Ashok Hemal

Professor
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Dr. Hemal is working as a professor in the department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center & Prof., Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. He is well known for his pioneering work in minimally invasive surgery. He has been active in the field of endourology since 1989, laparoscopy since 1992 and robot-assisted surgery since 2001. His contributions to laparoscopic & robot-assisted urologic surgery include the development of new techniques in uro-oncology & commitment to sharing and disseminating knowledge. He has conducted live demonstrations of endourological, laparoscopic & robot-assisted urologic procedures at more than 350 conferences around the world. He has been a visiting professor to more than 350 institutions around the globe to deliver guest lectures and keynote speeches. His trainees have been involved in the establishment of more than 50 minimally invasive programs. He has edited six books & 450 scientific papers and chapters in the book. He is on editorial board of several journals and President of society of robotic urologic surgery.He serves as a member of scientific committee in American Urology Association, World Congress of Endourology & SIU. Dr. Hemal has been the recipient of many academic distinctions and awards. He has been awarded three times by President of India including the most prestigious honor a physician can receive, the “Dr. B.C. Roy Award,” in 2004 for his contributions in the field of cost-effective minimally invasive surgery and highest civilian honor “Padma-Shree” in 2007 for development of robotic urologic surgery. Other prestigious awards to his credit are Urologist of the Decade award, Guest Scholar of the American College of Surgeons, SIU scholar and Fulbright scholar. Dr. Hemal is consistently included in Best Doctors of America, Top Doctors of America, Top Prostate Cancer Specialists and Who’s Who in the World for past several years.

Presentation(s):

• Discussion: Cost Effectiveness of Robotic Surgery

  Thursday, September 20
  2:48 PM – 3:00 PM

• Prostate Cancer

  Thursday, September 20
  3:00 PM – 4:20 PM

• Robotic Total Prostatectomy - Could It Be A New Player In Management of Low Risk Cancer Prostate?

  Thursday, September 20
  3:40 PM – 3:52 PM

• UTUC and Endourology - Robotic Management

  Friday, September 21
  12:00 PM – 12:30 PM

• Nightmares in Lower Tract Urologic Surgery

  Sunday, September 23
  9:45 AM – 10:15 AM

• Hot Topics from the Journal of Endourology and Video Urology

  Sunday, September 23
  2:40 PM – 2:55 PM

• Where's the Evidence?

  Sunday, September 23
  2:55 PM – 3:25 PM