Agenda

9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Packet Pick Up and Registration (Foyer 1 – Second Floor)

7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Packet Pick Up and Registration (Foyer 1 – Second Floor)

9:00 – 9:45 a.m.

Starting at the AUA Summit: Advice for Young Advocates (Presidential Ballroom)

• Speaker: Emily Clennon, MD, MPH – AUA Policy & Advocacy Resident Work Group
• Speaker: Ben Pockros, MD, MBA – AUA Policy & Advocacy Resident Work Group

10:10 – 11:00 a.m.

General Orientation for All Attendees (Presidential Ballroom)

• Review of Legislative Leave Behinds/Congressional “Asks”
  • Denise Asafu-Adjei, MD, MPH – AUA Gallagher Scholar

• Distribution of Capitol Hill meeting schedules
  • Kevin Schultze of Soapbox Consulting

11:00 – 11:10 a.m.

Welcome Address (Presidential Ballroom)

• Edward Messing, MD, FACS – AUA President
• Eugene Rhee, MD, MBA – AUA Public Policy Council Chair

11:10 – 11:30 a.m.

Break to Serve Lunch

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

General Session – Keynote Speaker/Luncheon

• James Carville

12:30 – 12:45 p.m.

Networking Break

12:45 – 1:35 p.m.

General Session – The Urgent Need for Physician Payment Reform**

• Speaker: Anurag Das, MD – AUA Coding and Reimbursement Committee Chair-elect
• Speaker: Mara Holton, MD – LUGPA Board of Directors
• Speaker: William Reha, MD, MBA – American Association of Clinical Urologists President

1:35 – 2:20 p.m.

General Session – Not Just Phoning It In: Why Telehealth Is Vital In a Modern World**

• Speaker: Lisa Finkelstein, DO – AUA Urology Telehealth Task Force Chair-elect; Western Section
• Speaker: Kara Watts, MD – Society of Women in Urology

2:20 – 3:05 p.m.

General Session – Breaking Down Barriers to PSA Screenings**

• Speaker: Arthur Burnett II, MD, MBA, FACS – CONDUC Initiative
• Speaker: Adam Murphy, MD, MBA, MSCI – R. Frank Jones Urological Society
• Speaker: Patrick Bingham, PhD – ZERO – The End of Prostate Cancer

3:05 – 3:40 p.m.

General Session – Expanding the Urological Workforce in Rural America**

• Moderator: Andrew Harris, MD – AUA Workforce Work Group Chair
• Speaker: Kate Kraft, MD, FACS, FAAP – Society of Academic Urologists
• Speaker: Jacob Thatcher, DO – National Rural Health Association Fellow
• Speaker: Jim Twaddell – Senior Policy Advisor at Venable, LLP
• Speaker: Jeremy Haines, MA – AUA Legislative & Political Affairs Manager

3:40 – 3:50 p.m.

Networking Break/Transition to Concurrent Sessions

3:50 – 4:20 p.m.

Concurrent Session 1A - Trainee Advocacy Engagement: A Discussion on Getting Involved(Congressional Room)

• Moderator: Logan Galansky, MD – AUA Policy & Advocacy Resident Work Group Chair
• Panelist: Emilie Johnson, MD, MPH, FACS – AUA Public Policy Council North Central Section Representative
• Panelist: Denise Asafu-Adjei, MD, MPH – AUA Gallagher Scholar
• Panelist: Hiten Patel, MD, MPH – North Central Section
• Panelist: Jennifer Yates, MD – AUA Public Policy Council New England Section Representative
• Panelist: Christine Van Horn, MD – AUAPAC Champion

3:50 – 4:20 p.m.

Concurrent Session 1B – Urologist Well-Being: How AUA Advocacy Supports Urologists**(Presidential Ballroom)

• Moderator: Daniel Frendl, MD, PhD – AUA Legislative Affairs Committee Member; Former AUA Holtgrewe Fellow
• Panelist: Damara Kaplan, MD, PhD – AUA Board of Directors South Central Section Representative
• Panelist: Grace Hyun, MD – New York Section
• Panelist: Seth Cohen, MD – Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction

4:20 – 5:00 p.m.

