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  • Wednesday, July 22, 2026
  • Emerging Markets
  • 7:15 AM - 8:00 AM EST
    Session 1
  • Investor Session
  • 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM EST
    Investor Session

    Moderator: Vipul R. Patel, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute

    Moderator: Rick Wise, Managing Director, Stifel Financial Equity Research

    Moderator: Larry Biegelsen, Managing Director, Wells Fargo – Wells Fargo

    Moderator: Amit Hazan – Puma Venture Capital

    Moderator: Mo Nathan, MBA – EDAP Inc.

    Speaker: David Niewolny, NVIDIA Director of Business Development for Healthcare/Medical

    Moderator: Martin Roche, MD – Professor of Orthopaedics University of Miami

    Moderator: John McAulay – Stifel Financial

    Speaker: Jonathan Chen, CEO – MicroPort Scientific Corporation

    Speaker: Sudhir Srivastava, n/a – SS Innovations

    Moderator: Maggie Nixon, CEO, Capstan Medical – Capstan Medical

    Moderator: Eduardo F. Fonseca – XCath Robotics and EndoQuest Robotics

    Speaker: Fred Khosravi – Imperative Care

    Speaker: Alex Tilson

    Speaker: Doug Harcombe, MBA – AdventHealth

    Speaker: Sheeraz Qureshi

    Moderator: Nicholas Theodore, MD – University of Arizona - Phoenix College of Medicine

    Moderator: Jamie Samath, CFO, Intuitive Surgical

    Moderator: Eduardo Parra Davila, MD – Good Samaritan Medical Center

    Moderator: Sharona Ross, MD FACS – AdventHealth Tampa

    Moderator: Martin Martino, MD – Ascension

    Moderator: J. Scott Magnuson, MD – AdventHealth Florida

    Moderator: Raymond J. Leveillee, MD – Baptist Health

    Moderator: Ghulam Abbas, MD MHCM FACS – University of Texas at Tyler

    Moderator: Tim Schmid, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Chairman, Johnson and Johnson MedTech

    Moderator: Michael Marinaro, EVP & President Medtronic Medical Surgical Portfolio & Americas

