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Program Agenda
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| Thursday, Oct 01, 2026 |
Thursday, Oct 01, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM CDT
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2026100108:0009:00 000 | THU, OCT 1 | |||
| Thursday, Oct 01, 2026 |
Thursday, Oct 01, 2026
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM CDT
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2026100109:0009:15 000 | THU, OCT 1 | |||
| Thursday, Oct 01, 2026 |
Thursday, Oct 01, 2026
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
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2026100109:1510:00 000 | THU, OCT 1 | |||
| Thursday, Oct 01, 2026 |
Thursday, Oct 01, 2026
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM CDT
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Session 1: Debate - Temperature and Pressure in URS: Matter vs Doesn’t Matter
Moderator: William Roberts, MD
10:30 AM - 10:32 AM • Introduction • William Roberts, MD 10:32 AM - 10:42 AM • Pro Debate • Matthew Lee, MD
10:42 AM - 10:52 AM • Conterpoint Debate • Deepak K. Agarwal, MD
10:52 AM - 10:55 AM • Pro Rebuttal • Matthew Lee, MD
10:55 AM - 10:58 AM • Counterpoint Rebuttal • Deepak K. Agarwal, MD 10:58 AM - 11:00 AM • Wrap-Up • Williams Robert, MD 11:00 AM - 11:10 AM • Group Discussion 11:10 AM - 11:15 AM • Debate Vote
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2026100110:3011:15 001 | THU, OCT 1 | |||
| Thursday, Oct 01, 2026 |
Thursday, Oct 01, 2026
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM CDT
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2026100108:0018:00 000 | THU, OCT 1 | |||
| Thursday, Oct 01, 2026 |
Thursday, Oct 01, 2026
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM CDT
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Session 2: Debate - Non-Obstructing Stones: Observe vs Remove
Moderator: Nicole Miller, MD
10:30 AM - 10:32 AM • Introduction • Nicole Miller, MD 10:32 AM - 10:42 AM • Pro Debate • Michael Lipkin, MD
10:42 AM - 10:52 AM • Conterpoint Debate • Khurshid R. Ghani, MD
10:52 AM - 10:55 AM • Pro Rebuttal • Michael Lipkin, MD
10:55 AM - 10:58 AM • Counterpoint Rebuttal • Khurshid R. Ghani, MD
10:58 AM - 11:00 AM • Wrap-Up • Nicole Miller, MD
11:00 AM - 11:10 AM • Group Discussion
11:10 AM - 11:15 AM • Debate Vote
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2026100110:3011:15 002 | THU, OCT 1 | |||
| Thursday, Oct 01, 2026 |
Thursday, Oct 01, 2026
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM CDT
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2026100112:1513:15 000 | THU, OCT 1 | |||
| Thursday, Oct 01, 2026 |
Thursday, Oct 01, 2026
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM CDT
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Session 3: Intrarenal Pressure and Endourology
Moderator: Jodi Antonelli, MD
11:15 AM - 11:35 AM • Pressure in Ureteroscopy: Should We Be Measuring It • Ben Chew, MD
11:35 AM - 11:55 AM • Fluid Dynamics of Ureteroscopic Irrigation Systems • Naeem Bhojani, MD 11:55 AM - 12:15 PM • Slim Single-use Flexible URS: Does Size Matter?
