<p><strong>Dr. Pedro Castillo Juan</strong> - <em>Presidente</em></p> <p><strong>Dr. Agustin Burgos Tejada</strong> - <em>Vicepresidente</em></p> <p><strong>Dr. Rafael Hernandez Aquino</strong> - <em>Secretario</em></p> <p><strong>Dr. Gerardo R. Rodriguez Regalado</strong> - <em>Tesorero</em></p> <p><strong>Dra. Katia Garcia Fermin -</strong><em> Vocal Sto. Dgo.</em></p> <p><strong>Dr. Edwin Rijo Cedano -</strong> <em>Vocal Region Sureste</em></p> <p><strong>Dr. Miguel Sanchez Caba -</strong> <em>Vocal Region Norte</em></p> <p><strong>Dr. Julio A. Rosario -</strong> <em>Vocal Region sur</em></p>

Dr. Alberto Breda MD, PhD 

After graduating with a degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Padua in 1999, he completed his residency in Urology at the University of Padua in 2004.  He went on to a PhD Degree in Renal Cryotherapy.  

He worked as Associate Professor at the University of California (UCLA) during 6 years, where he learned minimally invasive surgery techniques, both laparoscopic and robotic and endoscopic surgery with flexible instruments and laser. He also was the Director of the renal cryotherapy program. In 2009 he joined the Fundació Puigvert as Head of Kidney Transplant Surgical Team of the Urology Department. In January 2018 he was appointed Head of the Oncologic Urology Unit and Kidney Transplant Surgical Team.  

His main interests are focused in open and robotic kidney transplant, living donor kidney transplant, minimally invasive robotic surgery for kidney and prostate carcinoma and upper urinary tract (UTUC) with flexible ureteroscopy techniques and laser as well as focal treatment of prostate cancer. 

He has presented more than 200 papers at scientific meetings, some of them awarded, and has participated as a speaker and performed laparoscopic and robotic live surgeries in many international scientific meetings. He has authored more than 100 articles in indexed urological journals and 8 chapters in books on Urology as well as several videos on surgical techniques.  

He is member of several editorial boards of national and international journals and member of several scientific societies, including the Spanish Urological Association (AEU), the European Association of Urology (EAU) and the Italian Society of Urology (SIU). 

Since 2015 he is Chairman of the European Guidelines in Kidney Transplantation  and in 2016 he was appointed as Chairman of the Laparoscopic group of the ESUT/EAU and Director of Robotic Courses in Kidney Transplantation ERUS/EAU. 

In July 2015 he led at the Fundació Puigvert in Barcelona the first full kidney transplant with robotic surgery in Europe.

Dra. Ana Maria Autran

La Dra. Autrán Gómez cursó la especialidad de Urología en el "Ospedale Universitario Policilinico Umberto I " Universita di Roma "La Sapienza", Roma Italia. Realizó un Clinical Fellowship en Laparoscopia en el Hospital "Krankenhaus der Elisabethinen" University of Vienna, en Linz Austria y "Hospital St. Joseph", en Paris, Francia. Es Uro-Oncóloga  certificada por la Society of Uro-Oncología, (SUO), cursando el Clinical Fellowship en el Hospital " London Health Sciences Centre" en “The University of Western Ontario”, London Ontario, Canadá. Ha sido Observership en los departamentos de Uro-Oncología del Hospital " Memorial Sloan Katering Cancer Center" en New York , USA , en el "Instituto Nazionale dei Tumori" en Milano, Italia  así como en el “Institut Mutialiste Montsouris” en Paris, Francia. Obtuvo el grado de doctorado en cirugía mini-invasiva, por la Università "La Sapienza di Roma". Actualmente adjunta al Servicio de Urología del “Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz” en Madrid, España, responsable de la Unidad de Cáncer Renal y Testicular así como de la Unidad de Uro-investigación. Sus principales líneas de investigación y publicación están enfocadas en el cáncer de próstata, Cáncer renal y Ca. Testicular.  Miembro del Comité de Revisores de Archivos Españoles de Urología, International Braz. J Urol. y Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations. Editor Internacional de la Revista Mexicana de Urología. Miembro activo de las sociedades SUO, AEU, AUA, EUA y SIU. Actualmente Coordinadora Científica de la Oficina de Investigación CAU. Del 2008-2017 ha participado como Investigador Principal y / Co- Investigador en 17 Clinical Trials, ha desarrollado 39 protocolos de Investigación de Base y Estudios Clínicos, realizado 62 Publicaciones Científicas en Revistas de ámbito internacional. 

Dr. Angela Smith

Angela Smith is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Department of Urology in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  

She received a BS and BA in biostatistics and music performance as well as an MD and Masters of Science in Clinical Research from the University of North Carolina, where she completed her urology residency. 

She is a urologic oncologist at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center where she treats GU malignancies, including bladder, prostate and kidney cancer.  

She has a background in health services research and biostatistics with particular interests in patient-centered outcomes research, risk stratification, and quality of care for invasive bladder cancer. 

She is the PI for two PCORI Engagement Awards with the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network to engage patients in the research process, and is funded by an AHRQ K08 grant that integrates patient-reported outcomes into post-cystectomy care through mobile health technology. 

She has previously served on the PCORI Advisory Panel for the Assessment of Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment Options, representing clinicians. Dr. Smith also serves on the AUA Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Committee, Urology Care Foundation Bladder Health Committee as chair-elect, Scientific Advisory Board for the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network, Journal of Urology Editorial Board, and Board of Directors for the Surgical Outcomes Club. 

Dr. Antonio Alcaraz

Recibió su título de Medicina en 1983 y realizó su tesis doctoral en 1987, en ambos casos en la Universidad de Barcelona. En 1988, obtuvo la especialidad de Urología tras 5 años de residencia en el departamento de Urología del Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Becario de Investigación durante 1 año y, posteriormente, un segundo periodo como Research Fellow de 18 meses (1993-1994) en la Clínica Mayo de Rochester, Minnessota. Adjunto del Departamento de Urología del Hospital Clínic hasta 2001. Ha sido jefe de la Unidad Quirúrgica de Trasplante Renal y Jefe Clínico del Servicio de Urología de la Fundació Puigvert (2002-2005).

Desde Febrero de 2005, es jefe del Servicio de Urología del Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. En la actualidad, es Profesor Agregado de Urología de la Universidad de Barcelona. Ha sido coordinador Nacional del Grupo de Trasplante de la Asociación Española de Urología (2004-2008) y, Secretario General de la Asociación Española de Urología (2008-2012).

Las principales áreas de investigación del Dr. Alcaraz son la uro-oncología, la cirugía laparoscópica y la cirugía del trasplante. Ha escrito numerosas publicaciones tanto internacionales como nacionales. Ha recibido varias becas de investigación del gobierno español. Miembro del Scientific Committee de la Asociación Europea de Urología (2010-2016). 

Dr. Christopher Cooper

Christopher S. Cooper, MD, FAAP, FACS, is Professor and Vice Chairman of Urology at the University of Iowa, Iowa City. He also serves as Director of the Pediatric Urology Division at the Children’s Hospital. In addition, he serves as Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.  In 2017 he was awarded the endowed Tyrone D. Artz Chair in Urology.

Dr Cooper is the Executive Secretary of the Pediatric Urology Advisory Council to the American Board of Urology, President Elect of the American Academy of Pediatrics Affiliate Section on Urology, past-president of the Society for Fetal Urology and of the North Central Section of the American Urologic Association, and an active member of the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons.  He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Pediatric Urology and has over 175 urologic publications.

