Commitees

Li-Ming Su, M.D.
Secretary General

Participation in a society committee is a valuable opportunity for members to enhance their leadership skills, engage with the community, and help guide the society's progress. The Executive Committee, the Board of Directors, and committee members collaborate to organize various educational activities and initiatives for the Endourology Society. These include website and social media development, fellowship program evaluation, awards selection, podcast and webcast production, the WCET Conference, and many more.

Committee Application Process

If you want to be considered for one of our committees (listed below), please download and complete the application. Available Committee positions are listed to the right. In 250 words or less, explain why you are interested in a particular Endourological Society committee and what experience you have, that makes you well-suited to participate in this important service role. In addition to the completed application, please include your curriculum vitae for review. Applications are due by June 2nd, 2025, and should be sent to Michele Paoli at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Awards Committee

The Awards Committee selects recipients of the Karl Storz Lifetime Achievement Award, the "Arthur Award," and the Ralph Clayman "Mentor Award" approximately three to six months before the WCET meeting.

Committee Details

Chair
Madhu S Agrawal, M.D.
2025-2027
India

Itay M. Sabler, M.D.
2023-2026
Israel

Athanasios Papatsoris, M.D. Ph.D.
2024-2027
Greece

Andrew A. Wagner, M.D.
2024-2027
United States

John Denstedt, M.D.
2024-2026
Canada

Thomas Tailly, M.D., PhD
2023-2026
Belgium

Andreas Gross, M.D.
2025-2027
Germany

Thomas Polascik, M.D.
2025-2028
United States

Ex-Officio Member
Li-Ming Su, M.D., FRCS (Glasg)
United States

* The awards committee chair is expected to present a 3 minute overview of the meaning of the award and why the person receiving the award has been selected by the committee. The awardee should know that they have 4-5 minutes to acknowledge their former mentors and to provide the audience with perhaps some words of wisdom with regard to their career, their highlights, etc.

Data Committee

The Data Committee will consist of 6 members including the Chair. The Secretary General and Treasurer will serve ex-officio members of the committee.

Committee Details

Chair
Timothy Averch, Professor of Surgery
2023-2027
United States

Charles Scales, M.D.
2022-2026
United States

Senthil Nathan, MBBS, MS, FRCS (Edin), FEBU; FRCS Urol; MPhil Urol
2022-2026
United Kingdom

Jennifer Bjazevic, BHSc, M.D., MSc, FRCSC
2025-2029
Canada

Davide Campobasso, M.D.
2025-2029
Italy

Jonathan Harper, M.D.
2025-2029
United States

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

The role of the Diversity Committee is to examine and identify ways in which to increase diversity and inclusivity within the Society.

Committee Details

Chair
Bhaskar Somani, M.D.
2025-2029
United Kingdom

Ex Officio
Brian Matlaga, M.D, M.P.H.
United States

Nadya York, M.D.
2023-2027
New Zealand

Kaleab Habtemichael Gebreselassie, M.D., Assistant Professor of Urology
2023-2027
Ethiopia

Sarah Razavi, M.D.
2024-2028
United States

Luis Medina, M.D.
2024-2028
United States

Ex-Officio Member
Li-Ming Su, M.D., FRCS (Glasg)
United States

Ornob Roy, M.D.
2025-2029
United States

Education Committee

The Education Committee is charged with strategically leading the Society in creating comprehensive and innovative educational initiatives for Society members, learners and urologists worldwide.

Committee Details

Director of Education
Brian Matlaga, M.D, M.P.H.

United States

Associate Director of Education
Bradley Schwartz, DO, FACS
United States

Ex-Officio Member
Li-Ming Su, M.D., FRCS (Glasg)
United States

Ex-Officio Member
Chandru Sundaram, M.D.
United States

Karen Stern, M.D.
2024-2027
United States

Trushar Patel, M.D.
2024-2027
United States

Ravindra Sabnis, M.D.
2023-2026
India

Nazih Khater, MD, FACS
2023-2026
United States

Nicholas Kavoussi, M.D.
2025-2028
United States

Marcelino Rivera, M.D.
2025-2028
United States

Fellowship Committee

The Fellowship Committee consists of 8 members, including the Chair.

Committee Details

Chair
Ahmed Ghazi, M.D., MHPE, FEBU
2022-2025
United States

Sri Sivalingam, M.D.
2024-2027
United States

Ravi Munver, M.D.
2024-2027
United States

David Lifshitz, M.D.
2023-2026
Israel

Justin Ziemba, M.D.
2024-2027
United States

Aaron Potretzke, M.D.
2024-2027
United States

Davis Viprakasit, M.D.
2024-2027
United States

Benjamin Waldorf, M.D.
2025-2028
United States

History Committee

The History committee shall of consist of 6 members of the Society. The Historian (Chair), a Past President, 1 board representative and 3 at large members. The Secretary General and Treasurer will serve as ex-officio members of the Committee.

