PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. Vol. 48 No. 1 For Private Circulation Only

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1 Vol. 48 No. 1 For Private Circulation Only April PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Greetings! I begin my tenure as a P r e s i d e n t o f o u r prestigious society by thanking everyone for supporting and bestowing responsibilities on me. I would like to begin by welcoming new members to executive council and welcoming back continuing members. President Elect: Dr Ajit Vaze, Honorary Secretary: Dr. Ravindra Sabinis, Honorary Treasurer: Dr Rajeev TP, West Zone Member: Dr. Lalit Shah, North Zone Member: Dr. Sudhir Rawal, East Zone Member: Dr. Muktikant Senapati, South Zone Members: Dr. Nitin Kekre and Dr. Ganesh M Kamath. I look forward to working with all of you with positive inputs. As your new president, I will strive to continue the tradition of accomplishment set by earlier executive council and will further enhance the goal set by our predecessors. My heartfelt condolence to our following belovedmembers of the society.dr. R K Mahanta, Guwahati; Prof. C L Ashok Kumar, Chennai; Dr. Vasant Krishna, Hyderabad; Dr. Snehal Patel, Baroda and Dr. Shyam K Garg, Ghaziabad. Many members expressed their grief and highlighted the contributions made by departed souls. It is very heartening to know that we are a strong contingent of 3602 members and exponentially growing every year. Many International Associations are happy and keen to be associated with us, including SAARC Countries. We have some memorandum of understanding / barter agreement on reciprocal basis but we have to see how best we can utilize these resources of opportunity for our association. As I always say that aspirants are many but opportunities are few, so I encourage all the members especially younger one to actively participate in zonal /Regional Conferences to strengthen the zonal chapter and become a bond of interactions between zonal and central meetings. BOE is doing excellent services under the Chairmanship of Dr. Venkatesh K. for the y o u n g e r o n e s t h r o u g h v a r i o u s educational activities, Webcasts, Mock Exam, Master class, USI AUA Board review courses etc. Breaking news of the activities was UROMET programme on the EUREP model started last year by Dr. Rajeev Sood our immediate past president. I will urge BOE to have archives of all the activities to be available online for members to refer to these programmes at their convenience. It is a matter of pride for us to see the Indian journal of Urology getting increasing no. of high quality Articles, also the financial status is improving Kudos to the editor: - Dr. Rajeev Kumar and his Editorial team. I commend the tremendous work and effort put in by Dr. D Ramesh past Hon. Secretary and Dr. Keshavamurthy Past Hon. Treasurer for the spectacular job. I am fully aware of certain chronic but important issues regarding registration of our society and legal issues with the charities commissioner of Mumbai since n e e d s t o b e r e s o l v e d expeditiously, I will work on this. Congratulations to all the awardees of USI and good luck to the convenors of various subspecialties. You will be happy to know that we are positively working on the uniform policy regarding renewal / introductions of various orations and awards in USI. The USICON 2018 at Jaipur will in fact be the culmination of the Golden Jubilee, so prepare yourself for the great event to enjoy and cherish the scientific programme and hospitality as promised by the organizers under the able leadership of Dr. K K Sharma, Chairman and Dr. Vinay Tomar, Organising Secretary. I would like to conclude by thanking you and those who have made a difference for our organization. Many thanks to retiring executive council members. Past President: Dr. Percy Chibber, Honorary Secretary : Dr. D Ramesh, Honorary Treasurer: Dr. K Keshavamurthy, West Zone Member: Dr Hemant Pathak, South Zone Members: Dr. Mallikarjuna Reddy & Dr. R B Nerli, North Zone Member: Dr. Uttam Mete, who have made valuable contribution & some will continue to serve through various committees etc. Jai Hind! DR. PREM NATH DOGRA President, Urological Society of India Professor& Head, Department of Urology All India Institute of Medial Science, New Delhi

2 HON. SECRETARY'S MESSAGE USI NEWSLETTER Dear friends, Since the time I have taken over as secretary, I have communicated to you on 1st February & 1st March. Today, on 1st April, I have great pleasure in releasing first newsletter of this year. Newsletters is a medium where members have opportunity to know what is happening in USI, what are future plans, what are the upcoming programs of USI, who in USI passed away in last 3 months, who got some special awards & also what is happening in various zonal chapters. This newsletter will cover all these aspects. In this newsletter, I have given a space for happening in zone All zonal secretaries & presidents were informed about providing information which they feel appropriate to be put in this space. I am sure over period of time, this space will have lots of information from every zone, which members from other zone can read. I am also intending to start a special column Members area, where any member can contribute some information. I request all members to write to me if they wish to put some information, which will be of interest to all members. It could be some interesting research, news, historic significance etc. I will also be putting some interesting write up mainly of nonacademic nature but of interest to urologists. In this issue, I have put up article Getting started post residency. It will be interesting to read such articles in future as well. Friends, Since USICON 2017, society's work has started well. Slowly, I am gearing up in the role of Secretary USI, trying to fulfill the expectations of all members. I must thank all members for overwhelming response to the survey I conducted through on 1st March. It was just a trial survey, which generated good response. I will conduct more such surveys on various topics. I request members to participate actively in such surveys.. It will be interesting to understand views on various issues, which can guide the council to take certain decision with some authority. Since USICON, we had 2 program from BOEdetails of which you will see from BOE chairman's message. NAUS (Nepal association of urological surgeons) & BAUS (Bangla Desh Association of Urological surgeons) had their annual conferences in month of February. President Dr. Dogra represented USI in both m e e t i n g s. E UA ( E u ro p e a n U ro l o g y Association) conference is going on & by the time this newsletter comes to you, this conference would be over. Dr. Dogra along with many Indian delegates are attending this meeting. Taking clue from the feedback about USICON both scientific aspects, & organizational aspects will be modified. According to survey, 96% members suggested that scientific program needs reform. Majority members have opined against live surgery transmission during conference & are inclined towards working lunch. I am putting detail analysis of survey in this newsletter. Lot of members have given nice suggestions by & are worth implementing. Please ensure that all of you register for Jaipur USICON at earliest & to avoid paying unnecessary high charges of registration. I am working hard to make sure that every member will get something to take home from the conference. We are living in era of digital revolution. Social media, has penetrated our life in such a way that nobody can avoid it. Instead of criticizing it, we have to make use of these advances for our betterment. We have started Twitter account; I request all of you to follow USI on twitter to get some information or breaking news. Also respond whenever possible. Twitter is fasted way to communicate with everyone instantaneously. Let's make record followers of USI on twitter. I have always looked secretary post as an opportunity to serve the members of USI. I welcome comments, suggestions, criticism from all of you. Let me assure that all your suggestions will be taken very seriously. You c a n c o n t a c t m e o n e m a i l (usisecretary@gmail.com), sms, call, or what's app on my mobile ( ) Thanking you, DR. R. B. SABNIS Hon. Secretary, USI Chairman, Urology Dept, MPUH, Nadiad HON. TREASURER'S MESSAGE Dear Members, Wishing all of you and your families a very happy and colourful Holi. My heartfelt thanks to all members of the Urological Society of India for electing me as the Hon. Treasurer of the Society. It will always be my endeavour to rise up to your expectations. Indeed our Society is growing day by day and we have to keep pace with other Urological Societies worldwide. In this mission, we will like to have suggestions and advice from our respected members. With all your guidance and cooperation, there is no doubt that Urological Society of India will be one of the best academic Society globally. Long live Urological Society of India. DR. RAJEEV T P Hon. Treasurer Urological Society of India

