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Robotic Urologic Surgery: A Technical Masterclass provides a structured approach to advanced robotic surgery for conditions of the prostate, kidney, and bladder with an emphasis on radical prostatectomy and partial nephrectomy. This course will also focus on emerging technologies including genomic testing and advanced imaging. Experienced world-class faculty with more than a decade of experience with complex robotic surgery will provide you with instruction to refine your technique and achieve superior results.

The first day will focus on prostate surgery. Specific surgical techniques will be presented in a step-by-step operative outline. Issues such as optimizing outcomes of robotic radical prostatectomy, discussing complications, and tips and tricks of challenging cases. High Definition live transmission of robotic radical prostatectomy by Dr. Vipul Patel will include recent modifications in technique. The second day will be devoted to kidney surgery and bladder surgery. The course will include multiple video segments demonstrating tips and tricks, management of anatomic anomalies and challenging situations, with expert faculty to provide commentary and discussion. Audience participation will be encouraged to ensure one on one interaction. Panel discussions with expert faculty will address methods to recognize and address complications and problems for each of the surgical procedures.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Robotic Urologic Surgery: A Technical Masterclass is supported by independent educational grants from:

CONMED
Cooper Surgical
ETHICON
GenomeDx Biosciences
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Teleflex

Target Audience

Urologists

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, learners will be able to:

Examine and analyze the surgical techniques and methodology behind complex robotic urologic cancer surgeries such as prostatectomy, cystectomy and partial nephrectomy.
Assess the key complications and outline the intra-operative and post-operative management related to robotic surgery procedures using video-based learning, surgical video and live surgery and expert panel discussion.
Demonstrate current and upcoming protocols for regaining potency and continence following robotic prostatectomy and cystectomy.
Provide a clinical update on treating, diagnosing, and managing complications of localized, regionally advanced, and metastatic urinary cancer.
Provide a clinical update on emerging technologies in prostate cancer including MRI Fusion Biopsy, single port surgery, and genomic testing.
Apply the surgical techniques and methodology behind complex robotic cancer surgeries including partial nephrectomy, robotic prostatectomy, and nephroureterectomy.

Course summary

Available credit:

18.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
18.75 Non-Physician Participation

Course opens:

06/01/2018

Course expires:

11/12/2021

Event starts:

11/11/2018 - 6:00am EST

Event ends:

11/12/2018 - 6:00pm EST

List Price:

$859.00

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Robotic Urologic Surgery: A Technical Masterclass
November 11‐12, 2018 | Celebration, Florida

Scientific Program

Sunday, November 11th (Prostate)

6:00 – 6:45 AM Registration and Breakfast
Breakfast Sponsored by GenomeDx Inc.

6:45 – 7:00 AM Welcome

7:00 – 7:15 AM ARS Pre‐test: Prostate

Session I: Screening and Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer
Moderator: Peter R. Carroll, MD, MPH
Panel: Matthew R. Cooperberg, MD, MPH, FACS; Samir S. Taneja, MD

7:15 – 7:30 AM State of the Art Lecture: Prostate Cancer Screening – Where Do We Stand?
Peter R. Carroll, MD, MPH

7:30 – 7:45 AM Risk Stratifying Patients with Elevated PSAs: Current and Future Trends
Matthew R. Cooperberg, MD, MPH, FACS

7:45 – 7:55 AM Use of 3T mp MRI in Evaluating the Possibility of Prostate Cancer
Samir S. Taneja, MD

7:55 – 8:10 AM Optimizing MRI Fusion Prostate Biopsy: Utility and Technique
Samir S. Taneja, MD

8:10 – 8:20 AM Q&A with Moderator and Panel

Session II: Evaluation of the Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer Patient
Moderator: John W. Davis, MD
Panel: Peter R. Carroll, MD, MPH; Matthew R. Cooperberg, MD, MPH, FACS

8:20 – 8:45 AM The Use of Genomic Testing in Newly Diagnosed Low and Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer
Matthew R. Cooperberg, MD, MPH, FACS

8:45 – 8:55 AM Active Surveillance Guidelines: Initial and Long Term Management
John W. Davis, MD

