New England Student Urology Symposium

We welcome you to join us on Saturday, March 7, 2026 for the second biennial New England Student Urology Symposium hosted by UConn School of Medicine. We hope to provide an opportunity for medical students interested in urology to network with each other and urology faculty, learn more about the specialty, and present their research in preparation for national conference meetings. We have prepared an exciting program filled with state-of-the-art talks and panels by faculty speakers, practical skills workshops, and poster and oral presentations.

We look forward to meeting all of you at the Symposium!

This program is supported by an educational grant provided by the NEAUA Section Education Fund.

Register online in advance to attend. Deadline is February 16.

Submit your abstract online. Deadline for submissions is February 6.

Abstracts are limited to 2,280 characters without spaces.
Please include an: Introduction and Objective, Methods, Results, and Conclusions. Each table and/or graphic counts as 225 characters.
Abstracts may have been submitted to or presented at other conferences.

Top Abstract Award

The top 3 abstracts will be selected for the Oral Presentation session and awarded a cash prize.

All other abstracts will be designated for the Poster Presentation session.

Don't Miss the Surgical Skills Fair!

Time	Event	Speakers
7:45-8:20 a.m.	Registration and Breakfast
8:25-8:45 a.m.	Opening Remarks	Benjamin Ristau, MD, MHA Associate Professor of Surgery, Urologic Oncology, UConn School of Medicine
8:45-9:05 a.m.	Oncology/Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgery	Benjamin Ristau, MD, MHA Associate Professor of Surgery, Urologic Oncology, UConn School of Medicine
9:05-9:35 a.m.	Keynote Talk	Peter Albertsen, MD Professor of Surgery, Chief of Urology, UConn School of Medicine
9:35-9:55 a.m.	Women in Urology Spotlight	Brooke Harnisch, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery, UConn School of Medicine
9:55-10:25 a.m.	Faculty Match Panel	Brooke Harnisch, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery, UConn School of Medicine Piruz Motamedinia, MD Associate Professor of Urology, Yale School of Medicine
10:25-10:35 a.m.	Break
10:35-10:55 a.m.	Stone Disease and Endourology	Piruz Motamedinia, MD Associate Professor of Urology, Yale School of Medicine
10:55-11:15 a.m.	Basics of Reconstructive Urology	Mary Soyster, MD Urology, Hartford HealthCare
11:15-11:35 a.m.	Pediatric Urology	Daniel Herz, MD Division head, Pediatric Urology, Connecticut Children’s
11:35-12:35 p.m.	Surgical Skills Fair (ureteroscopy and cystoscopy models, dilation station, female pelvic sling)	Boston Scientific
12:35 -1:30 p.m.	Student Poster Presentations
1:30-2:00 p.m.	Lunch Break and Small Groups
2:00-2:30 p.m.	Career Panel	Isaac Kim, MD, Ph.D., MBA Professor of Urology, Yale School of Medicine Sagar Phatak, MD Alliance Medical Group/Waterbury Health
2:30-2:50 p.m.	Incorporating New Technologies and Treatments for Better Patient Care	Preston Sprenkle, MD Associate Professor of Urology & Director, Urology Research Fellowship, Yale School of Medicine
2:50-3:10 p.m.	Men’s Health (Infertility/Sexual Dysfunction)	Stanton Honig, MD Professor of Urology, Yale School of Medicine
3:10-3:50 p.m.	Student Oral Presentations
3:50-4:20 p.m.	Keynote Talk	Isaac Kim, MD, Ph.D., MBA Professor of Urology, Yale School of Medicine
4:20-5:00 p.m.	To be announced.	To be announced.
5:00-5:10 p.m.	Closing Remarks

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