Fifth International Prostate Cancer Symposium and World Congress of Urologic Oncology

Presented by: The Department of Urology at Mount Sinai
Join us on December 8, 9, and 10.

WHAT TO EXPECT?

Be at the forefront of cutting-edge techniques and innovation in urology and robotic surgery. Prostate, Kidney and Bladder Cancer along with Basic Science talks and presentations, live surgeries, 3D video presentations, and more. Join us in New York City from December 8th to 10th, 2023. A long line up of over 80 speakers, many of whom are giants in the field, providing you with a unique opportunity to learn from and connect with them. Save a spot NOW.

World Renowned Speakers

We are extremely excited to showcase the lineup of over 80 internationally renowned speakers. Giants in the field of urology and robotic surgery covering topics across prostate, kidney and bladder cancer and basic science research. Watch the space for a full lineup of speakers coming soon.

Ashutosh Tewari

MBBS, MCh, FRCS (Hon.)

Chair, Department of Urology
Icahn School of Medicine at
Mount Sinai

Ketan Badani

MD, FRCS (Hon.)

Vice Chair, Department of Urology and Director of Robotic Operations
Icahn School of Medicine at
Mount Sinai Hospital

Peter Wiklund

MD, PhD

Director of Bladder Cancer Program Icahn School of Medicine at
Mount Sinai

Watch the space for
a full line up of speakers
coming soon.

Kyrollis Attalla

Assistant Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Aditya Bagrodia

Urologic Oncologist Associate Professor of Urology Disease
UC San Diego Health

Thomas Bessede

MD, PhD

Professor
Paris-Saclay University

Swati Bhardwaj

Chief Resident, Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell Based Medicine at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Peter Black

Professor, Department of Urologic Sciences University of British Columbia

Aldo M. Bocciardi

Chief of the Urology Unit
Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda

Bernard Bochner

MD, FACS

Surgeon, Sir Murray F. Brennan Endowed Chair in Surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Maurizio Buscarini

MD, PhD

Professor
Department of Urology at Mount Sinai

Umberto Capitanio

Urologist
Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele

Goutam Chakraborty

phd

Assistant Professor Department of Urology at Mount Sinai

Dimple Chakravarty

PhD

Assistant Professor Department of Urology at Mount Sinai

Jonathan A. Coleman

Urologic Surgeon at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Simone Crivellaro

Associate Professor in Minimally Invasive Urology
University of Illinois, Chicago

Siamak Daneshmand

Director of Urologic Oncology at USC

Gary E. Deng

MD, phd

Medical Director of Integrative Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Navneet Dogra

phd

Assistant Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Munir Ghesani

System Chief of Nuclear Medicine
at Mount Sinai Health

Michael Gorin

Associate Professor Department of Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine

A. Ari Hakimi

Associate Professor at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Ashok Hemal

MD, MCh, FACS, FRCS

Professor of Urology at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Markus Hohenfellner

Md, PhD

Chairman
University Hospital Heidelberg Department of Urology

Jihad Kaouk

Director of Robotic Surgery, Vice chair Surgical Operations
Cleveland Clinic

Isaac Yi Kim

MD, PhD, MBA

Professor and Chair, Department of Urology at Yale School of Medicine

Laurence Klotz

MD, FRCSC

Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto

Anant Kumar

MD, MBBS, MS, MCh

Chairman of Uro-Oncology, Robotic & Kidney Transplantation at Max Super Specialty Hospital

Natasha Kyprianou

MBBS, PhD

Professor of Urology and Oncological Sciences at Icahn School of Medicine at
Mount Sinai

Jaime Landman

Professor and Chairman at UC Irvine

Bobby Liaw

Assistant Professor, Hematology and Medical Oncology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Stacy Loeb

MD, MSc, PhD (Hon)

Professor of the Department of Urology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Alberto Martini

Fellow Department of Urology, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Reza Mehrazin

Associate Professor of Urology at Icahn School of Medicine at
Mount Sinai

Mani Menon

Chief of Strategy and Innovation in the Department of Urology of the Mount Sinai Health System