3 MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT - ELECT Dear Colleagues, I am indeed, grateful to all my urology community, for having reposing their faith in me, for electing me as a President Elect. I am truly humbled by your spirit camaraderie and bonhomie. I promise, I will not leave any stone unturn to enhance, the academic and interpersonal unity of our Urological society of India. I plan to work in unison with current president and elected council to promote scientific rigor, social enrichment of this esteem organization. In rapidly growing society like ours, I envision a distinct need for developing subject specific dedicated workshops, hands on training seminars for all three tiers (Residents, Junior consultants and senior active consultants), in sub specialties like Mini and Ultra Mini PCNL, RIRS, Female Urology and Andrology. There is a unmet need to develop National Data Base in areas of Urolithiasis, Oncology and incontinence. We also need our own guidelines in these fields, which is a pressing demand for many years. I, In addition, will also try to increase financial health of USI so that adequate funds are always available for Research in Urology and IJU. Finally, I will try to develop Indian armamentarium of scopes, instruments and imaging which may reduce rising cost of present urological surgery DR. AJIT VAZE President - Elect, Urological Society of India FROM THE DESK OF CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF EDUCATION Dear All, A new year has started for the Urology Society of India, as well as the Board of Education. I write this at the beginning of my second year, of a 2 year term. The feedback on the last year's performance so far has been generally good. There have been hiccups, mainly in the conduct of the online exam, and the implementation criteria. This year that too will be stream lined, as we have clarity on the requirements, and a document has been prepared. By the time I write this, we already have finished 3 BOE programs. The paid lectures at the USICON were a runaway hit. The hall was packed to capacity. Despite some misgiving, the general feedback has been that this is a much awaited session every year. We also completed a webcast on Female Urethral Stricture surgery, a subject that has not been covered so far in the BOE sessions. We also have finished the exam review course at Mumbai, with a record number of more than 150 students attending, and wanting more instruction, even after completion of our program!! There are more exciting and interesting topics planned for this year. As always, I request feedback from all concerned to chairmanboardofeducationusi@gmail.com. With warm regards, DR. VENKATESH KRISHNAMOORTHY Chairman, Board of Education USI IMMEDIATE PAST SECRETARY'S MESSAGE Dear Members It gives me immense satisfaction at the end of my 4 year tenure as Honorary Secretary of the Urological Society of India and I would be the last one to serve for a 4 year tenure. I would like to express my sincere thanks to all the members of the Society for their support and cooperation in fulfilling my responsibilities during these past years. A new team of office bearers have taken over the affairs of the society and I would be happy to help out in any way in taking our society to even greater levels of efficiency. I wish the new team all the very best and take this opportunity to wish you and your families the very best for the future. DR. D. RAMESH M. S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru

4 USI COUNCIL President Prem Nath Dogra [New Delhi] Mobile : , President-Elect Ajit M Vaze [Mumbai] amvaze@hotmail.com Mobile : , Immediate Past President Rajeev Sood [New Delhi] drsoodr@gmail.com Mobile : Honorary Secretary Ravindra B Sabnis [Nadiad] rbsabnis@gmail.com Mobile : Honorary Treasurer Rajeev TP [Guwahati] rajeevtpuro@gmail.com Mobile : MEMBERS Rajeev Kumar [New Delhi] rajeev02@gmail.com Mobile : Sudhir Kumar Rawal [New Delhi] sudhirrawal85@gmail.com Mobile : Ganesh M Kamath [Chennai] mgkuro1@gmail.com Mobile : Nitin S Kekre[Vellore] nitinkekre@hotmail.com Mobile : Ashish Rawandale Patil [Dhule] instituteofurology@gmail.com Mobile : Lalit Kumar Shah [Raipur] drlalitshahraipur@yahoo.in Mobile : , Dilip Kumar Pal [Kolkata] drdkpal@yahoo.co.in Mobile : MuktiKanta Senapati [Ranchi] mksenapati1@gmail.com Mobile : EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS Anil Goyal (New Delhi) President: NZC-USII drgoyalhospital@gmail.com Mobile : Vijoy Kumar (Patna) President: EZC-USI dr.vijoy.kumar@gmail.com Mobile : Vijay Raghoji (Solapur) President: WZC-USI drvdraghoji@gmail.com Mobile : Krishnasamy Kannan (Tiruchirapalli) President: SZC-USI krishnasamykannan@gmail.com Mobile : USI on Twitter All members are requested to follow USI on twitter. Important information, breaking news, will be shared through twitter. Search USI

5 USI AWARDS Urology Gold Medal Dr Rajeev Sood, New Delhi Presidents Gold Medal Dr Arup Kumar Mandal, Chandigarh Himadri Sarkar Oration Dr Rajeev Sood, New Delhi Dr Pinnamineni Venkateswara Rao Gold Medal & Oration Dr Shirish D Yande, Pune MIUC International Fellowship Dr Krishna Prasad T, Bengaluru USI Teacher Travelling Fellowship Dr Joseph S Philipraj, Bengaluru USI Member Travelling Fellowship Dr Arvind P Ganpule, Nadiad Dr G M Phadke Travelling Fellowship Dr Prasad Magdum, JN Medical College, Belgavi Dr Onkar Singh, Christian Medical College, Vellore Dr Sitharaman Memorial Essay Competition Dr Abhishek Singh, Nadiad CKP Menon Best Paper Prize Dr Nunia SK, SGPGI Lucknow Title: Bladder Contractility Index in posterior urethral valve patients: a new marker for early prediction of progression to renal failure Brij Kishore Patna Best Paper Prize Dr Sudhindra J, CMC Vellore Title: Does Mannitol affect short term allograft function in living donor renal transplantation? A prospective randomized control trial Chandigarh Best Video Prize: First Prize: Dr George P Abraham, VPS Lakeshore Hospital and Research Centre, Cochin Title: 3D Laparoscopic Appendix Interposition for long segment ureteric defect Second Prize: Dr Banerjee I, Fortis Escorts Kidney and Urology Institute, New Delhi Title: Disasters are just around the corner. Beware and be ready! Vijayawada Best Poster Prize: First Prize: Dr Nunia SK, SGPGI Lucknow Title: Role of urinary cyclin d levels in detection of underlying primary bladder malignancies and follow up: a pilot study Second Prize: Dr Joshi Pankaj, Kulkarni Reconstructive Urology Centre Pune Title: Decision making for bulbar urethroplasty: Buccal graft augmentation -Dorsal versus Ventral approach Dr SS Bapat Best Prize for Innovations & New Technology in Urology Dr. Ashish Rawandale Patil, Institute of Urology, Dhule Title: Construction and assessment of an innovative indigenious ultrasound guided PERC Simulator IPCA Urosciences Quiz First Prize: Dr Ashok Kumar Sokhal, KGMU Lucknow Second Prize: Dr Pragatheeswaran S, PGIMER Chandigarh

6 USI - OLYMPUS TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP AWARD WINNERS 2017 AUA TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP Jiten Jaipuria - Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences Durgesh Kumar Saini - King George's Medical University, Lucknow Vinish Singh - Institute of Nephrourology, Bangalore Pradeepa M G - NU Hospitals, Bangalore BAUS TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP Kawaljit Singh - King George's Medical University, Lucknow Sharanabasappa Rudrawadi - Institute of Nephrourology, Bangalore EUREP TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP Sudhindra Jayasimha - Christian Medical College, Vellore Damanbir Chahal - Institute of Nephro-Urology Bangalore Gaurav Kochhar- Institute of Nephro-Urology Bangalore Manasa T - PGIMER &Dr RML Hospital New Delhi Ashok Sokhal - King George's Medical University, Lucknow Mahesh Tripathi - PGIMER &Dr RML Hospital New Delhi SINGAPORE TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP Suresh Singh - JIPMER, Puducherry Shiv Charan Navriya - Institute of Nephro-Urology, Bangalore Priyank Yadav - SGPGIMS, Lucknow NAUS TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP Malav Modi - IKDRC-ITS Ahmedabad YogeshTaneja - Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences Prashantigram, Ananthpur Rohit Bhattar - SMS Medical College, Jaipur Santhosh Nagasubramanian - Christian Medical College, Vellore Sub Speciality Meetings at USICON 2018, Jaipur Members interested in participating as faculty in the various subspeciality meetings during USICON 2018 at Jaipur may contact the conveners before 31st May 2017 Andrology Dr SS Vasan, Bengaluru drvasan@gmail.com Mobile No.: Reconstructive Urology Dr Diwaker Dalela, Lucknow drdalela24@gmail.com Mobile No.: Endo Urology Dr Harprit Singh, Jamshedpur harpritbekool@yahoo.co.in Mobile No.: Paediatric Urology Dr Anil Takvani, Junagarh draniltakvani@hotmail.com Mobile No.:

7 USICON IN PICTURES Large high quality Auditorium Lighting the Lamp Invoking the blessings of the Almighty All attention for National Anthem Is that a secret download being shared with chief guest Bad luck Dr. Dogra - can t see it Foyer - more spacious than any hall Bird's Eye View of Exhibition Message for us - let s all lead from front Relaxing atmosphere in Post Conference Alumni meet but some can be still be serious Goodbye from USICON 2017, Mumbai See you at USICON 2018, Jaipur

