Physicians and researchers from the Department of Urology and Urologic Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center will present on leading research and innovative approaches to treatment at the American Urologic Association's 2017 Annual Meeting in Boston, May 12 - 16. The calendar of events is as follows:

Friday, May 12

 

 

7:30 AM – 9:30 AM  

Instructional Course on Risk-Stratification of Localized Renal Masses

Fox Chase Faculty Participating: Robert Uzzo

 

 

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM 

Poster Session on Active Surveillance for Cystic Renal Masses with ≥5 Years of Follow-Up

Presenting Author: Andrew McIntosh, resident

 

Authors from Fox Chase: Eric Ross, David Chen, Richard Greenberg, Alexander Kutikov, Marc Smaldone, Rosalia Viterbo and Robert Uzzo

 

 

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM 

Poster Session on the Use of duplicate axial imaging in newly diagnosed prostate cancer – trends across the Pennsylvania Urologic Regional Collaborative (PURC)

Authors from Fox Chase: Marc Smaldone and Robert Uzzo

 

 

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM 

Poster Session on Systemic therapy and overall survival trends in patients with non-urothelial histologic variants of muscle invasive bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy

Presenting Author: Shreyas Joshi, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow

 

Authors from Fox Chase: Andreas Correa, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow, Benjamin Ristau, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow, Michael Haifler, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow, Robert Uzzo, Richard Greenberg, David Chen, Rosalia Viterbo, Alexander Kutikov, Daniel Geynisman and Marc Smaldone

 

 

1:10 PM - 1:20 PM 

Podium Session on Non-Contrast Imaging Characteristics of Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma (pRCC): Implications for Diagnosis and Subtyping

Presenting Author: Anand Badri, Resident

 

Authors from Fox Chase: Alexander Kutikov, Rosaleen Parsons, David Chen, Marc Smaldone, Rosalia Viterbo, Richard Greenberg, and Robert Uzzo

 

 

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM 

Poster Session on the metastatic potential of renal tumors: influence of histologic subtypes on definition of small renal masses, risk stratification, and future active surveillance protocols

Authors from Fox Chase: Alexander Kutikov

 

 

Saturday, May 13

 

 

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

6th Annual AUA Residents Bowl

Representing the Mid-Atlantic Region: Andrew McIntosh, resident

 

2:40 PM - 2:50 PM

Presentation of the Society of Urologic Oncology's Distinguished Service Award to Robert Uzzo

 

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster session on the Variation in Active Surveillance Utilization for the Management of Prostate Cancer in a Regional Collaborative

Authors from Fox Chase: Marc Smaldone and Robert Uzzo

 

 

4:10 PM - 4:20 PM

Presentation on the Best Kidney Cancer Papers from the Past Year

Presenting: Alexander Kutikov

 

 

Sunday, May 14

 

 

7:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Poster Session on the Safety and early effectiveness of robotic partial nephrectomy for large angiomyolipomas

Authors from Fox Chase: Robert Uzzo, David Cahn, Resident

 

 

7:30 AM – 9:30 AM

Instructional Course on 2017 AUA Guidelines regarding Evaluation and Management of Localized Renal Mass

Fox Chase Faculty Participating: Robert Uzzo

 

 

9:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Podium Session on Detection and Screening of Prostate Cancer

Fox Chase Faculty Participating: Marc Smaldone

 

 

9:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Poster Session on Partial nephrectomy in the treatment of renal tumors with concomitant venous tumor thrombosis (VTT) of renal vein branches: retrospective, multi-center analysis of perioperative, functional, and oncologic outcomes

Authors from Fox Chase: Alexander Kutikov

 

 

9:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Poster Session on the Classification of Kidney tumors with 1064 nm dispersive Raman spectroscopy

Presenting Author: Michael Haifler, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow

 

Authors from Fox Chase: Andreas Correa, resident, Benjamin Ristau, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow, Shreyas Joshi, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow, Richard Greenberg, David Chen, Marc Smaldone, Alexander Kutikov, Rosalia Viterbo and Robert Uzzo

 

 

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

AUA Speed Mentoring Session

Faculty Mentor: Alexander Kutikov

 

 

