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The Future of Pediatric Urology
SFU Fetal Case Reports

Saturday, April 29, 2023
7:00 am
REGISTRATION
7:55 am
WELCOME
Program Chair, Casey A. Seideman
Associate Chair, Candace Granberg
President, Elizabeth B. Yerkes
8:00 - 9:00 am
The Future of Technology
(Each presenter will have 15 minutes to present, followed by a group discussion)

Moderator: Anne G. Dudley

Thulium Laser
Jonathan Ellison
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

PTNS
Janelle A. Fox
Children's Hospital King's Daughters, Norfolk, VA

Future of Machine Learning
Daniel Keefe
IWK Health Centre - Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
9:00 - 10:00 am
Gender Diversity Panel
(Each presenter will have 15 minutes to present, followed by a group discussion)

Moderator: Courtney L. Shepard Streur

TG Advocacy for Kids
Kelly A. Swords
Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, CA

MultiD Collaboration for Gender Diverse Kids / Adults
Diana K. Bowen
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL

Future Vaginoplasty: Robotic Peritoneal Flaps for DSD Surgery
Paul Kokorowski
Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA
10:00 - 10:30 am
COFFEE BREAK - VISIT EXHIBITS
10:30 - 10:45 am
Presentation of SPU Research Grant
10:45 - 11:45 am
Future of the Workforce
(Each presenter will have 15 minutes to present, followed by a group discussion)

Moderator: Carmen Tong

Are We Training Too Many Fellows?
Micah A. Jacobs
Children's Medical Center / UTSW, Dallas, TX

Future of Telehealth
Julia B. Finkelstein
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Future of Fetal Intervention after Dobbs
Vijaya Vemulakonda
Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
SPU PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS - UPDATE ON SPU
Elizabeth B. Yerkes
Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL
12:00 - 1:15 pm
Lunch on Own
12:00 - 1:15 pm
Fellows Lunch (invite only)
1:15 - 2:00 pm
Meredith Campbell Lecture

Career Trajectory in Pediatric Urology: What Can We Do To Identify, Support and Nurture Each Stage?

Mark P. Cain
Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA
2:00 - 3:00 pm
Future Considerations

Moderator: Gwen M. Grimsby, MD
Phoenix Children's Hospital

Future of Diversity
Shannon Cannon
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Microaggressions
Denise Asafu-Adjei
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois

Academic Misconduct: What is Our Role?
Craig A. Peters
Children's Health Texas, Dallas TX
3:00 - 3:30 pm
COFFEE BREAK - VISIT EXHIBITS
3:30 - 4:30 pm
Power Hour
(Each presenter will have 12 minutes to present, followed by a group discussion)

Moderator: Christina Carpenter

The Future of Fusion Toxins for the Bladder
Hatim Thaker
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Robotic Fetal Surgery
Patricio C. Gargollo
Mayo Clinic, Children's Medical Center, Rochester, MN

Harness EMR
Sarah Hecht
Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Portland, OR

Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound as the Future
Ellen Benya
Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL
4:30 - 5:30 pm
SPU Reception
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Pediatric Urologic Oncology Work Group Session
  • A Role for Genitourinary Reconstruction in Locally Advanced Bilateral Wilms Tumor by Andrew Carey
  • Use of perirectal hyaluronic acid spacer prior to radiotherapy in a pediatric patient with bladder rhabdomyosarcoma by Ricardo Arceo-Olaiz
  • Recurrent papillary bladder tumors in a boy with Lynch syndrome by Rafael Tua-Caraccia
  • Peri-pubertal presentation of metastatic testicular mixed, nonseminoma germ cell tumor by Kristen Meier