State of the Art Lecturers and Featured Speakers

Updated July 13, 2011
Sushil Lacy, M.D.
AUA President; Faculty member at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Clinical Professor of Urology, Private Practice in Lincoln, NE. To speak on "AUA update and what does AUA mean to me" on Wednesday afternoon.
Sender Herschorn, M.D.
Canadian Urological President; Professor and Chairman, Division of Urology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario Canada. To speak on "Controversies in the Surgical Treatment of Female Stress Urinary" on Tuesday morning.

William Gee, M.D.
AUA Representative to the AMA RUC Committee.To speak on "The Business of Your Practice" - (Organized Urology and the AUA; The RBRVS and the Payment System; Ethics - AUA Member Interaction with Industry) during the Young Urologists Forum on Monday evening.

George W. Drach, M.D.
WSAUA Past President; Professor Emeritus of Surgery/Urology and Founding Chief of Urology, University of Arizona; Emeritus Faculty Member, University of Pennsylvania. To speak on "Medicare, Urology and You" on Tuesday afternoon.
Claire C. Yang, M.D.
Dr. Yang is associate professor of urology at the University of Washington School of Medicine. To speak on "Neurological Control of the Male Sexual Response" on Tuesday afternoon.
William T. Lowrance, M.D.
Dr. Lowrance is an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Utah School of Medicine and a Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) investigator. To speak on "Treatment of Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer" on Tuesday evening.
Martin Gleave, M.D.
Dr. Gleave is a Distinguished Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Urologic Sciences at the University of British Columbia ("UBC"). To speak on "Current Status of Systemic Therapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer Highlighting Recently Approved and Emerging Therapies" on Wednesday afternoon.
Theresa M. Koppie, M.D.
Dr. Koppie is an Assistant Professor, University of California Davis Cancer Center. To speak on “Update on the Treatment and Surveillance of Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer”
on Tuesday morning.
Mihir M. Desai, M.D.
Dr. Desai is a Professor of Clinical Urology, Director, Robotic Urologic Surgery, Dpt. Of Urology, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center. To Speak on “New Technology and Stone Disease” on Wednesday morning.
Richard Rink, M.D.
Dr. Rink is an Robert A. Garrett Professor of Pediatric Urologic Research, Professor and Chief of Pediatric Urology, Dpt. Of Urology, Indiana University. To speak on Common Problems in Pediatric Urology on Tuesday morning.
J. Christopher Austin, M.D.
Dr. Austin is an Associate Professor of Surgery/ Urology, Pediatric Urology, Oregon Health Sciences University. To speak on “Current Recommendations for Prophylactic Antibiotics in Patients with VUR.” on Tuesday morning.

Inderbir Gill, M.D.
Dr. Gill is the Chair, Department of Urology, Associate Dean for Clinical Innovation, USC will conduct a panel discussion along with Erik Castle, M.D. & James Porter, M.D. on the ”Controversies and Management Options for Renal Ischemia During Partial Nephrectomy." on Wednesday afternoon.

Erik Castle, M.D.
Dr. Castle is an Associate Professor of Urology at College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic; Senior Associate Consultant, Department of Urology will conduct a panel discussion on ”Controversies and Management Options for Renal Ischemia During Partial Nephrectomy." on Wednesday afternoon. Along with Inderbir Gill, M.D. & James Porter, M.D.

James Porter, M.D.
Dr. Porter from the Swedish Urology, Seattle, WA; will conduct a panel discussion on ”Controversies and Management Options for Renal Ischemia During Partial Nephrectomy." on Wednesday afternoon. Along with Inderbir Gill, M.D. & Erik Castle, M.D.

Andrew Southick , M.D.
Dr. Southwick is an Assistant Professor of Surgery from the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. To speak on "Non-Medical Therapies for BPH." on Wednesday afternoon.
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