About this event

  • Date and time Fri 9 Dec 2022 from 8:30am to 5:00pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Urology

Robotic surgery is already well established in extirpative and oncological surgery, but now many centres are developing their techniques for urological robotic reconstructive surgery. 

During this event, we will explore the robotic techniques available for urological surgery and review the evidence for and against them. While some procedures may be suited to robotics, others could remain better performed by open surgeons. Together, we will evaluate the hotly debated topic of surgeons versus robotic technology.

The second part of the day will be the Winter Short Papers meeting, with the opportunity to win prizes that will support attendance at future meetings. 

Aims of this event include:

  • To introduce participants to urological robotic surgery 
  • To understand how robotics can be used in urological reconstructive surgery
  • To consider future trends in reconstructive urology

 

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Key speakers

Ed Rowe

Mr Ed Rowe

Mr Ed Rowe, Consultant Urologist, Bristol Urological Institute, North Bristol NHS Trust

Speaker's biography

Mr Ed Rowe has trained in North West London. He was appointed as a Consultant Urologist in Bristol in 2007. He initiated the Bristol pelvic robotic surgical program in 2008 and performed the first intracorporeal neobladder in 2010. He is one of the highest volume pelvic cancer surgeons in the UK, and runs a regional robotic pelvic exenteration service for colorectal and gynaecological cancer. 

Alongside the clinical work, Mr Rowe has numerous research interests. He was a principal investigator on several studies including ProtecT and iROC. He is an  honorary senior lecturer at the University of Bristol. 

Mr Rowe spent 5 years on the BAUS section of oncology committee, and is currently pelvic cancer lead at North Bristol NHS Trust. 

Agenda

View the programme (In person)

Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction

Mrs Nadine Coull, Urology Consultant, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Session 1

Debate: This house believes open cystectomy is an outdated operation

Mr Ed Rowe, Consultant Urologist, Bristol Urological Institute, North Bristol NHS Trust and Professor Trinity Bivalacqua, Director of Urologic Oncology, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Questions and answers
Tea and coffee break

Session 2

Robotic reconstruction: Everybody’s doing it!

Professor Mohan Gundeti, Director of Pediatric Urology, University of Chicago

Ureteric replacement

Mr Jeremy Ockrim, Consultant Urological Surgeon, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 

How should we counsel bladder cancer patients?

Miss Kathryn Chatterton, Bladder Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust 

The future of reconstruction

Professor Trinity Bivalacqua

Questions and answers
Lunch break

Session 3

Winter short papers

Chairs: Professor Trinity Bivalacqua and Miss Samantha Conroy, Honorary Clinical Research Fellow in Urology, The University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Questions and answers
Closing remarks
Close of meeting
View the programme (Virtual)

Welcome and introduction

Mrs Nadine Coull, Urology Consultant, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Session 1

Debate: This house believes open cystectomy is an outdated operation

Mr Ed Rowe, Consultant Urologist, Bristol Urological Institute, North Bristol NHS Trust and Professor Trinity Bivalacqua, Director of Urologic Oncology, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 

Questions and answers
Tea and coffee break

Session 2

Robotic reconstruction: Everybody’s doing it!

Professor Mohan Gundeti, Director of Pediatric Urology, University of Chicago

Ureteric replacement

Mr Jeremy Ockrim, Consultant Urological Surgeon, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 

How should we counsel bladder cancer patients?

Miss Kathryn Chatterton, Bladder Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust 

The future of reconstruction

Professor Trinity Bivalacqua

Questions and answers
Lunch break

Session 3

Winter short papers

Chairs: Professor Trinity Bivalacqua and Miss Samantha Conroy, Honorary Clinical Research Fellow in Urology, The University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Questions and answers
Closing remarks
Close of meeting

Location

Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom

Registration for this event will close at 1:00am on 8 December 2022. Late registrations will not be accepted.  

The agenda is subject to change at any time 

If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenter’s and RSM discretion. 

All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations. 

This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels.