Dr Wissam Abou-Chedid is a Consultant Urological and Robotic Surgeon at the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, one of the UK’s highest-volume robotic prostatectomy centres, and an Assistant Professor at the University of Surrey.
He specialises in robotic pelvic oncology, with particular expertise in clipless, nerve-sparing Retzius-sparing robotic radical prostatectomy, and minimally invasive treatments for benign prostatic enlargement.
He has played a leading role in developing innovative surgical pathways, including day-case robotic prostatectomy, patient-led catheter removal and high-intensity robotic operating lists, with a focus on improving patient recovery, surgical outcomes and healthcare efficiency.
As Director of the Robotic Urology Fellowship at the Royal Surrey Hospital, he leads the training and development of the next generation of robotic surgeons. He is also an international robotic surgery proctor and faculty member at the IRCAD institute, actively contributing to surgical education across the UK and internationally.
Peter Albers, MD, is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Urology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf since 2008. In January 2018 he was elected Medical Director of the CIO Düsseldorf, Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University Hospital Düsseldorf and hold this position until 2022. In January 2020 he was double appointed Division Head of the newly established Division “Personalized Early Detection of Prostate Cancer” at the National Cancer Prevention Center of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg.
Prof. Albers received his MD degree from the University Mainz and started his surgical training and urological residency at the Universities of Mainz and Bonn.
He obtained a German Research Foundation (DFG 391/1-3) Research Fellowship at the Department of Urology, Indiana University (Indianapolis) and at the Department of “Cancer Research” Eli Lilly, Inc. (Indianapolis, USA) as well as a Clinical Observership in Pediatric Urology at the Riley Hospital for Children Indianapolis and at the Children´s Hospital of Philadelphia and Urologic Oncology at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York City, USA).
From 1998-2003 Prof. Albers was Vice Chairman of the Department of Urology at the University of Bonn and from 2003-2008 Chairman of the Department of Urology at the Klinikum Kassel GmbH, Marburg University. Since 2008 he is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Urology at the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf. Peter Albers received numerous awards, such as the Maximilian-Nitze-Award of the German Society of Urology in 1999 and 2002, the Alken Prize and the John-Mendelsohn Study-Award of the German Cancer Society in 2010, the European Association of Urology Platinum Award 2024, and the Maximilian Nitze Medal of the German Society of Urology in 2025.
Prof. Albers led the EAU Testis Cancer Guidelines Group from 2006 to 2018 and chaired as Congress President the German Cancer Congress in 2012. From 2016 to 2018 Peter Albers was President of the German Cancer Society. 2019 he was appointed Chair of the Scientific Congress Office and Board Member of the European Association of Urology (EAU) until 2024. 2023 he was elected as Board Member of the European Cancer Organisation (ECO). In 2024, he was appointed Vice Chair of the EAU policy office and chair of the EAU GU Oncology Council.
Biography : Christopher Anderson 2026
Mr Christopher Anderson is a distinguished Consultant Urological Surgeon known for his expertise with Minimally Invasive Robotic techniques in renal and prostate cancer. His innovative approach to patient care integrates cutting-edge technology to improve surgical outcomes and enhance quality of life for his patients. He has expertise in the management of small renal masses and was the first in the UK to perform laparoscopic Cryotherapy (2004), and Firefly Immunofluorescence in Robotic Partial nephrectomy (2013).
He was an integral member of the team that pioneered robotic surgery in the UK in 2005.He introduced the robotic surgery programme to St George’s Healthcare in 2008, where he was lead robotic surgeon and taught numerous consultants.
He is frequently invited to present at national and international conferences, sharing his insights on surgical innovation and patient-cantered care. Through his commitment to education, Mr Anderson mentors the next generation of urologists, fostering excellence in clinical practice and research. To this end, he successfully established Royal College of Surgeons and European Assoc. of Urology certified Robotic Fellowship training programmes at St Georges.
He has recently published a book: Renal Cancer – Current Status and Innovations. (Springer) He has also authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters that contribute significantly to the understanding of robotic-assisted surgery and novel therapeutic modalities in urology. He has been actively involved in both clinical practice and academic research in his role in St Georges Hospital London.
He completed undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Universities of Stellenbosch and Cape Town, South Africa. He did fellowships in the USA at Cleveland Clinic, Henry Ford Hospital, and Jackson Memorial Hospital and in Germany at the University of Leipzig. He is an Honorary Professor at University of Cape Town.
Dr. Mátyás Benyó obtained his general medical degree in 2006 from the Faculty of General Medicine at the University of Debrecen, Medical and Health Science Center. From 2006 to 2021, he worked at the Department of Urology of the University of Debrecen as an assistant professor from 2014. In 2005, he obtained a paramedic III qualification, after which he worked part-time at the National Ambulance Service for two years. Between 2006 and 2008, he also provided general practitioner on-call services. In 2012, he passed the Hungarian and European urology specialist exams – Fellow of the European Board of Urology (FEBU). Since then, he has had a private urology practice, what is his main occupation since 2021. In 2013, he obtained a PhD degree (title: “Assessment of Thrombosis Risk and Prevention of Thromboembolic Complications in Radical Prostatectomy”). In that year, he introduced microsurgical andrological surgeries at the Department of Urology in Debrecen. In 2014, he passed the Hungarian, and in 2018, the European andrology specialist exams – European Academy of Andrology: Clinical Andrologist. He completed significant study trips in Salzburg (Austria), Budapest, and Zagreb (Croatia). By 2024, he had published 55 scientific papers (Impact factor 16.632), authored five textbook chapters, and delivered more than 200 presentations and posters. His university teaching activities include supervising 25 state exam theses and projects, and 28 local and national scientific student research projects for Hungarian and international students. He is the president of the Hungarian Society for Sexual Medicine, the secretary of the Hungarian Association of Andrology, and a board member of the European Association of Urology Section of Office Urology.
Is the Investigator In-Chief for the Urological Research Network Corp in Miami. A former Professor of Urology at George Washington University (Washington DC), and Columbia University (New York, NY). In South Florida currently serves as Professor of Urology for Nova Southeastern University.
An Innovator Urological Oncologist and Robotic Surgeon who has conducted more than 18 randomized clinical trials – committed to the best care options for his patients
Dr Bianco serves as principal investigator for the Fusion Image – MRI/US -Guided Cryotherapy of the Prostate Clinical Trial – NCT02381990 – an innovative disruptive technology of the FocalyxTx paradigm that started in 2013 and by the end of 2025 has managed over 2,660 men in the office setting under local anesthesia
Importantly, he has been a pioneer in Urological Robotic Procedures for cancer patients and also in complex robotic reconstructive procedures and in 2015 was the lead author of the first Level 1 evidence study – NCT01371994 – that evaluated Urinary Continence Outcomes after Robotic Prostatectomy published in the Journal of Urology.
In addition, Dr. Bianco has served as a lead scientist involved in the PRO-IMPACT trial that evaluates the molecular profiles of prostate cancers and its chances of disseminating in the short term. This represents an important effort supported by the Society of Urological Oncology Clinical Trials Consortium NCT02080689
Other important contributions by Dr. Fernando J. Bianco include: characterization of PSA response to androgen deprivation therapies after surgery; association between testosterone levels and prostate cancer and the impact of surgeon’s experience in prostate cancer survival and morbidity outcomes.
Throughout his career, Dr Bianco has held prestigious faculty positions. Upon completion of his Urological Oncology and Laparoscopic studies at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in the city of New York – where he was a Scholar for the American Urological Association Care Foundation (2003-2005); and the Koch and Albittron Foundations Scholar for Prostate Cancer (2005-2006) – he moved to Washington, DC to serve as Chief of Urology Oncology at the Department of Urology of The George Washington University.
Dr Bianco relocated to South Florida in 2008, serving as Associate Professor of Columbia University in the city of New York and as Founder and Director of the Columbia University Division of Urology as well as Director of Robotic Surgery at Mt Sinai Hospital in Miami Beach. By 2011 he Co-founded the Robotic Surgery program at Doctors Hospital (Coral Gables, FL). His work has been highlighted by the urological community: he was awarded by the American Urological Association, Society of Urological Oncology and American Society of Clinical Oncology. He serves on the review panel and editorial board of numerous publications, including the Journal of Urology, Urology Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Urology, Cancer, Lancet Oncology and European Urology – where he served as member of the editorial board-at large.
Dr Richard Cetti is a Consultant Urological Surgeon and Fellow of both the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
He completed his basic and specialist surgical training in the UK, followed by sub-specialist training at Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne. Richard moved to Tasmania with his young family in January 2015. He is Head of Unit at Launceston General Hospital, leads the statewide service for complex kidney stones and PCNL, is a member of the national Endourology Specialty Advisory Group, and serves as a Representative Director on the Board of USANZ.
Richard has published widely in endourology and has a strong interest in surgical training and simulation.
Christina B. Ching, MD, is a Clinical Associate Professor in Pediatric Urology and Principle Investigator at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus Ohio USA. She runs a research laboratory that studies the impact of host immunity on UTI susceptibility. She has had NIH funding in the form of a K08 and R03 grant to investigate the role of the cytokine IL-6 in the host response to UPEC UTI and is studying urothelial biology in the response to UTI. Her clinical interests include UTI but all forms of urologic pathology. She is trained in robotics and also open surgery. She completed her urology residency at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio and her pediatric fellowship at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She is active in global health and participates in medical missions through International Volunteers in Urology where she is Vice Chair of the Board.
