Northwestern Medicine Urology at AUA 2025

Northwestern Medicine Urology faculty look forward to presenting at the upcoming American Urological Association Annual Meeting (AUA), taking place April 26 to 29 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Learn more about our speakers and their topics below.

Presenter

Title

Date, TIME and Location
NELSON E. BENNETT JR., MD
IP10: Sexual Function/Dysfunction: Medical, Hormonal and Non-surgical Therapy
Session: Sexual Function
Sunday, April 27
9:30 – 11:30 am
Location: Cassanova 501​
DIANA K. BOWEN, MD
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Gender-Affirming Care: Where Do We Go From Here?
Session: Gender-Affirming Care
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Friday, April 25
9:40 – 10:00 am
Location: Titian 2302
ROBERT E. BRANNIGAN, MD
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MP12: Infertility: Epidemiology and Evaluation I
Session: Infertility 
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Saturday, April 26
3:30 – 5:30 pm
Location: Marco Polo 703
026IC - Male Infertility Update 2025: A Comprehensive Approach to Understanding and Treating Male Infertility in the Era of IVF
Session: Male Infertility Update
​Sunday, April 27
10:00 am – Noon
Location: Titian 2302
WILLIAM J. CATALONA, MD
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012IC - Prostate Cancer Update 2025
Session: Prostate Cancer
Saturday, April 26
1:30 – 3:30 pm
Location: Veronese 2401
DAVID I-WANG CHU, MD
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Complex Stone Disease
Session: Pediatrics
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Sunday, April 27
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Location: Palazzo E​​
EDWARD MING-IUAN GONG, MD
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Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Urinary Reconstruction
Session: Pediatrics
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Sunday, April 27
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Location: Palazzo E
EMILIE K. JOHNSON, MD
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IP20: Pediatrics IV
Session: Pediatrics
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Monday, April 28
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Location: Casanova 501
AMY E. KRAMBECK, MD
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Innovations in Endourology and Building Successful Clinical Programs
Session: Endourology
Monday, April 28
8:34 – 8:41 am
Location: Palazzo E
ZIHO LEE, MD
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Robotic Ureteral Reimplantation
Session: Robotics
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Saturday, April 26
10:40 – 11:10 am
Location: Palazzo E​
Module 1: Robotic Urinary Tract Reconstruction
Session: Robotics
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​Monday, April 28
1:35 – 2:35 pm
Location: Palazzo E
Robotic Fistula Repair: Optimizing Outcomes
Session: Robotics
​Monday, April 28
1:35 – 1:45 pm
Location: Palazzo E
Case Presentations and Panel Discussion
Session: Robotics
​Monday, April 28
1:45 – 2:35 pm
Location: Palazzo E
JOSHUA J. MEEKS, MD, PHD
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State-of-the-Art Lecture: Urothelial Markers
Session: Prostate Cancer
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Sunday, April 27
2:20 – 2:30 pm
Location: Venetian C
Patient With High-Risk NMIBC: Balancing BCG With New and Emerging Treatments in the Era of Personalized Medicine
Session: Bladder Cancer
​Monday, April 28
2:30 – 2:50 pm
Location: Venetian D
​NMIBC Clinical Forum: Exploring Bladder-Preserving Innovations and Next-Gen Therapies
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Monday, April 28
5:00 – 6:30 pm
Location: The Capital Grille ​
PD37-09: The first report of disease-free survival analyses from the NIAGARA trial of perioperative durvalumab plus neoadjuvant chemotherapy in muscle-invasive bladder cancer
Session: Bladder Cancer
​Tuesday, April 29
10:34 – 10:42 am
Location: Marco Polo 805
JENNIFER U. MILES-THOMAS, MD
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Plenary: Monday Morning
Session: Robotic Reconstruction
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Monday, April 28
7:30 – 11:35 am
Location: Venetian Ballroom
​AUA Update
Session: AUA
​Monday, April 28
8:15 – 8:30 am
Location: Palazzo M
Navigating Challenges and Evolving Landscape in Innovation and Academic Urology
Session: Academic Urology
​Monday, April 28
8:27 – 8:34 am
Location: Palazzo E
AURASH NASER-TAVAKOLIAN, MD
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IP01-36: A Multi-Institutional Experience of Robotic Reconstruction of Vesicourethral Anastomotic Stenosis
Session: Robotic Reconstruction​
Saturday, April 26
7:00 – 10:00 am
Location: Casanova 501​
​V14-12: Transperitoneal Approach to Robotic Ureteral Reconstruction in the Hostile Abdomen
Session: Robotic Reconstruction
​Monday, April 28
2:50 – 3:00 pm
Location: Venetian G
AMIR S. PATEL, MD
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PD01-08: Ureteral Stricture Rates After Holmium vs TFL Ureteroscopic Laser Lithotripsy: A Database Analysis
Session: HoLEP
Saturday, April 26
7:56 – 8:04 am
Location: Marco Polo 805
IP03-12: Optimizing Laser Settings for Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate: Interim Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Session: HoLEP
​Saturday, April 26
9:30 – 11:30 am
Location: Casanova 501
IP03-35: Intradetrusor Onabotulinum Toxin A injection at Time of Holmium Laser Enucleation of Prostate: An Interim Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Session: HoLEP
​Saturday, April 26
9:30 – 11:30 am
Location: Casanova 501
IP22-11: Allergies to Intravenous Iodinated Contrast Does Not Lead to Reactions With Contrast Use in Genito-Urinary Surgery
Session: HoLEP
​Saturday, April 26
3:30 – 5:30 pm
Location: Casanova 501
HITEN PATEL, MD
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MP01: Prostate Cancer: Epidemiology and Natural History I
Session: Infection/Inflammation
Saturday, April 26
7:00 – 9:00 am
Location: Casanova 503
EDWARD M. SCHAEFFER, MD, PHD
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MP01: Crossfire: Controversies in Urology: Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer: Is Focal Therapy a Suitable Option for all Cases?
Session: Oncology​
Saturday, April 26
8:30 – 9:00 am
Location: Venetian Ballroom
PRAVEEN THUMBIKAT, PHD
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Neuronal PD-1 and its Role in Neuroimmune Modulation
Session: Research​
Saturday, April 26
1:30 – 3:00 pm
Location: Bellini 2102
PERRY J. XU, MD
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IP06-23: Multicenter Review of Obstetric Management and Complications of Ureteroscopy During Pregnancy
Session: Endourology
Saturday, April 26
1:30 – 3:00 pm
Location: Marco Polo 701
​MP11-05: The Urologic Impact of Long-Term Finasteride-1mg Use for Androgenic Alopecia: A Matched-Cohort Database Analysis
Session: Endourology 
​Saturday, April 26
3:30 – 5:30 pm
Location: Casanova 505
ELIZABETH B. YERKES, MD
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PD14: Pediatrics II
Session: Pediatrics ​
Sunday, April 27
9:30 – 11:30 am
Location: Galileo 901​

​NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE Urology

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