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COMMITTEE MEMBERS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ENDOUROLOGICAL SOCIETY
JOHN DENSTEDT, MD
President
MARGARET PEARLE, MD
Past President
ANDREAS GROSS, MD
President-Elect
LI-MING SU, MD
Secretary General
CHANDRU SUNDARAM, MD
Treasurer
BRIAN MATLAGA, MD
Director of Education
BRADLEY SCHWARTZ, MD
Associate Director of Education
BEN H. CHEW, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Research Chair
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
JEFFREY CADEDDU, MD, USA
Director
OSCAR FUGITA, MD, Brazil
Director
MICHELLE JO SEMINS, MD, USA
Member-at-Large
ASHUTOSH TEWARI, MD, USA
Member-at-Large
SEUNG HYUN JEON, MD, Korea
Director
JIHAD KAOUK, MD, USA
Director
OLIVIER TRAXER, MD, France
Director
KENNETH PACE, MD, Canada
Director
ABHAY RANE, MD, United Kingdom
Director
GUOHUA ZENG, MD, China
Director
MADHU AGRAWAL, MD, India
Director
MORDECHAI DUVDEVANI, MD, Israel
Director
MARIANNE BREHMER, MD, Sweden
Member-at-Large
FOUNDING PRESIDENT
ARTHUR D. SMITH, MD
HISTORIAN
GLENN PREMINGER, MD
JOURNAL OF ENDOUROLOGY EDITORS
CHANDRU SUNDARAM, MD AND JAIME LANDMAN, MD
VIDEOUROLOGY EDITOR
MANTU GUPTA, MD
SUBGROUP LEADERS
BEN CHEW, MD
Chair, TOWER (Team Of Worldwide Endourological Researchers)
CRAIG ROGERS, MD
President, SURS (Society of Urological Robotic Surgery)
JIHAD KAOUK, MD
President, Engineering & Urology Society
DIRK LANGE, B.Sc.(Hon), PhD
International Society for Urological Stents
NECOLE STREEPER, MD
Young Endourologists
ETIENNE KELLER, MD
Young Endourologist
RAFAEL SANCHEZ-SALAS, MD
President, Focal Therapy Society
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
John Denstedt, MD, President
Andreas Gross, MD, President-Elect
Chandru P. Sundaram, MD, Treasurer
Li-Ming Su, MD, Secretary General
Margaret Pearle, MD, Past President
Adrian Joyce, MD, Past President
Jorge Gutierrez, MD, Past President
WEBSITE COMMITTEE
Brian D. Duty, MD, Chairman
Thomas Tailly, MD
Jennifer Bjazevic, MD
Tara Morgan, MD
Ardalan Ahmad, MD
Chandru P. Sundaram, MD, Treasurer
Brian Matlaga, MD, Director of Education
AWARDS COMMITTEE
Mantu Gupta, MD, Chairman
Li-Ming Su, MD, Secretary General
Thomas Tailly, MD
Madhu Agrawal, MD
Itay Sabler, MD
Ashok Hemal, MD
Kelly Healy, MD
Margaret Pearle, MD
Adrian Joyce, MD
FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE
Jeffrey Cadeddu, MD, Co-Chair
Tom Chi, MD, Co-Chair
Monish Aron, MD
Arvind Ganpule, MD
David Lifshitz, MD
Ahmed Ghazi, MD
Amy Krambeck, MD
Zeph Okeke, MD
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Chandru P. Sundaram, MD, Chairman
Nicole Miller, MD
Norberto Bernardo, MD
Evangelos Liatsikos, MD
AUA PROGRAM PLANNING COMMITTEE
Li-Ming Su, MD, Secretary General
Brian Matlaga, MD, Director of Education
Craig Rogers, MD, SURS President
Bradley Schwartz, MD, Associate Director of Education
Ben H. Chew, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Reseach Chair
Chandru Sundaram, MD, Treasurer
Rafael Sanchez Salas, MD, FTS President
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Brian Matlaga, MD, Director of Education - Chairman
Bradley Schwartz, MD, Associate Director of Education - Co-Chair
David Duchene, MD
Smita De, MD
Nazih Paul Khater, MD
Clint Bahler, MD
Ravindra Sabnis, MD
Matthew Bultitude, MD
Li-Ming Su, MD, Secretary General
Chandru P. Sundaram, MD, Treasurer
WORLD ENDOUROLOGY COMMITTEE
Kymora Scotland, MD, Chairman
Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, MHA
Ralph V. Clayman, MD
Jitendra Amlani, MD
Rajiv Kumar Singal, MD
Ian Metzler, MD
Li-Ming Su, MD, Secretary General
Chandru Sundaram, MD, Treasurer
SOCIAL MEDIA COMMITTEE
Kevin Koo, MD, Chairman
Daron Smith, MD
Deepak Agarwal, MD
Sung Yong Cho, MD
Roger Sur, MD
Silvia Proietti, MD
Esteban Emiliani, MD
Joseph Wong, MD
Jeffrey Leow, MD
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Eduardo Mazzucchi, MD, Chairman
Fernando Kim, MD
Kunjie Wang, MD
Nianzeng Xing, MD
Wissam Kamal, MD
Wilson Molina, MD
Jodi Antonelli, MD
Yasser Farahat, MD