Dr Cooper graduated from the University of Iowa College of medicine where he was awarded the Nathan G. Alcock Scholarship for Outstanding Achievement in Urology. He completed his Urology residency after receiving an Outstanding Teaching Award from medical students and the Iowa Urologic Society and has received multiple teaching awards including a Collegiate Teaching Award.  He is the recipient of the 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award for Achievement from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine.

Dr Cooper completed a two-year pediatric urology fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was the recipient of an American Foundation for Urologic Disease and American Urologic Association Research Scholarship. Additionally, he was awarded the first Frank Hinman, Jr. Award for clinical research by the Society of Pediatric Urology. 

Dr. David Castro

El Dr. David Castro Díaz realizó la residencia-MIR en Urología en el Hospital Universitario de Canarias completando su formación en el Reino Unido (Western General Hospital de Edimburgo e Instituto de Urología de Londres, 1985, 1988) y en los Estados Unidos (Universidad de Minnesota, 1990-1991). Su principal interés investigador y clínico-asistencial está orientado a la Urología Funcional , Femenina y Reconstructiva. Ha publicado 4 libros y más de 100 artículos científicos y es miembro de varios comités editoriales. Ha ocupado varias posiciones en la European Association of Urology, en la Asociación Española de Urología y en la Sociedad Iberoamericana de Neuro-Urología y Uro-Ginecología habiendo sido recientemente elegido Secretario General electo de la International Continence Society (ICS). El Dr. David Castro Díaz es Profesor Titular de Urología de la Universidad de La Laguna y Responsable de la Unidad de Urología Funcional del Hospital Universitario de Canarias.

Dr. Eduardo Ruiz Castañé

MD degree (1979, Universitat de Barcelona). Speciality in Urology (1983, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) and  Andrology (1988, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). Master in Health Centre Direction (2006, Universitat  Autònoma de Barcelona).   

 PROFESSIONAL AFFILATIONS   

Membership in: Asociación Española de Urología (AEU); Asociación Española de Andrología (ASESA); Asociación  Española de Fertilidad (SEF); American Urological Association (AUA); American Society of Andrology (ASA) ;  American Fertility Association (AFA); American Academy of Phalloplasty Surgeons (AAPS); European Academy of  Andrology  (EAA);  European  Society  for  Male  Genital  Surgery  (ESMGS);  American  Society  for  Reproductive  Medicine (ASRM); New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS); American Association for the Advancement of Science  (AAAS)     

 EXTERNAL COLLABORATIONS   

National   

Medical and Molecular Genetics Centre (RI)-IDIBELL: genetics applied to infertility.  Cellular Biology and Medical Genetics Unit-UAB: preimplantation genetic diagnosis techniques.   

International   

Department of Biomedical, Experimental  and  Clinical  Sciences "Mario  Serio",  University  of  Florence:  genetics  applied to male infertility.  Reproductive Genomics Laboratory, Human Genetics Centre (KU Leuven): genetics applied to male infertility.  New England Research Institutes: hypogonadism.  European Academy of Andrology: radiology examinations of the male genital tract.   

Private   

Participation in clinical studies including clinical trials and postauthorization studies sponsored by national and  international pharmaceutical companies.  

Erik P. Castle, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Erik P. Castle, M.D., holds the academic rank of professor of urology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and serves as the program director of the urology residency at Mayo Clinic Arizona. He joined the staff of Mayo Clinic in 2007. 

Dr. Castle earned his B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin and his M.D. from University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School. He completed his residency at the University of Kansas Medical Center. He subsequently completed a fellowship in laparoscopic and reconstructive urologic surgery at Mayo Clinic in Arizona.

Dr. Castle’s surgical expertise includes minimally invasive urologic oncology including robot-assisted radical cystectomy, prostatectomy, retroperitoneal lymph node dissection and partial nephrectomy. He has performed many of these procedures as demonstrations internationally. 

Dr. Fernando Secin

Especialista en Urología Oncológica y Laparoscópica. Graduado en el Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Nueva York. Doctor en Medicina.y Docente Autorizado de Urología de la Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Dr. Hugo Dávila

1. Egresado de la Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela

2. Postgrado de Urología en el Hospital Universitario de Caracas (HUC)

3. Magister Scientiarum en Urodinámica y Cirugía Pelviana. Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV)

4. Profesor Titular de Urología de la Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Central de Venezuela

5. Ex Jefe de Cátedra de Urología y del Departamento de Cirugía, Hospital Universitario de Caracas

6. Director del Programa de Cirugía Robótica (HUC)

7. Ex Presidente de la Sociedad Venezolana de Urología 

8. Ex Secretario General de la Confederación Americana de Urología (CAU)

Dr. Humberto Villavicencio

Se licenció en Medicina y Cirugía en 1973 en la Universidad de Zaragoza. En 1974 inició su residencia en Urología en la Fundació Puigvert (Barcelona, España) donde se especializó en 1977. Desde 1978 formó parte del staff del Servicio de Urología de la Fundació Puigvert, primero como adjunto, posteriormente como jefe clínico, subdirector y como director desde enero de 2002 hasta enero de 2018.

En 1983 se doctoró en Medicina obteniendo calificación de sobresaliente Cum Laude en la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). 

Es autor y coautor de más de 800 artículos en revistas nacionales e internacionales y es también autor, coator y editor de 10 libros sobre urología y de 63 capítulos de libros. Entre ellos, editó en 1991 junto con William Fair el monográfico de la Sociedad Internacional de Urología: Evolution of Chemotherapy in bladder cancer. Es también autor de 50 videos sobre cirugía urológica, 9 de ellos premiados y también ha recibido 10 premios por trabajos de investigación. Ha realizado más de 860 conferencias en congresos y reuniones científicas.

Cargos actuales: Desde noviembre de 2014 es miembro de la Academia de la Confederación Americana de Urología (CAU) y desde enero de 2018, consultor senior del Servicio de Urología en la Fundació Puigvert.

Dr. Ismael Sedano Portillo

Medical School: Facultad de Medicina University of Guadalajara

Intership: General Hospital No 45: HGR45 IMSS

Residency: Urology, Hospital Specialties Western Medical Center, IMSS.

Mexican Board Of Urology

Mexican Board of Urology Certificated Febrary 25th 2006.

Mexican Board of Urology Certificated From February 25th2 2011-2016

Member of the Board of Directors in Urological Associations

President of the association Colegio Jalisciense de Urologos A.C. 2011-2013.

Delegate of the Mexican Urology Board 2011-2013

Delegate of the Sociedad Mexicana de Urologia 2011-2012.

Delgate of the Colegio Mexicano de Urologia 2011-2013.

Memberships:

Member of the American Urological Association number 00348000

Member of the AUA South Central Section.

Member of the Sociedad Mexicana de Urologia.

Member of the Colegio Mexicano de Urologia.

Member of the Colegio Jalsiciense de Urologia.

Academic Trajectory:

Associete Professor in Hospital de Especialidades Centro Medico de Occidente IMSS 1995-

present.

In charge of the urology residency program en HE CMNO IMSS 1995- Present.

Attendee and Proffesor Lecturer in 40 national congresses .

Attendee in 25 International congresses.

2 papers presented in the meeting of the Endourological Society

(BR2-17 Renal Function in solitary kidney before and after percutaneous surgery.

Journal of Endourology Vol 21, supplement 1. October 2007.5.

PS33-2 Tubeless Percutaneous nephrolithotomy versus standard in selected patients, first report in mexico.

Journal of Endourology Vol 24 supplement 1 . september 2010).

5 published papers in national magazines

1.-Comportamiento Clínico del carcinoma vesical acompañado de producción ectópica de Gonadotrofina Coriónica.

Boletín del Colegio Mexicano Urología. Vol. Colegio Mexicano de Urología. , 1994 11:25.

2.-Tratamiento mínimamente invasivo de las complicaciones tardías en paciente con derivaciones urinarias.

