Program

07:45 - 18:00: Registration open all day 

08:30 - 08:45:  Welcome address - Dieter C. Broering

08:45 - 09:00:  Welcome address - Enrico Benedetti

12:40 - 13:00:  Special Lecture: Pierre-Alain Clavien, Zurich, Switzerland. State of the Art and Future of Surgical Outcome Metrics

08:00 - 18:00: Live Surgical Demonstrations and Video Contest

                                                                        Video Contest Chair – Kamal S.Yadav, Surgery, Delhi, India

18:00: Closing Remarks 

07:45 - 18:00: Registration open all day 

08:00 - 08:30: Opening Ceremony and Welcome Address

Opening Speech: Majid Alfayyad, CEO, King Faisal Specialist Hospital: Announcement of the Video Contest Winners

Introduction: Dieter C. Broering and Enrico Benedetti

08:30 - 08:50: Special Lecture: Robert Montgomery, New York, NY, USA: Innovating Transplant Medicine: Strategies for Safe and Effective Implementation

08:50 - 08:55: Introduction to the Consensus Conference: Elizabeth A. Pomfret, Aurora, CO, USA: The Danish Model, GRADE Approach, and Voting Guidelines

08:55 - 11:40: Minimally Invasive Donor Hepatectomy Consensus Sessions

08:55 - 09:20: 1. How to establish a minimally invasive donor hepatectomy program and what  are the optimal selection criteria for donors undergoing minimally invasive hepatectomy to ensure favorable outcomes for both donors and recipients?

Session Chairs: Elizabeth Pomfret , Fabrizio Di Benedetto, Hugo Pinto Marques, Ahmed Marwan

Panel Leader:   Mohamed Rela, Surgery, Chennai, India 

Panel Members:

Ashwin Rammohan, Surgery, Chennai, India                                        

Bandar Aljudaibi, Hepatology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Susumu Eguchi, Surgery, Nagasaki, Japan

S. Sudhindran, Surgery, Kochi, India

Talia Baker, Surgery, Chicago, IL, USA

Young-In Yoon, Surgery, Seoul, South Korea

09:20 - 09:50:  2. How should anesthesia protocols be adapted for minimally invasive donor hepatectomy to enhance patient safety and postoperative recovery?

Session Chairs:   Fuat H. Saner, Nandor, Marczin, Naoufal Zebdi          

Panel Leader:   Michael Spiro, Anesthesia, London, UK

Panel Members:

Dmitri Bezinover, Anesthesia, Hershey, PA, USA

Ecaterina Scarlatescu Anesthesia, Bucharest, Romania

Pooja Bhangui, Anesthesia, Delhi, India 

Stuart McCluskey, Anesthesia, Toronto, ON, Canada

Thomas Fernandez, Anesthesia, Auckland, New Zealand

09:50 - 10:20:  3. What are the most effective and safe surgical techniques in minimally invasive donor hepatectomy for optimizing donor and recipient outcomes?

Session Chairs:   Mohamed Rela, Roberto Troisi, Kim Olthof, Ahmed M. Elsabbagh

   Panel Leader:   Dong Sik Kim, Surgery, Seoul, South Korea

Panel Members:

Kwang-Woong Lee, Surgery, Seoul, South Korea

Rajesh Rajalingam, Surgery, Chennai, India

Safi Dokmak, Surgery, Paris, France

Yao-Ming Wu, Surgery, Tapei, Taiwan

10:20 - 10:40:  Coffee Break

10:40 - 11:10:  4. What Intensive Care / High Dependency / Intermediate Medical Care Unit strategies are crucial for optimizing outcomes in donors post-minimally invasive hepatectomy?

Session Chairs:   Dmitri Bezinover, Pooja Bhangui, Stuart McCluskey, Amadeo Marcos

   Panel Leader:   Fuat Saner, Intensive Care, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Panel Members:  

Akila Rajakumar, Intensive Care, Chennai, India

Annabel Blasi, Anesthesia, Barcelona, Spain

Gebhard Wagener, Intensive Care, New York, NY, USA

11:10 - 11:40:  5. What are the key considerations in postoperative management to ensure the best outcomes for donors following minimally invasive hepatectomy?

Session Chairs:   Kim Olthof, Massimo Malago, Sandy Feng, Hany Said Abd Elbaset

  Panel Leader:   Olivier Soubrane, Surgery, Paris, France

Panel Members:  

Arvinder Singh Soin, Surgery, Delhi, India    

Mark Ghobrial, Surgery, Houston, TX, USA

Saad Alghamdi, Hepatology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Talia Baker, Surgery, Chicago, IL, USA

Varvara A. Kirchner, Surgery, Stanford, CA, USA

Young-In Yoon, Surgery, Seoul, South Korea

11:40 - 12:40: Minimally Invasive Recipient Liver Transplant Consensus Session

6. What are the comprehensive strategies and critical considerations across preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases to enhance the success and outcomes of minimally invasive liver transplantation for recipients?

Session Chairs:   Pierre-Alain Clavien, Julie Heimbach, Jean Emond, Arvinder Singh Soin

    Panel Leader: Fabrizio Di Benedetto, Surgery, Modena, Italy

Panel Members:  

Adeel S. Khan, Surgery, St. Louis, MO, USA

Fuat Saner, Intensive Care, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Hugo Pinto Marques, Surgery, Lisbon, Portugal

Kyung-Suk Suh, Surgery, Seoul, South Korea

Paolo Magistri, Surgery, Modena, Italy  

12:40 - 13:40:  Lunch Break – Sponsored Satellite Symposium 

13:40 - 15:10: Minimally Invasive Donor Nephrectomy Consensus Sessions

13:40 - 14:10: 7. What criteria define the optimal selection of donors for nephrectomy to maximize safety, short as well as long-term outcomes for both donors and recipients?