8:55 – 9:10 AM Low and Intermediate Risk Prostate Cancer: Who Benefits from Surgery?
Peter R. Carroll, MD, MPH

9:10 – 9:25 AM Prostate Cancer Trends Over the Last Decade: Is the Disease Becoming More Advanced?
Peter R. Carroll, MD, MPH

9:25 – 9:35 AM Q&A with Moderator and Panel

9:35 – 9:50 AM Break

Session III: Live Surgery

9:50 – 10:50 AM Nerve Sparing Radical Prostatectomy
Surgeon: Vipul Patel, MD
OR Moderator: Peter R. Carroll, MD, MPH
Auditorium Moderator: Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, FRCS, MHA
Panel: John W. Davis, MD; Raj S. Pruthi, MD, MHA, FACS; Bernardo Rocco, MD; Samir S. Taneja, MD

Session IV: Prostate Cancer Surgery
Moderator: John W. Davis, MD
Panel: Peter R. Carroll, MD, MPH; Rafael Ferreira Coelho, MD; Bernardo Rocco, MD

10:50 – 11:00 AM The Prostate Cancer Consult: What Patients Need to Know Before Making a Decision
John W. Davis, MD

11:00 – 11:10 AM Improving Operating Room Efficiency and Team Training
John W. Davis, MD

Technical Innovations to Optimize Outcomes

11:10 – 11:25 AM Overview of RALP Technique: Key Steps That Actually Make a Difference
Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, FRCS, MHA

11:25 – 11:40 AM Techniques to Improve Urinary Continence Outcomes
Bernardo Rocco, MD

11:40 – 11:55 AM Techniques to Reduce Positive Margins but Maximize Nerve Sparing Peter R. Carroll, MD, MPH

11:55 AM – 12:10 PM 10,000 RALPs Later: Lessons Learned
Vipul Patel, MD

12:10 – 12:20 PM Understanding the NVB and the Technique of Nerve Sparing
Vipul Patel, MD

12:20 – 12:35 PM Planning the Level of Nerve Sparing and Determining the Amount of ECE During RALP
Bernardo Rocco, MD

12:35 – 12:45 PM Q&A with Moderator and Panel

12:45 – 2:00 PM Non-CME Lunch Symposia Sponsored by Genomic Health
Topic: OncotypeDX
Speaker: David Abala

Session V: High Risk Prostate Cancer Surgery
Moderator: Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, FRCS, MHA
Panel: Peter R. Carroll, MD, MPH; John W. Davis, MD; Bernardo Rocco, MD

2:00 ‐ 2:10 PM Surgery for Non‐Organ Confined Prostate Cancer: Technical Considerations
John W. Davis, MD

2:10 – 2:25 PM Extended Lymph Node Dissection
Bernardo Rocco, MD

2:25 – 2:40 PM Salvage RALP: Indications, Techniques and Outcomes
VIpul Patel, MD

2:40 – 3:00 PM Salvage Lymph Node Dissection for Rising PSA Post Treatment
Rafael Ferreira Coelho, MD

3:00 – 3:15 PM Surgery for Oligometastatic Disease: Indications and Outcomes
Rafael Ferreira Coelho, MD

Session VI: Video Session
Moderator: Vipul Patel, MD
Panel: Rafael Ferreira Coelho, MD; Matthew R. Cooperberg, MD, MPH, FACS; John W. Davis, MD; Bernardo Rocco, MD; Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, FRCS, MHA

3:15 – 3:40 PM Complications of RALP
Rafael Ferreira Coelho, MD

3:40 – 4:10 PM Extreme Robotic Surgery: Cases that Made the Experts Sweat
Vipul Patel, MD

4:10 – 4:15 PM Video: Simple Prostatectomy and Bladder Diverticulectomy
Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, FRCS, MHA

4:15 – 4:25 PM Q&A with Moderator and Panel

4:25 – 4:40 PM Break

Session VII: Advanced Prostate Cancer

4:40 – 4:55 PM The Increased Utility of Surgery for Advanced Prostate Cancer: Who Benefits?
Peter R. Carroll, MD, MPH

