Course Directors

Vincenzo Disanto, MD

Director, Laparoscopy Center
Clinic Santa Rita
Bari, Italy

Vito Pansadoro, MD

Vincenzo Pansadoro Foundation
Director Laparoscopy and Robotic Center
Rome, Italy

Invited Surgeons

Renaud Bollens, MD

Professor and Chairman
C.H.I.C.L. (Groupe Hospitalier de l'Istitut Catholique de Lille)
Lille, France

Vincenzo Disanto, MD

Director, Laparoscopy Center Clinic Santa Rita
Bari, Italy

Franco Gaboardi, MD

Professor and Chairman Department of Urology Sacco Hospital
Milan, Italy

Richard Gaston, MD

Center of Urologic Laparoscopy Department of Urology
Clinique Saint Augustin
Bordeaux, France

Inderbir S. Gill, MD MCH

Chairman and Donald G. Skinner Professor Department of Urology
Executive Director, USC Institute of Urology
Associate Dean (Clinical Innovation)
Keck School of Medicine,
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, USA

Giorgio Guazzoni, MD

Professor and Chairman
Department of Urology
Università Vita e Salute
“Ville Turro” San Raffaele Hospital
Milan, Italy

Günter Janetschek, MD

Professor and Chairman
Department of Urology
Medical University Salzburg
Salzburg, Austria

Mani Menon, MD

The Raj and Padma Vattikuti
Distinguished Chair, Director,
Vattikuti Urology Institute
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, Usa

Alex Mottrie, MD

Department of Urology
O.L.V.-Clinic
Aalst, Belgium

Vito Pansadoro, MD

Vincenzo Pansadoro Foundation
Director, Laparoscopy Center
Rome, Italy

Vipul Patel, MD

Medical Director of Urologic Oncology,
Florida Hospital
Medical Director of Global Robotics Institute
Associate Prof of Urology, Univ of Central Florida
Celebration, USA

Thierry Pièchaud, MD

Center of Urologic Laparoscopy
Clinique Saint Augustin
Bordeaux, France
Chairman of Urologic Courses
IRCAD-EITS, Strasbourg, France

Francesco Porpiglia, MD

Associate Professor
Department of Urology
A.S.O. San Luigi
Orbassano-Torino, Italy

Jens Rassweiler, Professor Dr. med. Dr. h.c.

Chairman EAU-section of Urotechnology
Klinikdirektor Urologie
University of Heidelberg, Germany

Jens Uwe Stolzenburg, MD FRCS (Ed)

Professor and Chairman
Department of Urology
Head of International Training Center
of Urologic Laparoscopy
University of Leipzig
Leipzig, Germany

Peter Wiklund, MD

Professor and Chairman
Dept. of Molecular Medicine and Surgery,
Section of Urology, Karolinska Institut
Stockholm, Sweden

Xu Zhang, MD, PhD

Professor and Chairman
Department of Urology
Chinese PLA General Hospital
Beijing, China

Invited Speakers & Moderators

Alessandro Amici, MD

Professor and Chairman
Department of Urology
Fatebenefratelli Hospital
Rome, Italy

Walter Artibani, MD

Professor and Chairman
Department of Urology
University of Verona, Italy

Guglielmo Breda, MD

Professor and Chairman
Department of Urology
San Bassiano Hospital
Bassano del Grappa, Italy

Francesco Curto, MD

Department of Urology, A.R.N.A.S.
Civic Hospital Palermo Palermo, Italy

Ottavio de Cobelli, MD

Associated Professor
Director of the Department of Urology
European Institute of Oncology
Milan, Italy

Frans Debruyne, MD, PhD

Professor of Urology
Chairman and Medical Director
Andros Men's Health Institutes
The Netherlands

Jean de la Rosette, MD

Professor and Chairman
Department of Urology
Academisch Medische Centrum
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Gianluca D'Elia, MD

Department of Urology
San Giovanni Hospital
Rome, Italy

Paolo Emiliozzi, MD

Department of Urology
San Giovanni Hospital
Rome, Italy

Claudio Giberti, MD

Professor of Urology
Department of Urology
Civic Hospital of Savona
Savona, Italy

Markus Hohenfellner, MD

Professor and Chairman
Department of Urology
University of Heidelberg,
Germany

Pilar Laguna, MD, PhD


Department of Urology
Academisch Medische Centrum
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Rosario Leonardi, MD

Director
Department of Urology
Basile Clinic
Catania, Italy

Evangelos Liatsikos, MD

Associated Professor
University of Patras
Patras, Greece

Michael Marberger, MD, FRCS (ed)

Professor and Chairman
Department of Urology
University of Vienna,
Austria

Luis Martìnez-Piñeiro, MD, PhD, FEBU

Chairman of the Urology Unit
Infanta Sofia Hospital
Madrid, Spain

Alberto Pansadoro, MD

University "La Sapienza"
Rome, Italy

Paolo Pierini, MD

Professor and Chairman
Department of Urology
Regional Hospital Umberto Parini
Aosta, Italy

Lorenzo Repetto, MD

Director
Department of Urologic Laparoscopy
Hospital San Giovanni Battista
Turin, Italy

Bernardo Rocco, MD

Vice Director of Urologic Division
European Insitute of Oncology
Milan, Italy

Francesco Rocco, MD

Director of Urologic Clinic
Milan University
Milan, Italy

Vincenzo Scotto di Palumbo, MD

Chairman Department
Obstetric and Gynecology
Santo Spirito Hospital
Rome, Italy

Giuseppe Sepe, MD

Director Department of Urology
Monte Vergine Clinic
Avellino, Italy

Pietro Giulio Signorile, MD

Director Center for Endometriosis
Roman American Hospital
Rome, Italy

Cora N. Sternberg, MD, FACP

Chairman Department of Medical Oncology
San Camillo and Forlanini Hospitals
Rome, Italy

Urs Studer, MD

Professor and Chairman
Department of Urology
University of Bern

Tullio Sulser, MD

Professor and Chairman
Clinic of Urology
University Hospital Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland

Joachim Thüroff, MD

Professor and Chairman
Department of Urology
University of Mainz
Mainz, Germany