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SIU Innovators

Mission Statement

The SIU Innovators' mission is to engage early career urologists from around the globe in the workings of the Society in order to harness their energy and innovation to promote the growth and development of the Society. At the same time, the SIU Innovators offers members opportunities for career advancement within the Society.

The main goals of the SIU Innovators are:

  1. to encourage early career urologists to bring novel ideas to the Society that will help shape the Society in the future;
  2. to provide an avenue for early career urologists to become involved in the Society's activities;
  3. to provide a forum for networking and establishing professional collaborations with international colleagues;
  4. to create opportunities for career growth for early career urologists that will make them the international leaders of the future.

Who is an SIU Innovator?

The idea behind the Innovators is to engage and promote early career members of the SIU community. Engaging means drawing young members into the organization in order to take an active role in SIU Congresses, committees, and SIU Academy. Promoting means providing young members with opportunities for academic growth, including the opportunity to present original work or deliver state-of-the-art presentations. At the same time, the Innovators are invited to help shape the SIU of the future, to ensure it remains a dynamic organization that is attractive to young urologists

Committee members

Dean Elterman, Canada, Chair
Silvia Secco, Italy, Vice Chair


Christian A. Agbo, Nigeria
Mustafa Almahmid, Kuwait
Mohit Bajaj, Australia
Kelly Bree, United States
Ken Chen, Singapore
Sung Yong Cho, South Korea
Ashani Couchman, Australia
Konstantinos Dimitropoulos, United Kingdom
Vineet Gauhar, Singapore
Alireza Ghoreifi, United States
Albert Izmailov, Russia
Deep Kumar Jain, India
Janet Kukreja, United States
Niyati Lobo, United Kingdom
Guglielmo Mantica, Italy

Shannon McGrath, Australia
Carmen Mir, Spain
Reza Sari Motlagh, Austria
Jose Ignacio Nolazco, United States
Dyandra Parikesit, Indonesia
Cameron Parkin, Australia
Imogen Patterson, Australia
Marlon Perera, Australia
Silvia Secco, Italy
Narin M Suleyman, United Kingdom
Wei Shen Tan, United Kingdom
Steffi Kar Kei Yuen, Hong Kong
Kenji Zennami, Japan


Get involved!

If you are interested in learning more about the SIU Innovators, please fill out this form.

Dr. Dean Elterman, Canada
Chair, SIU Innovators 

                                                                                                                                                                                                  

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