CUA Annual meeting, Niagara Falls, ON June 23-26, 2013

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

I have had the privilege to serve as President of the Canadian Urological Association for 2012-2013 and will be hosting the CUA Annual meeting to be held at Niagara Falls June 23-26th. The Scientific Program is being co-chaired by Dr. Jon Izawa, along with Dr. Anil Kapoor from McMaster University. There will be 10 Educational Fora, covering all Urology subspecialty topics. State of the Art Lectures will be delivered by world renowned authorities such as Dr. Pat Walsh from Johns Hopkins U. and Dr. Francesco Montorsi from Milan discussing controversial topics in prostate cancer. Other Uro-oncology topics will be covered by Drs. Seth Lerner and Robert Uzzo. Other experts include Dr. Philipp Dahm (evidence-based medicine), Dr. Marcus Drake (Neuro-urology), Dr. Brian Matlaga (Endoruology/Stone Disease), Dr. Doug Husmann (Pediatrics) and Dr. Andrew MacNeily from University of British Columbia will be the CUA Scholarship Foundation Speaker. Dr. James Orbinski, who received the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF/Doctors Without Borders) when he was global President of MSF in 1999, will provide us with his perspectives on healthcare delivery in less stable and less fortunate parts of the world. Various sub-specialty societies will be meeting as well, and for the first time, there will be a multi-disciplinary uro-oncology meeting with participants from Urologic, Medical and Radiation Oncology, as well as Uro-Pathology. The meeting promises to most informative and stimulating. The spectacular venue with its numerous world-class attractions will complement to excellent scientific program.