Boletín colegio Mexicano de Urología VOl.XVII Numero 2 Abril-Junio 2002. Pag 78-85

3.-Tratamiento Percutáneo de cálculos impactados en tercio superior de uréter.

Boletin colegio Mexicano de Urologia VOl.XVII Numero 2 Abril-Junio 2002. Pag 64-70.

4.-Publicacion del Primer Conceso Nacional de Hiperplasia Prostatica Benigna .

5.-Valoración de la función Renal antes y después de Cirugía Percutánea en riñón único con litiasis

Awards and Honors.

First place Professional examen in medical school.

Chief of residents .

12 acknowledgments from Hospital Specialties Western Medical Center, IMSS.

Dr. Jens Rassweiler

Prof. Rassweiler started his urological education at the Katharinenhospital Stuttgart (Prof. Eisenberger) and was directly involved in the clinical introduction of ESWL, URS and PCNL. From 1988 to 1994, he served as vice-chairman at Medical School Mannheim (Prof. Alken). He was the first German surgeon to perform a laparoscopic nephrectomy in 1992. In 1994, he became the head of the Department of Urology at Klinikum Heilbronn, Academic Hospital of University of Heidelberg. 

He also served on the board of the European School of Urology from 1999-2010. Since 2008, he has served as Chairman of the EAU Section of Uro-technology (ESUT). In 2009, he was president of the World congress of Endourology & SWL which he organized in Munich together with Prof. Christian Chaussy. 2010, he received the Doctor Honoris causa at the Victor Babes University of Timisoara in Romania. He was the recipient of the Hans Marberger Award of EAU 2013 and he also received a Doctor Honoris causa from the Iuliu Hatieganu Universitas Medicinae Cluj-Napoca, Romania. In the same year he became member of the Association of Academic European Urologists (AAEU).. In 2014 he received the honorary chair of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons and the Ritter von Frisch-Award by the German Urologic Association (DGU). In 2015 he was recipient of the Ralph Clayman Mentor Award of the Endourology Society. In 2017 he was elected as member of the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons (AAGUS). In 2017 he was also elected for president elect (president 2019) of the Endourology Society and vice-president (president 2020) of the German Urologic Association (DGU). He received a Doctor honoris causa from the Carolus Davila University in Bucharest, Romania. In 2018 he became fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons at the University of Glasgow.

Dr. Joan Palou

Dr. Joan Palou is a world-renowned expert in bladder cancer and in Uro-oncology. He graduated at the Medical School of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and became an urologist at the Hospital Vall d’Hebrón in Barcelona. He also spent some short periods in different centers in the USA during his residency training. He is an Associate Professor of Urology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain) and Chairman of the Department at the famous Fundació Puigvert in Barcelona. Dr. Palou is Chairman of the European School of Urology. In 2016 he became member of the American Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons (AAGUS). He is, among many others, member of the Spanish Urological Association, European Association of Urology (EAU), American Urological Association and Société International d’Urologie. Dr. Palou is an expert in laparoscopy and robotic surgery belonging to a cooperative group in robotic radical cystectomy. He has collaborated with the International Consultation on Bladder Cancer, Upper tract  and Penile Cancer, sponsored by the WHO and SIU. Most importantly, he has been involved in writing the EAU Guidelines for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer and upper urinary tract tumours. Dr. Palou has published many chapters in medical and urology books and more than 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals. His recent publications focus mainly on bladder cancer studying the different aspects such as prognostic factors, BCG, T1G2 tumors, T1G3 tumors, guidelines, risk stratification or robotic surgery. Some new protein markers of aggressiveness and prognosis of progression in patients with T1G3 tumours of the bladder has been developed with the CNIO (National Center for Oncologic Investigations), Columbia University and with other European centers with encouraging results. He is also a referee of several national and international journals. He has given countless lectures in national and international meetings and as a visiting professor in University Hospitals all over the world. His group has received several awards for publications, videos, oral and poster presentations at different meetings. The most known is the Hans Marberger prize in 2004. 

Dr. Joao Luiz Pippi Salle

Graduated at eh Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He completed 7 years of post-graduate training in General Surgery, Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Urology in the USA, South Africa and Canada. his PdH thesis consisted on the development of an innovative surgical technique for the treatment of refractory urinary incontinence in children which was internationally recognized. 

Dr. Pippi Salle was the chief of the Division of Urology from 2008 to 2013. He was a Full Professor and the Continuing Education Director of the Department of Surgery, University of Toronto from 2006 to 2009. In April 2014 Dr. Pippi Salle moved to Doha, Qatarjoining the Sidra Medical and research Center team and is actually the Chief of the Division of Urology.

Dr. Pippi Salle is an innovativesurgeon who developed new techniques and approaches for feminizing genitoplasty. He also made important technical modifications for the treatment of epispadias, bladder exstrophy and hypospadias which have been accepted worldwide. He did significant contributions in experimental research for hypospadias and UPJ obstruction. 

Dr. Pippi Salle have been intrigued by discrepancies in the evaluation of patients with antenatally diagnosed hydronephrosis and has made important contributions for the management of such conditions. Dr. Pippi Salle developed also relevant research projects in the area of urodynamics which are essential for the evaluation of patients with urinary incontinence.

In addition he is an enthusiastic educator, promoting numerous national and international workshops that received outstanding evaluations. Dr. Pippi Salle continues traveling around the world demonstrating surgical techniques and treating complex patients. He has been a visiting professor in 29 countries, especially doing master classes in the management of hypospadias and disorders of sec development. He published 140 paper and many book chapters in the main pediatric urology textbooks. He recently completed his video-atlas of Reconstructive Pediatric Urology which likely will be an outstanding tool to teach pediatric urology around the world.

Dr. José Gadu Campos Salcedo

Médico Cirujano Militar Egresado de la Escuela Médico Militar.

Urólogo egresado del Hospital Central Militar

Subespecialista en Endourología , Mínima Invasión y Cirugía Robótica

Certificado y Proctor de  Cirugía Robótica avanzada .

Jefe de Servicio de Urología Hospital Central Militar 

Urólogo Centro Médico ABC Campus Observatorio

Académico de Número Academia Mexicana de Cirugía 

Secretario del  Consejo Mexicano de Urología y Sociedad Mexicana de Urología

Profesor Titular del Curso de Esp y Res En Urología y del Curso de Alta Esp. En Cirugía Robótica y Min. Invasión Hosp. Central Militar.

Dr José Luis Álvarez-Ossorio Fernández

Jefe de Servicio y Director de la Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Urología de Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar de Cádiz. Profesor Asociado de Urología en la Facultad de Medicina de Cádiz. Obtuvo el grado de licenciatura en 1982 y se doctoró en Medicina por la Universidad de Cádiz en 1990: “Correlación anatomoclínica de los parámetros morfométricos del carcinoma prostático”.  

Vocal de Actividades Científicas de la Asociación Española de Urología. Coordinador Nacional de Endourología. Laparoscopia y Robótica Urológica de la Asociación Española de Urología desde el año 2012 al 2016. Miembro Junta directiva de la Asociación Española de Cirugía Laparoscópica (SECLA). Autor de múltiples publicaciones en revistas de la especialidad y participante en congresos y reuniones como ponente de las áreas de su interés. Investigador principal en diversos Ensayos Clínicos fase II, III y IV.

Acreditado en nivel Excelente por la Agencia de Calidad Sanitaria de Andalucía.

Es miembro de la Asociación Europea de Urología, Asociación Española de Urología, de la Sociedad Española de Cirugía Laparoscópica, de la Sociedad Iberoamericana de Neurología y Uroginecología así como de las Sociedades Andaluza y Gallega de su especialidad.  

