L o u i s i a n a u r o L o g i c a L s o c i e t y 2016 ANNUAL MEETING. April 8-10, 2016 Loews New Orleans Hotel PROGRAM BOOK

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L o u i s i a n a u r o L o g i c a L s o c i e t y 2016 ANNUAL MEETING new orleans, Louisiana April 8-10, 2016 Loews New Orleans Hotel PROGRAM BOOK

President s Welcome Message Dear Members of the, It is with great pleasure to welcome each and everyone to New Orleans for this year s Louisiana Oncology, Andrology, Pediatric Urology, Urodynamics, Benign prostatic hyperplasia, Female Urology, Stone disease as well as a special lecture looking back through the years, focusing on Louisiana Surgical Education: What is Different Now than When We Were Residents? French Quarter Fest to enjoy throughout the weekend. We are honored to have Dr. Charlie Pound, The W. Lamar Weems Professor of Urology and Chief, Division of Urology from the University of Mississippi Medical Center give the keynote lecture on Treatment Options in Men with Node Positive Prostate Cancer. Dr. Dean Assimos, President of the SES-AUA will give also a keynote address on the State of the Southeastern Section. Dr. Assimos is Professor and Chair of the Department of Urology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. When in New Orleans, one never has enough time to taste all that is available. At the French Quarter fest, see if you Do you know what it means, to miss New Orleans? Sincerely, Benjamin R. Lee, MD, FACS New Orleans, LA Page 1

2015-2016 Board of Directors President Benjamin R. Lee, MD, FACS President-Elect Immediate Past President Secretary-Treasurer Program Committee Chair Benjamin R. Lee, MD, FACS Section Representatives Southeastern Section Representative Benjamin R. Lee, MD, FACS Anne R. Smither, MD Southeastern Section Alternate Representative Chris Fontenot, MD Executive Office Two Woodfield Lake - SESAUA President Executive Director SESAUA Visiting Professor Charles R. Pound, MD Past Presidents of the Dennis D. Venable, MD Edward Flynn Breaux, MD Albert W. Beacham, MD Charl Mark W. Callaway, MD Derwood F. Facundus, MD Anna R. Smither, MD LSU Health Shreveport Urology Department Andre Broussard, MD Ahmad Landon Erickstad, MD Steven Thoma, MD Urology Residents LSU/Ochsner Stephen Carriere, MD Sean Douglas, MD Thomas Dukovac, MD Danica May, MD MD Raunak Patel, MD Tulane University School of Medicine Aaron Boonjindasup, MD Russell Libby, MD Ross McCaslin, MD Michael Pinsky, MD Eric Shaw, MD Carrie Stewart, MD 2016 Annual Meeting Page 2

Table of Contents New Orleans, Louisiana Welcome...... Educational Needs and Objectives... CME Accreditation... Disclosure Report...... Promotional Partners, Contributor, Exhibitors... Industry Satellite Symposium Events...... Biographies... Page 3

Educational Needs & Objectives Educational Needs academic and community urologists support call coverage through the emergency department leaving open endless possibilities for presentation of urologic disease including calculus management, obstruction, and oncologic disease. Updates by state-of-the-art lecturers provide one of the best methods for exposing dogma and new thought on what has otherwise been deemed settled science. We will be treated to lectures on state of the art reconstructive topics such as management of post prostatectomy ary guidelines. other involved specialties. Urologists will be updated on current guidelines for treatment and management of pediatric urology patients. Further, management of benign prostatic hyperplasia, with current indications and treatment options will be discussed. Exceptional and anecdotal cases will also present opportunities to learn and think unconventionally during our case presentation portion of the program. Educational Objectives Describe recent developments in the medical and surgical management of urology patients. Identify new technologies for the treatment of urologic problems. 3. Describe optimal treatment strategies for advanced urologic oncology diseases. 2016 Annual Meeting Page 4

CME Accreditation Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of Ochsner Clinic Foundation and the Louisiana Urological Society. The Ochsner Clinic Foundation is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Designation The Ochsner Clinic Foundation designates this live activity for a maximum of 9.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Page 5

