Members of the UAB Department of Urology will be participating in the World Congress of Endourology and Uro-Technology (WCET) happening Aug. 12-16, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea.
According to its website, this annual meeting of the WCET is a platform for "the worldwide advancement and dissemination of minimally-and non-invasive urologic surgical techniques including endoscopic surgery, percutaneous surgery, laparoscopy, robotic surgery, pediatric urology, reconstructive urology, focal therapy, active surveillance, and medical management," among others.
A breakdown of the WCET schedule involving UAB Department of Urology past, present, and future faculty, including incoming chair Thomas Chi, M.D., MBA, is as follows:
Aug. 12, 2024
Basic Science Poster Session 2 Oncology
Moderators: Harsan Razavi, M.D.; Kyle Wood, M.D.
Aug. 13, 2024
MRI-Fusion Biopsy of the Prostate
Course Director: Tarik Bendir, M.D., MSc
Course Faculty: Wayne Brisbane, M.D.; Soroush Rais-Bahrami, M.D., MBA, FACS; Srinivas Vourganti, M.D.
Medical Management of Nephrolithiasis Made Easy
Course Director: Dean G. Assimos, M.D.
Course Faculty: Noah Canvasser, M.D.; Justin Friedlander, M.D.; Kristina L. Penniston, Ph.D., RDN, FAND
Panel: Learning Aspirations and Teaching Methodologies
Moderator: Robert M. Sweet, M.D., FACS, MAMSE
Panelists:
Innovations in Fellowship Education:Thomas Chi, M.D., MBA
What Do I Expect During Fellowship: Courtney Yong, M.D.
What I Learned During Fellowship: Bristol B. Whiles, M.D.
Video-Based Learning and Assessment-Laparoscopy/Robotics: Craig G. Rogers, M.D.
Video-Based Learning and Assessment-Endo: Simon Conti, M.D.
Aug. 14, 2024
Ultrasound Access in PCNL
Course Director: Thomas Chi, M.D., MBA
Course Faculty: Pablo Contreas, M.D.; Hamid Pakmanesh, M.D.; Karen L. Stern, M.D.; Roger L. Sur, M.D.
Single Port Robotic Surgery
Course Director: Jeffrey W. Nix, M.D.
Course Faculty: Mubashir Shabil Billah, M.D.; Jullet Han, M.D.; Kwanghyun Kim, MD, Ph.D.
Xi and SP Neprhroureterctomy and Bladder Cuff
Speakers: Ravi Munver, M.D., FACS; Jeffrey W. Nix, M.D.
Aug. 15, 2024
Stone Disease: Medical Management
Discussant: Dean Assimos, M.D.
Junior Presenter: Brett A. Johnson, M.D.
The Lesion Theory of Prostate Cancer - Fact or Fiction?
Speaker: Soroush Rais-Bahrami, M.D., MBA, FACS
Genetics and Therapeutic Horizons in Stone Disease
Speaker: Kyle D. Wood, M.D.
Debate: Supersaturation Drives Stone Formation
Moderator: Glenn M. Preminger, M.D.
Debater: Dean G. Assimos, M.D.
Semi-Live Focal Therapy Surgeries
Plenary Chairs: Soroush Rais-Bahrami, M.D., MBA, FACS; Seongil Seo, M.D.; Kara Watts, M.D.