Li-Ming Su, MD (Secretary General)
Chandru Sundaram, MD (Treasurer)
DATA COMMITTEE
Timothy Averch, MD, Chairman
Sentil Nathan, MD
Chuck Scales, MD
Necole Streeper, MD
Mordechai Duvdevani, MD
Duane Baldwin, MD
RESEARCH COMMITTEE
Ben H. Chew, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Research Chair - Chairman
Thomas Tailly, MD
Jim Hu, MD, Sub-Committee Lead - Robotics
John DiBianco, MD, Sub-Committee Lead - BPH
Smita De, MD
Craig Rogers, MD
Jihad Kaouk, MD
Tom Polascik, MD
Bhaskar Somani, MD
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION COMMITTEE
Brian Matlaga, MD (Director of Education)
Li-Ming Su, MD (Secretary General)
Michelle Jo Semins, MD, Chair
Kaleab Habtemichael Gebreselassie, MD
Nadya York, MD
Marianne Brehmer, MD
Kymora Scotland, MD
Sara Best, MD
HISTORY COMMITTEE
Glenn Preminger, MD (Historian) - Chairman
Sutchin Patel, MD
Hassan Razvi, MD
Ali Riza Kural, MD
Olivier Traxer, MD
Michael Wong, MD
Abhay Rane, MD
Brian Duty, MD (Website Chair)
Li-Ming Su, MD (Secretary General)
YOUNG ENDOUROLOGY COMMITTEE
Necole Steeper, MD, Co-Chair
Etienne Keller, MD, Co-Chair
Jared Winoker, MD
Nicholas Kavoussi, MD
Jason Joseph, MD
DELEGATES
Horacio Sanguinetti, MD Argentina
Damien Bolton, MD Australia
Alex Meller, MD Brazil
Jason Lee, MD Canada
Jian Xing Li, MD China
Xio Feng Gao, MD China
Jaime Cajigas, MD Colombia
Adolfo Serrano, MD Colombia
Ali Goezen, MD Germany
Athanasios Papatsoris, MD Greece
Joseph Wong, MD Hong Kong
Madhu Agrawal, MD India
Ali Tabibi, MD Iran
David Lifshitz, MD Israel
Silvia Proietti, MD Italy
Ryoichi Shiroki, MD Japan
Atsushi Takenaka, MD Japan
Ill Young Seo, MD Korea
Daniel Olvera-Posada, MD Mexico
Samuel Vincent Yrastorza, MD Philippines
Mohammed Alomar, MD Saudi Arabia
Ömer Tuncay, MD Turkey
Yasser Farahat, MD UAE
Bhaskar Somani, MD United Kingdom
Roger Sur, MD United States
Necole Streeper, MD United States
Benjamin Lee, MD United States
2024 RECIPIENT OF THE “LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT” AWARD
Dr. Lingeman is well known nationally and internationally for his interest in the area of kidney stone disease and minimally invasive urologic techniques. Dr. Lingeman performed the first percutaneous stone removal procedure in the State of Indiana in 1983 and performed the first ESWL treatment in the United States at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis in 1984. Dr. Lingeman is widely recognized for his expertise in both state-of-the-art techniques for kidney stone removal and also in understanding and preventing kidney stone formation. Dr. Lingeman has held numerous grants from the National Institutes of Health studying extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy and kidney stone formation.
In addition to kidney stone disease, Dr. Lingeman is also well known for his work with other minimally invasive urologic techniques. He performed the first laparoscopic nephrectomy in the State of Indiana and also introduced the use of the holmium laser for urolithiasis and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The first holmium laser prostatectomy (HoLEP) in the United States was performed at Methodist Hospital by Dr. Lingeman in 1998.
Dr. Lingeman is currently Co-Director of the International Kidney Stone Institute. Dr. Lingeman is a Professor of Urology at Indiana University School of Medicine. He is a past president of the Indiana State Urologic Society and past president of the North Central Section of the American Urological Association. He has served on the board of directors of the American Urological Association and Indiana University Health. Dr. Lingeman is a past president of the Endourology Society. He is a member of the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons (AAGUS). Dr. Lingeman is the author of over 400 peer review scientific publications.
Dr. Lingeman established a fellowship in stone disease and minimally invasive urology in 1990. He has graduated 28 fellows to date, many of whom hold faculty positions at prominent academic institutions around the world.
