Divya Ajay, MD, MPH

2023 AUA/SBU Exchange Scholar Program (to Brazil)

Dr. Divya Ajay is an Assistant Professor of Urology at Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY. She received her Bachelor of Science from Washington and Lee University and her medical degree from Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School. She completed her urology residency at Duke University Medical Center and during this time, also completed her Master of Public Health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She went on to complete a fellowship in urinary tract and pelvic reconstruction at the MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Her clinical interests include urinary upper tract reconstruction, urinary diversions, male urethral stricture disease, urinary incontinence, neuro-urology, voiding dysfunction and pelvic floor prolapse. Additionally, as a surgeon-scientist, she actively collaborates with faculty in the public health services department and surgical simulation lab to work in patient decision aids, surgical simulation models and teaching methodology.

As part of the Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia (SBU) Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Ajay will attend the 2023 SBU National Congress in Salvador, Brazil.

Abhishek Singh, MD

2023 AUA/IAUA Chakrobortty Fellowship Program Scholar

Dr. Abhishek Singh is a consultant urologist at Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital in Nadiad, India. He is a trained robotic surgeon and interested in uro-oncology, and specifically on the management of bladder cancer.

Dr. Singh received his MBBS in 2006, and Board Certification in Urology in 2013. Also that year, he received the G.M. Phadke Gold Medal for securing first place in the Urology Board Exams.

Dr. Singh serves on the editorial board of the World Journal of Urology and the Indian Journal of Urology. He is a Fellow of the World Endourology Society and Chairman-Elect of the Youth Organization of the Urological Society of India.

Dr. Singh has peer reviewed 76 publications, 17 book chapters, and served as a reviewer for 7 journals.

As part of the AUA/IAUA Visiting Scholar Program, Dr. Singh will attend the 2023 AUA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. After the conference, Dr. Singh will visit NYU and MSKCC where he will have opportunity to observe urologic surgeries and procedures, as well as attend staff activities and clinics.

Julien Anract, MD

2023 AUA/AFU Visiting Scholar Program

Dr. Julien Anract received his MD in 2014 from the Universite Paris Descartes. Subsequently, he attended a 3-month internship at the Vancouver General Hospital. Dr. Anract completed his residency in various hospitals across Paris, most notably working in the research field of prostate cancer under the guidance of Dr. Barry Delongchamps at Cochin Hospital, Paris.

Currently, Dr. Anract is a clinical Urologist Fellow at the Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris and is pursuing his PhD in scientific research under the guidance of Drs. Goffin and Barry Delongchamps. His research is focused on topics within the BPH field. So far during his fellowship, he has had the opportunity to familiarize himself with different urological techniques including TURP, HOLEP, Urolift, and green light. He is also researching and contributing to clinical studies focused on BPH, ECOLIFT, PARTURP, and REZUM.

Dr. Anract is a member of the French LUTS Committee, where he contributes as an editor to the French Guidelines on LUTS. He is pursuing an academic career in Cochin Hospital, in order to work as a urologist surgeon, as well as contribute to urological research.

As part of the AUA/AFU Visiting Scholar Program, Dr. Anract will attend the 2023 AUA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to the Conference, Dr. Anract will visit Houston Methodist, where he will have the opportunity to observe urologic surgeries and procedures, as well as attend staff activities and clinics.

Judith C. Hagedorn, MD, MHS

2023 AUA/JUA Exchange Scholar Program (to Japan)

Dr. Judith Hagedorn is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urology at the University of Washington in Seattle. In addition to general urology, she is an expert in reconstructive and trauma urology.

Dr. Hagedorn earned her bachelor’s degree from Rice University in Houston, Texas. She went on to complete a master’s degree at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland and received her medical degree from Stanford School of Medicine in California. She remained at Stanford for her urology residency training. She first came to the University of Washington for a fellowship in genitourinary reconstructive surgery under the mentorship of Dr. Hunter Wessells.

Dr. Hagedorn’s clinical expertise and interest includes male genitourinary reconstruction, management of urologic injury, male urinary incontinence, and erectile dysfunction.

