Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons (GURS)
Friday, May 15, 2026 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM · 7 hr. (America/New_York)
Marriott Marquis: Independence Ballroom Salon B
Specialty Society
Transgender and Gender Affirming CareTrauma/Reconstruction/Diversion
Information
Learning Objectives:
1. Evaluate emerging diagnostic and risk-assessment strategies in the management of urological disease.
2. Demonstrate optimization of the surgical patient prior to and after urinary diversion surgery.
3. Analyze the latest evidence underlying the surgical management of urethral strictures and emerging areas of research.
1. Evaluate emerging diagnostic and risk-assessment strategies in the management of urological disease.
2. Demonstrate optimization of the surgical patient prior to and after urinary diversion surgery.
3. Analyze the latest evidence underlying the surgical management of urethral strictures and emerging areas of research.
Continuing Medical Education
CME
Friday, May 15
Welcome and Presidential Address
Friday, May 15, 2026 10:00 AM to 10:10 AM
Marriott Marquis: Independence Ballroom Salon B
Christopher Gonzalez · Loyola University Medical Center
Charles Devine Lecture: The Evolution of Robotic Surgery in Reconstructive Urology and What Does the Future Hold?
Friday, May 15, 2026 10:10 AM to 10:40 AM
Marriott Marquis: Independence Ballroom Salon B
Jay Simhan · Fox Chase - Temple Urologic Institute
Lee Zhao · NYU Langone Health
Should We Grow the Number of Fellowships in GURS?
Friday, May 15, 2026 10:40 AM to 11:10 AM
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Keith Rourke · UC Irvine
Kevin Hebert · LSU Health Shreveport
Krishnan Venkatesan · Georgetown University School of Medicine
Kurt McCammon · Eastern Virginia Medical School
How Best to Optimize the Reconstructive Patient Prior to Surgery?
Friday, May 15, 2026 11:10 AM to 11:40 AM
Marriott Marquis: Independence Ballroom Salon B
Niels Johnsen · Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Humberto Villarreal · City of Hope
Melanie Aube-Peterkin
Maria Francesca Monn · SIU Medicine
Mary Soyster · Hartford HealthCare Tallwood Urology
Lichen Sclerosis Biology and Disease Management
Friday, May 15, 2026 11:40 AM to 12:30 PM
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Henriette Veiby Holm · Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet
Alex Vanni · Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
Pankaj Joshi · UROKUL
Joshua Sterling · Suny Upstate
Ty Higuchi · Univ of Colorado School of Med.
Non-CME Industry Sponsored Lunch
Friday, May 15, 2026 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
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GURS Members Town Hall
Friday, May 15, 2026 1:30 PM to 2:00 PM
Marriott Marquis: Independence Ballroom Salon B
Management of the Devastated Bladder Neck (Semi-Live Surgery)
Friday, May 15, 2026 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM
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Akio Horiguchi · National Defense Medical College Hospital
Bridget Findlay · Mayo Clinic Arizona
Brian Chao · NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Malte Vetterlein · University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Ahmad El-Arabi
Should We Continue to Do Medical Missions? What are the Benefits, Risks, and Considerations
Friday, May 15, 2026 2:45 PM to 3:15 PM
Marriott Marquis: Independence Ballroom Salon B
Reynaldo Gomez · Hospital del Trabajador
Steven Hudak · UT Southwestern Medical Center
Hadley Wood · Glickman Institute
Jane Kurtzman · University of Utah Health
Bradley Erickson · University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Gender Affirmation Surgery Update
Friday, May 15, 2026 3:15 PM to 3:45 PM
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Marta Bizic · Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade
Nabeel Shakir · Vattikuti Urology Institute, Henry Ford Hospital
Rajveer Purohit · Mount Sinai Hospital
Rachel Moses · Dartmouth Health
Mang Chen · G.U. Recon
Incontinence and Radiation: Treatment of Post Prostatectomy SUI in a Patient Post-Pelvic Radiation
Friday, May 15, 2026 3:45 PM to 4:10 PM
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Divya Ajay · Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Alexandria Hertz · University of Iowa Healthcare
Lawrence Yeung
Nima Baradaran · Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Jeffrey Loh-Doyle · University of Southern California
Erectile Dysfunction and Incontinence: Patient with Stress Incontinence and Concomitant Refractory ED
Friday, May 15, 2026 4:10 PM to 4:30 PM
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Nathan Shaw · Medstar Georgetown University
Alejandro Carvajal Obando
Paul Rusilko · University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Ryan Terlecki · Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Young GURS 2024-2025 Reconstructive Literature Update
Friday, May 15, 2026 4:30 PM to 4:55 PM
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Sarah Faris · University of Chicago
Brian Inouye · Albany Medical Center, Albany New York
Uzoma Anele
Andrew Cohen · Johns Hopkins Brady Urological Institute
Xinyuan Zhang
Closing Remarks
Friday, May 15, 2026 4:55 PM to 5:00 PM
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Christopher Gonzalez · Loyola University Medical Center
