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International Faculty

CAEC26 features a distinguished international faculty of leading endourologists recognized for excellence in urolithiasis management and minimally invasive urologic surgery. Our guest speakers include EAU leaders, pioneers of modern endourology, and high-impact academic surgeons who have defined standards in flexible ureteroscopy, PCNL, laser lithotripsy, and advanced endourologic technologies.

Discover the CAEC26 faculty below—experts driving evidence-based practice, innovation, and education in contemporary endourology and stone disease management.


Olivier Traxer Professor of Urology and Chairman of the Urology Department, Tenon Hospital, Sorbonne University, Paris, France. A world-leading expert in endourology and urolithiasis, he directs the GRC n°20 Clinical Research Group on Urinary Stone Disease and chairs the EAU's EndoUroTechnology Section. He has authored over 1,000 publications (>20,000 citations) and pioneered advancements in flexible ureteroscopy, laser lithotripsy, and minimally invasive techniques.

Olivier Traxer

Professor of Urology and Chairman
Urology Department, Tenon Hospital, Sorbonne University
Paris, France

 World-leading expert in endourology and urolithiasis pioneer in flexible ureteroscopy, laser lithotripsy, and minimally invasive techniques. Chair of the EAU Section of Endourology

Evangelos Liatsikos Professor of Urology and Director of the Urology Department, University Hospital of Patras, University of Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece. Chairman of the European School of Urology (ESU) and former Chair of the EAU Section of Uro-Technology (ESUT). Renowned for expertise in endourology, laparoscopy, robotics, and minimally invasive urologic surgery.

Evangelos Liatsikos

Professor of Urology and Director 
Urology Department University Hospital of Patras, University of Patras Medical School 
Patras, Greece

Renowned for expertise in endourology, laparoscopy, robotics, and minimally invasive urologic surgery. Chair of the European School of Urology and former Chair of the EAU Section of Uro-Technology

Thomas Knoll Professor of Urology and Chairman, Department of Urology, Klinikum Sindelfingen-Böblingen (affiliated with University of Tübingen), Sindelfingen, Germany. Chair of the EAU Section Office. Internationally recognized for contributions to endourology, urolithiasis management, and minimally invasive procedures, with extensive research and leadership in European urology.

Thomas Knoll

Professor and Chair of Urology 
Department of Urology, Klinikum Sindelfingen-Böblingen, University of Tübingen 
Sindelfingen, Germany 

Internationally recognized for contributions to endourology, urolithiasis management, and minimally invasive procedures, with extensive research and leadership in European urology. Chair of the EAU Section Office

Laurian Dragos Consultant Urologist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Specializes in endourology, general urology, uro-oncology, and academic urology, with focus on minimally invasive techniques and clinical outcomes.

Laurian Dragos

Consultant Urologist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Specializes in endourology, general urology, uro-oncology, and academic urology, with focus on minimally invasive techniques and clinical outcomes


Vineet Gauhar Senior Consultant Urologist (Principal Resident Physician in Urology), Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore. Endourology fellowship chair and active researcher in stone disease, suction technologies in ureteroscopy, and minimally invasive urology; involved in international guidelines and global surveys on endourologic innovations.

Vineet Gauhar  

Senior Consultant Urologist, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital
Singapore

Endourology fellowship chair and active researcher in stone disease, suction technologies in ureteroscopy, and minimally invasive urology; involved in international guidelines and global surveys on endourologic innovations

Peter Alken Former Professor of Urology, Head and Chairman of the Department of Urology, University Medical Center Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany (retired 2008). Pioneer of modern endourology and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL); internationally acclaimed for foundational contributions to stone treatment over decades.

Peter Alken  

Professor of Urology, Former Chair of the Department of Urology 
University Medical Center Mannheim, Heidelberg University 
Mannheim, Germany

Pioneer of modern endourology and percutaneous nephrolithotomy, internationally acclaimed for foundational contributions to stone treatment over decades

Saeed Bin Hamri Consultant Urologist and Chairman, Urology Department, SMC Hospitals / King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Expert in minimally invasive uro-surgery, flexible ureterorenoscopy, and laser technologies; founding member and Vice-President of the International Urolithiasis Society, with strong focus on advanced stone management.

Saeed Bin Hamri  

Consultant Urologist and Chair 
Urology Department, SMC Hospitals/King Fahad Medical City 
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 

Expert in minimally invasive uro-surgery, flexible ureterorenoscopy, and laser technologies; founding member and Vice-President of the International Urolithiasis Society, with strong focus on advanced stone management

Panagiotis Kallidonis Associate Professor of Urology, University of Patras, Patras, Greece. Specializes in endourology, laparoscopy, and minimally invasive techniques for urolithiasis and uro-oncology.

Panagiotis Kallidonis 

Associate Professor of Urology 
Urology Department University Hospital of Patras 
Patras, Greece

Specializes in endourology, laparoscopy, and minimally invasive techniques for urolithiasis and uro-oncology


Sung Yong Cho Professor of Urology and Head of the Stone-Endourology Center, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea. Leading expert in complex stone disease management, flexible ureteroscopy, and innovative endourologic approaches in Asia.