Dr. John Denstedt graduated from medical school in 1982 at The University of Western Ontario in London, Canada. He completed his residency in Urology at Western between 1983 and 1987 followed by a fellowship in Endourology at Washington University in St. Louis. He returned to London and joined the Division of Urology in the Department of Surgery at Western in 1990.
In July 2002 he assumed the role of Chair and Chief of the Department of Surgery at Western University and served in this role for 14 years. Dr. Denstedt is a Past Chair of the Canadian Association of Surgical Chairs and has served on the American Urological Association Board of Directors. He completed a 10 year term as Treasurer of the Endourological Society in 2018. He is Past President of the Northeastern Section of the AUA.
While maintaining an active clinical practice, Dr. Denstedt is an internationally renowned scholar in urology with career accomplishments encompassing over 260 published papers and book chapters, more than 350 guest professorships in over 70 countries and numerous honours and awards including being the first Canadian to have won the Gold Cystoscope Award from the American Urological Association in 1998. In 2019 he was awarded the Karl Storz Lifetime Achievement Award from the Endourological Society and in 2024 received the Ramon Guiteras award, the top honour bestowed by the American Urological Association. Dr. Denstedt has served on the Editorial Board of eight major journals in Urology and is the immediate past Executive Editor of the Journal of Endourology. He is the immediate past Secretary of the American Urological Association and is the first Canadian to hold this prestigious position since the founding of the organization in 1902. In 2023 he served as President of the Endourological Society.
Professor Paddy Dewan is a Paediatric Surgeon and Urologist who went to medical school in Melbourne, trained in surgery in New Zealand, Dublin and London, after which he spent time establishing a research Unit in Adelaide. He then returned to Melbourne to pursue an interest in clinical Paediatric Urology, research and outreach, the later leading to an enhanced understanding of anorectal anomalies, bladder exstrophy, ureterocystoplasty and hypospadias. He has had 151 trips to 25 countries that were in need of training. And, was recently awarded the St Theresa Presidential Medal for humanitarian work in Kosovo.
His career has involved a commitment to the quality agenda, encouraging research to be a core part of surgical practice, and urging patients to be partners in their care; and his career includes over 200 publications, more than 400 lecture and research presentations, and four research degrees.
His achievements include the recognition of the “jigsaw puzzle” approach to clinical problems, the invention of both the autoautmentation demucosalised enterocystoplasty and the Ulaanbaatar hypospadias procedures, plus the promotion of ureterocystoplasty and ureterocalycostomy in appropriate patients; the redefining of the anatomy of posterior urethral obstruction he considers his greatest contribution, including the coining of the term COPUM.
Dr Prenevin Govender was born in Port Elizabeth. He schooled at St Georges Preparatory School and Theodor Herzl High School, where he matriculated first in his class. He completed his MBChB at the University of Cape Town in 2001. He did his postgraduate training at the University of Cape Town and obtained his Fellowship of the College of Urologists in May 2009. He graduated with distinction for a Masters in Medicine from the University of Cape Town in 2010.
His special interests include laparoscopic and endoscopic urological surgery, Prostate Brachytherapy, Sacral neuromodulation (Interstim), intravesical Botox and other urinary incontinence surgery. He is actively involved in all Urodynamic studies.
His super-speciality qualifications include a Diploma in Laparoscopic Surgery from the University of Strasbourg in France as well as a mini-fellowship in Endourology at the Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital in Gujarat, India. He has completed the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology teaching course on Brachytherapy in Prostate Cancer in Avignon, France. He has also completed the Fundamental training in Pelvic Floor Neuromodulation in Antwerp, Belgium, as well as the ECMT Pelvic Floor Neuromodulation Advanced training program in Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark.
Dr Govender consults full-time at Life Kingsbury Hospital in Claremont and he is an avid cyclist, runner and golfer. He is happily married, with two children.
Universities: Freiburg, Lakeland/Florida, München, Lübeck, Wellington/Newzealand;
Graduation 1987; Dr. med. 1988; Professor med. 1997; Prof. h.c. Semmelweis University, Budapest/Hungary 2013.
Residencies: Physiology: Lübeck; Urology: Lübeck, Berlin, Hamburg;
Board certified 1993;
Head of Dept in Bergisch Gladbach 2000;
Head of Dept in Asklepios Klinik Barmbek (Teaching Hospital, University of Hamburg) 2005-2025;
Senior Advisor Urology Asklepios Klinik Barmbek 2025;
Chair Urology Asklepios Medical School, Hamburg 2010 -2025.
Registration in South Africa 2025.
Honorary Chair: AK Endourologie (DGU);
Honorary member: AUA-New York Section, South African Urological Association, Hungarian Urological Association, Urological Society of India.
His main interest is in the field of endourology and lasers in urology.
Prof Ahmed Hadidi is Professor and chairman of Pediatric Surgery Department, Sana Klinikum Offenbach, Germany. He is also the director of the Hypospadias Center, Germany. Prof Hadidi is the editor of the book “ Hypospadias Surgery, An illustrated Textbook, Springer Verlag 2022” and the book” Hypospadias Surgery; The Art and Science, Springer Verlag 2004”. He has published 137 scientific papers and book chapters, primarily in the fields of Hypospadias, Hirschsprung disease and esophageal atresia and has 1072 citations .
Professor Hadidi is the winner of the Pulvertaft Prize of the British Society of Hand Surgery, of Hasan Hamdy Prize of Cairo University and of the History club of the British Association of Pediatric Surgery. He has several ongoing studies on the development of Human Urethra, hormone receptors and Chordee.
Prof. Hadidi was invited and organized Hypospadias Workshops in more than 90 countries all over the world. Prof. Hadidi is the Honorary President of the Hypospadias International Society (HIS). He is an active reviewer of the Journals of Urology, Journal of Pediatric Surgery and Journal of Pediatric Urology.
He organized the 2nd HIS International Congress in Frankfurt in 2018 and the the 6th HIS World Hypospadias Congress in October 2-4 , 2024 in Cairo.
Professor Hadidi operates in several countries in Europe, Africa, Asia on a regular basis every year and he gets referred complicated hypospadias patients from 6 continents .
Professor Vanessa Hayes is the Petre Chair of Prostate Cancer Research at the University of Sydney, where she heads the Ancestry and Health Genomics Laboratory in the Charles Perkins Centre. She also holds Honorary Professorships at the University of Pretoria in South Africa and at the Universities of Manchester and East Anglia in the United Kingdom. She is Director for the US DoD-funded HEROIC (Health Equity Research Outcomes & Improvement Consortium) Prostate Cancer Precision Health Africa1K (HEROIC-PcaPH-Africa1K), heads the UK-ICGC Pan Prostate Cancer Group (PPCG) Ancestry Disparity Working Group and co-leads the Southern African Prostate Cancer Study (SAPCS) and East African Prostate Cancer Study (EAPCS). Known for her contribution in generating the first global African Human and prostate tumour genomes, the Hayes Lab uses cutting-edge genomic technologies and big data analytics to unravel prostate cancer disparities, with a focus on understanding why men of African ancestry are disproportionately impacted. Establishing globally unique bioresources, the team’s approach is holistic, aimed at unraveling both genetic (inherited and acquired) and non-genetic (including lifestyle and environmental) forces at play. The overall objective – to establish a roadmap for prostate cancer precision medicine that is globally inclusive. A Matie Alumni – she is honoured to be delivering this address where her studies began.
Since being appointed a consultant at St George’s in 2010, he has served as the Clinical Lead for Urological Cancer. His national reputation is built on his proficiency in bladder and prostate cancer treatment, utilizing both open and minimally invasive techniques. He has mastered robotic and endoscopic surgical methods to address a variety of urological conditions, particularly those affecting the bladder, prostate, and ureter. His surgical expertise has made him a respected mentor and proctor for many surgeons across London and beyond. Mr. Issa is among a select group of UK surgeons performing robotic-assisted bladder removal with reconstruction. He is also recognized for his innovative approaches to treating patients with bladder cancer, often eliminating the need for bladder removal
Dr. Klotz is Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto, and the Sunnybrook Chair of Prostate
Cancer Research. He trained at the University of Toronto, McGill, and MSKCC. Dr. Klotz’s work has had
a major impact on the management of every stage of prostate cancer, with a consistent emphasis on
reducing treatment-related morbidity and improving quality of life without compromising survival. Most
notably, he led the team that established active surveillance (a term he coined) for low-risk prostate
cancer. He has published about 600 peer reviewed articles and eight books. He was the Associate
Editor for Journal of Urology, and the founding editor of both the CJU and the CUAJ. He founded the
Canadian Urologic Research Consortium and the World Urologic Oncology Federation.
He started the University of Toronto Uro-Oncology Fellowship and has mentored hundreds of residents
and fellows. He received the Order of Canada, the Queen’s Jubilee Medal, the Huggins Medal, the
Harold Warwick Award from the Canadian Cancer Society and lifetime achievement awards from the
Canadian Urological Association and the University of Toronto. He is an honorary member of the AUA
and many other societies.
Dr Wayne Lam obtained his undergraduate medical degree from King’s College London in the United Kingdom. He completed his urologic and sub-specialist training in London. He underwent a one-year dedicated fellowship training in advanced complex reconstructive urology under Professor Nick Watkin at St George’s University Hospital. He also obtained his postgraduate degree in Urology with distinction at University College London.