As part of the Japanese Urological Association (JUA) Academic Exchange Program Scholar Program, Dr. Hagedorn will attend the 2023 JUA Congress in Kobe, Japan. Prior to the Congress, Dr. Hagedorn will visit the National Defense Medical College in Tokyo, Japan where she will have the opportunity to observe urologic surgeries and procedures, as well as attend staff activities and clinics.

Hegel Trujillo Santamaría, MD

2023 AUA/Mexico Visiting Scholar

Dr. Hegel Trujillo Santamaría is a board-certified Mexican urologist practicing in the private sector since 2020. He obtained his medical degree from the Universidad Veracruzana and completed his residency in urology at IMSS (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social) in Veracruz City. To further his expertise, Dr. Santamaría pursued a fellowship visitor program at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong in 2019, where he developed advanced skills in minimally invasive surgical management and urological research.

Since 2018, Dr. Santamaría has been an active member of the #UroSoMe core group contributing to the dissemination of scientific knowledge and collaborating in multiple investigations through social media. He is also a board member of the Mexican College of Urology (CMU) where he has served as Digital Content Coordinator since 2021. He has also contributed to organizing several national and international congresses and scientific meetings where he initiated utilizing eco-friendly measures at the Iberic-American level through the use of digital tools (apps) to hold paperless congresses and scientific events.

One of Dr. Santamaría’s notable achievements includes his proposal of a mortality predictive scoring system for emphysematous pyelonephritis together with the GREMP (Global Research in Emphysematous Pyelonephritis) Group which he founded. This system is based on research from 22 hospitals in 11 different countries, which he coordinated since his residency and continues to lead collaborative efforts in. He has been recognized for his contributions to this field with several awards and has presented his research at both national and international meetings.

In addition to his research, Dr. Santamaría has published articles in various international peer-reviewed journals. His areas of interest include infectious diseases, as well as laparoscopic and robotic oncology surgery. His commitment to expanding knowledge and expertise in the field of urology has earned him great respect from his peers and patients alike.

Daniel J. Lee, MD

2023 AUA/JUA Exchange Scholar Program (to Japan)

Dr. Daniel Lee is an Assistant Professor of Surgery on the research-track faculty in the Division of Urology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

He did his urology residency training at Weill Cornell/New York Presbyterian and fellowship in urologic oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He also received a Masters in Clinical Informatics at Vanderbilt University.

His research has focused on implementing systems to measure patient centered data, provide decision support, and promote healthy behaviors to improve health outcomes for elderly patients. His areas of interest are advanced prostate cancer, especially in biomarker driven clinical trials, implementation science and decreasing disparities and inequities in care, behavioral economics and improving the quality of care for elderly patients, and biomarker discovery, especially in urothelial cancer.

As part of the Japanese Urological Association (JUA) Academic Exchange Program Scholar Program, Dr. Lee will attend the 2023 JUA Congress in Kobe, Japan. Prior to the Congress, Dr. Lee will visit Akita University in Akita, Japan where he will have the opportunity to observe urologic surgeries and procedures, as well as attend staff activities and clinics.

Iulia Andras, MD, PhD

2023 AUA/EAU Exchange Scholar Program

Dr. Iulia Andras is an Assistant Professor in the Urology Department of the Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy and a staff member at the Clinical Municipal Hospital Cluj-Napoca, Romania. She completed her residency training in the same department, focusing on uro-oncology and minimally-invasive surgery. She has pursued a PhD program, defended her thesis in 2017, and was awarded a postdoctoral research grant, focusing on the development of new biomarkers for the early diagnosis of prostate cancer and the introduction of MRI-US fusion prostate biopsy in Romania.

She continued the surgical training by a Robotic Surgery Fellowship, awarded by the European School of Urology, at the OLV Hospital and ORSI Academy (Aalst, Belgium), under the supervision of Prof. Alexandre Mottrie. In 2019, she was accredited as Fellow of the European Board of Urology and since 2021, serves as an Associate Member of Young Academic Urologists Robotic Surgery Working Group.