8 USICON 2017, MUMBAI - A REPORT The Golden Jubilee annual conference of The Urological Society of India- USICON 2017, conducted from January 2017 was a path breaker in many ways and the USICON conference committee is happy to share the milestones crossed in this mega national event. USICON 2017 was unique as it had several firsts to its credit A land mark of 3470 self registered delegates reflected the synergy between the organizing committee and the general body It marked a first in being a paperless national conference without a single printed brochure. All registration and payment communications were handled through a secured dynamic website. A tech-savvy young group of enterprising Urologists were responsible. The creation of an international class new state of the art exhibition cum convention centre to house more than 3000 delegates during plenary sessions was achieved. It could well have been an auditorium at any well ranked International convention centre ( AUA/ EUA/SIU) hosting an annual conference. Team Rustic our events management planned the same. Plenary and outreach sessions saw more than 12 large LED screens and 24 huge speakers provided by Sound.com,.the best known in the sound industry providing the best sound solutions for all USICON requirements. The Ceremonial inauguration was held at the hands of the Hon. Governor of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu as the Chief Guest. The live operative sessions with smooth, uninterrupted, HD transmissions with cables from three Mumbai corporate hospitals Hospitals ( Global, Fortis and Kokilaben Ambani ) at peak hours 1pm to 3 pm saw a very good turnout In a first, USICON 2017 created history by installing and creating a first of its kind HISTORY MUSEUM in a well spread out 5000 square feet area. It covered thirteen booths of relevant Urology history.the support from the industry and contributions from many Urologists made it unique. The first time, industry participation headed by the tireless IPCA team helped create this fascinating arena at USICON The PHILATELY BOOTH with information on all stamps dedicated to Urology and all ancient instruments deserves special mention. The trade component witnessed a well designed exhibition of International class, constantly abuzz with activity. For the first time flexboards, posters and non-digital branding were not permitted at the venue. Advertisements and branding for trade partners was exclusively digital. Four MASTER CLASSES were organized on the final day to ensure optimal utilization of the venue, time and the invited faculty : Pediatric Urology, Andrology, Reconstructive Urology and Female Urology. It marked the best attended last day of any USICON so far. The concluding program saw maximal attendance on the last day. A new feature MEET THE PROFESSOR sessions were conducted with renowned International faculty: Dr Tony Mundy, Dr Mohd Eissa, Dr Michael Grasso, Dr Mark Soloway, Dr Ramamurthy. A non-acadamic component in the form of unusual Keynote addresses in The Plenary sessions was a first for USICON. Dr V K Mundra spoke on The Game of Marriage and Mr Harsha Bhogle on Twenty Twenty in real life. Both received tremendous appreciation The second day morning, preconference time witnessed the marathon : USIRUN with more than hundred members participating in the run for awareness on Palm beach road. Again a first was the first ever All India Intercollegiate Quiz QUIZACON.The national event culminated in the grand finals at USICON 2017 conducted by guest Quiz Master, Dr Akshay Nair, Consultant Opthalmologist. The proud winners were CMC Vellore Team in the first place ( Prize: Mini Perc Set ) and, PGI Chandigarh team in the second place( Prize : Semirigid Nephroscope ). IPCA organized the interesting, well attended event. USICON 2017 boasted of a very varied motivational, Art and Cultural evening events as follows : The Instrings performance by Sangeeta Shankar, Ragini and Nandini a team of renowned violinists with perfect rhythm support.

9 A scintillating performance by singer, music composer and actor Shri Shankar Mahadevan and his troupe Colonel Lalit Rai's extraordinary talk on The Kargil War The daily Newsletter USICON Times contained news and interviews with leading Faculty members in addition to some interesting non-academic coverage. The first ever USICON to have conducted three Free Operative camps in the year at Rajkot, Puttaparthi and Cuttack, extending the joy of the golden jubilee celebrations to community service Partnering with Radio FM channels for the first time, USICON 2017 spread Public awareness messages on Common Urological problems in fifty cities. Urologist members contribution to this was valuable. The Post Valedictory Alumni meets of different teaching medical colleges were a befitting conclusion to USICON Organising Chairman : Dr Umesh Oza Organising Secretary : Dr Anil Bradoo IMPORTANT NOTIFICATIONS President s Gold Medal Nominations are invited for President's Gold Medal to be awarded during USICON 2019 at Bhubaneshwar. The last date for sending the applications is 30th September Applications can be sent to the Hon. Secretary at usisecretary@gmail.com with a copy to the Central Office at centraloffice.usi@gmail.com Dr. Pinnamaneni Venkateshwara Rao Memorial Oration & Gold Medal Nominations are invited for Dr. Pinnamaneni Venkateshwara Rao Memorial Oration 2019 to be delivered during USICON 2019 at Bhubaneshwar. The last date for sending the applications is 30th September Applications can be sent to the Hon. Secretary at usisecretary@gmail.com with a copy to the Central Office at centraloffice.usi@gmail.com MIUC International Travel Fellowship 2018 Applications are invited for MIUC International Travel Fellowship Applicants are requested to send their applications to the Hon. Secretary at usisecretary@gmail.com with a copy to the Central Office at centraloffice.usi@gmail.com. The last date for sending the applications is 30th September USI Member Travel Fellowship 2018 Applications are invited for USI Member Travel Fellowship Applicants are requested to send their applications to the Hon. Secretary at usisecretary@gmail.com with a copy to the Central Office at centraloffice.usi@gmail.com. The last date for sending the applications is 30th September USI Teacher Travel Fellowship 2018 Applications are invited for USI Teacher Travel Fellowship Applicants are requested to send their applications to the Hon. Secretary at usisecretary@gmail.com with a copy to the Central Office at centraloffice.usi@gmail.com. The last date for sending the applications is 30th September 2017.

10 Debate : Getting started Post Residency Life Dear Friends, After scoring highest marks, students get admission to MBBS, then those who score well among them, come to surgery & from them, only selected few can get admission to MCh/DNB urology. So, students who come to Urology belong to topmost intelligent creamy layer of the society. When they are in training their objective is to clear exam. Every student thinks that once exam is over, life is easy, simple & enjoyable. However, after passing& after putting so much struggle of several years, they come to a stage, where they are confused, whether to start private practice to remain in academic institutes. Real dilemma starts then. Hence big question in front of them is what to do..??? Last year, NZUSICON had organized a debate attributed to this dilemma. Getting started Post residency life Points in favor of academic practice were put by Dr. Rajeev Kumar& Points in favor of private practice were put by Dr. Anil Elhence& Dr. Manav Suryavanshi I am putting this interesting debate here for the benefit of all USI members. I am thankful to Dr. Rajeev, Dr. Anil & Dr. Manav for providing this material. Dr. R. B. Sabnis Hon. Secretary GETTING STARTED IN POST RESIDENCY LIFE: ACADEMIC UROLOGY In India, training for urology is a 3-year process and has been so since 1965 when the first formal training program began. While the training duration has remained the same, urology has progressed manifolds. What has also increased is the number of trainees at each centre, often without a measurable increase in the infrastructure. The result of these two opposing changes is a widening gap between what needs to be learnt and the opportunities available for doing so. After these 3 years, a fresh graduate in urology faces a choice of how to begin his/her career, continue in academic urology or move to a service-only establishment. To address this question, we began by trying to understand what 'academic urology' means to urologists in India. We invited 530 members of the north-zone chapter of the Urological Society of India to complete an anonymous online survey on the meaning of this term. We received 71 responses from 410 successfully delivered invitations (18%). Considering the number of urologists in India to be around 3500 based on membership of the Urological Society of India, this survey had 89% power at á error of 5%. When you are speaking for 'academic urology', justifying your academic credentials helps! 97% responded that 'academic' urology meant a centre that had trainees (MCh or DNB), 65% believed that it was not a solourologist practice and more than 50% believed that patients at such centres do not 'belong' to a consultant. Further, 70% respondents did not agree that consultants' salary is lower than their market value. Additionally, they believed such centres performed research, published and were ethical. The summary of these findings is that 'academic urology' means a centre that has a training program, shared responsibility, wide spectrum of patients who are not tied to a consultant, performs research, is ethical and the consultants' reimbursements are at par with the market. With these attributes, where is the debate about the best places to work? Academic urology would win hands down! Are 3 years of training really enough in urology?1 Campbell's urology now has 4 volumes, there are 8 recognised subspecialties but 24 residents in one program. Where is the time to learn laparoscopy, microsurgery, robotics and complex reconstructions?2 Surgery requires major decision making and responsibility, something that comes from experience. Academic urology allows ongoing training and the opportunity to seek assistance and second opinions, shared responsibility. It provides infrastructure and support to test your abilities with help being available if required. Jumping into an independent practice immediately after graduation denies these opportunities. Additional benefits include peace of mind from the lack of a financial motive, and consequently, lower distrust among patients. When money is not the driver, it loses its value as a status symbol and there is no pressure to get the bigger car or bigger house. For some it may also mean a loss of drive but then,

