Agenda

World Robotic Transoral (TORS) Symposium

April 11, 2010

World Robotic Transoral (TORS) Symposium Agenda

April 11, 2010

8:00 - 8:05 AM

Welcome and Overview – Vipul Patel, M.D.

Morning Lecture Session – 8:05 – 9:35 Moderator - Richard Smith, M.D.

8:05 - 8:35 AM

Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS): From Bench to Bedside -  Gregory S. Weinstein, M.D.

8:35– 9:05 AM

TORS:  Radical Tonsillectomy – William Carole, M.D.

9:05 – 9:35 AM

TORS; Tongue Base Resection  - Eric Moore, M,D.

9:35 - 10:35 AM  

Expert Panel of Challenging Cases – Moderator – Gregory S. Weinstein, M.D.

Panelists – Bert W. O’Malley, Jr, M.D., Mohssen Ansirin, M.D., William Carole, M.D., Eric Moore, M.D, Richard Smith, M.D.

10:35 - 10:50 AM

Break/Ehibition

10:50 - 11:30 AM

Plenary Session - Moderators – Eric Moore, M.D. and Gregory S. Weinstein, M.D.

10:50 – 10:57 AM

Steven Sperry - Curriculum for Training Otorhinolaryngology Residents in Robotic Surgery

10:58 – 11:05 AM

Claudio Cernea - Preliminary report of the first four cases submitted to TORS at the Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital, in Sao Paulo, Brazil Area of interest: TORS

11:06 AM – 11:13 AM

Emad Kandil  - Robotic Thyroid Surgery with intraoperative nerve monitoring

11:14 – 11:17 AM

Asit Arora - Poster Abstract Submission: World Robotic Transoral (TORS) Symposium 2010 Robotic-assisted Parathyroidectomy

11:18 - 11:23 AM

Neil Tolley - Video Abstract Submission: World Robotic Transoral (TORS) Symposium 2010 Robotic-assisted Parathyroidectomy

11:24 - 11:30 AM

Questions and Answers

11:30 – 12:00 AM

Controversies in TORS:  Primary versus Secondary Neck dissection  -  Richard Smith, M.D.

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Lunch Meeting - Combined General Surgery /Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery Session on Robotic Thyroidectomy  - Moderator – Gregory Weinstein, M.D.

12:00 – 12:15 PM 

Chris Holsinger, M.D. - Robotic Thyroidectomy – What are the benefits to the patient?”

12:15 – 12:30 PM

Ron Kuppersmith, M.D. - Robotic Thyroidectomy – How should we be training surgeons?  Can appropriate training help to avoid complications?”  

12:30 – 12:45 PM 

Chung, M.D.  - Robotic Thyroidectomy – Technique

12:45 – 1:00 PM

Question and Answers

Afternoon Lecture Session 1:00 – 3:30 PM – Moderator – Suren Krishnan, M.D.

1:00 to 1:30 PM

TORS: Skull Base Resections  - Bert W. O’Malley, Jr, M.D.

1:30 to 2:00 PM

TORS: Parpharyngeal Space Resections – Fernando Danelon, M.D.

2:00 to 2:30  PM

TORS: Supraglottic Partial Laryngectomy – George Lawson, M.D.

2:30 – 3:00  PM

TORS: The Role of Sleep Endoscopy in Patient Triage and Comparison of Open versus TORS Tongue base resection for Sleep Apnea - Claudio Vicini, M.D.

3:00 – 3:30 PM

Preoperative Evaluation and Surgical Techniques – The Austrailian Experience with TORS for Sleep Apnea – Suren Krishnan, M.D.

3:30 – 3:45 PM

Break/Exhibition

3:45– 5:00 PM

Plenary Session – Moderators – George Lawson, M.D. and Gregory S. Weinstein, M.D

3:45 – 3:52 PM

Steve Lee – Transoral Robotic  Surgery: Volumetric Base of Tongue Reduction for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

3:53 – 4:00 PM

Enver Ozer - Transoral Rrobotic Lingual Tonsillectomy

4:01 – 4:08 PM

Niels Kokot - Transoral Anatomy in the Context of Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS):  A Cadaver Study

4:09 – 4:16 PM

Marc Cohen  - A phase I study on transoral robotic surgery (TORS) and selective neck dissection for node-positive patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx

4:17 – 4:24 PM

Enver Ozer - Transoral Robotic Retromolar Trigone Resection (TORRR)

4:25 – 4:32 PM

Jesse Selber - Trans-oral robotic reconstruction of  oropharyngeal defects: a case series.

4:33 – 4:40 PM

Jason Leibowitz - Repair of soft palate defects following TORS

4:41 – 4:48 PM

Pedor Ricardo Milet - Trans oral robotic hemylaryngectomy

4:49 – 5:06 PM

William Wei - Transoral robotic resection of recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma

5:07 –  5:14 PM

John Lee - DaVinci System Robot: Neurosurgical Applications in Ventral Skull Base and the Craniocervical Junction

5:14 – 5:21 PM

Joseph Readinger - TORS: The Perioperative Nursing Perspective

5:21 – 5:25 PM

Question and Answers

5:25 – 5:30 PM

Closing Remarks and Thanks – Gregory S. Weinstein, M.D.

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