Session Chairs:   Hassan Aleid, Michael Spiro, Gebhard Wagener

   Panel Leader:   Inderbir Gill, Surgery, San Francisco, CA, USA

Panel Members:  

Frank Dor, Surgery, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Khalid Bin Saad, Surgery, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Nima Nassiri, Surgery, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Phillipe Abreu, Surgery, Denver, CO, USA

14:10 - 14:40: 8. Which surgical techniques in donor nephrectomy provide the best balance between minimally invasive approaches for the donor as well as optimal outcomes for recipients?

Session Chairs:   Robert Montgomery, Inderbir Gill, Karel Decaestecker

   Panel Leader:   Lloyd Ratner, Surgery, New York, NY, USA

Panel Members:  

Frank Dor, Surgery, Rotterdam, Netherlands 

Lucrezia Furian, Surgery, Padova, Italy

Phillipe Abreu, Surgery, Denver, CO, USA

14:40 - 15:10: 9. What are the key considerations in postoperative management to ensure the best outcomes for donors following minimally invasive nephrectomy?

Session Chairs:   Lloyd Ratner, Khalid Bin Saad, Mohammad Ali Ghnaimat

   Panel Leader:   Hassan Aleid, Nephrology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Panel Members:  

Eric Martinez, Surgery, Dallas, TX, USA 

Karel Decaestecker, Surgery, Ghent, Belgium

Phillipe Abreu, Surgery, Denver, CO, USA

15:10 - 15:30: Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:30: Minimally Invasive Recipient Kidney Transplant Consensus Session

10. What are the comprehensive strategies and critical considerations across preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases to enhance the success and outcomes of minimally invasive recipient kidney transplantation?

Session Chairs:   Mario Spaggiari, Eric Martinez, Lucrezia Furian

   Panel Leader:   Ivo G. Tzvetanov, Surgery, Chicago, IL, USA

Panel Members:  

Atsushi Yoshida, Surgery, Detroit, MI, USA

Chandra Bhat, Surgery, Baltimore, MD, USA

Mohamed Eltemamy, Surgery, Cleveland, OH, USA

Pranjal R. Modi, Surgery, Gujarat, India

Rodrigo Vianna, Surgery, Miami, FL, USA 

16:30 - 17:00: Closing Remarks 

19:30 - 22:45: Gala Dinner
 

08:00 - 08:10: Introduction:Dieter Broering and Enrico Benedetti

08:10 - 08:30: Special Lecture: Cristoforo Giulianotti, Surgery, Chicago, IL, USA: Shaping the future of surgery with robotic systems in all operating rooms

08:30 - 09:30: Minimally Invasive Recipient Pancreas Transplant Consensus Session

11. What are the comprehensive strategies and critical considerations across preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases to enhance the success and outcomes of minimally invasive recipient pancreas transplant?

Session Chairs:   Giuliano Testa, Ivo G. Tzvetanov, Rodrigo Vianna

   Panel Leader:   Mario Spaggiari, Surgery, Chicago, IL, USA

Panel Members:  

Ugo Boggi, Surgery, Pisa, Italy

Phillipe Abreu, Surgery, Denver, CO, USA

09:30 - 10:00: Coffee Break

10:00 - 11:00: Minimally Invasive Lung Transplantation Consensus Session

12. What are the comprehensive strategies and critical considerations across preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases to enhance the success and outcomes of minimally invasive recipient lung transplantation?

Session Chairs:   Khaled Alkattan, Thomas M.A. Fernandez, Ecaterina Scarlatescu

   Panel Leader:   Alberto J Abularach, Surgery, Barcelona, Spain

Panel Members:  Dominick Megna, Surgery, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Nandor Marczin, Anesthesia, Harefield, UK

Naoufal Zebdi, Anesthesia, Barcelona, Spain

Pedro Catarino, Surgery, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Reinaldo E. Rampolla, Pulmonology, Los Angeles, CA, USA

11:00 - 11:30: Minimally Invasive Heart Transplantation Consensus Session

13. How can minimally invasive cardiac surgery techniques be adapted for heart transplantation to reduce trauma, select initial patients effectively, address surgical challenges, and ensure optimal postoperative recovery and success?

Session Chairs:   Annabel Blasi, Fuat H. Saner, Akila Rajakumar

   Panel Leader:   Feras Khaliel, Surgery, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Panel Member:   Sudhir Srivastava, Surgery, New Delhi, India

11:30 - 12:00: Coffee Break

12:00 - 13:00: Minimally Invasive Uterus Transplantation Consensus Session

14. How can minimally invasive techniques for uterus donor retrieval and transplantation be optimized in preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases to improve outcomes for both donors and recipients

Session Chairs:  Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti, Ugo Boggi, Phillipe Abreu

    Panel Leader: Giuliano Testa, Surgery, Dallas, Texas, USA

Panel Members:  

Liza Johannesson, Surgery, Dallas, TX, USA

Luiz Carvalho, Reproductive Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil   

 Surgery, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Marcelo de Andrade Vieira,

Niclas Kvarnström, Surgery, Gothenburg, Sweden

Pernilla Dahm-Kähler, Surgery, Gothenburg, Sweden

13:00 - 14:00: Lunch Break

14:00 - 14:30: Closing Remarks

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