Nihal Mohamed

PHD

Director of Patient Education and Behavioral Research in the Department of Urology at Icahn School of Medicine at
Mount Sinai

Alexandre Mottrie

MD, PhD

CEO
ORSI Academy

William K. Oh

Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology at The Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai

Babu Padanilam

PHD

Professor and Researcher in the Department of Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Michael A. Palese

Professor & Chair of the Department of Urology at Mount Sinai Beth Israel

Vito Pansadoro

President
Vincenzo Pansadoro Foundation

Athanasios Papatsoris

MD, PHD

Professor of Urology at National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

Adriana M. Pedraza Bermeo

RSMIUO Fellow
Cleveland Clinic

Peter Pinto

Investigator and Faculty Member
Urologic Oncology of the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

Francesco Porpiglia

Chair of Urology Division
San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital - University of Turin

Sanoj Punnen

Co-Chair of Genitourinary Site Disease Group, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center University of Miami

Rajveer Purohit

Director of Reconstructive Urology and Professor of Urology at The Mount Sinai Hospital

Dmitry Pushkar

Head of Urology Department at Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry

Shirin Razdan

Robotics & Urologic Oncology Fellow at Mount Sinai Hospital

Neal Shore

MD, FACS

Chief Medical Officer, Surgical Oncology and Urology at Genesis Care

Susan F. Slovin

MD, phd

Professor of Medicine
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Rene Javier Sotelo Noguera

Professor of Urology at University of Southern California

Cora N. Sternberg

MD, FACP

Clinical Director, Englander Institute for Precision Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine New York-Presbyterian

Michael Stifelman

Chair of Urology at Hackensack University Medical Center

Scott T. Tagawa

Professor of Medicine and Urology at Weill Cornell Medicine New York-Presbyterian

Samir S. Taneja

Director, Division of Urologic Oncology at New York University Langone Medical Center

Che-Kai Tsao

Medical Director of the Ruttenberg Treatment Center at the Mount Sinai Hospital

Burak Ucpinar

Clinical Fellow, Department of Urology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Robert J. Valenzuela

MD, FACS

Director of Penile Prosthesis Surgery
Mount Sinai Hospitals

Jack Kevin Vassar

MS, PA-C

Clinically Advanced Physician Associate
Department of Urology at Mount Sinai

Vinayak G. Wagaskar

MD, MBBS, MCH

Assistant Professor
Department of Urology at Mount Sinai

Nikhil Waingankar

MD, MSHP

Associate Professor, Department of Urology at Mount Sinai

Alexandre R. Zlotta

MD, phd, FRCSC

Director of Urologic Oncology, Sinai Health System, Toronto

Laura Zuluaga

Research Fellow Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Mohamad E. Allaf

Director, Department of Urology, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Dhyan Chandra

PhD

Professor of Oncology at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Jun Luo

Professor in Urology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Christopher Saigal

Professor and Vice Chair, UCLA Department of Urology

Richard Ting

Phd

CTO, Antelope Surgical Solutions, Inc.

Deepak Chopra

Founder at Deepak Chopra LLC

Mariana Figueiro

Phd

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

G. Kenneth Haines III

Director
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Neeraja Tillu

MBBS, MCh

Mount Sinai Bladder Cancer Fellowship

Richard Stock

Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Amir Horowitz

PhD

Assistant Professor
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Ping Mu

PhD

Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center

Asher Mandel

Associate Researcher
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Manish Choudhary

MBBS, MCh

Mount Sinai
Prostate Cancer Fellowship

Murilo Luz

Urologic Oncologist
Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo

Ricardo R. Gonzalez

Associate Professor
Houston Methodist Academic Institute

Wei Yang

PhD

Associate Professor
Stony Brook University

Neil Rofsky

Professor and Chair of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology at the Mount Sinai

Carl Wijburg

Board Member
European Association of Urology

David Berman

MD, PhD

Head Of Department, Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Queen's University

Roberto Pili

Chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology in the Department of Medicine University at Buffalo