Her areas of clinical interest include uro-oncology, complex reconstructive surgery, robotic and 3D laparoscopic surgery, image-guided surgery (3D virtual/printed models), applications of artificial intelligence in minimally-invasive surgery and MRI-US fusion prostate biopsy.

As part of the AUA/EAU Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Andras will attend the 2023 AUA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. After the conference, Dr. Andras will visit Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in Nashville, TN, Duke University in Raleigh, NC, and Georgetown University in Washington, DC where she will have the opportunity to observe urologic surgeries and procedures, as well as attend staff activities and clinics.

Takashi Yoshida, MD, PhD

2023 AUA/JUA Exchange Scholar Program

Dr. Takashi Yoshida is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Urology and Andrology at Kansai Medical University Hospital in Japan. He earned his medical degree and doctorate at Kansai Medical University as well.

He is an Endoscopic surgical skill qualification system qualified urologist, and a certified physician of the Console Surgeon using the da Vinci Surgical System. His clinical expertise and interest include endourology, especially endoscopic management for UTUC/stone, and genitourinary oncology (renal cell carcinoma/urothelial carcinoma).

Dr. Yoshida is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards in Japan and has published over 34 first-author international articles. Dr. Yoshida has also presented at numerous international congresses, including the AUA Annual Meeting, the EAU Congress, the East Asian Society of Endourology Annual Meeting, and others.

As part of the AUA/JUA Academic Exchange Program, he will attend the 2023 AUA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. After the conference, Dr. Yoshida will visit the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit where he will have opportunity to observe urological procedures and techniques, as well as attend staff activities and clinics.

Hiury Silva Andrade, MD, PhD

2023 AUA/SBU Exchange Scholar Program

Dr. Hiury Silva Andrade is a Brazilian urologist and received his medical degree from the University of Sao Paulo Medical School. His residency in General Surgery was at Clinicas Hospital at the University of Sao Paulo Medical School, as was his residency in Urology. He then completed a fellowship in Advanced Robotics and Laparoscopy at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. He received his Urological Specialist Certificate from the Brazilian Urologic Society in 2015 and earned his doctorate degree at Clinicas Hospital at the University of Sao Paulo Medical School. Since 2014, he has served as staff at the of Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery Sector in the Department of Urology at Clinicas Hospital.

Dr. Andrade has organized and participated in several courses on minimally invasive urologic surgery and served as a speaker at major international conferences, including the AUA Annual Meeting. He has also published numerous scientific articles in high-impact international journals and is currently a reviewer for various international journals including the Journal of Endourology, BMC Urology, and International Brazilian Journal of Urology.

As part of the AUA/SBU Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Andrade will attend the 2023 AUA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. After the conference, Dr. Andrade will visit Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), where he will observe urological procedures and techniques, as well as attend staff activities and clinics.

Ashwin Shekar Paulraj, MD

2023 AUA/IAUA Chakrobortty Fellowship Program Scholar

Dr. Ashwin Shekar Paulraj received his urology training from PGI Chandigarh in India, where he graduated in 2014. Since 2015, he has been a faculty member in the Urology Department at the Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences in Puttaparthi, which is a charity institute providing quality health care, completely free of cost, to all sections of the population, irrespective of their social or economic status.

During his time there, he had developed a passion for treating children with urological anomalies and decided to pursue pediatric urology as a career. In pursuit of his passion, he did his Pediatric Urology Fellowship training from Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), in Lucknow, India in 2017 under the mentorship of Dr M.S. Ansari, with whom he collaborated in publishing the first Urological Society of India (USI) guidelines on management of Pediatric Urinary Tract Infection.

Dr. Shekar has published more than 30 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals, and given numerous presentations to learned societies within specialty. He has also peer reviewed articles for a variety of scientific urological journals including the Journal of Pediatric Urology.

His areas of interest are mainly in reconstructive urology, especially pediatric reconstructive surgery, minimally invasive reconstruction, surgical reconstruction in genitourinary tuberculosis, usage of machine learning in reconstructive urology as well as in functional  bladder dysfunction management. Apart from his clinical interests, he has been actively involved in training of junior urologists and is passionate about creating interest in the field of reconstructive and transitional urology among young urologists in India. As a program coordinator for the fellowship in reconstructive and transitional urology in SSSIHMS which is a first of its kind in India, he has been actively collaborating with senior adult urologists and pediatric surgeons in training young urologists in transitional urology care.

