Society of Urologic Oncology

What Society of Urologic Oncology does

The Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO) is a US-based non-profit professional medical society founded in 1984 and headquartered in Schaumburg, Maryland. It serves as the specialty-level coordinating body for urologic oncologists, fellows, residents, allied health professionals, and the institutions that train them, with membership tiers spanning Active, Senior, Honorary, International, Allied Health Professional Corresponding, Affiliate, and Candidate categories. Its core programs include an Annual Scientific Meeting (26th Annual Meeting held in Phoenix in December 2025; 27th Annual Meeting scheduled for San Diego in December 2026), a 2026 SUO Resident Course, ACGME-aligned fellowship accreditation and match services, the official peer-reviewed Urologic Oncology journal, the Find a Provider patient directory, clinical guidelines, a Visiting Professor Grant Program, the SUO Career Center operated with Naylor, Inc., and an awards program that includes the Whitmore Lectureship, Huggins Medal, SUO Medal, Smith Mentorship Award, Young Investigator Award, and other recognitions.

SUO operates a community-led, event-driven go-to-market. Its revenue mechanics combine recurring membership dues, one-time annual meeting registration and industry sponsorship fees, institutional fellowship accreditation/match program fees, and job posting revenue from the Career Center. Two affiliated subgroups — Young Urologic Oncologists (YUO) and Western Urologic Oncologists (WUO) — extend the society's programming to early-career and regional segments, and a co-sponsored SUO-EAU Exchange Lectures program links membership value to international exchange with the European Association of Urology. The 2025 partnership with Ferring Pharmaceuticals to fund the NMIBC Fellows Research Grant is illustrative of how SUO monetizes its accredited-fellow channel via industry-funded research instruments.

Operationally, SUO is lean, with 1-10 employees on the firmographic and outsourced service providers (WJ Weiser & Associates for suonet.org hosting; Naylor, Inc. for the Career Center platform). Leadership is vested in a Board of Directors, an Executive Committee, and named program committees, with Jeffrey M. Holzbeierlein identified as President. The society is privately held as a non-profit, with no parent company, subsidiaries, or outside equity ownership disclosed.

Name

Society of Urologic Oncology

Legal name

Society of Urologic Oncology

Website

https://suonet.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

SUO is a US non-profit professional medical society founded in 1984 that accredits urologic oncology fellowship programs, hosts annual and resident educational meetings, publishes the Urologic Oncology journal, and serves physician members, trainees, and allied health professionals.

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Product category

Professional Medical Society Services

NAICS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Urologic Oncology (HLAKAOAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Genitourinary Oncology (HLAKAFAM)

Keywords

• Urologic oncology society
• Professional medical membership
• Urology fellowship training
• Oncology clinical guidelines
• Medical research grants

Headquarters

HQ city

Schaumburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Professional society membership fees from physicians and healthcare professionals in urologic oncology
2. Annual Meeting Registration: Conference registration fees for annual meetings such as the 26th Annual Meeting (December 2025) and 27th Annual Meeting (December 2026)
3. Fellowship Programs: Institutional accreditation and match program fees for urologic oncology fellowship training programs
4. Career Center Services: Job posting and employer services through the SUO Career Center platform connecting employers with urology professionals

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO) is a non-profit professional medical society that serves urologic oncology physicians through membership tiers (Active, Senior, Honorary, International, Allied Health, Affiliate, Candidate), an annual scientific meeting, ACGME-approved fellowship accreditation and match program, clinical practice guidelines, a peer-reviewed Urologic Oncology journal, and recognition through awards such as the Whitmore Lectureship, Huggins Medal, and SUO Medal. It also operates a Career Center platform and administers research grants including the NMIBC Fellows Research Grant with Ferring Pharmaceuticals.