4:55 – 5:05 PM Post Prostatectomy Genomic Tests: Indications and Utility
Matthew R. Cooperberg, MD, MPH, FACS

5:05 – 5:20 PM Medical Therapy for Metastatic and Hormone Resistant Prostate Cancer: What a Urologist Needs to Know
John W. Davis, MD

Session VIII: New Innovations
Moderator: Chandru P. Sundaram, MD

5:20 – 5:40 PM New Robotic Platforms and Technologies on the Horizon
Vipul Patel, MD

5:40 – 5:50 PM Audience Q&A Session

5:50 – 6:05 PM ARS Post‐test: Prostate

6:05 PM Meeting Adjourns

Monday, November 12th (Kidney & Bladder)

6:30 – 7:00 AM Breakfast Sponsored by Ethicon US LLC

7:00 – 7:15 AM ARS Pre‐test: Kidney and Bladder

Session I: Renal Tumors
Moderator: Chandru P. Sundaram, MD
Panel: Sam B. Bhayani, MD, MS; Rafael Ferreira Coelho, MD; James R. Porter, MD; Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, FRCS, MHA

7:15 ‐7:25 AM State of the Art Lecture: Introduction to Robotic Renal Surgery
Chandru P. Sundaram, MD

7:25 ‐ 8:25 AM Live Kidney Surgery: Robotic Partial Nephrectomy
Prof. Alexandre Mottrie, MD, PhD
Moderator: Sam B. Bhayani, MD, MS
Panel: Rafael Ferreira Coelho, MD; James R. Porter, MD; Chandru P. Sundaram, MD; Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, FRCS, MHA

Session II: Renal Mass Management
Moderator: Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, FRCS, MHA
Panel: James R. Porter, MD; Chandru P. Sundaram, MD

8:25 – 8:40 AM Evaluation of a Renal Mass: Nephrometry Scoring and Case Selection
Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, FRCS, MHA

8:40 – 8:55 AM Role of Renal Biopsy and Active Surveillance of Small Renal Masses
Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, FRCS, MHA

8:55 – 9:05 AM Renal Ischemia Management
Chandru P. Sundaram, MD

9:05 – 9:15 AM Patient Positioning and Port Placement and Preparing the Team for an Emergency Situation
Sam B. Bhayani, MD, MS

9:15 – 9:25 AM Q&A with Moderator and Panel

9:25 – 9:40 AM Break

Session III: Kidney Video Session
Moderator: Sam B. Bhayani, MD, MS
Panel: James R. Porter, MD; Chandru P. Sundaram, MD; Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, FRCS, MHA

9:40 – 9:50 AM Robotic Pyeloplasty and Pyelolithotomy
Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, FRCS, MHA

9:50 – 10:00 AM Robotic Ureteral Reimplantation
Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, FRCS, MHA

10:00 – 10:10 AM Robotic Radical Nephrectomy and Nephroureterectomy
Chandru P. Sundaram, MD

Videos: Robotic Partial Nephrectomy Tips and Tricks

10:10 – 10:35 AM Step By Step Approach to Partial Nephrectomy: Key Steps
Sam B. Bhayani, MD, MS

10:35 – 10:50 AM Video Transperitoneal Approach: Tumor Excision and Renorraphy
Sam B. Bhayani, MD, MS

10:50 – 11:05 AM Video Retroperitoneal Approach: Tumor Excision and Renorraphy
James R. Porter, MD

11:05 – 11:15 AM Video Complex Cystic Mass
James R. Porter, MD

11:15 – 11:25 AM Video Hilar Tumor
Chandru P. Sundaram, MD

11:25 – 11:35 AM Video Large Renal Mass
Chandru P. Sundaram, MD

11:35 – 11:50 AM When to Use Fluorescence Imaging: Selective or Early Unclamping of the Renal Artery
Sam B. Bhayani, MD, MS

11:50 AM‐12:05 PM Q&A with Moderator and Panel

12:05 ‐1:20 PM Lunch Sponsored by MiMedx Group, Inc.