Hikmat A. Al-Ahmadie

Associate Attending at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Hooman Djaladat

Associate Professor at Keck Medicine of USC

John Sfakianos

Associate Professor of Urology at Icahn School of Medicine at
Mount Sinai

Benjamin Hopkins

Medical Director
Surgery Colorectal Informations Operations
Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital

Isuru Jayaratna

Assistant Professor of Urology and Urologic Oncology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Rui Farinha

Urology Consultant; Robotic Surgical
Trainer and Scientific Researcher
at ORSI Academy

Stefano Puliatti

Robotic Surgeon. Co-founder and
RARP lead (Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy) - iRARP

Ruben De Groote

Consultant urological surgeon Uro-oncology and Robotics bij Onze Lieve Vrouw Hospital Aalst-Asse-Ninove

Don't miss out.

We look forward to seeing you there.

AGENDA

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2023 - Day 1 | MAIN SESSION

7:00 AM

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Stern Lobby

7:45 AM

Welcome and Introduction

Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh; Dennis S. Charney, MD, Dean Icahn School of Medicine

8:00 AM

Celebrating The Life of Alan Partin - Championing The Role of Surgeon - Scientist

Speaker: Mohamad E. Allaf, MD

8:20 AM

SESSION I | LIVE CASE #1 | ROBOT ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC PROSTATECTOMY (RALP)

Surgeon: Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh
Moderator: Ashok Hemal, MD
Panel: Anant Kumar, MBBS, MCh; Alexandre Mottrie, MD, PhD; Vito Pansadoro, MD; Peter Pinto, MD; Francesco Porpiglia, MD

9:30 AM - 9:45 am

BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS

SESSION II | THE OPENING ACT: FROM SCREENING TO DIAGNOSIS TO SURVEILLANCE

Moderator: Ashok Hemal, MD
Panel: Isaac Yi Kim, MD, PhD; Michael Gorin, MD

9:45 AM

Moving Beyond Gleason Grade: What Does the Future Hold?

G. Kenneth Haines III, MD

10:00 AM

The Manogram: Role of MRI in Prostate Cancer Screening

Peter Pinto, MD

10:15 AM

Light and Circadian Rhythms: Implications for Cancer

Mariana Figueiro, PhD

10:30 AM

Use of MRI in Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer

Samir S. Taneja, MD

10:45 AM

Active Surveillance in 2023: What Have We Learned and Where Can We Do Better?

Laurence Klotz, MD

11:00 AM

Improving the quality of decisions in men with prostate cancer: data driven shared decision making

Christopher Saigal, MD

11:15 AM

Sleep, Nutrition and Physical Activity in Prostate Cancer

Stacy Loeb, MD, MSC, PhD

11:30 AM

Biomarkers and MRI For Prostate Cancer Detection

Sanoj Punnen, MD

11:45 AM

Prostate Cancer Screening Using a Novel Mobile Van-Based Approach:
Can This Redefine the Delivery of Healthcare Equity?

Ashutosh Maheshwari, BA

12:10 Pm - 1:15 pm

LUNCH / VISIT EXHIBITS

SESSION III | FROM THEORY TO THERAPY:
NEW INNOVATIONS IN SURGICAL MANAGEMENT FOR PROSTATE CANCER

Moderator: Aditya Bagrodia, MD, FACS, OBE
Panel: Mohamad E. Allaf, MD; Kyrollis Attalla, MD; Mani Menon, MD; Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh

1:15 pm

Fluorescence in Prostate Cancer Surgery

Francesco Porpiglia, MD

1:35 pm

Modalities of Focal Therapy and Possible Complications

Jonathan A. Coleman, MD

1:55 pm

Why Cryotherapy is my Preferred Modality for Prostate Ablation

Michael Gorin, MD

2:15 pm

Spectroscopic Raman Histology for Rapid Real-Time Margin Assessment During Radical Prostatectomy

Samir Taneja, MD

2:35 pm

Management of Localized Prostate Cancer in Renal Transplant Patients [HOLOGRAM]