11 if you are losing your drive within a few years after graduation, you are probably in wrong profession anyway! Academic urology drives you to earn more in the only currency that is allowedrecognition. It provides you greater opportunities to chose a single field and make a name in it, perform research, publish, present and be recognised. Even from a financial view-point, salaries in a public or purely academic centre in the first few years are not much different from the private sector. In fact, at times they are higher. In addition, there are perks such as a house, office, secretarial staff and allowances, some of which may be seen as an ego-trip but then so is the Mercedes of your private practice colleague. An argument against academic urology has been hierarchy, poor infrastructure and lack of jobs. These arguments need to be understood in perspective. Hierarchy exists in medicine at all places, academic or not. It stems from the apprenticeship model of training and also serves a purpose of allowing one the freedom to seek a second opinion and share the blame. It is a process of ongoing learning. The infrastructure of course varies between centres but accreditation for a urology program requires a certain minimum and even the poorest of centres will have to make this available. India today has over 350 medical colleges and 100 urology training programs. Jobs are always available though they may not be in your preferred centre. The final argument against academic urology after graduation is that it takes time to build a practice so one should start early. This is true but so is the concept of 'lead time bias', a concept that urologists are well aware of! The first few years are still a part of the learning curve and what better place could there be to learn than in academic practice? References 1. Gautam G. The current three-year postgraduate program in urology is insufficient to train a urologist. Indian J Urol 2008;24: Kumar R. Diary of a urologist as a trainee at AIIMS. Indian J Urol 2009;25:230-3 Rajeev Kumar Professor of Urology All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi rajeev.urology@aiims.edu VIEW FOR PRIVATE ACADEMIC SETUPS Choices not chances are responsible for the Quality of our Life U n f o r t u n a t e l y t h e r e i s perception that those in so called academic centers are very knowledgeable, ethical and pristine while those in private clinical setups are uninformed, manipulative and greedy. Academic institutes comprise both Institutes and medical colleges. These are few in number, not fairly distributed across the nation and with inadequate faculty positions and woeful working conditions in most. There are few good teachers; who can inspire hope, ignite the imagination and instill a love of learning. More over these establishments cannot keep pace with the technological developments taking place and lag behind in instrumentation. These huge buildings on prime estate become white elephants. The salary structure though modest is not the tipping point as these jobs provide a whole gamut of perks and incentives. The most important factor is the inability of these establishments to accommodate ambition of the aspiring Urologist who then develops a desire to walk out at the earliest opportunity. All Urologists shall aspire to work in an 'Academic Setup'. What is Academic Urology? It is not working in a so called department and churning out 're-searched' publications and carrying a prefix before your name. It is patient care with full awareness, utilizing documented experience, maintaining meticulous data with periodic analysis, treating patients with data driven decisions rather than hunches and anecdotes. Such an attitude keeps the hunger to explore new frontiers alive. The solution is to form groups of likeminded individuals to share data as well as pool resources. Within the group the way forward is Sub Specialization, which is already upon us as days of general urologist are almost gone. The world is constantly evolving and we need to change ourselves. The need is to stop finding faults and instead look for remedy. If finding likeminded individuals is not happening, signing up with a corporate setup is the way to go. These setups provide the patient clean ambience, courteous staff and professional delivery of service while providing the Urologist with technology and clinical work in an academic environment as most of these are running DNB courses. The work insecurity also keeps the Urologist on his toes and he keeps aspiring to improve all the time. NABH etc also keep a close monitoring of the system What does an Urologist desire Adequate clinical material, decent earnings and reasonable academics. The way to do it is

12 group practice with each taking up a sub division of Urology and sharing each other's opinion, experience and when required a helping hand and yet remaining your own 'Boss'. Pure research is best left to those are trained to do so while Urologists are surgeons trained for performing surgery. Let the so called institutions be staffed with PhDs who are primarily meant to raise the bar regarding scientific content while leaving the Urologist to provide 'standard' care of patients. The young Urologist should not seek protection & anonymity in joining a 'department' to hide his own shortcomings and insecurities by wearing a cloak of intellectual superiority. Instead he should become a yardstick of quality and provide excellence in patient care all the time while retaining his own quality of life as well as a secure a bright future for his children. Anil Elhence Consultant Urologist, Meerut anil@elhence.com Manav Suryavanshi Medanta - The Medicity, Gurgaon manavsuryavanshi@gmail.com NEWS FROM NORTH ZONE Two of our zonal members had been awarded the Dr. B C Roy Award, Dr. Amlesh Seth and Dr. P N Dogra both from AIIMS, New Delhi by the President of India NZUSI congratulates them both for this great achievement A Mid-Term Live Operative Workshop on Male Urinary Incontinence & Urodynamics under the aegis of NZUSI is being organized on 22nd & 23rd April 2017 at Max Superspeciality Hospital, Patpargang, New Delhi Dr Uttam Mete Secretary NZUSI (NZ chapter of USI) NEWS FROM EAST ZONE First Midterm Meeting- 28th and 29th April 2017 at RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata Theme: Bladder Cancer Workshop and CME Contact Person: Dr Ranjan Dey, Phone No: , ranjandey@rediffmail.com Zonal Examination - 30th April 2017 This is for East Zone Postgraduate Students Second Midterm - 2nd and 3rd September 2017 at Jamshedpur Theme: BPH - Workshop and CME Contact Person: Dr Harprit Singh, Phone No: , , harpritbekool@yahoo.co.in Dr Harprit Singh Secretary EZUSI (EZ chapter of USI)

13 NEWS FROM SOUTH ZONE Dr. CHANDRASEKARAN, MS, MCh, Urology Retd. Professor & HOD, Stanley Hospital, Chennai USI mourns the sad demise of Dr D Chandrashekar who left for his heavenly abode on 27th January He was a popular teacher and active member of the USI. Dr. PVLN Murthy from Hyderabad has been awarded the Dr BC Roy Award by the President of India A thematic workshop on Supine Workshop was conducted on 9th March 2017 at Manipal. Dr Guido Guisti of Milan was the faculty. Dr Arun Chawla organized this well attended ASU supported workshop. Council member Dr Dilip Dhanpal coordinated the event. The second thematic workshop was organized by Dr Mallikarjuna C at Asian Institute of Nephrology and Urology at Hyderabad on 11 th March Dr Anup Patel from the UK was the faculty. This oversubscribed workshop supported by ASU was appreciated by the attendees. Council member Dr Surya Prakash V coordinated the event. The zone is working on joint programs by active collaboration between zone -state for postgraduates in the zone viz., A Quiz, Traveling fellowships and Four academic programs. SZUSICON 2017 will be on 11, 12 and 13 of August 2017 at MANIPAL. Details are available on Dr G G Laxman Prabhu Secretary ASU ( SZ chapter of USI),

14 NEWS FROM WEST ZONE Dr. Deepak Kirpekar will be delivering the UAA Lecture during forthcoming AUA Conference at Boston in May 2017 Dr. Janak Desai from Ahmedabad has been awarded the BC Roy Award Dr. Sanjay Kulkarni has also been awarded the BC Roy Award Dr, Sanjay Kulkarni will also be awarded IAUA president s Medal during forthcoming IAUA Meeting at Boston in May 2017 Youth Section Fellowship Program 2017 at the 15th UAA Congress 2017, Hong Kong Urological Association of Asia (UAA) youth section offers fellowship to 2 youth members from every member association - India is one of them. Fellowship is in the form of free registration to the UAA conference to be held at Hongkong between 4-6 August Please visit the USI Website regarding the details for the same. All those eligible & wish to apply - should fill up the form, sign it, & send scan copy to Central office (centraloffice.usi@gmail.com) & copy to (usisecretary@gmail.com) Completed form (Part 1 & Part 2) must reach us before 15 April 2017 by only Applicant must be full member of USI at the time of application. Incomplete forms will not be considered. Please note that Individual Membership of UAA is mandatory for the this fellowship which is free. ASIAN Urology Residents Course (AURC) in conjunction with the 15th UAA Congress 2017, Hong Kong The Hong Kong Urological Association (HKUA) together with Urological Association of Asia (UAA), American Urological Association (AUA) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) will be organizing the ASIAN Urology Residents Course (AURC) from 1st August to 3rd August 2017 in Hong Kong. This is held in conjunction with the 15th UAA Congress 2017, Hong Kong. UAA will be sponsoring THREE SENIOR UROLOGICAL TRAINEES from each member nation of UAA to attend the Asian Urology Residents Course 2017 with complimentary registration and 3 nights stay from 31st July to 3rd August 2017 Please visit the USI Website for details if you wish to apply for the same

