The Pediatric Urology Fall Congress, held this past weekend (October 24-26) in Miami was a tremendous success. The Congress, sponsored by the Society for Pediatric Urology in collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatric Section on Urology, the Society for Fetal Urology, the International Children’s Incontinence Society, the European Society for Paediatric Urology, and the American Association of Pediatric Urologists, brought over 550 pediatric urology specialists together to collaborate, network and learn. In addition to the Congress program, the PUNS Annual Meeting which preceded the Congress, featured a day-long program for urology nurse professionals and specialists.

The scientific program, developed by Paul Austin, MD, covered the latest developments within the specialty and included state of the art lectures, panel discussions, didactic presentations, moderated and display posters. Some of the highlights are included here, but we encourage you to visit the Fall Congress website for the complete program and abstracts.

Highlight Lectures

AAPU Lecture: "Update on the AAP UTI Guidelines ≤2 yo"
Kenneth Roberts

AAP Latimer Lecture: "The Role of Antibiotic Prophylaxis with VUR - Results of the RIVUR Trial"
Saul Greenfield

SPU Lecture: "Sex and the Animals"
Ron Magill

CONGRATULATIONS

2014 AAP Urology Medal
Selwyn B. Levitt, MD

The Urology Medal is one of the highest honors conferred upon pediatric urologists. The award is presented by the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Urology to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of pediatric urology.

Fall Congress Program Chair
Paul Austin, MD

Clinical Research Prize
Predictive Value of Specific Ultrasound Findings for Vesicoureteral Reflux on Voiding Cystourethrogram
Tanya Logvinenko, PhD, Jeanne S. Chow, MD, Caleb Nelson, MD, MPH.
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Basic Science Research Prize
>Antitumor activity of a novel s1p2 antagonist, ab1, in neuroblastoma
Mei-Hong Li, PhD¹, Rolf Swenson, PhD², Sampa Jana, PhD³, Erik Stolarzewicz, PhD⁴, Timothy Hla, PhD⁵, Linda Shapiro, PhD¹, Fernando Ferrer, MD⁶.
¹University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA, ²Arroyo Biosciences LLC, Princeton, NJ, USA, ³TCG Life Sciences Limited, Hinjewadi, India, ⁴Chem-Master International Inc., Stony Brook, NY, USA, ⁵Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA, ⁶Connecticut Children's Medical Center/ University of Connecticut Health Center, Hartford/ Farmington, CT, USA.