2024 RECIPIENT OF THE “ARTHUR AWARD”
Dr. Esteban Emiliani earned his medical degree from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia. He completed his residency training at Fundacio Puigvert (Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain) obtaining his Fellow of the European Board of Urology. He performed a fellowship in endourology, certified by the Endourological Society at Tenon Hospital (Sorbonne University in Paris, France), alongside Pr. Olivier Traxer and at the MPUH hospital (Nadiad, India) with Pr. Mahesh Desai, obtaining later his PhD (International PhD, Cum Laude) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain - Sorbonne University, Paris, France, on laser developments for urolithiasis.
His current position is as consultant urologist (urolithiasis and endourology unit) at Fundación Puigvert and clinical associate professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain.
His academic appointments include: Endourological Society board member and former chair of the Young Urologists group, Social Media Committee member and Endourological Society delegate (Spain). EAU Uro-technology section (ESUT) board member and ESUT endourology group member. EAU Scientific Congress Office member. YAU Endourology group member and European Board of Urology (EBU) Committee member. IAU guidelines committee member. His is an editorial board member for the World Journal of Urology, Actas Urológicas Españolas and BMC urology.
He has published 120+ publications in indexed peer-review journals, 12 Publications in non-indexed journals and 4 Book chapters. Dr. Emiliani is continuously invited to national and international meetings as moderator, lecturer and surgeon for live surgery including the EAU, AUA and mayor urological courses.
2024 RECIPIENT OF THE RALPH CLAYMAN “MENTOR” AWARD
Dr. Jeffrey Cadeddu received his Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins and his Doctor of Medicine from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1993, where he also completed his urology and surgery residencies. He then joined The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in 1999, and currently holds dual appointments as Professor of Urology and Professor of Radiology. Additionally, he holds the Ralph C. Smith, M.D. Distinguished Chair in Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery and serves as Co-Director of the Endourology and Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship. His professional affiliations include membership in the American Urological Association, the Endourological Society, the Society for Urologic Oncology, the Texas Urological Society, and the Engineering and Urology Society. He also serves as Co-Director of the Endourology Fellowship Committee, Survey Section Editor for the Journal of Urology, and Executive Medical Director of Perioperative Services at Clements University Hospital. Dr. Cadeddu has authored over 300 peer-reviewed articles, more than 75 invited articles and book chapters, as well as numerous editorial comments, book reviews and original videos. He is the recipient of the American Urological Association’s 2007 Gold Cystoscope Award. He was elected to active membership in the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons (AAGUS) and has served as co-president of the Engineering and Urology Society. Additionally, he has been a panel member for the AUA guidelines on small renal mass and localized prostate cancer.
2024 RECIPIENT OF THE “INDUSTRY AWARD”
For over two decades, Jocelyne Fletcher has dedicated her career to amplifying advancements in minimally invasive surgery, first in endoscopic medical devices, and now in robotic-assisted surgery with da Vinci systems by Intuitive, with her passion always fueled by the pursuit of improved outcomes for patients. In her role, Jocelyne works closely with surgeon leaders, societies, and both upstream and downstream teams internally to develop and deploy strategies and initiatives that will help hospitals and physicians achieve their Quintuple Aim goals in healthcare.
During her time with Intuitive, Jocelyne has led marketing initiatives that contribute to the continued adoption and innovative utilization of da Vinci systems. She has successfully launched new clinical indications, and her deeply collaborative relationships with surgeons and key opinion leaders serve to elevate the work they do to continue to innovate da Vinci surgery. She is particularly proud of the work she does with Intuitive’s employee resource group BLACK at Intuitive, which is committed to increasing the employment of Black employees, providing support for their careers, and bringing awareness to the experiences of Black employees and physicians to improve healthcare equity. She and her husband are avid sports fans who attend games and sporting events as often as they can. Their two daughters are now pursuing their educations and careers.
2024 RECIPIENT OF THE “DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND EQUITY” AWARD
Lee Sullivan is a global medical device marketing executive with more than 30 years of sales and marketing leadership experience within Boston Scientific Corporation’s Urology business unit. Her engagement with the Endourological Society spans many years, including participation in more than 25 World Congress of Endourology and Technology (WCET) meetings.
Lee demonstrates her commitment to urology by driving innovation and expanding the availability of products and disease therapies into new global markets. In her current role as senior director of market development at Boston Scientific, Lee engages with key stakeholders to understand unmet needs and potential solutions to support kidney stone removal, prostate health, erectile restoration and urinary continence.
Lee has served in many leadership roles at Boston Scientific, including vice president of U.S. sales, vice president of global marketing and director of international markets, Europe. She and her teams have been critical to the launch of groundbreaking therapies to enhance patient care.
