2027 Prairie Urological Association Annual Meeting

Dr. Trustin Domes, MD, MEd, MCPM, FRCSC

Trustin Domes is an associate professor of surgery (urology) and has focused his career on medical education, educational administration and leadership, and male reproductive and sexual health. He is the inaugural academic director of the Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) program and is the outgoing director of admissions at the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. His passion is to participate in and lead transformative changes that improve processes and outcomes in both medical education and healthcare.

Raj Satkunasivam, MD, MS, FRCSC

Raj Satkunasivam is a urologic oncologist and surgeon-investigator with extensive expertise in robotic and open surgical management of genitourinary cancers. He has performed over 1,500 robotic procedures, focusing on robotic surgery for bladder (robotic radical cystectomy with intracorporeal urinary diversion including neobladder), kidney (robotic partial and radical nephrectomy), prostate (robotic radical prostatectomy), and adrenal cancers. Additionally, he has substantial experience in open surgery for locally advanced kidney cancers and retroperitoneal tumors with vascular involvement (IVC thrombus).

As a dedicated educator, Dr. Satkunasivam has played a central role in fellowship and residency training in robotic urologic oncology and has trained numerous clinical and research fellows who have gone on to academic positions. He currently directs a urologic oncology and health services research fellowship.

In his previous tenure, Dr. Satkunasivam held multiple senior leadership roles at Houston Methodist Hospital, including director of advanced laparoscopic and robotic surgery. His past training includes medical school and urology residency at the University of Toronto and a urologic oncology and advanced robotic surgery fellowship at the University of Southern California.