Northwestern Medicine Urology at AUA 2026

Our faculty look forward to presenting at the upcoming American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting, taking place May 15 to 18 in Washington, DC. Learn more about our speakers and their topics below.

speaker

presentation

TIME and Location

Friday, May 15

William Catalona, MD
PD06: Prostate Cancer: Detection & Screening I
1:00 pm
207A
Nelson Bennett, MD
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Panel: What I do: Penile Prosthesis Revision Surgeries
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2:10 pm
Marriott Marquis Ballroom Salon 5
Nelson Bennett, MD
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IPP: Sexual Function/Dysfunction: Medical, Hormonal and Non-surgical Therapy I
3:30 pm
146C
Hiten Patel, MD​
Early Career Investigators Showcase
3:31 pm
202A​
Robert Brannigan, MD​
014IC - Male Infertility Update 2026: A Comprehensive Approach to Understanding and Treating Male Infertility in the Era of IVF
4:00 pm
150AB
Hiten Patel, MD
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Prostate MRI Utilization and Risk Calculators to Improve the Quality of Prostate Cancer Detection
4:33 pm
202A

saturday, may 16

Joshua Meeks, MD, PhD
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IP35-02: Real-world outcomes of BCG-retreatment after BCG failure in patients with papillary only high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer: a Retrospective Study in the American Urological Associations Quality Registry
9:30 am
147A
Edward Schaeffer, MD, PhD​
Robotics Theater: Prostate
9:30 am
S&T Hall, Booth #117
Ziho Lee, MD
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Robotics Theater: Reconstruction
1:00 pm
S&T Hall, Booth #117
Nelson Bennett, MD
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032IC - Andrology, Infertility, and Male Sexual Medicine and Surgery for the General Urologist
1:30 pm
152B
Emilie Johnson, MD​
Surgery as a Team Sport: Challenges and Solutions
3:25 pm
Marriott Marquis: Independence Ballroom Salon B
Hiten Patel, MD​
IP44: Prostate Cancer: Epidemiology & Natural History
3:30 pm
146A
Joshua Halpern, MD
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New Wave of Tech Startups for At-Home Sperm Testing
4:20 pm
Salon B

sunday, may 17

Robert Brannigan, MD
IP52: Infertility: Epidemiology & Evaluation II
7:00 am
146C
Hiten Patel, MD
IP53-13: Image Based Phenotyping for PIRADS in VHA Clinical Notes and Radiology Reports
7:00 am
174A
Joshua Meeks, MD, PhD
A phase 1/2 study of intravesical MK-3120 in participants with Bacillus Calmette-Gue9rin (BCG)-Naive or BCG-exposed high-risk nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer
10:04 am
Hall B, The Square, Learning Lab
James Rague, MD
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PD20-10: SaFE-NC Collaborative Redesign of Newborn Circumcision Care Delivery
10:42 am
207A
Joshua Meeks, MD, PhD
The phase 1/2 ResQ133A-NMIBC trial: A study of intravesical recombinant Mycobacterium Bacillus Calmette Guerin (rBCG) in BCG naive participants with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC)
10:44 am
Hall B, The Square, Learning Lab

monday, may 18

Song Jiang, MD, PhD
IP77: Bladder Cancer: Basic Research & Pathophysiology II
7:00 am
147A
Jennifer Miles-Thomas, MD
Plenary: Monday Morning
7:20 am
Hall D
Joshua Meeks, MD, PhD
PD25-04: A Real-World Evidence Study Assessing the Prevalence and Prognostic Value of FGFR Alterations in Patients With Intermediate Risk NonMuscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
​7:24 am
206
William Catalona, MD
056IC - Prostate Cancer Update 2026
​7:30 am
150AB
Amy Krambeck, MD
059IC - Laser Enucleation of the Prostate: Beyond the Basics
7:30 am
152A

​NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE Urology

Northwestern Medicine Urology is committed to providing personalized, integrative and innovative urologic care and conducting leading-edge research to prevent, diagnose and treat urologic conditions.​
 
The Urology Program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital is among the top 10 programs in the nation and is the highest-ranked in Illinois for the 28th year in a row by U.S. News & World Report, 2025 – 2026.