Invited Faculty

The chart is organized in alphabetical order by last name.

Rajeev Kumar

Professor of Urology, All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Rajeev Kumar

Professor of Urology, All India Institute Of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Rajeev Kumar is Professor of Urology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India where he obtained all his medical training. His principal areas of clinical work are minimally invasive urology with a focus on adrenal surgeries, percutaneous stone surgery, and microsurgery for male infertility. His research interests are MR techniques for prostate cancer diagnosis and aetiology of male infertility. He has published over 300 scientific articles and book chapters and delivered over 100 international lectures. He is Editor of The National Medical Journal of India, was Editor of the Indian Journal of Urology, and serves in various editorial capacities for the Journal of Urology, International Journal of Urology, and Investigative & Clinical Urology. He is Adjunct Secretary General of the Urological Association of Asia (UAA), immediate Past-President of the Société Internationale d' Urologie (SIU), and a member of the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons (AAGUS). He is also a Director of the World Association of Medical Editors.
Hann-Chorng Kuo

Chairman, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital and Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taiwan

Hann-Chorng Kuo

Chairman, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital and Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taiwan

ACU Lecture Topic: Videourodynamic Study for Precision Diagnosis and Management of Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction

Professor Hann-Chorng Kuo was graduated from National Taiwan University (NTUH) in 1979. He received his residency training for four years after serving in the army. He was promoted as a visiting staff in NTUH and lecture of the National Taiwan University in 1985. Then he went to Hofuf, Saudi Arabia and served in Hofuf General Hospital for one year as a diplomatic supportive doctor. In 1988, Hann-Chorng moved to Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan and served as the chief of the department of Urology in Tzu Chi General Hospital (TCGH) till now. Currently Hann-Chorng is also the vice Chief Executive Officer of the Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation and is in charge of the research advance of the Tzu Chi General Hospital group.

He devoted himself into clinical and research works in neurourology and urodynamics, and has published more than 709 peer reviewed papers. Dr. Kuo's research interests involve urodynamics, lower urinary tract symptoms, interstitial cystitis, overactive bladder, spinal cord injury, neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction, and basic sciences. In recent 20 years, he has a great interest in application of using botulinum toxin injection in treatment of lower urinary tract dysfunction, including neurogenic and non-neurogenic detrusor overactivity, voiding dysfunction due to urethral sphincter dyscoordination, and interstitial cystitis. He had received invitation to give lectures and workshops in Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea for the technics and application of botulinum toxin treatment on functional urology. He had also been invited to attend AUA, EAU, JUA, KUA, and UAA for special lecture and speakers in thematic symposia.

In 2015 UAA in Taiwan, Hann-Chorng had been in charge of the workshop of the simulative surgery held in the Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan. The simulative surgery workshop was the first one workshop using whole body cadaver to perform laparoscopic surgery, pelvic floor surgery and dissection, which had inspired many participants about the humanity in urological medicine. The 2025 UAA in Taiwan will also have a simulative surgery workshop in Hualien and Hann-Chorng will again be in charge of this workshop.

Hann-Chorng had gained his professor title in Tzu Chi University School of Medicine in 2001. He was the president of the Taiwan Continence Society (TCS) in 2006 through 2012 and was the president of Taiwan Urological Association (TUA) from 2014 t0 2016. In the field of scientific journals, he currently is the Editor-in-Chief of the Tzu Chi Medical Journal, associate editor of LUTS, Continence (official journal of International Continence Society), and Urological Science (Taiwan), member of the advisory board of Nature Review Urology, and is the editor of British Journal of Urology International, International Brazil Journal of Urology, International Neurourology Journal, Korean Journal of Urology, and Current Bladder Reports.
Jia-Lun Kwok

Department of Urology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

Jia-Lun Kwok

Department of Urology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
Kyaw Soe Kyaw

President, Myanmar Urological Association, Myanmar

Kyaw Soe Kyaw

President, Myanmar Urological Association, Myanmar
Winnie Lam

Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Division of Radiological Sciences, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

Winnie Lam

Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Division of Radiological Sciences, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
Hio Fai Lao

President, Macau Urological Society, Macau

Hio Fai Lao

President, Macau Urological Society, Macau
Martin Lau

Associate Consultant, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong

Martin Lau

Associate Consultant, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong

Dr. Lau Ka-Wing graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is a gynaecologist at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong. His special interests include advanced laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgery, intrapartum and perineal ultrasound. Supervised by Professor Clara Shek and Professor Peter Dietz, he underwent training on pelvic floor ultrasound in Australia. He is also an active contributor to medical education, with his interest in medical 3D design and manufacturing, he runs workshops to promote the use of vaginoscopic techniques and laparoscopic urogynaecological surgeries.
Weida Lau

Department of Urology, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore

Weida Lau

Department of Urology, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Singapore

Dr Weida Lau is Head of Department and Senior Consultant of Urology at KTPH, National Healthcare Group Singapore. He trained in Andrology and Reconstructive Urology at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust between 2018 and 2019. He is presently the Vice President of the Singapore Urological Association (SUA) and the Honorary Secretary of the Society of Men's Health Singapore (SMHS). At KTPH, he started low-intensity shockwave therapy (2018), Rezūm ablation of prostate (2021), UroLift (2022), and iTinds (2024) for the treatment of men with sexual dysfunction and prostate problems in the northern region of Singapore. His main research areas include low-intensity shockwave therapy, penile oncology, and urethral reconstruction.
Dinh Khanh Le

President, Vietnam Urology and Nephrology Association, Vietnam

Dinh Khanh Le

President, Vietnam Urology and Nephrology Association, Vietnam
Brian K. Lee

Transplant Nephrologist, Department of Internal Medicine, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, United States

Brian K. Lee

Transplant Nephrologist, Department of Internal Medicine, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, United States

Brian K. Lee, MD, is a board-certified transplant nephrologist and the Medical Director of the Kidney Transplant Program within the Abdominal Transplant Center, the clinical partnership between Ascension Seton and UT Health Austin. He specializes in caring for both adult and young adult patients with end-stage kidney disease who may benefit from a kidney transplant. Additionally, Dr. Lee is a professor in the Dell Medical School Department of Internal Medicine at The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Lee earned his medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He completed both an internship and residency in internal medicine as well as a fellowship in nephrology and hypertension at MetroHealth Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University. He also completed a fellowship in transplant nephrology at the University of California, San Francisco and a fellowship in integrative medicine at The University of Arizona to inform patients on the use of complementary and alternative medicine during the kidney transplant process. Dr. Lee previously served as the Medical Director of the Living Kidney Donor Program at the University of California, San Francisco, where his team performed evaluations to get patients added to the kidney transplant wait list, evaluated prospective living donors, and ensured compatibility between donors and recipients. In his current role, in addition to helping complete pre-surgical workups, he provides care for patients after surgery and follows up with patients to manage immunosuppression and any other complications that may occur. If a patient's kidneys fail after surgery, he helps evaluate the patient for a second transplant. His research focuses on living donation, and he studies the barriers to donation, the outcomes of transplants from living donors, and ways to optimize kidney function and longevity following living donor transplantation. He also studies how to desensitize recipients (lower antibody levels) to lower their risk of a rapid, severe rejection of the transplanted organ. He is a member of the American Society of Nephrology, the American Society of Transplantation, and the National Kidney Registry. Dr. Lee is a transplant nephrologist with UT Health Austin.