• Conference Brochure
• Conference Agenda
• Conference Committee/Speakers

Agendas are subject to change because we are always striving to improve the quality of your educational experience.  MD Anderson may substitute faculty with comparable expertise on rare occasions necessitated by illness, schedule conflicts and so forth. 

Please let us know what specific topics, issues or questions you wish to see addressed or emphasized in this activity.  Fax CME/Conference Management at 713-794-7124 or email register@mdanderson.org.  All responses will be forwarded to the Program Chair for consideration.

Goal/Focus

This conference will highlight innovative, multidisciplinary and novel treatment approaches for the treatment of complex genitourinary malignancies for the practicing urologist and medical oncologist that might not be currently either available or feasible in their home practice.

Educational Objectives

After attending the conference, participants should be able to:

• Evaluate, counsel and treat patients with rare genitourinary malignancies (penile cancer, testicular cancer, adrenal tumors) (Knowledge, Competence, Performance);

• Utilize surgery and therapies for patients with kidney cancer (small renal masses, locally advanced tumors/adjuvant therapy, metastatic tumors/cytoreductive surgery, and systemic therapy) (Knowledge, Competence, Performance, Patient Outcomes);

• Assess patients with urothelial carcinoma (molecular characterization, non-muscle invasive tumors, muscle-invasive tumors, and systemic therapy) (Knowledge, Competence);

• Evaluate, counsel and treat patients with prostate cancer (screening, early disease/focal therapy, radiation therapy, high-risk disease, and recurrent/metastatic disease) (Knowledge, Competence, Patient Outcomes).
  

Educational Methods

• Lecture/Didactic
• Case Study
• Panel discussions
• Question and Answer Sessions
• Poster Session
• Skills- Based Training

Evaluation

A course evaluation will provide participants with the opportunity to comment on the value of the program content to their practice decisions, performance improvement activities, or possible impact on patient health status.  Participants will also have the opportunity to comment on any perceived commercial bias in the presentations as well as to identify future educational topics.

PHYSICIANS

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 15.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ETHICS

The session entitled, Heritable Genitourinary Cancers-When to Screen and What to Do Next, has been designated by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center for 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM in medical ethics and/or professional responsibility.

CME CERTIFICATES AND ATTENDANCE VERIFICATION CERTIFICATES

Certificates awarding AMA PRA Category 1 Credits^TM or certificates documenting attendance will be emailed when an individual completes the online CME Verification process after the conference.

Abstracts will be selected for poster presentation at the conference.  Please submit abstracts via e-mail to GUConference@mdanderson.org.

Pre-registration is now closed, you may register on-site registration opens at 7:00 am on Friday, November 1, 2019.  The conference will begin at 7:50 am and adjourn at 4:45 pm on Saturday, November 2, 2019.  Advanced registration is encouraged as space and materials are limited.

The deadline for advanced registration is Friday, October 11, 2019.

Registration Fees

Physicians (MD’s/DO’s) and Scientists...............................................$275

Students / Trainees / PAs / Advanced Nurse Practitioners.............$60

One Day Fee  for only Students / Trainees / PAs / Advanced Nurse Practitioners........$30.00
            November 1, Friday
            November 2, Saturday

The registration fee, minus a $50 administrative handling fee, is refundable if a written request is received on or before Oct. 11,2019.  No refunds will be granted after that date.  The request for a registration refund must include the tax identification number of the company or institution if registration was paid by a company or institution check.  For additional information, contact CME/Conference Management at 713-792-2223 or toll free at 866-849-5866 or email register@mdanderson.org.

CME/Conference Management reserves the right to cancel activities prior to the scheduled date, if low enrollment or other circumstances make it necessary.  Each registrant will be notified by mail, e-mail, or the contact numbers as given on the registration form.  In case of activity cancellation, liability of CME/Conference Management is limited to the registration fee.  CME/Conference Management will refund the full registration fee.

CME/Conference Management reserves the right to limit the number of participants in a program and is not responsible for any expenses incurred by an individual whose registration is not confirmed and for whom space is not available.

For additional information, please contact CME/Conference Management at 713-792-2223 or toll free at 866-849-5866.

Houston is served by two airports, George Bush Intercontinental (IAH) and William P. Hobby (HOU). The following forms of ground transportation are available to and from the airports to the Medical Center.

• Uber and Lyft
• Taxicabs: Yellow Cab 713‐236‐1111; and Fiesta Cab 713‐225‐2666.

ACCOMMODATIONS

•   A block of rooms has been reserved for conference attendees at the InterContinental Houston – Medical Center located at 6750 Main Street,     Houston, Texas.

•   The hotel phone number is (713) 422-2779.

•   Early hotel reservation is suggested and the room block cutoff date is Thursday, October 10, 2019.

•   When you make reservations, be sure to mention the group name: 14th Update on the Management of  Genitourinary Malignancies     Conference to be assured of receiving the special meeting rate of  $179/nigh for a single/double guest room.  Please add 17% Texas state and     local taxes.

GROUND TRANSPORTATION

Houston is served by two airports, George Bush Intercontinental (IAH) and William P. Hobby (HOU). The following forms of ground transportation are available to and from the airports to the Medical Center.

Taxis: estimated fare; $55 - $65 USD (one way) Hobby/Medical Center

Taxis: estimated fare: $65 - 80 USD (one way) Houston IAH/Medical Center

Yellow Cab Company (713) 236-1111

United Cab Company (713) 699-0000

Lyft - (Bush IAH)
Lyft - (Hobby Airport)

Uber - (Bush IAH)
Uber - (Hobby Airport)

Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas

Mays Garage Parking for Friday, Nov. 1, 2019:

MD Anderson employees are encouraged to park in their normal location; however parking is available at the Mays Clinic garage.

Use Entrance 5 at Holcombe Boulevard at Bertner Avenue to access the garage beneath the Mays Clinic Building.  Mays Clinic is adjacent to the conference site, Duncan Building (CPB).  Mays Clinic self-parking is $12 per day and valet parking is $15 per day. 

From the garage, take the elevators to the second floor and follow the hallway signs to the Duncan Building.  After you pass Cool Beans Café on your left, take the Q Elevator Bank , also located on your left, to the Conference Center on the eighth floor.

Garage 10 Parking for Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019:

Parking is available in Garage 10 which is located on the east side of the R. Lee Clark Clinic building between M. D. Anderson Boulevard and Braeswood.

Parking is $12 per day.  Take a ticket from the machine to raise the gate to enter the garage.  Remember to take this ticket with you as you leave your car as you must have it at the end of the day in order to pay the parking fee.  There are no cashiers in the garage.  Instead, there are EasyPay Stations on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors of the garage.  The EasyPay Stations are self-serve machines that accept cash or credit cards.  As you leave the conference, feed your parking ticket into one of these machines.  The machine will tell you how much you owe and ask you to insert money or a credit card to pay.  Once you've paid, the machine will stamp your parking ticket "paid" and return it to you.  At the garage exit insert your paid ticket into the machine to raise the gate so you can exit the garage.

Parking fees are not reimbursable. 

Click here for a map with parking directions.

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Photographing, audio taping and videotaping are prohibited.

Contact the Department of CME/Conference Management if you have any special dietary or ADA accommodation needs.

• Local phone: 713-792-2223
• Toll-free: 866-849-5866
• Email: register@mdanderson.org