Agenda

World Robotic Transoral (TORS) Symposium

Sunday, April 11, 2010

8:00-8:10 Welcome and Overview

Gregory S. Weinstein, M.D.

8:10-8:50 Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS): From Bench to Bedside

Gregory S. Weinstein, M.D. and Bert W. O’Malley Jr., M.D.

8:50-9:20 TORS: Radical Tonsillectomy

William R. Carole, M.D. (University of Alabama)

9:20-9: 50 TORS: Tongue Base Resection

Eric Moore, M.D. (Mayo Clinic)

9:50-10:50 Expert Panel: TORS - The Challenging Cases

Bert O’Malley, M.D., Eric Moore, M.D., William Carole, M.D.

10:50-11:30 Break/ Exhibition

11:30-12:00 TORS: Parpharyngeal Space Resections

Fernando Danelon, M.D. (Sao Paulo)

12:00-1:00 Lunch - With Robotic Thyroidectomy Session

F. Chris Holsinger, M.D. (MD Anderson)

1:00-1:30 TORS: Skull Base Resections

Bert W. O’Malley, M.D. (University of Pennsylvania)

1:30-2:00 TORS: Primary versus Secondary Neck Dissection – Pros and Cons

Richard Smith, M.D. (Albert Einstein Medical Center, New York)

2:00-2:30 TORS: Supraglottic Partial Laryngectomy

George Lawson, (Louvain, Belgium)

2:30-3:00 TORS: The Role of Sleep Endoscopy in Patient Triage and Comparison of Open versus TORS Tongue Base

Resection for Sleep Apnea

Claudio Vicini (Italy)

3:00-3:30 TORS: Preoperative Evaluation and Surgical Techniques – The Australian Experience with TORS for Sleep Apnea

Suren Krishnan, M.D. (Adelaide, Australia)

3:30-3:50 Break/ Exhibits

3:50-4:50 Plenary Session – 8 minute abstracts and/or Video Presentations

4:50-5:00 Closing Remarks

Gregory S. Weinstein, M.D.

Note: Every effort will be made to adhere to the agenda; however, changes may occur.