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2026 Science & Quality Summit Program Agenda

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Day 1: Friday, November 13, 2026
Theme: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Future of Science and Quality

7 – 8 a.m.

Pre-Meeting: Networking Breakfast  

8 – 9:45 a.m. Pre-Meeting: S&Q Committee Meeting S&Q Committee Members
9:45 – 10 a.m. Coffee Break  
10 – 11 a.m. Summit Welcome & S&Q Future Panel
Peter Clark, MD
Michael Sheppard, CPA, CAE, CEO
Andrew Harris, MD, MBA
Hung-Jui (Ray) Tan, MD, MSHPM
Stephen Boorjian, MD
Max Bowman, MD
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. S&Q Breakthru! Andrew Harris, MD, MBA
Max Bowman, MD 
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Keynote/Networking Lunch
“QI and HSR as Pathway to Leadership”

Matthew Nielsen, MD, MS
David C. Miller, MD, MPH

1:30 - 3 p.m.  Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Science & Quality 

Peter Clark, MD
Dennis L. Shung, MD, PhD
Tracy Wolff, MD, MPH
Clifford A. Hudis, MD
Matthew Mossanen, MD, MPH

3 – 3 p.m. Coffee Break

3:15 – 4:30 p.m.
From Policy to Practice: Specialty Care, Payment Models, and Outcomes Measurement

David Friedlander, MD, MPH
Thomas C. Tsai, MD, MPH
Ruchika Talwar, MD, MMHC
Clifford Y. Ko, MD, MS, MSHS

4:30 – 7 p.m. Networking Reception Dinner & Poster Viewing Hung-Jui (Ray) Tan, MD, MSHPM

Day 2: Saturday, November 14, 2026
Theme: Quality Improvement (QI) and Leadership

7 – 8 a.m. Networking Breakfast  
8 – 9:45 a.m. S&Q Committee Breakfast Meeting S&Q Committee Members
8 – 9 a.m.

Finding and Removing Pebbles in the Shoe

Andrew Harris, MD, MBA
Jonathan Bergman, MD, MPH
Eugene Y. Rhee, MD, MBA
9 – 10 a.m. Keynote Session: A New Paradigm for Healthcare Quality
Matthew Nielsen, MD, MS
Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, MACP, CEO 
10 – 10:15 a.m. Coffee Break

10:15 - 11:15 a.m. Panel: Urologists as Architects of Change Jennifer Robles MD, MPH
Jennifer U. Miles-Thomas, MD, MBA
C.J. Stimson, MD, JD
Kenneth G. Nepple, MD
Anobel Y. Odisho, MD, MPH
Anna Zampini, MD
11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Coffee Break

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. GSM – The Road From PCORI-Funded Research to AUA/SUFU/AUGS Guideline to the FDA Removing a Black Box Warning

David Ginsberg, MD
Erin Kirkby, MS
Melissa R. Kaufman, MD, PhD
Una Lee, MD
Mark Edney, MD

12:30 p.m. Summit Closing

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