Saturday program

Saturday, 7 November | Program

Registration from 07:30am

08:15am                         Convener Welcome & Acknowledgement to Country 
Dr Jacinta Cover and Dr Senarath Werapitiya                                
08:30amSession 1 - Basic to Complex, Complexity to Complication in Colorectal Surgery
Chairs: Dr Tina Dilevska and Dr Nikhil Agrawal
08:30amDr Ruben Rajan - Transitioning to Robotic Surgery
08:50am                Associate Professor Abe Jacob - Robotic surgery and the complex abdomen
09:10am                               Dr Greg Makin -

Behind the Robot: New Risks for Patients, New Pressures for Surgeons

09:30amMs Amy Pearn, The Gene Council - Practical genetics in cancer care: Lynchpins, Lessons & Lifelines
09:50amPanel Discussion
10:00am5 x 2-minute sponsor presentations
10:10am                         Morning Tea with Industry and Poster Presentations

10:40am                                         Session 2 - Complex Hernias and Pelvic Surgery                                                          
Chairs: Dr Greg Makin and Dr Mayank Bhandari
10:40amDr Talia Shepherd - Building a Future for Pelvic Exenteration in Western Australia                                                     
11:00amDr Haroon Rasheed - Management of Complex Abdominal Wall Hernias
11:20amAssociate Professor Mohammed (Mo) Ballal -

Management of Mesh complications after hernia surgery

11:40amDr Shariar Raj Zaman - Reducing complications in Abdominoplasty Surgery
12:00pmQ&A
12:10pm6 x 2-minute sponsor presentations
12:25pm                Lunch with Industry and Poster Presentations                               
1:15pmSession 3 - Upper GI
Chairs: Dr Senarath Werapitiya
1:15pmProfessor Jeffrey Hamdorf - Patient Blood Management: What does it mean for the General Surgeon?
1:35pmAssociate Professor Michael Talbot - Use of GLP-1 Receptor agonists in obesity management and their implications for surgery
2:05pmDr Ravi Rao - SADI-S in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
2:25pmQ&A
2:40pm Afternoon Tea with Industry and Poster Presentations
3:10pmSession 4 - Breast and Oncoplastics
Chairs: Dr Marcus Ong and Dr Vindya Johnston
3:10pmDr Wei Ling Ooi - Gestational Breast Cancer: Management and its complexities
3:30pmDr Yang Yang Huang - Precision meets extend: Pushing oncological and aesthetic boundaries in modern breast surgery
3:50pm
Dr Shahriar Raj Zaman - Challenges of breast aesthetics following massive weight loss   
4:10pmDr Peter Meier - Think skin deep: Making sense of skin cancer
4:30pmQ&A
4:50pmDay One Concludes
6:30pmCONFERENCE DINNER
Saltwater Busselton
6:30PM - 11:00PM
Pre-Dinner Drinks - Foyer Bar, Ground Floor
Dinner - Level 2 Function Rooms
Guest Speaker: Dr Talia Shepherd - From Scrubs to Swimsuits: A Caribbean Escape After Fellowship
Live music by Switch Band

Dress Code: Smart Casual




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