UPMC Department of Urology at AUA 2026

This weekend, the UPMC Department of Urology will be participating in the American Urological Association (AUA) 2026 Annual Meeting. As leaders in innovative urological care, research, and education, our faculty will be onsite to participate in educational sessions and gather for a colleagues, alumni, and friends reception hosted by the Department of Urology.

We invite you to explore our faculty's presentation schedule and RSVP for our evening reception hosted by our Department Chair, Quoc-Dien Trinh, MD, MBA.

Educational Participation

Friday, May 15

Mohammadreza Askarpour, MD

• Session: IP15: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Epidemiology, Evaluation & Medical Non-surgical Therapy
  • IP15-15: Revisit embryonic reawakening in BPH through Hayflick analysis of prostatic stromal cells
    • 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
    • 146B

Paul Rusilko, DO, FACS

• Session: Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons (GURS)
  • Erectile Dysfunction and Incontinence: Patient with Stress Incontinence and Concomitant Refractory ED
    • 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM
    • Marriott Marquis: Independence Ballroom Salon B

Folawiyo Laditi, MD

• Session: Society of Fetal Urology Meeting
  • Giant Prostatic Utricle Causing Significant Mass Effect in a Newborn: A Case and Management Approach
    • 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Saturday, May 16

Quoc-Dien Trinh, MD, MBA

• Session: AUA/Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia Program (AUA/SBU)
  • AI-Driven and Machine-Learning Predictive Models
    • 8:18 AM - 8:23 AM
    • 140A

Sunday, May 17

Christopher Chermansky, MD

• Plenary: Sunday Morning
  • Crossfire: Controversies in Urology: Hydrodistension Should be Used for Therapy for IC/BPS
    • 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
    • Hall D

Bruce Jacobs, MD, MPH

• Session: IP60: Health Policy Research
• IP60-06: The Impact of For-Profit Hospice Providers on End-of-Life Care for Prostate Cancer Decedents
  • 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • 147B

Christopher Chermansky, MD

• Session: From the Bench to Bedside: Urologic Discovery and Clinical Innovation
  • Bench to Bedside Success Stories Part 1: Our Journey to the NIH Neuromod Prize
    • 10:27 AM - 10:37 AM
    • 202B

Christopher Chermansky, MD

• Session: From the Bench to Bedside: Urologic Discovery and Clinical Innovation
  • Bench to Bedside Success Stores Panel Discussion & Audience Ask the Innovators
    • 10:47 AM - 10:54 AM
    • 202B

Quoc-Dien Trinh, MD, MBA

• IP61: Health Services Research: Quality Improvement & Patient Safety II
  • 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • 145AB

Tyler Overholt Daniel, MD

• Session: IP64: Pediatrics IV
  • IP64-20: Quantitative assessment of lower urinary tract dysfunction in ureterocele patients
    • 1:00 PM - 3:00PM
    • 146C

Pradeep Tyagi, PhD

• Session: IP69: Adrenal, Bladder & Urethra
  • IP69-22: Magnetic resonance (MR) Fingerprinting Reveals Water Reabsorption from Human Bladder
    • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
    • 146B

Christopher Chermansky, MD

• PD24: Urodynamics/Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction/Female Pelvic Medicine: Neuromodulation
  • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
  • 207A

Monday, May 18

Avanish Madhavaram

• Session: IP74: Health Services Research: Value of Care, Cost and Outcomes Measures
  • IP74-29: Long-term impacts of COVID-19 health system disruptions on outcomes following major cancer surgery
    • 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
    • 146A

Vanessa Peña, MD

• Session: IP74: Health Services Research: Value of Care, Cost and Outcome Measures
  • IP74-17: Economic Implications of Reduced Prostate Cancer Screening Among Men Enrolled in High-Deductible Health Plans
    • 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
    • 146A

Jodi Maranchie, MD

• IP84: Kidney Cancer: Basic Research & Pathophysiology
  • 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • 147B

Avanish Madhavaram

• Session: IP80: Health Services Research: Practice Patterns, Quality of Life and Shared Decision Making II
  • IP80-16: Patient preferences for treatment of intermediate-risk prostate cancer: A discrete choice experiment
    • 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM
    • 146A

Other AUA Activities

• Quoc-Dien Trinh, MD, MBA will be presented the AUA Health Advancement & Impact Award