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2026100111:1512:15 001 | THU, OCT 1 | |||
| Thursday, Oct 01, 2026 |
Thursday, Oct 01, 2026
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM CDT
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2026100111:1512:15 002 | THU, OCT 1 | |||
| Thursday, Oct 01, 2026 |
Thursday, Oct 01, 2026
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM CDT
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2026100114:3015:00 000 | THU, OCT 1 | |||
| Thursday, Oct 01, 2026 |
Thursday, Oct 01, 2026
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM CDT
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Session 5: Big Databases and Omics
Moderator: Gary C. Curhan, MD, ScD
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM • Leveraging Biobanks and International Cohorts in Stone Research • Gary C. Curhan, MD, ScD 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM • Metabolomics of Nephrolithiasis • Pietro Manuel Ferraro, MD, MSc, PhD 1:45 PM - 2:00 PM • Proteomics and Nephrolithiasis 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM • The Bern Kidney Stone Registry • Manuel Anderegg 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM • The Medicare-Litholink Database • John M. Hollingsworth, MD, MSc
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2026100113:1514:30 002 | THU, OCT 1 | |||
| Thursday, Oct 01, 2026 |
Thursday, Oct 01, 2026
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM CDT
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Session 6: Renal and GI Physiology and Pathophysiology
Moderator: Jonathan Whittamore, PhD
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM • Obesity and MASLD: The Role of Endogenous Oxalate • Kyle Wood, MD 3:50 PM - 4:10 PM • GI Handling of Oxalate in Kidney Stone Patients: New Approaches for Old Questions • Sonia Fargue, MD, PhD 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM • Gut Oxalate Transport as a Novel Therapeutic Target for Hyperoxalemia, Hyperoxaluria, and Related Kidney Stones • Hatim A. Hassan, MD, PhD 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM • TBD • Michael F. Romero, PhD 4:50 PM - 5:10 PM • Role of Claudin-2 in Kidney Stone Formation • Alan S. Yu, MD 5:10 PM - 5:30 PM • Temporal Changes of Urinary Biomarkers in Recurrent Stone Formers • Danny Gohel, MPhil, PhD
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2026100115:3017:30 001 | THU, OCT 1 | |||
| Thursday, Oct 01, 2026 |
Thursday, Oct 01, 2026
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM CDT
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Session 7: Urology Topic Percutaneous Approaches: Evolution and Controversy
Moderator: Amy E. Krambeck, MD
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM • Mini PCNL in the Era of Suction URS: Is There Still a Role? • Mantu Gupta, MD 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM • ECIRS vs PCNL: When to Combine? 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM • Post-PCNL Sepsis: Strategies to Prevent • Roger Sur, MD 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM • When is PCNL Still Needed? • Brian R. Matlaga, MD
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2026100115:3017:30 002 | THU, OCT 1 | |||
| Friday, Oct 02, 2026 |
Friday, Oct 02, 2026
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM CDT
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2026100209:0018:00 000 | FRI, OCT 2 | |||
| Friday, Oct 02, 2026 |
Friday, Oct 02, 2026
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
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2026100209:0010:00 000 | FRI, OCT 2 | |||
| Friday, Oct 02, 2026 |
Friday, Oct 02, 2026
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM CDT
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2026100210:0010:20 000 | FRI, OCT 2 | |||
| Friday, Oct 02, 2026 |
Friday, Oct 02, 2026
10:20 AM - 11:00 AM CDT
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2026100210:2011:00 000 | FRI, OCT 2 | |||
| Friday, Oct 02, 2026 |
Friday, Oct 02, 2026
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM CDT
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Session 9: Citrate and Kidney Stones
Moderator: Alan C. Pao, MD
11:15 AM - 11:22 AM • Renal Physiology of Citrate Excretion • Alan C. Pao, MD
11:22 AM - 11:29 AM • Extra-Renal Physiology of Citrate • Orson Moe, MD 11:29 AM - 11:35 AM • Variable Response to Oral Citrate in Hypocitraturic Stone Formers • Eleanor Lederer, MD Debate: Is Citrate Part of the Treatment of Calcium Phosphate Stones?