Dr. Juan Gómez Rivas

Observador clínico de robótica, laparoscopia y técnicas de terapia focal para el cáncer de próstata. L´Institut Mutualiste Monstsouris (2015).

Observador en la unidad de Uro-Oncología. University College London Hospitals (2017).

Facultativo Especialista de Área. Hospital Universitario la Paz. Madrid, España.

Colaborador docente de Urología. Universidad Europea de Madrid y Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Miembro del Instituto de Investigación del Hospital Universitario la Paz (IdiPAZ). 

Miembro del Grupo para investigación del cáncer urológico y la resolución de sus secuelas. Universidad Europea de Madrid.

Presidente de la European Society of Residents in Urology (ESRU)

Miembro de la Junta Directiva Young Urologist Office (YUO) de la European Association of Urology (EAU). 

Miembro Asociado de la European Section of Uro-Technology (ESUT-EAU). Grupo de terapias ablativas.

Miembro de la Young Academic urologist (YAU-EAU). Sección de Uro-Tecnología. Miembro de la Junta Directiva de la Sociedad Española de cirugía laparoscópica y robótica (SECLA)

Coordinador del Grupo de Trabajo de Residentes y Jóvenes Urólogos de la Asociación Española de Urología (RAEU). 

Miembro de la oficina de investigación de la Confederación Americana de urología (CAU)

Revisor de artículos: The Journal of Urology, European Urology Focus, World Journal of Urology, Archivos Españoles de Urología, Actas Urológicas Españolas entre otras. 

Miembro del comité editorial del International Journal of Surgery, Central European Journal of Urology y Actas Urológicas Españolas. 

Dr. Manoj Monga

Dr. Monga is the Director of the Stevan Streem Center for Endourology & Stone Disease at the Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute of the Cleveland Clinic.  Prior to this he was the Joseph Sorkness Professor and Vice-Chair of Urology at the University of Minnesota.  After graduating from the Chicago Medical School, he completed his residency at Tulane University.  He specializes in Endourology and Stone Disease.  He was awarded the Endourology Society “Arthur Smith Young Innovators’ Award” in 2007, and has over 320 peer-reviewed publications.   His research has focused on the evaluation and design of medical devices related to endourology. 

Dr. Monga has served on the American Board of Urology  Exam Committee and the American Urological Association Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Committee.  He is the Past-President of the Minnesota Urological Society and Past-President of the Engineering & Urology Society.  He has served as the Treasurer of the Ohio Urological Society and is Secretary of the American Urological Association.  

Dr. Martin Koyle

Degrees

2015 MSc, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2004 MBA Certificate, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

1976 MD, College of Medicine, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Postgraduate, Research and Specialty Training

2016 IDEAS, Advanced Learning Program, University of Toronto, School of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2016 Advanced Health and Leadership Program, Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2015                     Green Belt Certification, The Hospital for Sick Children, Continuous Improvement Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2015 Humanism and Professionalism Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2006 Executive Leadership Training Program, Center for Creative Leadership, Colorado Springs, Colorado

2003 da Vinci Robotic Training Course, Sunnyvale, California

Qualifications, Certifications and Licenses

2017 Feb Re- certified, Certificate of Added Qualification, American Board of Urology, United States 2011 - present Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Canada, License / Membership #: 2025835

2011 - present Fellow, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, License / Membership #: 96296 2010 - present Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons (England) 1999 - present Fellow, The Society for Pediatric Urology

1987 - present Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics, License / Membership #: 143161

1987 - present Fellow, American College of Surgeons

1977 - present License, California, License / Membership #: A031672

1976 - present Licentiate, Medical Council of Canada, License / Membership #: 43,896 

Dr. Mauricio Plata

PROFILE

Urologist with more than 15 years of experience. Professor and Chairman of the Department of Urology at Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogota and Universidad de los Andes School of Medicine. Head of the Continence Clinic, Pelvic Floor and Urodynamics Division. Research group leader with a Master’s degree in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. One of the  most active members in the surgical field at the Department of Urology with a busy appointment agenda and surgical schedule. Dedicates most of his practice to female and male pelvic health, urodynamics and voiding disorders.

SOCIETIES  

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons(FACS) 

American Urological Association (AUA)

International member since 2002 

Sociedad Colombiana de Urología (SCU)

Voting member, since 2000

International Continence Society (ICS)  Member, since 2001

Confederación Americana de Urología (CAU) Active member, since 2008

Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology (SUFU)

Voting member, since 2009 

European Association of Urology  Member, since 2012

EDUCATION

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

School of Medicine M.D.    1988 – 1994 

Bogotá D.C., Colombia

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

School of Medicine Internship 1994

Bogotá D.C., Colombia

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

School of Medicine Urologist  1996 – 2000 

Bogotá, Colombia

MEETINGS AND SEMINARS (Last 5 years) 

SIU meeting Lisbon October 2017 ( lecturer)

AUA meeting Boston, may 2017 ( lecturer)

EAU meeting march 2017 (Podium presenter and moderator)

SIU meeting Buenos Aires (Lecturer) Oct 2016 

CAU meeting Panama Oct 2016 (Lecturer)

ICS meeting Tokyo Japan (Podium presenter) Sept 2016

AUA Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA, May 2016 (Lecturer) 

EAU Annual Meeting, Munich, Germany March 2016 (Lecturer) 

III Curso Actualización Urología Alfonso Latiff Conde FSFB, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, March 2015, 2016, 2017  organizer, lecturer  

ALAPP Congress, Bogotá D.C., Colombia, March 2016 (Lecturer) 

Congreso Colombiano de Urología, Cartagena, Colombia, August 2015 (Lecturer)

Congreso Peruano de Urología, Trujillo, Peru, August 2015 (Lecturer)

Congreso Boliviano de Urología, Cochabambamba, Bolivia, September 2015  (Lecturer)

Congreso Panameño de Urología, September 2015 (Lecturer)

AUA Annual Meeting - CAU Session, New Orleans, USA, May 2015 (Lecturer)

Pan Arab Continence Society Congress, Istambul, Turkey, February 2015 (Lecturer)

EAU Annual Meeting, Madrid, Spain, March 2015 (Lecturer)

Curso Actualización Urología FSFB Bogotá D.C., Colombia, March 2015 

Congreso Dominicano de Urología, November 2014 (Lecturer)

Congreso SINUG, San Sebastian Spain, September 2014 (Lecturer)

Congreso Nacional de Urología SCU Cartagena, Colombia August 2014 (Lecturer)

AUA Annual Meeting - CAU Session, Orlando, FL, USA, May 2014 (Lecturer)

EAU Annual Meeting - Plenary Session, Stockholm, Sweden, March 2014 (Lecturer)

Curso actualización en urología FSFB Bogotá D.C., Colombia March 2014  (Lecturer)

Curso IUGA, Bogotá D.C., Colombia February 2014 (Lecturer)

Congreso Asociación Nacional de Urólogos Egresados México, D.F. January 2014 (Lecturer)

XIV Congreso Centroamericano y del Caribe de Urología, VII Congreso Internacional de la Sociedad Dominicana de Urología, November 2013  (Lecturer)

Dr. Miguel Angel Costa

CARGOS (entre otros)

Presidente Electo de la Sociedad Argentina de Urología (Marzo 2018)

Presidente de la Sociedad Argentina de Urología (2000, 2010, 2016)

Presidente de la Confederación Americana de Urología (2006-2008)

Director del Comité de Congresos y Jornadas de la Sociedad Argentina de

Urología (1992-2017)

Miembro de la Academia de la Confederación Americana de Urología

(2009-2017)

Jefe División Urología Hospital Español (2000-30/10/2017)

