Dr. Mani Menon Receives the 2026 AUA Ramon Guiteras Award

It is an award not frequently bestowed by the American Urological Association. May, 2026, Vattikuti Urology Institute Chair Emeritus and Robotic Surgery Pioneer Dr. Mani Menon received this distinction.

From the AUA press release:
“The Ramon Guiteras Award is presented to an individual for outstanding contributions to the art and science of urology. Mani Menon, MD, will receive this award for pioneering contributions in robotics resulting in a paradigm shift for the surgical treatment of prostate cancer.”

From an Advanced Endoscopy Devices LinkedIn post:
“The extraordinary lineage of this relentless reinvention took center stage at the American Urological Association (AUA) 2026 meeting. More than a century after Dr. Ramon Guiteras gathered eight charter members in his home to establish the AUA, the organization honored Dr Mani Menon with its highest accolade, the 2026 Ramon Guiteras Award. Dr. Menon and his team at the Vattikuti Foundation Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospital earned this elite distinction for developing the world’s very first robotic prostatectomy. Known as the Menon Precision Prostatectomy, this technique forever turned a once highly invasive procedure into a masterpiece of minimally invasive oncology.”

Award presentation, with short speech by Dr. Mani Menon, 7:22

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