Dr Lam was subsequently appointed as a consultant urologist at the prestigious urology unit at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, prior to joining the University Surgical Unit at the University of Hong Kong in 2017 as a Clinical Assistant Professor.
His subspecialty interests include complex genito-urethral reconstructive surgery, precise diagnostics and treatment for prostate cancer, organ preserving surgical treatment for penile cancer, surgical treatment for erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence, holistic surgical approaches for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and robotic surgery. He has published extensively in all major urological journals, and sat on various urological editorial boards. He is a regularly invited speaker at major urological conferences, and carried out live reconstructive surgeries at international meetings.
Dr. Kurt McCammon serves as the Devine Chair in Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery, Chairman and Professor of the Department of Urology at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS), Program Director of Urologic residency and Adult and Pediatric Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship. He received his medical degree from the Medical College of Ohio, followed by Urology residency at EVMS and a two-year Fellowship in GU Reconstruction at EVMS.
He is the past Mid-Atlantic Representative on the board of the AUA, past president GURS and past chair of the IVUmed Board and past chair of education for Societe internationale d’Urologie. He currently serves on the UCF Board. Dr. McCammon is a Diplomate of the American Board of Urology.
He is honored to have received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Toledo in October 2011, the Christina Manthos Mentoring Award from the Society of Women in Urology in 2017 the SIU Albert Schweitzer International Teaching Award in 2022 and the 2025 AUA Distinguished Service Award for contributions to international humanitarian efforts and work in advancing genitourinary reconstruction. .
Dr. McCammon lectures both nationally and internationally on the topics of male and female reconstruction and has authored numerous chapters and publications on pelvic reconstruction. His clinical interests include female urology, pelvic reconstruction, urethral reconstruction, male incontinence, global surgical education, and humanitarian medicine.
Head of Urology Department, AZORG Hospital Aalst, BE Co-founder & CEO of Orsi Academy, Melle, BE
Founder & Past-President of EAU Robotic Urology Section (ERUS)
Co-founder & Past-President of the Society of Robotic Surgeons (SRS)
Founder & Past-President of the Belgian Laparoscopic Urology Group (BLUG)
James N’Dow is Director of the Academic Urology Unit since its establishment in 2001. His research activity spans across evidence synthesis, trials, guideline development, implementation science and the use of big data to complement traditional trial data. He has consistently secured significant funding for research totalling over £43 million over the past 20 years; including being the Coordinator of two large EU IMI funded big data for better outcomes projects. He is Coordinator of the €12M EU IMI funded 5 year project on prostate cancer big data (https://prostate-pioneer.eu/), a large European Multidisciplinary Consortium of 35 partners from 9 countries to harness the power of Big data to inform clinical practice recommendations. He recently successfully coordinated a second €21.3M EU IMI funded large consortium of 36 partners called OPTIMA researching three solid cancers (Prostate, Breast and Lung cancers).
He was Coordinating Editor of the Cochrane Incontinence Review Group and has a track record in delivering NIHR funded national trials in urology. He is co-lead for the recently funded British Association of Urological Surgeons TUF Trials Unit awarded to CHaRT. Appointed Chair of European Association of Urology Guideline Office Board in 2014. Under his leadership, the EAU Guidelines have become the most comprehensive and trusted urological surgical practice guidelines globally, endorsed by 75 countries.Co-founder and MD of UCAN. UCAN has led 3 fundraising campaigns over the past 15 years, raising over £7 million in philanthropic contributions (cash and in-kind) galvanising the support of the local business community. UCAN funded the opening of the first Urological Cancer Care Centre in Scotland, brought the first robotics surgical system to Scotland as well as contributing £2,517,000 to University of Aberdeen for urological cancer related research. He is also Founder and trustee for Horizons Trust UK charitable trust.
Rajesh Nair, FRCS (Urol.), FEBU, MSc. (Urol) is a Consultant Urological Surgeon appointed in 2017 at Guy’s and St. Thomas’. Nair has a sub-specialist interest in open, laparoscopic and robot-assisted surgery with a particular focus with bladder, kidney, prostate and testis cancer issues as well as reconstructive urological surgery.
Nair has done fellowship training in robotics, uro-oncology and reconstructive urology at St. George’s Hospital, Guy’s Hospital, London and the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Australia.
Dr. Christopher Netsch was born in Frankfurt/Main and raised in Germany. He studied medicine at the Universities of Mainz (DE) and Bern (CH). He graduated from the University of Mainz in 2005 and finished his doctoral thesis in 2006. His training in urology was conducted at the Inselspital Bern (under Prof. Studer), Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe (DE) (under Prof. Frohneberg) and the Asklepios Hospital Hamburg Barmbek (DE) (under Prof. Gross). After his board certification in 2011, Dr. Netsch became a staff member at the Department of Urology of the Asklepios Hospital Hamburg Barmbek. Here, he also attended a 24-month fellowship on Endourology (Fellow in Endourology, Endourological Society). He was qualified as a Fellow of the European Board of Urology (FEBU) in 2015. Dr. Netsch finished his habilitation thesis at Semmelweis University, Budapest (HU) in 2017. Since 2025, he is the head of the department of urology at the Asklepios Klinik Barmbek. Dr. Netsch is a member of the German Working Group in Endourology (current position: Chairman), the EAU section of Uro-Technology (ESUT) and a member at large of the Board of Directors of the Endourological Society. He is a reviewer for numerous journals such as European Urology, Journal of Urology, Urology, British Journal of Urology International, Journal of Endourology and World Journal of Urology. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the World Journal of Urology. Dr. Christopher Netsch published over 150 PubMed listed, peer-reviewed journal articles, numerous book articles (editor of a textbook of BPO), abstracts, and hold lectures on national/international congresses. He was awarded with several awards both nationally and internationally such as the Wolfgang Mauermayer and the Winfried Vahlensieck award of the German Society of Urology and the Hans Marberger award of the European Association of Urology. His scientific and clinical interests in urology are endourological topics: stone disease and minimally-invasive therapies for BPO.
Professor Philip is the President Elect of the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS); the first Minority & International Medical graduate (IMG) Urologist to hold this office in it’s 80 year history. Joe works with the President, Trustees, Council and Executive team to deliver BAUS strategy programs focused on Education, Membership & Workforce.
He was appointed Consultant Urological Surgeon at Bristol Urological Institute in 2011, after attending Medical College in Calicut, Southern India, and having his higher specialist Urology training in the Mersey region & Birmingham. Joe is a tertiary hospital specialist Endourological Surgeon with practice involving the management of complex stone patients, ureteric injuries and endoscopic upper tract urothelial cancer management.
His research interests are in kidney stones disease and improving on differential attainment. His group looks into evaluating risk factors for sepsis, increased hospital stay and morbidity in patients who undergo stone procedures and outcomes of shockwave lithotripsy. Attempts at identifying risk factors for recurrence of stone disease, including with the use of Machine learning continue.
Joe is passionate campaigner for Equity, to reduce differential attainment, improving on Diversity and Inclusion in Education, Representation and Leadership. He leads a research group evaluating In-equity, regulator bodies’ attitudes & differential language. He has reported on representation of females, ethnic minorities and doctors from disadvantaged backgrounds on National bodies, especially in Urology. As President of the International British Urology Society for the last 6 years (recently demitted), he has worked towards empowering younger colleagues.
Joe has published over 40 papers and has lectured around the world. He is an International Professor with the Apollo Hospitals Educational & Research Foundation (AHERF), India; Honorary Professor of Urology at the School of Medicine, Bridgetown International University, Barbados and Honorary Associate Professor at the School of Engineering, Mathematics & Technology at the University of Bristol, U.K. In addition, he is also the endourology Section editor for the Journal of Clinical Urology and serves as a Trustee/Advisor on National Committees. He is also an Alumni of the prestigious The King’s Fund having undertaken the Strategic Clinical Leaders Programme. Professor Philip is the recipient of the 2026 Honorary membership of the urology Society of India for work that has significantly advanced science and practice of urology, and whose efforts have strengthened bonds of academic collaboration and friendship across nations, the 2024 KAMS (UK) award for Outstanding contribution to the field of Urological Surgery & the 2023 APEX Healthcare Excellency Award for Excellence in Healthcare
Dr. Bhavik Shah is a board-certified urologist who specializes in the
treatment of men’s health conditions including Peyronie’s disease,
erectile dysfunction, and urinary leaking (incontinence). His passion and
expertise lies in prostate cancer survivorship. He is a frequently invited
lecturer at prominent sexual medicine conferences as well as Urology
training programs around the world. He grew up in Botswana and currently
practices in the United States, in Atlanta, Georgia.
He is in the top 1% of penile implant surgeons in surgical volume, and has
patients traveling across the globe to have surgery performed by him.
Dr. Shah has a personalized approach to each person’s care with a
particular focus on penile length and girth restoration. He provides both in
office and intraoperative techniques to restore and maximize a patient’s
penile size allowing them to restore their confidence and improve their
quality of living.
Dr. Heidi Stephany is an Associate Clinical Professor at UCI/CHOC Urology. She is a board certified
urologist with a subspecialty certification in pediatric urology. Dr. Stephany received her medical
doctorate at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, and completed her residency training in
urology at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She subsequently matriculated to Vanderbilt
University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, where she completed her pediatric urology
fellowship. Prior to joining the University of California, Irvine and The Children’s Hospital of Orange
County in August 2017, Dr. Stephany was an Assistant Professor and the Associate Clinical Director for
the Division of Pediatric Urology at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, at the University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center, from 2013-2017.
Resident and fellow education is also a primary focus in her academic career both locally and
internationally. She served as the Associate Program Director at UCI from August 2017 to August 2024
and is the Fellowship Director for the pediatric urology fellowship since 2017. She is the Chair of the
board for International Volunteers in Urology (IVU Med), an international urologic non-governmental
organization (NGO), and volunteers biannually in Africa to conduct workshops to share her expertise in
pediatric urology with local urologists.
Dr. Stephany’s clinical interest include complex reconstructive surgery, pediatric urologic oncology, and
congenital anomalies specifically working in the fetal center with expecting mothers. She participates in
clinical outcomes research with an interest in both neurogenic and non-neurogenic voiding dysfunction.
Undergrad: Kansas State University, Kansas
Medical School: University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas
Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University, Tennessee
Prof Rajeev TP is an accomplished Urologist with an impressive list of
qualifications and experience. He holds MBBS, MS, M.Ch (Urology, AIIMS, New
Delhi), and has a fellowship in Endo Urology, Laparoscopic and Robotic
Urology from University of Minnesota, USA. Prof Rajeev is honoured as a
Visiting Professor, University of Minnesota, USA. He was Former Professor &
Head, Department of Urology, Gauhati Medical College, and is currently
Director and Chief Consultant Urologist, Medicity, Guwahati, Assam, India.
Prof Rajeev TP has held various positions in professional organizations,
including Treasurer USI, Hon Secretary USI, President USI, Scientific Chair,
Societe Internationale D’urologie, Treasurer, South Asian Association of
Urological Surgeons and Secretary General, South Asian Association of
Urological Surgeons. He has several awards and honors, including Gold medal
in M.Ch Urology from AIIMS, New Delhi, Prof CKP Menon Best paper award of
USI, Best paper awards and quiz prizes, East Zone Chapter, Orissa Urology
Trust Oration, Assam Urology Society Oration, Member travel fellowship USI.
Prof Rajeev T P is the receipient of ST Paul’s Gold Medal from British
Association of Urological Surgeons for the most promising International
Urologist. Prof. Rajeev T.P. has an impressive list of publications, with 65
research papers in International journals, 43 research papers in National
journals, and chapters in books – Nocturia: Textbook of BPH and Bilateral
mPCNL: Textbook on PCNL. He has presented research papers in various
International and National conferences, chaired scientific sessions, delivered
guest lectures, and moderated sessions in AUA/EUA/UAA/SIU/WCE/AAU. In
addition, he has been Medical Council of India Assessor in Urology, assessor
and examiner for National Board of Examinations Govt of India, external
examiner for M.Ch. Urology in various centres and member of the curriculum
committee of National Board of Examinations for sub speciality fellowship in
reconstructive Urology
Ansar Vance, MD, MSEd is an Associate Professor and Academic Clinician of
Interventional Radiology at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. His clinical and research interests
include prostate artery embolization, peripheral arterial disease and complex limb
salvage, as well as well pelvic venous disease and deep venous reconstructions. He
serves as the co-director of the Penn Center for Prostate Artery Embolization and Penn
IR Advanced Limb Salvage Program. Beyond his clinical and research endeavors, he
has a passion for medical education and international humanitarian medical outreach
initiatives.
Dr. Igor Vaz, MD, FCS, is a Urologist and Reconstructive Surgeon with over 30 years of experience. He served as director of several hospitals in Mozambique, Head of the Surgery Department, and Director of Urology Services at Maputo Central Hospital. He is Regent of Urology, teaches postgraduate urology and surgery at Eduardo Mondlane University, and is an examiner for the College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa (COSECSA).
Dr. Vaz has advanced male and female urinary tract reconstructive surgery, complex obstetric fistula repair, total pelvic reconstruction, pediatric urology, disorders of sexual development, genitourinary feminization, and other urogynecology surgery. He has pioneered techniques for previously “incurable” cases, including fistula repair, urethral and bladder neck reconstruction, augmentation cystoplasty, neobladder, and neovagina.
He founded and leads Focus Fistula, a non-profit organization that provided to date over 1,500 free fistula and reconstructive surgeries to underprivileged patients, and serves as a training center for fistula and urogynecology. He trains health professionals across Mozambique and in Africa, Asia, South America, and Europe, and received the SIU–Albert Schweitzer International Teaching Award for his notable contributions to teaching urology in developing countries.
I have been a Consultant Urological Surgeon on the South Coast of England, specialising in reconstruction and functional Urology since 2000, but now spend most of my work time as a deputy CMO at UHSussex. I first visited KCMC in Tanzania in 2005, and my interest and passion in helping develop Urology in LMICs grew from there. I have been Chair of Urolink (the overseas section of BAUS) since 2015. Urolink works to improve Urological care worldwide by teaching, training and helping build local urological capacity.We have focused our efforts on developing project sites in East Africa, from where they can build capacity.
Primary and secondary school Sfax Tunisia
Baccaloreat 1980
Medical faculty Monastir Tunisia 1980 1987
Residency Tunisia and urology and nephrology center Mansoura Egypt (1987 1991)
Consultant urology 1992 faculty of medicine Tunis
Assistant Professor 1993 Faculty of medicine Tunis
Place of work Departement of urology Rabta Hospital (full time 1993 1995 and volunteer 1996- 2003 )
Private clinic practice since 1996
Vice president of the Tunisian urological association 2020-2021
President of the Tunisian urological association since 2022 www.urotunisia.com
President elect of the Pan African urological surgeon’s association PAUSA since 2022 www.pausaafrica.org
President of PAUSA since 2024
Active member of EAU since 2004
International AUA member since 2014
Member of SIU
Co Chair and Co founder of China Africa Urology Alliance 2025
Fields of interest:
-Prostate cancer: screening/early detection:
Prostate cancer :MRI pathways ATU congress 2019(Tunis)
Early detection of prostate cancer presented in different congresses EAU 2016,2023. AUA virtual 2021,SIU 2023),MMSIU Nov 2023 (Alexandria Egypt) AUA 2025. SIU Edinburgh 2025( lecture plenary session) and SIU Italia 2025 Beijing 2025
-Prostate cancer biochemical recurrence of high risk desease presented in HOPES 10(Astra Zeneca dec 2021 virtual),MMSIU 2022 Alexandria Egypt,PAUSA SAUA congress 2024.
-Stone desease: expertise PCNL aquired in urology and nephrology center Mansourah Egypt1991
First PCNL in private clinics in Tunisia since 1995
Director of thesis PCNL for staghorn stone faculty of medicine Tunis 2003
Ureteroscopy laser lithotripsy
ESWL is still alive :presented in work shop IAU Gangzhoo China 2024
Presented in SIU regional meeting Florence 2024
Presented in AUA 2025 and China first China Africa urology Alliance Meeting Beiging 2025
Open radical cystectomy bladder substitution acquired in urology and nephrology center Mansourah Egypt 1991
Director of the South African Urological Association and Member of the Executive Committee.
Prof Ahmed Adam is the Academic Head of the Division of Urology at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and is the re-elected President of the College of Urologists (CMSA): the national examination body in South Africa. He also serves as the Clinical Head of Unit of the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) cluster. His interest is in minimally invasive surgery, laparoscopic and endourology, innovative surgical procedures, andrology and paediatric urology.
He has over 110 peer-reviewed publications in the field of Urology. He serves on several national and international societies/committees: including editorial boards of the BJU International, SIUJ, Frontiers in Urology (Endourology Section), JCMSA, Surgery (TSJ) journals. He has recently been promoted as the Associate Editor of the Current Urology Journal.
His recent accolades include the:SA National CPSI Innovation Award, Wits Research Recognition Award, SA National GEMS Health Award, Publons Peer Review Award: Placed within the top 1 Percent of international Reviewers in the field of Clinical Medicine (Globally), Bert Myburg Research Prize, Best Original Article in the School of Clinical Medicine (University of Pretoria), KarlStorz Golden Cystoscope Award, Bard Gold Medallion, and the Sanofi-Aventis award.
Bruce Bassett is a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at WITS University and holds the Chair of Science at the WITS MIND Institute. He is also Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town. His research focuses on the foundations and applications of Artificial Intelligence to healthcare, natural language and the fundamental sciences.
Dr Greg Boustead MMED FCS(SA) FRCS(Urol) is a Urological and Robotic Surgeon at Life St George’s Hospital, South Africa.
Dr Boustead trained in did his undergraduate and specialist training in South Africa before moving to the UK in 1993 and further postgraduate training as a Senior Registrar in the UK. He was Consultant Urological Surgeon at The Lister Hospital, Stevenage from 1996 -2014. Appointments include Clinical Director of urology at the Lister Hospital and Herts & South Beds Urology Cancer Centre, Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire. In 2014 Dr Boustead returned to South Africa to introduce robotic assisted laparoscopic surgery into South Africa. He has been Principal and or co-investigator in 25 trials and has published widely in peer reviewed literature. He served on the Executive Committee of the Section of Oncology of the British Association of Urological Surgeons and the National Cancer Intelligence Network.
