Agenda

Sunday, April 11, 2010 – WRGC Day One

 

6:30 – 7:15 Registration/Continental Breakfast

7:15 am Welcome & Announcements: Arnold P. Advincula, MD

Introduction of Course Directors

General Session I Moderator: Arnold P. Advincula, MD

7:30 Key Note Lecture: “Empowering Women with Educated Choices: A View of Hysterectomy from the Other Side”

Speaker: Kathy Kelly, Founder, HysterSisters.com

8:15 Combining Robotics with the Skilled Laparoscopist: The Swiss Experience

Speaker: Pierre Stuckleberger, MD

8:45 Robotics in Obstetrics: The Abdominal Cerclage

Speaker: Annette Perez-Delboy, MD

9:15 Panel Discussion: Q&A

9:30 Refreshment Break/Visit Exhibits

10:00 3-D Surgical Tutorial: The A B C’s of Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Hysterectomy

Speakers: Arnold P. Advincula, MD, Thomas N. Payne, MD & Michael Pitter, MD

10:00 – 10:35 am: Arnold Advincula, MD

10:35 – 11:10 am: Thomas Payne, MD

11:10 – 11:45 am: Michael Pitter, MD

11:45 Panel Discussion: Q&A

12 pm Lunch Symposium I/Visit Exhibits

What’s new in Society of European Robotic Gynecological Surgery (SERGS)

Speaker: Angelo Maggioni, MD

(lecture will begin at 12:15)

Scientific Session I (15 minutes each x 5)

1:15 – 2:30 Oral Abstract & Video Presentations

Moderator: Rosanne Kho, MD

2:30 Refreshment Break/Visit Exhibits

Specialty Specific Breakout Session I

3:00 – 5:00 Robot-assisted Reproductive Surgery (A Surgical Tutorial-based Session)

Moderators: Antonio R. Gargiulo, MD & Sejal Dharia Patel, MD

3:00 – 3:25: Tubal Reanastomosis (Speaker: Charles Koh, MD) – 25 minutes

3:25 – 3:40: Muellerian Anomalies (Speaker: Sejal Dharia Patel, MD) – 15 minutes

3:40 – 4:20: Myomectomy (Speakers: Antonio R. Gargiulo, MD & Michael Pitter, MD) – 40 minutes

3:40 – 4:00: Antonio Gargiulo, MD

4:00 – 4:20: Michael Pitter, MD

4:20 – 4:50: Endometriosis (Speakers: Arnold P. Advincula, MD & Michael Pitter, MD) – 30 minutes

4:20 – 4:35: Arnold Advincula, MD

4:35 – 4:50: Michael Pitter, MD

4:50 – 5:00: Pre-sacral Neurectomy (Speaker: Steve McCarus, MD) – 10 minutes

 

Monday, April 12, 2010 -  WRGC Day Two

 

6:30 – 7:15 Registration/Continental Breakfast

7:15 am Welcome & Announcements: Rosanne Kho, MD

Live Surgery I

7:30 Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Myomectomy (with side-docking approach and advanced uterine manipulation)

Surgeon: Arnold P. Advincula, MD

Moderators: Steve McCarus, MD & Antonio R. Gargiulo, MD

General Session II Moderator: Rosanne Kho, MD

9:00 Optimizing Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Prolapse Surgery

Speaker: Anthony G. Visco, MD

9:45 Refreshment Break/Visit Exhibits

Live Surgery II

10:15 Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy (or Sacrocervicopexy)

Surgeon: Catherine Matthews, MD

Moderators: Anthony G. Visco, MD & Rosanne Kho, MD

12 pm Lunch Symposium II/Visit Exhibits

Publishing Your Data: Recommendations from the Green Journal

Speaker: James Scott, MD

(lecture will begin at 12:15)

Scientific Session II (15 minutes each x 5)

1:15 – 2:30 Oral Abstract & Video Presentations

Moderator: Antonio R. Gargiulo, MD

2:30 Refreshment Break/Visit Exhibits

General Session III: Issues & Controversi es Moderator: Anthony G. Visco, MD

3:00 Update in Electrosurgery Principles & Practice

Speaker: Craig Sobolewski, MD

3:30 Cuff Dehisence: Is it a Problem? A Demonstration of Multiple Vaginal Cuff Closure Techniques

