Ali R. Kural
Professor of Urology
Acibadem University, Department of Urology, Istanbul, Turkey
Dr Ali Riza Kural , graduated from Istanbul University School of Medicine in 1974. He was specialized in Urology at Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul University. His main interests are Endourology and Urooncology. Professor Kural worked in Edinburgh Western General Hospital between March and October 1985 as an honorary registrar. Then, he initiated one of the first “Endoscopic urinary stone treatment programme including ureteroscopic and percutaneous nephrolithotomy” in 1986 and the first “Laparoscopic urological oncology program” in 2002, in Turkey. He was the first built “Robotic Urology Programme” in the region in 2005 and completed more than 1400 robotic procedures succesfully. He served as a Board member of European Robotic Urological Society between 2010 and 2016. Dr Kural is currently an active member of Board of Directors and President of Endourological Society. He arranged many local and international scientific meetings, training courses successfully including 30th World Congress of Endourology and SWL, which was held in Istanbul, Turkey in 2012 with 2.672 participants. He was Honorary Chair of Urology during 22nd SLS meeting in Reston/Virginia in 2013. Dr Kural is the chairman of the Minimally Invasive and Robotic Urology section in Acibadem University, Maslak Hospital currently.
Presentation(s):
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Thursday, September 20
9:00 AM – 9:05 AM -
Concluding Remarks / Installment of the New President
Thursday, September 20
5:50 PM – 6:00 PM -
Friday, September 21
8:30 AM – 10:30 AM -
Welcome: Endourology Society President
Friday, September 21
8:40 AM – 8:45 AM -
Friday, September 21
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM -
Introduction of the New President
Sunday, September 23
8:26 AM – 8:35 AM -
Lessons Learned from Open to Laparoscopic to Robotic-Assisted Surgery
Sunday, September 23
8:35 AM – 8:45 AM