Invited Lectures

  • 11TH Annual Frontiers in Endourology, St. Louis, MO, June 1997 Instructor in laboratory session
  • 12TH Annual Frontiers in Endourology, St. Louis, MO, June 1998 Instructor in laboratory session
  • American College of Radiology Imaging Network, Washington, D.C., October 1999
    “Clinical Perspectives on Prostate Cancer”
  • Department of Urology, grand rounds, George Washington University, November 1999 “Prostate Cancer Update”
  • Division of Clinical Sciences Fellows Symposium 2000, NIH, March 2000“Dysregulation of Annexin I Protein Expression In Human Esophageal and Prostatic Carcinoma.” Abstract was chosen for 1 of 2 oral presentations.
  • The Management of Prostate Cancer: Certainties and Controversies in the Year 2000, Philadelphia, PA April 2000“Strategies for Biochemical Recurrence After Surgery or Radiation Therapy
  • Department of Surgery, grand rounds, Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring, MD, May 2000“Prostate Cancer Update”
  • AHEC Lecture, Nash General Hospital, September 2000“Prostate Cancer: When to Screen, Whom to Treat”
  • Department of Surgery Grand Rounds, UNC, August 2000“Prostate Cancer Update”
  • Laparoscopic renal surgery, course co-director, UNC, June 2001
  • Laparoscopic renal surgery, course co-director, UNC, September 2001
  • Dysregulation of annexin I protein expression in high grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia and prostate cancer.Poster presentation at 8th annual CaPCURE retreat, September 2001.
  • Division of Urology Prostate Cancer Research Conference, The University of Wisconsin, November 2001“Proteomic Studies of Prostate Cancer: New Opportunities for Discovery and Novel Clinical Applications.”
  • Womack Medical Facility, May 2002“Prostate Cancer Update”
  • AHEC Lecture, Randolph Hospital, June 2002“Prostate Cancer Screening and Treatment in the PSA-ERA”
  • Department of Urology Grand Rounds, The University of California at Irvine, June 2002“Proteomic Studies of Prostate Cancer: New Opportunities for Discovery and Novel Clinical Applications.”
  • Fayetteville North Carolina, June 2002“Kidney Cancer Update”
  • Urology Grand Rounds, Yale University, October 2002 “Proteomic Studies of Prostate Cancer: New Opportunities for Discovery and Novel Clinical Applications.”
  • Third Annual Urologic Oncology: Extraordinary Opportunities for Discovery, Bethesda, MD December 2002“PSA and Prostate Cancer Proteomics”
  • Multidisciplinary Advances In The Treatment of Prostate Cancer, Chapel Hill, NC, January 2003 “New Technology for Detection of Prostate Cancer” and moderator for panel discussion on detection and staging
  • Southeastern Section of the AUA, 67th annual meeting, Savannah, GA, March 2003 Moderator kidney podium session
  • Forth Annual Urologic Oncology: Extraordinary Opportunities for Discovery, Bethesda, MD December 2003 Moderator for Young Urologist Session
  • New Frontiers in Endourology, UCIMC, March 2004 Course faculty
  • The UCI Family Medicine Update Course, June 2004 Prostate Cancer
  • Northwestern University SPORE Meeting, June 2004 “The Role of Annexin I Down-Regulation in Prostate Cancer Development”
  • Stanford University Department of Urology Basic Science Seminar, July 2004“Proteomic Studies of Human Prostate Cancer”
  • Western Section of the AUA, 80th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, August 2004 PREP C course,“Prostate Cancer, Penis and Urethra”
  • Visiting Professor, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, September 2004
  • Medical Center Grand Rounds, Lakewood Medical Center, Lakewood, CA “Prostate Cancer Update” April 2005
  • Nephrology Grand Rounds, UCIMC, Orange, CA“Renal Cell Carcinoma” May 2005
  • Society of Urologic Oncology Spring Meeting, San Antonio, TX“Proteomics, New Serum Markers in Prostate Cancer” May 2005
  • AUA Postgraduate Course, Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery in Urologic Oncology, San Antonio, TX “Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Transperitoneal Radical Prostatectomy ” May 2005
  • New Frontiers in Endourology, UCIMC, March 2005 Course faculty
  • The UCI Family Medicine Update Course, June 2005 “Prostate Cancer Update”
  • The Third Annual Louisiana Statewide Prostate Cancer Symposium, New Orleans, LA, August 2005“What’s New in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Prostate Cancer: From Genomics to Robotics”
  • American Association for Clinical Chemistry, Southern California Section Meeting, Los Angeles CA, September 2005“Diagnosis and Management of Prostate Cancer in the Early 21st Century: From PSA to Robotics”
  • Advanced Robotic Techniques Symposium, Anaheim, CA, January 2006 “Techniques of Robotic Prostatectomy - Basic Concepts
  • Colegio Mexicano de Urologia, Sonora, Mexico,March 2006“Robotic Surgery in Urologic Ocology”
  • The UCI Family Medicine Update Course, June 2006 “Prostate Cancer Update "
  • Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center’s CME Program, Tarzana, CA, September 2006 “Prostate Cancer Update”
  • German Urological Association, Hamburg, Germany, September 2006 “Can molecular techniques make prostate biopsies redundant? ”
  • Advanced Robotic Techniques Symposium "Curing Cancer Through Technology and Skill", UC Irvine, May 2007 "Complications" "Learning Curve" Live case demonstration of robotic radical prostatectomy
  • Advanced Robotic Techniques Symposium "Curing Cancer Through Technology and Skill" UC Irvine, January 2007, performed live robotic female anterior exenteration and robotic paritial nephrectomy.
  • 25th World Congress of Endourology & SWL 2007, Cancun Mexico "Update on Radical Cystectomy" November 2007
  • Robotic Surgery Symposium at Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul Korea, June 2008, performed live robotic female anterior exenteration
  • Robotic Renal Surgery Advanced Workshop, Dallas Texas, November 2008
  • Advanced Robotic Techniques Symposium "Curing Cancer Through Technology and Skill", UC Irvine, January 2009, performed live robotic female anterior exenteration and robotic partial nephrectomy.