2026 Annual Urology Advocacy Summit Recap

By John S. Lam, MD, MBA, FACS, Los Angeles, CA
AUA State Advocacy Committee Rep
WSAUA Health Policy Committee District 6 Rep
Past-President California Urological Association

 

Thank you to all that joined us for the 2026 AUA Summit in Washington, DC, Feb 23-25. The ninth Annual Advocacy Summit of the American Urological Association (AUA) was held at the JW Marriott Washington, DC from February 23-25, 2026 with more than 360 attendees that included physicians; 115 medical students, residents, fellows; 43 patient advocates; members of the AUA Leadership Class; 38 AUA FUTURE Program mentees; and others.

AUA Advocacy Summit Summary – February 23-25, 2026

The 119th United States Congress convened last year with the promise of unified government and the possibility of swift legislative action. Yet the reality inside the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate has been far more fragile due to slim majorities, ideological fractures, and procedural hurdles that have slowed what might otherwise have been an ambitious agenda. But for urologists, the turbulence inside Washington, D.C. is not abstract politics — it is economic reality.

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