Dr. Hyung Joon Kim earned his M.D. and Ph.D. from Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, Korea. He completed his residency in the Department of Urology at Severance Hospital and pursued a clinical fellowship in Urological Oncology at Samsung Medical Center. Dr. Kim has dedicated much of his career to the treatment of urolithiasis and advancing robotic surgeries, previously serving as a faculty member at Konyang University Hospital. He is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital.

Dr. Kim’s primary areas of interest include endoluminal endourology, robotic surgery for benign and malignant renal diseases, and advanced prostate cancer treatment. His research focuses on translational endourology, with the goal of developing safe and effective endoscopic treatments for urinary stone disease. He serves as a board member of several professional organizations, including the Korean Society of Endourology and Robotics (KSER), the Korean Urological Oncology Society (KUOS), and the Korean Prostate Society (KPS). As a faculty member of the Asian Urological Surgery Training & Education Group (AUSTEG), he actively trains and educates urologists in East Asia on endoscopic surgeries. Additionally, Dr. Kim is a founding member of the Asian Urological Society for Endoluminal and Technology (AUSET) and co-directs its international academic symposium, the Endoluminal Technology Symposium (ETS).

Dr. Su Jin Kim is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Urology, St. Vincent’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea. She graduated from Yonsei Wonju University College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea, and obtained her M.D. in Medical Sciences from the same institution and Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the Catholic University. She completed her residency at Catholic University Medical Center and received her board certification in Urology in 2008. In addition, she completed clinical fellowships in Neurourology and Female Sexual dysfunction at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital from 2008 to 2011. From 2024, She works as a Clinical Associate Professor, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

Her clinical and research interest lies in neurourology, pelvic pain, female sexual dysfunction, and reconstructive urology. She has authored several peer-reviewed publications in domestic or international journals in these fields. She received several research grants and continues to study the functional problems of the bladder. She is an active member of several professional organizations, including the Korean Urological Association (KUA), Korean Continence Society (KSC) and Korean Society of Geriatric Urology (KSGU), the Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology (KSSMA), the Korean Association of Urogenital Tract Infection and Inflammation (KAUTII).

Woong Jin Bae is an associate professor of the Department of Urology at Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic University Medical College (CUMC) in Seoul, Korea. He completed his specialty training in urology and continued his academic and clinical career at the same hospital.

Dr. Bae's areas of specialization are sexual dysfunction, OAB, and prostate disease. His major research interests include several urological areas. He received the Best Paper award from the Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology in 2015 and 2016, the Best Abstract prize in 2017 GU-HMF & GITAU, and the Best Paper award from the Korean Continence Society in 2020.

Dr. Bae's stimulating research field is natural products, including botanical drugs, stem cell therapy, big data research, and medical device development.

Jae Young Park M.D., Ph.D. works at Korea University Ansan Hospital as a professor. He graduated from Seoul National University College of Medicine in 1999 and received the National Board of Urology of Korea in 2004. Dr. Park completed the fellowship at Seoul National University Hospital in 2008 and became a faculty member of Korea University in 2008. Currently, Dr. Park is an active member of The Korean Urological Association, The Korean Prostate Society, and The Korean Urological Oncology Society. He is also a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Urology (SCIE journal), International Neurourology Journal (SCIE journal), Investigative and Clinical Urology (SCIE journal) and works as an academic editor in Medicine (SCIE journal).

Dr. Sung Yong Cho graduated from Seoul National University College of Medicine (SNUCM) and has worked for Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH) in Korea since 2019. As a surgical urologist who specializes in diagnosing and treating people with urolithiasis, benign prostate hyperplasia, stricture, and upper tract urothelial carcinoma, he is in charge of the Specialized Endoluminal Endourology-Stone (SEES) Center & Usability Test Center in SIMTRI (SNUH Innovative Medical Technology Research Institute) in the SNUH. He is one of the members who are leading stone surgery such as flexible ureteroscopy surgery (f-URS), supine and miniaturized percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), and Endoscopic Combined IntraRenal surgery (ECIRS) in Korea & East Asia. He is actively performing Anatomical Endoscopic Enucleation of the Prostate (AEEP) using Holmium Laser (HoLEP) and bipolar electrodes (BipoLEP/TUEB) as well. He is the Korean representative of the Asian Guidelines of Urolithiasis Panels in 2019 and has successfully fulfilled many educational works of scientific papers and live surgeries at urology conferences as one of the founders of the AUSET (Asian Urological Society of Endoluminal & Technology, www.endoluminal.org) and an international academic symposium named ETS (Endoluminal Technology Symposium).

Dr. Sangjun Yoo is currently an associate professor in the Department of Urology at Seoul Metropolitan Government - Seoul National University (SMG-SNU) Boramae Medical Center, Korea. He graduated from University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea, in 2007 and subsequently obtained a Master’s degree and Ph.D degree in medical science at University of Ulsan College of Medicine. In addition, he also obtained a Master’s degree in biostatistics at Korean National Open University. He completed his residency at Asan Medical Center, Seoul, and received his board certification in Urology in 2012. In addition, he completed fellowships in Urologic Oncology at Asan Medical Center and SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center.

His clinical and research interests are focused on urologic oncology, robotic surgery. He has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications in international journals in these fields. He is an active member of several professional organizations, including the Korean Urological Association (KUA), the Korean Urological Oncology Society (KUOS), and Korean Prostate Society (KPS).

Dr. Sangrak Bae is an Assistant Professor and Chairman in the Department of Urology, Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea. He graduated from Donga University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea, and subsequently obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the same institution. He completed his residency at Donga University Medical Center, Busan and received his board certification in Urology in 2009. In addition, he completed fellowships in Neurourology and Endourology at Konkuk University Hospital From 2012 to 2013. And he worked Uijeongbu St.Mary’s Hospital as a clinical fellowship, Clinical assistant Professor. From 2021, he works as Assistant Professor, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

His clinical and research interest lies in urinary tract infection, sexually transmitted disease (especially human papillomavirus infection and genital wart), endourology and neuro-urology. He has authored several peer-reviewed publications in domestic or international journals in these fields. He is an active member of several professional organizations, including the Korean Urological Association (KUA), the Korean Association of Urogenital Tract Infection and Inflammation (KAUTII), the Korean Society of Endourology and Robotics (KSER), Korean Continence Society (KSC) and Korean Society of Geriatric Urology (KSGU).

Dr. Sungchan Park is a Professor and Chairman in the Department of Urology, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine. He graduated from University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea, and subsequently obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the same institution. He completed his residency at Asan Medical Center, Seoul and received his board certification in Urology in 2004. In addition, he completed fellowships in Urologic Oncology and Pediatric Urology at Asan Medical Center in 2005. Furthermore, he has served as a visiting scholar in Stanford University Hospital for minimal invasive and robotic urologic surgery, Palo Alto, CA, USA from 2015 to 2016.

His clinical and research interest lies in urologic oncology, robotic surgery and pediatric urology and focus of basic research lies in prostate cancer. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications in domestic or international journals in these fields. He is an active member of several professional organizations, including the Korean Urological Association (KUA), the Korean Urological Oncology Society (KUOS), Korean Society of Pediatric Urology (KSPU), Korean Prostate Society (KPS) and the Korean Society of Endourology and Robotics (KSER).

Dr. Kang Su Cho is a Professor in the Department of Urology, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine. He graduated from Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, and subsequently obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the same institution. He completed his residency at Severance Hospital and received his board certification in Urology in 2006. In addition, he completed fellowships at Severance Hospital and National Cancer Center. Furthermore, he has served as a visiting scholar in Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA from 2016 to 2017.

His clinical and research interest lies in urologic oncology and robotic surgery. He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications in domestic or international journals in these fields. He is an active member of several professional organizations, including the Korean Urological Association (KUA) and the Korean Urological Oncology Society (KUOS).

Dr. Hyung Suk Kim is an associate professor of the Department of Urology at Dongguk University Ilsan Medical Center and Dongguk University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea. He graduated from Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea (2006). After he received a Medical Doctor degree in 2006, He completed his residency in the Seoul National University Hospital and obtained his board certification in Urology in 2011. Also, he completed fellowship training in urologic oncology and endourology in Seoul National University Hospital, and obtained his Master degree and Ph.D. degree (2018) in Medical Sciences from the Seoul National University College of Medicine.

His research interest lies in Endourology and Urologic oncology. He has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications in domestic or international journals in these fields. He has served as a reviewer of many international scientific journals including Urologic Oncology and Investigative and Clinical Urology. He is a member of several professional organization including The Korean Urological Association (KUA), The Korean Society of Endourology and Robotics (KSER), and The Korean Urological Oncology Society (KUOS).

Dr. Hae Do Jung is currently an associate professor in the Department of Urology at Inje University Ilsan Paik Hospital, Goyang, Korea. He graduated from Inje University College of Medicine, Korea, in 2006 and subsequently obtained a Master’s degree in medical science at Inha University College of Medicine, Korea, in 2010. He completed his residency at Inha University Hospital and obtained his board certification in Urology in 2011.

His clinical and research interests are focused on minimally invasive endoscopic surgery (urolithiasis, urologic cancer) and urinary tract infection. He is an active member of several professional organizations, including the Korean Urological Association (KUA), the Korean Society of Endourology and Robotics (KSER), and the Korean Association of Urogenital Tract Infection and Inflammation (KAUTII).

He received the Best Clinical Research Award from the Korean Urological Association (KUA) in 2022 and the Hanmi Academic Award from the Korean Society of Endourology and Robotics (KSER) in 2022.

