Ms. Claudia Guzman MMS, MBA is a dedicated Physician Assistant with experience in the field of Urology. She is very passionate, enthusiastic and motivated with a proven ability to establish rapport and build trust with all her patients. Claudia possesses intercultural sensitivity, being native to Chile and exposed to multiple cultures in her time working in the university setting. She fuels her passion to contribute to the world by making her existence meaningful and in service to others. She holds a Bachelors degree in Exercise Science and a Masters degree in Medical Sciences. She also obtained a Masters in Business Administration while she worked for the University of Miami.

Mohan Arianayagam is a Urologic Oncologist working in Sydney, Australia. His main interest is minimally invasive surgery for prostate, bladder and kidney cancer. He performs robotic surgery for bladder cancer with total intra corporeal urinary diversion and also unclamped laparoscopic partial nephrectomy. Dr. Arianayagam trained in Australia and spent two years at the Miller School of Medicine Department of Urology where he completed a fellowship in Urologic Oncology under the supervision of Professor Manoharan. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Australian School of Advanced Medicine at Macquarie University and takes an active role in teaching advanced trainees in urologic surgery via the Royal Australian College of Surgeons.

DR KUMAR THANGARAJ MBBS,FRCS(Ed),FRCS(Glasg),FRCS(ORL-HNS) currently practices Adult & Pediatric ENT Surgery in Western Australia. He obtained his Medical qualification from Chennai, India and underwent Basic and Advanced Otolaryngology/Head & Neck training in United Kingdom & Ireland. He obtained Fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Glasgow. He further obtained his Fellowship from the Intercollegiate Specialty Board in Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery, UK. He has obtained post fellowship advanced training in Pediatric Otolaryngology in Perth, Australia and also Head & Neck Cancer Surgery in Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Thangaraj has special interests in Pediatric sleep apnoea disorders, Adult Voice disorders and Molecular Biology of Head & Neck Cancer.

Dr. Motoo Araki, M.D., Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urology at Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan. He had a urological oncology fellowship at University of Miami in 2006.

Dr. Andrew Williams BMedSc, MBChB, FRACS is a Urological Oncologist working in Auckland, New Zealand. He completed Urology training in New Zealand before completing Urological Oncology training at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. He is Chairman of the New Zealand Board of Urology, Medical advisor to the Prostate Cancer Foundation Of New Zealand and is actively involved in guideline committees for the New Zealand Ministry of Health. His research interests are in the management of advanced Prostate Cancer and the management of high risk Kidney Cancer.

Dr Elie Antebi MD, FRCSC completed his undergraduate bachelor degree in Pharmacy (B.Pharm.) at the University of Montreal followed by his Masters degree (M.Sc.) in Pharmacy with a joint program of the University of Montreal and McGill University. He obtained his Medical Doctorate from Laval University and pursued his specialty in Urology at the University of Montreal.

Dr. Antebi completed a fellowship in Urologic Oncology at the University of Miami in Miami, Florida. He also obtained the title of Clinical Instructor in Urology (teacher in clinical and surgical duties) and vice director of the Urology residency program in Miami. His research interests are mostly focused on urological cancers. He is author of many publications in well-established and reputable medical journals. He has presented many abstracts and videos in national and international meetings. He has extensive experience in open, laparoscopic and robotic surgery in the treatment of urologic cancers that can affect the kidneys, the bladder, the prostate, the testis and the rest of the urinary tract. He is affiliated to the Cancer Center of the Montérégiearea at the Charles Lemoyne hospital where he treats cancer patients in partnership with medical oncologists and radiation oncologists.

Dr. Matthew Acker MD, FRCSC is a Urologist with clinical and research interests in the diagnosis and treatment of cancers arising from the Genitourinary system. He received his Doctor of Medicine and completed Urology Residency training at Dalhousie University in Canada. He pursued further Fellowship training in Urologic Oncology at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the University of Miami. His research interests are in clinical outcomes of urologic cancers. Dr. Acker has a keen interest in global health, equality of care and fair access to health care services. He strongly believes that with health comes hope and success.

Dr. Palanisamy Rajasekaran is a Practicing Pediatrician who specialized in Neonatal-Perinatal medicine. He graduated from Madras Medical College in 1987 and did his Pediatric residency in Cook Country Children’s hospital, Chicago. He did his fellowship in Neonatal Perinatal medicine in University of Maryland, Baltimore. He served as an Assistant professor in Neonatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. Currently he is working as an attending Neonatologist in Gwinnett Medical center, Lawrenceville, Emory Johns Creek Hospital, Johns Creek, & Rockdale Medical Center, Conyers, GA, USA.

Dr. Ganesh Bakshi is currently In charge & Associate Professor of the department of Uro oncology at the Tata Memorial Hospital at Mumbai, India. He has completed his Urological training at the Grant Medical College, Mumbai in 2003 after which he worked as a fellow in department of Uro oncology at the Tata Memorial Hospital. He subsequently was in private practice in Urology & Uro oncology for 5 years, attached to a few good hospitals. He then joined Tata Memorial Hospital as Assistant Professor. He contributes to this academic institution in the areas of service, education and research. Tata Memorial Hospital at Mumbai, India is a government owned teaching hospital and a premier cancer institute in India. It registers approximately 35000 new cancer cases each year. Apart from doing all urological cancer surgeries, Dr. Bakshi spends a good time in teaching post graduates, uro oncology fellows, nursing students and urologists from other areas. He is involved in research, basic and translational and also audits of selected patient groups. He has many publications to his credit. He has been on advisory boards of various pharmaceuticals. He has been an active member of urological society in Mumbai and served on its council. At Tata Memorial Hospital, he has been the secretary of the Uro oncology Disease Management group for the last 2 years.

