CUTTING EDGE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UROLOGY WHICH HAVE CHANGED THE FIELD
Duration: 3 Hours Friday, January 9, 2026
Ashok K Hemal, MD, MCh, FACS, FRCS (Glas)
Professor, Department of Urology,
Chief of Uro-oncology,
Member, Atrium Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center,
Co-Leader, Genitourinary Disease Oriented Team
Professor Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine,
Fellowship Director, Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery,
Fellowship Co-Director, Endourology,
Faculty, IRCAD, Charlotte, NC;
Amit Chakrabarty, MD, MS, FRCS
Chairman, Urologic Clinics of North Florida PC
Primary investigator, UCNA Research
Director, Center for Continence and Female Pelvic Health
Moderators
Dr. Jagat Ballav Jagdev
Consultant Urology, KIMS, Bhubaneswar.
Prof. Dr. Prashant Nayak
Professor and Head
Department of Urology
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar
Dr. Sreejoy Patnaik
Kalinga Hospital
Dr. Prasanta Nanda
Kalinga Hospital
FACULTY
Mihir M. Desai, MD, MPH, FRCS (Glasg.)
Dua Family Professor of Urologic Oncology
Vice-chair, Innovation
Director of Robotic Surgery
Chair, Department of Urology Research Council
Department of Urology
University of Southern California
Sij Hemal, MD
Assistant Professor of Urology (Robotic Urologic Oncology)
University of Southern California (USC) Institute of Urology
Los Angeles, CA
Ram Pathak, MD
Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic
Vice Chair Research
Soroush Rais-Bahrami, MD, MBA, FACS
William H. Boyce Endowed Chair in Urology
Professor and Chair, Department of Urology,
Wake Forest University Department of Urology, NC
Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh, FRCS (Hon.)
Professor and System Chair, Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology
Mount Sinai Health System, Chair of Urology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Director of Center of Excellence for Prostate Cancer at the Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Surgeon-in-Chief of the Tisch Cancer Hospital at The Mount Sinai Hospital
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | CUTTING EDGE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UROLOGY WHICH HAVE CHANGED THE FIELD Chair: Dr. Ashok Hemal Co-Chair: Dr. Amit Chakrabarty Moderators: Dr. Jagat Ballav Jagdev Consultant Urology, KIMS, Bhubaneswar Dr. Sreejoy Patnaik Dr. Prasanta Nanda | Main Auditorium |
|---|---|---|
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Robotic radical cystectomy and robotic urinary diversion: a new frontier | Mihir M. Desai, MD, MPH, FRCS (Glasg.) Dua Family Professor of Urologic Oncology Vice-Chair, Innovation Director of Robotic Surgery Chair, Department of Urology Research Council Department of Urology University of Southern California |
| 2:20 pm - 2:40 pm | Single port robotic surgery as an emerging technique in the management of Kidney Cancer | Sij Hemal, MD Assistant Professor of Urology (Robotic Urologic Oncology) University of Southern California (USC) Institute of Urology Los Angeles, CA |
| 2:40 pm - 3:00 pm | Single port robotic surgery as an emerging technique in the management of cancer prostate | Ram Pathak, MD Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic Vice chair research |
| 3:00 pm - 3:20 pm | Focal Therapy in management of Cancer Prostate: Changing the field | Soroush Rais-Bahrami, MD, MBA, FACS William H. Boyce Endowed Chair in Urology Professor and Chair, Department of Urology, Wake Forest University Department of Urology 1 Medical Center Boulevard | Winston-Salem, NC 27157 |
| 3:20 pm - 3:40 pm | Nerve preservation in radical prostatectomy: A paradigm shift | Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh, FRCS (Hon.) Professor and System Chair, Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology Mount Sinai Health System, Chair of Urology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Director of Center of Excellence for Prostate Cancer at the Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Surgeon-in-Chief of the Tisch Cancer Hospital at The Mount Sinai Hospital |
| 3:40 pm - 4:00 pm | Q&A Session and Panel discussion | Dr. Ashok Hemal Dr. Amit Chakrabarty |
| 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Robotic bypass surgery and heart transplant | Kenneth K Liao, M.D., Ph.D., FACS Professor and Chief, Cardiothoracic Transplantation & Circulatory Support Baylor College of Medicine |
| 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Robotic bypass surgery and heart transplant | Kenneth K Liao, M.D., Ph.D., FACS Professor and Chief, Cardiothoracic Transplantation & Circulatory Support Baylor College of Medicine |