Jefe del Departamento de Oncología de la Policlínica Bancaria (2006-2015)

Jefe del Servicio de Urología de la Policlínica Bancaria (1996-2015)

PREMIOS Y DISTINCIONES (entre otros)

20/11/2004

Socio de Honor Sociedad Uruguaya de Urología

Por sus aportes para el desarrollo en la Urología Nacional

13/11/2007

Miembro Honorario

The New York Section of the American Urological Association

2012

Medalla Francisco Díaz, Asociación Española de Urología

En méritos a su destacada contribución personal al desarrollo de la urología

4/8/2016

Miembro Honorario, Sociedad Peruana de Urología

Por su trayectoria y aporte en la urología Peruana

6/10/2016

Miembro de Honor de la Confederación Americana de Urología

En reconocimiento a su trayectoria profesional y por su aporte en el desarrollo de la

Urología Iberoamericana

17/2/2017

Reconocimiento Académico por la ejemplar trayectoria asistencial, docente e investigadora

Real Academia de Medicina y Cirugía de Sevilla

16/10/2017

Medalla Shlomo Raz, Confederación Americana de Urología

Máximo reconocimiento que se le otorga a un urólogo por su trayectoria en la

Confederación Americana de Urología

Presidente y Director de numerosos Congresos de la Sociedad Argentina de Urología (entre otros):

Presidente del Congreso Argentino de Urología 2009

Director Simposio Internacional Avances en Urología 2010

Director Simposio Internacional Avances en Urología 2011

Presidente del Congreso Argentino de Urología 2011

Director del Simposio Internacional Avances en Urología 2012

Presidente del Congreso Argentino de Urología 2012

Director del Simposio Internacional Avances en Urología 2013

Presidente del Congreso Argentino de Urología 2013

Director del Simposio Internacional Avances en Urología 2014

Presidente del Congreso Argentino de Urología 2014

Director del Simposio Internacional Avances en Urología 2015

Presidente del Congreso Argentino de Urología 2015

Director del Simposio Internacional Avances en Urología 2016

Presidente del Congreso Argentino de Urología 2016

Director del Simposio Internacional Avances en Urología 2017

Presidente del Congreso Argentino de Urología 2017

SOCIEDADES CIENTIFICAS – MIEMBRO

Miembro Titular de la Sociedad Argentina de Urología (SAU)

Miembro de la Asociación Americana de Urología (AUA)

Miembro de la Asociación Europea de Urología (AEU)

Miembro de la Confederación Americana de Urología (CAU)

Miembro de la Asociación Médica Argentina (AMA)

Dr. Norberto Bernardo

PROFESOR ADJUNTO DE UROLOGIA, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires

JEFE DE DE LITIASIS Y ENDOUROLOGIA, División Urología, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martin

JEFE DE SERVICIO DE UROLOGIA, CLINICA SAN CAMILO

DIRECTOR del FELLOWSHIP EN ENDOUROLOGIA, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martin

Realizo la Residencia de Cirugía General y fue Jefe de Residentes de Urología en el Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martin de la Universidad de Buenos Aires en 1994. 

Completo su formación de postgrado inicial en España con el Dr. Pérez-Castro en 1995, y posteriormente obtuvo por concurso abierto Internacional la designación como Fellow en Endourología en Estados Unidos en el Long Island Jewish Medical Center de Albert Einstein University en New York a cargo del Dr. Arthur Smith durante 1998-1999. 

En 2002 fue seleccionado por la Sociedad Argentina de Urología para realizar Cirugía Laparoscópica en Cleveland Clinic con el Dr. Inderbir Gill.

Desarrolló la Enucleación con Laser de Holmium (HoLEP) para Hiperplasia Prostática en Argentina luego de entrenarse en Nueva Zelanda con Peter Gilling en 2007.

Es el Director del Curso Anual “Endourología en vivo: Táctica y estrategia” de la División Urología del Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín desde el año 2003.

Es el Director del Hands On Anual en Endourología Storz-Cook de la Universidad Maimónides de Buenos Aires desde el año 2006. 

Dirige el Módulo de Ciencias Básicas en Carrera de Médico Especialista Universitario en Urología de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, desde 2007 hasta la actualidad.

Integra el Board of Directors de la Endourology Society desde Diciembre e 2017

Dr. Ramón Virasoro

EDUCATION AND TRAINING 

Fellowships: 

Years: 2011 – 2012, Urology

Sponsor: EVMS

Institution: Eastern Virginia Graduate Medical School

Subject: Male and Female Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery

Advisor: Professor Kurt A. McCammon, MD, FACS.

Years: 2004 – 2007, Urology

Sponsor: EVMS

Institution: Eastern Virginia Graduate Medical School 

Subject: Adult and Pediatric Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery

Advisor: Professor Gerald H. Jordan, MD, FACS.

Residencies:

Years 1996 – 1999, Urology

Sponsor: Fundación Norberto Quirno Scholarship

Institution: Centro de Educación Medica e Investigaciones Clínicas (CEMIC)

Subject: Urology

Advisor: Professor Agustín R. Rovegno, MD, PhD.

Years 1992 – 1996, General Surgery

Sponsor: Fundación Norberto Quirno Scholarship

Institution: Centro de Educación Medica e Investigaciones Clínicas (CEMIC)

Subject: General Surgery

Advisor: Professor Ricardo Desmery, MD, FACS

Graduate Degree: Medical Doctor, 1986 - 1991

Medical Doctor, MD; December 20, 1991

School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina.

Undergraduate Degree: Bachelor, 1981 - 1985 “Domingo F. Sarmiento” National College, City of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

CURRENT POSITION 

Partner Physician, Devine-Jordan Center for Reconstructive Surgery and Pelvic Health at Urology of Virginia, PLLC, Virginia Beach, Virginia. January 1, 2013 – Present.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

-Co-Developer and Co-Director, Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship. Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo (UASD) Physicians for Peace (PFP). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. July 2016 to Present

-Developer and Director, Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery Center, University Institute CEMIC (IUC), Buenos Aires, Argentina. (August 2007 – December 2010)

-Developer and Director, Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery Center, Union of Commerce Employees (OSECAC), Buenos Aires, Argentina. (March 2008-April 2011)

-Member Renal and Reno-pancreatic transplant team, CEMIC (2001 – 2004) (2007- 2010)

-Member Renal transplant team, Rene Favaloro Foundation (2002 – 2004) (2007- 2010)

-Attending physician, Surgery Department, Urology Section, CEMIC (1999- 2004) (2007-2010)

-Attending physician, Surgery Department, General Surgery Section, CEMIC (1996- 2000).

Dr. Reynaldo Gómez

El Dr. Reynaldo Gómez estudió en la Facultad de Medicina de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile en donde obtuvo su título de médico-cirujano en 1979. Luego se especializó en Cirugía General (alcanzando el grado de Magíster de Especialidad en Cirugía General) y luego en Urología, recibiendo el Título de Especialista en Urología en 1984. Posteriormente completó su formación mediante un fellow de perfeccionamiento de un año de duración en los Estados Unidos, obteniendo la sub-especialización en Trauma y Urología Reconstructiva como Fellow posdoctoral de la Universidad de California en San Francisco (UCSF).

Actualmente es el Jefe del Servicio de Urología del Hospital del Trabajador de Chile, Ex Presidente de la Sociedad Chilena de Urología, Ex miembro del Directorio de la Confederación Americana de Urología, Ex Presidente de la Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons Society (GURS), Presidente de la CONACEM de Urología (Board Chileno de Urología) y miembro del Directorio de la Société Internationaled’Urologie (SIU).