Disclosure Report New Orleans, LA sponsored educational activities. All individuals participating in any education sponsored activity are expected to disclose any off-label or but rather to provide the audience and listeners with information regarding such relationships from which the audience and listeners can regard to exposition or conclusion. PLANNING COMMITTEE / CME ORGANIZERS Company Role with Commercial Interest Nature of Relationship LEE, MD, FACS, Benjamin Floshield Porges Coloplast Consultant Consultant SPEAKERS / MODERATORS / PANELISTS / DISCUSSANTS / CO-AUTHORS Company Role with Commercial Interest Nature of Relationship ASSIMOS, MD, Dean AZZAWE, MD, Ahmad BARDOT, MD, Stephen BAUM, MD, Neil Neotract Consultant 's Bureau CANTER, MD, Daniel ISAC, MD, Wahib Consultant Coloplast Consultant Consultant 2016 Annual Meeting Page 6

Disclosure Report SPEAKERS / MODERATORS / PANELISTS / DISCUSSANTS / CO-AUTHORS Company Role with Commercial Interest Nature of Relationship LEE, MD, FACS, Benjamin LEWIS, MD, Brian POUND, MD, Charles Abstract Presenter, Moderator Raju Floshield Porges Coloplast Consultant Consultant Consultant Consultant Consultant Medtronic Clinical Research Stock Shareholder (directly purchased) Shareholder Laser Technologies Stock Shareholder (directly purchased) Shareholder Page 7

General Meeting Information Registration/Information Desk Hours Location: Parish Hall, 10 th Floor Saturday, a.m. Exhibit Hall Hours Location: Parish Hall, 10 th Floor Registration Fee Includes: Entrance to Scientific Sessions One ticket to the Crawfish Boil and President s Cocktail Reception Program Materials Evening Functions One ticket to each evening function is included in attendee and guest registration fees. Crawfish Boil Date: Time: Location: Piazza D Italia, Loews New Orleans Hotel Attire: Casual President s Cocktail Reception Date: Saturday, Time: Location: Prefunction, 9 th Floor Attire: Business Casual 2016 Annual Meeting Page 8

Promotional Partners, Contributor, Exhibitors Thank You to Our 2016 Promotional Partners (Alphabetical as of 3/25/2016) Platinum Level Endo Pharmaceuticals Gold Level Medivation Thank You to Our 2016 Contributor (Alphabetical as of 3/25/2016) Thank You to Our 2016 Exhibitors (Alphabetical as of 3/25/2016) AbbVie Allergan Astellas Pharma Boston Scientific Corporation Coloplast Cook Medical Endo Pharmaceuticals Ethicon, Inc. Ferring Pharmaceuticals Lilly Lumenis Medivation NeoTract, Inc. Olympus America, Inc. Retrophin TOLMAR Pharmaceuticals Page 9

Industry Satellite Symposium Events Please Be Sure to Attend the Following Industry Satellite Symposium Events Saturday, April 9, 2016 7:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m. Industry Satellite Symposium Breakfast Location: Feliciana, 10 th Floor Key Clinical Findings for a Treatment Option for Patients With mcrpc That Has Progressed On Androgen Deprivation Therapy Raoul S. Concepcion, MD, FACS Urology Associates Nashville, TN Saturday, April 9, 2016 11:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Industry Satellite Symposium Lunch Location: Feliciana, 10 th Floor Peyronie s Disease And an Overview of Xiaflex Wayne Hellstrom, MD, FACS, Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, LA 2016 Annual Meeting Page 10

Scientific Program - All sessions will be located in Louisiana Ballroom I, 10 th Floor, unless otherwise noted. s and times are subject to change. FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2016 OVERVIEW 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Registration/Information Desk Open Location: Parish Hall, 10 th Floor 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. Lunch with Exhibitors Location: Parish Hall, 10 th Floor 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open Location: Parish Hall, 10 th Floor 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Crawfish Boil Location: Piazza D Italia, Loews New Orleans Hotel GENERAL SESSION 1:00 p.m. - 1:05 p.m. Welcome and Introduction : Benjamin R. Lee, MD, FACS 1:05 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. Eulogy Elbert H. Goodier, MD : Donald P. Bell, MD *Not CME Accredited 1:10 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. Management of Post Prostatectomy Incontinence : 1:40 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Practical Urodynamics for the Clinician : Alexand 2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Break - Visit with Exhibitors 2:30 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. Risk Stratification of Renal Tumors in Patients Undergoing Tumor Excision : 2:50 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. ERAS and Outcome Improvement : Stephen F. Bardot, MD 3:10 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Pediatric Urology Update 2016 : 3:30 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. Q & A 3:40 p.m. - 4:10 p.m. Current Controversies on Management of BPH :, MD 4:10 p.m. - 4:20 p.m. Q & A 4:20 p.m. - 4:40 p.m. Contemporary Management of Stress Incontinence : 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Crawfish Boil Location: Piazza D Italia, Loews New Orleans Hotel Page 11

