Invited Speakers

International

Professor Abrahamsson

Prof. P A. Abrahamsson obtained MD in 1977 and Ph. D. in 1988 at Lund University. He has the following academic appointments: Chairman, Department of Urology, Malmö University Hospital, since 1998. Chairman, Department of Urology, Lund University Hospital; 1998 – 2002, Chairman, Department of Urology, Lund University Hospital; 2009, Adjunct Professor: Department of Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, since 1993. Professor of Urology: Lund University, Sweden, 2000. Adjunct Secretary General, European Association of Urology, 2004-2007, Secretary General, European Association of Urology, 2007---. He has more than 294 scientific publications and has done many presentations and won First Prize to the best poster presentation in the session ”Metastatic Prostate Cancer” at the XVIth Annual Meeting the European Association of Urology, Geneva, April, 2001 Sponsored By: European Urological Association

Dr. Cessaretti

Prof. J. Cesaretti completed his Internship in 2000 and was Resident in the Oncology Department at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, where he becam a Staff Physician in 2006. Professor Jamie Cesaretti is currently head of the Florida Radiation Oncology Group (FROG), Integrated Community Oncology Network (ICON). He was previously Assistant Professor at the Department of Radiation Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York. He is also Senior Clinical Advisor to C. R. Bard Urological in the USA. He heads up several research grants on prostate cancer and has published and presented extensively on the use of Brachytherapy in prostate cancer. Prof. Cesaretti will participate in Prostate Cancer Panel discussions and speak on the use of Brachytherapy in prostate cancer. Sponsored by: Bard

Professor Cosson

Professor Michel Cosson obtained his Bachelor of Science in 1980 at the Academy of Lille. He received his PhD in Science in 2003. He was previously Clinical Director for the Paul Géllé Maternity ward, Roubaix Hospital Centre and is currently a professor of gynecology and obstetrics at the Medical University Hospital Lille; France. He has more than 10 scientific publications and has done many presentations as well as published 3 books.

Professor Peter Rehder Peter completed both his under- and post-graduate studies in South Africa. He is currently professor of Urology in the Medical University in Innsbruck, Austria. Peter is internationally known for his work on post-prostatectomy incontinence and specifically his developmental work on the Advance Male Sling. Peter will talk to us on new developments the use of the male sling [Advance] and will present a practical demonstration.

Professor Santucci

Richard A. Santucci MD, FACS Specialist-in-Chief, Detroit Medical Center Chief of Urology, Detroit Receiving Hospital Director, The Center for Urologic Reconstruction Clinical Professor, Michigan State College of Medicine

Dr. Studer

Prof. Studer specialized in Urology 1982 and obtained Doctor of Medicine at the University of Geneva in 1973. He was appointed as Assistant Professor of Urology at the University of Bern in 1985 and as Professor and chairman of Urology in 1994. He has several appointments at other universities including the Universities of Lausanne, Geneva and California. Prof. Studer was elected as an Honorary Member of the European Association of Urology (EAU) 2009. He oversees several research projects and he has numerous scientific publications and has been awarded several awards for presentations relating to urinary diversion at AUA and EAU meetings including a first prize at the Swiss Society of Urology and EAU in 1988.

Prof. Dr. Med. Andreas J. Gross Sponsored by:

Prof Gross did his Urology training at Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck, Klinikum Steglitz der Freien Universität Berlin and Klinik für Urologie Universitätskrankenhaus Eppendorf Universität Hamburg. He has published 82 scientific articles and done 155 scientific presentations. He is currently Head of Urology at the Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany and is an examiner for the European Board of Urology. Prof. Gross will participate in our Endo-Urology Workshop and lead presentations on the management of renal and ureteric calculi.

Dr. Landman

Dr. Landman is the Director of Minimally Invasive Urology in the Department of Urology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and an Associate Professor of Urology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He has extensive clinical expertise in laparoscopic renal and prostate surgery and endoscopic management of urinary tract pathology. He has pioneered technology and techniques for minimally invasive management of renal malignancies, and has developed novel techniques which are used globally for laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.

Prof David Waltregny

David Waltregny is currently professor of clinics and senior staff urologist in the Department of Urology at the University Hospital of Liège, Belgium. He holds membership in several professional and scientific organizations, among which the European Association of Urology, and he is a founding member of the Belgian Association of Urology. After receiving his MD from the University of Liège, David Waltregny became a Senior Research Associate of the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research, studying the mechanisms of tumor invasion and metastasis, and hormone-independence in human prostate cancer. He then received a PhD from the University of Liège and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, in Boston. David Waltregny is the author and co-author of numerous publications in top-ranked international journals and is currently pursuing his research works in the Center for Experimental Cancer Research at the University of Liège. David Waltregny largely participated in the development of the TVT-Obturator device together with its inventor, Pr Jean de Leval, at the University of Liège in Belgium. He is pursuing the development of new surgical devices for the treatment of male incontinence that occurs after radical prostatectomy.

Prof Manoj Monga

Prof. Manoj Monga currently holds the post of the Joseph Sorkness Endowed Professor of Urologic Surgery Professor with Tenure at the University of Minnesota and is Medical director of the University of Minnesota Medical Centre. He obtained his MD at the Chicago Medical School in 1990 and trained as a Urologist at Tulane University in New Orleans. He has a particular interest in Endourology, is a member of several international societies, has published widely and has won several prizes for the best of category presentations over several years at World Congresses of Endourology. Prof. Monga will participate in our Endourology workshop and do podium presentations during the congress.

Dr. Gerald Brock

Dr. Gerald Brock is Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, at St. Joseph’s Health Centre in London, Ontario. He completed his Medical and Urology Degrees at McGill University in Montreal and subsequently did a two year fellowship in Neurourology with Dr. Tom Lue at the University of California, San Francisco. He currently runs a large tertiary care erectile dysfunction clinic at St. Joseph’s Health Care, where he sees between 2000-2500 new consults annually. In addition to his responsibilities of resident teaching, he runs a productive basic animal research lab evaluating the impact of disease on erectile mechanisms. Dr. Brock is an active participant in professional associations, previous Chair of the Canadian Male Sexual Health Council (affiliate of the Canadian Urology Association - CUA), past chair of the Guidelines Committee of the CUA. He currently serves as the Administrative Chairman of the CUA Scholarship Fund, treasurer of the Canadian Urology Research Consortium and serves as Chair of the Scientific Research Committee of the Canadian Society for the Study of the Aging Male. Dr. Brock is the author of over 100 peer reviewed publications, 20 book chapters as well as numerous abstracts. Over the past decade he has been invited to speak across Canada, the USA, Europe, Australia and Asia. Dr. Brock has been awarded over 20 research prizes for his clinical and basic research endeavours evaluating the impact of disease states on erectile and ejaculatory mechanisms. Dr. Brock’s work in urology and erectile dysfunction is acknowledged by his role as an Editorial Board member of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, Andrology, Chronicle of Medicine and Sexual Health, and as an ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of Physiology, Journal of Urology, Urology, and the International Journal of Impotence Research. Sponsored by Lilly

South African

Prof. Bustamante Sigarroa

Prof. Bustamante Sigarroa was born in Havana, Cuba 1944; and received his Phd in 1989 at the Hungarian Academy of Science. He has the following Fellowships and has held positions with: South African Urology Association; Chair of the Urology Unit /Dept of Surgery/ Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital. 1997-2009; Societe Internationale D’Urologie (SIU); Cuban Society of Urology; Honorary Member of the Dominican Medical Association, Dominican Republic; Faculty Board. School of Medicine (1980-1995). Havana; National Advisor for Paediatric Urology (1992-1996), Ministry of Health, Hav; Executive Committee of the Cuban Society of Urology (1986-1996); Board Member of the Medical Magazine Resumed (1986-1997), Cuba; Chair of the Urology Academic Department at the Faculty of Medicine E.Cabrera, Hav. (1985-1995); SENATE member of the Walter Sisulu University (1997-2009); Faculty Board member of the Faculty of Health Sciences WSU (1997-2009).

Dr. L. Coetzee

Lance Coetzee obtained the FCS (URO) S.A and Mmed (URO) part III in 1992. He has been a consultant Urologist at Pretoria Academic Hospital, Fellow at Duke University and is currently in Private Practice at the Pretoria Urology Hospital. He is President of the Prostate Cancer foundation. Lance has published numerous articles and done many presentations at local and international conferences and won many local and international awards. He was invited to in 1999 to act as co-chairman for a 4-day radical perineal prostatectomy workshop (including live surgery) in London. Lance will speak on radical perineal prostatectomy in the management of prostate cancer.

Dr. Conradie

Dr Marius Conradie is Head of Urology Department at the Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Hospital Complex. After obtaining his degree as an urologist at the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, he furthered his studies at the Washington University in Endourology and became one of the first Endourologists in South Africa. He developed a special interest in laparoscopic urology and has performed laparoscopic procedures in more than a 1000 patients. Dr Conradie has received several awards for his clinical research including the Gold Medal at the 2002 SAUA and the Discovery price at the 2006 SAUA biennial congress. He initiated the Southern African Endourology Society and is the first President. He also has been appointed as the national trainer in laparoscopic urological surgery, is active in research and has developed many new innovative laparoscopic techniques in South Africa. Dr. Conradie will chair the Endourology workshop and speak on the laparoscopic management of renal and ureteral calculi.

