1st WCUS-AUA, 2006

The Inaugural Pre-AUA Meeting of the World Chinese Urological Society

Thanks to the great efforts of president Corriere and secretary Olsson, the inaugural meeting of the World Chinese Urological Association will take place in Atlanta prior to the Annual Meeting of the AUA on May 20, 2006. This opportunity is warmly embraced by the Chinese-speaking urologists and urological scientists from China, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and other countries who regularly attend the AUA annual convention. The spirit of this inaugural meeting sponsored by AUA is to provide a forum for exchanging views among Chinese and non-Chinese speaking urologists and urological scientists, which will be a real asset for our professional communications. This is a timely and even historic event, expanding the current spectrum of international coverage of the AUA meeting.

We are particularly pleased to see the AUA leadership endorse this meeting since an increasing number of Chinese-speaking urologists and urological scientists attend the AUA meeting. Recent economic growth and political changes in mainland China have increased the number of Chinese urologists and urological scientists who visit institutions around the world, establish joint research and training centers, and attend international meetings. There are more than 10,000 Chinese speaking urologists in the world and many of them consider the AUA Annual Meeting to be the most prestigious and significant urology meeting internationally. Language and cultural barriers that discourage them from attending the meeting have been a major hurdle for communication. In the past 10 years, the Postgraduate College of the Institutes of Urology, Peking University, Beijing, China has held many urology courses as a part of their continued education effort. These courses were taught by experts from China and abroad, and significantly elevated the quality of urological care in both urban and rural China. We anticipate that an increasing number of new Chinese-speaking urologists and urological scientists will be joining the AUA. They will be eager to participate in our Annual Meeting and other organized professional activities, presenting and exchanging innovative ideas and experiences with urologists from America as well as other countries.  

The presidents of the Chinese Urological Association, Association of Chinese Urologists, Taiwan Urologic Association, Hong Kong Urological Association, and Singapore Urological Association will each present on the state-of-urology in their respective countries or regions. This will be followed by scientific presentations and state-of-the-art lectures on various basic and clinical topics by top urologists and urologic scientists. To facilitate free communication and interchange of ideas, and foster closer ties and friendship among the participants, the language of the first meeting will be Mandarin Chinese. The meeting will be held in Hyatt Hotel and will be open to all who are interested in participating in this exciting new AUA event.

Tom F. Lue and Leland W. K. Chung

Program - 2006

8:00 - 8:10 am          Welcome and introduction

Tom F. Lue, USA      

8:10 - 9:10 am

Session I:          State-of-Chinese Urology 

Moderators:             Yinglu Guo, China and Luke S. Chang, Taiwan

Yanqun Na, President, Chinese Urological Assoc.

            Dah-Shyong Yu, President, Taiwan Urological Assoc.

Christopher Cheng, President, Singapore Urological Assoc.

Chi Wai Man, President, Hong Kong Urological Assoc.

Ho Chun, President, Macao Urological Assoc.

9:10 - 10:30 am

Session 2:                  Scientific Program

Upper urinary tract

Moderators:             Yanqun Na, China and Leland Chung, USA

Treatment of staghorn calculi by Chinese minimally invasive percutaneous

            nephrolithotomy

Xun Li, China

Retroperitoneal laparoscopic ureteropyeloplasty 

Liqun Zhou, Nichen Li,Zhisong He, Ming Li, Shiliang Wu,Yanqun Na and Yinglu Guo,

 China

Retroperitoneal laparoscopic techniques for nephron-sparing surgery: the

            experience of Tongji Hospital

Xu ZHANG, China

Complete laparoscopic approaches to adrenal tumors— from hand-assisted to

            pure needlescopic instruments

Shih-Chieh Chueh, Taiwan

Discussion

10:30 - 10:45 am   Tea and Coffee Break                                     

10:45 - 12:00 noon

Session 3:                  Scientific Program

Lower urinary tract

Moderators: Lili Liang, China and Tung-Tien Sun, USA

The management pathway for patients with LUTS

 Keong Tatt Foo, Singapore

Continence urinary diversion in Hong Kong

Bill Tak-Hing Wong, Hong Kong

Is low PSA cutoff point applicable to Chinese men?

Ming Li, China

What’s new in urinary incontinence research?

Donna Deng, USA

Discussion

12:00 - 1:00 pm:      Box Lunch

Special Lecture:        History of Chinese Urology 

Yinglu Guo, China

1:00 - 2:15 pm

Session 4:                  Scientific program:

Basic research

Moderators:             Kew Kim Chew, Australia, and Ju-Ton Hsieh, Taiwan

Central control of sexual function

Kuang-Kuo Chen, Jen-Hwey Chiu, and Luke S. Chang, Taiwan

Traditional Chinese medicine in ED and PE

Zhong Cheng Xin, China

Akt-mediated phosphorylation of Ezh2 suppresses lysine 27 methylation in histone

            H3  

Tai-Lung Cha, Guang-Huan sun, Dah-Shyong Yu, Sun-Yran Chang, Mien-Chie Hung,

            Taiwan

Androgen receptor functions as suppressor to prostate metastatic tumor

         invasion: new challenge to current androgen ablation therapy.

Chawnshang Chang, USA     

Discussion

2:15 - 2:30 pm:  Tea and Coffee Break

2:30 - 3:45 pm

Session 5:                  Scientific Program

Topics of interest

Moderators: Hui Meng Tan, Malaysia and Run Wang, USA

Epidemiological studies on the prevalence of upper urinary calculi in Taiwan

Lee YH, Chang LS, Taiwan

Innovative techniques in GU surgery                                   

Rei K. Chiou, USA                                                                       

How to advance in the world of urology by Chinese urologists

Chung Lee , USA

Penile transplantation: a case report

Weilie Hu, China

Discussion

3:45 - 4:00 pm                      Closing Remarks

Yanqun Na, China & Luke S. Chang, Taiwan