Scientific Program SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2016 OVERVIEW 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Industry Satellite Symposium Breakfast Location: Feliciana, 10 th Floor 7:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Registration/Information Desk Open Location: Parish Hall, 10 th Floor 7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Exhibit Hall Open Location: Parish Hall, 10 th Floor GENERAL SESSION 8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m. Biomarkers in Prostate Cancer: How to Interpret, How to Advise : 8:20 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Q & A 8:30 a.m. - 8:50 a.m. Update on Surgical Treatment of Calculous Disease : Wahib E. Isac, MD 8:50 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Q & A 9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. Robotic Partial Nephrectomy for High Risk Disease : Benjamin R. Lee, MD, FACS 9:20 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. Break - Visit with Exhibitors 9:40 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. The Zoo Within Us: What Do You Mean I'm Just a Vector? : 10:00 a.m. - 10:05 a.m. Q & A 10:05 a.m. - 10:25 a.m. Louisiana Surgical Education: What is Different Now than When We Were Residents? : Raju 10:25 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Q & A 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. SESAUA Visiting Professor Lecture 11:00 a.m. - 11:05 a.m. Q & A Treatment Options in Men with Node Positive Prostate Cancer SESAUA Visiting Professor: Charles R. Pound, MD 11:05 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Current Update in Testosterone Replacement Strategies: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly : 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Industry Satellite Symposium Lunch Location: Feliciana, 10 th Floor 12:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Afternoon Events in French Quarter Fest 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. President's Cocktail Reception Location: Prefunction, 9 th Floor 2016 Annual Meeting Page 12

Scientific Program SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2016 OVERVIEW 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast Location: Parish Hall, 10 th Floor 7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Registration/Information Desk Open Location: Parish Hall, 10 th Floor GENERAL SESSION 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Resident's Presentations Moderator: Tulane University School of Medicine Positive Response of Xiaflex in Disease Patients in Louisiana : Crowd-Sourcing Assessment of Surgeon Dissection of Renal Artery and Vein During Robotic Partial Nephrectomy: A Novel Approach for Quantitative Assessment of Surgical Performance : M. LSU Shreveport Multimodality Surgical Approach to Retained Ureteral Stents: Evaluation of Outcomes and Description of Patient Population : Is There a Minimum Important Difference in Outcomes of Common Validated Questionnaires After Sling Surgery? : LSU/Ochsner New Orleans Robotic Prevesical Retropubic Excision of Pelvic Mesh : Danica N. May, MD 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. SESAUA Presidential Update SESAUA President: 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Management of Advanced Prostate Cancer : Brian E. Lewis, MD 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Medical and Surgical Options for Erectile Dysfunction : 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Business Meeting 12:00 p.m. Adjournment Disclaimer Statement Statements, opinions and results of studies contained in the program are those of the presenters/authors and do not reflect the policy or position of the nor does the provide any warranty as to their accuracy or reliability. Every effort has been made to faithfully reproduce the abstracts as submitted. However, no responsibility is assumed by the for any injury and/or damage to persons or property from any cause including negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instruments or ideas contained in the material herein. Page 13

Biographies Dean Assimos, MD Dr. Assimos is currently professor and chair of the department of urology at the U.A.B. School of medical and surgical management. Dr. Assimos has mentored several medical students, residents, post-graduate students and endourology Ahmed Azzawe, MD Louisiana State University Shreveport in urology and is approaching the end of his intern year. Stephen Bardot, MD is the Director of Cancer Services at Ochsner and a member of Ochsner s Board of Directors, among presentations and lectures to his credit. Neil Baum, MD Dr. Baum is an associate clinical professor of urology at Louisiana State University Medical School in American Board of Urology. urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction, kidney stones, male infertility and prostate cancer. urology topics. Dr. Baum s research interests have been focused on treatments for benign prostatic hyperplasia, erectile dysfunction, overactive bladder disease, and lower urinary tract infections. Dr. Baum has trained with some of the nation s a member of the AUA, the Southeastern Section of the AUA, the American Fertility Society, the Urodynamics Society, the Louisiana State Medical Society, and the Orleans Parish Medical Society. 2016 Annual Meeting Page 14

