BJUI had a very successful meeting at USICON in Pune. The hospitality was superb and a very well organised meeting. BJUI was represented by myself as Chairman of the Executive and by Prof Prokar Dasgupta as our new Editor. Prokar and his USICON counterparts put on a superb three hour symposium on how to organise a research project for publication. This symposium was extremely well attended with a vigorous interaction with the audience – it was very lively. In addition, Prokar had a significant input into a symposium on robotic prostatectomy as well as other scientific areas. Clearly, USICON were very pleased to see such an input into the USI from the BJUI and our attendance seemed to re-invigorate the relationship.
David Quinlan is Chairman of the BJU International Charity; Consultant Urologist at St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin; Senior Lecturer in Surgery at University College, Dublin, Ireland.
BJUI Editor-in-Chief Prokar Dasgupta with Drs Rane, Kochikar and Patel at USICON
At the BAUS - USICON session, Adrian Joyce gave an excellent talk on the contemporary management of the small renal mass, and Prokar wowed the audience with his dubbed animation of a potential disaster that was probably averted due to the pilot having trained intensively on a simulator.
It is very encouraging to see that the ties between the USI, BAUS and the BJUI are still very strong; we came away from the meeting having renewed ties with several old friends and having made several new ones.