Memberships of Professional/Charitable Organisations:
Fellow of the College of Urologists of South Africa
British Association of Urological Surgeons
Fellow of Royal Society of Medicine
European Association of Urology
International Society of Urology ( SIU)
American Urological Association
Society of Robotic Surgeons
South African Urological Association.
Chairman Robotic Surgery Group at South African Urological Association
DR GAWIE BRUWER
UROLOGIST, DURBANVILLE MEDICLINIC CAPE TOWN
Gawie Bruwer (MBChB, FCS(UROL)) is a urologist in practice for more than 25 years, working at Durbanville Mediclinic in Cape Town. He is accredited for RARC, RA Prostatectomies and Hernia Repairs in 2014 and a proctor since 2017. More than a 1000 Robotic Prostatectomies and > 1000 Open Radical Prostatectomies Also qualified in: – Pelvic Floor Surgery IRCAT – Micro-surgery US Department of Plastic Surgery – Laser Prostate Surgery 2013, with >800 Laser Enucleations Prostates done Has done 28 Robotic Cystectomies with Dr Danelo du Plessis. He has caught more than 50 Marlin!!
Dr Santosh Bugwandin obtained his Urology fellowship in 2011, and runs a private practice in Durban, South Africa. His principal clinical interests include benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)/HoLEP prostate surgery, performing 100-120 HoLEPs each year, often managing large glands and high risk cases. Other interests include female pelvic floor surgery, and laparoscopic kidney surgery.
He attended a HoLEP Masterclass in 2014, and subsequently played a leading role in the introduction and development of HoLEP in Southern Africa, establishing early HoLEP services and serving as a proctor and trainer for urologists across South Africa.
He has been mentored in pelvic floor surgery for two years by Dr Douw Steyn, after amalgamating practices in 2023, and received further training in Advanced Pelvic Floor Surgery. He further holds a Laparoscopic Certificate from the University of Strasbourg.
I qualified as a urologist at the University of Pretoria in 2007 and have been based at the Urology Hospital since then. I currently serve as Clinical Head and Associate Professor in the Department of Urology at the University of Pretoria and Steve Biko Hospital. Outside medicine, I’m an avid runner, a poor golfer, and passionate about teaching.
Farzana Cassim is a Urologist and Urogynaecologist, and is the first robotically trained female surgeon in South Africa. Her special interests are in female urology, paediatrics, robotic-assisted surgery, reconstructive urology, and urological oncology, including prostate, kidney and bladder cancers among others.
Farzana is currently a practicing urologist in private practice at Mediclinic Panorama Hospital. She has previously been a Urology Consultant at Stellenbosch University, affiliated with Tygerberg Hospital (Cape Town) from 2015 to 2022. She completed her Urology training at UCT in 2014, and successfully completed her MMed in Urology in 2015.
Farzana remains involved in Registrar and Fellow training as well. She has been an elected member on the Board of Urologists at the College of Medicine of South Africa. Farzana participates as an examiner in the Urology Final Examinations for both undergraduates and post-graduates. She has been involved in marking MMed research theses, as well as reviewing journal articles for the World Journal of Urology. In September 2022 Farzana was awarded the Karl Storz Trophy for her outstanding contribution to Urology in South Africa.
Professor Freddie Claassen is the Head of the Department of Urology at the University of the Free State (UFS). He has a particular clinical and academic interest in paediatric urology and reconstructive urology. Prof Claassen is also a strong advocate for innovation in surgical practice. He serves as the Chair of Robotic Surgery at UFS and is fully certified on the CMR Versius surgical robotic platform. He performs advanced minimally invasive procedures, including robot-assisted radical prostatectomy and robot-assisted sacrocolpopexy, contributing to the expansion of robotic surgery within the field of urogynecology.
Chairman of the Prostate Cancer Foundation of South Africa
Introduction
Dr Coetzee is considered to be a leading expert both locally and internationally for his treatment of and research on prostate cancer. He has completed over 1740 robotic prostatectomies and over 70 robotic partial nephrectomies. He is one of a handful South African proctor surgeons to be registered with Da Vinci Surgical in the United States to train urologists in robotic surgery in this country.
Qualifications
MBChB (Pretoria) M.MED (UROL), FCS (URO) S.A.
Fellow in Uro-Oncology and reconstructive surgery (Duke University USA)
Currently Works As:
Senior Urologist at the Urology Hospital in Pretoria.
Matriculated at:
Pretoria Boys High
Greatest Professional Challenges and Achievements
Curing prostate cancer through surgery whilst ensuring that patients maintain their potency and preventing incontinence.
“I am acutely aware that prostate cancer often affects two people, and that the side effects of treatment impact not only on the patient but also on a couple’s quality of life.”
Interests and Hobbies
Photography and fly fishing when time allows.
He has a commercial pilot’s licence and believes that there are many similarities between flying and surgery.
PUBLICATIONS:
1. Coetzee L J E: Interstitial Cystitis (review) Geneeskunde 33(4),1991
2. Coetzee L J E: du Plessis D : Intravesical Mitoxantrone.HCL in superficial bladder carcinoma. S.A J. Surg.28, 1990
3. Coetzee L J E: The treatment of superficial bladder cancer (review). Oncology 3(2), 1992
4. Coetzee L J E: The management of the unstable bladder. Spec. Med. 15(5), 1993
5. Coetzee L J E: Urological laparoscopic surgery. Hosp. Med., May 1993
6. Coetzee L J E: Prostate Cancer in Merck manual physicians’ desk reference 1st edition 1994
7. Coetzee L J E: Anscher M, Hars V and Paulson D F: Early versus delayed adjuvant radiotherapy in patients -with margin positive disease after radical prostatectomy, any advantage? – In press J Urol
8 Coetzee L J E: Hars V and Paulson D F: Post-operative PSA as a marker of treatment response in-patients with margin positive disease undergoing adjuvant radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy. – Urology 47(2), 323-325,1996
9. Coetzee L J E: Hars V and Paulson D F: Proliferative index determination in prostate cancer as an additional prognostic indicator in comparison with Gleason score, ploidy, and pathological stage. –J Urol. 157(1):214-218, January 1997.
10. Coetzee L J E: Hars V and Paulson D F: Radical surgery for clinically localized prostate cancer: Outcome as a function of age at intervention. -Submitted to J Urol. April 1995
11. Ibrahim G, Coetzee L J and Paulson D F: Outcome of surgical therapy for clinically localized prostatic adenocarcinoma: Caucasians and African Americans. -Urology May 1995
12. Coetzee L J E and Paulson D F: Staging pelvic lymphadenectomy in revised edition of the “Atlas of Urologic Surgery by Frank Hinman Jr. Saunders and Co 2nd edit.1995.
13. Coetzee LJE and Paulson DF: The surgical technique of radical perineal prostatectomy in the atlas of urological surgery by Robert J Krane, 1996
14. Coetzee L J E.: Radical perineal prostatectomy – revival of an old technique: Hospital supplies, July 1997
15. Coetzee L J E.: Superficial bladder cancer – new developments: Specialist medicine, 29(7), 48-59,1997.
16. Coetzee L.J.E.: Prostate cancer: Prevention early detection and treatment options (Review): Quarterly oncology journal of specialist medicine (invited paper), April 1998.
17. Price DT, Coetzee LJE and Paulson DF: Transient lower extremity neuropraxia associated with radical perineal prostatectomy: A complication of the exaggerated lithotomy position. J Urol.,160, 1376-1378, October 1998.
18. Khayalethu C.S. Dlamini, Lance J. Coetzee and Kgomotso Mathabe: South African single surgeon experience: Comparison of oncological outcomes, robot-assisted radical prostatectomy versus open perineal radical prostatectomy. International Journal of Urology (2025) 32, 423- 426
Dr. MC Conradie has been in private practice since November 2013 at Netcare Waterfall City Hospital. Dr Conradie has been providing laparoscopic urological services at Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital since 2006 as a proctor and became a resident urologist since March 2020. Prior to this, Dr. Conradie has been the Head of the Urology Department at the Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Hospital Complex since 2006. After obtaining her degree as a urologist at the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine in South Africa, she furthered her Endourology training at the Washington University in St. Louis, USA, and also completed her Robotic Surgery Fellowship at Irvine University California in the USA.
Dr. Conradie’s main focus in her professional and academic career is laparoscopic urology where she played a leading role in the development and training of laparoscopic urological surgery in South Africa and she developed numerous innovative laparoscopic techniques in laparoscopic urological surgery. Testament to this are some of the mile stones in the urological procedures which includes the en bloc ligation technique for laparoscopic nephrectomies, the first robotic partial nephrectomy performed in South Africa, the first trans-vaginal nephrectomy in Africa and streamlining the technique of laparoscopic floor reconstruction for female pelvic prolapse – all of which are currently followed and adopted both nationally and internationally.
Dr. Conradie has received a number of national and international awards in recognition of her work and clinical research in the field of Endourology. She is a founding member of the African Endourology Society. Dr Conradie served as President of the World Congress of Endourology and ESWL for 2016 which was hosted in Cape Town, South Africa. Currently, Dr. Conradie serves on the World Endo Board of the Endourological Society to help promote and develop Endourological techniques and skills worldwide where there is a need.