15 USI SURVEY - RESPONSES Dear Members, As I conceive, my job as secretary is only to understand what people want & to provide everything that they desire. Just a part of that, I had conducted a small survey as a trial at the beginning of March I am thankful to all those who have responded to the same. Many members have sent their suggestions about the conference organization also. All of them have been compiled and I am presenting the same to you here in the form of diagrams. Surely I will consider all these suggestions very seriously & try to implement whatever is possible. Dr Ravindra B. Sabnis Hon. Secretary, USI Chairman, Urology Dept, MPUH, Nadiad Mobile: Responses received for the Questions asked in the Survey Question 1: Do you think scientific program at USICON needs reforms? (259 responses received) 96.9% Yes No Question 2: We have about 700 papers presentations in podium, poster, video categories which occupies 53% time of whole conference. Plenary gets only 7% time & subspeciality meeting /master class gets only 13% time What do you think about it (You can select more than 1 answer) (260 responses received) a) Continue as it is b) Reduce paper's time by having more moderated posters & very limited high quality podium & video presentations c) Reduce paper's time by more unmoderated posters, videos & only selected very high quality podium, videos & moderated posters d) Increased plenary time & have more debates, symposia, cases discussion. e) Increase BOE paid courses number a) Continue 9 (3.5%) b) Reduce p 103 (39.6%) c) Reduce p 83 (31.9%) d) Increased 193 (74.2%) e) Increase 72 (27.7%)

16 Question 3: Instead of fixed subspeciaity meeting, adequate time should be given to all sub-specialties in the form of interactive & practical oriented session: Yes / No 100% Yes No Question 4: Live Operative Transmission during USICONs (259 responses received) a) It should be continued as separate additional day (making conf 4 ½ days) b) Should be continued as slots in between conference (to be adjusted in 3 ½ days only) c) Should be stopped as it occupies lot of time & other alternative should be thought of which will give same benefit of live surgery transmission (semi live, edited videos of procedures, tips & tricks videos) 35.1% 44.8% 20.1% a) It should be continued as separate additional day (making conf 4 ½ days) b) Should be continued as slots in between conference (to be adjusted in 3 ½ days only) c) Should be stopped as it occupies lot of time & other alternative should be thought of which will give same benefit of live surgery transmission (semi live, edited videos of procedu Question 5: Conference days should be increased to 4 ½ days from present 3 ½ days : Agree / disagree (241 responses received) 74.1% 25.9% Agree Disagree

17 Organizational Aspects: Question 1: Food during conference should be: (242 responses) a) Continue as it is Good buffet lunch & dinner both b) Nice packed lunch & good buffet dinner c) Paid lunch & good buffet dinner. d) Both lunch & dinner should be on payment. 38.3% 40.7% 14.8% a) Continue as it is Good buffet lunch & dinner both b) Nice packed lunch & good buffet dinner c) Paid lunch & good buffet dinner. d) Both lunch & dinner should be on payment. Question 2: Serving alcohol during dinner should be stopped: a) Agree / b) Disagree (253 responses) 49.4% Agree Disagree 50.6% Question 3: Evening Expensive cultural / musical programs should be stopped. They should be of limited budget (258 responses) a) Agree b) Disagree 28.3% 71.7% Agree Disagree

18 Question 4: Self registrations for USICONs: You can select more than one option (254 responses) a) This is the only way forward & should rigidly continue henceforth like Mumbai USICON b) All members should be convinced to self-register but need not to make compulsory c) Late / spot registrations should be high to discourage late registrations as it creates lot of inconvenience to organizers a) This is the 115 (45.3%) b) All memb 139 (54.7%) c) Late / spot 57 (22.4%) Topic for Dr. Sitharaman Memorial Essay Competition, 2018 The topic for Dr. Sitharaman Memorial Essay competition for the year 2017 will be Future of Urology Research in India The last date for the submission of the essay will be 31st August Please follow the guidelines mentioned earlier in the newsletter for submission of essay. H S BHAT Symposium during 2018 The H S Bhat Symposium during USICON 2018 is on Prostate cancer screening & emerging role of imaging. Convener for this symposium is Dr. Sudhir Rawal. Those who wish to participate in this symposium, please contact Dr. Rawal at drsudhir.rawal@gmail.com Those not receiving IJU... Indian Journal of Urology is our pride, The quality of journal is improving day by day & so is impact factor. As a member you are entitled to receive a print copy of journal. Some members have informed me that they are not receiving print copy of IJU. Sometimes, this happens if your postal address is changed or postal address has error or inadequate. Journal is posted by Medknow who is publisher of IJU. If you are not receiving journal, Please write to editor@indianjurol.com, subscriptions@medknow.com. Also send a copy of to centraloffice.usi@gmail.com & to usisecretary@gmail.com. Please do not forget to write your USI number, & full mailing address. We all will ensure that you get IJU regularly.

19 LIST OF NEW MEMBERS APPROVED AT GBM HELD AT MUMBAI LIST OF FULL MEMBERS S. No. Members Name City 1 Dr Srinivasa Rao Byna Kadapa 2 Dr Yogesh Boddepalli Rajahmundry 3 Dr Abhay Ramesh Chaudhari Jalgaon 4 Dr Prakash Sharad Chaudhary Ahmedabad 5 Dr Sanjay Chodhuri Cuttack 6 Dr Vimal Kumar Dixit Dehradun 7 Dr Ravindran E Thanjavur 8 Dr Zahoor Ahmad Gilkar Kashmir 9 Dr Tanveer Iqbal Kashmir 10 Dr Ravi Jahagirdar Hyderabad 11 Dr Abhishek Jain Meerut 12 Dr Kirubanand Jaganathan Coimbatore 13 Dr Prashant Laxman Khairnar Nashik 14 Dr Sushanth Kulkarni Bidar 15 Dr Jayaprakash N Trichy 16 Dr Rana Kumar Patna 17 Dr Prashanth Adiga K Udupi 18 Dr Narasimha Murthy K S Tumkur 19 Dr Deepak Kumar Pune 20 Dr Mohd Mubashir Ali Khan Etawah 21 Dr Vipin Kumar Meerut 22 Dr Anand Kumar Manchirala Nizamabad S. No. Members Name City 23 Dr Tapan Kumar Mandal Kolkata 24 Dr Shivakumar Babu Mavinakunte Bangalore 25 Dr Santoshi J Nagaonkar Mumbai 26 Dr Srinivas Narayanam Hyderabad 27 Dr Rama Murthy Nookala Secunderabad 28 Dr Lokesh G Patni Dhule 29 Dr Chirag Bharatbhai Punatar Mumbai 30 Dr Velmurvgan Palaniyandi Chennai 31 Dr Sharadchandra K Prasad Nashik 32 Dr Amrith Raj Rao Bangalore 33 Dr T Rajaraman Chennai 34 Dr Debabrata Kumar Sabat Bhubaneshwar 35 Dr Pradeep Kumar Sharma Jodhpur 36 Dr Shashank Malagi Shashidhar Bangalore 37 Dr Dhananjay Vinayak Selukar Bhandara 38 Dr Narendra T Hyderabad 39 Dr Neil Narendra Trivedi Somajiguda 40 Dr Senthil Kumar Thiagarajan Chennai 41 Dr Naveen Diwanand Thakur Gwalior 42 Dr Suriraju V Bangalore 43 Dr Shekhar Vajpeyi Agra LIST OF MEMBERS CONVERTED TO FULL FROM ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP S. No. Members Name City 1 Dr Bernard Amer Kohina 2 Dr Abhay Kumar Jamshedpur 3 Dr Abhiman Gautam Rengarajan Tamil Nadu 4 Dr Abhishek Bhat New Delhi 5 Dr Abhishek Bose Darbhanga 6 Dr Abhishek Yadav Deoria 7 Dr Abijit Shetty Mangalore 8 Dr Amey Dilip Pathade Belgaum 9 Dr Amit Kumar Devra Ghaziabad 10 Dr Amit Mohan Mungarwadi Belgaum 11 Dr Amitabh Singh New Delhi 12 Dr Anand Kumar G Sharma Washim 13 Dr Anup Kumar Jain Jabalpur 14 Dr Anurag Singla Jaipur 15 Dr Anurag Omnarayan Awasthi Wakad 16 Dr Arun Karthik P Namakkal S. No. Members Name City 17 Dr Arun Kumar Chennai 18 Dr Ashish Kumar New Delhi 19 Dr Ashwin Kumar M Kulkarni Dharwad 20 Dr Avinash Bapusaheb Patil Kolhapur 21 Dr Bhavin Devji Patel Mumbai 22 Dr Chethan J V Chikkabalapur 23 Dr Chiran K Jaginkere Mysuru 24 Dr D Senthil Channai 25 Dr Darshan Harendrabhai Shah Vadodara 26 Dr Debasis Maity Kolkata 27 Dr Deepak David Nagercoil 28 Dr Deepak Kumar Biswal Bhubaneshwar 29 Dr Devendra Garg Bareilly 30 Dr Devendra Singh Pawar Rohtak 31 Dr Dheeraj Kumar Gupta Morena 32 Dr Dhinkar Babu N Samy Coimbatore