Dr. K.C. Balaji, MD, Professor is a urological oncologist, a prostate cancer basic science researcher and a pioneer in field of robotic cancer surgery. A medical graduate of Madras University in India, Dr. Balaji completed his clinical and research training through urology residency from University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA and fellowship in urological oncology from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.

Gaetano Ciancio, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.S.
Chief Medical Officer, Miami Transplant Institute
Chief Academic Officer, Miami Transplant Institute
Director, Urologic Transplant Surgery
Professor of Surgery and Urology

Dr. Ramgopal Satyanarayana is an Associate professor of urology working in University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. His areas of focus are in robotic Urological surgery, renal stones and reconstructive Urological surgery. He has to his credit two fellowships one in Uro-Oncology and the other in Robotics and Minimally invasive Urology from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI, USA. He has been a Urologist for over 23 years both in India and USA. In India he was in-charge head of the department of Urology in Kasturba Medical College Manipal, rated as one of the top ten Medical schools in India. He has served as chief of Urology in one of the philanthropic based hospital in India for 2 years. He also volunteers in community-based health care both here and abroad. He teaches residents in Urology from India through electronic media over the weekends.

Dr Raghunath S.K received his undergraduate (MBBS) and postgraduate (MS, General Surgery) from Government Medical College, Mysore university. Completed residency in urology (DNB) from Muljibhai Patel urological hospital, Nadiad, Gujarat. He completed fellowship in Uro-Oncology at Rajiv Gandhi cancer institute and research center (RGCI), Delhi. Then he worked as associate consultant Uro-Oncologist at RGCI. He was then selected for fellowship in laparoscopic and minimally invasive urology at Taipei City hospital and Mackey Memorial hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. He currently serves as Senior Consultant Uro-Oncologist at Sri Shankara cancer Hospital and research center and Health Care Global (HCG) hospital, Bangalore.

Dr Raghunath participated as principal investigator in 8 and co-investigator in 4 clinical trials in the field of prostate and renal cancers. He has several national and international publications to his credit. He was a visiting fellow at Centre for Prostate Disease Research (CPDR) and Walter Reed army university, at Maryland, USA (April – May 2013). He is a peer reviewer in Indian Journal of Surgical oncology. He is instrumental in setting up 1st exclusive Uro oncology department in South India and the first one to start HIFU treatment for prostate cancer in Karnataka state.

Dr Raghunath is the founder chairman of Global Prostate Disease Foundation, an NGO which is involved in conducting camps and creating public awareness about prostate cancer and educating doctors to detect prostate cancer early and to treat appropriately by conducting CMEs

Dr. Anandan Subramaniam is a General Practitioner based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has special interests in Dermatology and Anti-Aging Medicine. He has held advisory positions for innovator drug companies and has also contributed as member of Rotary International. He has participated in a number of Community Service projects, one which led him to win an award for outstanding project from Rotary District 3300(Cleft Lip/Palate Project-“Put a Smile Back to the Little Face-2001).He has been a Guest Lecturer in Anti-Aging Medicine in numerous Conferences in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. He has served as Coordinator and Examiner for The American Board of Anti-Aging Regenerative Medicine, USA. In 2008 he received “The Certificate in Appreciation and Recognition of Outstanding services towards the development and teaching of Anti-Aging Regenerative Medicine in Asia” from The American Academy of Anti-Aging Regenerative Medicine.

Dr Kishore Thekke Adiyat MBBS, M.S., DNB, Mch, DNB, MRCS (Edin) is currently working as a Consultant Urologist and Transplant surgeon in ASTER Med city, Cochin. Dr. Kishore and team in Aster Medicity performs first robotic surgery in Kerala. His main area of interests are urologic oncology, renal transplantation and Endourology. He is a specialist in complex renal transplantation surgeries including multiple vessels, anomalous vessels and right sided donor nephrectomies. He has performed over 400 kidney transplants and laparoscopic donor nephrectomies. He also performs single port donor nephrectomies and is the first person in India to perform donor nephrectomy through trans-vaginal route. He has the second largest series in the world in trans-vaginal donor nephrectomy. Dr. Kishore is trained in Endourology from University of Minnesota under the Tutelage of Dr. Manoj Monga and Kyle Anderson and routinely performs Flexible ureteroscopy and percutaneous nephrolithotomy. Dr. Kishore has his training in robotic surgery and advanced urologic oncology from University of Miami under Dr. Mark Soloway and Dr. Manoharan and has performed more than 150 robotic procedures.

He is an expert in robotic prostatectomy, cystectomy with neobladder, laparoscopic partial nephrectomy, laparoscopic radical nephrectomy and perform open oncological procedure like renal tumours with inferior venecaval involvement. Above all Dr. Kishore is liked by his patients for his smiling face, reassuring face and caring attitude towards them.

Dr. Obi Ekwenna, is a practicing Urologist and Transplant Surgeon. He has extensive experience working with global charitable organizations that provide medical and surgical services to underserved communities. Among which include; the Haitian Transplant Foundation focused on providing Renal Transplantation for the Haitian people, and Medicsonamission through which urologic surgical services are provided annually to patients at St. Ann’s Bay Hospital in Jamaica. Dr. Obi Ekwenna is passionate about serving the underserved in the global village, and as the co-founder of AIM (AfricansinMedicine), a US charitable organization, he leads an effort in providing services to communities in sub Saharan Africa. He is married with two children, and lives in the Chicago area.