Speakers: Rosanne Kho, MD & Faculty Panel

4:15 Overcoming Obesity & Anesthesia Concerns in Robotic Surgery

Speaker: Paolo Gehrig, MD

4:45 Navigating the World of Credentialing & Privileging: A Program Model for Consideration

Speaker: John Lenihan, MD

5:15 Top 10 Ways to Shorten Your Learning Curve in Robotics

Speaker: Glen Bigsby, DO

5:45 Panel Discussion: Q&A

6:00 Adjourn

 

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 -  WRGC Day Three, IGORS Day One

 

6:30 – 7:15 Registration/Continental Breakfast

7:15 am Welcome & Announcements: John F. Boggess, MD

General Session IV Moderator: Arnold P. Advincula, MD

7:30 Special Update: What’s Up with Resident & Fellow Surgical Training?

7:30 – 8:00: Part 1 – Perspectives from ABOG & the Residency Review Committee (Speaker: Frank W. Ling, MD)

8:00 – 8:30: Part 2 – Introducing a Stepwise Curriculum for Robotic Training (Speaker: Gene Nagel)

Live Surgery III

8:30 Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Hysterectomy (with Lymphadenectomy)

Surgeons: Robert Holloway, MD & Glen Bigsby, DO

Moderators: John F. Boggess, MD & Javier Magrina, MD

10:30 Refreshment Break/Visit Exhibits

General Session V Moderator: Thomas N. Payne, MD

11:00 Observations & Lessons Learned After 4 Years of Robot-assisted

Laparoscopic Staging of Cervical & Endometrial Cancers

Speaker: John F. Boggess, MD

12 pm Lunch Symposium III/Visit Exhibits

Robotic Efficiency: Pearls for the Surgeon Console & OR

Speaker: Randy Fagin, MD

(lecture will begin at 12:15)

Live Surgery IV

1:00 Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Hysterectomy (THE BIG UTERUS)

Surgeon: Michael Pitter, MD

Moderators: Arnold P. Advincula, MD & John Lenihan, MD

2:30 Refreshment Break; Visit Exhibits

General Session VI: Complex Pelvic Surgery & Oncologic Staging Moderator: Robert Holloway, MD

3:00 Applying Robotics to the “Pune Technique” for Radical Hysterectomy

Speaker: Shailesh Puntambekar, MD

3:30 Anatomic Pearls & Robotic Techniques for Unraveling the Frozen Pelvis

Speaker: Javier Magrina, MD

4:00 The European Experience with Robot-assisted Laparoscopic Staging of Cervical Cancer

Speakers: Grigor Gortchev, MD & Slavcho Tomov, MD

4:30 Whether It’s Benign or Cancer Surgery: Pulling it All Together with Tips & Tricks for Avoiding Complications

Speaker: Robert Holloway, MD

5:00 Panel Discussion: Q&A

5:15 Adjourn

 

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 – IGORS Day Two

 

6:30 – 7:15 Registration/Continental Breakfast

7:15 am Welcome & Announcements: John F. Boggess, MD

General Session VII Moderator: Paola Gehrig, MD

7:30 am Assuring Patient Safety When Introducing New Technology Into the Operating Room

Speaker: Paul Gluck, MD

Video Surgery I

8:15 Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Trachelectomy

Surgeon: John F. Boggess, MD

Moderator: Arlan Fuller, MD

9:45 Robotics and Obesity, The Ideal Surgical Tool?

Speaker: Paola Gehrig, MD

10:30 Refreshment Break; Visit Exhibits

General Session VIII Moderator: Javier Magrina, MD

11:00 Creating a Collaborative Robotic Gyn Surgery Program: What Works and What Does Not?

Speaker: Maria Bell, MD

12 pm Lunch Symposium IV/Visit Exhibits

Why Would I do Robotics?

Speaker: Arlan Fuller, MD

(lecture will begin at 12:15)

Video Surgery II

1:00 Robotic Assisted Resection of Recurrent Ovarian Cancer

Surgeon: Javier Magrina, MD

Moderators: Robert Holloway, MD & Paola Gehrig, MD

2:00 Refreshment Break; Visit Exhibits

Sci entific Session III (15 minutes each x 9)

2:15 – 4:30 Oral Abstract & Video Presentations

Moderator: Maria Bell, MD, Paola Gehrig, MD, Arlan Fuller, MD

4:30 What Questions Need to be Answered, What Studies Need to be Done?

Interactive Audience Discussion

Moderators: All Oncology Faculty

5:15 Adjourn 

 

 

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