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.

Chaired by Rana McKay with co-chair Yüksel Ürün

Images	Name
	Archana Ajmera (USA) Adult Nurse Practitioner at UC San Diego Health
	Andre P. Fay (Brazil) Medical Oncologist Professor of Medicine at PUCRS School of Medicine Visiting Scientist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
	Ari Hakimi (USA) Associate Professor and Urologic Surgeon at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
	Axel Bex (UK) Professor of Urology at University College London Urologic Surgeon and Consultant Clinical Lead of the Specialist Center for Kidney Cancer at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
	Aristotelis Bamias (Greece) Professor of Internal Medicine-Oncology National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 2nd Propaedeutic Dept of Internal Medicine ATTIKON University Hospital
	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 Patient Advocate, NCCN Guidelines Panel – Kidney Cancer Vice Chair at International Kidney Cancer Coalition (IKCC)
	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 Director of BIGR
	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 President of Asian Robotic Urologic Society Scientific Committee
	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 Research ASCO 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 Zubirán Director 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 Division of Medical Oncology Medical Oncologist at BC Cancer, Vancouver Centre
	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 Consultant Medical Oncologist at IASO Thessalias Medical Center, Greece
	Paul A. Merguerian (USA) Division Chief Pediatric Urology Seattle Children's Hospital Professor of Urology University of Washington
	Padraic O’Malley (USA) Clinical Assistant Professor in the University of Florida Department of Urology Chief of Urologic Oncology.
	Pedro Barata (USA) Associate Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Director 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 Armenia Assistant 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 Chair of the Kidney and Bladder Cancer Disease Team Co-director of the Kidney Cancer Program
	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 School Medical 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

Chaired by Rana McKay with co-chair Yüksel Ürün

Images	Name
	Archana Ajmera (USA) Adult Nurse Practitioner at UC San Diego Health
	Andre P. Fay (Brazil) Medical Oncologist Professor of Medicine at PUCRS School of Medicine Visiting Scientist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
	Ari Hakimi (USA) Associate Professor and Urologic Surgeon at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
	Axel Bex (UK) Professor of Urology at University College London Urologic Surgeon and Consultant Clinical Lead of the Specialist Center for Kidney Cancer at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
	Aristotelis Bamias (Greece) Professor of Internal Medicine-Oncology National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 2nd Propaedeutic Dept of Internal Medicine ATTIKON University Hospital
	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 Patient Advocate, NCCN Guidelines Panel – Kidney Cancer Vice Chair at International Kidney Cancer Coalition (IKCC)
	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 Director of BIGR
	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 President of Asian Robotic Urologic Society Scientific Committee
	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 Research ASCO 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 Zubirán Director 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 Division of Medical Oncology Medical Oncologist at BC Cancer, Vancouver Centre
	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 Consultant Medical Oncologist at IASO Thessalias Medical Center, Greece
	Paul A. Merguerian (USA) Division Chief Pediatric Urology Seattle Children's Hospital Professor of Urology University of Washington
	Padraic O’Malley (USA) Clinical Assistant Professor in the University of Florida Department of Urology Chief of Urologic Oncology.
	Pedro Barata (USA) Associate Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Director 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 Armenia Assistant 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 Chair of the Kidney and Bladder Cancer Disease Team Co-director of the Kidney Cancer Program
	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 School Medical 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

