Dr. Pankaj N Maheshwari is the head of department of urology at Fortis Hospital Mulund, Mumbai. He is a respected teacher and the Director for the DNB urology program training two Diplomate of National Board designated fellows each year. After his initial training in surgery at GMC Nagpur, and then Urology at Grant Medical College Mumbai, he acquired his training in laser prostate surgery with Dr Peter Gilling at New Zealand in 1999 as a SIU fellow. Dr Maheshwari is the pioneer in the use of holmium laser in India. He has recently been awarded Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons’ from Glasgow (UK). Dr Maheshwari is considered a thorough academician and is the Editorial committee member of Indian Journal of Urology and on the review panel for more than 45 journals. He is also on the review panel for various prestigious conferences like USICON, AUA, SIU and WZ-USICON. He has served on the advisory board for establishing SAARC association of Urologic surgeons (SAUS) and now is the member of the scientific committee of the SAUS. He has also been the National Delegate of World Endourology Society from 2003–2005. He has been a visiting faculty and speaker at multiple institutions and meetings and respected teacher in urology. AREAS OF INTEREST • Uro-Oncology • Laser Surgery • Robotic Surgery • Reconstructive Surgery • Female Urology • Upper Tract Endourology, • Prostate, Kidney Cancer, Bladder cancer & laser & robotic surgery • Urolithiasis, BPH • Bladder Tumor & prostate cancer • common urology problems like -infections and sexual issues • Minimally invasive treatments for prostate (Urolift, Rezum, iTIND) that help maintain sexual function

• He has been honoured with the Urology Gold Medal of the West Zone chapter of USI (2020). • The best reviewer award for Indian Journal of Urology (2022-2024) and Journal of Endourology (from 2021 to 2023) & SIU traveling fellowship (1999).