Spotlight on Urology

Spotlight on Urology takes a look at recent activities undertaken to advance urology around the world. This week, we share a wrap-up of the ANZUP ASM and announce the recipient of a recent EOI.

ANZUP Wrap-Up

The ANZUP ASM was held from Sunday 28 to Tuesday 30 June 2026 at the Adelaide Convention Centre. The ASM brought together clinicians, researchers, nurses, allied health professionals, consumers and industry partners to share knowledge, challenge thinking and explore this year’s theme, 'What Matters Most'.

The USANZ Lecture at the ANZUP ASM was delivered by Weranja Ranasinghe, within the Best of the Best Oral Abstracts Session on Monday afternoon. His presentation was titled 'The AUSSIE Study: Preliminary Evaluation of Cxbladder Triage Plus for Urothelial Carcinoma Detection in Patients with Haematuria'. This follows Weranja's presentation on Cxbladder at the USANZ ASM in February, where he was awarded the Best Oncology Presentation.

Other USANZ Members also presented at ANZUP, including Dickon Hayne, who spoke about the ANZUP Bladder Urothelial Penile subcommittee as part of Keynote Session 2 on Monday, and Sophie Plagakis, who was part of the ANZUP Masterclass on Bladder Cancer on Sunday afternoon.
 

EOI Outcome

USANZ recently called for Expressions of Interest for the position of Urology Program Convenor at the 2027 RACS Annual Scientific Congress (ASC).

The USANZ Board of Directors is pleased to announce the successful applicant was Wenjie Zhong. The ASC will be held from 29 April to 2 May 2027 in Melbourne. As the Urology Program Convenor, Wenjie will develop the scientific program with the assistance of the RACS conference organising personnel.

USANZ congratulates Wenjie on this appointment and looks forward to the Congress next year!
 

SSE Results

The Surgical Science Examination (SSE) in Urology is a summative assessment of a candidates's knowledge, understanding and application of anatomy, physiology and pathology relevant to Urology.

USANZ is pleased to announce that 18 candidates were successful in the recent June examination. USANZ congratulates the following candidates on this impressive step in their Urology career:

  • At Melbourne: Mohammadmehdi Adhami, Bodie Chislett, Anne Hong, and Jessica Paynter
  • At Sydney: David Armany, Arya Bahadori, Kylie Lim, and Jodie McDonald
  • At Brisbane: Madeleine Bain, Georges Mehawed, Alice Nicol and Nishal Patel
  • At Perth: Mitchell Barns and Katherine Ong
  • At Canberra: Tran Ngoc An and Samuel Siaw Yik
  • At Auckland: Ali Hooshyari and Eden Park

 

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