22nd Symposium
Focus – Controversies in Urology
Program 2025
08:00 – 09:00
Registration/ Coffee
09:00 – 09:10
Introduction
09:10 – 09:50
Debate: Endourology
Pro Rezüm
Jan Ebbing
Against TURP
Dominik Abt
09:50 – 10:40
Debate: PCA – Targeted biopsies are not enough
Pro systematic and targeted/perilesional PBx:
Romain Diamand
Pro targeted PBx only:
Olivier Rouviere
10:40 – 11:15
Coffee Break
11:15 – 11:35
Fellowship in urology: personal experiences – pros and cons?
Nico Grossmann
11:35 – 12:15
Surveillance for NMIBC with or w/o Cystoscopy
Pro Cystoscopy
tba
Without cystoscopy
Nico Grossmann
12:15 – 13:40
Lunch
13:30 – 14:20
Critical evaluation of level 1 evidence in uro-oncology
Olivier Timothee
14:10 – 14:30
Discussion
14:30 – 15:30
Debate: Bladder cancer
Bladder sparing in MIBC bladder cancer will become a new standard in 5 years
Richard Cathomas
Against the motion/ Pro Cystectomy
Thomas Hermanns
15:30 – 15:35
Conclusion
Credits:
SGU – 6 Credit Points
22nd Symposium
Urology Arena
November 14th 2025- Kursaal Bern
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— PD Dr. Räto Strebel (Chur, CH)
— Prof. Nicolas Barry Delongchamps (Paris, FR)
— Prof. Nicolas Barry Delongchamps (Paris, FR)
— Prof. Tiago Bilhim (Lisbon, PT)
— Prof. Thomas Herrmann (Frauenfeld, CH)
— Prof. Thomas Herrmann (Frauenfeld, CH)
— Prof. Tullio Sulser (Zurich, CH)
— Prof. Tullio Sulser (Zurich, CH)
— Prof. Hubert John (Winterthur, CH)
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— Dr. David Niedrig, Zurich CH
— Prof. Dr. Jean de la Rosette, Amsterdam NL
— Prof. Dr. Christophe Vaessen, Paris FR
— Prof. Dr. Wolf Langewitz, Basel CH
— Prof. Dr. Dr. Daniel Eberli, Zurich CH
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Controversies in urology: the experts challenge the experts
— Dr. Laurent Vaucher, Lausanne, Switzerland
— PD Dr. Alexander Müller, Schlieren, Switzerland
— Prof. Dr. Michael Müntener, Zurich, Switzerland
— Prof. Pilar Laguna Pes, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
— Prof. Paul Abrams, Bristol, United Kingdom
— PD Dr. Malte Rieken, Basel, Switzerland
— Mr. Bertie Leigh, London, United Kingdom
— Mr. Bertie Leigh, London, United Kingdom
— Prof. Dr. Michael Müntener, Zurich, Switzerland
— PD Dr. Malte Rieken, Basel, Switzerland
— Prof. Franz Recker, Aarau, Switzerland
— Prof. Hashim U. Ahmed, London, United Kingdom
— PD Dr. Daniel Nguyen, Bern, Switzerland
— PD Dr. Christian Seitz, Vienna, Austria