"Dear Colleagues and Friends,
We are pleased and honored to invite you to the great city of Chicago for a week of science, culture, innovation, networking, and fun".

"The Organizing Committee of the 28 World Congress of Endourology of The Endourological Society put together the leading international congress on Minimally Invasive Urologic surgery which will be held in Chicago on September 1-4, 2010. This Congress will continue the extraordinary success of the preceding meetings in Munich 2009, Shanghai 2008, Cancun 2007 and Cleveland 2006 and will provide a legacy for those to come".

With warmest regards,

Dr. Arieh L. Shalhav
President 28th World Congress of Endourology

Congress Hosts:

Arieh Shalhav
President

Steve Nakada
Co- Chair

Howard Winfield
Co- Chair

Executive Organizing Committee:
(Alphabetical Order)

Benjamin R. Lee, M.D.
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, USA

Ravi Munver, M.D., F.A.C.S
Hackensack University Medical Center,
Touro University College of Medicine,
New Jersey, USA

Stephen Y. Nakada, M.D., F.A.C.S.
UW School of Medicine and Public Health,
Wisconsin, USA

Vipul R.Patel, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Global Robotics Institute and Urologic Oncology Program
Associate Professor of Urology at UCF
Clinical Associate Professor of Urology at Nova Southeastern University
Florida, USA

Arieh L. Shalhav, M.D.
University of Chicago,
Chicago, USA

Chandru P. Sundaram, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine,
Indianapolis, USA

Howard Winfield, M.D.
University of Iowa,
Iowa City, USA

Kevin C. Zorn, MDCM, FRCSC, FACS
University of Montreal Hospital Center (CHUM)
Montreal, Canada

Venue:
Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers
301 East North Water Street
Chicago, IL 60611

Invited Faculty (Preliminary):

