compass. In 2022, he was appointed the inaugural editor for the AUA’s new Journal of Urology Open Plus.

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
10:30
12:00
Plenary Session 2-2
  • Regeneration Medicine in Urology - A Promising Future or Hoax?
    Jalil HosseiniIran Moderator
    Chun-Hou LiaoTaiwan Speaker
  • Novel Target for GU Cancer Metastasis and Therapeutics
    Tai-Lung ChaTaiwan Speaker
  • The Roles of Androgen Receptor in Bladder and Kidney Cancers
    David WinkleAustralia Moderator
  • The Future of Surgical Skills Evaluation: What Is on Your Wish List?
    Juvido P. Agatep, Jr.Philippine Moderator
    John DavisUnited States Speaker
  • New Artificial Urinary Sphinter
    En MengTaiwan Moderator
    Véronique PhéFrance Speaker
  • Anti-Cholinergics: Does Treating the Bladder Put the Brain at Risk?
    Yao-Chi ChuangTaiwan Moderator
    Howard GoldmanUnited States Speaker
TICC - 3F Banquet Hall
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
  • Simultaneous Comparison of Single-Port versus Multi-Port Robotic Radical Prostatectomy
    Hiroshi KitamuraJapan Moderator
    Vipul R. PatelUnited States Speaker
  • Single Port Retroperitoneal Partial Nephrectomy
    Satoru TaguchiJapan Moderator
    Simone CrivellaroUnited States Speaker
  • Experience of 100 Consecutive Hugo Robotic Radical Prostatectomies
    Yen-Chuan OuTaiwan Speaker
  • TBD
  • Single-Port Robotic Partial Nephrectomy for Multiple or Large Renal Tumors
    Uttam Kumar MeteIndia Moderator
    Ketan BadaniUnited States Speaker
TICC - 3F Plenary Hall