Global Voices in Renal Oncology (VIRO) 2025
The Global Voices in Renal Oncology (VIRO) Virtual Congress, organized by OncoDaily, will be held on September 11–12, 2025. Chaired by Rana McKay with co-chair Yüksel Ürün, the 2025 program will bring together approximately 50 leading renal oncology experts from around the world to share the latest advancements and perspectives in the field.
REGISTRATION
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2025 Co-chair
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Speakers
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 | Archana Ajmera (USA)Adult Nurse Practitioner at UC San Diego Health |
 | Andre P. Fay (Brazil)Medical Oncologist |
 | Ari Hakimi (USA)Associate Professor and Urologic Surgeon at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
 | Axel Bex (UK)Professor of Urology at University College London |
 | Aristotelis Bamias (Greece)Professor of Internal Medicine-Oncology |
 | Amil Družić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)Oncology and Radiotherapy Resident at Clinical Center University of Sarajevo |
 | Armine Badeyan (Armenia)Acting Director at Radioisotope Production Center |
 | Bryan Lewis (USA)CEO & Co-Founder of KidneyCAN |
 | Brad McGregor (USA)Director of Clinical Research for the Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology
Medical Oncologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical School |
 | Çağatay Arslan (Turkey)Professor and Medical Oncologist at Medical Park İzmir Hospital |
 | Karima Oualla (North Africa)Professor of Medical Oncology at the Hassan II University Hospital in Morocco |
 | Chad Tang (USA)Associate Professor and Radiation Oncologist, MD Anderson Cancer Center |
 | David Braun (USA)Assistant Professor of Medicine at Yale School of Medicine |
 | Elizabeth Liow (Australia)Medical Oncologist and Head of Australian KRAB Registry and Adjunct Lecturer at Monash University |
 | Emina Bičakčić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)Medical doctor at Clinical Center University of Sarajevo |
 | Emre Yekedüz (Turkey)Associate Professor of Medical Oncology at Ankara University |
 | Elen Baloyan (Armenia)Managing Editor of OncoDaily |
 | Elizabeth Wulff-Burchfield (USA)Associate Professor and Medical Oncologist at the University of Kansas Health System |
 | Gang Zhu (China)President of CACA Genitourinary Cancer Holistic Rehabilitation Society |
 | Giovanni Luca Ceresoli (Italy)Head of Pneumology and Oncology Urological Hospital Humanitas Gavazzeni Section |
 | Guillermo de Velasco (Spain)Medical Oncologist at University Hospital 12 de Octubre |
 | Kleida Mati (Albania)Medical Oncologist at Albania American Hospital |
 | Jianhua Zhang (China)Chief Physician, Associate Professor, Deputy Director at Department of Nuclear Medicine Peking University First Hospital |
 | Iva Nikles (Croatia)Medical Oncologist at University Hospital Centre Zagreb |
 | Ilya Tsimafeyeu (Russia)
Director at the Bureau for Cancer ResearchASCO Central and Eastern Europe Regional Council Member |
 | Lewis Au (Australia)GU and GI Medical Oncologist at Peter Mac Cancer Centre |
 | Maite Bourlon (Mexico)Associate Professor and Head of the Urologic Oncology Clinic at Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador ZubiránDirector of the Genitourinary Cancers Program at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Chair of the ASCO IDEA Steering Group |
 | Maryam Soleimani (Canada)Clinical Assistant Professor at University of British Columbia |
 | Mariam Sargsyan (Armenia)Medical Oncologist at Mikaelyan Institute of Surgery |
 | Panagiotis J. Vlachostergios (Greece)Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, New York |
 | Paul A. Merguerian (USA)Division Chief Pediatric Urology |
 | Padraic O’Malley (USA)Clinical Assistant Professor in the University of Florida Department of UrologyChief of Urologic Oncology. |
 | Pedro Barata (USA)Associate Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineDirector of Clinical Genitourinary Medical Oncology Research Program and Co‑Leader Genitourinary Disease Team at University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center |
 | Regina Barragan (Mexico)Postdoctoral fellow at the Genitourinary Clinic at the Medical Oncology and Medical Therapeutics at City of Hope |
 | Petros Grivas (USA)Clinical Director of the GU Cancer Program at the University of Washington |
 | Raya Saab (USA)Chief of Pediatric Oncology and Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine |
 | Ravi Karra (USA)Vice President of Oncology at Advanced Clinical |
 | Raquibul Hannan (USA)Professor of Radiation Oncology and Chief of Genitourinary Radiation Oncology Service at UT Southwestern Medical Center |
 | Ruzanna Papyan (Armenia)Chief of the Pediatric Oncology Clinic at the Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of ArmeniaAssistant Professor at Yerevan State Medical University SIOP GHN AYA Working Group Co-Chair |
 | Sumanta Pal (USA)Professor and Vice Chair of Academic Affairs at City of Hope |
 | Sid Sadler (USA)Cancer Survivor |
 | Tian Zhang (USA)Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center |
 | Payal Kapur (USA)Professor of Pathology at UT Southwestern Medical Center |
 | Wenxin (Vincent) Xu (USA)Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Harvard Medical SchoolMedical Oncologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
 | Yousef Zakharia (USA)Vice-Chair of the Genitourinary Malignancy Disease Group and Medical Oncologist at the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center |
 | Yeva Margaryan (Armenia)Managing Editor of CancerWorld Magazine |
 | Yu-Wei Chen (USA)Assistant Professor of Medicine and Medical Oncologist at UC San Diego Health |
 | Zeng Hao (China)Professor of Urology at West China Hospital, Sichuan University |
Agenda
| Time | Speaker | |
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Global Voices in Renal Oncology (VIRO) 2025 | ||
September 11, 2025 | ||
09:00-09:10 AM EDT | Opening Ceremony | |
09:10 – 09:30 AM EDT | Tian Zhang (USA)
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09:30 – 09:50 AM EDT | Yüksel Ürün (Turkey) | |
09:50 – 10:10 AM EDT | Mariam Sargsyan (Armenia) | |
10:10 – 10:30 AM EDT | Panagiotis J. Vlachostergios (Greece) | |
10:30 – 10:50 AM EDT | David Braun (USA) | |
10:50 – 11:10 AM EDT | Archana Ajmera (USA) | |
11:10 – 11:30 AM EDT | Ilya Tsimafeyeu (Russia) | |
11:30 – 11:50 AM EDT | Armine Badeyan (Armenia) | |
11:50 – 12:10 EDT | Jianhua Zhang (China) | |
12:10 – 12:30 PM EDT | Aristotelis Bamias (Greece) | |
12:30 – 12:50 PM EDT | Break | |
12:50 - 13:10 PM EDT | Padraic O’Malley (USA) | |
13:10-13:30 PM EDT | Maite Bourlon (Mexico) Panel Discussion: Case-Based Approach to SRM Management | |
13:30 – 13:50 PM EDT | Maryam Soleimani (Canada) | |
13:50 – 14:10 PM EDT | Lewis Au | |
14:10 – 14:30 PM EDT | Elen Baloyan (Armenia) OncoDaily | |
14:30 – 14:50 PM EDT | Amil Družić and Emina Bičakčić The Current State of Renal Oncology in Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
14:50 – 15:10 PM EDT | Ruzanna Papyan (Armenia) | |
15:10 – 15:30 PM EDT | Paul A. Merguerian (USA) | |
15:30 – 15:50 PM EDT | Raya Saab (USA) | |
15:50 – 16:10 PM EDT | Yeva Margaryan CancerWorld: Honoring the Legacy and Moving Forward | |
16:10 – 16:30 PM CET | Chad Tang (USA) Radiation Approaches for Oligometastatic Disease | |
16:30 – 16:50 PM EDT | Raquibul Hannan (USA) Radiation Approaches for Oligoprogressive Disease | |
16:50 – 17:10 PM EDT | Break | |
17:10 – 17:30 PM EDT | Yousef Zakharia (USA) | |
17:30 – 17:50 PM EDT | Elizabeth Liow (Australia) | |
17:50-18:10 PM EDT | Bryan Lewis | |
18:10-18:20 PM EDT | Closing Ceremony | |
September 12, 2025 | ||
09:10 – 09:30 AM EDT | Gang Zhu (China) | |
09:30 – 09:50 AM EDT | Axel Bex (UK) | |
09:50 – 10:10 AM EDT | Brad McGregor (USA) | |
10:10 – 10:30 AM EDT | Zeng Hao (China) | |
10:30 – 10:50 AM EDT | Ari Hakimi (USA) | |
10:30 – 10:50 AM EDT | Wenxin (Vincent) Xu (USA) | |
11:10 – 11:30 AM EDT | Rana McKay (USA) Panel Discussion: Case-Based Presentation Risk Stratification and Perioperative Management for Localized Disease | |
11:30 – 11:50 AM EDT | Giovanni Luca Ceresoli (Italy) | |
11:50 – 12:10 EDT | Çağatay Arslan (Turkey) | |
12:10 – 12:30 PM EDT | Emre Yekedüz (Turkey) | |
| 12:30 – 12:50 PM EDT | Guillermo de Velasco (Spain) | |
| 12:50 - 13:10 PM EDT | Payal Kapur (USA) | |
| 13:10-13:30 PM EDT | Kleida Mati (Albania) | |
| 13:30 – 13:50 PM EDT | Iva Nikles | |
| 13:50 – 14:10 PM EDT | Sid Sadler | |
| 14:10 – 14:30 PM EDT | Regina Barragan | |
| 14:30 – 14:50 PM EDT | Sumanta Pal (USA) | |
| 14:50 – 15:10 PM EDT | Ravi Karra | |
| 15:10 – 15:30 PM EDT | Karima Oualla (North Africa) | |
| 15:30 – 15:50 PM EDT | Pedro Barata (USA) | |
| 15:50 – 16:10 PM EDT | Yu-Wei Chen (USA) | |
| 16:10 – 16:30 PM EDT | Andre P. Fay (Brazil) | |
| 16:30 – 16:50 PM EDT | Elizabeth Wulff-Burchfield (USA) | |
| 16:50 – 17:10 PM EDT | Rana McKay (USA) | |
| 17:10-17:30 PM EDT | Petros Grivas (USA) | |
| 17:30-17:40 PM EDT | Closing Ceremony | |