Dr. Stephen Cornish is a specialist urologist with over three decades of clinical experience and a deep passion for uro-oncology. As one of the founding urologists of the Johannesburg Academic Urology Centre (JAUC), Dr. Cornish is committed to shaping the future of urological care through education, research, and innovation. A leading voice in prostate cancer treatment in South Africa, Dr. Cornish spearheaded the country’s first dedicated brachytherapy team for prostate cancer, bringing international techniques to local practice through advanced training in Atlanta, New York, and Paris. His extensive contributions also include the introduction of prostate artery embolization in South Africa and leadership in multiple clinical trials focused on urological cancers and men’s health.”
Dr Malcolm Dewar is a specialist urological surgeon and fellowship-trained urological cancer surgeon.
He completed his undergraduate medical training in 2003 at UCT. His urological training was also at UCT from 2012 to 2016.
He then completed a two-year fellowship in urologic oncology at the London Health Sciences Centre in Canada, ending in June 2018.
Dr Dewar practices general urology with a special interest in the treatment of urological cancers. He is a certified Da Vinci console surgeon for prostate, kidney, and bladder surgery. A special area of interest is robot-assisted radical cystectomy. He has rooms and operates at Kingsbury Hospital.
He is also an adjunct lecturer in the Division of Urology at the University of Cape Town, where he is involved in consultant and registrar surgical training within the uro-oncology surgical service at Groote Schuur Hospital.
He is happily married to Lucille and has a son and two daughters. He is an enthusiastic runner and enjoys spending time with his family.
Danelo du Plessis (MBChB, MMed, FCUrol, MSc Clin Epi) is a urologist working at Tygerberg Hospital and Durbanville Mediclinic in Cape Town. He studied medicine at Stellenbosch and, after qualifying, worked in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, for 5 years. Thereafter he started his formal urology training at Tygerberg Hospital, and after qualifying as a urologist, stayed on as a consultant in the Division of Urology.
He has responsibilities for the renal transplant program, paediatric urology and does robotic kidney, bladder, reconstructive and prostate surgery. He acts as a proctor for robotic kidney surgery. He is busy completing his PhD in abdominal incisions.
Dr Thys Engelbrecht is a specialist urologist based in Pretoria, South Africa, with extensive experience in academic and private urological practice. He obtained his MBChB from the University of Pretoria in 1996 and completed his Master of Medicine in Urology (MMed Urology) at the same institution in 2006.
After completing his specialist training, Dr Engelbrecht served as a full-time consultant in the Department of Urology at the University of Pretoria until 2008, followed by a part-time consultant appointment until 2010. He then entered private practice and has been a member of the Gauteng Urology Group Practice for the past 18 years.
Dr Engelbrecht has a special interest in the minimally invasive treatment of benign prostatic obstruction, with particular expertise in laser prostate enucleation. He began performing laser prostate enucleation in 2012 and has since gained extensive experience in a range of enucleation techniques and laser platforms.
He serves as a surgical proctor for Vertice (HoLEP), AHG Health (ThuLEP), and Marcus Medical (ThuFLEP), supporting the training and development of urologists adopting and refining laser enucleation techniques.
Dr Stephen Mark Eppel MB.BCh, FRCS(Edin), ABU
Dr Steve Eppel attended medical school at the University of the Witwatersrand and completed his Urology Specialization there.
He went on to do further training in the USA, was certified by the American Board of Urology and completed a fellowship in Neuro-Urology at The Baylor College of Medicine in Houston Texas.
He was assistant professor of urology at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and then in private practice in Memphis Tennessee.
He and his family returned to SA in 2006. Since then he has been in practice at CBMH in Cape Town. For the last several years he has been in partnership with Dr Shaun Smit.
Dr Eppel’s special interests include neurourology, pelvic organ dysfunction and pain, sexual dysfunction. He makes time for family, hiking, swimming and playing guitar.
Dr. Jill Karen Harris is a Clinical and Radiation Oncologist practicing at Cancercare’s Constantiaberg Oncology Unit within Mediclinic Constantiaberg in Cape Town, South Africa. She earned her MBChB from the University of Cape Town in 1991 and completed her FC Rad Onc (SA) through the Colleges of Medicine in 1998. Dr. Harris has a particular interest in planning and radiotherapy techniques, focusing much of her clinical work on prostate and breast cancer patients. She emphasizes integrated cancer care, advocating for centralized, patient-friendly environments to enhance treatment efficiency and comfort. Beyond clinical practice, Dr. Harris is involved in patient education and advocacy, addressing aspects of cancer survivorship such as managing treatment costs, coping with recurrence fears, and combating fatigue
Marinka Hoek is a urologist practicing at The Urology Hospital in Pretoria. After obtaining her MBChB at the University of the Freestate in 2011, she went on to complete her post graduate training in Urology and MMed at the University of Pretoria in 2022.
Marinka has a special interest in female urology, pelvic health, and functional urology.
She was a part of the ESAU organising committee for 2025, enjoys traveling, reading and sarcasm.
Dr Greg Hart is a Consultant Clinical Oncologist based in Cape Town, South Africa. He qualified with an MBBCh from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1996 and completed further training in the United Kingdom before specialising in Radiation Oncology at Groote Schuur Hospital. In 2004, he was admitted as a Fellow of the College of Radiation Oncologists of South Africa (F.C.Rad(Onc)SA).
Dr Hart has held consultant posts at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cancercare, Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital, and Rondebosch Oncology Centre. Since June 2023, he has been practising at Vincent Pallotti Hospital, where he manages a broad spectrum of solid malignancies, with particular expertise in genito-urinary oncology.
He serves as a panelist on multidisciplinary urology, sarcoma, and breast oncology clinics, and is an Honorary Lecturer in the Division of Radiation Oncology at the University of Cape Town. Dr Hart is a member of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa and the South African Society of Clinical Radiation Oncologists (SASCRO).
He is married to Heide (also a Clinical Oncologist) and they have 3 children. He is an enthusiastic golfer and runner.
Prof Jeffery is a Royal College Accredited Urogynaecologist and Minimally Invasive Surgeon. Being the focal point of a high-volume Pelvic Floor Reconstruction private clinic, he treats a broad range of pelvic floor dysfunction with an emphasis on laparoscopic and robotic surgery. He worked for five years in London, where he was awarded the Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training and Subspecialty Accreditation with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
His practice focuses on complex surgical referrals, his workload including patients from Cape Town, neighbouring towns and cities. His patient base reaches far and wide, including African countries like Zimbabwe, Kenya, Namibia and Botswana. Women from the UK are also treated on a regular, ongoing basis.
Prof Jeffery is, first and foremost, a passionate clinician, prizing excellence in patient care. In keeping with this principle, he continuously endeavours to stay on the cutting edge of his discipline. He has pioneered a number of surgical techniques and considered to a leading world expert on laparoscopic pelvic floor repair, having adopted the robotic approach. He has travelled widely to teach and demonstrate laparoscopic surgery.
He has broad training and experience in, not only laparoscopic and robotic procedures, but also the extensive expertise required in vaginal surgery. He is regarded as one of the key local opinion leaders in Sacral Neuromodulation and pelvic pain.
Having been appointed an Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of Urology at the University of Cape Town, Prof Jeffery is also a keen teacher and academic. He has taught and mentored a large number of surgeons in South Africa and also many doctors from abroad. His outputs include 3 books, 19 book chapters and 48 publications. He has also developed a surgical education app for smartphones and delivered 98 international invited lectures. He has a busy research unit, with tight links to the University of Amsterdam.
Dr Karlheinz Jehle was born in Cape Town, educated at Rondebosch Boys’ High School and graduated MBChB from the University of the Free State in 1998. After two years in Zululand he moved to England where he worked as a General Surgery trainee, obtaining his Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2006. He returned to Cape Town and completed his urology specialist training at Groote Schuur Hospital from 2007 to 2011, where he was awarded a Masters Degree from the University of Cape Town with his dissertation on ultrasound guided prostate biopsies. He was awarded the Philip Smith prize in 2012 as the best postgraduate student in Urology.
He held a part-time appointment in the Division of Urology at Groote Schuur and New Somerset Hospitals from 2013 to 2018 and maintains an interest in academic medicine, research and medical education. He is a Fellow of the College of Urologists of South Africa, and a member of the South African and European Urological Associations and the International Hypospadias Society. Dr Jehle has received training abroad in laparoscopy at Strasbourg University in France, in hypospadias surgery in Germany under Professor Hadidi, in HoLEP technique at the OVZ in Belgium, and in microsurgery at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, USA.
Dr Jehle has a broad interest across the subspecialties of Urology including Urological Oncology (treatment of prostate, bladder and kidney cancer). He has a particular interest in prostate disease with a focus on prostate cancer diagnosis, and introduced MRI-ultrasound fusion targeted biopsies of the prostate in South Africa in 2017. He is experienced at laser enucleation of the prostate, using both Holmium and Thulium laser technology.
In addition he practices Paediatric and Reconstructive Urology, and offers a microsurgical vasectomy reversal and microsurgical TESE procedures for patients who require assisted reproduction. Visit malefertility.capetown to learn more.
He is married to Nathalie and they have three children.
Dr Jeff John is a consultant urologist and Head of the Department of Urology at Frere Hospital, East London, South Africa. He is also a senior lecturer and program director of the undergraduate and postgraduate urology training in the Department of Surgery at the Walter Sisulu University East London branch.
