Program
Updated: 16 November 2024 | Version: 48
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Day 1: December 12, 2024 - Live Demonstrations & Workshops
08:00 - 20:00: Live Surgical Demonstrations
- Introduction: Prof. Dieter Broering and Prof. Enrico Benedetti
- Live Surgery: Robotic Liver and Kidney Transplant Procedures
Day 2: December 13, 2024 - Consensus Sessions on Liver & Kidney Transplant
08:00 - 08:30: Opening Ceremony and Welcome Address
- Opening Speech: Dr. Majid Alfayyad, CEO, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh
- Introduction: Prof. Dieter Broering and Prof. 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 - 11:40: Minimally Invasive Donor Hepatectomy Consensus Sessions
08:50 - 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?
- Mohamed Rela, Surgery, Chennai, India
- 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?
- Michael Spiro, Anesthesia, London, UK
- 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 (TBC)
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?
- Dong Sik Kim, Surgery, Seoul, South Korea
- 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?
- Fuat Saner, Intensive Care, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- 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?
- Olivier Soubrane, Surgery, Paris, France
- 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?
- Fabrizio Di Benedetto, Surgery, Modena, Italy
- 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 (TBC)
12:40 - 13:40: Lunch Break
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?
- Inderbir Gill, Surgery, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Frank Dor, Surgery, London, UK
- 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?
- Lloyd Ratner, Surgery, New York, NY, USA
- Frank Dor, Surgery, London, UK
- 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?
- Hassan Aleid, Nephrology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- 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?
- Ivo G. Tzvetanov, Surgery, Chicago, IL, USA
- 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 and Announcement of the Video Contest winners
20:30 - 23:30: Gala Dinner
Day 3: December 14, 2024 - Sessions on Pancreas, Lung, Heart, & Uterus Transplant
08:00 - 08:10: Introduction: Prof. Dieter Broering and Prof. 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 Pancreas Transplantation 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?
- Mario Spaggiari, Surgery, Chicago, IL, USA
- Ugo Boggi, Surgery, Pisa, Italy
- Phillipe Abreu, Surgery, Denver, CO, USA
09:30 - 10:00: Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30: Minimally Invasive Lung Transplantation Consensus Session
10:00 - 11:00: 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?
- Alberto J Abularach Surgery, Barcelona, Spain
- Dominick Megna, Surgery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Nandor Marczin, Anesthesia, Harefield, UK
- Naoufal Zebdi Anesthesia Barcelona Spain
- 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?
- Feras Khaliel, Surgery, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- 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?
- Giuliano Testa, Surgery, Dallas, TX, USA
- Luiz Carvalho, Reproductive Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Marcelo de Andrade Vieira, Surgery, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Niclas Kvarnström, Surgery, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Pernilla Dahm-Kähler, Surgery, Gothenburg, Sweden
13:00 - 14:00: Lunch Break
14:00 - 14:30: Closing Remarks