Abaza, Ronney USA
Abraham, Jose Benito Philippines
Ahlering, Thomas USA
Albala, David USA
Alken, Peter Germany
Allaf, Mohammad USA
Andonian, Sero Canada
Andreoni, Casio USA
Ankem, Murali USA
Apaydin, Erdal Turkey
Aron, Monish USA
Assimos, Dean USA
Atug, Fatih Turkey
Averch, Timothy USA
Babayan, Richard USA
Bach, Thorsten Germany
Badani, Ketan USA
Badlani, Gopal USA
Bagley, Demetrius USA
Balbay, M. Derya
Baldwin, Duane, USA
Bales, Gregory USA
Bandi, Gaurav USA
Badani, Ketan USA
Bhat, Sanjay India
Bhayani, Sam USA
Bianco, Fernando USA
Bird, Vincent USA
Bishoff, Jay USA
Borin, James USA
Bowen, Ashley USA
Box, Geoffrey USA
Boylu, Ugar
Cadeddu, Jeffrey USA
Campbell, Steven USA
Casale, Pasquale USA
Castillo, Octavio Chile
Castle, Erik USA
Castro-Ellendt, Enrique Perez Spain
Chaussy, Christian Germany
Chew, Ben Canada
Chien, Gary USA
Chiu, Kun-Yuan Republic of China
Chow, George USA
Clayman, Ralph USA
Costello, Anthony Republic of China
Daneshgari, Firouz USA
Davis, John USA
de la Rosette, Jean Netherlands
Demirkesen, Oktay Turkey
Denstedt, John Canada
Desai, Mahesh India
Desai, Mihir USA
Desgrandchamps, Francois France
Duchene, David USA
Dunn, Matthew USA
Eggener, Scott USA
Elhilali, Mostafa Canada
Elliott, Daniel USA
Eraky, Ibrahim Egypt
Erdogru, Tibet Turkey
Eshghi, Majid USA
Figenshau, Robert USA
Fuchs, Gerhard USA
Fugita, Oscar Brazil
Ganpule, Arvind India
Gaston, Richard France
Geavlete, Petrisor Romania
Gerber, Glenn USA
Gettman, Matthew USA
Ghavamian, Reza USA
Gill, Inderbir USA
Gilling, Peter New Zealand
Giusti, Guido Italy
Gjertson, Carl USA
Gofrit, Ofer Israel
Gozen, Ali Germany
Grasso, Michael USA
Greenstein, Alexander Israel
Gross, Andreas Germany
Gundeti, Mohan USA
Gupta, Mantu USA
Gupta, Narmada India
Guru, Khurshid USA
Gutierriez, Jorge Mexcio
Han, Misop USA
Hattori, Ryohei Japan
Hedican, Sean USA
Hemal, Ashok USA
Herrell, Duke USA
Rha, Koon Ho Korea
Hoenig, David USA
Honey, John Canada
Jackman, Stephen USA
Janetschek, Gunter Austria
Jarrett, Thomas USA
Jewett, Michael Canada
Johnston, William USA
Joseph, Jean USA
Joyce, Adrian UK
Kaouk, Jihad USA
Katz, Mark USA
Keeley, Francis UK
Park, Hyung Keun South Korea
Kim, Fernando USA
Kim, Hyeon Hoe Korea
Kim, Isaac USA
Knoll, Thomas Germany
Kozlowski, Paul USA
Krambeck, Amy USA
Kukraja, Rajesh India
Kulkarni, Ravi UK
Kumar Varshney, Anil India
Kuo, Ramsay, USA
Kural, Ali Turkey
Kurien, Abraham India
Laguna, Pilar Netherlands
Landman, Jaime USA
Lee, Benjamin USA
Lee, David USA
Levant Tuncay, Omer Turkey
Leveillee, Raymond USA
Liatsikos, Evangelos Greece
Lifshitz, David Israel
Lingeman, James USA
Louie, Michael USA
Lucas, Steven USA
Madhu, Agarwal India
Mallikarjuna, C. India
Marberger, Michael Austria
Marcovich, Robert USA
Matin, Surena USA
Matlaga, Brian USA
Matsuda, Tadashi Japan
Matthews, Jeffrey USA
McDougall, Elspeth USA
Mendiola, Frederick P. Philippines
Menon, Mani USA
Meretyk, Shimon Israel
Micali, Salvatore Italy
Michel, Maurice Stephan Germany
Mikhail, Albert USA
Monga, Manoj USA
Motrie, Alexandre Belgium
Munver, Ravi USA
Muschter, Rolf Germany
Nadler, Robert USA
Nakada, Stephen USA
Naselli, Angelo Italy
Netto, Nelson R. Brazil
Noor Buchholz, Peter UK
Obek, Can Turkey
Okeke, Zeph USA
Oktay, A. Bulent Turkey
Orvieto, Marcelo USA
Ost, Michael USA
Ozgok, Yasar Turkey
Pacik, Dalibor Czech Republic
Palmer, Kenneth USA
Pareek, Gyan USA
Parikh, Kandarp India
Park, Sangtae USA
Parra, Raul USA
Patel, Anup UK
Patel, Vipul USA
Pearle, Margaret USA
Perry, Kent USA
Pinto, Peter USA
Polascik, Thomas USA
Ponsky, Lee USA
Porter, James USA
Portis, Andrew USA
Preminger, Glenn USA
Pruthi, Raj S. USA
Puppo, Paolo Italia
Raman, Jay USA
Rane, Abhay UK
Rao, Pradeep India
Rassweiler, Jens Germany
Razvi, Hassan Canada
Richstone, Lee USA
Roberts, William USA
Rogers, Craig USA
Samadi, David USA
Sandhu, Jaspreet USA
Savage, Stephen J. USA
Scarpa, Roberto Italy
Schichman, Steven USA
Schwartz, Bradley USA
Shah, Ojas USA
Shah, Shrenik India
Shalhav, Arieh USA
Shikanov, Sergey USA
Siegel, Steven USA
Simforoosh, Nasser Iran
Smith, Arthur USA
Smith, Norm USA
Sofer, Mario Israel
Sotelo, Rene Venezuela
Sriprasad, Sri UK
Steinberg, Gary USA
Stifelman, Michael USA
Su, Li Ming USA
Sundaram, Chandru USA
Sung, Gyuang Tak Korea
Sweet, Robert USA
Te, Alexis USA
Teber, Dogu Germany
Terachi, Toshiro Japan
Tewari, Ashutosh USA
Thomas, Raju USA
Tiselius, Hans-Goran Sweden
Trachtenberg, John Canada
Traxer, Olivier France
Tuerk, Ingolf USA
Tunc, Lutfi Turkey
Turk, Thomas USA
Turna, Burak Turkey
Van Cangh, Paul Belgium
Van Velthoven, Roland Belgium
VanderBrink, Brian USA
Vasavada, Sandip USA
Venkatesh, Ramakrishna USA
Vira, Manish USA
Wallen, Eric USA
Wang, David USA
Watson, Graham UK
Winfield, Howard USA
Wolf, Stuart USA
Wong, Carson USA
Wong, Martin Kwok-Tin Hong Kong
Wong, Michael Singapore
Yip, Sidney Hong Kong
Zagaja, Gregory USA
Zeren, Sinan Turkey
Zorn, Kevin Canada

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