Alberto Breda, MD

2:55 pm

Considerations in RALP for Urethral Sphincter Nerve Supply

Thomas Bessede, MD, PhD

3:15 pm - 3:45 Pm

BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS

SESSION IV | DEBATES

Moderator: Ketan K. Badani, MD
Panel: Dmitry Pushkar, MD; Maurizio Buscarini, MD, PhD; Peter Wiklund, MD, PhD

3:45 pm

Unilateral vs. Bilateral LND

Alberto Martini, MD vs. Neeraja Tillu, MBBS, MCh

4:05 pm

Retzius-Sparing vs. Hood Technique

Aldo Massimo Bocciardi, MD vs. Vinayak G. Wagaskar, MBBS, MCh

4:25 pm

Single Port vs. Multiport

Jihad Kaouk, MD vs. Ashok Hemal, MD

4:45 pm

Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer: Radiation or Surgery

Richard Stock, MD vs. Mani Menon, MD

5:05 pm

Closing Remarks

Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2023 - Day 1 | BREAKOUT SESSIONS

EMERGING FRONTIERS IN PROSTATE CANCER: IMMUNOTHERAPY AND NOVEL BIOMARKERS

Moderator: Natasha Kyprianou, MBBS, PhD
Panel: Babu Padanilam, PhD, Navneet Dogra, PhD

9:45 am

Phenotypic Landscape of CRPC: Emerging Clinical Trials

Natasha Kyprianou, MBBS, PhD

10:00 am

Targeted Immunotherapies for the Treatment of Advanced Prostate Cancer

Susan F. Slovin, MD, PhD

10:15 am

Can We Prevent Treatment Resistance in mCRPC by Rapid Cycling of Therapy? The PRINT Trial

William Oh, MD

10:30 am

Pathology Emerging Novel Biomarkers/Staining Methods

Swati Bhardwaj, MBBS, MD

10:45 am

Autologous Vaccination: Can We Induce Immunity to Prostate Cancer?

Sujit S. Nair, PhD

11:00 am

Novel AI powered tool to accurately identify prostate cancer patients at risk of progression

Dimple Chakravarty, PhD

11:15 am

Y-Chromosome and Prostate Cancer

Goutam Chakraborty, PhD

11:30 am

RETURN TO MAIN SESSION

THE GENETIC BRIDGE: LINKING GENOMIC REVELATIONS TO THERAPEUTIC REVOLUTIONS IN PROSTATE CANCER

Moderator: Amir Horowitz, PhD
Panel: Natasha Kyprianou, MBBS, PhD; Sujit S. Nair, PhD; Babu Padanilam, PhD

1:30 pm

Targeting Mitochondrial Metabolism and Function in Prostate Cancer

Dhyan Chandra, PhD

1:50pm

Selecting Amongst the Sea of Options in Hormone Naïve Prostate Cancer

Che-Kai Tsao, MD

2:10 pm

The Utility of Early Genomic Classifiers

Ping Mu, PhD

2:30 pm

PARP-Inhibition in Prostate Cancer

Goutam Chakraborty, PhD

2:50 pm

Next Generation Anti-Androgen Therapy for Metastatic HSPC

Cora N. Sternberg, MD

3:10 pm

Genomics of Liquid Biopsies

Navneet Dogra, PhD

3:30 pm

RETURN TO MAIN SESSION

PATIENT CENTERED Q&A WITH EXPERTS

Moderator: Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh
Panel: Mani Menon, MD; Asher Mandel, MD, MA; Swati Bhardwaj, MBBS, MD; Manish Choudhary, MBBS, MCh; Christopher Saigal, MD

3:30 pm

Q&A with Experts

4:15 pm

RETURN TO MAIN SESSION

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2023 - Day 2 | MAIN SESSION

7:00 am

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Stern Lobby

7:35 am

Welcome and Introduction

Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh

7:45 am

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - Dr. Peter Scardino: A Perspective and Journey of a Legend

Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh

8:15 am

SESSION I | STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE: A JOURNEY OF NERVE SPARING, FROM HAMMOCK TO HYDRO

Speaker: Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh

9:00 am - 9:15 AM

BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS

SESSION II | SEMI-LIVE PROSTATECTOMY TECHNIQUE

Moderator: Peter Wiklund, MD, PhD
Panel: Vito Pansadoro, MD; Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh; Mani Menon, MD

9:15 am

Precision Prostatectomy

Mani Menon, MD

9:35 am

Retzius-Sparing Prostatectomy: Highlighting the Technique

Aldo Massimo Bocciardi, MD

9:55 am

Robot-Assisted Salvage Prostatectomy

Rene Javier Sotelo, MD

10:15 am

Single Port Transvesical Radical Prostatectomy

Jihad Kaouk, MD

10:35 am

Robotic Radical Prostatectomy: Hugo RAS System

Alexandre Mottrie, MD; PhD

10:55 am

Robot-Assisted Simple Prostatectomy

Ashok Hemal, MD

11:15 am

Retzius-Sparing Trans-Douglass Radical Prostatectomy

Markus Hohenfellner, MD

11:35 am - 12:30 PM

LUNCH / VISIT EXHIBITS

12:30 pm

SESSION III | LIVE CASE #3 | KIDNEY | PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY

Surgeon: Ketan K. Badani, MD
Moderators: Kyrollis Attalla MD; Laura Zuluaga, MD
Panel: Simone Crivellaro, MD; Jaime Landman, MD; Michael Stifelman, MD; Ashok Hemal, MD

SESSION IV | MANAGEMENT OF ADVANCED PROSTATE CANCER

Moderator: Mani Menon, MD
Panel: Sujit S. Nair, PhD; Murilo Luz, MD

1:30 pm

Careful Preoperative Selection of Patients with Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer Optimizes Outcomes of RALP

Dmitry Pushkar, MD

1:50 pm

Treatment of Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Neal Shore, MD

2:10 pm

Cytoreductive Prostatectomy (CRP) in Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Isaac Yi Kim, MD, PhD

2:30 pm

Major Breakthroughs in the Science of Healing

Deepak Chopra, MD

2:50 pm

RADICALS-RT: A Review of Early vs. Salvage Radiation in High-Risk Prostate Cancer

Richard Stock, MD

3:10 pm

Can We Avoid Biopsy in PSMA-Positive Lesion and Go Straight to RALP? [HOLOGRAM]

Declan Murphy, MBBCh

3:30 pm

Prostate Cancer Survivorship: Does surgeon perception of postprostatectomy incontinence affect referral patterns and lead to surgical undertreatment?

Ricardo R. Gonzalez, MD

3:50 pm

Novel Phenotypic Profiling in Advanced Prostate Cancer

Natasha Kyprianou, MBBS, PhD

4:10 pm

Neoadjuvant ADT: who will benefit?

Anant Kumar, MBBS, MCh

4:30 pm - 4:45 PM

BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS

SESSION V | HUMAN EXPERTS VS. AI: WHO CAN SPOT THE SUPERIOR NERVE SPARING?

Moderator: Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh
Panel: Drishti Gupta, BS; Biplab Mahadani BE; Michael Demeo, ITIL; Vito Pansadoro, MD; Isaac Yi Kim, MD, PhD; Francesco Porpiglia, MD

4:45 pm

Predicting Outcomes, Humans vs. AI

5:30 pm

Closing Remarks

Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2023 - Day 2 | BREAKOUT SESSIONS

NEW PERSPECTIVES: THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT

Moderator: Maurizio Buscarini, MD, PhD
Panel: Adriana M. Pedraza Bermeo, MD

9:15 AM

Integration of Large Language Models in Urologic Care and Research

Michael Gorin, MD

9:35 AM

Racial Disparities in Prostate Cancer

Nihal Mohamed, PhD

9:55 AM

Prostate Cancer in Transgender Women

Rajveer Purohit, MD

10:15 AM

Managing Sexual Dysfunction Following RALP

Robert J. Valenzuela, MD

10:35 AM

A Rare African-ancestry Germline Variant Associated with Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Jun Luo, MD, PhD