Widely recognised for his academic contributions, Dr John has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and the book Surgery Survival Guide, for which he received a Discovery Institutional Grant award.. He serves as Secretary of the South African Urology Association (SAUA), sits on the Prostate Cancer Scientific and Academic Board, and has played a prominent role in developing national urology guidelines. He also serves as an examiner for the Final FC Urol (SA) examinations and plays an active role in specialist surgical education and assessment. In addition, he has been inducted onto various international indexed journal editorial boards, including the African Urology and Therapeutic Advances of Urology.
Dr John completed his PhD through the University of Cape Town in collaboration with the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Warsaw University of Technology, Poland, focusing on innovation in endourology and intrarenal pressure modulation. He is among a select group of urologists in South Africa to attain a PhD, and the second from the University of Cape Town to achieve this distinction.
He has a special interest in endourology, urology education, training, and innovation. He also developed the Frere Intrarenal Surgical Trainer (FiST), an innovative 3D-printed simulation platform developed to improve endourological training.
Dr Kaestner is a urologist and sub-specialist urogynaecologist. She has a special interest in reconstructive urology, endourology and urolithiasis.
After completing her undergraduate studies at the University of Stellenbosch, she completed her postgraduate training at the University of Cape Town. She completed her PhD Thesis examining renal stone disease in the Western Cape in 2022.
She led the reconstructive urology and renal stone firm at Groote Schuur Hospital from 2010-2024. She was the academic program director in the Division of Urology at the University of Cape Town from 2020 to 2024.
She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2022, thereby becoming the first female professor of Urology in South Africa. She is a regular College of Urology examiner and the current secretary of the College of Urology of South Africa.”
Professor John Lazarus is Head of the Division of Urology at Groote Schuur and Red Cross Children’s Hospital attached to the University of Cape Town.
He has more than 20 years of experience in managing patients with complex Paeditraic Urology and Urology cancer problems. He leads multidisciplinary teams in these fields.
He is immediate past president and present secretary of the College of Urologists of South Africa. He is an accredited National Research Foundation (NRF) rated scientist.
He established Project Peacock a non-profit organisation to promote access to prostate cancer care. He is founding editor of African Urology, a regional academic journal, and runs a urology journal club podcast.
Mr Pieter le Roux is a consultant urological surgeon based at St George’s hospital in London. His main areas of expertise are renal and adrenal surgery and upper tract reconstructive surgery. He is one of the highest volume kidney surgeons in the UK. Mr Le Roux studied medicine at Stellenbosch University. He completed basic surgical training in the UK, obtaining the FRCS in London in 1996. He trained in Urology at Groote Schuur Hospital and the University of Cape Town and was appointed consultant urologist and senior lecturer at Tygerberg Hospital and Stellenbosch University Medical School in 2000. He took up a consultant post in London in 2002. His kidney surgery journey evolved from open to laparoscopic to robotic surgery. His current practice is almost exclusively robotic with open surgery reserved for selected highly complex cases only.
I am currently employed at 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria (SANDF)
Working as a Urology consultant
Private practice at Pretoria
Interest in prostate cancer and renal stone treatment
Urology Registrar at the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital with a strong interest in urological oncology, reconstructive urology, and clinical research. Im committed to advancing patient care through evidence-based practice, academic collaboration, and surgical excellence.
I am actively involved in research, registrar education, and advocacy initiatives that promote men’s health and improve access to quality urological care across South Africa. I am passionate about leadership within the profession and fostering collaboration among trainees and specialists to strengthen the future of urology in the region.
Phil Matley has been a specialist vascular surgeon in private practice in Cape Town
since 1990. He is the current chairman of both Surgicom and the South African
Private Practice Forum, is a previous President of both VASSA and FOSAS and
serves on numerous company boards as a non-executive director. In his spare time
he is a keen golfer, mountain biker and photographer.
Dr. Conray Moolman is a South African urological surgeon with a special interest in laparoscopic and robotic procedures, with a focus on kidney and prostate cancer. Dr. Moolman practices privately at Cape Urology in Cape Town based at Life Kinsgbury hospital. He is a proctor for robotic urological surgery, contributing to the advancement of minimally invasive techniques in the field.
Allison Moore is a Urologist and Urogynaecologist in private practice in Cape Town. She completed her fellowship in Urogynaecology at the University of Cape Town in 2023.
Allison is married to a paediatrician and has two very busy small kids. She enjoys jogging.
Stuart More is the Head of Department of Nuclear Medicine at Groote Schuur Hospital/Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and University of Cape Town and the Past President of the South African Society of Nuclear Medicine(SASNM). He also serves as the Treasurer of the South African Clinician Scientists’ Society. His interests in nuclear medicine teaching and training, promotion, development, and advocacy of nuclear medicine, molecular imaging and theranostics at all levels have allowed him to collaborate with multiple stakeholders in advancing the future of the field particularly in the direction molecular imaging and theranostics is taking in South Africa and globally. His interest in prostate cancer imaging, diagnostics and therapy within the MDT framework has resulted in a strong collaboration with the local MDT at GSH and has led to related research work anchored in prostate cancer and evolving other urological indications in diagnostics and targeted radionuclide therapy.
Highly motivated and as the first black female urologist in South Africa, has dedicated skill and knowledge towards serving the community at large. Has special interest in reconstructive surgery. Over the years has developed guidance and focus to be relevant to the community served and sharing knowledge globally. Has managed to bring a different approach in teaching and in team building relentlessly. An individual that pays Work History 2020-01 – Current Director/ Urologist Dr E M Moshokoa Inc Dr EM Moshokoa foundation Member of CMSA Urology college council Registered Uro-Gynaecologist Certified independent medical examiner (CIME) Founding member of Women in urology Africa Part time Lecturer Reconstructive interest group member of PAUSA Sessional consultant Steve Biko Academic hospital Regional editor for Africa -SIUJ Editorial board member of ISORU Journal 2009-05 – 2019-12 Chief Specialist Head of Department University of Pretoria /Steve Biko Hospital, Pretoria 2008-09 – 2009-04 Acting HOD University of Pretoria /Steve Biko Hospital, Pretoria 2008-09 – 2009-04 Acting Head of Department Steve Biko Hospital , Pretoria 2008-09 – 2009-04 Pretoria Acting, Steve Biko Hospital/University of, Pretoria 2006-01 – 2008-01 Principal specialist / Deputy HOD Dr George Mukhari Academic, Hospital/MEDUNSA 1999-01 – 2004-08 Registrar Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital/MEDUNSA, Pretoria 1998-07 – 1999-01 Medical officer Boitumelo Regional Hospital, Welkom 1999-01 – 2004-08 Intern, Medical Officer Letaba Hospital , Pretoria attention to details. Have managed to adapt to change in teaching and surgery. Has unrivalled commitment quality health care and has worked in department of health, public service for 23 years. As a head of department and senior manager for over 13 years has learnt to implement and sustain excellent organizational and communication skills in teaching and research at the same platform. Has worked in low income setup with a clear strategy and structure, functions well in a team, is solution orientated even under pressure.
Dr Johan Mouton is a consultant urologist at Palmerston North Hospital, with a special interest in functional urology, pelvic floor disorders, minimally invasive surgery and paediatric urology. He trained at the University of Pretoria, where he earned his Master’s in Urology (cum laude). After running a busy private practice in Pretoria, he now brings his open, laparoscopic and robotic skills to New Zealand.
Johan is a regular on the congress circuit, whether presenting, proctoring or organising. He has been known to coordinate a whole programme and then still find the energy to attend the social events.
Having traded the Highveld for the Manawatū, he now spends his free time hiking New Zealand’s mountains, surfing and skiing. These days he is far more likely to be found chasing a good wave or a fresh powder day than a finish line, although he has not entirely hung up his running shoes.
Prof. Shingai Mutambirwa holds M Med (Urology) Medunsa and FCS (Urol) degrees qualifying in 1996
Head of Department of Urology at Dr George Mukhari Academic hospital and Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University in Pretoria South Africa since 2008 to date where he teaches post and under graduate medical/urology students.
Peer Reviewer for; TheJournal of Urology (Official journal of the American Urological Association), The African Journal of Urology, Hindawi online publications
Published articles;
Over 80 peer reviewed articles and 10 book chapters.
Board Membership; The Prostate Cancer Foundation of South Africa (Founding member),Senator (Urology) for the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA)
Advisory Boards/Key Opinion Leader for Aspen, Astellas, Jansen (J&J), Bayer, Schering Pharma, Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Abbott, Schering-Plough, Ferring, Adcock Ingram
Dr. Anesh Naidoo. Urologist Netcare Chris Barnard and Blaauwberg Hospitals.
Dr. Naidoo completed his urological training at the University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg Hospital campus.
He is currently in private practice based in Cape Town and his areas of interest include renal transplantation , specifically related to donor nephrectomy procedures which he has been performing at Chris Barnard hospital for the last 16 years as well as robotic renal and prostate cancer surgery.
After heading up the marketing team at Pfizer that launched Viagra in South Africa and founding The Southern African Sexual Health Association, Andrew left the corporate world to focus on various health and wellness ventures. He has a passion for men’s health, and he established the Men’s Health Association in 2015 with Prof Shingai Mutambirwa. He was appointed to the position of CEO of The Prostate Cancer Foundation in 2011. He is currently the project manager for the prostate cancer registry which is a collaborative effort between the Prostate Cancer Foundation, various professional societies and HQA to establish a comprehensive registry that reports on key metrics related to prostate cancer incidence, treatment outcomes and patient reported outcomes.
