SCIENTIFIC DIRECTORS
Ottavio De Cobelli, Stephen Mattocks

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

Thursday 30 September 2022

15:00 – 15:15
Course opening and greetings from the Scientific Directors
Ottavio De Cobelli Stephen Mattocks

15:15 – 15:40
Greeting form the faculty of medicine and surgery of Malta:
Presentation of Maltese University of Medicine, affiliations and International Fellowships
Godfrey La Ferla

15.40 – 16:00
History of Surgery in Malta
Gordon Caruana Dingli (Head of Surgery)

16.00 – 16:15
Epidemiology of the urological pathologies in Malta
Gerald Busuttil

16:15 – 16:25
Specialised Treatment Referral Program for Urological malignancies
Stephen Mattock

16:25 – 16:45
Use of AI in Bladder Cancer Research
Patrick Zammit

16.45 – 17:00
Coffee Break

17:00 – 17:20
Urologi Ospedalità Gestione Privata (UROP): who we are and what we do
Giuseppe Mario Ludovico

17:20 – 17:40
UROP: management of andrological deseases
Stefano Pecoraro

17:40 – 18:00
UROP: management of urolithiasis
Ferdinando De Marco

18:00 – 18:20
UROP: management of benign prostatic hyperplasia
Rosario Leonardi

18:20 – 18:40
UROP: robot-assisted procedures in urology
Ottavio De Cobelli – Gennaro Musi

18:40 – 19:00
UROP: management of urological malignancies
Angelo Cafarelli – Renzo Colombo

19:00
Discussion and conclusions of the course