20 LIST OF MEMBERS CONVERTED TO FULL FROM ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP contd... S. No. Members Name City 33 Dr Dipak Kumar Shaw Burdwan 34 Dr Divakar A Madurai 35 Dr Dushyant Nadar Noida 36 Dr Gagan Prakash Mumbai 37 Dr Ganesh Adimulam Kakinada 38 Dr Gopinath M Erode 39 Dr Gopinath Venkatesan Chennai 40 Dr Gowri Sanker Reddy Lingala Thanjavur 41 Dr Griffin M Chennai 42 Dr Gururaj R Padasalagi Bagalkot (Dt) 43 Dr Hanuwant Singh Udaipur 44 Dr Harmandeep Singh Chahal Bhatinda 45 Dr Hemant Kumar Goel New Delhi 46 Dr Himadri Pathak Kolkata 47 Dr Hrishikesh Satish Deshmukh Pune 48 Dr Jagadeesh T S Mysore 49 Dr Jatinder Kumar Meerut 50 Dr Jayasai Shekhar Boyina Visakhapatnam 51 Dr Joydeep Ghose Kolkata 52 Dr Kailash Baburao Banale Gulbarua 53 Dr Kamal Sharma Ambala 54 Dr Karamveer Singh Sabharwal Dehradun 55 Dr Karthik B Rao Hosur 56 Dr Karthik Vijay Chikmagalur 57 Dr Kaushal Kumar Patna 58 Dr Krishna Mohan Ramhaswami Calicut 59 Dr Laxman Swaroop Bareily 60 Dr Madhusudan Patodia Jhunjhunu 61 Dr Mahantesh Gudleppa Todakar Belgaum 62 Dr Manmeet Singh Lucknow 63 Dr Manoj Kumar Delhi 64 Dr Mir Reza Kamal Kolkata 65 Dr Mohammad Amjad Khan Bolangir (Dist) 66 Dr Mohammed Taif Bendigeri Hubli 67 Dr Mukesh Kumar Soni Patna 68 Dr N Karthickeyan Trichy 69 Dr Nagendra Prasad Tripathy Kangra 70 Dr Narashimhaswamy P Mysuru 71 Dr Narendra Basappa J Bangalore 72 Dr Neeraj J Sharma Faridabad 73 Dr Nilesh Anil Sadawarte Shrirampur 74 Dr Nitin Agarwal Ludhiana 75 Dr Nitin Negi Jaipur 76 Dr Nooki Naidu Chitikela Visakhapatnam 77 Dr Pargneshkumar N Desai New Delhi 78 Dr Piyush D Gadam Solapur S. No. Members Name City 79 Dr Piyush D Gadam Solapur 80 Dr Poovendran Thangaraj Namakkal (Dt) 81 Dr Prabhudev Salanki Bengaluru 82 Dr Prakash Lakhmichand Tejwani Nagpur 83 Dr Prashant Gupta Jaipur 84 Dr Pravin Jayaram Govardhane Nashik 85 Dr Prem Kumar K Bangalore 86 Dr Pritesh Balkrishna Shrimali Indore 87 Dr Puneet Pal Singh Grover Jalandhar 88 Dr Puvvada Sandeep Bangalore 89 Dr Raghuveer Pedamallu Guntur 90 Dr Rahul Yadav Ghaziabad 91 Dr Rajadoss M Vellore 92 Dr Rajan Kumar Sinha Ranchi 93 Dr Rajanikanth V S Kollam 94 Dr Rajeev Ayyappan R Madurai 95 Dr Rajesh Jain Jaipur 96 Dr Rajesh Loonia Kolkata 97 Dr Rajesh Pratap Singh Bhadauria Kanpur 98 Dr Rajiv Rewaji Rathod Yavatmal 99 Dr Rajpal Singh Lamba Jaipur 100 Dr Raman Senthil Dharmapuri 101 Dr Raveendra Reddy Chirra Hyderabad 102 Dr Ravi Upadhyay Ujjain 103 Dr Ravi Batra Nagpur 104 Dr Ravi Chander Chintala Nizamabad 105 Dr Rohit Singhal Bharatpur 106 Dr Sachin Dharwadkar Mysore 107 Dr Sagar Sabharwal Amritsar 108 Dr Sagar Sabharwal Amritsar 109 Dr Sampathkumar R Nathee Hubli 110 Dr Sandeep R Nath Cochin 111 Dr Sanjay Jouhary Jharkhand 112 Dr Sanjay Kumar New Delhi 113 Dr Sanjoy Kumar Sureka Lucknow 114 Dr Sanman K N Hassan 115 Dr Santosh Kumar Patna 116 Dr Santosh Anandrao Jadhav Satara 117 Dr Santosh Subhash Waigankar Mumbai 118 Dr Satish Babu Pigilam Nellore 119 Dr Saurabh Agarwal Lucknow 120 Dr Saurabh Sudhir Chipde Indore 121 Dr Selva Kumar Soman Kanyakumari 122 Dr Senthil E Mohana Dharmapuri 123 Dr Sharad Chauhan Shamli 124 Dr Shikhar Agarwal Dehradun

21 LIST OF MEMBERS CONVERTED TO FULL FROM ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP contd... S. No. Members Name City 125 Dr Shivagouda Malagouda Patil Belgaum 126 Dr Siddharth Jain New Delhi 127 Dr Siva Sankar Mahadevan 128 Dr Smaranjit Chatterjee Howrah 129 Dr Srinivas A K Bangalore 130 Dr Sunil Gora Sikar 131 Dr Suraj Anil Suchak Mumbai 132 Dr Suraj P Hegde Manipal 133 Dr Suresh Kumar Goyal Bathinda 134 Dr Sureshbabu M Kagalkar Bijapur 135 Dr Syama Sundara Thummaginjala Kadapa 136 Dr Syed Mohammed Ghouse Hyderabad 137 Dr Umesh Sharma Lucknow S. No. Members Name City 138 Dr Varun Sanjay Gunavanthe Mumbai 139 Dr Vijay Radhakrishnan Cochin 140 Dr Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy Gouru Nellore 141 Dr Vijayendra S Kanwar Hoshiarpur 142 Dr Vikas Giri Meerut 143 Dr Vikram G D Bangalore 144 Dr Vikram Halgur Narayan Mandya 145 Dr Vilvapathy S Karthikeyan Puducherry 146 Dr Vinay Kumar Kanpur 147 Dr Vishal Chandrashekar Ratkal Bengaluru 148 Dr Vishal Vig Jalandhar 149 Dr Yogesh Ramakant Jadhav Satara LIST OF ASSOCIATE MEMBERS S. No. Members Name City 1 Dr Aaron Kumar Jain Alwar 2 Dr Abhijit Maruti Musale Chikodi 3 Dr Abhijit Pradip Patil Jalgaon 4 Dr Abhimanyu Anat Jaipur 5 Dr Abhishek Kumar Singh Ludhiana 6 Dr Adarsh Kumar Chandigarh 7 Dr Aditya Pratap Singh Sengar Nadiad 8 Dr Ajayraj Singh Hada Jaipur 9 Dr Alvin Jose P Kakkanad 10 Dr Aman Chandra Deshpande Hyderabad 11 Dr Amar Kumar Sitamarhi 12 Dr Amit Sandhu Nawanshahr (Dt) 13 Dr Anagha Avinash Kulkarni Mumbai 14 Dr Anbalagan Mahendran Madurai 15 Dr Anil Kumar Gulani Jaipur 16 Dr Anil Kumar Tiwari Hyderabad 17 Dr Ankur Bhatnagar Jaipur 18 Dr Ankur Malpani Nadiad 19 Dr Anoop Krishnan K K Thrissur 20 Dr Anshul Garg Patna 21 Dr Anupam Choudhary Udupi 22 Dr Anwar Ali Jaipur 23 Dr Arjun Pon Avvdaiappan Maharajanagar 24 Dr Arjun N Bangalore 25 Dr Arun Kumar Sengottaiyan Dist: Namakkal 26 Dr Arun Prakash Samar Jhalawar 27 Dr Arun Vijaiyan Venkaya Chalam Krishna Giri S. No. Members Name City 28 Dr Arvind Kumar Tiwari Ghaziabad 29 Dr Ashok Kumar Rohtak 30 Dr Ashok Kumar Kailasa 31 Dr Ashok Kumar Saini Dausa 32 Dr Ashutosh Sharan East Champaran 33 Dr Atul Garg Guwahati 34 Dr Avijit Mohanty New Delhi 35 Dr Avinash R Odugaodar Manipal 36 Dr Bhaskar Borah New Delhi 37 Dr Bhooraram Choudhary Barmer 38 Dr Bibhas Chandra MukhopadhyayDist: Howrah 39 Dr Binay Kumar Bhagalpur 40 Dr C Danny Darlington Chennai 41 Dr Chaitanya Sharad Deshmukh Nadiad 42 Dr Chandramurali Raveendran Dindigul 43 Dr Chirag Gupta Mumbai 44 Dr D Tamilselvan Chennai 45 Dr Damanbir Singh Chahal Jalandhar 46 Dr Deepak Bali Meerut 47 Dr Deepkumar Narendra Jain Manipal 48 Dr Devarshi Srivastava Lucknow 49 Dr Devendra Singh Dhaker Jaipur 50 Dr Dhananjaya Kumar B R Bangalore 51 Dr Dheeraj Shamsukha New Delhi 52 Dr Dimple Kumar Chanamolu Vijayawada 53 Dr Dinesh Kumar Jindal Kota 54 Dr Dushiant Sharma New Delhi