1:20 – 1:30 PM Case Presentation: Management of Positive Margins, Intraoperative Frozen Sections, and Tumor Spillage
Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, FRCS, MHA

1:30 – 1:50 PM Case Presentations: Preoperataive Decision Making
Chandru P. Sundaram, MD
Panel: Sam B. Bhayani, MD, MS; James R. Porter, MD; Bernardo Rocco, MD; Chandru P. Sundaram, MD

1:50 – 2:00 PM Case Discussion Q&A with Panel

Session IV: Advanced Robotic Renal Surgery
Moderator: Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, FRCS, MHA
Panel: Rafael Ferreira Coelho, MD; Bernardo Rocco, MD; Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, FRCS, MHA

2:00 – 2:25 PM Video: Complications of Renal Surgery Management
Sam B. Bhayani, MD, MS

2:25 ‐ 2:55 PM Video: Challenging Cases

James R. Porter, MD
• IVC and Renal Vein Thrombectomy and Nephrectomy
• Difficult Renal Tumors

Chandru P. Sundaram, MD
• Intraoperative Troubleshooting

2:55 – 3:05 PM Robotic Renal Transplantation
Bernardo Rocco, MD

3:05 – 3:15 PM Robotic RPLND
James R. Porter, MD

3:15 – 3:25 PM Robotic Node Dissection for Penile Cancer
Rafael Ferreira Coelho, MD

3:25 – 3:35 PM Q&A with Moderator and Panel

3:35 – 3:45 PM ARS Post‐test: Kidney

3:45 – 4:00 PM Break

Session V: Bladder Cancer
Moderator: Raj S. Pruthi, MD, MHA, FACS
Panel: Rafael Ferreira Coelho, MD; Bernardo Rocco, MD; Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, FRCS, MHA

4:00 – 4:20 PM State of the Art Lecture: Outcomes of Radical Robotic Cystectomy
Raj S. Pruthi, MD, MHA, FACS

4:20 – 4:50 PM Video: Technique for Radical Cystectomy and Urinary Diversion
Raj S. Pruthi, MD, MHA, FACS

4:50 – 5:05 PM Robotic Ileal Conduit
Rafael Ferreira Coelho, MD

5:05 – 5:20 PM Robotic Intracororeal Urinary Diversion
Bernardo Rocco, MD

5:20 – 5:30 PM Audience Q&A Session
Raj S. Pruthi, MD, MHA, FACS

5:30 – 5:35 PM ARS Post‐test: Bladder

5:35 PM Meeting Adjourns

Florida Hospital Nicholson Center

404 Celebration Place

Celebration, FL 34747

United States

The AUA recommends that you register for the course BEFORE making travel arrangements. Once the meeting capacity is reached, which may be prior to the early-bird date, the AUA is unable to guarantee a spot in the course.

Travel

Melia Orlando Suite Hotel
225 Celebration Pl

Celebration, FL 34742
Phone: 1-407-964-7165
https://www.melia.com/en/hotels/united-states/orlando

Please call the hotel at 1-407-964-7165 and reference the American Urological Association when making your reservation to receive the special group rate.

Online reservations cannot obtain the group rate.

To hold a reservation, a major credit card number must be provided.
$129 single/double occupancy. Please call 1-407-964-7165 and reference the American Urological Association when making your reservation to receive the special group rate.

Please note: To receive the discounted group rate, you must call the hotel directly and reference the AUA by Wednesday, October 10, 2018. Online codes are not available.

Cut-off Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2018. Once the AUA group block is full, which may be prior to the cut-off date, the AUA is unable to guarantee rooms at this rate or at this hotel.

Check-in: 4 p.m.
Check-out: 11 a.m.

Parking
Complimentary self-parking is available at the hotel.

Transportation

The Melia Orlando Suite Hotel at Celebration is approximately 20 miles from Orlando International Airport. Taxi service to the hotel is available.

Car Rental

Hertz is pleased to offer special discounted car rental rates to AUA course and meeting attendees. Make your car rental reservation online or call 1-800-654-2240. Mention the AUA discount code CV# 053G0001.

Dress

Attire is business casual for the meeting. Temperatures in meeting rooms can sometimes be cool, so we advise that you bring a jacket or sweater with you to all meeting functions.

Weather

The average temperatures in Celebration, FL during this time of year are a high of 75ºF and a low of 60ºF.

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