Welcome Remarks

Faculty:

Jennifer Linehan, MD

Break with Exhibitors

Break with Exhibitors

Break with Exhibitors

Registration & Information Desk

Breakfast with Exhibitors

Menon Award and Lectureship: Ketan K. Badani, MD

Faculty:

Ketan K. Badani, MD

LIVE SURGERY

Faculty:

David Lee, MD, FACS Richard E. Link, MD, PhD Reza Mehrazin, MD

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM PST Transvesical Simple Prostatectomy Mutahar Ahmed, MD

8:45 AM - 9:30 AM PST MP Radical Prostatectomy Simeone Crivellaro, MD

Adult Plenary Section 1: Intricacies of Robotic Pelvic Surgery

Faculty:

Rafael Coelho, MD, PhD Kirsten Greene, MD

9:30 AM - 9:50 AM PST DEBATE: Cold Cut, Clip, Clamp or Cautery: Does Nerve Sparing Technique Even Matter? Jim C. Hu, MD, MPH Timothy G. Wilson, MD

9:50 AM - 10:00 AM PST LATAM Lecture: Melting the Margins: Surgery after Focal Therapy Rafael Coelho, MD, PhD

Adult Plenary Section 1: Intricacies of Robotic Pelvic Surgery

Faculty:

Rafael Coelho, MD, PhD Kirsten Greene, MD

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM PST DEBATE: Do we still need PLND with Prostatectomy? John W. Davis, MD, FACS Jean Joseph, MD, MBA

10:40 AM - 10:50 AM PST Can NeoAdj Therapy Downstage Prior to Prostatectomy? Isaac Y. Kim, MD, PhD, MBA

10:50 AM - 11:05 AM PST Future of Ablation, Blurring the Lines for Benign and Malignant Prostate Therapy? Inderbir Gill, MD

11:05 AM - 11:10 AM PST Discussion Q&A

11:10 AM - 11:35 AM PST The Many Modalities of Nerve Dissection Kirsten Greene, MD Clayton S. Lau, MD David Lee, MD, FACS

11:35 AM - 11:45 AM PST Challenging Cases: Large Prostates, Small Pelvis, Toxic Fat David M Albala, MD

Adult Plenary Section 2: Kidney - Quest for the Retroperitoneal Return

Faculty:

Nazih Khater, MD Craig G. Rogers, MD

2:30 PM - 2:40 PM PST Outcomes of 2025 NARUS Live Procedures Clayton S. Lau, MD

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM PST POV Discussion: Radical Nephroureterectomy – Port Placement to Extraction Clayton S. Lau, MD Richard E. Link, MD, PhD

3:00 PM - 3:10 PM PST Discussion Q&A

3:10 PM - 3:35 PM PST Video Shorts: Advantages of Retroperitoneal Surgery Jennifer Linehan, MD Jeffrey Nix, MD, MSHA, FACS

Adult Plenary Section 2: Kidney - Quest for the Retroperitoneal Return

Faculty:

Nazih Khater, MD Craig G. Rogers, MD

4:00 PM - 4:25 PM PST Approaching Large Tumors Robotically: Partial vs Radical Monish Aron, MD Nina Harke, MD Mohammad Ramadan, MD

4:25 PM - 4:30 PM PST Discussion Q&A

4:30 PM - 4:50 PM PST Endophytic Tumors: Closing the Kidney Gap Tricks from the Experts Richard E. Link, MD, PhD Rut Patel, MD Craig G. Rogers, MD

4:40 PM - 4:50 PM PST UTUC: Robotic LND during Nephroureterectomy: Tips and Template John P. Sfakianos

4:50 PM - 5:00 PM PST Best Way to Divulge the UO: Step-by-Step Techniques during Nephroureterectomy Reza Mehrazin, MD Tara N Morgan, MD Alejandro Sierra Torres, MD

Adult Plenary Section 3: Technology and Innovation

Faculty:

John W. Davis, MD, FACS Ziho Lee, MD

9:30 AM - 9:40 AM PST Will Partial Nephrectomy Lose to Histotripsy? Jennifer Linehan, MD

