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Past Participants

The AUA's Academic Exchange Programs provide junior faculty an opportunity to interact with and learn from colleagues in different regions of the world. These funded fellowship programs encourage the interchange of urological skills, expertise and knowledge, which are critical to the continued success of urology worldwide.

A.Lenore Ackerman, MD, PhD

A.Lenore Ackerman, MD, PhD

AUA/JUA Exchange Scholar (to Japan)

As part of the AUA/JUA Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Ackerman attended the JUA Section Meeting in Nagano and conducted her observation at Shinshu University.

Luay Alshara, MD

Luay Alshara, MD

AUA/SBU Exchange Scholar (to Brazil)

As part of the AUA/SBU Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Alshara attended the SBU Annual Congress in Sao Paulo and conducted his observation at Hosp. Albert Einstein SP.

Satoshi Ando, MD, PhD

Satoshi Ando, MD, PhD

AUA/JUA Exchange Scholar (to US)

As part of the AUA/JUA Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Ando attended the AUA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana and conducted his observation at Cornell University.

Thiago S. Antoniassi, MD, PhD

Thiago S. Antoniassi, MD, PhD

AUA/SBU Exchange Scholar (to US)

As part of the AUA/SBU Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Antoniassi attended the AUA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana and conducted his observation at Eastern Virginia Medical Center.

Riccardo Autorino, MD, PhD

Riccardo Autorino, MD, PhD

AUA/SBU Exchange Scholar Program (to Brazil)

As part of the AUA/SBU Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Autorino attended the SBU Annual Congress in Sao Paulo and conducted his observation at Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa.

Girdhar Bora, MD

Girdhar Bora, MD

AUA/IAUA Chakrobortty Fellowship Program (to US)

As part of the AUA/IAUA Chakrobortty Fellowship Program in partnership with the Puli Pradip Reddy Memorial Fund, Dr. Bora attended the AUA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana and conducted his observation at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Thomas Chi, MD, MBA

Thomas Chi, MD, MBA

AUA/JUA Exchange Program Scholar (to Japan)

As part of the AUA/JUA Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Chi attended JUA Section Meeting in Wakayama and conducted his observation at Nagoya City University.

Fernando Goulart Fernandes Dias, MD, PhD

Fernando Goulart Fernandes Dias, MD, PhD

AUA/SBU Academic Exchange Scholar (to US)

As part of the AUA/SBU Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Dias attended the AUA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana and conducted his observation at VCU Health.

Steeve Doizi, MD, PhD

Steeve Doizi, MD, PhD

AUA/AFU Visiting Scholar Program (to US)

As part of the AUA/AFU Visiting Scholar Program, Dr. Doizi attended the AUA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana and conducted his observation at the University of Pennsylvania.

Arvin George, MD

Arvin George, MD

AUA/EAU Academic Exchange Scholar (to Europe)

As part of the AUA/EAU Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. George attended the EAU Annual Meeting in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and conducted his observation at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, University Hospital La Pitié-Salpêtrière, Universitätsklinik Tübingen, and at VUmc.

Kashish Khanna, MCh

Kashish Khanna, MCh

AUA/IAUA Visiting Scholar (to US)

As part of the AUA/IAUA Chakrobortty Fellowship Program in partnership with the Puli Pradip Reddy Memorial Fund, Dr. Khanna attended the AUA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana and conducted her observation at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.

Eric Kim, MD

Eric Kim, MD

AUA/JUA Exchange Scholar (to Japan)

As part of the AUA/JUA Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Kim attended the JUA Section Meeting in Nagano and conducted his observation at Jikei University.

Michael A. Liss, MD, MAS, FACS

Michael A. Liss, MD, MAS, FACS

AUA/EAU Exchange Scholar (to Europe)

As part of the AUA/EAU Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Liss attended the EAU Annual Meeting in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and conducted his observation at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, University Hospital La Pitié-Salpêtrière, Universitätsklinik Tübingen, and at VUmc.

Leonardo Seligra Lopes, MD, MSc

Leonardo Seligra Lopes, MD, MSc

AUA/SBU Exchange Scholar Program (to US)

As part of the AUA/SBU Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Lopes attended the AUA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana and conducted his observation at VCU Health.

Murilo de Almeida Luz, MD

Murilo de Almeida Luz, MD

AUA/CAU Visiting Scholar Program (to US)

As part of the AUA/CAU Visiting Scholar Program, Dr. Luz attended the AUA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana and conducted his observation at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Andre Matos de Oliveira, MD, PhD

Andre Matos de Oliveira, MD, PhD

AUA/SBU Exchange Scholar (to US)

As part of the AUA/SBU Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Oliveira attended the AUA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana and conducted his observation at Eastern Virginia Medical Center.

Arkadiusz Miernik, MD, PhD, FEBU, MHBA

Arkadiusz Miernik, MD, PhD, FEBU, MHBA

AUA/DGU Visiting Scholar Program (to US)

As part of the AUA/DGU Visiting Scholar Program, Dr. Miernik attended the AUA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana and conducted his observership at Houston Methodist and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Yoshiyuki Miyazawa, MD, PhD

Yoshiyuki Miyazawa, MD, PhD

AUA/JUA Academic Exchange Scholar (to US)

As part of the AUA/JUA Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Yoshiyuki attended the AUA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana and conducted his observation at Cornell University.

Katie Murray, DO

Katie Murray, DO

AUA/JUA Exchange Scholar (to Japan)

As part of the AUA/JUA Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Murray attended the JUA Section Meeting in Wakayamaand conducted her observation at Fujita Health University.

Marcela Pelayo Nieto, MD

Marcela Pelayo Nieto, MD

AUA/Mexico Visiting Scholar (to US)

As part of the AUA/Mexico Visiting Program, Dr. Pelayo attended the AUA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana and conducted her observation at the Desai Sethi Urology Institute in Miami, FL.

Benjamin Pradere, MD

Benjamin Pradere, MD

AUA/AFU Visiting Scholar Program (to US)

As part of the AUA/AFU Visiting Scholar Program, Dr. Pradere attended the AUA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana and conducted his observation at the University of Pennsylvania.

Omer Raheem, MD, MCh, MSc

Omer Raheem, MD, MCh, MSc

AUA/SBU Exchange Scholar Program (to Brazil)

As part of the AUA/SBU Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Raheem attended the SBU Annual Congress in Sao Paulo and conducted his observation at Faculdade de Medicina do ABC.

Johannes Salem, MD

Johannes Salem, MD

AUA/DGU Visiting Scholar Program (to US)

As part of the AUA/DGU Visiting Scholar Program, Dr. Salem attended the AUA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana and conducted his observership at Houston Methodist and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.

Arjun Sivaraman, MD

Arjun Sivaraman, MD

AUA/SBU Exchange Scholar (to Brazil)

As part of the AUA/SBU Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Sivaraman attended the SBU Annual Congress in Sao Paulo and conducted his observation at Instituto do Câncer do Estado de SP.

Hideki Takeshita, MD

Hideki Takeshita, MD

AUA/JUA Exchange Scholar (to US)

As part of the AUA/JUA Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Takeshita attended the AUA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana and conducted his observation at Stanford University.

Kentaro Takezawa, MD, PhD

Kentaro Takezawa, MD, PhD

AUA/JUA Exchange Scholar (to US)

As part of the AUA/JUA Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Takezawa attended the AUA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana and conducted his observation at Stanford University.