Thursday Nov 19, 2026
| 08:00 AM | Registration and Breakfast |
| 09:00 AM | Opening Remarks Freddy Méndez, MD, PRUA President |
| 09:15 AM | Bernardino Gonzalez Flores Conference I – Urology Resident Presentations Moderator: Marcos Perez Brayfield, MD |
| 10:00 AM | Coffee Break & Exhibit Viewing |
| 10:30 AM | Bernardino Gonzalez Flores Conference II – Urology Resident Presentations (Moderator: Marcos Perez Brayfield, MD) Pediatric Urology Session (Moderator: Marcos Perez Brayfield, MD) |
| 11:15 AM | Roberto Fortuño MD Lecture – Hydronephrosis and pyeloplasty: success lies in the details Pedro J. Lopez, MD |
| 12:00 PM | Satellite Symposium Non-CME |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
| 01:30 PM | Once upon a time… a princess and a prince… Pedro J. Lopez, MD |
| 02:15 PM | Coffee Break & Exhibit Viewing |
| (Bladder Cancer Session, Moderator: Eduardo Canto, MD) | |
| 02:45 PM | SESAUA Visiting Professor – Feasting in the Garden of Innovation: Treatment Options for High-Risk NMIBC in 2026 Scott Gilbert, MD |
| 03:15 PM | Shift, Evolution and Uncertainty: Navigating a New Management Landscape for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Scott Gilbert, MD |
| 07:30 PM | Presidential Welcome Reception |
Friday Nov 20, 2026
| 07:00 AM | Registration and Breakfast |
| (Nephrolithiasis Management Session, Moderator: Francois Soto Palou, MD) | |
| 08:00 AM | Roberto Canto, MD Endourology Lecture – Lasers as a tool- ideal settings and techniques Michael Lipkin, MD |
| 08:45 AM | Suction and intrarenal pressure in Ureteroscopy- Which, when and how Michael Lipkin, MD |
| 09:30 AM | Coffee Break & Exhibit Viewing |
| 10:00 AM | Charles Higgins MD Lecture – PCNL Technique: A journey from prone to supine Brian Eisner, MD |
| 10:45 AM | What does the future hold? Innovation in Endourology Brian Eisner, MD |
| 11:30 AM | Q&A SESSION |
| 12:00 PM | PRUA Members & Guests Lunch |
| 01:30 PM | Luis Sanjurjo Lecture – My Endourology Journey: The Past, the Present and the Future Raju Thomas, MD |
| (Renal Cancer Session, Moderator: Victor Otaño, MD) | |
| 02:15 PM | Breaking Cystic Dogma: Contemporary Management of Cystic Renal Masses Phillip Pierorazio, MD |
| 02:45 PM | Thinking Differently about Small Renal Masses Phillip Pierorazio, MD |
| 03:15 PM | Coffee Break & Exhibit Viewing |
| 03:45 PM | Burn or Cut? RFA versus Partial Nephrectomy for the small renal mass Francisco Gelpi, MD |
| 04:15 PM | Renal Cancer Case Discussion Panel: Phillip Pierorazio, MD / Francisco Gelpi, MD |
| 05:00 PM | Get Together @ the Exhibit Hall |
Saturday Nov 21, 2026
| 07:00 AM | Registration and Breakfast |
| (Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgery Session, Moderator: Giovanni González, MD) | |
| 08:00 AM | RALP: many ways to skin a cat Rene Sotelo, MD |
| 08:45 AM | When Things Go Wrong: Preventing and Managing Complications in Robotic Prostate and Kidney Surgery Rene Sotelo, MD |
| 09:30 AM | Case discussion Panel: Lindsay Hampson, MD; Raju Thomas, MD; Giovanni González, MD |
| 10:00 AM | Coffee Break & Exhibit Viewing |
| 10:30 AM | SESAUA Update Paul Coughlin, MD |
| (Culture in Academic Urology Session, Moderator: Ramphis Morales, MD) | |
| 11:15 AM | Creating a Culture of Learning from Surgical Complications Lindsay Hampson, MD |
| 11:45 AM | Who We Are When Life Happens: Leadership and Culture in Academic Urology Lindsay Hampson, MD |
| 12:30 PM | Satellite Lunch Symposium Non-CME |
| 01:00 PM | PRUA Business Meeting |
| Nota: *15 CME Credits were requested to the Ponce School of Medicine | |
| 07:00 PM | 77th Anniversary Dinner, Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel, Formal Attire – Black Tie, By Invitation Only |
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