Welcome to San Antonio
AUA2024 offers groundbreaking research, new guidelines and the latest advances in urology.
Welcome to AUA’s 2024 Annual Meeting. Whether you’re a urologist, resident, researcher or advanced practice provider, the AUA Annual Meeting offers access to the very latest advances in the specialty, plus opportunities to network with colleagues, make new connections and explore the latest technologies in urology!
David F. Penson, MD, MPH
This year, AUA Secretary David F. Penson, MD, MPH, has introduced many new and innovative programs including “P2s: Paradigm-Shifting, Practice-Changing Clinical Trials in Urology.”
“These are high-profile studies that haven’t been presented before and will have an immediate effect on attendees’ clinical practices, including randomized clinical trials of novel agents and new surgical approaches that will really change the way we practice urology,” said Dr. Penson.
Today’s plenary session is sure to energize, engage and educate. The morning event includes a variety of interesting, timely topics across the urology specialty’s span. Subject matter experts will discuss unique cases, address important developments, present novel trial results and tackle challenging issues.
The opening plenary session begins with the popular crossfire format, featuring “Controversies in Urology: Ileal Conduit vs. Neobladder.” Then, leading urologists will participate in panel discussions on specific patient cases, including second-opinion cases, as well as how to increase prostate cancer screening in minority communities. The AUA Guidelines presentation will convey the recent recommendations for salvage treatment of prostate cancer.
Finally, there will be a series of presentations on paradigm-shifting, practice-changing clinical trials affecting bladder and prostate cancer.
The afternoon plenary will begin with a panel discussion on artificial intelligence and will feature a state-of-the-art lecture on advances in molecular imaging for renal tumors, the John K. Lattimer Lecture on precision oncology and another crossfire debate, this time on the topic of the value of pre-op 3D models for improving surgical outcomes in renal cancer surgery.
AUA Treasurer Thomas F. Stringer, MD, and AUA Board Representative James Ulchaker, MD, will moderate the plenary, located in the Stars at Night Ballroom and live streamed for those attending virtually.
“Regardless of the stage of our careers or practice setting, the plenary session connects real-time advances in urology to our daily lives and to the delivery of up-to-date impactful urological care,” said Dr. Stringer, vice chair of philanthropy and alumni affairs and associate professor of urology at University of Florida Health System in Gainesville.