General Session – AUAPAC and Political Advocacy

• Speaker: Robert Bass, MD, MBA – AUAPAC Chair
  • Note: session is for AUAPAC-eligible (domestic) AUA members only

5:00 p.m.

Conference Adjourns

6:30 – 8:00 pm.

Evening Grand Reception – National Museum of the American Indian (4^th St SW)

• Casual business attire
• Buses depart from front of hotel
• Loading begins at 6:00 p.m.

6:30 – 10:00 a.m.

Packet Pick Up and Registration (Foyer 1 – Second Floor)

7:00 – 8:00 a.m.

Networking Breakfast for General Attendees (Presidential Ballroom)

• Open time to meet with colleagues

8:00 – 8:30 a.m.

General Session – The Role of the AMA in Physician Advocacy**

• Speaker: Willie Underwood III, MD, MSc, MPH – American Medical Association Board of Trustees Chair-elect; Northeastern Section
• Speaker: Hans Arora, MD, PhD – AUA Lead Delegate to AMA House of Delegates
• Speaker: Ruchika Talwar, MD – AUA Delegate to AMA House of Delegates; AUA Holtgrewe Fellow

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

General Session – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Advocacy

• Speaker: Larissa Bresler, MD, DABMA – AUA Chief Diversity Officer

9:00 – 9:45 a.m.

Capitol Hill Meetings Practice and Preparation (Presidential Ballroom)

• Practice meetings with your state delegation
• Subject matter experts available for questions on legislative asks and congressional leave behinds
• Meet AUA Hill guides

9:45 – 10:00 a.m.

Last Minute Instructions for Capitol Hill Visits (Presidential Ballroom)

• Depart for Hill meetings

10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Capitol Hill Visits

• Business attire
• Boxed lunches provided in Senate CVC Room 201-200 in Capitol Visitor Center from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

5:30 – 7:00 p.m.

Congressional Reception with ZERO – The End of Prostate Cancer

• Room HC-5 in U.S. Capitol Building

6:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Packet Pick Up and Registration (Foyer 1 – Second Floor)

7:00 – 8:00 a.m.

AUAPAC Breakfast with Representative Ami Bera, MD (D-CA-06) (Federal AB – Second Floor)

• Platinum, Gold, Silver members invited
  • $500+ urologists or $100+ residents/fellows in 2023

7:00 – 8:00 a.m.

Networking Breakfast for General Attendees (Presidential Ballroom)

8:00 – 8:15 a.m.

General Session – Member of Congress (invited)

8:15 – 8:40 a.m.

General Session – Representative Larry Bucshon, MD (R-IN-08)

8:40 – 9:00 a.m.

General Session – Representative Jack Bergman (R-MI-01)

9:00 – 9:45 a.m.

General Session – State Advocacy: Chaperone Rules and Criminalization of Physician Care**

• Moderator: Brian Duty, MD, MBA – AUA State Advocacy Committee Chair-elect
• Speaker: Julie Riley, MD, FACS – AUA State Advocacy Committee Member
• Speaker: Jonathan Kiechle, MD – AUA State Advocacy Committee Member
• Speaker: Beth Drzewiecki, MD – New England Section

9:45 – 10:30 a.m.

General Session – Lay Down Your Burden: Prior Authorization Reforms**

• Speaker: Eugene Rhee, MD, MBA – AUA Public Policy Council Chair
• Speaker: Ali Kasraeian, MD – Southeastern Section
• Speaker: Josh Langston, MD – Mid-Atlantic Section

10:30 – 10:40 a.m.

Networking Break

10:40 – 11:10 a.m.

General Session – Need to Know: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 and its Impact on Urology**

• Speaker: Erika Miller, JD – CRD Associates

11:10 – 11:50 a.m.

General Session – United We Stand: Patient and Provider Takeaways from the Patient Advocacy Connections Program

• Speaker: Jason Jameson, MD, FACS – Sexual Medicine Society of North America
• Speaker: Jacqueline Zarro, PhD – AUA Patient Advocacy Liaison

11:50 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Closing Remarks

• Eugene Rhee, MD, MBA – AUA Public Policy Council Chair

12:00 p.m.

AUA Summit Adjourns