March 2025

UROLOGY

ADVANCES IN GENITOURINARY ROBOTIC RECONSTRUCTION COURSE

Join the Northwestern Medicine Department of Urology for this no cost in-person course that will feature a distinguished line-up of world-renowned leaders will share their expertise, leading-edge research, and technical tips and tricks on robotic management of reconstructive pathologies.

Saturday, August 2
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois
 
Course Director:
​Ziho Lee, MD, Northwestern Medicine
 
Course Faculty Members:
  • Daniel Eun, MD, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
  • Lee Zhao, MD, New York University Grossman School of Medicine
  • Jill Buckly, MD, University of California San Diego Health

Agenda
8:00-9:00 am: Breakfast and Registration

Session 1: Introduction
9:00 – 9:05 am: Welcome
9:05 – 9:25 am: So you want to be a Robotic Reconstructive Urologist?

Session 2: Robotic Upper Tract Reconstruction
9:25 – 9:45 am: Revisional pyeloplasty
9:45 – 10:05 am: Radiation-induced ureteral stricture reconstruction
10:05 – 10:25 am: Decision-making during ureteroenteric stricture repair
10:25 – 10:45 am: Case discussion: Unicorn cases in the upper tract
10:45 – 11:00 am: Coffee break

Session 3: Robotic Lower tract Reconstruction
11:00 – 11:20 am: Bladder neck contracture
11:20 – 11:40 am: Vesicourethral anastomotic stenosis
11:40 am – 12:00 pm: Step by step intracorporal neobladder
12:00 – 1:00 pm: Lunch

Session 4: Fistula Repair
1:00 – 1:20 pm: Vesicovaginal fistula repair
1:20 – 1:40 pm: Pubosymphyseal fistula management
1:40 – 2:00 pm: Rectourethral fistula repair
2:00 – 2:20 pm: Case discussion: Unicorn cases in the upper tract
2:20 – 2:35 pm: Coffee Break

Session 5: New frontiers in reconstruction
2:35 – 2:55 pm: Role of hyperbaric oxygen in reconstructive surgery
2:55 – 3:15 pm: Accessing the hostile abdomen for reconstructive surgery
3:15 – 3:35 pm: Q and A
3:35 – ​3:45 pm: Closing remarks
7:00 pm: Dinner
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​A scholarship is available for eligible participants. Refer to the form below for details.
A Pre-Course Hands-On Training will take place on Friday, August 1. 

This highly selective course is open to four participants (fellows and attendings only) to ensure personalized 1:1 training. Participants will receive direct instruction, including Kerecis hands-on training in reconstructive urology, from renowned leaders in robotic reconstructive urology, 

The course fee is $600. Discounted hotel accommodations are available. 

Robotic Reconstructive Surgery Techniques          
  • Hands-on training utilizing both single-port and multi-port robotic platforms with procedural focus on:    
  • Intracorporeal urinary diversion 
  • Buccal mucosa graft ureteroplasty 
  • Retroperitoneal access 
  • Transvesical access 
  • This session provides unprecedented access to individualized training in complex robotic reconstructive approaches. To date, no similar 1:1 program has been offered in this subspecialty.        
                    
Kerecis Application in Reconstructive Urology
  • Tissue handling and application of Kerecis (xenograft technology) in:     
  • Skin graft donor site coverage  
  • Buccal mucosa graft donor protection  
  • Pubic bone and perineal reconstruction     
  • This represents the first academic conference-based workshop providing hands-on experience in xenograft use specific to urologic reconstruction.  

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