Dr. Jongsoo Lee is a clinical assistant professor in Department of Urology at Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. He graduated from Yonsei University College of Engineering with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 2009 and completed his Master of Medicine course at Pusan National University Graduate School of Medicine in 2013. Currently his clinical interests are focused on Urological Oncology, especially in minimal invasive, endoscopic surgery and advanced surgical instruments. His research interests are on molecular biology and medical device development which is currently working on projects with several collaborators. He is an active member of several organizations including the Korean Urological Association (KUA), Korean Urological Oncology Society (KUOS) and Korean Prostate Society (KPS).

Dr. Ohseong Kwon, M.D., Ph.D. is currently an associate professor and a physician in the Department of Urology at Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital. He graduated from Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea, and finished a Ph.D. course from the same university.

His specialty is in areas of prostate cancer, kidney cancer and urinary tract stones, and he is currently working on robot surgery and minimally invasive surgery. He is an active member of several professional organizations including the Korean Urological Association (KUA) and the Korean Society of Endourology and Robotics (KSER).

Dr. Eu Chang Hwang is a Professor in the Department of Urology, Chonnam National University Medical School. He graduated from Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea, and subsequently obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the same institution. He completed his residency at Chonnam National University Hospital and received his board certification in Urology in 2006. In addition, he completed fellowships at Chonnam National University Hospital. Furthermore, he has served as a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Urology, Kagoshima University School of Medicine, Japan, in 2016 and Cochrane Urology at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, from 2018 to 2019.

His research interest lies in Evidence-based Medicine, and his main interest is Urologic Oncology. He has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications in domestic or international journals in these fields. He received the Korean Urological Association Annual Award for the best basic and clinical research in 2011 and 2015. He is an active member of several professional organizations, including the Korean Urological Association (KUA), the Korean Urological Oncology Society (KUOS), the Korean Association of Urogenital Tract Infection, and Inflammation (KAUTII), and the Korean Urological Research Society (KURS). He also serves as a contact editor of Cochrane Urology and co-director of the Korea GRADE Network.

Dr. Yajun Ruan obtained his Ph.D. Degree from Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China in 2018. He was jointly trained at University of California, San Francisco during his Ph.D. program (2016-2017). Currently, Dr. Ruan works as an attending physician in the department of urology, Tongji Hospital. He has participated in several projects funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China. Recently, he has been financially supported by the NSFC as the principal investigator of a Youth Fund project.

His major research interests include urinary incontinence, prostate disease and regenerative medicine in erectile dysfunction. He has authored or co-authored more than 30 peer-reviewed publications in these fields. Dr. Ruan served as a section editor for Annals Of Translational Medicine (2020-2021), he also severs as a reviewer for Journal of Sexual Medicine, Andrology, Translational Andrology and Urology, and Scientific Report etc.

Dr. Yun-Sok Ha is an Assistant Professor of Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University. He graduated from Chungbuk National University School of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea and subsequently obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the same institution. He completed his residency at Chungbuk National University Hospital and obtained his board certification in Urology in 2009. He completed fellowships at Chungbuk National University Hospital. He has been served as a post-doctoral fellow in Department of Urology at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ from 2011 to 2013.

His research interest lies in basic research and main interest part is the urothelial cancer and prostate disease including BPH (especially LUTS and ED) and prostate cancer. He has authored more than 180 peer-reviewed publications in domestic or international journals in these fields. He has received the Korean Urological Association Annual Award for the best basic research in 2019. He is an active member of several professional organizations including Korean Urological Association (KUA), Korean Prostate Society (KPS) and Korean Urological Research Society (KURS).

Dr. Young Eun Yoon is currently an associate professor in the Department of Urology at Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. His specialty is in areas of kidney cancer, prostate cancer and urinary tract stones, and he is currently working on kidney cancer and robotic surgery research. In addition, he is interested in the development of medical devices and holds many medical device-related patents. He is an active member of several professional organizations including the Korean Urological Association (KUA) and the Korean Society of Endourology and Robotics (KSER).

Dr. Joo Yong Lee is an Associate Professor of Department of Urology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. He graduated from Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea and subsequently obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the same institution. He completed his residency at Hanyang University Medical Center and obtained his board certification in Urology in 2012. He is also a faculty of Center of Evidence Based Medicine, Institute of Convergence Science, Yonsei University, and a faculty of Center for Faculty Development, Yonsei-Donggok Medical Education Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

His research interest lies in endourology/urolithiasis, urinary microbiome and reconstructive surgery in urologic field. He published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles in these fields. Currently, He is a director of Research Committee of Korean Society of Endourology and Robotics (KSER), External Affairs Committee, Korean Association of Urogenital Tract Infection and Inflammation (KAUTII) and Resident Training Committee, Korean Society for Urological Ultrasonography (KSUU). He is also an active member of The Korean Urological Association (KUA).

He received the commendation from Minister of Health and Welfare, Korean Government (2007), Yuhan Academic Award of Korean Medical Association (2011), MSD Young Schweitzer Award (2011), Academic Award from the Korean Prostate Society (2012 and 2015), Domestic Academic Award and Best Presenter Award from the Korean Endourological Society (2016) and International Academic Award from the Korean Urological Association (2016).

Mohammed S. ElSheemy is currently a Professor of Urology at Cairo University, Egypt. After obtaining his medical degree from Cairo University in 1999, Dr. Mohammed S. ElSheemy earned a Master of Science then Doctor of Medicine in Urology in 2008. His research includes endourology and urolithiasis, SWL, pediatric urology, pediatric renal transplantation. An important part of his research was on calcular anuria in children and infants which resulted; for the 1st time, in a protocol for management depending on severity of obstruction, size and site of stones, and renal functions. Furthermore, he has several publications on Mini-PNL in adults and children. He was selected as one of the top 1% of reviewers in the field of medicine for 2016-2017-2018-2019 in the peer review week of (Publons- web of science). Dr. ElSheemy is a member of several societies in Urology including European Association of Urology (EAU), European Society for Pediatric Urology (ESPU) and Societe internationale Urologie (SIU). He has served as Assistant-Secretary of Pediatric Urology Section of Egyptian Urological Association (EUA).

Ryusuke Deguchi M.D., is an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Urology in Wakayama Medical University. I graduated from Wakayama Medical University in 2014, completed residency in Wakayama Medical University Hospital (2016), and worked as a clinician at the Kainan Medical Center (2017-2019). I was belonged to Gyotoku General Hospital as a domestic student in order to improve my transurethral surgery techniques (2020), and obtained my board certification in Urology in 2020. I have other qualifications including the Certificate of da Vinci System Training as a Console Surgeon, the Certificate of Attendance at Skills Corse in Endourology.

My research interest lies in urolithiasis. I am the member of The Japanese Urological Association (JUA), Japanese Society of Urolithiasis Research (JSUR), Japanese Society of Endourology (JSE), Japan Society of Clinical Oncology (JSCO), Japan Society of Urologic Oncology.

Dr. Seok-Ho Kang M.D.,Ph.D., is a professor and physician in the Department of Urology in Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. He graduated from Korea University in 1997, completed his residency in Korea University Hospital (2005), and was a visiting professor at the Institute of Urology, University of Southern California (2011-2012). He is currently the director of the Department of Urology and the director of the Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Center in Korea University Hospital.

His research interest lies in urologic oncology. He is an active member of several professional organizations including the Korean Urological Association (KUA), The Korean Urological Oncology Society (KUOS), and the Korean Society of Endourology and Robotics (KSER).

Dr. Jong Jin Oh, M.D., Ph.D. is an associate professor and a physician in the Department of Urology at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. He graduated from CHA University College of Medicine in 2005 and completed his residency at CHA Medical Bundang Hospital and obtained his board certification in Urology in 2010. He is top surgeon of robotic radical cystectomy for bladder cancer. His research interest lies in urologic oncology and genetic variant in prostate cancer. He is an active member of several professional organizations including The Korean Urological Association (KUA), The Korean Urological Oncology Society (KUOS) and The Korean Society of Endourology and Robotics (KSER).

Matteo Ferro is an M.D., Ph.D., who holds a specialty in Urology. He is an urologist at division of Urology from May 2013. He has been working with prostate cancer biomarkers and coordinates, at the University of study “Federico II” of Naples, the evaluation of p2Psa and Phi for detection of Prostate cancer at the initial biopsy for the prostate cancer aggressiveness stratification (Grantor: Beckman Coulter, Inc 2012). He has taught the Master of translational medicine, at University Study of Salerno in 2013(PONa3_00138/F1). He is author and co-author of about 160 articles in peer-reviewed journals and he served as a reviewer for several international peer reviewed journals. He is the member of the Italian Society of Urology, Italian Society of Urologic Oncology, European Association of Urology. He has lectured at more than 70 national and international conferences.

Dr. Won Sik Ham, M.D., Ph.D. is an associate professor and a physician in the Department of Urology at Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. He graduated from Yonsei University College of Medicine in 1999 and completed his residency at Severance Hospital and obtained his board certification in Urology in 2004.
His research interest lies in urologic oncology. He is an active member of several professional organizations including Korean Urological Association (KUA), and The Korean Urological Oncology Society.

Dr. Seok Joong Yun M.D., Ph.D. is a professor and physician in the Department of Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Rep. of Korea. He graduated from Chungbuk National University in 1992, completed a residency in Chungbuk National University Hospital (1997), and was a visiting professor in cancer metastasis center of MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas, USA (2008-2009).
His main concerns are translational research and surgeon scientist in urological oncology fields, and he has published more than 190 peer-reviewed papers in domestic and international journals until 2019.
Currently, he is an active member of Urological Research Society, and director of Information and Public Media Committee of the Korean Urological Association.