Adicionalmente es Fellow del American College of Surgeons y Miembro de la Sociedad de Cirujanos de Chile, Sociedad Chilena de Urología, Sociedad Argentina de Urología, Confederación Americana de Urología (CAU), American Urological Association (AUA) y Miembro Honorario de la Sociedad Cubana de Urología.

Dr. Richard Inman

Richard Inman is a Consultant Urological Surgeon who was appointed as a Specialist in Reconstructive Urological Surgery at Sheffield Hospitals Teaching Hospitals Trust in 2005. He has a special interest in urethroplasty, surgical andrology and female urology, with a tertiary referral practice within the region, and performs over 50 urethroplasties per year. The unit is also a recognised national centre for the treatment of pelvic fracture urethral distraction defects.

He has been on the Faculty and subsequently the Chair of the “Advanced Urethral Surgery Course” at the annual meeting of the European Association of Urology for the past 3 years, and has lectured on urethroplasty at national and international meetings.

He is currently the Clinical Director for the Urology Department and is responsible for all aspects of clinical and financial planning. During his tenure a new Urology Assessment Unit has been established. The unit performs over 120 cystectomies, 200 nephrectomies and 200 robot prostatectomies per year and has subspecialties in robotic, laparoscopic, endoscopic, reconstructive and neurourology surgery as part of a specialised Spinal Injuries Unit.

Dr. Robert Calvert

Clinical Practice

I have a large regional tertiary referral practice of complex kidney stone surgical cases

I run one of the busiest stone lithotripsy services in the country

I have established a multidisciplinary Metabolic Stone Clinic for high risk patients

I have established and chair a Multicentre stone MDT

Education  Experience

Assigned Educational and Clinical Supervisor for Trainees at a variety of levels every year

Urology Education Lead at Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals

I have provided sub-specialty training in complex stone procedures for 6 final year Specialist Registrars in preparation for their consultant posts

I am a regular (and re-invited) teacher/ faculty on a variety of regional and national courses which are highly subscribed and have good feedback

I regularly use a range of teaching techniques e.g. surgical training on simulation models, in theatre, interactive sessions, lectures, project work, case discussions, reflection

I have designed, organised and chaired a number of regional and a national teaching course including: the Regional Stone course, the regional CST urology training days, an SpR Basic science training day and a PCNL course. 

I have operated in live and recorded “as-live” surgery for teaching purposes

I organised the SpR teaching programme in my last 2 years of training in the Eastern Region introducing a new approach which received good feedback

Father of 4 school-age children

Research Experience

I have designed and coordinated several Clinical RCTs including as Chief Investigator of a Multicentre trial (Optimising ureteric stent length) 

I have acted as PI for the Liverpool centre for stone badged multicentre trials

I have been involved in the assessment of new surgical laparoscopic operations

I have experience in a range of basic science research techniques as part of my MD thesis which included the study of smooth muscle, cancer cell culture and disease models

I have a research interest preventative treatment for stone disease

Dr. Ruben Olivares Gribbell

El Dr. Rubén Olivares Gribbell es médico del staff y jefe del programa de Cirugía Robótica de la Clínica Santa María en Santiago, Chile.

El Dr. Olivares es médico cirujano de la Universidad de Chile. Realizó su residencia universitaria de urología en el Hospital Ramón Barros Luco-Trudeau, Santiago, Chile. Continuó su formación en un programa de dos años de cirugía laparoscópica avanzada. 

Obtuvo una beca de perfeccionamiento de la AUA en la Cleveland Clinic, Estado Unidos, y ha realizado otras estadías en Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Estados Unidos y en Hospital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, Francia, donde se ha perfeccionado en biopsia de próstata por fusión, tratamiento focalizado en cáncer de próstata y cirugía robótica.

Adicionalmente a sus antecedentes formativos, es docente de urología de la Universidad de Finis Terraede, Santiago, Chile y Editor de la Revista Chilena de Urología.

Miembro activo de múltiples sociedades científicas donde se destacan la Sociedad Chilena de Urología, Confederación Americana de Urología, European Urological Association (EUA) y American Urological Association (AUA).

Dr. Scott Eggener

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

2008-2012 Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago

2008-Present Member, University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center 2012-2016 Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago

2016-Present  Professor of Surgery, University of Chicago

2017-Present   Professor of Radiology (honorary), University of Chicago

ACADEMIC TRAINING

1990-1994 B.S., Biology.  University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

1994-1999 M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 1999-2001 Resident, General Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 2001-2005 Resident, Urology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

2005-2007 Fellow, Urologic Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 2008 Program in Clinical Effectiveness, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

BOARD CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

2002 Physician License, State of Illinois, #036106852 2009 American Board of Urology

2016 Physician License, State of Indiana, #01077709A

SCHOLARSHIP

(a) Peer-reviewed publications in the primary literature:

1. Dietz NM, Rivera JM, Eggener SE, Fix RT, Warner DO, and Joyner MJ.  Nitric oxide contributes to the rise in forearm blood flow during mental stress in humans. 1994. J Physiology 480(pt 2): 361-8.

2. Eggener, S. 1998. The power of the pen: medical journalism and public awareness. JAMA 279(17): 1400.

3. Rubenstein JN, Hairston JC, Eggener SE, Gonzalez CM. 2001. Bladder lipoma. J Urol 166(4):1395.

4. Rodriguez HE, Eggener SE, Podbielski FJ, Brown AM, Amble S, Clark ET, Smith ND. 2002. Occlusion of an intraluminal endovascular stent graft after treatment of a ureteral-iliac artery fistula. Urology 60(5): 912.

5. Raviv S, Eggener SE, Williams DH, Garnett JE, Pins MR, Smith ND. 2002. Long-term survival after ‘drop metastases’ of renal cell carcinoma to the bladder. Urology 60(4): 697.

Dr. Victor Nitti

Hospital Appointments:

1995 - presentNew York University Langone Medical Center

Attending Physician, Department of Urology

Director of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery

1995 - 2010Manhattan VA Medical Center

Consultant Physician, Division of Urology

1995 – 2014Bellevue Hospital Center

Attending Physician, Department of Urology

1992 – 1995Attending Physician, Urology, University Hospital, Brooklyn

1992 – 1995Attending Physician, Urology, Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn 

1992 – 1995Attending Physician, Urology, Brooklyn VA Medical Center

Professional Organizations:

1994 - presentDiplomat American Board of Urology

1996 - presentFellow American College of Surgeons

1992 – presentAmerican Urological Association – Member

1992 – presentAmerican Urological Association, 

New York Section – Member

1992 – presentSociety of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction - Member

1997 - 2000Clinical Resource Utilization Management Committee 

New York University Medical Center, Tisch Hospital

1998NIH-NICHD Panel, Pelvic Floor Disorders Workshop  

1998 World Health Organization 1st International Consultation on Incontinence, Monaco, Monte Carlo (June 28 - July 1) -Member Committee on "Imaging and Other Modalities" 

1999NIH-NICHD Panel, Terminology Workshop for Researchers in Female Pelvic Floor Disorders

2000 – presentGraduate Medical Education Committee, New York University

School of Medicine 

2001 World Health Organization 2nd International Consultation on Incontinence, Paris France (July 1-3)- Member Committee on "Surgery for Incontinence in Women

2002 – 2008Work Environmental Performance Improvement Team, Tisch Hospital 

2002 -  2010Internal Review Subcommittee, Graduate Medical Education Committee, New York University School of Medicine

2003 – presentSociety of Academic Urologists (formally Society of University Urologists and Society Urologic Chairpersons and Program Directors)

2003 – presentSociety of Urologic Chairpersons and Program Directors

2003 – presentInternational Continence Society

2004 - 2012 International Continence Society Neurourology Promotion Committee

2004World Health Organization 3nd International Consultation on Incontinence, Monaco (June 26-29)- Member Committee on "Surgery for Incontinence in Men"