Dr. Cleve Oppel is a specialist urologist (MBChB, FCUROL SA, MMED UCT) with the Division of Urology, University of Cape Town, practising at Groote Schuur Hospital and Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital. His clinical interests span endourology, urolithiasis, uro-oncology, robotic surgery, and paediatric urology. He is actively involved in urology education and training, including examination setting and congress organisation for the South African Urology Association, and supervises postgraduate research in the department. He is committed to advancing urological care and training in the South African context, and regularly contributes to teaching initiatives for registrars and specialists alike.
Dr Mark Purdy is a urologist in private practice in South Africa with over 10 years of
specialist experience. He completed his undergraduate medical training at the University of
Cape Town and his postgraduate urology training at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Dr Purdy has a particular interest in prostate cancer diagnostics and has extensive experience
in transperineal prostate biopsy techniques. He began performing transperineal prostate
biopsies using a grid template more than a decade ago.
Approximately five years ago, he introduced and helped pioneer the free-hand transperineal
biopsy technique using the Marquee™ Kit from BD. Since then, he has performed well over
500 biopsies using this method. He has also trained numerous urologists in the technique
across South Africa, as well as colleagues from the United Kingdom, Spain, and the Middle
East.
His current clinical focus includes improving prostate cancer detection while reducing
infectious complications through modern transperineal biopsy approaches.
Dr Samkele Salukazana is a specialist urological surgeon and partner at Cape Urology in Cape Town, South Africa. Born in Mount Fletcher in the Eastern Cape, he completed his MBChB at Walter Sisulu University in 2007 before pursuing a career in urology.
After early postgraduate experience at Port Elizabeth Hospital Complex, Dr Salukazana joined the Department of Urology at Groote Schuur Hospital and the University of Cape Town (UCT), where he completed his specialist registrar training. He was admitted as a Fellow of the College of Urologists of South Africa in 2019 and was awarded his Master of Medicine in Urology with distinction from UCT in 2020. He subsequently obtained a Diploma in Laparoscopic Surgery from the University of Strasbourg, France.
Dr Salukazana served as a Consultant Urologist at Groote Schuur Hospital and Senior Lecturer in the Division of Urology at UCT before joining Cape Urology full time in 2024. He also holds a sessional consultant post at Groote Schuur Hospital/UCT.
A passionate advocate for minimally invasive surgery, Dr Salukazana led the establishment of the robotic surgery programme at Groote Schuur Hospital in 2021. He is a certified robotic surgeon and performs robot-assisted radical prostatectomies using the Da Vinci X system at Kingsbury Hospital.
His clinical interests encompass general urology, with a particular focus on urological oncology — including the management of kidney, bladder, and prostate cancer — as well as endourology, covering stone surgery and benign prostatic enlargement.
Dr Pieter Spies is a full-time urology consultant and senior lecturer in the
department of Urology at Stellenbosch university and Tygerberg Academic
hospital. He is the current head of the Tygerberg uro-oncology multi-
disciplinary clinic and has a special interest in uro-oncological, reconstructive
and complex renal stone surgery. He is a trained robotic surgeon and together
with dr Danelo Du Plessis, heads-up the urology-robotic surgery program at
Tygerberg Hospital. Dr Spies has numerous academic publications and book-
chapter authorship in the fields of uro-oncology, uro-reconstruction,
urogenital-trauma and minimal invasive surgical therapies in BPH. He has a
passion for teaching and empowering health professionals and patients alike,
with the knowledge and skills to better help them look after others and
themselves.
Dr. Simon Strachan is a Johannesburg-based paediatrician at Bedford Gardens
Hospital with extensive experience in neonatal and paediatric care. He is known for
his commitment to evidence-based medicine and for working closely with families to
ensure children receive comprehensive, quality, compassionate care.
As the Chief Executive Officer of the South African Private Practitioners Forum
(SAPPF) he leads advocacy and policy engagement on issues affecting healthcare
delivery, including healthcare funding, improving the procedural coding system and
governance of coding and the future and sustainability of private practice. He
regularly contributes to national healthcare discussions, offering practical insights on
strengthening healthcare systems while protecting patient access to high-quality
care. Simon encourages healthcare professionals to actively participate in health
care reform.
Darren Sweidan currently serves as the Head of the Health Professional Unit at Discovery
Health. He began his career with an undergraduate degree in clinical physiotherapy, laying a
strong foundation in patient care and clinical practice. Darren subsequently expanded his
expertise by pursuing business administration studies, which enabled him to transition into
healthcare management.
In 1999, Darren joined the Netcare Hospital Group, where he held key roles in hospital
administration for three years, followed by two years in group hospital finance. His broad
experience in both operational and financial aspects of healthcare provided a valuable
perspective as he entered the healthcare funding sector with Discovery Health in 2004.
From 2004 to 2014, Darren led engagement strategies with a wide range of healthcare
professionals, including Medical Specialists, General Practitioners, Dental and Dental
Specialists, as well as Allied and Therapeutic Professionals. In his current role, he continues
to oversee professional engagement and provides leadership for several critical units,
including Value-Based Care, Professional Billing Intelligence, Health Quality, and Auditing
Risk Management. Darren’s diverse background and strategic leadership contribute
significantly to advancing healthcare delivery and quality at Discovery Health.
Dr James Urry is a urologist based at Netcare Waterfall City Hospital and Netcare Sunninghill Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. He has a special interest in endourology, minimally invasive urology and robotic surgery. He is experienced in laparoscopic surgery, robotic surgery, female urology and uro-oncology. He specialises in the care of prostate cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer and testicular cancer, as well as urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse and kidney stones.
Co-founder of Pretoria Urology Hospital in 1993, only dedicated Urology facility in Africa
Director and past chairman on Board of Pretoria Urology Hospital
35 years’ experience in training newly qualified Urologists
12 years’ experience as Medico Legal practitioner.
Prof Andre van der Merwe is HOD of the Division of Urology at the FMHS of Stellenbosch University since 2015. He leads a strong team of consultants and registrars with innovation and academic performance at core. His consultants impact widely in global urology such as EAU PCNL training accreditation and doing the first robotic donor nephrectomy in South Africa. His registrars have won the Lionel B Goldschmidt medal for the best CMSA Urology final exam resident for 9 times in the last 11 years. His team is his pride. Prof van der Merwe is known for performing the first laparoscopic donor nephrectomy in SA, doing the first retroperitoneal single port donor nephrectomy in the world and also performing the first successful penile allotransplantation in the world; this study formed the basis of his PhD(Urol)Stell.
Dr Gregory Webb grew up in Kwazulu Natal and matriculated from Michaelhouse in 1979. He attended the University of Cape Town medical school achieving his MBChB in 1985. His postgraduate surgical training was done at Groote Schuur hospital and he completed his Fellowship in Urology in 1995.
He then pursued further postgraduate training in reconstructive surgery at the Institute of Urology in London, passing his Fellowship in Urology from the Royal Colleges of Surgeons in 1997.
He joined the private practice of Dr Borchers and partners in Cape Town in 1997. He currently practices predominantly out of Constantiaberg Mediclinic as a partner in Cape Urology.
His specific fields of interest include prostate and bladder cancer, urinary incontinence and urinary stone disease.
His specific areas of surgical interest are the use of brachytherapy as minimally invasive surgery in the management of localized prostate cancer, as well as, the use of the Advance XP Sling and AMS 800 Sphincter in the management of post-prostatectomy incontinence.
Dr Webb is currently a member of the British Association of Urological Surgeons and President of the South African Urological Association.
Dr. Mark H Wellmann is a specialist urologist (MBChB, FCUROL SA, MMED UCT) with the Division of Urology, University of Cape Town, practising at Groote Schuur Hospital.
His clinical interests span endourology, urolithiasis, uro-oncology, and robotic surgery, having recently completed fellowship training in Robotic Pelvic Oncology at Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford, UK.
I qualified in 2016, was the Head of Urology at New Somerset Hospital in Cape Town until 2021. Since 2022 I have been responsible for academic training of the pre- and post-graduate trainees at the University of Cape Town. I started my Private Practice in 2017 and I currently have my main office at Milnerton Mediclinic. I am interested in minimal invasive surgical therapies and I have been doing Rezum cases since 2022.
Dr Frans van Wijk is a South African urologist with a particular commitment to clinical teaching and the development of surgical skills. He serves as a part-time lecturer at Steve Biko Academic Hospital, where he teaches undergraduate and postgraduate students.
He conducts practical surgical workshops at Pretoria Urology Hospital and travels extensively throughout South Africa to share surgical techniques and help colleagues strengthen their operative skills. His work brings together clinical practice, hands-on training and the ongoing education of future urologists.
Dr Pawel Wisniewski founded Wismed in 2001 and is a practising anaesthesiologist with more than 30 years of experience in medicine. His vision is to harness the power of thoughtful design to address challenges in endourology.
Passionate about connecting people and building sustainable businesses, Pawel is driven by the development of medical devices that are practical and intuitive. He takes pride in creating solutions that are simple without being unnecessarily over-engineered.
Pawel’s approach is rooted in the belief that good design should be minimalistic while remaining optimally functional. His extensive experience as a medical practitioner provides the foundation for this philosophy. By using the operating theatre as an observational platform, he identifies opportunities to address real-world challenges and develops solutions that enable safer clinical practices in urology.
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