State of the Art Lecturers and Featured Speakers

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CONFIRMED SPEAKERS TO-DATE

Dr. Christopher Porter, Vice Chairman for Membership, National Urologic Faculty, Co-Director, Urologic Oncology Section for Urology and Renal Transplantations, Virginial Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA - Tuesday, 1:55 PM, speaking on Use, Benefits, and Future of Ultrasound in Urology.


Dr. Thomas Ahlering, Professor & Vice Chairman, Department of Urology, UC Irvine School of Medicine Urologic Oncology & Robotic Surgery - Thursday, Oct. 29 during the Prostate 2 Session speaking on “Minimizing Surgical Margins in Radical Prostatectomy.”


Dr. William Aronson, Professor in the UCLA Department of Urology, Chief of Urology at the UCLA/Olive View Medical Center, and Director of Urologic Oncology at the Wadsworth VA Medical Center - Wednesday, Oct. 28 during the Prostate 1 Session speaking on “Dietary Factors in Prostate Cancer Management.”
Dr. William O. Brant, Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Utah, - Tuesday, Oct. 27 during the Sexual Medicine Session speaking on “Peyronies Disease.”
Dr. Craig Comiter and Dr. Gary Leach - Tuesday, Oct. 27 during Pelvic Medicine Session will debate a Point-Counterpoint on “Management of Post-Prostatectomy Incontinence: Male Sling versus Artificial Urinary Sphincter.”
Dr. Chris Twiss, Dr. Larissa Rodriguez, and Dr. Michael Albo - Tuesday, Oct. 27 during Pelvic Medicine Session will have an Expert Panel discussion on “Pelvic Floor Reconstruction: A Case-Based Discussion.”
Dr. Irwin Goldstein, Director of Sexual Medicine at Alvarado Hospital, Clinical Professor of Surgery at University of California at San Diego and Director of San Diego Sexual Medicine -Tuesday, Oct. 27 during the Pelvic Floor Medicine Session speaking on “Female Sexual Dysfunction Management - Role of the Urologist.”

Dr. Mark Gonzalgo, Associate Professor, Stanford University Med. Ctr. - Tuesday, Oct. 27 during the Bladder & Urethra Session speaking on “Contemporary Outcomes and Surgery for Bladder Cancer.”

Dr. Benjamin Chew, Assistant Professor, Vancouver General Hospital - Wednesday, Oct. 28 during the Calculi Session speaking on “New Advances in Stent Technology.”
Dr. Inderbir Gill, Chairman-Department of Urology, USC - Wednesday, October 28
During Kidney & Laparoscopy Session speaking on “Minimally Invasive Urology: A Vision for the Future.”

Story Musgrave - Robert V. Day Keynote Lecture - Wednesday, October 28
...He was a NASA astronaut for over 30 years and flew on six spaceflights. He performed the first shuttle spacewalk on Challenger’s first flight, was a pilot on an astronomy mission, conducted two classified DOD missions, was the lead spacewalker on the Hubble Telescope repair mission and on his last flight operated an electronic chip manufacturing satellite on Columbia... READ MORE

J. James Rohack, MD, FACC, FACP, President, American Medical Association - Sunday, October 25, 2009 during the Health Policy Forum speaking on the AMA initiative titled "Cure the Claim" about private contracting and the transformation of how urologists will deliver care in coming years.


MUST SEE - STATE OF THE ART PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTS

Dr. Jonathan E. Perley, Urology Clinical Instructor - Harbor UCLA, Private Practice, Long Beach, CA - Wednesday, Oct. 28, 8AM to present a program titled: "Surviving After Residency - Learning the Business Side of Practice."
LEARN:
-How to properly select a practice
-About insurance and organized medicine - how will it impact my practice selection?
-Billing, coding and reimbursements - what are they and why are they important?
-How to build a private practice - what you need to know!
-What is happening to the pharmaceutical world - how can I benefit?


Gregg Marshall, CPMR, CSP, Speaker, Author, Consultant - Wednesday, October 28 8am-9am in the Exhibit Hall during the Specialty Networking Breakfast to present a lecture: 60 Tech Tips in 60 Minutes.


 

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