2008 World Health Organization 4th International Consultation on Incontinence, Paris (July 5-8) - Co Chair Committee on "Pathophysiology”

2008 - 2010 Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology (SUFU) – Vice President

2009 - present American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons – Active Member

2009 International Consultation on Incontinence - Research Society Founding member

2009 - present American Urogynecological Society – Member

2009 - present International Urogynecological Association – Member

Leadership Positions:

2004 - 2006Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology – Executive Committee Member-at-Large

2004 - 2005Academic Advisory Board for Pfizer/AUA Visiting Professorships in Urology

2004 - 2008Executive Committee of the Medical Board, NYU Hospitals Center

2006 - 2008 Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology (SUFU) – Secretary Treasurer

2008 - 2010 Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology (SUFU) – Vice President

2010 - 2012 Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology (SUFU) – President

2012 - present Member American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology/American Board of Urology Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship Committee

2012 - present Member American Board of Urology FPMRS Advisory Committee

2013 - present New York Section American Urological Association Board of Directors

2015 - present American Urological Association, Chair of Education and Chair of Education Council

2016 - present Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU) – Chair Membership Committee

2017 - present Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine and Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU) Foundation - President

2017 - present New York Section American Urological Association – Secretary

2017 – present New York University School of Medicine Curriculum Committee

Dr. Vipul Patel

Vipul Patel, MD, FACS is board certified by the American Urological Association and completed his residency and fellowship training at the University of Miami in Florida.  Currently, he is the medical director of the Global Robotics Institute at Florida Hospital Celebration Health and medical director of the Florida Hospital Cancer Institute Urologic Oncology Program.  He is a professor of Urology at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine in Orlando, Florida, and a clinical Associate Professor of Urology at Nova Southeastern University. Previously, he was director of robotic urologic surgery at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.  

He is the world’s most experienced robotic surgeon in any robotic surgical specialty.   He remains committed to his patients and has dedicated his entire career to the excellence of research and clinical care of prostate cancer patients.  Dr. Patel has collaborated with colleagues worldwide and has developed techniques in robotic surgery that have translated to improve patient care and outcomes. His innovations have helped to improve cancer treatment and return of early urinary continence and sexual function. His contributions have been recognized globally through publications, professorships and training courses.  Recently, he performed his 11,500th robotic radical prostatectomy, the highest volume of any robotic surgeon.   

He currently serves as an honorary professor at the University of Milan, Korea University and Ricardo Palma University in Lima, Peru.  Due to his excellent contributions in surgical teaching he has been inducted as an honorary professor into the Russian Academy of Science.  Dr Patel recently received the highest medical honor of India, the Eminent physician award presented by the President and Prime Minister of India.  He has traveled the globe lecturing and teaching. He has educated thousands of surgeons in robotic surgical techniques. He has started robotic surgery programs or performed surgery throughout the United States and in countries, including India, Brazil, England, France, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Greece, China, Malaysia, Belgium, Venezuela, Turkey, Australia and South Korea.

He is the editor emeritus of The Journal of Robotic Surgery and editor of the first-ever robotic urology textbook.  He has authored over 100 peer reviewed academic publications and multiple textbook chapters.  He has published landmark articles illustrating new surgical techniques and correlated clinical outcomes.  He is the founder of the International Prostate Cancer Foundation (IPCF) an organization dedicated to patient awareness and education.   He currently serves as President of the Society of Robotic Surgery and was an initial founding member.  

Dr Patel enjoys innovation and providing excellent care to his patients. 

Dr. Alfredo Domenech

Educación Superior

Medicina  Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 1986-1993

Residencias Médicas

Residencia de Cirugía General, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires-Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1994-1998.

Residencia de Urología, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires-Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1998- 2001.

Títulos de Post Grado

? Especialista en Cirugía General. Título otorgado por la Asociación Argentina de Cirugía-Ministerio de Salud de la República Argentina.

? Especialista en Urología. Título otorgado por la Sociedad Argentina de Urología-Ministerio de Salud de la República Argentina.

? Examen CONACEM de Cirugía General. Noviembre 2001.

? Examen CONACEM de Urología. Abril 2002.

Sociedades Médicas

Miembro Titular de la Sociedad Chilena de Urología, desde Agosto 2005.

Miembro de la Endourological Society desde 2010.

Miembro internacional de la Asociación Americana de Urología

Miembro internacional de la Asociación Europea de Urología

Miembro Titular de la Asociación Argentina de Cirugía

Miembro Adherente de la Sociedad Argentina de Urología

Cargos en Sociedades

Presidente Filial de Endourología de la Sociedad Chilena de Urología, dic 2016 - presente.

Co-editor de la Revista Chilena de Urología, área de Endourología, desde marzo 2008.

Director Sociedad Chilena de Urología, enero 2013 a diciembre 2016.

Director Curso para residentes de Urología, Sociedad Chilena de Urología, enero 2015 a dic 2016.

Revisor externo de la Revista Médica de Chile.

Cargos Académicos

Profesor Asistente Extraordinario de la Universidad de Los Andes

Dr. César Rojas Cruz

Médico Cirujano egresado de la Universidad del Rosario. Urológo egresado de la Universidad Javeriana

Subespecialista en Andrología Fundació Puigvert 

Clinical Andrologist European Academy of Urology

Fellow European College of Sexual Medicine

Especialista en Bioética Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Jefe Servicio Urología Los Comuneros Hospital Universitario de Bucaramanga

Director de Comité de ética LCHUB

Miembro de Sociedad Colombiana de Urologia, European Academy of Andrology, ISSM, SLAMS, SMSNA

Participante como ponente en congresos y reuniones de Urología Medicina sexual y reproductiva

Proctor en Cirugía de Implantes de prótesis de pene y esfínter urinario masculino

Dr. Marcelo Baptistussi

Jefe servicio de endourologia do Hospital Sao Paulo

Vice-Jefe do servicio de Residencia Medica en urologia do Hospital Beneficencia Portuguesa de Ribeirão Preto 

Director cientifico de ICEPS 

Director do CAURP

Dr. Eduardo Bertero

Head of Sexual Medicine of the Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual of São Paulo, Brazil; Master in Sciences from University of SP, Brazil;

Graduate from University Gama Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1986; Residency at Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual of São Paulo, Brazil from 1990 through 1991 in Urology;

Research Fellow in male erectile dysfunction at Boston University, under supervision of Drs. Robert Krane and Irwin Goldstein, 1991- 1993;

Member of American Urological Association(AUA), Sexual Medicine Society of Latin American(SLAMS), Brazilian Society of Urology (SBU).

Head of the Department of Sexual Medicine of the Brazilian Society of Urology (SBU) 2016-17;

Proctor on penile prosthesis implantation for Boston Scientific and Coloplast;

Has been involved in several clinical trials on therapy of erectile dysfunction as principal investigator;

His practice in the field of male sexual dysfunction has been mainly focused in Surgery of Peyronie’s Disease, Penile Prosthesis, Testosterone Replacement Therapy, Medical treatment of erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation.

Has attended more than 50 international medical meetings on the field and published peer review articles and chapters.

Is reviewer of journals such as International Brazilian Journal of Urology, Journal of Sexual Medicine and Journal of Sexual Medicine Reviews.

Dr. Erik Melgar

Educación

Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA

Uro oncología e Invasión Mínima en Urología  

Rotación  en Fundación Puigvert área de urología durante residentado

Hospital Medico Quirúrgico del Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social

Especialización en Urología

Hospital Medico Quirúrgico del Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social

Especialización en Cirugía General

Universidad Salvadoreña Alberto Masferrer

Doctorado en Medicina y Cirugía

Experiencia laboral

Urólogo práctica privada y en Hospital de Diagnóstico Escalón San Salvador

Urólogo Agregado a tiempo parcial en el Servicio de Urología Hospital General Instituto Salvadoreño del Seguro Social.

Hospital Médico Quirúrgico

Miembro del equipo de Trasplante Renal ISSS

  Asociaciones Médicas:

Colegio Médico de El Salvador, COLMED

Asociacion de Urología de El Salvador, Presidente actual

Asociación  de Cirugía Endoscópica El Salvador, ACEDES

Asociación de Urología de Centroamérica y el Caribe, AUCA

Confederación Americana de Urología, CAU

World Endourological Society

American Urological Asociation, AUA, Southcentral Section

Dr. Hamilton de Campos Zampolli M.D. Ph.D

Director - Divison of Urology – Arnaldo Vieira de Carvalho Cancer Institute - São Paulo  - Brazil

Head – Urology Division - Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz Cancer Center - São Paulo - Brazil

Director – Robotics, Laparoscopy and Endourology – CAU

Dr. Herney García-Perdomo

Médico y Especialista en Urología de la Universidad del Valle. Magíster en Epidemiología clínica de la Universidad de la Frontera (Chile), Doctor en Educación por la Universidad Autónoma de Durango (México) y Doctor en Medicina Clínica y Salud Pública por la Universidad de Granada (España).

En la actualidad me desempeño como Profesor Asociado e investigador en la Universidad del Valle. Director del Grupo de Investigación UROGIV en el que se realiza investigación principalmente en las líneas de Urología Oncológica y Síntesis de Evidencia.

Dr. Sebastião Westphal

Medico Urologista Ti SBU

Presidente da SBU – Gestao 2018/2019

Professor Efetivo da Universidade do Vale do Itajai – UNIVALI

Mestre em Clinica Cirurgica pela Universidade Federal do PR

Socio Diretor do Instituto Catarinense de Urologia – Itajai/SC

Dr. Tomás Olmedo

ESTUDIOS DE POSTGRADO: 

? Residencia en Cirugía general en el Servicio de cirugía  del Hospital Córdoba, República Argentina, desde marzo de 1992     a marzo de 1993. ? Médico concurrente en la Fundación de Urología, para la  docencia e investigación médica, desde abril de 1992 a marzo de 1993. ? Obtiene beca universitaria en Urología la que realiza en el Servicio de Urología del Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile entre  abril de 1993 a abril de 1996. 

PERFECCIONAMIENTO       : 

?  Beca de la confederación americana de urología realizada en el Servicio de Urología de la Fundación Jiménez Díaz,  Madrid, España, desde el 16 de octubre  al  27 de noviembre de 1996 en el área de Urodinamia y ecografía transrectal  con biopsia prostática. ? Realiza “Diplomado en docencia en Ciencias Biomédicas”, dictado por la oficina de Educación Médica de la Escuela de  Postgrado de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile, 2003-2004. 

? Asiste y participa en más de 50 cursos de Postgrado, tanto en chile como en el extranjero. 

? Asiste y participa en más de 50 congresos y/o jornadas  nacionales y extranjeros con presentación de casos clínicos  y/o trabajos de investigación. 

CRONOLOGIA LABORAL  

? Jefe Servicio de Urología, Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile, 1º de Octubre de 2015 a la fecha. 

? Jefe de Servicio de Urología en Clínica Las Lilas del 2015 al 2017 

? Urólogo staff de La Unidad de Urología del Hospital San José del Área Norte del Ministerio de Salud con 22 horas semanales desde 1999 a la fecha. 

? Jefe 1° de Clínica, Servicio de Urología, Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile de 2005  a la fecha. 

Dra. Jessica Delong

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING

07/2013-06/2014: Fellowship: Adult and Pediatric Reconstructive Urology Eastern Virginia Medical School, Devine-Jordan Center for Reconstructive Surgery and Pelvic Health, Norfolk, VA

07/2009-06/2013: The Lahey Clinic Institute of Urology, Burlington, MA Categorical Urology Resident Open and minimally-invasive surgery, oversight of medical  students and junior residents, perioperative care and clinic.

07/2007-06/2009: The Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA General Surgery Resident Surgical critical care, broad-based experience in general,  vascular, and colorectal surgery.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: 

American Medical Association (AUA)

American Urologic Association (AMA)

American College of Surgeons (ACS)

Virginia Chapter, American College of Surgeons Societé Internationale D’Urologie (SIU)

Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons (GURS)

Society for Women in Urology (SWIU)

Physicians for Peace, International Medical Educator 

Dr. Juan M. Moldes

Título de Especialista:

Cirujano Pediatra

Urólogo Onfantil

Actividad Docente:

-Director del Programa de Residencia de Cirugía Pediátrica. Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.

-Director Curso Superior Universitario de Cirugía Pediátrica. Instituto Universitario del Hospital Italiano. 

-Director de la Cátedra de Instrumentación en Cirugía Pediátrica. Instituto Privado Superior del Hospital Italiano. 

Actividad Asistencial:

-Jefe de Servicio de Cirugía Pediátrica.

Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.  Argentina (2012 a la actualidad)

-Miembro del Equipo de Cirugía Robótica Pediátrica del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.

-Miembro del Equipo deTrasplante Trasplante Renal Pediátrico del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires.

Gestión:

-Especialista Universitario en Gestión de Instituciones de Salud. Universidad Austral. (2012)

Dr. Marcos Perez

Dr Perez-Brayfield is a board-certified pediatric urologist and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and fellow of the American College of Surgeons.  He is an associate professor at the University of Puerto Rico. He received his medical degree from the University of Puerto Rico and completed his residency in urology at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Perez-Brayfield also completed a fellowship in pediatric urology at Emory University Hospital.

He is the director of the subspecialty clinics at HIMA San Pablo, Director of Robotic Surgery at HIMA Caguas and Urology Residency program director at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. Dr Perez-Brayfield serves on the executive board of the American Academy of Pediatrics Puerto Rico Chapter and is the Puerto Rico representative for the southeastern section of the American Urological Association. 

He was past president of the Society for Fetal Urology, recipient of the Pfizer Scholar in Urology award, author of multiple peer reviewed articles and an invited visiting professor to multiples countries including Chile, Uruguay, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela and Dominican Republic. Dr Perez-Brayfield has a particular interest in minimally invasive surgery in children including laparoscopic and robotic surgery.

Dr. Pedro-Jose Lopez

El Dr. P.J. López tiene un interés específico en cirugía reconstructivas de patologías urológicas complejas y en la cirugía mínimamente invasiva como una forma de desarrollo futuro. También está involucrado en facilitar la transición del mundo pediátrico a la vida de adultos mediante el mejoramiento de la atención de los adolescentes. 

Uno de sus objetivos es estar a la vanguardia del desarrollo apoyado  en bases científicas y poder traducir esto en servicio clínico de primer nivel. Es por eso que miembro de consejos editoriales de 5 revistas, ha publicado más de 120 artículos científicos, 45 capítulos de libros; ha editado un libro, 2 sitio web académico y sigue activo en el desarrollo de la producción científica.

Es un profesor internacional reconocido, por lo que es invitado regularmente a los más diversos e importantes congresos. Es miembro activo de más de 10 sociedades científicas y actualmente esta a cargo de la Comisión de Formación en dos de ellas; Sociedad Chilena de Cirugía Pediátrica (SChCP) y la Sociedad Iberoamericana de Urología Pediátrica (SIUP), ya que la educación de futuros profesionales es una de sus mayores motivaciones. 

Dr. Ricardo Nardone

Medico Especialista consultor de Urologia actualmente Secretario Cientifico de la Sociedad Argentina de Urologia.