Time	Speaker
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) Current Standard of Care: IO/IO and IO/TKI Combinations
09:30 – 09:50 AM EDT	Yüksel Ürün (Turkey) Personalizing Treatment in the Frontline Setting
09:50 – 10:10 AM EDT	Mariam Sargsyan (Armenia) The Current State of Renal Oncology in Armenia
10:10 – 10:30 AM EDT	Panagiotis J. Vlachostergios (Greece) Biomarkers for adjuvant therapy benefit in RCC
10:30 – 10:50 AM EDT	David Braun (USA) Evolution of Biomarker in the Frontline
10:50 – 11:10 AM EDT	Archana Ajmera (USA) Management of IO/TKI Toxicity
11:10 – 11:30 AM EDT	Ilya Tsimafeyeu (Russia) Real-World Evaluation of Treatment approaches and Immunotherapy Outcomes in Russia
11:30 – 11:50 AM EDT	Armine Badeyan (Armenia) Radiological Assessment of Small Renal Masses
11:50 – 12:10 EDT	Jianhua Zhang (China) Novel Imaging Integration: PET imaging for characterization of small renal masses
12:10 – 12:30 PM EDT	Aristotelis Bamias (Greece) The Current State of Renal Oncology in Greece
12:30 – 12:50 PM EDT	Break
12:50 - 13:10 PM EDT	Padraic O’Malley (USA) Active Surveillance: Patient Selection and Protocols
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) VHL and Kidney Cancer: the Role of Specialized VHL Clinic
13:50 – 14:10 PM EDT	Lewis Au Overcoming intratumour heterogeneity in tissue-based biomarkers in clear cell renal cell carcinoma
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) Treating Wilms Tumor in Low-Middle-Income Countries
15:10 – 15:30 PM EDT	Paul A. Merguerian (USA) Surgical Management of Renal Tumors in Children and Young Adults
15:30 – 15:50 PM EDT	Raya Saab (USA) Panel Discussion: Challenges and Opportunities of Treating Renal Tumors in Children and Young Adults
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) Case-Based Discussion: Delayed CRN and Consolidative SBRT
17:30 – 17:50 PM EDT	Elizabeth Liow (Australia) The Current State of Renal Oncology in Australia
17:50-18:10 PM EDT	Bryan Lewis KidneyCan: Patient-Driven Movement to Accelerate Cures
18:10-18:20 PM EDT	Closing Ceremony
September 12, 2025
09:10 – 09:30 AM EDT	Gang Zhu (China) Robotic Surgery with AI Enhanced Holographic Imaging: Bridging Precision, Efficiency, and Functional Preservation
09:30 – 09:50 AM EDT	Axel Bex (UK) Neoadjuvant Therapy: Current Evidence and Ongoing Trials
09:50 – 10:10 AM EDT	Brad McGregor (USA) Adjuvant Therapy: Patient Selection and Treatment Options
10:10 – 10:30 AM EDT	Zeng Hao (China) The Current State of Renal Oncology in China
10:30 – 10:50 AM EDT	Ari Hakimi (USA) Modern Prognostic Models for Localized RCC
10:30 – 10:50 AM EDT	Wenxin (Vincent) Xu (USA) Management of Post-Surgical Recurrence
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) The Current State of Renal Oncology in Italy
11:50 – 12:10 EDT	Çağatay Arslan (Turkey) Chromophobe RCC: Diagnosis and Treatment
12:10 – 12:30 PM EDT	Emre Yekedüz (Turkey) The Current State of Renal Oncology in Turkey
12:30 – 12:50 PM EDT	Guillermo de Velasco (Spain) Sarcomatoid RCC: Diagnosis and Treatment
12:50 - 13:10 PM EDT	Payal Kapur (USA) Pathologic Evaluation of Variant Histologies in RCC
13:10-13:30 PM EDT	Kleida Mati (Albania) The Current State of Renal Oncology in Albania
13:30 – 13:50 PM EDT	Iva Nikles The Current State of Renal Oncology in Croatia
13:50 – 14:10 PM EDT	Sid Sadler The Fight and the Role of Advocacy
14:10 – 14:30 PM EDT	Regina Barragan The Current State of Renal Oncology in Mexico
14:30 – 14:50 PM EDT	Sumanta Pal (USA) Papillary RCC: Diagnosis and Treatment
14:50 – 15:10 PM EDT	Ravi Karra Panel Discussion: Evidence-Based Approaches to Variant Histologies
15:10 – 15:30 PM EDT	Karima Oualla (North Africa) The Current State of Renal Oncology in Morocco
15:30 – 15:50 PM EDT	Pedro Barata (USA) Treatment Sequencing After IO/TKI Progression
15:50 – 16:10 PM EDT	Yu-Wei Chen (USA) Integration of HIF2a inhibition in RCC
16:10 – 16:30 PM EDT	Andre P. Fay (Brazil) The Current State of Renal Oncology in Brazil
16:30 – 16:50 PM EDT	Elizabeth Wulff-Burchfield (USA) Palliative Care Integration in Advanced RCC
16:50 – 17:10 PM EDT	Rana McKay (USA) Future Directions: Emerging Agents and Combinations
17:10-17:30 PM EDT	Petros Grivas (USA) Making a Career in GU Oncology
17:30-17:40 PM EDT	Closing Ceremony