Academia
- Faculty: Challenges in Endourology. Invited Symposium: RIRS and Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Tumors - Semi-live Surgery. Berlin, Germany. June 17, 2019.
- Faculty and Course Director: Advanced Ureteroscopy: Overcoming Challenges. Post Graduate Course. Lecture: Endoscopic Management of Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma. AUA Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. May 3, 2019.
- Visiting Professor: Urofair, Singapore Urologic Association Meeting. Fright Night Panel on Urologic Complications April 4, 2019. Two invited lectures on UUT TCCa: UTUC biopsy and Endoscopic Resection (4/4/19), Evidence Based Review of Minimally Invasive Therapy of UUT TCCa (4/6/19), RIRS Masterclass Faculty, Singapore. April 6, 2019.
- Faculty: EAU Organized Course #44. Flexible ureteroscopy and retrograde intra-renal surgery: instrumentation, technique, tips, tricks, and indications. Two lectures: Laser and Lithotripsy Techniques, Ureteroscopic Management of Upper Urinary Tract TCCa, and Ureteral Strictures. 34nd Annual EAU Congress, Barcelona, Spain. March18, 2019.
- Invited Speaker: Debate – Employing re-useable endoscopes for upper urinary tract endoscopy. Post Graduate instructional Course: Tips and Tricks in Treating Upper Urinary Tract TCCa Ureteroscopically. Societe International Urologie, Seoul, South Korea. October 5th, 2018.
- Invited Speaker: Lunch Symposium. From Stones to Cancer, Ureteroscopy and the Technological Shift. World Congress of Endourology, Paris France. September 21, 2018.
- Invited Speaker: Indian Section. Ureteroscopy with adjunctive Immunotherapy for High Risk Patients with Upper Urinary Tract TCCa. World Congress of Endourology, Paris, France. September 20, 2018.
- Faculty: Challenges in Endourology. Invited Lecture: From Stone to Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Tumors, The technological advancements of Ureteroscopic Surgery. Semi-live Surgery – Case Presentations of Endoscopic Management of Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma. Amsterdam, the Netherlands. June 17-18, 2018.
- Faculty and Course Director: Advanced Ureteroscopy: Overcoming Challenges. Post Graduate Course. Lecture: Endoscopic Management of Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma. AUA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California. May 19, 2018.
- Faculty: EAU Organized Course. Flexible ureteroscopy and retrograde intra-renal surgery: instrumentation, technique, tips, tricks, and indications. Two lectures: Laser and Lithotripsy Techniques, Ureteroscopic Management of Upper Urinary Tract TCCa, and Ureteral Strictures. 33nd Annual EAU Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark. March18, 2018.
- Invited Lecturer: American College of Surgeons, Long Island Chapter,The Nassau Surgical Society, Urology Section Annual Clinic Day. Evolving Management of Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma. Uniondale, New York. December 6, 2017.
- Faculty and Course Director: Advanced Ureteroscopy: Overcoming Challenges. Post Graduate Course. Lecture: Endoscopic Management of Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma. AUA Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts. May 15, 2017.
- Faculty: Pan African Urological Surgeons Association Biannual Meeting (PAUSA). Two Lectures: Management of Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma, and Advanced Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. March 31, 2017.
- Faculty: EAU Organized Course 29. Flexible ureteroscopy and retrograde intra-renal surgery: instrumentation, technique, tips, tricks, and indications. Two lectures: Laser and Lithotripsy Techniques, Ureteroscopic Management of Upper Urinary Tract TCCa, UPJ Obstruction and Ureteral Strictures. 32nd Annual European Urology Association Meeting, London, England. March 26, 2017.
- Faculty: Indian Urologic Association 50th Anniversary Jubilee Meeting. Live Surgery (3 cases with live broadcast January 18th), Lecture: RIRS - The Journey So Far and the Future. Panel Discussion: Accessories for URS. Meet The Professor, hour long interactive session. January 18-19, 2017.
- Faculty: Ureteroscopy training course, CeMAST (Center of Excellence for Minimal Access Surgery Training), Two Lectures: Specialized Ureteroscopic therapies, Ureteroscopic Management of Upper Urinary Tract TCCa. Mumbai, India. January 16-17, 2017.
- Invited Lecturer: World Congress of Endourology. Two Lectures: Management of Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma (Indian Endourology Section), and Advanced Ureteroscopy (Storz Invited Lecture). Cape Town, South Africa. November 8-9, 2016.
- Invited Lecturer: Societe Internationale d’Urologie. Conservative Treatment of Upper Urinary Tract Tumors: Where are we in 2016? Buenos Aires, Argentina. October 20, 2016.
- Faculty: Urology Symposium in Avalon. Upper tract urothelial carcinoma. Jefferson Urology Meeting in Avalon, New Jersey. September 10, 2016.
- Faculty and Visiting Professor: BAUS Endourology Section. Two lectures: Coptcoat annual lecturer & The Informed Consent Process in the US, The Ever Expanding Complex Process. Panelist – Complications of Stone Surgery Session September 1st. Chair Paper and Poster Presentations September 2nd. British Association of Urologic Surgeons, Plymouth, England. September 1-2, 2016.
