About the Southern African Endourology Society

The inaugural meeting of the Southern African Endourology Society was held at the Urological Association of South Africa congress in the Drakensburg in August 2008. The meeting was addressed by Prof Arthur Smith (founder of the world Endourological Society) and Dr Jaime Landman, one of the foremost minimally invasive urological surgeons in the world. Southern African and International delegates attended the launch, which signified a new commitment in the region to minimally invasive surgery in Urology. The society represents all Southern African countries, and currently has members from South Africa and Namibia. It is affiliated to the world Endourology Society, with whom it shares a journal, the Journal of Endourology.

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Current President of the Southern African Endourology Society

Dr Marius Conradie is the founding president of the South African Endourology society. He is the Principal Specialist and Head of Department of the Department of Urology, Greys Hospital, Pietermaritzburg. Dr Conradie is passionate about endourology, particularly laparoscopic surgery, and under his vision and leadership, the Southern African Endourology Society will promote the advancement of and training in minimally invasive urology in Southern Africa.

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