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!

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.	Men’s Health (Infertility/Sexual Dysfunction)	Stanton Honig, MD Professor of Urology, Yale 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	To be announced.
11:15-11:35 a.m.	Pediatric Urology	To be announced.
11:35-11:55 a.m.	Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery	To be announced.
11:55-1:00 p.m.	Surgical Skills Fair (ureteroscopy and cystoscopy models, dilation station, female pelvic sling)	To be announced.
1:00-2:00 p.m.	Lunch Break + Student Poster Presentations
2:00-2:20 p.m.	Oncology/Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgery	Benjamin Ristau, MD, MHA Associate Professor of Surgery, Urologic Oncology, UConn School of Medicine
2:20-2:40 p.m.	Incorporating New Technologies and Treatments for Better Patient Care	To be announced.
2:40-3:10 p.m.	Career Panel	To be announced.
3:10-3:50 p.m.	Student Oral Presentations
3:50-4:00 p.m.	Break
4:00-4:30 p.m.	Keynote Talk	Isaac Kim, MD, Ph.D., MBA Professor of Urology, Yale School of Medicine
4:30-5:00 p.m.	Resident Match Panel	To be announced.
5:00-5:10 p.m.	Closing Remarks

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New England Student Urology Symposium