9:40 AM - 10:05 AM PST TOPIC PANEL DISCUSSION: New Robotic Technologies: An Honest Account of Advantages John W. Davis, MD, FACS Mohammad Ramadan, MD Michael Stifelman, MD

10:05 AM - 10:25 AM PST Semi-Live Surgery: Transvesical Radical Prostatectomy: Can it Really Compare to Today’s RARP? Jihad Kaouk, MD

10:25 AM - 10:35 AM PST LECTURE: ICG, Stem Cells, and Robotic Techniques to Prevent Ureteral Strictures Neema Navai, MD, MHCM

Adult Plenary Section 3: Technology and Innovation

Faculty:

John W. Davis, MD, FACS Ziho Lee, MD

11:00 AM - 11:10 AM PST Innovation Lecture: Can AI Control our Insufflation Needs? Nikhil Vasdev, DSC, MCh (Uro), FRCS (Urol)

11:10 AM - 11:20 AM PST Semi Live Surgery: Early Intervention Ureteral Injuries Daniel D. Eun, MD

11:20 AM - 11:40 AM PST POV DISCUSSION: Same Day Surgery: Are We Pushing Patients out Too Soon? Ronney Abaza, MD, FACS Claudia Berrondo, MD Chester J. Koh, MD, MBA Timothy G. Wilson, MD

Adult Plenary Section 4: Reconstruction: Fixing the Fibrosis, the Scarred, the Leaking

Faculty:

Daniel D. Eun, MD Janet Kukreja, MD, MPH, FACS

2:30 PM - 2:50 PM PST Innovative Methods of Bowel Anastomosis Monish Aron, MD Alvin C. Goh, MD Ryan J. Nelson, DO

2:50 PM - 3:00 PM PST Video Lecture: My MOST Difficult Cystectomies: Why and How I managed them? Janet Kukreja, MD, MPH, FACS

3:00 PM - 3:05 PM PST Discussion Q&A

3:05 PM - 3:15 PM PST Retroperitoneal Fibrosis: Nephrostomy Tubes Forever or Ileal Ureter? Ziho Lee, MD

3:15 PM - 3:25 PM PST DEBATE: Urinary Diversion: To Stent or Not To Stent Alvin C. Goh, MD

3:25 PM - 3:50 PM PST Recon Nightmares, Vascular Mishaps, and Best Recoveries Ketan K. Badani, MD Ziho Lee, MD Ryan J. Nelson, DO Lee Zhao

Sponsored Lunch

Asian Society Lecture: Robotic Risk Factors for Urinary Incontinence after RARP

Faculty:

Yoshiyuki Kojima M.D., PhD., MD, PhD

LIVE SURGERY

Faculty:

Nina Harke, MD Tara N Morgan, MD Jeffrey Nix, MD, MSHA, FACS John P. Sfakianos

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM PST SP Partial Nephrectomy Ryan J. Nelson, DO

1:45 PM - 2:30 PM PST Radical Nephroureterectomy

Welcome Reception

Abstract Presentations

Registration & Information

Breakfast with Exhibitors

Welcome Remarks

Faculty:

Jennifer Linehan, MD

INVITED ERUS LECTURE: The Mystery of Off Clamp Partial Nephrectomy

Sponsored Lunch

LIVE SURGERY: Robotic Vesicovaginal Fistula

Faculty:

Brian J Flynn, MD Lee Zhao Alejandro Sierra Torres, MD Michael Stifelman, MD

Awards Ceremony

LUGPA Lecture: What Academic Surgeons Can Learn from LUGPA: Logistics of Practice Building and Surgeon Independence

Faculty:

Rut Patel, MD

LIVE SURGERY

Faculty:

Monish Aron, MD Ketan K. Badani, MD Jihad Kaouk, MD Neema Navai, MD, MHCM

8:00 AM - 8:45 AM PST Pyelolithotomy

8:45 AM - 9:30 AM PST Partial Nephrectomy Sammy Elsamra, MD