Moderator: Elaine M. Worcester, MD 11:35 AM - 11:37 AM • Introduction • Elaine M. Worcester, MD 11:37 AM - 11:47 AM • Pro Debate • Naim Maalouf, MD 11:47 AM - 11:57 AM • Con Debate • Anna Zisman, MD 11:57 AM - 12:00 PM • Pro Rebuttal • Naim Maalouf, MD 12:00 PM - 12:03 PM • Con Rebuttal • Anna Zisman, MD 12:03 PM - 12:05 PM • Wrap Up • Elaine M. Worcester, MD 12:05 PM - 12:15 PM • Discussion and Vote
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2026100211:1512:15 001 | FRI, OCT 2 | |||
| Thursday, Oct 01, 2026 |
Thursday, Oct 01, 2026
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CDT
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2026100110:0010:30 000 | THU, OCT 1 | |||
| Thursday, Oct 01, 2026 |
Thursday, Oct 01, 2026
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
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2026100115:0015:30 000 | THU, OCT 1 | |||
| Friday, Oct 02, 2026 |
Friday, Oct 02, 2026
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM CDT
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2026100211:0011:15 000 | FRI, OCT 2 | |||
| Friday, Oct 02, 2026 |
Friday, Oct 02, 2026
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM CDT
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2026100212:1513:15 000 | FRI, OCT 2 | |||
| Friday, Oct 02, 2026 |
Friday, Oct 02, 2026
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM CDT
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Session 10: Hydration
Moderators: Charles Scales, MD
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM • Implications of the PUSH Trial • Charles Scales, MD 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM • Adolescents and Hydration • Gregory E. Tasian, MD, MSc, MSCE 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM • Climate and Stones • David S. Goldfarb, MD 12:00 PM - 12:15 PM • New Technologies in Stone Monitoring • Agnirska Pozdzik, MD
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2026100211:1512:15 002 | FRI, OCT 2 | |||
| Friday, Oct 02, 2026 |
Friday, Oct 02, 2026
1:15 PM - 3:15 PM CDT
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Session 11: Metabolism and Systemic Conditions
Moderators: John Asplin, MD; Felix Knauf, MD
1:15 PM - 1:35 PM • Metabolic Syndrome and Stone Disease • Khashayar Sakhaee, MD 1:35 PM - 1:55 PM • Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2-inhibitors: The Future of Stone Prevention? • Danny G. Fuster, MD 1:55 PM - 2:15 PM • Vascular Calcification and Nephrolithiasis • Ita Heilberg 2:15 PM - 2:35 PM • Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Nephrolithiasis: A Not-So Straightforward Association • Naim Maalouf, MD 2:35 PM - 2:55 PM • Osteoporosis and Nephrolithiasis • Calyani Ganesan, MD, MS 2:55 PM - 3:15 PM • Bisphosphonates for Stone Prevention • Tyler Sheetz, MD
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2026100213:1515:15 001 | FRI, OCT 2 | |||
| Friday, Oct 02, 2026 |
Friday, Oct 02, 2026
3:45 PM - 5:30 PM CDT
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Session 13: Dietary Influences on Stone Disease
Moderator: Kristina Penniston, PhD, RD
3:45 PM - 3:50 PM • Introduction • Kristina Penniston, PhD, RD 3:50 PM - 4:05 PM • Kidney Stones and Dietary Acid Load • Melanie Betz, MS, RD 4:05 PM - 4:20 PM • Kidney Stone Risk and Vegetarian and Vegan Diets • Pietro Manuel Ferraro, MD, MSc, PhD 4:20 PM - 4:35 PM • Calcium Oxalate Kidney Stones and Inflammatory Dietary Patterns • Tanecia Mitchell, PhD 4:35 PM - 4:50 PM • Kidney Stones and Dietary Patterns Among Mayans in the Yucatan • Mario Basulto-Martinez, MD, MSc 4:50 PM - 5:05 PM • Kidney Stone Risk and PUFAs • Roswitha Siener, MD 5:05 PM - 5:20 PM • Dietary Considerations for Bones and Kidney Stones • Neil Paloian, MD 5:20 PM - 5:30 PM • Food and Omics • Kristina Penniston, PhD, RD
