Société
Internationale
d’Urologie
Promoting urological education worldwide
www.siu-urology.org
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Founded in 1907 by Jean-Casimir-Félix Guyon
Members: 4,300
Countries represented: 121
National delegates and deputies: 107
Central Office in Montreal, Canada since 2003
Nine full-time staff
Starting in 2011, Congresses held annually
SIU Board of Chairmen 2009-2011
Executive Committee
President
Joachim W. Thüroff (Germany)
President-Elect
Mahesh Desai (India)
Vice-President
Chris F. Heyns (South Africa)
Immediate Past President
Mostafa M. Elhilali (Canada)
General Secretary
Luc Valiquette (Canada)
Treasurer
Patrick Coloby (France)
Adjunct General Secretary
Simon Tanguay (Canada)
Congress Organizing Chairman
William Lynch (Australia)
SIU Board of Chairmen 2009-2011
Committee Chairs
Strategic Planning
Christopher Cheng (Singapore)
Fundraising and Public Relations
Yoshihiko Hirao (Japan)
Consensus and Education
Richard Santucci (USA)
Scientific Programme
Gerald H. Jordan (USA)
Institutes and Scholarships
Hassan Abol-Enein (Egypt)
Publications
Antonio Pompeo (Brazil)
International Relations
Catherine deVries (USA)
Internet & Telecommunications
Reynaldo Gomez (Chile)
Subspecialties
Nasser Simforoosh (Iran)
Nominating Committee
Mostafa M. Elhilali (Canada)
Elected by the National Delegates
Peter Hammerer (Germany)
Yinghao Sun (China)
Elected by the General Assembly
Serigne Gueye (Senegal)
Jae Seung Paick (South Korea)
SIU Educational Initiatives
• SIU-UCSF Fellowship
Annual research fellowship for a fully-trained urologist from Africa to perform
research for one year at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF)
• Training Scholarships
Over 100 scholarships awarded over last 10 years. Each scholarship has a
value of $5,000 US. Apply online at www.siu-urology.org
• Accredited Training Centres
23 SIU-accredited training centres around the world
• SIU Foundation
Founded in 1998 and dedicated to supporting urological education worldwide
SIU Training Centres
North America
McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, Canada
Prof. Mostafa M. Elhilali
mostafa.elhilali@muhc.mcgill.ca
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Buffalo, USA
Dr. Khurshid Guru
kurshid.guru@roswellpark.org
South America
Universidade São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
Prof. Miguel Srougi
msrougi@attglobal.net
State University of Campinas
Campinas, Brazil
Prof. Paulo Palma
ppalma@uol.com.br
Hospital de Clinicas José
de San Martín
University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Prof. Osvaldo Mazza
Johannes Gutenberg
University
Medical School
Mainz, Germany
Prof. Joachim W. Thüroff
uroresearch@hospitaldeclinicas.uba.ar
keenan@urologie.klinik.unimainz.de
Europe
City Hospital No. 50
Moscow, Russia
Prof. Dmitry Pushkar
Asklepios Clinic Bambeck
Hamburg, Germany
Prof. Andreas Gross
an.gross@asklepios.com
Universitaetsklinikum
Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany
Prof. Margit Fisch
m.fisch@uke.uni-hamburg.de
dmitry.pushkar@gmail.com
Institute of Urology and
Nephrology
London, UK
Prof. Anthony Mundy
a.mundy@ucl.ac.uk
SIU Training Centres
Africa
Ain Shams University
Cairo, Egypt
Prof. Abdel-Wahab El-Kassaby
elkassabyaw@hotmail.com
Assiut University
Assiut, Egypt
Prof. Magdy El Akkad
melakkad@acc.aun.edu.eg
Al-Azhar University
Cairo, Egypt
Prof. Ismail Khalaf
ismkhalaf@yahoo.com
Mansoura University, Urology
and Nephrology Centre
Mansoura, Egypt
Prof. Hassan Abol-Enein
hassan_abolenein@hotmail.com
Hôpital Sahloul
Sousse, Tunisia
Prof. Ali Mosbah
faouzimosbah@yahoo.fr
Kilimanjaro Christian
Medical Centre
Moshi, Tanzania
Prof. Kien Alfred Mteta
akamteta@hotmail.com
University of Natal Congella
Durban, South Africa
Prof. Tjaart Fourie
fouriet@ukzn.ac.za
University of Stellenbosch
and Tygerberg Hospital
Tygerberg, South Africa
Prof. Chris F. Heyns
cfh2@sun.ac.za
University of Cape Town
Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Town, South Africa
Prof. Dick Barnes
lesley.burke@uct.ac.za
Steve Biko Academic Hospital
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Dr. Evelyn M. Moshokoa
evelyn.moshokoa@up.ac.za
SIU Training Centres
Asia
siut-1@cyber.net.pk
Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre
Mumbai, India
Dr. Vijai Kumar
info@jaslokhospital.net
Muljibhai Patel Urological Hospital
Nadiad, India
Prof. Mahesh Desai
Kyorin University
Tokyo, Japan
Prof. Eiji Higashihara
mrdesai@mpuh.org
ehigashi@kyorin-u.ac.jp
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute
of Medical Sciences
Nadiad, India
Prof. Anant Kumar
Singapore General Hospital
Singapore
A. Prof. Christopher Cheng
Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation
Karachi, Pakistan
Prof. S. Adibul Hasan Rizvi
a_kumar@yahoo.com
chrischeng@sgh.com.sg
SIU Publications
• Urology – The Gold Journal www.goldjournal.net
• iClinics www.iClinics.org
• SIU Website www.siu-urology.org
• International Consultation on Urologic Disease (ICUD)
books and supplements
• Congress webcasts www.siu-urology.org
• Quarterly newsletter
SIU-ICUD Joint Consultations
• GU Trauma [Stockholm 2002 – Chair: Dr. Jack McAninch ]
• Bladder Cancer [Honolulu 2004 – Chair: Dr. Mark Soloway]
• Congenital Anomalies of the Genitalia
[Cape Town 2006 – Chair: Dr. Jack Elder]
• Stone Disease [Paris 2007 – Chair: Dr. John Denstedt]
• Testis Cancer [Shanghai 2009 – Chair: Dr. Jerome Richie]
• Urethral Strictures [Marrakech 2010 – Chair: Dr. Gerald Jordan]
• Vesico-vaginal Fistula [Marrakech 2010 – Chair: Prof. Serigne Gueye]
Why Join?
• Your membership goes toward making developing country dues more affordable
• You support sustainable educational initiatives such as training scholarships
• A subscription to Urology (the Gold Journal), the official journal of the SIU
(non-member price: $431 US)
• Up to 15% off registration fees at SIU Congresses
• Online access to the SIU Member Directory, a world of resources at your fingertips
• Online access to the SIU members-only section
• Peer recognition and membership in an internationally-recognized society
Apply online at www.siu-urology.org