Committee Details

Chair
Glenn Preminger, M.D.
2025-2028
United States

Ex-Officio Member
Li-Ming Su, M.D., FRCS (Glasg)
United States

Ex-Officio Member
Tara Morgan, M.D.
United States

Sutchin Patel, M.D.
2021-2026
United States

Hassan Razvi, M.D.
2021-2026
Canada

Jens Rassweiler, M.D.
2024-2027
Germany

Michael YC Wong, M.D. FRCS
2025-2028
Singapore

T. Max Shelton, M.D., Fellow
2025-2028
United States

Naveen Kachroo, M.D.
2025-2028
United States

Research Committee

The Research Committee helps members of the Endourological Society facilitate and improve high quality and impactful research in the area of minimally invasive surgery in the genitourinary system.

Committee Details

Chair
Khurshid Ghani, M.D.
2025-2028
United States

Thomas Polascik, M.D.
2025-2028
United States

John Michael DiBianco, M.D.
2024-2027
United States

Jim Hu, M.D.
2024-2027
United States

Smita De, M.D., Ph.D.
2023-2026
United States

Yasser Noureldin, M.D.
2025-2028
Egypt

Alexandre D'Ingiullo, M.D.
2025-2028
Brazil

Pankaj Maheshwari, M.D.
2025-2028
India

Brett Johnson, M.D.
2025-2028
United States

Horacio Sanguinetti, M.D. PhD
2025-2028
Argentina

Scott Quarrier, M.D.
2025-2028
United States

Daniele Castellani, PhD
2025-2028
Italy

Hsiang Ying Lee, M.D.
2025-2028
Taiwan

Mohammad Hajiha, M.D.
2025-2028
United States

Zham Okhunov, M.D.
2025-2028
United States

Murat Akand, M.D.
2025-2028
Belgium

President, SURS
Michael Stifelman, M.D.
Standing Member
United States

President, FTS
Rafael Sanchez-Salas, M.D.
Standing Member
France

Dirk Lange, Ph.D.
2026-2029
Canada

The purpose of the Social Media Committee is to manage the Endourology Society’s social media presence within the guidelines approved by the Board of Directors. The Social Media Committee will be accountable to the Board of Directors through the Chair of the Committee.

Committee Details

Chair
Kevin Koo, M.D.
2021-2026
United States

Catalina Solano, M.D.
2024-2028
Colombia

Deepak Agarwal, M.D.
2022-2026
United States

Daniel Eun, Clinical Professor of Urology
2024-2028
United States

Esteban Emiliani, M.D.
2022-2026
Spain

Kae Jack Tay, M.D.
2024-2028
Singapore

Sung Yong Cho, M.D.
2024-2028
Korea, South

Jeffrey Leow, M.D., M.P.H.
2024-2028
Singapore

Mohamed Omar, M.D.
2025-2029
Egypt

Website Committee

The Website Committee is responsible for maintaining the Endourology Society’s website (www.endourology.org), including managing and organizing content and providing vision and direction for the Society's many educational initiatives.

Committee Details

Chair
Tara Morgan, M.D.
2025-2028
United States

Ram Pathak, M.D.
2024-2027
United States

Rodrigo Guerra da Silva, M.D.
2024-2027
United States

Treasurer
Chandru Sundaram, M.D.
Ex Officio
United States

Director of Education
Brian Matlaga, M.D, M.P.H.
Ex Officio
United States

Mohammad Mohaghegh, M.D.
2025-2028
United States

Vishnuvardhan Ganesan, M.D.
2025-2028
United States

World Endo Committee (as of 10/2015)

The World of Endo Committee coordinates the global mission of the endo urology society in providing direct care to those in need and enhance technical education of the providers in underserved areas in LMIC.

Committee Details

Ex-Officio Member
Li-Ming Su, M.D., FRCS (Glasg)
United States

Ex-Officio Member
Chandru Sundaram, M.D.
United States

Standing Member
Raju Thomas, M.D.
United States

Standing Member
Ralph Clayman, M.D.

United States

Jitendra Amlani, M.D.
2022-2026
India

Ian Metzler, M.D.
2023-2027
United States

Chair
Kymora Scotland, M.D., PhD
2023-2027
United States

Rajiv Singal, M.D.
2023-2027
Canada

Young Endourology Committee

The role of the Young Endo Committee is to raise awareness and address the various challenges and opportunities related to developing an early successful clinical and research practice in the field of endourology and minimally invasive surgery through networking and collaboration across our international society membership.

Committee Details