22 LIST OF ASSOCIATE MEMBERS contd... S. No. Members Name City 55 Dr Faiz Ahmed Khan Indore 56 Dr G R Manjunath Bangalore 57 Dr G R Manjunath Bangalore 58 Dr Ghanendra Kumar Yadav Agra 59 Dr Girish Bangalore 60 Dr Gopal Ramdas Tak Nadiad 61 Dr Gordhan Ram Choudhary Jodhpur 62 Dr Gyvi Gaurav Kolkata 63 Dr Hardik Hargovind Kela Aburoad 64 Dr Himanshu Agarwal Mumbai 65 Dr Imran Ahmad Khan Kolkata 66 Dr Jagdeep Singh Jind 67 Dr Jaheer Abbas Shaik Hyderabad 68 Dr Jai Prakash Jaiswal Gorakhpur 69 Dr Jaimin Hitendra Kumar Shah Vadodara 70 Dr Jampana Siva S Raju Chennai 71 Dr Jawahar B K Hassan 72 Dr Jawahar B K Hassan 73 Dr Jayanth Reddy Venteri Hyderabad 74 Dr Jitendra Chouhan Allappuzha 75 Dr Jithesh Mampatta Kottayam 76 Dr Jithin Lal M Calicut 77 Dr Joseph S Mumbai 78 Dr Joseph Wilfred Amrit Tirunelveli 79 Dr Jyoti Prasad Morang Guwahati 80 Dr K Yuvraj Chennai 81 Dr Kalimuthu K Pudukkottai (Dt) 82 Dr Kamal Nayan Lahariya Katni 83 Dr Kamal Singh Gurjar New Delhi 84 Dr Kanchan Rajiv Kore Kolhapur 85 Dr Kanishka Samanta Kolkata 86 Dr Kapil Chaudhary Ambala Cantt 87 Dr Kapil Jain New Delhi 88 Dr Kaushik Ray Murshidabad 89 Dr Keith Luis Gomes Goa 90 Dr Kishan Raj Karanth Udupi 91 Dr Krishan Kumar Singhal Jaipur 92 Dr Krishna Sumanth Thota Guntur 93 Dr Kshitij Raghuvanshi Pune 94 Dr Kshitij Bishnoi Dist: Hisar 95 Dr Kunal Kumar Singh Ranchi 96 Dr Kunal Ranjit Meshram Dist: Bhandara 97 Dr Mahesh Chandra Tripathi Bareilly 98 Dr Mahesh M S Kottayam 99 Dr Malav Anand Modi Mumbai 100 Dr Manav Agarwal Agra S. No. Members Name City 101 Dr Manjeet Kumar Chandigarh 102 Dr Manjunath V Manipal 103 Dr Manoj Kumar Bamaniya Jaipur 104 Dr Manzar Nasim Siddiqui Motihar 105 Dr Mayank Jain Kota 106 Dr Mayank Bisht Pithoragarh 107 Dr Mayank Kulshreshtha Bangalore 108 Dr Mayur Pradeep Gangwal Ahmednagar 109 Dr Mihir Pankajbhai Shah Pondicherry 110 Dr Mikir Chandravadan Patel New Delhi 111 Dr Mohammed Aslam Guntur 112 Dr Mukesh Kumar Sevag Sikar 113 Dr Mukut Debnath Vellore 114 Dr Nandkishor Ramrao Raut Osmanabad 115 Dr Narendra Pai Chikmagalur 116 Dr Navaneeth Srinidhi R Bangaluru 117 Dr Neelay Prakashchandra Jain Ahmedabad 118 Dr Neeraj Kumar Bhattarai Sikkim 119 Dr Nilesh Guru Vijayapur 120 Dr Niraj Shriram Tiwari Nagpur 121 Dr Nirav Shailesh Priyardarshi Kottayam 122 Dr Nithyananda H A Allappuzha 123 Dr Onkar Singh Vellore 124 Dr Pankaj Kumar Mittal New Delhi 125 Dr Parag Laxmikant Sonawane Nadiad 126 Dr Parth Mansukhlal Nathwani Surendernagar 127 Dr Patel Krunal Hasmukhbhai Ahmedabad 128 Dr Piyush Gupta Gurgaon 129 Dr Pradeep Kumar Mendiratta Bareilly 130 Dr Pradeep Kumar Tenginkai Dist: Koppa 131 Dr Pradeep MSR Hyderabad 132 Dr Pradeep Prakash New Delhi 133 Dr Prajwal Vijay Mahatme Mumbai 134 Dr Prakash M Bengaluru 135 Dr Pramod Adiga Bangalore 136 Dr Pranjit Kumar Dhekial Phukon Guwahati 137 Dr Prarthan Nishith Joshi Bangaluru 138 Dr Prashant Patel Ahmedabad 139 Dr Prateek J Laddha Ludhiana 140 Dr Praveen Gopi Trivandrum 141 Dr Praveen Sundar Balasundaram Erode 142 Dr Pravesh Gupta Gwalior 143 Dr Preetham Dev Bangalore 144 Dr Prempal Singh Bareilly 145 Dr Priyank Yadav Lucknow 146 Dr Priyank Rajeshkumar Shah Chennai