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Poster Session on Multicenter Analysis of Oncologic and Renal Functional Outcomes of Radical and Partial Nephrectomy in Stage II Renal Cell Carcinoma

Authors from Fox Chase: Andres Correa, resident

 

 

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Poster Session on Clinical Destiny of Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules in Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy for Urothelial Carcinoma of the Bladder

Presenting Author: David Cahn, Resident

 

Authors from Fox Chase: Elizabeth Plimack, Daniel Geynisman, Matthew Zibelman, Benjamin Ristau, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow, Marc Smaldone, Richard Greenberg, Rosalia Viterbo, David Chen, Robert Uzzo and Alexander Kutikov

 

 

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Poster Session on Validation of a mathematical model to predict renal function after nephron sparing surgery

Presenting Author: Michael Haifler, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow

 

Authors from Fox Chase: Andres Correa, resident, Benjamin Ristau, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow, Shreyas Joshi, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow, Richard Greenberg, David Chen, Alexander Kutikov, Rosalia Viterbo, and Robert Uzzo

 

 

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Plenary Session on Second Opinion Cases of Renal Hilar Masses

Fox Chase Faculty Participating: Robert Uzzo

 

 

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

AUA National Chief Resident Debate

Faculty Judge from Fox Chase: Alexander Kutikov

 

 

 

Monday, May 15

 

 

8:10 AM - 8:20 AM

Podium Session on Can looks deceive? Not all clinically "cystic" renal masses harbor indolent biology

Presenting Author: Benjamin Ristau, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow

 

Authors from Fox Chase: Eric Ross, Michael Haifler, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow, Shreyas Joshi, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow, Andres Correa, resident, David Chen, Richard Greenberg, Rosalia Viterbo, Marc Smaldone, Robert Uzzo and Alexander Kutikov

 

 

8:20 AM - 8:30 AM

Podium Session on Survival Analysis of patients with T2 penile cancer who received inguinal lymph node dissection: Results from the National Cancer Database

Presenting Author: Andreas Correa, resident

 

Authors from Fox Chase: Benjamin Ristau, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow, Michael Haifler, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow, Shreyas Joshi, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow, Robert Uzzo, Rosalia Viterbo, Richard Greenberg, David Chen, Alexander Kutikov, Daniel Geynisman and Marc Smaldone

 

 

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Podium Session on Ablative Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer

Presenting Session Moderator from Fox Chase: Alexander Kutikov

 

 

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Poster Session on Treatment trends and outcomes for lymph node positive penile cancer patients

Presenting Author: Shreyas Joshi, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow

 

Authors from Fox Chase: Andres Correa, resident, Michael Haifler, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow, Benjamin Ristau, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow, Robert Uzzo, Richard Greenberg, David Chen, Rosalia Viterbo, Alexander Kutikov, Marc Smaldone and Daniel Geynisman

 

 

1:40 PM - 1:50 PM

Podium Session on Active Surveillance for renal masses with > 5 years of follow-up: Tumor growth, delayed intervention rates, and clinical outcomes

Presenting Author: Andrew McIntosh, resident

 

Authors from Fox Chase: Eric Ross, David Chen, Richard Greenberg, Alexander Kutikov, Marc Smaldone, Rosalia Viterbo and Robert Uzzo

 

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Poster Session on Immune correlates of pathologic response in bladder cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Presenting Author: Phillip Abbosh

 

Authors from Fox Chase: Wafik El-Deiry and Elizabeth Plimack

 

 

4:20 PM - 4:30 PM

Podium Session on Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for elderly patients with locally advanced or early nodal disease: Are we doing enough?

Presenting: Andreas Correa, resident

 

Authors from Fox Chase: Benjamin Ristau, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow, Michael Haifler, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow, Shreyas Joshi, Society of Urologic Oncology fellow, Robert Uzzo, Rosalia Viterbo, Richard Greenberg, David Chen, Alexander Kutikov, Daniel Geynisman and Marc Smaldone

 

Tuesday, May 16

 

 

3:40 PM - 3:50 PM

Plenary Session on Take Home Messages regarding Minimally Invasive Surgery

Presenting: Rosalia Viterbo