2026 Annual Meeting – Orlando, FL

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The Drury Hotel is a official Walt Disney World Hotel just a short walk from Disney Springs , home of many unique restaurants and shops.

The final agenda is HERE!

Presenter and Moderator instructions can be found HERE

Registration

Hotel Reservation

The Top 10 abstracts!

(in alphabetical order)

Silencing Fidgeting Like-2 (FL2) During Cavernous Nerve Injury Facilitates Reinnervation and Recovery of Erectile Function. Rayna Birnbau, Moses T. Tar, Lisa A. Baker, David Sharp, Kelvin P. Davies. 

Mitochondrial Dysfunction Contributes to Increased Calcium Channel Activity in the Aging Overactive Bladder. Masuma A. Brishti, Jonathan H. Jaggar, and M. Dennis Leo.

Combination of pelvic radiation and age decreased vaginal blood flow and contraction, but did not worsen vaginal collagen deposition, epithelial thickness, or elastin content. Anna E Barrett, BS,* Deborah Marshall, MD, Johanna L Hannan, PhD

Environmental enrichment promotes neuroplastic recovery of urinary bladder and motor function following spinal cord injury.   Herminia Chavez-Arellano, Emely V. Munoz,* Sonia Luquin, Fabiola Martin del Campo-Solis, Vitor S. Fernandes, Juan C. Gutierrez-Villegas, Alvaro Munoz.  

Early Childhood Obesity Leads to Cavernosal and Pudendal Artery Dysfunction: Functional Impairments and Transcriptomic Signatures Involving Secretin GPCR and Senescence Pathways. Tiago T. Goncalves*, Tianxin Zhang, Rinaldo Rodrigues dos Passos Junior, Cintia Vieira, Kawane F Moura, Paul Townsend, Emily Wilson, Raiana dos Anjos Moraes, Camilla Wenceslau, Cameron G McCarthy, Fernando S Carneiro, Graziela S Ceravolo, Clinton Webb, Fernanda Priviero.

Effects of Sacral Nerve Stimulation on Lower Urinary Tract Function. Raegan M. Gouker; Sabih Halim; Brett Hanzlicek; Mohamed A. Elazab; Gary L. Pawlowski; Robert F. Hoey; Steve J.A. Majerus; Margot S. Damaser; Dennis J. Bourbeau.

Targeting Mechanosensitive ATP Release via Piezo1 in Urothelial Cells and Bladder Outlet Obstruction Models. Shingo Kimura*, Jonathan M. Beckel, Kanako Matsuoka, Adam Lenart, Stephanie L. Daugherty, Naoki Yoshimura.

The diabetic increase in C-fiber in the bladder is due to sprouting which can mediate an increase in evoke potentials. Tashiel Reid, J. Todd Purves and Francis M. Hughes, Jr.

Inflammation of the Major Pelvic Ganglion following Pelvic Surgery Drives Pelvic Organ Crosstalk and Coordinated Development of Bladder and Erectile Dysfunction. Ekta Tiwari, Moses T. Tar, Marcia M. Urban-Maldonado, Susan McNamara, Sylvia O. Suadicani and Kelvin P. Davies. 

Role of Pannexin 1 channels in the temporal progression of diabetic bladder dysfunction.  Madeline Zhang*, Nicole Roselli, Akash Sharma, Susan McNamara, Marcia Urban-Maldonado, Sylvia O. Suadicani.

The lineup of distinguished speakers are:

The Phillip P.  Smith, MD 
Memorial Lecture

Margot S. Damaser, Ph.D.

Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Senior Research Career Scientist, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

Keynote Speakers:

Cathy L. Mendelsohn, Ph.D.

Professor of Urological Sciences and Pathology & Cell Biology and Genetics & Development

Columbia University

Raffaella De Vita, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Virginia Tech

Alex W. Pastuszak, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Surgery

Chief, Section for Surgical Innovation

University of Utah School of Medicine

Below is last year’s gathering in Durham, NC

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