The 2019 AUA meeting was held in Chicago, Illinois. UAB Department of Urology faculty and residents spent the week participating in innovative and educational programs that provided access to groundbreaking research, the latest clinical guidelines and the most advanced technologies in urology.

On Saturday evening, the department hosted an alumni reception at the Marriott Marquis.

Several of our faculty, residents and medical students presented posters, moderated sessions and provided key takeaways. Below are some highlights:

Dr. Dean Assimos presentations, posters, moderated sessions, etc.:

• Surgical & Medical Stone Guidelines Update: A Case-Based Approach
• Complex Cases: Stone Prevention: Diet & Medication
• Complications of Endourology and Stone Treatment
• Panel Discussion on Clinical Cases: How to Approach this Situation
• Closing Remarks: Research on Calculus Kinetics Society (ROCK)

Dr. David Joseph presentations, posters, moderated sessions, etc.:

• ABU Update

Dr. Peter Kolettis presentations, posters, moderated sessions, etc.:

• The Future of Sperm Cyropreservation

Dr. Tanecia Mitchell presentations, posters, moderated sessions, etc.:

• Stone Disease: Basic Research & Pathophysiology I

Dr. Patrick Selph presentations, posters, moderated sessions, etc.:

• Highlights: Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons (GURS) Program

Dr. Sunil Sudarshan presentations, posters, moderated sessions, etc.:

• Welcome and Symposium Introduction
• Session One: Basic Science
• Session Four: Prostate
• Closing Remarks

Dr. Kyle Wood presentations, posters, moderated sessions, etc.:

• Influence on Obesity on Urinary Oxalate Excretion
• Leave No Stone Unturned: Approaches to Uncover Rare Kidney Stone Diseases
• Sponsored by Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

Dr. Zachary Glaser (PGY-2) posters, moderated sessions, etc.:

• Poster Session: Validation of MSKCC Pre-Prostatectomy Nomogram in Men who Undergo MRI-Targeted Prostate Biopsy Prior to Radical Prostatectomy

Carter Boyd (UAB MD/MBA student) posters, moderated sessions, etc.:

• Poster Session: Impact of Demographic Factors and Systemic Disease on Urinary Stone Risk Parameters Amongst Stone Formers
• Podium Session: Association of Obesity with Increased Endogenous Oxalate Synthesis