Extra Credit Educational Sessions & Hands-on Courses

Educational Sessions

Time: 19:30 – 21:00

Location: Westin Ottawa Hotel – Governor General 1-2 | Level 4

Dinner: 19:00 – 19:30

Speakers:
Rahul Bensal

Rahul Bensal

Catherine Sperlich

Catherine Sperlich

Objectives:

By participating in this learning program, health care providers can expect to:

  • Understand the latest clinical developments in adjuvant immunotherapy for early-stage RCC.
  • Describe the essential role of the Urologist encompassing initial consultations, referrals, inter-professional communication, and multi-disciplinary teamwork in diagnosis and treatment of RCC.
  • Explore the patient perspective to better understand their treatment goals, expectations of the healthcare team, and the crucial information needed to facilitate informed decision-making throughout their care journey.
Sponsor:
Merck Logo

Time: 19:30 – 21:00

Location: Westin Ottawa Hotel – Governor General 1-2 | Level 4

Dinner: 19:00 – 19:30

Speakers:

Kim Chi

Kim Chi

Michael Leveridge

Michael Leveridge

Objectives:

By participating in this learning program, health care providers can expect to:

  • Understand the latest testing and treatment considerations for advanced prostate cancer (PCa) patients with genetic mutations, including those with HRR and MMR mutations.
  • Navigate complex advanced PCa cases across diverse healthcare settings.
  • Leverage multi-disciplinary insights on effective adverse event management.
  • Employ strategies to optimize multidisciplinary patient care plans.
Sponsor:
AZ Merck Logo

Time: 08:00 – 08:50

Location: Westin Ottawa Hotel – Governor General 1-2 | Level 4

Hot Breakfast: 07:30 – 08:00

Moderator:

Christina Canil

Christina Canil

Special Guest Speaker:

Daniel Petrylak

Daniel Petrylak

Objectives:

By participating in this learning program, health care providers can expect to:

  • Interpret current evidence and real-world practice insights to inform first-line treatment strategies for patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC).
  • Evaluate key clinical factors, including patient characteristics and toxicity considerations, to support individualized treatment decisions.
  • Apply practical approaches to sequencing, toxicity management, and personalized care using real-world patient scenarios.
Sponsor:
Serono Logo

Time: 16:30 – 17:30

Location: Westin Ottawa Hotel – Governor General 1-2 | Level 4

Snacks will be served

Speakers:

Aly-Khan Lalani

Aly-Khan Lalani

Frédéric Pouliot

Frédéric Pouliot

Hayley Roberts

Hayley Roberts

Objectives:

By participating in this learning program, health care providers can expect to:

  • Review recent radioligand therapy (RLT) clinical and real-world (RW) results in mCRPC.
  • Summarize the differences between clinical trials and RW data, focusing on a patient-centric approach to treatment.
  • Share recent experiences of implementing a RLT centre.
Sponsor:
Novartis Logo

Time: 7:00 – 7:40

Location: Westin Ottawa Hotel – Governor General 1-2 | Level 4

6:45 – 7:00 – Hot breakfast

Moderator:

Srikala Sridhar

Srikala Sridhar

Speaker:

Bernie Eigl

Bernie Eigl

Objectives:

By participating in this learning program, health care providers can expect to:

  • Recognize the ongoing MIBC clinical trials and their potential impact on the current treatment paradigm.
  • Identify patient management strategies for novel combinations being studied in MIBC.
  • Reflect upon current institutional multi-disciplinary approaches to patient care.
Sponsor:
Astrazeneca Logo

Time: 10:40 – 11:30

Location: Westin Ottawa Hotel – Governor General 1-2 | Level 4

Snacks will be served

Speakers:

Andrea Kokorovic

Andrea Kokorovic

Michael Ong

Michael Ong

Troy Sitland

Troy Sitland

Objectives:

By participating in this learning program, health care providers can expect to:

  • Understand the multidisciplinary guidance within the Canadian Urological Association mCSPC guidelines Develop the appropriate referral pathways to optimally manage patients with mCSPC.
  • Make clinical decisions through peer-to-peer and regional level consultations.
Sponsor:
Novartis Logo

Time: 14:30 – 15:20

Location: Westin Ottawa Hotel – Plenary – Confederation 2-3 | Level 4

Speakers:

Nimira Alimohamed

Nimira Alimohamed

Tamim Niazi

Tamim Niazi

Bobby Shayegan

Bobby Shayegan

Chris Wallis

Chris Wallis

Objectives:

By participating in this learning program, health care providers can expect to:

Sponsor:
Novartis Logo

Earn extra Section 1 Group Learning Credits by participating in the following educational sessions and hands-on course.  Attendance is complimentary, but RSVP is required!

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Questions? Contact registration@cua.org.