About this event

  • Date and time Fri 3 Feb 2023 from 8:15am to 5:00pm
  • Location Royal Society of Medicine
  • Organised by Urology

Join us at the RSM for a well-renowned annual event where participants will receive a detailed update on state-of-the-art endourology.

Our expert speakers will evaluate quality improvement and new technologies available for common conditions, including stone disease, bladder outlet obstruction and benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH).

Participants will be provided with the essential knowledge required to improve patient outcomes and help effectively clear the NHS backlog.

Participants will be able to: 

  • Evaluate current technology used in endourology for the management of stone disease and assess quality improvement
  • Gain clarity regarding the many new technologies available to treat symptomatic patients with an enlarged prostate
  • Understand the best technique to treat BPH patients 
  • Attend a large technology exhibition from the industry

 

Book to attend this event in person or virtually. To view the rates and agenda, please select your preference below. 

A tailored reading list of extra educational resources will be created by our library teams and distributed to attendees closer to the time.

RSM members are able to access the full list of resources. To benefit from many of the resources in this list – become a member.

 

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We would like to thank our sponsors Boston Scientific, CJ Medical, Coloplast, Cook Medical, Creo Medical, Ideal Medical Solutions, KARL STORZ Endoscopy, Laborie, Olympus and ROCAMED for their support of this meeting. Please note that the main scientific programme and content has not been influenced in any way by the sponsors.

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Agenda

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Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction

Ms Nadine Coull, President, Urology Section, Royal Society of Medicine

Session 1: Quality improvement in stone disease

Chairs: Mr Matthew Bultitude, Consultant Urological Surgeon and Clinical Director, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and Dr Amelia Pietropaolo, Consultant Urological Surgeon, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Getting it right first time: Driving change

Mr Stephen Gordon, Consultant Urologist, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

The role of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in stone quality improvement

Mr Robert Calvert, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Should all ureteric stones be offered extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy?

Ms Susan Willis, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Day case percutaneous nephrolithotomy: The art of the possible

Mrs Zara Gall, Consultant Urological SurgeonStepping Hill Hospital, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Why do we leave stents?

Mr Simon Mackie, Consultant Urologist, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Stone follow-up – achieving consensus

Ms Kay Thomas, Consultant Urological Surgeon and Deputy Medical Director, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Driving improvements in Michigan stones: Lessons learned for the UK

Dr Khurshid Ghani, Professor of Urology, University of Michigan

Panel discussion
Tea and coffee break

Session 2: The hot debate: Which stone laser in 2023?

Chairs: Professor Seshadri Sriprasad, Past President, Urology Section, Royal Society of Medicine and Chairman, British Society for Endourology, and Miss Sian Allen, Consultant Urological Surgeon, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Holmium laser

Dr Khurshid Ghani

Thulium fibre laser debate

Dr Saeed Bin Hamri, Consultant Urology and Advanced Endourology Surgeon, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Saudi Arabia

Panel discussion
Videos nightmares in endourology

Dr Saeed Bin Hamri

Panel discussion
Lunch

Session 3: Clearing the NHS backlogs in benign prostatic hyperplasia: The role of new technology

Chairs: Mr Feras Al-Jaafari, Consultant Urological Surgeon, The Edinburgh Clinic and Miss Magda Kujawa, Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Transperineal laser ablation for prostate and LUTS due to BOO - preliminary results

Professor Theo M. de Reijke, Urologist, Amsterdam Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam

iTIND

Mr Neil Barber, Consultant Urological Surgeon, The London Clinic

UroLift

Mr Mark Rochester, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Rezum for benign prostatic hyperplasia

Mr Richard Hindley, Consultant Urologist, Prostate Centre and Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Visiting Professor, University of Winchester

Optilume for benign prostatic hyperplasia

Dr Steve Kaplan, Director and Professor of Urology, Men's Wellness Program, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York

The changing landscape of benign prostatic hyperplasia surgical management - how do patients decide? Lessons from the American experience

Dr Steve Kaplan

Panel discussion
Tea and coffee break

Challenging cases in endourology

Chairs: Mr Daron Smith, Consultant Urological Surgeon, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Mr Jonathan Glass, Consultant Urologist, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Panel: Dr Khurshid Ghani, Dr Saeed Bin Hamri, Mr Hari Ratan, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Mr Jake Patterson, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Dr Amelia Pietropaolo and Miss Sian Allen

Close of meeting
View the programme (virtual)

Welcome and introduction

Ms Nadine Coull, President, Urology Section, Royal Society of Medicine

Session 1: Quality improvement in stone disease

Chairs: Mr Matthew Bultitude, Consultant Urological Surgeon and Clinical Director, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and Dr Amelia Pietropaolo, Consultant Urological Surgeon, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Getting it right first time: Driving change

Mr Stephen Gordon, Consultant Urologist, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

The role of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in stone quality improvement

Mr Robert Calvert, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Should all ureteric stones be offered extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy?

Ms Susan Willis, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Day case percutaneous nephrolithotomy: The art of the possible

Mrs Zara Gall, Consultant Urological SurgeonStepping Hill Hospital, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Why do we leave stents?

Mr Simon Mackie, Consultant Urologist, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Stone follow-up – achieving consensus

Ms Kay Thomas, Consultant Urological Surgeon and Deputy Medical Director, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Driving improvements in Michigan stones: Lessons learned for the UK

Dr Khurshid Ghani, Professor of Urology, University of Michigan

Panel discussion
Comfort break

Session 2: The hot debate: Which stone laser in 2023?

Chairs: Professor Seshadri Sriprasad, Past President, Urology Section, Royal Society of Medicine and Chairman, British Society for Endourology, and Miss Sian Allen, Consultant Urological Surgeon, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Holmium laser

Dr Khurshid Ghani

Thulium fibre laser debate

Dr Saeed Bin Hamri, Consultant Urology and Advanced Endourology Surgeon, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Saudi Arabia

Panel discussion
Videos nightmares in endourology

Dr Saeed Bin Hamri

Panel discussion
Comfort break

Session 3: Clearing the NHS backlogs in benign prostatic hyperplasia: The role of new technology

Chairs: Mr Feras Al-Jaafari, Consultant Urological Surgeon, The Edinburgh Clinic and Miss Magda Kujawa, Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Transperineal laser ablation for prostate and LUTS due to BOO - preliminary results

Professor Theo M. de Reijke, Urologist, Amsterdam Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam

iTIND

Mr Neil Barber, Consultant Urological Surgeon, The London Clinic

UroLift

Mr Mark Rochester, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Rezum for benign prostatic hyperplasia

Mr Richard Hindley, Consultant Urologist, Prostate Centre and Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Visiting Professor, University of Winchester

Optilume for benign prostatic hyperplasia

Dr Steve Kaplan, Director and Professor of Urology, Men's Wellness Program, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York

The changing landscape of benign prostatic hyperplasia surgical management - how do patients decide? Lessons from the American experience

Dr Steve Kaplan

Panel discussion
Comfort break

Challenging cases in endourology

Chairs: Mr Daron Smith, Consultant Urological Surgeon, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Mr Jonathan Glass, Consultant Urologist, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Panel: Dr Khurshid Ghani, Dr Saeed Bin Hamri, Mr Hari Ratan, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Mr Jake Patterson, Consultant Urological Surgeon, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Dr Amelia Pietropaolo and Miss Sian Allen

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 2 February 2023. 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 presenters and RSM's 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. 

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