10:55 AM

Multi-level Proteomics Reveal RIPK2/MKK7/c-Myc Signaling as a Drug Target in Prostate Cancer Metastasis

Wei Yang, PhD

11:15 AM

What we Eat and How it Matters: Effect of Diet and Lifestyle on Prostate Cancer

Gary E. Deng, MD, PhD

11:35 AM

BREAK/LUNCH/VISIT ABSTRACT SESSION

A LOOK UNDER THE HOOD: EVOLVING IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES

Moderator: Michael Gorin, MD

1:30 pM

Intraoperative Imaging Targets During Prostatectomy

Richard Ting, PhD

1:50 pM

Can We Avoid Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in Patients With Negative PSMA PET Scan?

Vito Pansadoro, MD

2:10 pM

MRI PIRADS Version 2: Pearls and Pitfalls

Neil Rofsky, MD

2:30 pM

Novel Targets for Molecular Imaging in Prostate Cancer

Munir Ghesani, MD

2:50 pM

Microultrasound as a Biomarker in Prostate Cancer

Adriana M. Pedraza Bermeo, MD

3:10 pM

AI and Microultrasound

Wayne Brisbane, MD

3:30 pM

RETURN TO MAIN SESSION

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2023 - Day 3 | MAIN SESSION

7:00 AM

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Stern Lobby

7:35 AM

Welcome and Introduction

Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh

7:45 AM

Introduction to Cystectomy with Intracorporeal Urinary Diversion

Peter Wiklund, MD, PhD

8:00 AM

SESSION I | SEMI-LIVE CASE SURGERY: Functional Preservation in Male and Female Cystectomy with Urinary Diversion

Surgeon: Peter Wiklund, MD, PhD
Moderator: Reza Mehrazin, MD
Panel: Bernie Bochner, MD; Sia Daneshmand, MD; John Sfakianos MD, Carl Wijburg MD

SESSION II | NONINVASIVE BLADDER CANCER

Moderator: Peter Wiklund, MD, PhD
Panel: John Sfakianos, MD; Peter Black, MD; Alexandre Zlotta, MD

8:45 AM

Early vs. Delayed Cystectomy in High-Risk Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

Peter Black, MD

9:05 AM

Disease Progression in Low-Risk Bladder Cancer: Who is at Risk?

Alexandre Zlotta, MD, PhD

9:25 AM

Morphologic and Molecular Classification of Non-muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

David Berman, MD, PhD

9:45 AM - 10:00 aM

BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS

10:00 aM

STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE | Robotic Kidney Surgery: A Journey of 3000 Cases

Ketan K. Badani, MD, FRCS (Hon.)

SESSION III | MANAGEMENT OF KIDNEY CANCER: EXPERT SESSION

Moderator: Burak Ucpinar, MD
Panel: Alexandre Mottrie, MD; Kyrollis Attalla, MD

10:15 aM

Classification of Kidney Tumors: New Approach to the TNM System

Umberto Capitanio, MD

10:35 aM

Long-Term Functional Outcomes in Robotic Partial Nephrectomy

Jihad Kaouk, MD

10:55 aM

Partial Nephrectomy for Complex Tumors: Tips and Tricks

Ashok Hemal, MD

11:15 aM

Targeting Tumor Metabolism in RCC

Roberto Pili, MD

11:35 aM

Current State of Kidney Biopsy and Tumor Ablation

Jaime Landman, MD

11:55 aM

Single Port Robotic Surgery for Kidney Tumors

Simone Crivellaro, MD

SESSION IV | IS SMALLER BETTER?
DEBATING THE MERITS OF SINGLE PORT ROBOTIC KIDNEY SURGERY

Moderator: Reza Mehrazin, MD
Panel: Reza Mehrazin, MD; Ashok Hemal, MD

12:15 PM

Single Port Surgery

For: Michael Stifelman, MD
Against: Alexandre Mottrie, MD

12:35 PM

Q&A

12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

LUNCH / VISIT EXHIBITS

SESSION V | MUSCLE-INVASIVE BLADDER CANCER

Moderator: Ashok Hemal, MD
Panel: Nikhil Waingankar, MD; Neeraja Tillu, MBBS, MCh