Dr. Sunao Shoji. M.D., Ph.D., MBA healthcare graduated from Tokyo Medical University in 2002. He completed his residency of Surgery at Department of Surgery, St. Luke’s International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan in 2004. He obtained his board certification in Urology in 2007. From 2011 to 2013, he was research fellow in Department of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA. Since 2015, he has been an Associate Professor at Department of Urology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.

His research interest lies in minimally invasive treatment for urologic malignancies, transurethral endoscopic surgeries for BPH and urologic malignancies, and medical economy.

He received the 11th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery Best Poster Prize (2008), Best Poster Winner, American Urological Association Annual Meeting (2013), Top 10 Abstract Award: Engineering and Urology Society 32nd Annual Meeting (2016), Sakaguchi Prize from the Japanese Urological Association (2019), and Aso Prize from the Japanese Society of Endourology (2019).

Dr. Naoya Niwa is a Urologist at the Keio University School of Medicine and Tokyo Saiseikai Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

He obtained his medical degree and completed a residency in Urologic residency at the Keio University School of Medicine.

He received the Japanese Urological Association Annual Meeting Award 2018, and Japanese Urological Association Prize 2019.

His primary clinical and research interests include Urologic Oncology, minimally invasive surgery for treatment of both benign and malignant urologic conditions, as well as general urology.

Dr. Bora İrer is an associate professor and physician in the Department of Urology, İzmir Metropolitan Municipal Eşrefpaşa Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. He graduated from Ege University, School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey (2000). After he received a Medical Doctor degree in 2000, he completed his residency in Dokuz Eylül University Department of Urology and obtained his board certification in Urology (2006).

He worked on the androgen dependent genes involved in prostate cancer for one year at the Molecular Biology Department of the University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway (2003).

Clinically, he shows special interest in Endourology, Urological oncology and Functional Urology. He has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed publications in domestic or international journals in these fields.

Currently, He is an active member of several professional organization including Urologic Surgery Association and Minimally Invasive Urological Surgery Association.

Dr. Sang Woon Kim is an assistant professor and a physician in the Department of Urology at Severance Children’s Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. He graduated from Yonsei University College of Medicine in 2005 and subsequently obtained his M.D. of Urology from the same institution in 2013. He completed his residency at Severance Hospital and obtained his board certification in Urology in 2010. He completed fellowships in neurourology and pediatric urology at Severance Children’s Hospital.

His research interest lies in pediatric urology including reconstructive surgery, VUR and voiding dysfunction. He is an active member of several professional organization including Korean Urological Association (KUA), Korean Society of Pediatric Urology (KSPU), Asia-Pacific Association of Pediatric Urologists (APAPU).

Dr. Tae Gyun Kwon is a Professor of Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University. He graduated from Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea and subsequently obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the same institution. He completed his residency at Kyungpook National University Hospital and obtained his board certification in Urology in 1993.

He has been served as a visiting researcher in Department of Urology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts from 2000 to 2002.

His main research interest lies in malignant urologic disease and Regenerative Medicine/Stem cell in urologic field.

Currently, He is an active member of several professional organization including The Korean Urological Association (KUA), Korean Society of Endourology and Robotics, The Korean Urological Oncology Society (KUOS), and Korean Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Society.

Dr. Jae Heon Kim is an associate professor and a physician in the Department of Urology at SoonChunHyang University Hospital, where he completed his internship and residency. He graduated SoonChunHyang University College of Medicine in 2001. He received his Ph.D. from Korea University College of Medicine in 2012. From 2016-2017, he served as a visiting doctor at Urologic Oncology Center and Robotic Surgery Center of Stanford University Medical Center.

Dr. Kim’s research focuses on both benign and malignant urologic disease. He has also research interests include investigating the role of androgen in diverse disease and understanding Big data and meta-analysis in medical studies.

Dr. Jong Wook Kim works in Korea University Guro Hospital as associate professor. He is a graduate of Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea (2004). After he received a Medical Doctor degree in 2004, he completed his residency in Korea University Medical Center and obtained his board certification in Urology (2009).

Also, he obtained his Master degree and Ph.D. degree in Medical Sciences from Korea University College of Medicine (2012). And he completed his clinical fellowship in urologic oncology and andrology in Korea University Guro Hospital.

His main interest in basic research is about the function of androgen receptor in prostate disease. Clinically, he shows special interest in urologic oncology, robotic and laparoscopic surgery. And he has published more than 50 SCI/SCIE peer-reviewed journal articles on these fields.

He is an active member of several professional organizations including the Korean Urological Association (KUA), the Korean Urological Oncology Society (KUOS), the Korean Society for Urological Ultrasonography (KSUU), European Association of Urology (EAU), Société Internationale d'Urologie (SIU), Urological Association of Asia (UAA), and International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM).

Dr. Kyo Chul Koo is Assistant Professor of Urology at Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. Dr. Koo graduated from Yonsei University College of Medicine in 2005. He completed his MMed in 2009 and PhD of Urology in 2013. He has been appointed as Assistant Professor since 2015.

Dr. Koo’s research interests are focused on Urological Oncology and Endourology, and has published more than 60 SCI/SCIE peer-reviewed journal articles on these research fields. He also has two patents related to endourological surgical devices.

He is the current Director of Clinical Research of the Korean Prostate Society and Communications Editor of ICUrology. He is also an active member of the International Relations Committees of KUA and KPS, and the Global Education and Training Committee of EAU.

Dr. Ho Won Kang is an Assistant Professor of Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Chungbuk National University Hospital. He graduated from Chungbuk National University School of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea and subsequently obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the same institution. He completed his residency at Chungbuk National University Hospital and obtained his board certification in Urology in 2013. He completed fellowships at Chungbuk National University Hospital and Yonsei University.

His research interest lies in basic research and Minimal invasive surgery in urologic oncology including laparoscopic and Robotics. He has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed publications in domestic or international journals in these fields. He is a scientific reviewer for Journal of Korean Medical Science, and Investigative and Clinical Urology. He has received the Korean Urological Association Annual Award for the best basic research in 2012 and the best clinical abstract in 2017.

Dr. Sang Hyub Lee is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Urology at Kyung Hee University Medical Center and Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. He graduated from Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea and subsequently obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the same institution. He completed his residency at Kyung Hee University Medical Center and obtained his board certification in Urology in 2010. He completed fellowships in pediatric urology, endourology and urologic oncology at Kyung Hee University Medical Center.

His research interest lies in Endourology, Pediatric urology, and Urologic oncology. He has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed publications in domestic or international journals in these fields. He is a scientific reviewer for the Cancer Research and Treatment, Journal of Korean Medical Science, and Investigative and Clinical Urology. He is an active member of several professional organization including The Korean Urological Association (KUA), The Korean Endourological Society (KES), Korean Society of Pediatric Urology (KSPU), and The Korean Urological Oncology Society (KUOS).

Dr. Bum Soo Kim is an Assistant Professor of Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University. He graduated from Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea and subsequently obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the same institution. He completed his residency at Kyungpook National University Hospital and obtained his board certification in Urology in 2009. He was elected as a scholarship holder for endourological researcher and clinical fellow with the sponsorship of Korean Endourological Society and attended in the International Observership Program in the Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute at Cleveland Clinic in 2013. He has been served as a visiting scholar in Regenerative Medicine at Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan in 2016 to 2017.

His research interest lies in Endourology/Urolithiasis and Regenerative Medicine/Stem cell in urologic field. He published more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles in these fields. Currently, He is a director of international relations and cooperation committee of Korean Endourological Society. He is also an active member of several professional organization including The Korean Urological Association (KUA), The Korean Endourological Society (KES), The Endourological Society, Society of International Urology (SIU), Urological Association of Asia (UAA).

Dr. Necmettin Yıldız is a Professor of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medicine Faculty of Pamukkale University. He graduated from Ankara University Medicine Faculty, Ankara, Turkey in 1998. He completed Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in 2004 at the Turkish Republic of Ministry of Health Sciences University Ankara Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

He is actively working on Urogynecologic Rehabilitation, Urodynamics, Neurogenic Bladder and Neurologic Rehabilitation. He is responsible for the operation of Urodynamics and Urogynecological Rehabilitation Unit within the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department.

He published more than 60 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. He is a scientific reviewer for American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Journal of Musculoskleteal Research, Spinal Cord, Clinical Rehabilitation, New England Journal of Medicine, International Journal of Orthopedics, Physiotherapy Theory and Practice and Investigative and Clinical Urology. He has been also active member of Turkish Urogynecolgy and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgical Association, Turkish Osteoporosis Association, Turkish Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Turkish Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialists, Spinal Cord Diseases Association.

Professor of Urology / Uro-Oncology at University of Campinas, São Paulo, UroScience CEO and Research Director of Brazilian Society of Urology, São Paulo Section (2018-19), graduated in Medicine and Urology trained in Brazil. MSc and PhD in Surgical Sciences, Urology Fellow at Columbia University, New York, NY, USA (American Urological Association, 2011) and Postdoctoral Fellow at The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA (CAPES, 2014-2015). Guest Lecturer at Harvard Medical School, Genitourinary Oncology Group of the Dana-Farber / Brigham and Women's Cancer Center. Research Productivity CNPq, Brazil, destined to the researchers that stand out among their peers. He has experience in Urology, with emphasis in Urological Oncology. Author / co-author of more than 130 scientific papers indexed in PUBMED. Executive Member of the World Urologic Oncology Federation (WUOF) and AUA International Member and Scholar. Handling Editor for the World Journal of Urology (Springer), official journal of the Société Internationale d'Urologie (SIU) and Associate and Section Editor of International Brazilian Journal of Urology (IBJU), official journal of the Brazilian Society of Urology (SBU). Member of the Board of the Graduate Program in Health Sciences (2012-current) and President of the Human Ethics Committee in Research (2016-2019) at Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, PUC-Campinas. Awarded Best AUA Moderated Posters 2009, 2014, 2018 and Best PhD theses in 2012 (Surgery).

Dr. Seung Ki Min is the chairman of Department of Urology, National Police Hospital, Seoul, Korea. He graduated from Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Chonnam, Korea, and subsequently obtained his M.D. He received his Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology at Chonnam National University Medical School. He completed his residency at National Police Hospital and obtained his board certification in Urology in 1996.

His interest part is the urinary tract infection including STI, urinary stone disease, and BPH (especially LUTS). He published more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles in these fields. He is a scientific reviewer for Investigative and Clinical Urology, Journal of Korean Medical Science, Urinary Tract Infection, and Ethic Editor of International Neurourology Journal.

He is an executive member of several professional organizations including Korean Urological Association (KUA), Korean Association of Urinary Tract Infection and Inflammation (KAUTII), Korean Society of Geriatric Urological Care (KSGUC) and Korean Society of Insurance Medicine (KSIM). And he is an active member of Urological Association of Asia (UAA), Asian Association of UTI & STI (AAUS), Korean Society for Urological Ultrasonography (KSUU). Korean Society of Medical Science.

I am an instructor at the department of pediatric urology, Jichi Medical University, Children’s Medical Center, Tochigi, Japan since 2008.

I am an active member of the Japanese Urological Association, the Japanese Pediatric Urological Association, the Japanese continence society and Asia Pacific Association of Pediatric Urology (APAPU). I am a board member of the Japanese Society on Enuresis, a board certified trainer of the Japanese Urological Association and a board certified fellow of the Japanese Pediatric Urological Association.

I am a graduate of the University of the Ryukyus School of Medicine, Okinawa, Japan (1998). After I received a Medical Doctor degree in 1998, I completed my residency in the University of the Ryukyus Hospital and obtained my board certification in Urology.

My research interest lies in the pediatric urology including bladder bowel dysfunction (BBD) and urinary tract infection.

Dr. Chengyue Jin has a medical degree from Peking University Health Science Center in Beijing, China. He was trained in Peking University Institutes of Urology as an academia urologist. During his urological training, he was granted a national scholarship to visit University of Massachusetts Medical School Memorial Hospital, Worcester, MA, USA. He has received the “Young Pioneer Innovative Researcher” Award in 2017. He is a scientific reviewer for International Urogynecology Journal. He is an active member of several professional organizations including the Chinese Urological Association (CUA), Chinese Medical Doctor Association Urology Branch (CMDAU), American Urological Association (AUA), and European Association of Urology (EAU). He works as a urological surgeon and urological oncologist at Peking University Health Science Center People’s Hospital. His research interests are innovative minimal invasive techniques and novel diagnosis/ treatment options of prostate cancer.

Dr. Min Chul Cho is a graduate of the Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea (1999). After he received a Medical Doctor degree in 1999, he completed his residency in the Seoul National University Hospital and obtained his board certification in Urology. Also, he completed his clinical fellowship in Urology in the same institution. And he obtained his Master degree and Ph.D. degree in Medical Sciences from the Seoul National University College of Medicine. He served as a visiting research scholar at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA in 2008. From 2010 to 2015, he served as an Assistant Professor of Urology at the Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea. Currently, he is serving as an Associate Professor at the Seoul Metropolitan Government - Seoul National University (SMG-SNU) Boramae Medical Center.

He is a member of the Korean Urological Association, the Korean Urological Oncology Society, the Korean Andrological Society, the Korean Continence Society, and the American Urological Association. He has served as a reviewer of many international scientific journals including the Journal of Urology, the BJU international, the Journal of Sexual Medicine, and the Journal of Endourology.

His main fields of interest are as follows: urologic oncology, andrology, sexual medicine, basic research (e.g. post-prostatectomy erectile dysfunction), minimal invasive urologic surgery and prostatic diseases. Thus, he has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed publications in domestic or international journals in these fields.

Ege Can Serefoglu has a Medical Doctor degree from Turkey and has completed a residency in urology. After practicing as a urologist for 2 years, he has worked as a post-doctorate research fellow at Tulane University Department of Urology, Division of Andrology, USA. He has received “Amsterdam Young Scientist Award” in 2012 and he is actively working in professional organizations such as Turkish Association of Urology, European Association of Urology (EAU), European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM) and International Society of Sexual Medicine (ISSM). Currently, he is serving as the Associate Editor of Journal of Sexual Medicine, Sexual Medicine and Sexual Medicine Reviews journals and working as a private urologist in, Turkey.

Dr. Kwanjin Park works in Seoul National University Children’s Hospital as a director of pediatric urology. In 1995, he graduated from Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea and subsequently obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the same institution. He obtained his board certification in Urology in 1999 and completed fellowships in urologic oncology and andrology at Seoul National University Hospital in 2003.

Following 5 years of faculty job at the Department of Urology, Korean Cancer Center hospital as an urologic oncologist, he changed his major into pediatric urology and came back to Seoul National University Children’s Hospital in 2009. He served as a visiting scholar in Ghent University for improving his workmanship for complex penile surgery.

His main theme in basic research is about development of normal bladder function and the effect of immaturity on pediatric voiding dysfunction. Clinically, he shows special interest in reconstructive urologic surgery including urethroplasty, bladder neck reconstruction and formation of continent catheterizable channel. He published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles in these fields. He is a scientific reviewer for Journal of Urology and Journal of Pediatric Urology.

He is an active member of several professional organizations including the Korean Urological Association (KUA), American Urological Association (AUA), European Society of Pediatric Urology (ESPU), Asia Pacific Association of Pediatric Urology (APAPU) and Korean Society of Pediatric Urology (KSPU). He currently served as a president of Korean Children's Continence and Enuresis Society.

Dr. Kyung Seop Lee is a professor of Department of Urology at Dongguk University Gyeongju Hospital. He graduated from Keimyung University, School of medicine, Daegu Korea and subsequently obtained his M.D. He got a PhD in Yeongnam University, School of Medicine, Daegu Korea. He completed his residency at Keimyung University Hospital and obtained his board certification in Urology in 1990.

He was appointed as a faculty at the Department of Urology, Dongguk University Hospital, Gyeongju, Korea from 1993. He has been serving as a visiting scholar at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA from Aug. 2000 to Aug. 2001.

His interest part is the prostate disease including BPH (especially LUTS and ED) and prostate cancer and urologic oncology. He published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles in these fields. He is a scientific reviewer for Prostate International.

He is an active member of several professional organizations including Korean Urological Association (KUA), American Urological Association (AUA), European Association of Urology (EAU), and Executive member of Asian Pacific Prostate Society (APPS). He is an ex-president of Korean Prostate Society (KPS), Korean Society for Urological Ultrasonography (KSUU) and Korean Prostate Laser Study Group.

Nathan Lawrentschuk is a Urological Surgeon and Urologic Oncologist with appointments at the University of Melbourne Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Department of Surgery and Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research at the Austin Hospital. He completed a PhD in kidney cancer and his surgical training in 2008 and has completed two additional years of training in robotic, laparoscopic and open cancer surgery at the University of Toronto, Canada.

Dr. Seung Hyun Jeon is a professor of Department of Urology at Kyung Hee University Hospital and Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. He graduated from Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea and subsequently obtained his M.D. and Ph. D. in Medical Sciences from the same institution. He completed his residency at Kyung Hee University Hospital and obtained his board certification in Urology in 2001. He completed fellowships in urologic oncology and endourology at Kyung Hee University Hospital, Seoul, Korea and Nagoya National University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan in 2005. He has been served as a visiting scholar in Urology at the Stanford University Hospital, Stanford University College of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA in 2011.

His research interest lies in Endourology and Minimal invasive surgery in urologic oncology including laparoscopic and Robotics. He published more than 90 peer-reviewed journal articles in these fields. He is a scientific reviewer for Journal of Endourology, Cancer Research and Treatment, and Investigative and Clinical Urology. He is an Editorial board member of Investigative and Clinical Urology. He is an active member of several professional organization including The Korean Urological Association (KUA), The Korean Urological Oncology Society (KUOS), The Korean Endourological Society (KES), Asian Pacific Prostate Society (APPS), and The Endourological Society.

Associate Professor Eric Chung is a consultant surgeon at the AndroUrology Centre and has academic appointment in the University of Queensland and Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, Australia. He is the current chair for the Andrology section in the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) and an Exco member in the Asia Pacific Society of Sexual Medicine. As Australia's leading surgeon expert in the field of urinary and sexual dysfunctions, he has been invited to give lectures at various national and international meetings, and serves on many national advisory bodies and international organizations. He runs a wide range of clinical trials and has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in the field of urinary and sexual dysfunctions as well as reconstructive prosthesis research.

Dr. Florian Martin Erich Wagenlehner has been head of the Clinic of Urology, Pediatric Urology and Andrology Department at Justus-Liebig-University since October 2015. Professor Wagenlehner gained his medical degree and PhD at the Technical University Munich in Germany in 1996 and 2006 respectively, and his Habilitation at the Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen in 2008 where he became Professor in Urology in 2010. Between 2008 and 2010 he achieved additional certificates in Special Urological Surgery, Urological Tumor Therapy and Andrology.

Professor Wagenlehner is an active member of several local and international medical societies and working groups. He is a speaker for the working group UTI German guideline section, chairman of the working group urogenital tract infections of the International Society of Chemotherapy (ISC), chairman of the European Section of Infections in Urology (ESIU) of the EAU, and chairman of the DGU working group on urological infections. He is lead author and co-author on several publications in his field of research and expertise in local and international peer-reviewed journals.