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2026100215:4517:30 001 | FRI, OCT 2 | |||
| Friday, Oct 02, 2026 |
Friday, Oct 02, 2026
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM CDT
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2026100215:1515:45 000 | FRI, OCT 2 | |||
| Friday, Oct 02, 2026 |
Friday, Oct 02, 2026
1:15 PM - 3:15 PM CDT
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Session 12: Urology Topic Lasers, Sheaths, Robotics
Moderator: Karen L. Stern, MD
1:15 PM - 1:35 PM • High Powered Lasers: Too Hot To Handle? • Steeve Doizi 1:35 PM - 1:55 PM • Sheaths: Routine Use or Special Circumstances? • Bhaskar Somani 1:55 PM - 2:15 PM • Ureteroscopic Suction: Does It Improve Results? • Vineet Gauher, MBBS, Dip (Uro) 2:15 PM - 2:35 PM • Urology Future Topic: Robotics in Endourology • Karen L. Stern, MD Debate: Disposable vs. Reusable Ureteroscopes Moderator: Brian H. Eisner, MD 2:35 PM - 2:37 PM • Introduction • Brian H. Eisner, MD 2:37 PM - 2:47 PM • Disposable Debate • Silvia Proietti 2:47 PM - 2:57 PM • Reusable Debate • Bodo Knudsen 2:57 PM - 3:00 PM • Disposable Rebuttal • Silvia Proietti 3:00 PM - 3:03 PM • Reusable Rebuttal • Bodo Knudsen 3:03 PM - 3:05 PM • Wrap Up • Brian H. Eisner, MD 3:05 PM - 3:15 PM • Discussion and Vote
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2026100213:1515:15 002 | FRI, OCT 2 | |||
| Friday, Oct 02, 2026 |
Friday, Oct 02, 2026
4:45 PM - 5:30 PM CDT
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Session 14: Debate - Should 24-hour Urine Collections Remain the Cornerstone of Evaluation?
Moderator: Sara Best, MD
4:45 PM - 4:47 PM • Introduction • Sara, Best, MD
4:47 PM - 4:57 PM • Pro Debate • Megan Prochaska, MD, MPH 4:57 PM - 5:07 PM • Conterpoint Debate • Ryan S. Hsi, MD 5:07 PM - 5:10 PM • Pro Rebuttal • Megan Prochaska, MD, MPH 5:10 PM - 5:13 PM • Counterpoint Rebuttal • Ryan S. Hsi, MD 5:13 PM - 5:15 PM • Wrap-Up • Sara, Best, MD 5:15 PM - 5:25 PM • Group Discussion 5:25 PM - 5:30 PM • Debate Vote
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2026100216:4517:30 000 | FRI, OCT 2 | |||
| Friday, Oct 02, 2026 |
Friday, Oct 02, 2026
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM CDT
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2026100215:4516:45 002 | FRI, OCT 2 | |||
| Thursday, Oct 01, 2026 |
Thursday, Oct 01, 2026
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM CDT
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Session 8: The Microbiomes’ Relevance to Kidney Stones
Moderator: John Knight, PhD
5:30 PM - 5:45 PM • The Intestinal Microbiome • Lama Nazzal, MD 5:45 PM - 6:00 PM • The Urinary Microbiome • Aaron Miller
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2026100117:3018:00 000 | THU, OCT 1 | |||
| Friday, Oct 02, 2026 |
Friday, Oct 02, 2026
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM CDT
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2026100217:3018:00 000 | FRI, OCT 2 | |||
| Thursday, Oct 01, 2026 |
Thursday, Oct 01, 2026
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM CDT
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Session 4: Genetics of Stone Disease
Moderator: John C. Lieske, MD
1:15 PM - 1:33 PM • Genetics of Kidney Stones and Potential Therapies • John C. Lieske, MD 1:33 PM - 1:51 PM • The Future of siRNA • David J. Sas, DO 1:51 PM - 2:09 PM • Genotyping for Stones • Peter C. Harris, PhD 2:09 PM - 2:30 PM • Update on Genetic Testing for Stone Formers • Sarah Howles, DPhil, FRCSC, MA, PGCert
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2026100113:1514:30 001 | THU, OCT 1 | |||
| Thursday, Oct 01, 2026 |
Thursday, Oct 01, 2026
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM CDT
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2026100118:0019:30 000 | THU, OCT 1 | |||
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