- 16th Malcolm Coptcoat Visiting Lecturer: Advances in the surgical management of upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma, state-of-the art. British Association of Urologic Surgeons, Plymouth, England. September 1st, 2016.
- Faculty and Course Director: Advanced Ureteroscopy: Overcoming Challenges. Post Graduate Course 068. Two lectures: Endoscopic Management of Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma and Specialized Ureteroscopic Procedures. AUA Meeting, San Diego, California. May 9, 2016.
- Invited Lecture: Arab Association of Urology. Percutaneous Nephrostolithomy versus Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy, Risk and Benefits. American Urologic Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, California. May 7, 2016.
- Faculty: EAU Organized Course 26. Flexible ureteroscopy and retrograde intra-renal surgery: instrumentation, technique, tips, tricks, and indications. Two lectures: Laser and Lithotripsy Techniques, Ureteroscopic Management of Upper Urinary Tract TCCa, UPJ Obstruction and Ureteral Strictures. European Urology Association Meeting, Munich, Germany. March 13, 2016.
- Visiting Professor: Advances in Endourology 2016. Lectures: Endoscopic Management of Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma, Ureteroscopic Management of Large and Partial Staghorn Renal Calculi. Three live surgical cases performed. Ahmedabad, India. February 13 and 14th, 2016.
- Faculty: Balloon Debate Moderator, Treatment of large intra-renal calculus (October 1). Lecture – Expert Educational Faculty – Complex Percutaneous Renal Access and Intrarenal Surgery (October 2). World Congress of Endourology. London, England. October 1-3, 2015.
- Faculty: Debate – Use of Access Sheath for Ureteroscopy (With Professor Andreas Gross). Indian Endourological Session, World Congress of Endourology, London, England. October 1, 2015.
- Faculty: Live Surgery at Tenon Hospital. Endoscopic resection of upper tract TCCa in solitary Kidney. Challenges in Endourology. Paris, France. June 29, 2015.
- Invited Lecturer: Advanced Ureteroscopic Therapies. Memorial Hospital, St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada. May 28, 2015.
- Faculty and Course Director: Advanced Ureteroscopy. Two lectures: Specialized Ureteroscopic Procedures and Ureteroscopy for Upper Tract TCCa. AUA Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana. May 19, 2015.
- Faculty: ESU Organized Course 24. Flexible ureteroscopy and retrograde intra-renal surgery: instrumentation, technique, tips, tricks, indications. Two lectures – Laser and Lithotripsy Techniques, Diagnostic Ureteroscopy and Management of Upper Urinary Tract TCCa. European Urology Association Meeting, Madrid, Spain. March 22, 2015.
- Faculty: AUA Segura International Urolithiasis Course. Two live surgeries at the Hamad Medical Center – Ureteroscopic treatment of lower pole staghorn, and ureteroscopic incision of infundibular strcture. Three lectures: Advanced Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy Including Staghorn Calculi, Endoscopic Management of Upper Urinary Tract TCCa, Specialized Ureteroscopic Therapies. Doha, Qatar. February 12-15, 2015.
- Faculty: Post Graduate Course. Surgical Outcome Comparison of Ureteroscopy. Lecture – Advances in Ureteroscopic Treatment of Upper Urinary Tract Tcca. 32nd World Congress of Endourology and SWL, Taipei, Taiwan. September 5, 3014.
- Faculty: Expert Video Discussion. Endoscopic Renal and Ureteral Ablative Therapy. Video Presented: Ureteroscopic Management of Upper Urinary Tract TCCa Compared to Laparoscopic Nephroureterectomy – Outcome Assesment. 32nd World Congress of Endourology and SWL, Taipei, Taiwan. September 4, 2014.
- Faculty: Role of Flexible Ureteroscopy for Complex Calculi and Upper Urinary Tract TCCa. Indian Endourology Meeting. 32nd World Congress of Endourology and SWL, Taipei, Taiwan. September 3, 3014.
- Faculty and Course Coordinator: Advanced Ureteroscopy. Two lectures: Specialized Ureteroscopic Procedures and Ureteroscopy for Upper Tract TCCa. AUA Meeting, Orlando, Florida. May 20, 2014.
- Faculty AUA Annual Meeting: Live Surgery Performed at Lenox Hill Hospital – Complex Flexible Ureteroscopy: Intrarenal Urothelial Tumor Treatment, Staghorn Calculi Treated Ureteroscopically. May16, 2014.
- Invited AUA Faculty: Italian Society of Urology Annual Meeting. AUA Annual Invited Lecturer. Riccione, Italy. October 6, 2013.
- Faculty: Jefferson Alumni Urology Meeting. Lecture on Endoscopic Lithotripsy and Case Presentation Forum. Avalon, New Jersey. September 27, 2013.
- Faculty: Societe Internationale D’Urologie 33rd annual meeting. Visiting Surgeon - operative case with audience interaction. Ben Chew local faculty. Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada. September 10, 2013.
- Co-Chairman: Italian Society of Urology and AUA/SIU Joint Meeting, San Diego, California. May 6, 2013.