Dr. Soo Woong Kim is a Professor and Chairman of Department of Urology at Seoul National University Hospital and Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. He graduated from Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea and subsequently obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the same institution. He completed his residency at Seoul National University Hospital and obtained his board certification in Urology in 1993. He completed fellowships in Andrology at Seoul National University Hospital in 1998.

He completed post-doctoral research fellowship at Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA. He served as a Vice Secretary General and Director of Scientific Committee of the Korean Urological Association. Now, he is serving as a Director of Scientific Committee of the Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology.

He is a skillful urologic surgeon and has abundant experiences on microsurgical correction of male infertility (varicocelectomy, vasovasostomy, vasoepididymostomy), midurethral sling for stress urinary incontinence, and pelvic reconstruction for female pelvic organ prolapse. Recently, he is doing many urethroplasties especially for complicated urethral stricture. The main topic of his research is 'Pathophysiology of Diabetes-related Erectile Dysfunction'.

He is an active member of several professional organizations including Korean Urological Association (KUA), Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology (KSSMA), American Urological Association (AUA), and International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM).

Dr. Shin-ichi HISASUE graduated from Sapporo Medical University at 1995. He worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at Neuroendocrinology Center of Massachusetts University since 2006. He was a Lecturer of Sapporo University since 2008, an assistant professor of Teikyo University since 2011, and was an associate professor of Juntendo University since 2013. He has become a Director of Department of Urology, Chiba-Nishi General Hospital, Chiba, Japan, since April of 2016.

He is a board member of Japanese Urological Association (JUA), Japan Society of Sexual Medicine (JSSM), Japanese Society of Endourology (JSE), Japanese Society of Men’s Health (JSMH), and Japanese Andrology Society. He currently belongs to American Urological Association (AUA) and International Society of Sexual Medicine (ISSM). He is a member of Education committee of ISSM, and a member of Editorial Board of Journal of Sexual Medicine and an Associate editor of Sexual Medicine.

His interest in urology includes open/laparoscopic/robotic urologic surgery and male sexual function/dysfunction. He dedicated his life to erectile dysfunction following radical prostatectomy and efficacy of testosterone replacement on testosterone deficiency. In basic research, he has studied the functional recovery of cavernous nerve following the injury.

Dr. Kazuo Nishimura is Director of the Department of Urology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan, since 2010.

He is a board member of Japanese Urological Association (JUA), Japan Society of Clinical Oncology (JSCO), Japanese Society of Endourology (JSE), Japanese Society of Men’s Health (JSMH), Japan Association of Endocrine Surgeons and Japan Hormonal Steroid Society. He currently belongs to international medical societies such as American Association of Cancer Research (AACR), American Urological Association (AUA), Society of International Urology (SIU) and International Society of Surgery (ISS/SIC) and so on.

He graduated from Osaka University Medical School in 1988 and obtained MD. He worked as a resident in Osaka University Hospital (1988-1989) and Osaka Rosai Hospital (1989-1990) and as a medical staff in Osaka Rosai Hospital (1990-1995). He worked as Research Associate in Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Madison, WI, USA (1996-1997) and Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester NY, USA (1997-1998). He served as Assistant Professor of Urology (1998-2005), and Associate Professor (2005-2009) at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine. He obtained PhD at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine (2002). He moved to Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases in 2009.

His interest in urology includes open/laparoscopic/robotic urologic surgery and urologic medical oncology. In basic research, he has studied androgen signaling pathway and mechanisms of action of dexamethasone in prostate cancer.

Dr. Minki Baek is an Associate Professor of Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. He graduated from Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea and subsequently obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the same institution. He completed his residency at Seoul National University Hospital and obtained his board certification in Urology in 2003. He completed fellowships in pediatric urology at Seoul National University Hospital in 2007.

He was appointed as a faculty at the Department of Urology, Konkuk University Hospital, Seoul, Korea in 2007 and he moved to Department of Urology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea in 2009. He has been serving as a visiting scholar in Urology at the Texas Children’s Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX from 2014 until now.

His research interest lies in the pediatric urology including pediatric urological reconstructive surgery, minimally invasive surgery, pediatric urological robotic surgery, and pediatric voiding dysfunction and neurogenic bladder. He published more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles in these fields. He is a scientific reviewer for Journal of Pediatric Urology, UROLOGY, and International Journal of Urology.

He is an active member of several professional organizations including Korean Urological Association (KUA), American Urological Association (AUA), Korean Society of Pediatric Urology (KSPU), Korean Children's Continence and Enuresis Society, and Asia Pacific Association of Pediatric Urology (APAPU).

Dr. Seung-June Oh is currently Professor of Urology at the Seoul National University College of Medicine in South Korea. After completing his undergraduate and graduate training at Seoul National University, Professor Oh pursued clinical fellowship at the Asan Medical Center in Seoul and research fellowship in the Seoul National University Hospital and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in the U.S. He is also a full-time faculty member in the Department of Urology at Seoul National University Hospital, specializing in neurourology, endourology and reconstructive surgery.

In recent ten years, Professor Oh has authored or co-authored over 182 peer reviewed papers including 125 international journal articles and contributed to 12 book chapters, including a chapter in the 9th edition of Campbell’s Urology textbook as the first author. He has also featured as the Principal Investigator in 36 different studies on the lower urinary tract dysfunction areas. His primary interest is in benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), overactive bladder, and neuropathic lower urinary tract dysfunction. He is interested in the research on the urodynamic aspect of bladder outlet obstruction associated with BPH and also in the Holmium Laser Enucleation of Prostate or HoLEP for BPH. Outside his medical specialty, he is in medical device-related positions: he is the General Director of the Medical Device Clinical Trials Center and also Director of the Medical Device Usability Testing Center of the Seoul National University Hospital.

Professor Oh is an active member of several professional organizations, including the American Urological Association, International Continence Society, and Endourology Society. He was elected as the President of the Korean Continence Society starting Jan. 2016.

Dr. Chan is the Clinical Associate Professor (Honorary) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Consultant of the Division of Urology in the Prince of Wales Hospital.

Dr. Chan obtained his medical degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1998. He has joined the Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital since 1999 and has held the fellowships from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong and Doctoral Degree in Medicine (CUHK). In 2008, Dr. Chan completed his fellowship in Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, US. His interest in urology includes laparoscopic/robotic urologic surgery and translational bladder cancer research. In basic research, Dr. Chan developed a mouse orthotopic bladder cancer model and studied the anti-angiogenic therapy in bladder cancer. Currently, He is the president of The Hong Kong Society of Endourology and the council member of The Hong Kong Urological Association.

Dr. Kim is a female physician in the Department of Urology, Chonnam National University Hospital and also appointed as associate professor of Urology, Chonnam National University Medical School. She is the vice-general affairs of the Korean Continence Society and the director of public affairs of the Korean Society of Pediatric Urology.

She graduated from Chonnam National University Medical School in 2000 and has been working there for ten years after finishing her residency at Chonnam National University Hospital.

She has been working as a reviewer of Korean Journal of Urology. She has authored or coauthored for a number of peer-reviewed articles about clinical and basic research particularly focusing signal transporting system of lower urinary tract. She has received many awards, including the Korean Urological Association Annual Award and Korean Continence Society for the best clinical research.

Dr. Kim is the Acting Chief of the Division of Urology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Chief of the Section of Urologic Oncology at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey.

He has a clinical and laboratory interest in prostate and kidney cancer. After completing graduate and medical education at Northwestern University, Chicago, IL in 1997, he started the urology residency training at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. Then in 2000-2001, he went to the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and completed a one-year oncology research fellowship. Following the urology residency training in 2003, he moved on to complete a fellowship in Endourology, Laparoscopy, and Robotics with Dr. Ralph V. Clayman at the University of California, Irvine. After the completion of the clinical fellowship, he started as an assistant professor at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ on Aug 2005.

Since moving to Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, he has established a productive laboratory focused on inflammation/macrophages in prostate and kidney cancer and published 118 peer-reviewed manuscripts. Simultaneously he has performed over 1300 robotic prostatectomies.

Dr. Cho is a professor of the Department of Urology, Hallym Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University. He is the vice president of the Korean Urological Oncology Society.

He graduated from Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea in 1985. He completed his urology residency in 1990 at the Department of Urology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea and has been a faculty of the Department of Urology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea, since 1990. He got the PhD at the Department of Urology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. He served as a visiting scholar in Urology at the Northwestern University School of Medicine in 1997.

He had served as a member of editorial board of Korean Journal of Urology from 2004 to 2008. He has authored or coauthored over 90 peer-reviewed articles. He has received many awards, including the Korean Urological Association Annual Award for the best clinical research in the year in 2012.

Dr. Shingo Yamamoto graduated Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University in 1981, and started his carrier as an urologist. After training as a resident doctor, he entered Postgraduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto University, and studied and published papers regarding with virulence factors of uropathogenic E. coli.

In succession, he continued microbiological research as a visiting scientist at Immunobiology Vaccine Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA for 3 years. After coming back to Japan, he re-started to work as an urologist through Assistant Professor and Associate Professor, Department of Urology, Kyoto University, and Associate professor, Department of Urology, Hyogo College of Medicine. He has been Professor and Chairman, Department of Urology since 2009, and has been Director, Kidney Transplant Center, Hyogo College of Medicine since 2011.

Dr. Hong Sup Kim graduated from Wonju medical college, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea in 1984. He finished his internship in 1985 and residency of urology in 1988 at Wonju Severance Hospital. He also obtained doctoral degree in Medical science at graduate school of Hallym University.

Started as an Instructor of Urology at Konkuk University in 1990s, Dr. Hong Sup Kim has been devoting his days to studying urologic oncology. His enthusiasm led him to Indiana University where he finished Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship. His consistent effort was so appealing that the university appointed him as Professor (2004) and chairman of Urology (2006).

He is not only a great surgeon but also a great researcher and hospital manager. Dr. Kim has been an Editorial board in The Korean Journal of Urology (2006-2008) and currently is an Executive board in The Korean Society of Urologic Oncology. He is also an active member in The Korean society of Urology and The Korean Medical Association. But his remarkable research on prostate cancer is not limited to domestic publication. Being also an International (AUA, EAU) and member (SIU) of various associations, he research is discussed throughout the continent. His consistent research on prostate cancer and bladder cancer publication of amount of papers was honored as 2010 "Best of Posters" during the annual meeting of American Urologic Association held at San Francisco, California.

Ever since 2012, he is an International Exchange member of The Korean society of Urology. Even though he is filled with the work most of the time, he finds the great balance between the work and rest. He likes Golf and hiking. In his spare time, he also loves to spend his time with beloved family.

Dr. Jung-Sik Huh graduated from medical college, Kyunghee University, Seoul, Korea in 1992. He finished his ineternship in 1993 and residency of urology in 1997 at Kyunghee medical center. He also obtained doctoral degree in Medical science at graduate school of Kyunghee University. He had a chance to attend oversea program to study basic science for renal cell carcinoma and prostatic cancer in University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA under Dr. Fernando Kim and Dr. Hari Koul.

He made the foundation of Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Jeju National University in Jeju and was the first chairman of Department of Urology in 2001 and has been chief in Jeju Regional Cancer Center, Jeju since 2014.

He was interested in urogenital oncology, andrology, urinary tract infection, medical law, hospice and medical education.

He has served as an executive member of the Korean Association of Urogenital Tract Infection and Inflammation since 2014, the Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology since 2014. He has been serving as a reviewer for the Korean Journal of Urology, the World Journal of Men's Health, the Korean association of Urogenital tract Infection and Inflammation and the Korean Association of Medical Law. He has served as a member of the standards committee of the Korean Institute of Medical Education.

Dr. Yasushi Yoshino graduated from Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Aomori, Japan in 1993. Now he affiliates with the Japanese Urological Association (JUA), the Japanese Society of Endourology (JSE), the Japanese Continence Society (JCS), and so on.

He started his urological training after 2-year-internship including 1-year-program of anesthesiology. In 2000, he moved to Nagoya University to learn endourology, laparoscopic surgery and urologic oncology and related many Korean urologist who had taken the Nagoya-Laparoscopy-Training Program from 2002 to 2007. During this period, he also visited Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea for taking clinical fellowship of laparoscopic surgery in 2002.

He learned robotic surgery from Korea before generally establishing the robotic surgery in Japan and strove to expand and develop the quality and safety of robotic surgery. His clinical interest includes pathological oncology and engineering urology (robotics, regenerative urology and computational anatomy). He still handles Korean for exchange of opinion at the meeting and even today has friendly relations between Korea and Japan.

Dr. Ja Hyeon Ku graduated from Soonchunhyang University School of Medicine, Korea, in 1995 and completed his Urology training at Soonchunhyang University Hospital in 2000. He completed fellowships at Seoul National University Hospital (2003-2005) and subsequently obtained his Ph.D. in Department of Urology, Seoul National University College of Medicine (2005).

He was appointed a staff at Seoul Veterans Hospital, Korea (2005-2007) and moved to Department of Urology, Seoul National Hospital, Korea in 2007. He was studied bladder cancer as a Visiting Postdoc Fellow at Scott Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas under Dr. Seth P. Lerner (2011-2012). He has been the faculty member since 2007 and is now an associate professor in Department of Urology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea.

His clinical and research interests lie in the urologic cancers including urothelial carcinoma. He published more than 150 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. He has been also active member of Korean Urological Association and board member of Korean Urological Oncology Society. He has been serving as an Editorial Board for the Korean Journal of Urology, World Research Journal of Surgical Oncology, World Journal of Clinical Oncology, and Journal of Chinese Clinical Medicine.

Prof. Thomas I.S. Hwang is a graduate of Taipei Medical University. He was trained in Department of Surgery at Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, and Division of Urology at Veterans General Hospital-Taichung, and is board certified in General Surgery and Urology. He specialized in Urolithiasis at Health Science Center at Dallas (1986-1987), and in Impotence Research at University of California at San Francisco (1987). He is a member of national academic associations and international societies, such as AUA, SIU, ISSM and APSSM. He has a particular interest in Andrology, Urolithiasis, renal transplantation and infertility.

He had published more than one hundred papers in world renowned journals, in the field of erectile dysfunction, hypogonadism, BPH and prostate cancer. Currently, he is an academic faculty (professor) at School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taiwan and Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. He also chairs the Department of Surgery, Shin Kong WHS Memorial Hosptial since 2004. He is doing his best effort to expend the spectrum of transplantation to other desciplines (liver, heart, chest and intestine) clinically, and basic research of molecular biology and genitics (such as microRNA, autophagy) in Urol-oncology. Moreover, he was elected as the President of Taiwan Urological Association (TUA) in August 2012 (term: 2012-2014). He and the council member of TUA are doing hard to promote internationalism and upgrade the academic standard in Taiwan .

As an active translational scientist, Dr. Jay Kim aims to improving the means of objectively diagnosing and predicting responses to therapies in patients with urological diseases including prostate cancer, bladder cancer, or interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS) and to discover the mechanistic basis for these diseases. Her research is supported by eleven active research grants including R01, U01, and P01 from NIH, and awarded by American Foundation for Urological Disease (AFUD Research Scholar), Eleanor and Miles Shore Scholar at Harvard Medical School, Interstitial Cystitis Association (ICA, IMAGINE NO IC Research Award), The Steven Spielberg Discovery Fund in Prostate Cancer Research, and New York Academy of Medicine Scholar et al. She was originally trained as a cancer biologist at Harvard Medical School, and has been a rising leader of research on basic urological diseases. Her first appointment as an Assistant Professor was at Harvard Medical School, and she is now an Associated Professor of Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and University of California Los Angeles with a joint appointment of Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Kim has served as a President of the New England BioScience Society (NEBS), a major scientific society in the eastern United States in 2005, and has organized many scientific symposia in the US and in Korea, including the Korean World Urological Conference (KWUC) at the 2013 American Urological Association (AUA) as a Program Director. She has served as a reviewer and/or editor of 25 scientific journals (e.g., Journal of Urology, The Prostate, American Journal of Pathology, and PLOS ONE). She also has been served as a grant reviewer for the PRMRP (Department of Defense), and other external grants. As an active member of International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB), Human Proteome Organization (HUPO), American Association of Cancer Research (AACR), American Urological Association (AUA), Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine, Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU). She is also a mentor of American Urological Association Research Scholar Award, and Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Research Program-Postdoctoral Training Award.

Dr NG Chi Fai, Anthony graduated in the Chinese university of Hong Kong in 1993. He then joined Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, as surgical trainee. After his basic training, he decided to become an urologist and became a specialist in 2001. Attracted by the rapid development in endourology, he spent one year in Scotland, worked under Mr David Tolley, and gained extensive experience in endo-laparoscopic surgery and stone management.

After completion of his training, Dr Ng decided to join the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2006 and is currently Director and Professor of the S.H. Ho Urology Centre, Department of Surgery, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also the Course Director of the Robotic Surgery Training Programme, CUHK Hong Kong Jockey Club Minimally Invasive Surgical Skill Centre. He has a wide range of interest, in particular in prostate diseases, urolithiasis, and promotion of men's health. He was also honored with the Outstanding Young Urologist Award in 2010 by the Asian Congress of Urology, the International Guest Scholar 2012 of the American College of Surgeons and the World Chinese Urology Association Award 2014, as recognitions to his work in the field.

Besides clinical and research work, Dr Ng has also strong commitment in education and teaching. He is currently member of the educational subcommittee of the Hong Kong Urological Association and also the council member of the College of Surgeon of Hong Kong and also the Urology Board of the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong. He is actively involved in the planning of the urological training in Hong Kong. Also he has been awarded the Best teacher Award (2008-2009, 2011-2012) of the Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, for his contribution in undergraduate teaching. He has also initiated a series of public educational activities "Watchman" (included: webpage - www.watchman.hk; facebook page - watch!man ; iphone apps - watchman) to help to improve the public knowledge on Men's health related topics.

Dr. Chang Wook Jeong is an assistant professor in Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. He graduated from College of Medicine, Seoul National University and subsequently obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. in Medical Sciences from the same institution. He obtained his board certification in Urology at Seoul National University Hospital in 2006. He completed fellowships in uro-oncology, minimally invasive surgery, and robotic surgery at Seoul National University Hospital and uro-oncology and robotic surgery at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital.

He was appointed as a faculty at the Department of Urology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital in 2011 and he moved to Department of Urology, Seoul National University Hospital in 2013.

His research interest lies in the uro-oncology, minimally invasive surgery, endourology, surgical instruments, and decision making in treatment. He published more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles in these fields.

Dr. Benjamin Chung is Assistant Professor of Urology, Director of Robotic and Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia and completed his General Surgery preliminary training at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and Urology training at Lahey Clinic, Burlington, Massachusetts. He then completed a fellowship in endourology, laparoscopy, and robotics at Cleveland Clinic under Inderbir Gill, MD and Mihir Desai, MD.

