Awards
Awards and Recognitions
Dr. René Sotelo is a renowned surgeon,
innovator and teacher in the field of urology.
For his outstanding work he has received
more than 18 international awards
from scientific and governmental associations
all over the world.
American Urological Association
2014, Third Prize Audio-Visual Award
Robotic Level 3 Cava Thrombectomy Orlando, EEUU.
2009, First Prize Award
Transvesical Robotic Radical Prostatectomy American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2009.
Second Prize Award
Single port transvesical Enucleation of prostate (STEP) American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2009.
2008, Honor Mention Video Award
Robotic Simple Prostatectomy American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2008.
2005, Second Prize Video
Vesicovaginal Fistula Repair. Our Laparoscopic Technique American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2005.
Honor Mention Video Award
Vascular Complications in Laparoscopic Urologic Procedures American Urological Association Annual Meeting 2005.
Société Internationale d’Urologie SIU
Best Video Award: First Prize
Robotic Repair of Vesicovaginal Fistulae: Transperitoneal Transvaginal Approach 32nd Congress of the Société Internationale d’Urologie SIU
European Robotic Urology Society
2012, Best Video Presentation Award
Robotic anatrophic incision for nephron sparing surgery for complete intrarrenal tumor in the renal sinus.
2010, Best Video Presentation Award
Recognition And Management Of Rectal Injury During Laparoscopic And Robotic Radical Prostatectomy
European Robotic Urology Society 2010
European Association of Urology
2009, Third Prize in Video Session
Chicken gizzard.A novel training model for laparoscopic urethro-vesical anastomosis European Association of Urology Annual Meeting 2009
2007, Best Video Publisher in the European Urology Video Journal in 2006
Laparoscopic Repair of Rectourethral Fistulae European Association of Urology Annual Meeting 2007
Endourological Society
Olympus Prize for the Best Video
Female organ-sparing robotic cystectomy: A step-by-step anatomic approach 31th World Congress of Endourology and SWL 2013.
Global Robotics Institute – Florida Hospital
First prize Best Video Award
Robotic repair of rectovesical fistula secondary to open radical prostatectomy World Robotic Urology Symposium 2008
Best Abstract in the Scientific Session
Robotic Extended Pyelolithotomy for complete Staghorn calculus World Robotic Urology Symposium 2008
Consumers Research Council of America
America ́s Top Urologists
Consumer ́s research Council of America 2007
Colegio Mexicano de Urología Nacional
Colegio Mexicano de Urología NacionalMiembro Distinguido.
Entregado durante el XLI Congreso Internacional del CMU. Mérida, México. Marzo,2017
Colegio Mexicano de Urología NacionalMiembro Distinguido.
Entregado durante el XLI Congreso Internacional del CMU. Mérida, México. Marzo,2017
Mayor of the Panama City
2015 Honorary Visitor of Panama City.
Sociedad Peruana de Urología
Sociedad Peruana de Urología. Second Prize Award in Video presentation of the XXIV Peruvian Urology Congress.
Reparación Robótica de Fístula Recto-Vesical Abordaje Transperitoneal. Cusco, Peru. Agosto, 2014.
Sociedad Colombiana de Urología
Honor Mention: XXXVIII Congreso Nacional de Urología Sociedad Colombiana de Urología
“Resultados de la Prostatectomía Radical Laparoscópica con Cáncer de Próstata órgano confinado en el Hospital San José. Experiencia Inicial”. Medellín, Colombia 12 de Octubre de 2003.
Universidad de los Andes - Venezuela
Condecoración “Dr. Diego Carbonell Espinel”
Por su sobresaliente contribución a la investigación científica Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela 2011
Organización Sanitas Internacional
Premio Juan Jacobo Muñoz
NOTES Hibrido: El Despegar De La Cirugia Por Orificios Naturales En Urologia Organización Sanitas Internacional, Colombia 2010
Sociedad Venezolana de Urología
Premio Dr. Carmelo Lauria
Linfadenectomía inguinal Robotica por cáncer de pene Congreso Sociedad Venezolana de Urología 2013
Confederación Americana de Urología
2014, First Mention Video Prize XXXIII Confederación Americana de Urología (CAU) Congress. Malfuncionamiento de autosuturadoras lineales cortantes en la cirugía urológica. Punta del Este, Uruguay November 23-27, 2014.
2006, First Prize Video Award Laparoscopic Repair of Rectourethral Fistulae Confederación Americana de Urología 2006
Third Prize Video Award Laparoscopic managment of bladder hernia through obturator foramen. Recife, Brasil, June 22 of 2006.
2004, First Prize Video Award “Dr . Carmelo Lauría” Fístula Vesicovaginal. Experiencia de Reparación Laparoscópica en 14 Casos. Punta Cana, República Dominicana. 12 de Diciembre de 2004.