23 LIST OF ASSOCIATE MEMBERS contd... S. No. Members Name City 147 Dr Priyatham Kasaraneni Vijayawada 148 Dr Pushpendra Baghel Jaipur 149 Dr R Vinodh Kumar Cuddalore 150 Dr Raghavendra Gummadi Hyderabad 151 Dr Rahul Bhargava Bilaspur 152 Dr Rahul Raveendran Allappuzha 153 Dr Rahul Tiwari Kolkata 154 Dr Rajat Mahadik Ujjain 155 Dr Rajeev Ranjan Dist: Munger 156 Dr Rajesh Hiraman Dhake Pune 157 Dr Rajesh K Mahalingam Coimbatore 158 Dr Rajeshwar Rudrappa Hallikeri Dharwad 159 Dr Rajkumar Ashokkumar Patel Rajkot 160 Dr Rajpal Singh Lamba Jaipur 161 Dr Rakesh K Janna Challakere 162 Dr Rakhul L R Trivandrum 163 Dr Ram Niwas Yadav Jaipur 164 Dr Ramakrishnan P K Dist: Palakkad 165 Dr Ramesh Chinnasamy Karur 166 Dr Ramesh H Dist: Mandya 167 Dr Ranvir Kumar Ahmedabad 168 Dr Rishikesh C Velhal Satara (Dt) 169 Dr Rohan Ajay Patel Ahmedabad 170 Dr Rohan Gopikishan Jaju Mumbai 171 Dr Rohit Maheshwari Jaipur 172 Dr Rubaganesh P M Chennai 173 Dr Ruchir Aeron Lucknow 174 Dr Rustam Singh Kaurav Trivandrum 175 Dr Sachin Anand Bhujbal Pune 176 Dr Sadagopan M Chennai 177 Dr Saket Mahesh Sathe Mumbai 178 Dr Sameer Vyas Kota 179 Dr Sandeep Kondisetty Kochi 180 Dr Sandeep Kumar New Delhi 181 Dr Sandeep Kumar Nunia Jhunjhunu (Dt) 182 Dr Sandeep Kumar Vaddigiri Hyderabad 183 Dr Sandeep M Reddy Kallam Guntur 184 Dr Sankelp Joshi Mumbai 185 Dr Santosh Ramana Gowda Patil Bijapur 186 Dr Saravanan Dharmapuri 187 Dr Saurabh Jain Alwar 188 Dr Sayalee Suryabhan Narwade Latur 189 Dr Seshu Mohan Khetavath Hyderabad 190 Dr Shambhulinga C K Dist: Haveri 191 Dr Shanky M K Singh Trivandrum 192 Dr Shanmuga Sigamani Kannan Chennai S. No. Members Name City 193 Dr Shashanka Dhanuka Kolkata 194 Dr Shiv Charan Navriya Bangalore 195 Dr Shivrat Barath Kumar Chennai 196 Dr Shreyas Nagaraj Bangaluru 197 Dr Shrikant Jagdish Jai Nadiad 198 Dr Soundarya G Chennai 199 Dr Souvik Chatterjee Hoogly (Dt) 200 Dr Sumeet Gopal Agrawal Akola 201 Dr Sunil Kumar Puducherry 202 Dr Sunny Goel Lucknow 203 Dr Suresh Gunasekaran Chennai 204 Dr Suresh Singh Puducherry 205 Dr Susanta Tripathy Pune 206 Dr Suyog Shetty Kottayam 207 Dr Swatantra Nagendra Rao New Delhi 208 Dr Tarunmukar Prakash Jain Mumbai 209 Dr Tejinder Pal Singh Mohali 210 Dr Tushar Aditya Narain Patna 211 Dr Tushar Dani Durg 212 Dr Uday Jaibhim Chandankhede Chandrapur (Dt) 213 Dr Uma Kant Dutt Dist: Bilaspur 214 Dr V Saravana Raja Tirunelveli 215 Dr Vaibhav Vikas Gaya 216 Dr Varinder Singh Virdi Tarn Taran 217 Dr Veerappan Ramanathan Chennai 218 Dr Venkatesh Kumar Delhi 219 Dr Vijayanand Reddy Ravula Mangalore 220 Dr Vikas Singh Jaipur 221 Dr Vikas Kanwal Kishore Bathla Surendranagar 222 Dr Vikas Kumar Panwar Chandigarh 223 Dr Vikash Singh 224 Dr Vikram Sharma Gurgaon 225 Dr Vinay Kumar Singh New Delhi 226 Dr Vineet Ajitsaria Ahmedabad 227 Dr Vineeth K Adiyodi Kannur 228 Dr Vipin Das P R Trivandrum 229 Dr Vishal Kirti Jain Jaipur 230 Dr Vishnu Agrawal Bharatpur 231 Dr Vivek Krishna Gowda Bangalore 232 Dr Vivek Pai M Mangalore 233 Dr Yash Pamecha Mandsaur 234 Dr Yashkumar Vijaybhai Vaidya Surat 235 Dr Yashpal Ramole Bhopal 236 Dr Yogesh Taneja Gurgaon

24 LIST OF NEW INTERNATIONAL MEMBERS S. No. Members Name City 1 Dr Akmzamanul Islam Bhuiyan Bangladesh 2 Dr Jahangir Kabir Bangladesh 3 Dr Muhammad Abdus Salam Bangladesh BOE CALENDAR OF EVENTS ,20 January (USICON) Paid Lectures at USICON 2 February last weekend Webcast 3 March 1st Weekend Mock exam I (Wes t) 4 April 2nd Weekend URO-MET session 5 April last Saturday Webcast 6 May 3rd weekend Focused Urology Course 7 June last Saturday Webcast 8 July 3rd weekend SZUSICON BOE program 9 August 3rd weekend AUA-USI Instructional course, Hyderabad 10 August last Saturday Webcast (3rd September) 11 September 2nd weekend URO-MET session 12 Septembe r 23rd & 24th Mock exam II (East) 13 October 5th to 9th WZ USICON 14 October last weekend Focused Urology Course 15 Nove mber 3rd Sunday Online exam 16 November 3rd to 5th NZ USICON 17 December 1st Saturday Webcast

25 USI Academic Calender ZONAL CONFERENCES SZUSICON2017 Dates : 11th - 13th August 2017 Venue : TMA Pai Conference Halls, Manipal Organizing Secretary : Dr. Arun Chawla Website : WZUSICON 2017 Dates : 5th - 7th October 2017 Venue : Bhopal Organizing Secretary : Dr. Arvind Joshi Website : NZUSICON 2017 Dates : 3rd - 5th November 2017 Venue : Bravura Gold Resort, Meerut Organizing Secretary : Dr. Subhash Yadav Website : EZUSICON 2017 Dates : 10th - 11th November 2017 Venue : Hotel Mayfair Lagoon, Bhubaneswar Organizing Secretary : Dr Debadarshi Rath Website : NATIONAL CONFERENCES USICON 2018 Dates : 18th - 21st January 2018 Venue : B. M. Birla Science & Technology Centre, Jaipur, Rajasthan Website :

26 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES AUA Annual Meeting - Annual Conference of American Urological Association Dates: May 2017 Venue: Boston, USA Website: 7th International Meeting - Challenges In Endourology Dates : 21st - 23rd May 2017 Venue : Paris, France Website : BAUS Annual Meeting of British Association of Urological Surgeons Dates: June 2017 Venue: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Website: UAA Annual Conference of Urological Association of Asia Dates: 4 6 August 2017 Venue: Hong Kong, China Website: WCE World Congress of Endo Urology and SWL Dates: September 2017 Venue: Vancouver, Canada Website: EUGA Annual Conference of European Urogynaecological Association Dates : 19th - 21st October 2017 Venue : Barcelona, Spain Website :

27 Welco me t o Jaipur January, 2018 Venue : B. M. Birla Science & Technology Centre, Jaipur

28 Venue: B. M. Birla Science & Technology Centre, Jaipur Dear Friends UPDATES FROM USICON 2018, JAIPUR We take immense pleasure in announcing that the 51st Annual Conference of the Urological Society of India (USICON 2018) is being organized under the aegis of the Urological Society of India and Jaipur Urology Society at B M Birla Science and Technology Centre, Jaipur from 18th 21st January Traditionally known as the pink city, Jaipur is steeped in jistory and famous for its vibrant art, culture and culinary tradition. The city boasts of world famous forts and museums such as the Hawa Mahal, City Palace, Amber Fort, Jaigarh Fort and Nahargarh Fort with a plethora of historic cities ready to embrace you with their beauty and charm just outside Jaipur. One may also sight the majestic royal Bengal tiger in the tiger reserves of Ranthambor and Sariska. You may also catch a glimpse of rare migratory birds in Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary which is their peak season during January. We are happy to inform you that our website: is live with online payment facility. So register at your earliest and avail the advantage of early bird registration. Already 323 delegates along with 67 accompanying persons have registered for the conference. We welcome you all once again to the Pink City Jaipur Thanking You, Dr. K. K. Sharma Dr. Vinay Tomar Organizing Chairman Organizing Secretary

29 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT USI thanks Dr. Reddy s Laboratories for the unlimited educational grant for the educational activities during the year. USI is grateful to Olympus Medical Systems India Pvt. Ltd (OMSI) for providing the 'USI - Olympus Residents' International Travel Fellowship' the traveling grant for residents in Urology USI acknowledges the contribution of IPCA Urology towards sponsorship for the Uro Quiz SECRETARIAT Honorary Secretary: Dr Ravindra B. Sabnis Hon. Secretary, USI Cell: usisecretary@gmail.com Mailing Address Dept. of Urology, MPUH V. V. Desai Road Nadiad Maharashtra Executive Officer and Program Co-ordinator : Navneet Arora The Urological Society of India 19, Ist Floor, above HDFC Bank, South Patel Nagar Near Patel Nagar Metro Station Delhi Cell : E mail : centraloffice.usi@gmail.com Website: Googletalk: centraloffice.usi Skype:centraloffice.usi Disclaimer Urological Society of India (USI) is not responsible for the information obtained from this publication.this newsletter is published for internal circulation amongst the members of Urological Society of India. PLEASE NOTE that USI makes no representations, guarantees, or warranties as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability of the information provided via this newsletter. USI specifically disclaims any and all liability for any claims for damages that may result from providing the information it contains. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Honorary Secretary, USI. All products and company names mentioned in this newsletter are the trademarks of their respective owners. Not Valid for any legal Purposes.

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