Sung Yong Cho  

Professor of Urology and Head of the Stone-Endourology Center, 
Seoul National University Hospital 
Seoul, South Korea

Leading expert in complex stone disease management, flexible ureteroscopy, and innovative endourologic approaches in Asia

Helene Jung Senior Consultant and Associate Professor, Hospital Lillebaelt Vejle (affiliated with University of Southern Denmark), Odense/Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark. Focuses on endourology, urolithiasis, and minimally invasive urologic procedures.

Helene Jung

Senior Consultant and Associate Professor 
Hospital Lillebaelt Vejle, University of Southern Denmark 
Odense, Denmark

Focuses on endourology, urolithiasis, and minimally invasive urologic procedures

Hsiang Ying Lee Associate Professor, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Specializes in endourology, stone disease, and advanced minimally invasive urologic surgery.

Hsiang Ying Lee

Associate Professor 
Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital 
Kaohsiung, Taiwan  

Specializes in endourology, stone disease, and advanced minimally invasive urologic surgery.

Aly Abdel Karim Professor of Urology, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. Renowned for expertise in endourology and minimally invasive management of urinary stones.

Aly Abdel Karim

Professor of Urology 
Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University 
Alexandria, Egypt 

Renowned for expertise in endourology and minimally invasive management of urinary stones, President of the Society of Mediterranean Minimally Invasive Surgery in Urology (MMISU)


Emre Sener Associate Professor of Urology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey. Active in endourology, laparoscopy, and stone disease research and treatment.

Emre Sener

Associate Professor of Urology 
Marmara University School of Medicine 
Istanbul, Turkey

Active in endourology, laparoscopy, and stone disease research and treatment.

Tzevat Tefik Professor of Urology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. Specializes in endourology, minimally invasive surgery, and urolithiasis.

Tzevat Tefik  

Professor of Urology 
Istanbul University 
Istanbul, Turkey

Specializes in endourology, minimally invasive surgery, and urolithiasis.

Nariman Gadzhiev Professor of Urology, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Expert in endourology and advanced stone management techniques

Nariman Gadzhiev  

Professor of Urology 
Saint Petersburg State University
Saint 
Petersburg, Russia

Expert in endourology and advanced stone management techniques.

Vigen Malkhasyan Professor of Urology, University Clinic of Urology, Moscow State Medical University (based at Spasokukotsky Hospital), Moscow, Russia. Focuses on endourology, minimally invasive urologic procedures, and clinical education.

Vigen Malkhasyan  

Professor of Urology 
University Clinic of Urology, Moscow State Medical University 
Moscow, Russia

Focuses on endourology, minimally invasive urologic procedures, and clinical education.


Jakhongir Alidjanov Consultant Urologist, Nuremberg Hospital, Nuremberg, Germany. Specializes in endourology and minimally invasive urology.

Jakhongir Alidjanov  

Consultant Urologist 
Nuremberg Hospital 
Nuremberg, Germany 

Specializes in endourology and minimally invasive urology.

Arman Tsaturyan

Associate Professor of Urology 
Astghik Medical Center 
Yerevan, Armenia

Active in endourology and stone disease management.

David Nikoleishvili Professor of Urology and Head of International Laparoscopic Training Center Olympus, MediClub Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia. Expert in laparoscopy, endourology, and minimally invasive training.

David Nikoleishvili

Professor and Chair of Urology 
Urology Department
Caucasus Medical Center 
Tbilisi, Georgia

Head of International Olympus Laparoscopic Training Center. Expert in laparoscopy and minimally invasive surgery

Alim Dymov Associate Professor of Urology, First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov, Moscow, Russia. Specializes in endourology and minimally invasive techniques.

Alim Dymov  

Associate Professor of Urology 
First Moscow State Medical University 
Moscow, Russia

Specializes in endourology and minimally invasive techniques.


Alexander Brezovski Professor of Urology, Republican Scientific and Practical Center of Urology, Minsk, Belarus. Expert in urolithiasis and endourologic procedures.

Alexander Brezovski   

Head of the Department of Transplant and Minimally Invasive Urology 
Minsk Scientific and Practical Center for Surgery, Transplantology and Hematology 
Minsk, Belarus 

Expert in urolithiasis and endourologic procedures.

Pavel Milausheuski Consultant Urologist, Minsk City Clinical Hospital, Minsk, Belarus. Focuses on clinical urology and endourology.

Pavel Milausheuski  

Associate Professor of Urology, Head of the Urology Department 
Minsk Regional Clinical Hospital 
Minsk, Belarus

Expert in in advanced endourology and stone management

Yasser Farahat Professor of Urology and Consultant in Endourology & Minimally Invasive Surgery, Sheikh Khalifa General Hospital, Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates. Renowned for expertise in advanced endourology and stone management.

Yasser Farahat  

Professor of Urology and Consultant in Endourology & Minimally Invasive Surgery 
Sheikh Khalifa General Hospital 
Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates 

Renowned for expertise in advanced endourology and stone management.

Evgeny Bezrukov Professor of Urology, First Moscow State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov, Moscow, Russia. Specializes in endourology, minimally invasive urologic surgery, and stone disease.

Evgeny Bezrukov   

Professor of Urology, 
First Moscow State Medical University 
Moscow, Russia 

Specializes in endourology, minimally invasive urologic surgery, and stone disease.

Aly Talishinski

Consultant Urologist 
National Research Center for Urology 
Astana, Kazakhstan

Focuses on endourology and urologic stone treatment