Attendees in the audience during a presentation at the 2025 AUA Annual Meeting. (Photo: AUA)
Faculty and trainees from Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University and Emory University School of Medicine will lead sessions and present new research at the American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting, in Washington, D.C., May 15-18.
The AUA Annual Meeting brings together urologists and other health professionals from around the world to share research, discuss clinical guidelines and explore advances in urologic medicine.
Winship and Emory’s clinical and research impact features throughout the program during plenary, podium, poster and forum sessions. Across 26 presentations, 18 Winship and Emory speakers will showcase novel therapeutics, surgical innovations, advanced diagnostics and imaging, and patient-centered approaches that are helping shape the future of urologic care.
“It’s rewarding to see so many members of our faculty and trainee community contributing to important scientific conversations at this year’s meeting,” says Chad W.M. Ritenour, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Urology at Emory University School of Medicine and the James C. Kennedy Professor in Prostate Health at Winship Cancer Institute. “We are grateful for the opportunity to share our work and to engage with peers who are equally committed to improving care for patients.”
Other highlights from the 2026 AUA Annual Meeting include two videos focused on Winship and Emory’s expertise, education and impact in urologic care:
- Winship Mobile Prostate Cancer Screening, highlighting the mobile clinic that provides free prostate cancer screenings to men across Georgia; and
- Precision & Purpose, spotlighting Emory Urology as a destination for comprehensive clinical care, innovation and training.
Schedule of presentations
9:20 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.
Location: Marquis Ballroom Salon 5 | Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) Forum
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Location: 146A I IP08: Imaging/Uroradiology I Poster and Podium Session
- William Luke, MD | IP08-23: Radio-pathomic features associated with response to neoadjuvant cabozantinib in locally advanced renal cell carcinoma
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Location: 202B | AUA/Society for Basic Urologic Research (AUA/SBUR) Joint Research Symposium
12:00 p.m. – 12:25 p.m.
Location: S&T Hall, Booth #2161 | Device Tech Talk
- Brendan Browne, MD | Versatility of Litho Magneto: Prostate Enucleation
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Hall B, The Square, Learning Lab | Best Video Abstracts
- Nazih Khater, MD, FACS (moderator)
2:29 p.m. – 2:55 p.m.
Location: 202A | AUA/Society for Basic Urologic Research (AUA/SBUR) Forum
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Location: 145AB | IP19: Reconstruction: External Genitalia and Urotrauma Podium and Poster Session
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: 202A | Society for Basic Urologic Research/Society of Urologic Oncology (SBUR/SUO) Forum
- Jindan Yu, MD, PhD (chair)
- Shreyas Joshi, MD, MPH, and Vikram Narayan, MD (audience Q&A)
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Location: 147A | IP35: Bladder Cancer: Epidemiology & Evaluation Poster and Podium Session
- Shreyas Joshi, MD, MPH (moderator)
9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Location: 146A | IP32: Pediatrics II Poster and Podium Session
- Benjamin Press, MD | IP32-18: Robotic Pyeloplasty in Children with Renal Anatomic Variants: A Multi-Institutional Study from the Pediatric Urology Robotic Surgery (PURS) Collaborative
3:05 p.m. – 4:05 p.m.
Location: Hall D | Plenary: Saturday Afternoon
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Location: 146B | IP45: Reconstruction: Ureteral Reconstruction and Bladder Reconstruction Poster and Podium Session
- Siddharth Marthi, MD | IP45-27: Presentation, Management and Outcomes of Ureteral Trauma: A Single Level 1 Trauma Center Experience
4:15 p.m. – 4:25 p.m.
Location: Ballroom A | Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO) Forum
4:42 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.
Location: 206 | PD15: Bladder Cancer: Invasive III Poster and Podium Session
7:50 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
Location: 207B | V10: Pediatrics Video Session
- Maria Veronica Rodriguez Padron, MD | V10-06: Managing the unexpected: Incidental appendicolithotomy during robotic Mitrofanoff with concurrent bladder onabotulinumtoxinA and cecostomy tube placement
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 a.m.
Location: Marquis Ballroom Salon 5 | Urological Society for American Veterans (USAV) Forum
- Mohammad Hajiha, MD (chair)
8:30 a.m. – 8:40 a.m.
Location: 207B | V10: Pediatrics Video Session
- Benjamin Press, MD | V10-10: Robot-Assisted Partial Cystectomy in a 10-year-old: Managing a Rare Bladder Leiomyoma with Minimally Invasive Surgery
8:30 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
Location: Marquis Ballroom Salon 6 | Society for Women in Urology (SWIU) Forum
- Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil | Optimizing the Success and Vitality of Women in Academic Medicine: An Evidence-Based Approach
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
Location: Independence Ballroom Salon B | Engineering & Urology Society (EUS) Forum
- Nazih Khater, MD, FACS | Update in Robotic Surgery
11:01 a.m. – 11:09 a.m.
Location: Salon B | International Prostate Forum
- Jacqueline Brown, MD | Doublet vs Triplet: Who needs additional treatment intensification for mHSPC?
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: 146C | IP64: Pediatrics IV Poster and Podium Session
- Benjamin Press, MD | IP64-03: Clinical Outcomes and Antimicrobial Resistance Following Positive Intra-operative Urine Cultures in Children
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: 146A | IP62: Prostate Cancer: Markers I Poster and Podium Session
- Martin Sanda, MD (moderator)
3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Location: 146C | IP70: Pediatrics V Poster and Podium Session
7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Location: 146C | IP76: Prostate Cancer: Detection & Screening IV Poster and Podium Session
- Zelin Zhang | IP76-25: PCaMEx: A Mixture-of-Experts AI Framework for Whole-Slide Prostate Cancer Pathology Diagnosis in Veterans
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: 150AB | Instructional Course 061IC
- Akanksha Mehta, MD, MS | New AUA Vasectomy Guidelines 2026: Case Presentations and Critical Information for Every Urologist