- Faculty: Advanced Ureteroscopy – AUA course 33. Two lectures: Specialized Ureteroscopic Procedures and Ureteroscopy for Upper Tract TCCa. AUA Meeting, San Diego, California. May 7, 2013.
- Faculty: ESU Organized Course 24. Flexible ureteroscopy and retrograde intra-renal surgery: instrumentation, technique, tips, tricks, indications. Two lectures – Laser and Lithotripsy Techniques and Diagnostic Ureteroscopy and Management of Upper Urinary Tract TCCa. European Urology Association Meeting, Milan, Italy. March 17, 2013.
- Faculty: 46th Annual Urological Society of India. Live Surgery - )ne Case Simulcast from Nadiad,India, Panel Particpant – Meet the professor –Tips and Tricks for RIRS, Hands on workshop. Pune, India. January 17-20, 2013.
- Invited Lecture: Advanced Ureteroscopic Technique for Stone Disease. Italian Urologic Association meeting. Venice, Italy. October 23, 2012.
- AUA Diplomat: Invited Dialogue Lecture at the Italian Urologic Association meeting with the Society of International Urologists – Provoker Dr. Andrea Tasca – Management of Upper Urinary Tract Calculi. Venice, Italy. October 23, 2012.
- Faculty: Post Graduate Course. Surgical Tips 4 – Ureteroscopy: How to Prevent Complications. Ureteroscopic Management of Upper Urinary Tract Calculi. 32nd Annual Societe Internationale Urologie, Fukuoka, Japan. October 2, 2012.
- Faculty: Management of Upper Tract Tumors: Traditional versus Innovative. Renal Sparing Techniques. World Congress of Endourology, Istanbul, Turkey. September 6, 2012.
- Faculty: Advanced Ureteroscopy: Overcoming Challenging Problems. Lectures – Endoscopic Management of Upper urinary tract Urothelial Malignancies, Complex Ureteroscopic Interventions. AUA Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia. May 22, 2012.
- Faculty: BAUS Section of Endourology. UTTCCA Live Surgery Chairman. Invited Lectures – Endoscopic Management of Upper Urinary Tract TCCa and Endoscopic Imaging: What’s Around The Corner. Birmingham, England. April 19-20, 2012.
- Invited Lecture: Contemporary management Of Upper Urinary Tract Urolthelial Malignancies. New York Medical College, Vahalla, New York. March 22, 2012.
- Faculty: ESU Course 24. Flexible Ureteroscopy and retrograde intrarenal surgery: Instrumentation, technique, tips and tricks, indications. European School Of Urology, Paris, France. February 26, 2012.
- Invited Lecture: Retroperitoneal Approaches in Laparoscopic Surgery. NYMC Department of Urology, January 19, 2012.
- Visiting Professor: Update on the endoscopic management of upper urinary tract TCCa. Long Island Jewish Medical Center. LIJ Medical Center/ Smith Institute, September 8, 2011.
- Faculty: Videourology. – Invited lecture and live operation. Turin, Italy. July 7-9, 2011.
- Faculty: Challenges in Endourology. Tenon Hospital, Live Surgery – resection of upper tract urothelial carcinoma. Paris, France. June 9-10, 2011.
- Invited Lecturer: Endoscopic Management of Upper Urinary Tract Transitional Cell Carcinoma. French Urology Association, at the AUA, Meeting, Washington, DC. May 15, 2011.
- Faculty: Flexible Ureteroscopy for Renal Stones. Director John Honey, 105HO, AUA Meeting, Afternoon Session, Washington DC. Saturday May 14, 2011.
- Faculty: Flexible Ureteroscopy for Renal Stones. Director John Honey, 103HO, AUA Meeting, Morning Session, Washington DC. Saturday May 14, 2011.
- Faculty: Jefferson Medical College Dept. of Urology Avalon Symposium. Invited lecture: Endoscopic management Of Complex UPJ Obstruction and Laparoscopic Reconstructive Surgery. Avalon, New Jersey. September 11, 2010.
- Faculty: 28th World Congress of Endourology, Plenary Session Debate Moderator/Presenter: Robotic Ureterolithotomy vs. Flexible Ureteroscopy for 3cm Proximal Ureteral Stone. Chicago, Illinois. September 1-4, 2010.
- Faculty and Invited Lecturer: Surgical Management of Upper Urinary Tract Calculi. International Cystinuria Symposium. NYU Medical Center, New York, New York. July 9-10, 2010.
- Visiting Professor: Indian Surgical Society. Endoflex 2010. Lecture – Flexible Endourology: Instruments, Indications, and Surgical Technique. Live surgery – 10 cases performed. Jupiter Hospital, Mumbai, India. June 26-27, 2010.
- Faculty and Invited Lecturer: Regional University Center, Surgical cases and invited lectures. Ebit Univerist Medical Center, Erbit, Jordan. December 2009.
- Faculty and Invited Lecturer: 44th Annual Meeting, Egyptian Urology Society, Cairo, Egypt. December 2009.
- Visiting Professor: Lectures and Live Surgery, Mansoura University Hospital, Mansoura, Egypt. December 2009.
- Invited Lecturer: Jordanian Urology Association Meeting. Amman Jordon, November 1st, 2009. Surgeries performed at the Jordanian Air Force Hospital.
- Visiting Professor and Invited Lecturer: Arab Urology Society Meeting, Beirut, Lebanon, October 26-27, 2009. Surgeries performed at the American University Hospital.
- Visiting Professor and Invited Lecturer: Laser in the Treatment of Urolithiasis. 6th International Congress of the Jordanian Association of Urological Surgeons, Amman, Jordan. October 24-31, 2009.
- Moderator: Ureteroscopy 2. 27th World Congress of Endourology, Munich, Germany. October 7, 2009.
- Moderator: Live-Surgery1: Kidney and Ureter. 27th World Congress of Endourology, Munich, Germany. October 7, 2009.
- Faculty: Advances in Ureteroscopy – From Theory to Practice. 27th World Congress of Endourology, Munich, Germany. October 7, 2009.
- Faculty: Choice of Urinary Stone Treatment. Jefferson Urology Symposium, Avalon, NJ. September 12, 2009.
- Instructional Course: Ureteroscopy for Stones, Tumors, and Strictures with Dr. Christopher Dixon and Dr. Shpeetim Telegrafi, Valora, Albania. June 26, 2009.
- Invited Lecturer: Laparoscopic Renal Surgery – with Dr. Christopher Dixon and Dr. Telegrafi, Valora, Albania. June 26, 2009.
- Invited Speaker: Lecture on Ureteroscopy, St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center, Smithtown, NY. June 17, 2009.
- Speaker: Laparoscopic Treatment of Kidney Cancer, Grand Rounds, New York Medical College. Valhalla, NY March 26, 2009.
- Course: Flexible Ureteroscopy, 26th World Congress of Endourology, Shanghai, China. December 2, 2008.
- Invited Lecturer: “Challenges in Calculi: These are the cases that try the men’s soul”, 26th World Congress of Endourology, Shanghai, China. December 2, 2008.
- Faculty: CROES (Clinical Research Office of the Endourology Society), 26th World Congress of Endourology, Shanghai, China. December 2, 2008.
- Speaker: State of the Art Lecture: Imaging and Endoscopic Management of Ureteral Obstruction. The 43rd Annual Congress of the Egyptian Urological Association, Hurghada, Egypt. November 12, 2008.
- Speaker: Teaching Course III: Ureteroscopy. The 43rd Annual Congress of the Egyptian Urological Association, Hurghada, Egypt. November 11, 2008.
- Speaker: Current Concepts in the Endoscopic Management of UPJ Obstruction and Ureteral Stricture Disease, 9th Asian Congress of Urology of the Urological Association of Asia, New Delhi, India. October 4, 2008.
- Panelist: Stone Disease, 9th Asian Congress of Urology of the Urological Association of Asia, New Delhi, India. October 4, 2008.
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- Invited Surgeon: Flexible Ureteroscopy 1, 9th Asian Congress of Urology of the Urological Association of Asia, New Delhi, India. October 1, 2008.
- Faculty: Advances in Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy. Jefferson Urology Symposium, Avalon, NJ. September 20, 2008.
- Speaker: Advantages/Disadvantages of Lap Partial Nephrectomy, 106th Annual Meeting of the NY Section, AUA, Berlin, Germany. September 12, 2008.
- Speaker: Update on Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer (Technical Management). 106th Annual Meeting of the NY Section, AUA, Berlin, Germany. September 9, 2008.
- Speaker: New Prospects in Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Treatment. 106th Annual Meeting of the NY Section, AUA, Berlin, Germany. September 9, 2008.
- Scientific Co-Chairman: 106th Annual Meeting of the New York Section, AUA, Berlin, Germany. September 7th – 13th, 2008.
- Visiting Faculty: Endoscopic Management of Upper Urinary Tract TCC. Regreso A Casa 2008, San Juan, Puerto Rico. May 30, 2008.
- Visiting Professor: Techniques in Endourology. Live surgeries and lectures with Dr Arthur Smith. Kuwait City, Kuwait. March 2-4, 2008.
- Visiting Faculty: Laparoscopic Nephron Sparing Surgery. Regreso A Casa 2008, San Juan, Puerto Rico. May 30, 2008.
- Moderator: Ureteroscopy/Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery III, 25th World Congress of Endourology & SWL, Cancun, Mexico. November 2, 2007.
- Debater: Non-Staghorn Kidney Stones: PCNL or Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery? 25th World Congress of Endourology & SWL, Cancun, Mexico. November 2, 2007.
- Faculty: Update in Technology for Ureteroscopy. 25th World Congress of Endourology & SWL, Cancun, Mexico. November 2, 2007.
- Faculty/Speaker: Update on Nephrolithiasis. Nation Kidney Foundation 2007 Spring Clinical Meetings, Orlando, FL. April 12, 2007.
- Faculty: Minimally Invasive Therapies Update. “Ureteroscopic Lithotripsies”, “Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy for Central Renal Tumor”, and “Contemporary Therapies for UPJ Obstruction.” Miami, FL. December 1st – 2nd, 2006.
- Invited Lecturer: ”Laparoscopic Surgery in Urology” + Case Presentations. New York Medical College, Department of Urology, Valhalla, NY. November 30th, 2006.
- Visiting Professor and Lecturer: Syracuse University, Department of Urology. “Minimally Invasive Surgery Update”, Syracuse, NY. November 15th – 16th, 2006.
- Moderator 2: 24th World Congress on Endourology, Virtual Poster Session: “Utereroscopy and Stents”, Cleveland, OH. August 19th, 2006.
- Moderator 2: 24th World Congress on Endourology, Moderated Poster Session: “Ureteroscopy II”, Cleveland, OH. August 19th, 2006.
- Speaker: 24th World Congress on Endourology, “UBJ Obstruction: Retrograde Uretoscopic”, Cleveland, OH. August 18th, 2006.
- Director: 24th World Congress on Endourology, “Flexible Ureteroscopy”, Post Graduate Course, Cleveland, OH. August 17th, 2006.
- Course Co-Director: AUA Annual Meeting. Course: “Ureteral and UPJ Obstructions: Management of Minimally Invasive/Laparoscopic Techniques”. Atlanta, GA. May 20-25, 2006.
- Invited Faculty/Speaker: Focus Endourology 2006. “Ureteroscopic Treatment of Calculi”, “UPJ Obstruction – Imaging & Treatment: Endopyelotomy or Pyeloplasty”, “Laparoscopic Nephrectomy & Nephroureterectomy”. Atlanta, GA. May 19, 2006.
- Invited Speaker: USA Annual Meeting. “Laparoscopic Surgery”. San Francisco, CA. March 17-19, 2006.
- Moderator: Grand Rounds: “Laparoscopy: Chapter 103”. New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. February 23, 2006.
- Invited Speaker & Faculty: Grand Rounds: “Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy”. New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. February 23, 2006.
- Invited Speaker & Faculty: Grand Rounds: “Percutaneous Renal Surgery”. New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. October 27, 2005.
- Invited Speaker: Grand Rounds: “Contemporary Laparoscopic Urology”. Saint Vincent’s Medical Center, Department of Community Medicine, New York, NY. October 18, 2005.
- Invited Speaker: French Symposium. “History of Flexible Ureteroscope” and “Flexible Ureteroscopy: Technique, Tips, and Tricks”. Paris, France. October 14-15, 2005.
- Invited Surgeon: French Symposium. Live operative cases – Tenon Hospital. Paris, France. October 14-15, 2005.
- Invited Speaker: Lenox Hill Hospital Symposium – Management of Adrenal and Kidney Tumors. “Ureteroscopic Management of Upper Tract TCC”. Panel Discussion. New York, NY. October 6, 2005.
- Invited Speaker/Moderator: New York Section AUA. “Management of UPJ Obstruction” and “Update: Flexible Ureteroscopes”. Vienna, Austria. September 22-24, 2005.
- Invited Speaker: Florida Urological Society. “Ureteroscopic Management of Upper Urothelial Cancer: The Decreasing Role of Nephroureterectomy with Low-Grade Disease” and “Complex Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty: Pre-Op Imaging and Management of Crossing Vasculature”. Judge of Residency Debate. Palm Beach, Florida. September 2-4, 2005.
- Presentation by Resident/Supporter: 23rd World Congress on Endourology & SWL. “Early Intervention for Small Renal Lesions in the Era of Laparoscopic Nephron Sparing Surgery”, “Ureteroscopy for Upper Tract Calculi: Wireless Sheathless”, “Evolution of Minimally Invasive Therapy for Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: Is Nephroureterectomy over Treatment”, and “Office Ureteroscopy in the Management of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma”. Amsterdam, the Netherlands. August 23-26, 2005.
- Invited Speaker: First Cystinuria Symposium. “Surgical Approaches to Cystine Stones”. Saint Vincent’s Medical Center, New York, NY. July 16, 2005.
- Invited Speaker: National Congress of the Austrian Society of Urology. “Ureteroscopic Treatment (Rigid & Flexible) of Stones” and a point-counterpoint discussion “TCC of the Upper Urinary Tract: Nephroureterectomy (Open & Laparoscopic) – Michael Marberger, MD vs. Ureteroscopy – Michael Grasso, MD”. Linz, Austria. June 2-4, 2005.
- Lecturer: History of Flexible Ureteropyeloscope. AUA – San Antonio, TX. May 21-26, 2005.
- Faculty/Speaker: Endourology 2005. “Ureteroscopic Treatment of Calculi”, “UPJ Obstruction: Imaging & Treatment: Endopyelotomy of Pyeloplasty”, and “Laparoscopic Nephrectomy and Nephroureterectomy”. San Antonio, TX. May 20, 2005.
- Faculty/Invited Speaker: Grand Rounds – Residents. “Laparoscopy in Urology”. New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. April 14, 2005.
- Invited Speaker: Urology Society of America. “Laparoscopic Renal Surgery: Nephrectomy, Partial Nephrectomy & Pyeloplasty”. Hyatt Regency New Orleans, LA. March 18-19, 2005.
- Course Director: Focus Endourology 2005. Two-day conference including didactic sessions and hands-on laboratory experiences. University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. February 25-26, 2005.
- Invited Speaker: Grand Rounds “Laparoscopy in Urology”. Saint Vincent’s Medical Center Department of Surgery, New York, NY. February 2, 2005.
- Invited Faculty: Poster Session Entry: “Vascular Anomalies Associated with Upper Urinary Tract Obstruction”. Instruction Course - Speaker: “Flexible Ureteroscopy (Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery)”. “Upper Tract TCC – Many Approaches: Which, When, and Why? (Ureteroscopic)”. 22nd World Congress on Endourology and SWL, Mumbai, India. November 2-5, 2004.
- Invited Lecturer: “Instruments of Ureteroscopy” and “Treatment of Upper Tract Tumors”. The Jefferson Urology Centennial Symposium. Philadelphia, PA. October 29, 2004.
- Faculty/Invited Speaker: Grand Rounds – Residents. “Laparoscopic Kidney Surgery”. New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. October 13, 2004.
- Invited Lecturer: Grand Rounds “Advanced Ureteroscopy w/Advances/Nuances in PCNL”. Maimonides Medical Center, Bronx, NY. August 13, 2004.
- Invited Lecturer: Grand Rounds “Laparoscopic Urology: The Future is Now”. Department of Community Medicine, NY, NY. August 3, 2004.
- Professor & Invited Lecturer: University of Puerto Rico – Academic Symposium 2004. “UPJ Obstruction: Imaging and Evolution of Therapy”. Case Presentation and Q&A by Residents. San Juan, PR. May 21, 2004.
- Invited Moderator: American Urological Association 2004 Annual Meeting. Poster Session Moderator/Discussant, “Adrenal, Kidney, Ureteral Surgery”. San Francisco, CA. May 8-12, 2004.
- Faculty: Endourology 2004. “Ureteroscopic Treatment of Calculi”, “Contemporary Imaging of the Obstructed Upper Urinary Tract”, & Essentials of Laparoscopy”. San Francisco, CA. May 7, 2004.
- Invited Lecturer: National Kidney Foundation 2004 Clinical Meeting. “Urologic Approaches in Nephrolithiasis”. Chicago, IL. May 1, 2004.
- Invited Judge: Philadelphia Urologic Society Resident’s Night competition. Philadelphia, PA. April 26, 2004.
- Invited Speaker: Karl Storz Over-Regional Training: “Endoscopic Stone Therapy”. Mannheim, Germany. April 22, 2004.
- Invited Lecturer: Lectured to local society: “Ureteroscopy, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Interventions”. At the invitation of Professors Maurice Michel and Peter Alken. Department of Urology, Mannheim, Germany. April 22, 2004.
- Invited Lecturer: “Retrograde Treatment of Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Malignancies” and “Ureteroscopy in the New Millennium”. Keynote Address. Italian Endourology Society Meeting, Sorrento, Italy. April 20-21, 2004.
- Invited Surgeon: Performed two live operative cases for the Department of Urology in Turino, Italy at the invitation of Dr. Roberto Scarpa. April 19, 2004.
- Invited Surgeon: Italian Endourological Association National Meeting. “Live Operative Cases performed”. Orbassano, Italy. April 19-21, 2004.
- Faculty/Board Member: ALS/USA Annual Meeting. “Advances in Endoscopic Lithotripsy” and “Imaging Modalities”. San Diego, CA. March 5-7, 2004.
- Faculty: Endourology 2004. “Ureteroscopic Treatment of Calculi”. Ft Lauderdale, FL. January 30, 2004.
- Faculty/ Invited Speaker: Grand Rounds – Residents: “Percutaneous Intrarenal Surgery: Stones, Tumors, Strictures”. New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. January 22, 2004.
- Faculty/ Invited Speaker: Grand Rounds – Residents: “Endoscopic Management of Renal Parenchymal & Urothelial Malignancy”. New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. November 20, 2003.
- Invited Speaker: Uro Forum 2003. “Urinary Stone Disease: Modern Management Concepts”, Advances in Endourology: Beyond Stones”, Treating the Obstructed Ureter: Imaging & Interventions from Endopyelotomy to Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty”, Faculty Roundtable w/ Q&A. New Orleans, LA. November 8, 2003.
- Faculty: Endourology 2003. “Ureteroscopic Instrumentation-What’s New”, Complex Intrarenal Stones: Percutaneous and Retrograde Treatment”, Contemporary Imaging for the Obstructed Upper Urinary Tract”, “Diagnostic Ureteroscopy”. Miami, Florida. November 7, 2003.
- Invited Faculty: All India Institute of Medical Sciences. “(5) Live Operative Cases performed”. New Delhi, India. October 8-9, 2003.
- Invited Speaker: All India Institute of Medical Sciences. “Endo & Progressive Ureteroscopy” and “Ureteroscopic Management of Upper Tract Urothelial Tumors”. New Delhi, India. October 8-9, 2003.
- Visiting Professorship: Live International Workshop on Holmium Laser in Endourology. Dr. M.P. Gupta. All India Institute of Medical Sciences. New Delhi, India, October 8-9, 2003.
- Invited Faculty/Speaker: 21st World Congress of Endourology and Shockwave Lithotripsy. “Ureteroscopic Approach to Upper Tract TCC” and “Debate: Upper Ureteral Stones – Is There Still a Place for SWL?” Montreal, Canada. September 21-24, 2003.
- Faculty: Endourology 2003: “Ureteroscopic Instrumentation”, “Complex Ureteral Stones”, Contemporary Imaging for the Obstructed Upper Urinary Tract”, and “Diagnostic Ureteroscopy”. Montreal, Canada. September 20, 2003.
- Faculty/Speaker: Endourology 2003. “Access for Ureteroscopy”, “Renal Calculi”, “Imaging the Upper Urinary Tract”, and “Ureteroscopic Treatment of Ureteral Strictures and UPJ Obstruction”. Minneapolis, MN. June 28, 2003.
- Faculty/Speaker: Endourology 2003. “Reaching the Ureter: Difficult & Routine Access”, “Endoscopic Treatment of Calculi”, and Laboratory Sessions. Seattle, Washington. June 6, 2003.
- Faculty/Invited Speaker: Grand Rounds – Residents “Ureteroscopic Treatment of Upper Tract Transitional Cell Carcinoma”. New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. February 20, 2003.
- Faculty: 1st World Summit on Kidney Stones. Live Human Surgery, “Percutaneous Surgery: Stones, Tumor – Endopyelotomy, Endopyeloplasty – Ureteroscopic Diagnosis and Treatment”. Cleveland, OH. February 8-9, 2003.
- Faculty: 1st World Summit on Kidney Stones. “Ureteroscopic Management of Upper Tract TCC”, “State-of-the-Art: New Ureteroscopes”. “State-of-the-Art: UPJ Obstruction”. Cleveland, OH. February 8-9, 2003.
- Faculty / Host: Endourology 2002. “New Techniques in Endourology: Laser, PCNL, and Ureteroscopy”. New York, NY. December 7, 2002.
- Faculty / Professor: Grand Rounds – Residents: “Basic Percutaneous Endoscopy”. New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. November 21, 2002.
- Invited Speaker: “Holmium Laser Lithotripsy” – Hands-on Stone Management Workshop. Convergent Laser Technologies, San Francisco, CA. November 16, 2002.
- Faculty: Endourology 2002. “New Techniques in Endourology: Laser, PCNL, and Ureteroscopy”. Dallas, TX. November 15, 2002.
- Invited Lecturer & Faculty: “Progressive Treatment of Upper Tract Calculi”. 13th Annual Jefferson Urology Symposium. Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA. November 8-9, 2002.
- Faculty: Endourology 2002. “New Techniques in Endourology: Laser, PCNL, and Ureteroscopy”. Los Angeles, CA. November 2, 2002.
- Invited Lecturer: PGE speaker “Modern Urologic Approaches” & Workshop Cases. The American Society of Nephrology, Philadelphia, PA. October 31, 2002.
- Moderator: “Distal Ureteral Stones Debate”. New York Section, AUA, Barcelona, Spain. October 19-26, 2002.
- Invited Lecturer: “Laser Surgery and Imaging” & “Recent Advances in Ureteroscopy”. New York Section, AUA, Barcelona, Spain. October 19-26, 2002.
- Session Presider: “New Technologies and Future Prospects in Urology” & “Urolithiasis”. New York Section – AUA. Barcelona, Spain, October 19-26, 2002.
- Speaker and Host: “Holmium Laser Lithotripsy” – Hands-on Stone Management Workshop. Convergent Laser Technologies – Saint Vincent’s Medical Center, New York, NY. September 28, 2002.
- Invited Moderator: “Retrograde Intrarenal and PUJ Surgery”. World Congress of Endourology 2002, Genoa, Italy. September 19-22, 2002.
- Invited Lecturer: Grand Rounds – “Minimally Invasive Urology for the Treatment of Urogenital Cancer”. Saint Vincent’s Cancer Center, New York, NY. August 2, 2002.
- Faculty: Endourology 2002. “New Techniques in Endourology: Laser, PCNL, and Ureteroscopy”. Charlotte, NC. June 15, 2002.
- Faculty: Endourology 2002. “New Techniques in Endourology: Laser, PCNL, and Ureteroscopy”. Orlando, FL. May 24, 2002.
- Invited Lecturer: Grand Rounds – “Upper Tract Imaging and Endopyelotomy”. Montefiore Medical Center – Department of Urology, New York, NY. May 13, 2002.
- Faculty: Endourology 2002. “New Techniques in Endourology: Laser, PCNL, and Ureteroscopy”. Chicago, IL. May 4, 2002.
- Invited Lecturer: Grand Rounds – “Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery”. Saint Vincent’s Medical Center – Department of Medicine, New York, NY. April 26, 2002.
- Faculty / Professor: Grand Rounds – Residents “Endoscopic Lithotripsy”, “Management of Renal Stones”. New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY. April 25, 2002.
- Invited Lecturer: Grand Rounds – “Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery”. Saint Vincent’s Medical Center – Department of Medicine, Section of Geriatric Medicine, New York, NY. April 24, 2002.
- Faculty: Endourology 2002. “New Techniques in Endourology: Laser, PCNL, and Ureteroscopy”. Atlanta, GA. April 13, 2002.
- Invited Lecturer: Grand Rounds - “Minimally Invasive Pediatric Urologic Surgery”. Saint Vincent’s Medical Center - Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY. April 9, 2002.
- Invited Lecturer: “Update on Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy” – 2nd Annual Urology Society of America. Henderson, NV. March 16, 2002.
- Invited Lecturer: “Ureteroscopic management of stone disease” and a panel discussion on “Historical and future perspectives in stone disease management” - American Urological Association 100th Anniversary. New York, New York, February 16, 2002.
- Invited Lecture: Tumors and upper urinary tract strictures. Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York. January 17, 2002.
- Faculty: Endourology 2001. Ureteroscopy and Percutaneous Intrarenal Surgical Techniques. New York, New York. December 9, 2001.
- Faculty: Nassau Surgical Society Meeting, Long Island Chapter of the ACS, Minimally Invasive Treatment For Stones, Strictures And Tumors of the Upper Urinary Tract. Long Island, New York. December 5, 2001.
- Visiting Speaker: Charles Higgins Lecturer, 52nd Annual Meeting, Puerto Rico Urologic Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico. November 11, 2001.
- Faculty: Endourology 2001. Ureteroscopy and Percutaneous Intrarenal Surgical Techniques. Columbus, Ohio. October 27, 2001.
- Faculty: Endourology 2001. Ureteroscopy and Percutaneous Intrarenal Surgical Techniques. San Francisco, CA. October 19, 2001.
- Visiting Speaker: Minimally Invasive Surgery in Urology. Morgagni Medical Society, New York, New York. October 10, 2001.
- Visiting Speaker: Endourology and Laparoscopy in Urology. Christiana Medical Center, Wilmington, DE. June 20, 2001.
- Visiting Professor: Live surgery teleconference into AUA meeting. Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA. June 4, 2001.
- Visiting Speaker: Endourology in Urology: the application of the Holmium laser. St Barnabus Medical Center, Short Hills, New Jersey. March 15, 2001.
- Faculty: Endourology 2001. Ureteroscopy and Percutaneous Intrarenal Surgery Techniques. San Juan, Puerto Rico. March 9, 10, 2001.
- Visiting Speaker: Endourology and laparoscopy in Urology. St Vincent’s Medical Center, New York, New York. January 17, 2001.
- Faculty: Surgical, Pharmacological, Technological Advances in Adult and Pediatric Urology: State‑of‑the‑Art, New York University Postgraduate Course. New York, New York. December 7-9, 2000.
- Faculty: Endourology 2000. Ureteroscopy and Percutaneous Intrarenal Surgery Techniques. Scottsdale, Arizona. December 1, 2000.
- Visiting Professor: Sociedad Brasilian de Urologia, Seccional Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janiero. November 16 - 18, 2000.
- Faculty: 15th Annual Critical Issues in Urology, Symposia Medicus Program - Endourology Update. Los Cabos, Mexico. November 1-4, 2000.
- Visiting Lecturer: Grand Rounds ‑ Endoscopic Treatment of Stones, Strictures, and Tumors ‑ Endourology Update. Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ. October 20, 2000.
- Faculty: Second Annual New York University Surgical Pathology Update: Ureteroscopic treatment of upper urinary tract urothelial lesions and the obstructed ureteropelvic junction. New York, New York. September 12, 2000.
- Visiting Lecturer: Grand Rounds ‑ Ureteroscopic Treatment of Stones, Strictures, and Tumors. Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York. September 8, 2000.
- Guest Faculty: Visits in Laparoscopic Surgery. Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Cleveland, Ohio. June 1-3, 2000.
- Faculty: Controversies in Stone Management, Director ‑ S. Streem. 95th Annual American Urologic Association Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia. April 29, 2000.
- Visiting Professor: " Endourology Update”. Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York. April 28, 2000.
- Visiting Professor: "Endourology Update”. Stoneybrook SUNY Medical Center, Stoneybrook, NY. April 21, 2000.
- Faculty: Endourology 2000. Ureteroscopy and Percutaneous Intrarenal Surgery Techniques. Buffalo, New York. March 31, 2000.
- Faculty: Endourology 2000 Cyber session. Interactive Internet Forum. March 30, 2000.
- Faculty: Endourology 2000 (lectures and live operative cases). Italian Endourology Society Meeting, Bassano, Italy. March 14 and 15, 2000.
- Faculty: Endourology 2000. Techniques in Ureteroscopy and Percutaneous Intrarenal Surgery. New Orleans, Louisiana. February 5, 2000.
- Visiting Professor: Endourologic 2000. Associacion Mexicana De Urologicia. Visiting lecturer and two operations performed. Mexico City, Mexico. February 3‑5, 2000.
- Visiting Professor: "Update on Laser Lithotripsy and Endopyelotomy”. Brookdale University Hospital, Brooklyn, New York. January 19, 2000.