As part of the AUA/IAUA Academic Exchange Program, Dr. Shekar will attend the 2023 AUA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. After the conference, Dr. Shekar will visit Cincinnati Children’s Hospital where he will have opportunity to observe urologic surgeries and procedures, as well as attend staff activities and clinics.

João Paulo Pretti Fantin, MD, PhD

2023 AUA/SBU Exchange Scholar Program

Dr. João Paulo Pretti Fantin is a urologist and uro-oncologist at the Barretos Cancer Hospital/Pio XII Foundation (Hospital of Love) in Brazil. He received his medical degree at the Faculty of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto – FAMERP in 2010 and completed his residencies in General Surgery and Urology at the same institution. He then completed his fellowships in Uro-oncology and Minimally Invasive Surgery at the Barretos Cancer Hospital.

Dr. Fantin has been an active member of the American Urological Association since 2014 and earned his Specialist title from the Brazilian Society of Urology in 2017. In 2022, he defended his doctoral thesis and earned his PhD in Health Sciences where his research explored novel tumor markers, including the Annexin A1 protein. He has written several book chapters, published numerous scientific articles in international journals, and has delivered many presentations to scientific societies within his specialty and in laparoscopic surgery courses.

Dr. Fantin’s clinical expertise and interest is in uro-oncology, with a dedicated focus on surgical treatment options for high-risk bladder and prostate cancer. By working in a reference oncology center, he develops minimally invasive and robotic surgeries within the field of uro-oncology.

As part of the AUA/SBU Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Fantin will attend the 2023 AUA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to the conference, Dr. Fantin will visit UC Davis, where he will observe urological procedures and techniques, as well as attend staff activities and clinics.

Karl-Friedrich Kowalewski, MD, MSc

2023 AUA/EAU Exchange Scholar Program

Dr. Karl-Friedrich Kowalewski is a German urologist. He received his medical degree from the University of Heidelberg in Germany with exchanges at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden and Duke University in Durham, NC.

He started his residency in General, Visceral, and Transplant Surgery at the University Hospital of Heidelberg before he moving on to Urology at the University Medical Center Mannheim, Heidelberg University in Germany.

Dr. Kowalewski has extensive research and laboratory experience, including within the Division of “Translational Robotics in Urology”, and “Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery”.  Dr. Kowalewski’s clinical expertise and interest includes urological oncology, robotic-surgery, clinical trials and evidence-based medicine, as well as intelligent surgical systems. Outside his clinical work, he has completed a Master of Science degree in “Medical Biometry and Biostatistics”. In addition, he has authored more than 100 publications in internationally peer-reviewed journals and serves as an Associate Editor for the journal “Trials” and as a Reviewer for international journals including “The Journal of Urology” and “The British Journal of Urology”.

As part of the AUA/EAU Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Kowalewski will attend the 2023 AUA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. After the conference, Dr. Kowalewski will visit Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in Nashville, TN, Duke University in Raleigh, NC, and Georgetown University in Washington, DC where he will have the opportunity to observe urologic surgeries and procedures, as well as attend staff activities and clinics.

Go Anan, MD, PhD

2023 AUA/JUA Exchange Scholar Program

Dr. Anan is the Director of Urology at Yotsuya Medical Cube in Tokyo, Japan and a Clinical Associate Professor at Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University in Sendai, Japan. He received his medical degree from Nagoya City University in 2008 and his PhD from Hirosaki University in 2020. He is a certified physician of the Japanese Board of Urology, Nephrology, Laser Surgery, Clinical Renal Transplantation, and Console Surgeon using the da Vinci Surgical System.

Dr. Anan is interested in endourology for urolithiasis and benign prostatic hyperplasia, renal transplantation, and robotic surgeries. He specializes in ureteroscopic lithotripsy for urolithiasis, minimally invasive surgery for benign prostatic hyperplasia such as HoLEP and Urolift, and basic research for urolithiasis and benign prostatic hyperplasia. He has received several awards in this field and authored more than 20 papers as the first or corresponding author.