Lee has been a passionate advocate for women and underrepresented populations in urology throughout her career. Recognizing the importance of a diverse work force to improve patients’ access to care, Lee has created and supported many initiatives designed to bring awareness and change the demographics of the urology workforce. At Boston Scientific, Lee and her team work with societies to amplify the voices of women in urology. In collaboration with the Endourological Society, Lee helped to establish Women in Stone, arranging multiple programs that connect women health care providers who specialize in stone disease. Since its inauguration more than 10 years ago, the number of women participating in the Women in Stone program has doubled. Most recently, the Boston Scientific grant committee approved an Endourological Society fellowship program for women and underrepresented minorities, currently in its inaugural year.
Lee holds a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from the University of Georgia. In her free time, Lee enjoys taking fitness classes at Pure Barre – where she has completed more than 1,500 classes – and gaining new cultural experiences through meeting new people while travelling around the world.
2024 RECIPIENT OF THE “WORLD ENDO” AWARD
Dr. Watson qualified in medicine in 1976 from Cambridge University and King’s College Hospital. My urology training was at the Institute of Urology where I had the good fortune to have John Wickham as my trainer. It was John Wickham who suggested that I find a way of breaking stones using a laser. After assessing a wide variety of lasers. I found I could fragment very dark stones using pulsed lasers with the fibre in contact with the stone. I was interested in assessing pulsed dye lasers so I arranged to spend a year at the Massachusetts General Hospital collaborating with the Candela Laser Corporation. The optimum parameters were found and the laser was tested in the pig ureter. This laser was extremely safe to use having minimal action on tissue. However, the animal model showed that the size of ureteroscope was the most important factor. We launched the laser along with a miniaturised ureteroscope of just 7F. This made ureteroscopy easier and safer.
In 2008 I was invited to teach PCNL in Sri Lanka. I went on to hold courses there training UK trainees alongside Sri Lankan trainees. We invited faculty from India and China and my technique evolved. With my enthusiasm for global training fired up I went on to teach PCNL in Senegal, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Benin, Ghana, Gambia, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Malawi and Mauritania. PCNL is now being practiced independently in 8 of these countries. I have used a charity of which I am co-chairman, The Meditech Trust, to help with equipment.
2024 HONORARY MEMBER
Dr. Pearle is Professor and Vice Chair of Academic Affairs in the Department of Urology with a dual appointment in Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and holder of the Ralph C. Smith Distinguished Chair in Urologic Education. She has been involved in numerous academic initiatives in stone disease, including serving as chair of the AUA Medical Management of Kidney Stones Guideline Panel in 2014 and as President of the ROCK Society in 2007. She received the AUA Gold Cystoscope Award in 2003, the Robert C. Flanigan Education Award in 2012, the Hugh Hampton Young Award in 2016, the Barringer Medal from the prestigious American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons (AAGUS) in 2018 and the St. Paul’s Medal from the British Association of Urologic Surgeons (BAUS) in 2020. She served on the Board of Trustees of the American Board of Urology, becoming President in 2013-14. She currently serves as past-President of the Endourological Society, after serving as Secretary General for 6 years after which she ascended to the Presidency. Finally, she is also a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow.
2024 HONORARY MEMBER
Dr. Tadashi Matsuda is currently the Director of Kansai Medical University, Japan. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University in 1978, and was Professor and Chairman of the Department of Urology and Andrology, Kansai Medical University from 1995 to 2021.
Dr. Matsuda has contributed to the field of endourology and urologic laparoscopy for over 30 years. He performed a laparoscopic varicocelectomy in February 1990 and was among the first doctors to introduce laparoscopic surgery into daily urological practice. While Chair of the Committee of the Japanese Society of Endourology, he established a skill qualification system for urological laparoscopy which was the world’s first nationwide skill evaluation system using video review.
Dr. Matsuda served as the President of the Japanese Society of Endourology (2010-2012), and as President of the Endourological Society (2015-2016). He was the Congress President of the 29th World Congress of Endourology and SWL held in 2011 in Kyoto, Japan. He was also the Secretary General of the East Asian Society of Endourology (2016-2020). He served as President of the 28th Annual Congress of the Japanese Society of Endoscopic Surgery in 2015.
In 2018, Dr. Matsuda received Karl Storz Award from the Japanese Society of Endourology, and in 2021, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Endourological Society. In 2022, he received the Urological Medicine Achievement Award from the Japanese Urological Association.
Dr. Matsuda has published over 250 scientific articles. His main research interest was the scientific evaluation of laparoscopic and robotic-assisted surgical skills. Using objective methods such as measurement of force applied on the instruments or a motion capture system, his team evaluated laparoscopic surgical dissection skill and surgeon’s performance during robot-assisted surgery to establish the ideal technique. Other research topics have included the development of better management for urolithiasis and ureteral stents. He is an International Member of the American Urological Association and the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons.