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• Société Internationale dUrologie
• Advancing Urology Worldwide
• www.siu-urology.org

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SIUs Mission

• To enable urologists in all nations, through
  international cooperation in education and
  research, to apply the highest standards of
  urological care to their patients.

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Membership

• The Société Internationale dUrologie is an
  international democratic body whose prime
  objective is to promote cooperation, education
  and exchange among urologists of all nations and
  cultures.
• Dues US 150 per year. Members from developing
  countries receive a discount on annual dues based
  on the World Bank statistics for their countrys
  annual per capita GDP.
• Over 4,000 members from more than 100 countries

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Benefits for SIU Members

• Education
• Access to the SIUs eLearning platform SIU
  Academy that features clinical case studies,
  electronic annotated publications, eSeries, live
  surgery broadcasts, and Congress webcasts.
• Publications
• Access to ICUD (International Consultation on
  Urological Diseases) publications
• A monthly subscription to Urology The Gold
  Journal, the official journal of the SIU
  (international non-member price 494 US).
• The quarterly SIU newsletter.

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Benefits for SIU Members

• SIU Congress
• Receive a significant discount off non-member
  registration fees at SIU Congresses, depending on
  registration category.
• Prestige and Recognition
• Peer recognition and membership in an
  internationally-recognized society, serving
  urologists since 1907.
• Networking
• Online access to the SIU members-only section to
  view the SIU membership directory, network with
  international members and training centres, and
  pay dues online.

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• Goals
• To grant educational scholarships to surgeons
  from the developing world for training in
  urology.
• To provide teaching fellowships to urologists to
  teach urology in the developing world.
• To conduct research into the causes, controls and
  cures of debilitating urological diseases,
  illness and conditions.
• To advance medical education in urology in the
  developing world by providing and assisting in
  the provision of medical equipment, supplies and
  specialty books to university or public
  hospitals, or clinical centres.
• www.siu-foundation.org

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• Key Features
• Powerful search engine allows for advanced and
  efficient searches
• Interactivity through quizzes, QA features,
  note-taking capabilities
• Share links to interesting content via social
  media sites
• Opportunity to evaluate content using the Rate
  Comment feature
• Digital library available for viewing via mobile
  devices
• www.siu-academy.org

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SIU-ICUD Joint Consultations

• Urethral Strictures
• Marrakech 2010
• Co-Chairs Dr Gerald Jordan and
• Prof. Chris Chapple
• Vesico-vaginal Fistula
• Marrakech 2010
• Chair Prof. Paul Abrams, D. de Ridder, C.
  deVries, S Elneil, G Esegbona, S Mourad, M
  Muleta
• Prostate Cancer
• Berlin 2011
• Co-chairs Dr Gerald Andriole and
• Prof. Manfred Wirth
• Male LUTS
• Fukuoka 2012
• Co-chairs Prof. Chris Chapple and
• Prof. Claus Roehrborn

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Future SIU Congresses

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SIU 2015Melbourne, AustraliaOctober 11-14