Biographies Daniel Canter, MD Internship and Residency with the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Thereafter, he completed a Fellowship with the Fox Chase Cancer Center located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Alexander Gomelsky, MD residency at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, followed by a fellowship in female prolapse surgery. Gerard D. Henry, MD in erectile dysfunction at Duke University Medical Center. Following his training in North Carolina, Dr. many penile prostheses are implanted each year than anywhere else in the world. papers published in peer-reviewed journals and enjoys giving presentations at regional, national and and is the current Treasurer of Society of Urologic Prosthetic Surgeons. Wahib E. Isac, MD - Society, and Egyptian Urologic Association, to name a few. Presently, Dr. Isac works as an assistant professor of urology at Louisiana State University in Shreveport. Umar R. Karaman, MD in Tallahassee, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. After graduation, he moved to Shreveport to began his urologic residency and is in his third year of residency. Page 15

Biographies Dunia T. Khaled, MD, MS as well as graduate education in neuroscience at Tulane University. She remained in New Orleans to year resident in urology at the combined Ochsner and LSU program in New Orleans. Benjamin R. Lee, MD Dr. Benjamin Lee, Professor of Urology and Oncology at the Tulane University School of Medicine, has focused his career on advancing new treatments for renal cell carcinoma as well as developing manuscripts, book chapters, videos and abstracts. Dr. Lee graduated from Cornell University magna surgery; identifying methods of decreasing recurrence of cancer; explanations why the immune system may be activated differently following laparoscopy compared to open surgery, and further studies into st World Congress of Endourology which was held in New Orleans, LA in Brian Lewis, MD, MPH a fellowship in hematology and medical oncology also at Tulane University School of Medicine. American College of Physicians, the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society Aaron D. Martin, MD, MPH A native of Louisiana, Dr. Aaron Martin obtained his medical degree from Louisiana State University working on a wide variety of projects from advancing minimally invasive surgical tools to predicting research opportunities with a focus on surgical innovation and clinical outcomes. Additionally, he has served as a proctor to is a member of the American Urological Association, the Society of Pediatric Urology, the Society of Fetal Urology, and the American Telemedicine Association. 2016 Annual Meeting Page 16

Biographies Danica N. May, MD Charles R. Pound, MD at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. The Tupelo, MS, native now serves as the chief of the Division of Urology and program director for the Urologic Residency. interests include urologic malignancies including bladder, prostate, kidney, testis and penile cancers as clinical trials in the area of prostate cancer, kidney and bladder cancers M. Katie Powers, MD graduation, she began her residency at Tulane University School of Medicine in urologic surgery. She Eric J. Shaw, MD and Tropical Medicine. Presently, Dr. Shaw is a general surgery resident with the Tulane Department of Jonathan Silberstein, MD Dr. Silberstein earned his undergraduate degree in biology from University of Pennsylvania and internship and his urology residency at University of California, San Diego. Following his residency, Currently, he is the director of urologic oncology at Tulane University School of Medicine where he of numerous awards from national and international meetings and is a reviewer for several prominent urologic journals. At ACS, Society of Robotic Surgery and American Society of Clinical Oncology. Page 17

Biographies Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, MHA Dr. Thomas was named Chair of the Department of Urology at Tulane University Medical Center in director for the department of urology. Dr. Thomas obtained his medical degree from the University of are in minimally invasive urologic surgery, including: laparoscopy, robotic surgery, and endourologic and is a peer-reviewer for several urologic journals. Dr. Thomas career highlights include Presidency of the SESAUA, and st World Congress of Endourology, but, above all, his rescuing and rebuilding the Department of Urology at Tulane Joanna M. Togami, MD Dr. Togami earned her medical degree from the University of New Mexico. Following graduation, she completed her internship and residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a fellowship in female urology, voiding dysfunction and pelvic reconstruction at the Cleveland Clinic Florida. Dr. Togami before transferring to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, where he completed a year of preliminary the second year of his fellowship in andrology at Tulane University, where he also serves as a clinical instructor of urology. awards and recognitions, from the American Urological Association, the Canadian Urological Association and the Sexual and urethral reconstruction, and he has been awarded multiple national and international research grants. 2016 Annual Meeting Page 18

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