Since 2006, he has been at Stanford University, where he is currently focusing his clinical and research interests on renal cell carcinoma and carcinoma of the prostate. He is also in the midst of completing a Masters of Epidemiology at Stanford, which will enable him to focus additional research interests on medication exposures and effects on cancer incidence.

He graduated from Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea in 1992. He completed his Urology residency at Severance Hospital in 2000. Following his residency, he was appointed Fellowship at Severance Hospital, Visiting Researcher in Laparoscopic Urologic Surgery at Nagoya University Hospital, Japan and Visiting Scholar at Department of Urology, UC Davis, California, USA.

He was appointed as a faculty at the Department of Urology, Hanyang University College of Medicine in 2001. He has been the faculty member at the Department of Urology, Ajou University School of Medicine since 2006.

The main focus of his clinical and research interests lies in urologic oncology. He has authored or co-authored over 80 peer-reviewed scientific publications, book chapters, and reviews.

Sung-Hoo Hong has graduated from the Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea in 1996. He finished his internship in 1997 and urology residency training in 2001 at Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul. He also obtained Doctoral degree at Graduate School of the Catholic University of Korea. Currently he is working as an associate professor at the Department of Urology, Catholic University of Korea and Seoul St. Mary's hospital. He has studied metastasis of prostate cancer at Jonsson comprehensive cancer center, UCLA, California, United States, under Dr. Robert E. Reiter.

He has authored or co-authored more than 60 peer-reviewed publications, is an active reviewer for numerous urologic and oncologic journals, and has served as a member of the Korean Journal of Urological Oncology's editorial board since 2012.

The main focus of his clinical and research interests lies in prostate and kidney cancer and other urologic cancers.

Dr. Seung Hyo Woo graduated from Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea, in 1996. He completed his internship (1007) and urology residency (2001) at the Department of Urology, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea. He also obtained doctoral degree in Medical science at Graduate School of Chungbuk National University.

He first joined the Department of Urology at Eulji University in 2002 as an assistant professor. Currently he is working as an associate professor in the Department of Urology, Eulji University College of Medicine and Eulji University Hospital. The main focus of his clinical research is in sexual medicine and pediatric urology. He has authored or co-authored more than 40 peer-reviewed publications in both local and international journals in the field of urology.

He has been also active member of Korean Urological Association, board member of Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology, and board member of The Korean Society of Pediatric Urology. He has been serving as a reviewer for the Korean Journal of Urology and the World Journal of Men's Health.

Dr. Ki Ho Kim graduated from Dongguk University College of Medicine, Korea, in 1999 and finished his Urology residency training in 2005 at Dongguk University Hospital, Gyoungju, Korea. He has been clinical fellow in the Department of Urology, Gyoungbuk National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea during 2005-2006 and first joined Dongguk University Hospital, Gyoungju, in 2007 as an assistant professor. He has been serving as a reviewer for the Korean Journal of Urology and is also an associate editor for the Korean Journal of Urogenital Tract Infection and Inflammation. He got the PhD degree in Urology at Dongguk University College of Medicine, Gyoungju, Korea.

He has served as an executive member of the Korean Association of Urogenital Tract Infection and Inflammation since 2007, the Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology since 2007 and the Korean Society of Pediatric Urology since 2005.

He is not only a great surgeon but also a great researcher and hospital manager. Dr. Kim has been an Editorial board in The Korean Journal of Urology (2006-2008) and currently is an Executive board in The Korean Society of Urologic Oncology. He is also an active member in The Korean society of Urology and The Korean Medical Association. But his remarkable research on prostate cancer is not limited to domestic publication. Being also an International (AUA, EAU) and member (SIU) of various associations, he research is discussed throughout the continent. His consistent research on prostate cancer and bladder cancer publication of amount of papers was honored as 2010 "Best of Posters" during the annual meeting of American Urologic Association held at San Francisco, California.

The main focus of his clinical and research interests lies in sexual medicine, male infertility, urogenital tract infection and inflammation, pediatric urological disease, and other urologic diseases.

Dr. Se Joong Kim is a Professor of the Department of Urology at Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.

He graduated from Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea in 1983. He also obtained PhD degree in Urology at Graduate School of Yonsei University. He completed his Urology residency at Yonsei University Medical Center in 1987. Following his residency training, he was a Clinical Fellow at Department of Urology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Department of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas and USC School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA, and Research Associate at Department of Urology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

He has been the faculty member of the Department of Urology, Ajou University School of Medicine since 1994. He was chairman in the Department of Urology, Ajou University School of Medicine from 2002 to 2009.

The main focus of his clinical and research interests lies in urologic oncology. He has authored or co-authored over 170 peer-reviewed scientific publications, book chapters, and reviews.

Dr. Jian Zhuo graduated from Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2007. He had been trained and joined to the Department of Urology, First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, PR China, and recently he was appointed as an assistant director of Center of Prostatic Diseases, Shanghai Jiaotong University.

He majored in prostatic diseases, especially in the minimally invasive surgery of BPH treatment. In recent years, the main focus of his clinical and research interests was the Thulium laser resection of the prostate. He had published relevant articles on World Journal of Urology (WJU), Lasers in Medical Science (LIMS), Asian Journal of Andrology (AJA), and Chinese Journal of Urology (CJU). In 2008, the study of Thulium laser resection of the prostate in his department had been published on European urology (EU).

Currently, he is taking the Youth Foundation of Shanghai's Health Bureau about the surgical treatment of larger prostate. He is also taking the Foundation of Key Clinical Discipline of National Health Ministry about Sexual Dysfunction. He also serves as a reviewer for Korean Journal of Urology.

Dr. Ji Youl Lee is a Professor and Director of the Urology Oncology Team at the St. Mary's Hospital of the Catholic University of Korea in Seoul, and recently he was appointed a director of out-patient department. He completed his Master's and Doctorate at the Catholic University. Following this, he completed his residency in Urology at St. Mary's Hospital and a Research fellowship in University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The main focus of his clinical and research interests lies in the genitourinary cancer (especially prostate cancer), minimally invasive surgery, and tissue engineering.

Currently, he successfully runs the Korea Prostate Bank established in 2006. It contains a nation-wide network of 29 hospitals in Korea and funded by government. It has also signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with major hospitals in USA, China, Japan, Taiwan, Australia and Singapore. He has been serving as an active member of Korean Urological Association (KUA), Korean Prostate Society (KPS) and Asian Pacific Prostate Society (APPS).

Dr. Hana Yoon graduated from Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, in 1994. She had been trained and joined to the Department of Urology at her alma mater in 2002 as an assistant professor.

In addition, she is a scientific reviewer for International Neurourology Journal, World Journal of Men's Health, International Journal of Urology, and International Journal of Impotence Research.

She has also been active members of the various academic societies; the chair of the educational committee of the Korean Continence Society, executive director of the Korean Association of Urogenital Tract Infection and Inflammation, executive director of Korean Association for Sexology, and Committee member of International Society for Sexual Medicine.

Currently she is working as a professor of Urology, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University. The main focus of her clinical and research interests lies in neurourology, female urology, and female sexual medicine. She has authored or co-authored more than 100 peer-reviewed publications in both domestic and international journals in the field of urology.

Dr. Han Jung is working as an associate professor in the Department of Urology, Gachon University Gil Medical Center. The main focus of his clinical and research interests lies in Urologic Oncology, Calculus in Kidney and pediatric urologic diseases. He has authored or co-authored more than 60 peer-reviewed publications in both local and international journals in the field of urology.

He has graduated from Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine in 1995. He finished his Urology residency training in 2000 at Asan Medical Center, Seoul. He also obtained PhD degree in Urology at Graduate School of Ulsan University.

He has been clinical fellow in the Department of Urology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA during 2010-2011. City of Hope is best known as a cancer treatment center. It has been designated a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute, a branch of the National Institutes of Health, part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

He has been also active member of Korean Urological Association, member of Korean Urological Oncology and member of Korean Endourological Society. He has been serving as a reviewer for the Korean Journal of Urology.

Dr. Tetsuya Takao is Associate Professor of the Department of Urology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, since 2011. He currently belongs to more than 20 medical societies, such as, American Society of Andrology, International Continence Society, Japanese Urological Association, Japan Society of Andrology, Japan Society for Reproductive Medicine, Japanese Society of Endourology, Japan Society for Transplantation, Japan Society of Clinical Oncology, and so on.

He graduated from Osaka University Medical School in 1995 and obtained MD. He worked as a resident and medical staff in Osaka University Hospital, Osaka Rosai Hospital and Minoh City Hospital during 1995-1999. He has been working as Research fellow in the Department of Cell Biology, New York University Medical Center, New York, USA during 2000-2002. He obtained PhD at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine in 2003. He served as clinical fellow at Osaka University Hospital and subsequently Assistant Professor of Urology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine since 2005.

Dr. Cho is a professor of the Department of Urology, Inje Univeristy College of Medicine and director of the Department of Urology, Ilsanpaik Hospital.

He graduated from Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea in 1985. He completed his urology residency in 1993 at the Department of Urology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea and has been faculty member of the Department of Urology, Inje University College of Medicine, Gimhae, Korea, since 1995. He got the PhD degree at the Department of Pharmacology, Korea Univeristy College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

He had been senior fellow in the Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA during 1998-1999 (mentor: John N. Kreiger). At that time he was studied for PCR in chronic prostatitis.

He has served as an executive member of the Korean Association of Urogenital Tract Infection and Inflammation since 1999, the Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology since 1993 and the Korean Prostate Society since 1997.

The main focus of his clinical and research interests lies in the prostatic disease, especially prostatitis, urogenital infection and andrology. He has about 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications on his concern fields.

He also serves as a reviewer for Korean Journal of Urology, Korean Journal of Urogenital Tract Infection and Inflammation, and Korean Journal of Andrology.

Dr. Choi is a professor of the Department of Urology, Yonsei University College of Medicine and directors of Robot and Minimal Invasive Surgery Center, Clinical Trials Center for Medical Devices and Urologic Cancer Center, Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea. He is also the president of the Korean Society of Urological Research.

He graduated from Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea in 1986. He completed his urology residency in 1991 and has been faculty member of the Department of Urology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, since 1998. He has been research fellow in the Department of Urology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA during 2001-2002.

Dr. Choi has performed more than 1409 robotic surgeries including 1100 cases of robot-assisted radical prostatectomies until Aug. 2013. Especially, he is a fast and unique robotic surgeon carrying out the extraperitoneal robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in the world. In addition, he performed more than 900 cases of urologic oncologic surgeries under general anesthesia including bladder, renal, and prostate cancer in 2012.

His research interest includes two primary topics as survivals for urologic malignancies and new technology for various diseases. He has more than 150 peer-reviewed scientific publications on urologic oncology.

Dr. Hyun Jun Park graduated from Pusan National University College of Medicine, Korea, in 1998 and first joined the Department of Urology at his alma mater in 2004 as an assistant professor. He has been serving as a reviewer for the Korean Journal of Urology and is also an editor in chief for the World Journal of Men's Health.

In addition, he is a scientific reviewer for International Journal of Urology, Aging Male, and International Journal of Impotence Research. He has also been active in various academic societies, including working as the director of information committee for the Korean Association for Sexology, as the director of publication committee for the Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology, and as vice managing executive officer of the Korean Society for Men’s Health and Aging.

Currently he is working as an associate professor in the Department of Urology, Pusan National University College of Medicine and Pusan National University Hospital. The main focus of his clinical and research interests lies in sexual medicine, male infertility, prostatic disease, and other urologic diseases. He has authored or co-authored more than 80 peer-reviewed publications in both local and international journals in the field of urology and andrology field.

Taek Won Kang obtained his medical degree at the Medical School of Chonnam National University, Korea, and completed his urology residency in 2003 and has been staff member of the Department of Urology, Chonnam National University Hospital, Korea, since 2003. He concluded a 1-year research fellowship at the Department of Urology, Indiana University, Indiana, United States, under the training of Dr. Chinghai.

He has authored or co-authored more than 80 peer-reviewed publications, is an active reviewer for numerous urologic and oncologic journals, and has served as a member of KJU's editorial board at large since 2012.

His clinical and research interests embrace the field of urologic oncology. His research is focused on molecular mechanisms, markers, early detection, prediction of prognosis, and translational research about kidney, prostate and bladder cancers.

Dr. Yun Seob Song has graduated from Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea in 1987. He finished his Urology residency training in 1992 at Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital, Seoul. He also obtained PhD degree in Pharmacology at Graduate School of Yonsei University.

He started his career as clinical lecturer at University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital, Seoul in 1995 and became an permanent lecturer at Soonchunhyang University Hospital, Seoul in 1997. He became a professor in 2008.

He is interested in prostate, voiding dysfunction and erectile dysfunction. Clinical and basic research are investigated including prostate, stem cells, cancer stem cell, cell mediated gene therapy, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

He earned the best article of Korean Urological Association in 2005 and 2007. He also earned the best presentation in 2007 Asia Pacific Society for Sexual Medicine, the second prize for basic science in 2012 Asia Pacific Prostate Society, the third best abstract of basic research in 2013 European Association of Urology annual meeting.

He has been also active member of Korean Urological Association, Director of Korean Continence Society, Director of Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology and Active member of Korean Urological Oncology. He has served as an editorial board in Korean Journal of Urology from 2006 to 2008. Currently, he is an editorial board in LUTS.

Dr. Kijun Song has taken Ph.D in biostatistics from Yonsei University, Korea in 2004 and has been working for Department of Biostatistics, Yonsei University College of Medicine since 1997.

He has been serving as a biostatistics consultant for Korean Journal of Urology since 2006. Especially, he assesses the appropriateness of statistical methodology, interpretation, and description in submitted papers of Korean Journal of Urology. Also, he is a reviewer of statistics for Journal of Korean Academic of Nursing Administration, Journal of Health Informatics and Statistics, and Healthcare Informatics Research.

He has been a member of academic societies such as International Biometric Society, Korean Society of Statistics, Korean Society of Health Informatics and Statistics, Korean Society for Clinical Trial, and Korean Society of Biostatistics. He has been joined for hundreds of various clinical researches such as Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research, Cardiovascular Genome Research, Translational Research Informatics, Research on the Assessment of laparoscopic Surgery, and etc.

He is interested in clinical prediction modeling, statistics in clinical trials, longitudinal data analysis, and statistical genetics.

Currently, he is working at Department of Biostatistics Yonsei University College of Medicine and Liver Cirrhosis Clinical Research Center as an assistant professor.

Dr. Koon Ho Rha is Professor of Urology and Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Center. He underwent fellowship training in minimally invasive and laparoscopic surgery at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution as Engineering and Urology endowed fellow, and served as visiting Assistant Professor in Urology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Dr. Rha first performed robotic prostatectomy in East Asia in 2005 and has performed the most cases in Asia with more than 1500 cases of robotic cases including some 1300 cases of robotic prostatectomies. With cumulative experiences, Dr. Rha’s team developed world’s first robotic approaches of nephroureterectomies and single-incision partial nephrectomies. His research interest includes robotic platform and device development. He has performed robotic surgery and proctored more than 60 occasions, including US, China, Japan, Taiwan, Czech Republic, Singapore, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia and Malaysia.

Dr. Rha has more than 130 peer-reviewed scientific publications on minimally invasive urological surgery. He was the editor of Korean Journal of Endourology and currently Associate Editor of Korean Journal of Urology and member of editorial board of BJU International, International Journal of Urology and Journal of Robotic Surgery. He also serves as reviewer for Journal of Urology and Journal of Endourology.

Dr. Jae Shin Park has graduated from Kyungpook National University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea in 1982. He finished his internship at National Medical Center, Seoul (1983) and urology residency training at Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Daegu in 1990. He also obtained Doctroral degree in Medical Science at Graduate School of Keimyung University.

He started his career as a clinical urologist at Daegu Catholic University Medical Center, Daegu in 1990 and became an assistant professor in 1991. His interest in pediatric urology made him to spend a year (1996-1997) as a research fellow at Children’s National Medical Center, affiliated with George Washington University Hospital, Washington, D.C, USA. During and after that time, he published several papers regarding renal scarring after acute pyelonephritis and pyeloplasty for uretero-pelvic junction obstruction in children. After returning to Korea, he has continued his career as a specialist in a field of pediatric urology and also in uro-oncology to become a professor at 2000.

He has been also very active in various academic society, including working as a board member in The Korean Urology Association, The Korean Society of Pediatirc Urology, The Korean Uorological Oncology Society, The Korean Prostate Society and The Korean Andrological Society. He also did many paper-works locally and internationally. He has served as an editor in Korean Journal of Pediatric Urology from 2006 to 2010 and an editorial board member in Korean Journal of Urology from 2008 to 2012. He also published more than 70 papers in both local and international journals in the field of pediatric urology and the other urology field. Currently, he is an editorial board member in Case Reports in Urology.

Dr. Chung is a specialist in Urologic Oncology at Department of Urology, Center for Prostate Cancer, National Cancer Center, Korea and is also a chief scientist of Genitourininary Cancer Branch in Division of Translational & Clinical Research II, National Cancer Center Research Institute. Currently he is a full member of American Society of Clinical Oncology, corresponding member of the European Association of Urology and an international member of American Urological Association.

After obtaining his MD from Seoul National University College of Medicine, he completed his Internship and Residency training at Seoul National University Hospital in 1994, and completing a Clinical Fellowship in Urology at Ulsan University Hospital. He also obtained Doctoral degree in Medical Science at Graduate School of Seoul National University in 2001. Prior to present appointment, he served as Instructor and subsequently Assistant Professor of Urology, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan. He has been visiting Assistant Researcher in the Department of Urology, School of medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA during 2004-2005.

As a specialist in Urologic Oncology, Dr. Chung maintain active research programs, with interests centered on clinical and translational research on the treatment of Renal cell carcinoma and he have run several clinical trials on treatment and research of mRCC and adjuvant, neoadjuvant trials on RCC with several targeted agents, including several Phase II or III clinical trials. He has published more than 60 clinical and research articles in both local and international journals in the fields of Urooncology and contributed to several book charters in Korea. He is a reviewer for several urologic and scientific journals and had been an editorial board member of Korean Journal of Urology from 2008 to 2012. He received the best reviewer of the year 2010, The Korean Journal of Urology.

Dr. Sung Kyu Hong graduated from Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea, in 1996 and first joined the Department of Urology at his alma mater in 2007 as an assistant professor. He has been serving as an associate editor for the Korean Journal of Urology since 2009 and is also an editorial board member for Case Reports in Urology and Prostate International.

In addition, he is a scientific reviewer for European Urology, Journal of Urology, Prostate, BJU International, UROLOGY, International Journal of Urology, BMC Urology, and Journal of Medicinal Food. He has also been active in various academic societies, including working as the director of international communications for the Asian Pacific Prostate Society (APPS) and as vice managing executive officer of the Korean Prostate Society.

Currently as an associate professor in the Department of Urology, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, he is working at the Sidney Kimmel Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, as a visiting scholar (mentors: Peter T. Scardino, James A. Eastham, and Hans Lilja). The main focus of his clinical and research interests lies in prostate cancer, prostatic disease, and other urologic cancers.