Professor Amo Jordaan Prof. Jordaan obtained his MBChB in Stellenbosch and his post-graduate qualifications at Bloemfontein. He has been Professor and head of Oncology at the University of KwaZulu Natal since 1980 and has become a household name in Oncology, both in and outside South Africa. Amo will participate in our practical seminar on the management of localized prostate cancer and will speak on the place of external beam radiotherapy in prostate cancer.

Dr. T. Murray MacKenzie

Murray obtained his MBChB in 1974 and FCS [Ed] in 1983 and FCS [SA] in 1985. He has been in private Urological Practice in Durban since that time. Murray has always been involved in the forefront of the management of prostate cancer and introduced transrectal ultrasound biopsies to Urologists in 1990 at the Durban congress. He has been an ardent learner, advocate and teacher of Brachytherapy of prostate cancer since it was launched. Murray attended several local and international Brachytherapy teaching courses, has lectured locally and internationally on the subject and has been instrumental in establishing several Brachytherapy units, both local and in other African states. Murray will conduct our pre-congress Brachytherapy workshop and also speak at the congress.

Dr. Ramphal Suren obtained his under- and post graduate qualifications as a Gynecologist at the University of KwaZulu Natal. He has been a very active in Urogynecology and pelvic reconstruction surgery and is an international accredited surgical demonstrator for Gynecare. Suren works very hard to promote academic and scientific principles in the field of pelvic and incontinence surgery and has presented and promoted several international workshops. He will participate and speak to us in the session on pelvic reconstruction and suburethral tape surgery.

Professor Smith

Dr.Arthur Smith is Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Urology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He is world renowned for the management of kidney and ureteral stones.He developed a minimally invasive technique for removing kidney stones and has performed this procedure in more than 5000 patients.He started the Endourology Society and was the President of that society for over 20 years. Dr.Smith has received many awards for his innovative clinical research including the prestigious “Hugh Hampton Young Award” from the American Urological Society.He has been rated amongst the “Amerias Best Doctors” and “Best Doctors in New York “ for over 10 years .He is an honorary member of numerous international Urological Societies including the British, Indian, Peruvian and Dutch societies and the South African urology Society. He is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Athens. Dr.Smith is still in active practice doing what he does best….treating the patient.

Dr. Voigt

Dr. Voigt received the degree Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 1996 through the University of the Orange Free State and since 2004 been in his own Private practice in Bloemfontien, South Africa. He also consults on Urology for the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of the Free State, part time. He was admitted as a Fellow of the College of Urologists of South Africa after passing the FC Urol (SA) Final exam of the College of Medicine of South Africa in 2003, and received the degree Magister in Medicine: Specialisation in Urology in 2004 through of the University of the Free State. Dr. Voigt received the J.A. Olivier prize for the best fourth year M.B., Ch.B. student in Forensic Medicine in 1994 as well as the Smith & Nephew prize for the best pregraduate M.B.,Ch.B. student in Orthopedics in 1996. In 2001 he received a certificate in recognition of outstanding service and dedication from the Pelonomi Hospital, Bloemfontein.

Dr. Wiersma Rinus is a Senior Specialist in Pediatric Surgery at Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital and the University of KwaZulu Natal in Durban. Rinus has a particular interest in paediatric penile reconstructive surgery and is well known for his work in hypospadias surgery. He became interested in and has done specific research on the incidence, diagnosis and management of paediatric urethro-epididymal reflux and has presented his data at international meetings. He will present his latest work on this subject to us.

Prof. Schalk Wentzel Schalk is a graduate of Bloemfontein University, where he is currently the professor and head of Urology. In a relatively short time he has made a significant impact on academic Urology in South Africa and was congress president of our previous hugely successful Urology congress in 2008. Schalk has a particular interest in the radical surgical management of localized prostate cancer and will participate in our symposium of the management of this localized prostate cancer.

Dr. Naas Viljoen Naas Viljoen studied Medicine at the University of Cape Town. Subsequently he gained degrees at the Universities of Pretoria (MSc -Anatomy) and Stellenbosch ( MMed-Urology) In 1971 he became the first candidate to obtain ' FCS (SA) with Urology ' He spent half his professional life as urologist in private practice then became a "full-timer" at the University of the Free State Viljoen retired as Head of the Department of Urology,at the mandatory age, in April 2002. He moved, happily with his wife Lazelle, to Hermanus, on the coast, near Cape Town.