Product overview

The Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO) is a professional medical society that serves its members through an annual meeting, fellowship accreditation programs, membership services, awards, and educational resources. The organization operates the SUO Career Center for job placement, publishes the Urologic Oncology Journal, and maintains regional divisions including Young Urologic Oncologists (YUO) and Western Urologic Oncologists (WUO). Additional offerings include clinical guidelines, a visiting professor grant program, and a provider finder directory for patients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SUO Annual Meeting Annual scientific meeting bringing together urologic oncology professionals for education, research presentations, accredited courses, abstract submissions, and industry partner exhibitions.
• SUO Fellowship Program ACGME-approved fellowship accreditation, centralized match program, curriculum standards, and institutional oversight for urologic oncology training programs.
• SUO Career Center Online job board and recruitment platform connecting healthcare employers with urologic oncology professionals, featuring job postings, resume services, and premium employer branding.
• SUO Membership Professional membership offering multiple categories (Active, Senior, Honorary, International, Allied Health Professional Corresponding, Affiliate, Candidate) with benefits including CME tracking, member directory, certificates, and newsletter access.
• Urologic Oncology Journal Peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original investigations and seminars in urologic oncology research.
• SUO NMIBC Fellows Research Grant Research grant funding two clinical research investigators annually working on bladder cancer, specifically non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), supported in partnership with Ferring Pharmaceuticals.
• SUO Clinical Practice Guidelines Clinical practice guidelines and recommendations for urologic oncology diagnosis and treatment protocols.
• Visiting Professor Grant Program Program providing funding and support for visiting professors to speak at SUO member institutions, promoting education and knowledge sharing in urologic oncology.

Quantifiable outcome

• Two researchers funded annually through SUO NMIBC Fellows Research Grant program

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, key and minor.

• Ferring PharmaceuticalscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 December 2025SUO and Ferring Pharmaceuticals partnered to create the SUO Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer (NMIBC) Fellows Research Grant. The grant supports clinical research investigators working on bladder cancer, specifically NMIBC. Two researchers receive funding through this grant annually. The application process ends in February 2026 with results presented in 2027.
• Young Urologic Oncologists (YUO)coreOthersYUO is an affiliated subgroup of SUO focused on young and early-career urologic oncologists. The group operates its own committees, bylaws, membership, directory, exchange programs, webinar series, and awards including YUO Podium Selections and YUO Paper of the Year Award.
• Western Urologic Oncologists (WUO)coreOthersWUO is a regional affiliated group of SUO covering western United States. The organization has its own executive committee, history, bylaws, membership, and directory. WUO Best Abstracts are recognized at SUO annual meetings.
• European Association of Urology (EAU)keyStrategic or Co-development PartnerSUO and EAU jointly sponsor the SUO EAU Exchange Lectures, an international exchange lectureship program allowing collaboration between American and European urologic oncology professionals.
• Urologic Oncology JournalcoreOthersSUO publishes and maintains the peer-reviewed Urologic Oncology journal (urologiconcology.org), the official journal of the society publishing research in urologic oncology including original investigations and seminars.
• BackTableminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSUO partners with BackTable for the BackTable Urology Podcast, with podcast highlights featured on the SUO resources page to provide educational content to members.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates (SUNA): Allied-health counterpart society with overlapping audience (SUO has an Allied Health Professional Corresponding membership tier); runs annual meetings, CE programs, and a journal aimed at non-physician urology clinicians.
• American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO): Specialty oncology society with parallel revenue streams (annual meeting, membership dues, journal, fellowships) and overlapping treatment-area content for GU cancers, particularly prostate and bladder radiotherapy education.
• Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons (GURS): Niche urologic subspecialty society with a comparable operating model (membership, meeting, fellowships, peer-reviewed journal) that intersects with SUO's training-program landscape.
• American Association for Cancer Research (AACR): Major cancer research society operating annual meetings (AACR Annual Meeting), high-impact journals (Cancer Research, Clinical Cancer Research), grant programs, and awards; competes for the same research-active members and pharma grant dollars as SUO.
• Society for Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU): Smaller subspecialty urology society offering membership, annual meeting, fellowships, and a peer-reviewed journal; the closest structural match in size and operational footprint within the urology subspecialty space.
• Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO): Specialty surgical society with a comparable operating model: membership tiers, annual meeting, fellowship oversight, awards, and a focused oncology niche—making it one of the closest structural analogs to SUO in scale and program mix.

Broad incumbents

• American Urological Association (AUA): Larger and broader urology society offering annual meetings, journals, guidelines, fellowships and advocacy; overlaps directly with SUO's educational, fellowship accreditation, and CME missions, but serves all urologists rather than just urologic oncologists.
• American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO): The dominant U.S. oncology professional society running large annual meetings, journals (JCO), fellowships, and member education programs; competes for attention and industry sponsorship from the same urologic oncology audience, particularly on the systemic-therapy side of GU cancers.

Regional players

• Société Internationale d'Urologie (SIU): International urology society headquartered outside the U.S. with global congresses, training programs, and scholarships; complements SUO's North American base and intersects through international membership and education programming.
• European Association of Urology (EAU): EU-based peer society and existing SUO partner through the EAU Exchange Lectures; offers annual congresses, guidelines, and subspecialty sections (including oncologic urology) that directly overlap with SUO's content scope but serve a different geography.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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