As part of the AUA/JUA Academic Exchange Program, Dr. Anan will attend the 2023 AUA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. After the conference, Dr. Anan will visit the University of Pennsylvania where he will have opportunity to observe urological procedures and techniques, as well as attend staff activities and clinics.

Giancarlo Marra, MD

2023 AUA/EAU Exchange Scholar Program

Dr. Giancarlo Marra is a urological surgeon and Assistant Professor of Urology working at Città della Salute e della Scienza in Turin, Italy. He holds the Italian Board National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor of Urology.

Dr. Marra trained at different institutions across various countries including King’s College Hospital and Guy’s Hospital in London, as well as the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris and Hopital Tenon in Paris.

His main area of expertise is in the field of uro-oncology, with a dedicated focus on prostate cancer, including focal therapy using IRE and HIFU and Robotic Radical Prostatectomy.

He is a member of national and international research groups including the EAU Young Academic Urologists Prostate Cancer working party, the European School of Urology working group on “Imaging, Focal Treatment, and Uro-Pathology'' and the Italian Society of Urology Guidelines Committee on Prostate Cancer.

He has published more than 100 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and more than 150 congress abstracts. Dr. Marra is an active reviewer for major urological journals and has been a presenter and guest speaker at several national and international congresses, across Europe, China, and the United States.

As part of the AUA/EAU Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Marra will attend the 2023 AUA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. After the conference, Dr. Marra will visit Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in Nashville, TN, Duke University in Raleigh, NC, and Georgetown University in Washington, DC where he will have the opportunity to observe urologic surgeries and procedures, as well as attend staff activities and clinics.

Jonathan Olivier, MD, PhD

2023 AUA/AFU Visiting Scholar Program

Dr. Jonathan Olivier received his MD degree from the University of Paris in 2011. He subsequently completed his General Surgery and Urology training at Lille University under the guidance of Dr. Arnauld Villers and was board certified in 2017. In 2016, he spent a year at the University College London to complete a research fellowship in Urologic Oncology under the guidance of Drs. Caroline Moore and Mark Emberton.

In 2017, Dr. Olivier was recruited to join the faculty at Lille University Hospital. He is currently an Associate Professor in the academic urology department of Claude Huriez Hospital, Lille, France. In his daily practice, he is particularly involved in the field of uro-oncology and BPH and practices minimally invasive surgery such as robot-assisted laparoscopic procedures and HOLEP.

Specializing in benign prostate hyperplasia management and urologic cancer care, he is the referent of Holep and BPH mini-invasive treatments. He is also part of the multidisciplinary urologic oncology team of the Lille University Hospital and a member of the prostate cancer group of the Young Academics of the European Association of Urology. His work focuses on improving the diagnosis and treatments of localized prostate cancer. He studies MRI imaging and biomarkers for prostate cancer detection, prognosis, and focal therapy planning.

Dr. Olivier has a PhD in the field of uro-oncology and genetic marking. He has authored or co-authored 62 peer-reviewed indexed publications according to PubMed. In 2018, he received the best lab scholar award from the EAU.

As part of the AUA/AFU Visiting Scholar Program, Dr. Olivier will attend the 2023 AUA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to the conference, Dr. Olivier will visit UC San Francisco, where he will have the opportunity to observe urologic surgeries and procedures, as well as attend staff activities and clinics.

Aram Kim, MD, PhD

2023 AUA/KUA Exchange Scholar Program

Dr. Aram Kim is an Assistant Professor at Konkuk University Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea. In 2018, he opened the first neurogenic bladder clinic in South Korea, which he continues to operate to this day. In his day-to-day practice, Dr. Kim manages functional urology diseases and researches stem cell therapy for IC/BPS and neurogenic bladder.

He recently launched his own start-up company, MEDiThings, which provides a digital health care platform 'bladder monitoring patch’ to neurogenic bladder patients.

Dr. Kim runs his own lab, where he mentors PhD and Masters degree students. In his lab, he and the team of researchers perform stem cell research to treat refractory cystitis.