1:30 PM

Nerve-Sparing Radical Cystectomy: Male

Carl Wijburg, MD

1:50 PM

Intracorporeal Radical Cystectomy: Lessons Learned from the iRoc Trial

Nikhil Vasdev, MBBS, MRCS, Dsc

2:10 PM

ctDNA as a Biomarker in Invasive Bladder Cancer

John Sfakianos, MD

2:30 PM

Approaches to Bladder Sparing: What Have We Learned?

Alexandre Zlotta, MD, PhD

2:50 PM

How Do We Approach Variant Histologies in Invasive Bladder Cancer?

Hikmat A. Al-Ahmadie, MD

3:10 PM

Single Port Robotic Urinary Diversion

Reza Mehrazin, MD

SESSION VI | WHAT IS THE ROLE OF LYMPH NODE DISSECTION IN INVASIVE BLADDER CANCER: DEBATE

Peter Wiklund, MD, PhD

3:30 PM

Limited Node Dissection

Siamak Daneshmand, MD

3:40 PM

Extended Node Dissection

Bernard H. Bochner, MD

3:50 PM

Q&A / DISCUSSION

4:00 PM - 4:20 PM

BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS

SESSION VII | TESTES

Moderator: John Sfakianos, MD

4:20 PM

Updated Indications for RPLND: SEMS Trial

Siamak Daneshmand, MD

4:40 PM

Robotic RPLND

Hooman Djaladat, MD

5:00 PM

Optimal Templates

Aditya Bagrodia, MD

5:20 PM

Closing Remarks

Peter Wiklund, MD, PhD

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2023 - Day 3 | BREAKOUT SESSIONS

KIDNEY & PENILE CANCER

Moderators: Shirin Razdan, MD; Jack Kevin Vassar, PA-C
Panelists: A. Ari Hakimi, MD

10:30 AM

Current Role for Immunotherapy for Kidney Cancer and Ongoing Clinical Trials

Bobby Liaw, MD

10:45 AM

Rapid Assessment of Patient Drug Sensitivity (RaPiDS) in the Assessment of Kidney Cancer Treatment Response: Current Status and Future Directions

Benjamin Hopkins, MD

11:00 AM

Updates on Groin Dissection for Penile Cancer and Minimally invasive groin dissection

Kyrollis Attalla, MD

11:30 aM

RETURN TO MAIN SESSION

SEEING INTO THE FUTURE: ADVANCES IN IMAGING OF RENAL MASSES

Moderator: Michael Gorin, MD
Panelists: Isuru Jayaratna, MD; Maurizio Buscarini, MD, PhD

1:30 PM

3-D Imaging in Robotic Surgery: Evaluation of Surgeons’ Perceptions

Francesco Porpiglia, MD

1:50 PM

Sestamibi Renal Scan’s Importance in Clinical Decision Making for Differentiating Renal Oncocytoma and RCC

Michael Gorin, MD

2:10 PM

New Technology for the Treatment of Kidney Tumors

Ketan K. Badani, MD

2:30 PM

Carbonic Anhydrase 9: Targeted Imaging for Renal Cell Carcinoma:
What’s the Current Role in Diagnosis?

Munir Ghesani, MD

2:50 PM

Role of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Imaging in Pathological Evaluation of RCC: Where Do We Stand?

Kenneth Haines III, MD

3:10 PM

RETURN TO MAIN SESSION

Conference Location

The Mount Sinai Hospital
Annenberg Building / Guggenheim Pavilion
100th Street & 5th Avenue
New York, NY 10029

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS

You are responsible for making your hotel room reservations for your company personnel. Please note that room reservations should be made in advance. Below are a few suggested hotels close to the hospital.

Courtyard Marriott New York Manhattan / Upper East Side
410 E 92nd St, New York, NY 10128

The Franklin New York
164 East 87th Street, New York, New York 10128

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