As part of the AUA/KUA Visiting Scholar Program, Dr. Kim will attend the 2023 AUA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to the conference, Dr. Kim will visit the University of Michigan, where he will have the opportunity to observe urologic surgeries and procedures, as well as attend staff activities and clinics.

Hong Koo Ha, MD, PhD

2023 AUA/KUA Visiting Scholar Program

Dr. Hong Koo Ha is the Head of the Department of Urology at Pusan National University (PNU) in Busan, South Korea. He received his MD, MS, and PhD degrees from PNU and also completed his training in urology there.

Since 2016, Dr. Ha has been the Director of the Robotic Surgery Center at PNU and since 2018 he has also been the Director of the Precision Medicine Center, Biomedical Research Institute at Pusan National University. In his daily practice, Dr. Ha is particularly involved with robotic and laparoscopic urologic surgery and his academic interests include urologic oncology and the molecular biology of cancer.

Dr. Ha is a member of numerous international urological associations and has published over 90 peer-reviewed studies in national and international journals. Additionally, Dr. Ha has conducted over 23 clinical trials.

As part of the AUA/KUA Visiting Scholar Program, Dr. Ha will attend the 2023 AUA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to the conference, Dr. Ha will visit Stanford University, where he will have the opportunity to observe urologic surgeries and procedures, as well as attend staff activities and clinics.

Jônatas Pereira, MD

2023 AUA/CAU Exchange Scholar Program

Dr. Jônatas Pereira is a Brazilian urologist and received his medical degree from the State University of Maringá. His residency in General Surgery was at the University Hospital of Maringá and his urological residency was at the University Hospital Evangélico Mackenzie of Curitiba. He then completed a fellowship in Minimally Invasive Urology at ABC Medical School as well as a Fellowship in Uro-oncology at the Dr. Arnaldo Vieira de Carvalho Cancer Institute. He performed an observership at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

Following his urology residency in Curitiba, he spent one additional year in a fellowship in Sao Paulo in MIS and Oncology. He was then invited to return to Curitiba to join the urology department at Erasto Gaertner Hospital where he currently practices.

His focus is in urologic oncology and he is an expert in major open surgeries, laparoscopy, and robotics. He also practices urology at the Oncology Institute of Paraná and is the head of the Abdominal Surgery Department at Erasto Gaertner Hospital, which is one of the busiest cancer centers in Brazil.

Erasto Gaertner Hospital is an affiliated teaching hospital, and he greatly enjoys the opportunity to be directly involved in various teaching and research activities with residents and students. His main research activity today is related to clinical research as well as Genitourinary Neoplasms. He is a subinvestigator on several trials and sees clinical trial patients every week. Recently he did his first feasibilities as a principal investigator as well.

Dr. Pereira is the preceptor of residents and fellows of the Abdominal Surgery and helps with the training for the new surgeons. He has taught classes and provided lectures at several local and national meetings/congresses.

As part of the AUA/CAU Visiting Scholar Program, Dr. Pereira will attend the 2023 AUA Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. After the conference, Dr. Pereira will visit East Virginia Medical School, where he will observe urology robotics surgeries and urologic oncology treatments, as well as staff activities and clinics

Michael W. Sourial, MD, FRCSC

2023 AUA/SBU Exchange Scholar Program (to Brazil)

Dr. Michael W. Sourial, MD, FRCSC, is an endourologist specializing in complex kidney stone management at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Sourial completed his Urology residency in 2016 at Sherbrooke/McGill University in Montreal, Canada, then completed an Endourology fellowship in 2018 at The Ohio State University (OSU).

Dr. Sourial’s clinical practice focuses primarily on complex surgical management of kidney stones and he has published on clinical outcomes related to stone disease. He is a member of the EDGE Research Consortium. Dr. Sourial is the Director of Global Health at OSU and has spearheaded a urology residency curriculum to help improve urology outcomes in the underserved populations, both locally and internationally through surgical missions.

As part of the Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia (SBU) Exchange Scholar Program, Dr. Sourial will attend the 2023 SBU National Congress in Salvador, Brazil.