    Moderator: Pritesh Patel

  • Emerging Markets
  • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM EST
    Session 2
  • Surgical Simulation and Education
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    Session 1
    Moderator: Thomas L. Osinski, MD – University of Rochester
    Moderator: Charu Paranjape, MBBS MS FACS – Mass General Brigham NWH
    Surgical Simulation and Education
  • 8:00 AM - 1:15 PM EST
    Session 1
    Chair: Rahila Essani, MD FACS FASCRS (she/her/hers) – Baystate/University of Massachusetts
    Chair: Alexis Sanchez, MD,MS, MBA – Orlando Health
    Chair: Luis Romagnolo, MD (he/him/his) – IRCAD Latin America
    Surgical Simulation and Education
  • Emerging Markets
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EST
    Session 3
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EST
    Session 4
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM EST
    Session 5
  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EST
    Session 6
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST
    Session 7
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM EST
    Session 8
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST
    Lunch
  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM EST
    Emerging Markets Session 1
    Moderator: Armando Melani, MD (he/him/his) – ircad
    Moderator: Eduardo Parra Davila, MD – Good Samaritan Medical Center
    Emerging Markets
  • Surgical Simulation and Education
  • 1:15 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    Session 2
    Moderator: Mark Soliman, MD, MBA, FACS. FASCRS – AdventHealth
    Moderator: Alexis Sanchez, MD,MS, MBA – Orlando Health
    Moderator: Luis Romagnolo, MD (he/him/his) – IRCAD Latin America
    Surgical Simulation and Education
  • Emerging Markets
  • 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EST
    Emerging Markets Session 2
    Moderator: Mohit Bhandari, MS – Mohak Bariatrics and Robotics
    Moderator: Eduardo Parra Davila, MD – Good Samaritan Medical Center
    Emerging Markets
  • Global and Military Session
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EST
    Hour 1: Sustainable Capacity Building in the Era of Telepresence and Telesurgery
    Moderator: Gordon G. Wisbach, MD, MBA – Intuitive Surgical, Inc
    Moderator: Carlos Colunga
    Global and Military Session
  • Hospital Admin
  • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Hospital Admin
    Moderator: Doug Harcombe, MBA – Advent Health
    Hospital Admin
  • Emerging Markets
  • 2:00 PM - 2:35 PM EST
    Emerging Markets Session 3
    Moderator: Vanessa Alvarenga-Bezerra, MD – Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital
    Moderator: Bernardo Rocco – .
    Emerging Markets
  • Global and Military Session
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EST
    Hour 2: Practical Considerations: Implementation Strategies for Telepresence and Telesurgery
    Global and Military Session
  • Emerging Markets
  • 2:35 PM - 3:00 PM EST
    Emerging Markets Session 4
    Moderator: Lance Coetzee
    Moderator: Rabii Madi, MD, MBA – Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
    Emerging Markets
  • 3:00 PM - 3:35 PM EST
    Emerging Markets Session 5
    Moderator: Yen-chuan Ou, MD PD (he/him/his) – Tungs' Taichung MetroHarbor Hospital
    Moderator: Leticia M. D. Ruiz, M. D. (she/her/hers) – The Panama Clinic
    Emerging Markets
  • Global and Military Session
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
    Hour 3: Financing, Governance, and Innovation for Scalable Telesurgery in Low-Resource Settings
    Moderator: Gordon G. Wisbach, MD, MBA – Intuitive Surgical, Inc
    Global and Military Session
  • Emerging Markets
  • 3:35 PM - 5:05 PM EST
    Keynote Lectures and Round Table- What is Next? My Opinion
    Moderator: Eduardo Parra Davila, MD – Good Samaritan Medical Center
    Emerging Markets
  • Global and Military Session
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Hour 4: If I had 3 million to build telesurgery in my country....
    Moderator: Gordon G. Wisbach, MD, MBA – Intuitive Surgical, Inc
    Global and Military Session
  • Thursday, July 23, 2026
  • Urology Abstracts
  • 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM EST
    Urology Abstract Session 1
    Moderator: Daher Chade, MD, PhD – University of Sao Paulo
    Moderator: Shady Saikali, MD (he/him/his) – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Moderator: David M. Albala, MD – Crouse Hospital
    Moderator: Senthil Nathan, MS FRCS FEBU MPhil (he/him/his) – Cleveland Clinic London
    Moderator: Srinivas Samavedi, MD – Hays Medical Center
    Moderator: Ivan Kirche-Duarte, n/a – Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
    Urology Abstract Session 1
  • Regulatory
  • 7:30 AM - 8:25 AM EST
    Regulatory

    Panelist: Joy Sacmar – Johnson & Johnson

    Panelist: Gabriela Parana

    Panelist: Piet Hinoul, MD, PhD – Virtual Incision

    Panelist: Jonathan Chen, CEO – MicroPort Scientific Corporation

    Panelist: Sarah Moore – Distalmotion

    Panelist: Sudhir Srivastava, n/a – SS Innovations

    Panelist: Romain Denis, MA – Intuitive

    Panelist: Chris Fryer

    Panelist: Julie Morabito

    Panelist: Syed S. Mohiuddin, MS – Medtronic

  • General Surgery Abstracts
  • 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM EST
    General Surgery Abstracts #1
    Moderator: Omaira Rodriguez
    Moderator: Javier Kuri, MD, FACS (he/him/his) – HOSPITAL ÁNGELES PEDREGAL
    General Surgery Abstracts #1
  • 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM EST
    General Surgery Abstracts #2
    Moderator: Adriana Liceaga, MD – Mexican Society of Endoscopic Surgery
    Moderator: Geylor Acosta Ferrer, n/a – Hospital Metropolitano de Quito
    General Surgery Abstracts #2
  • 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM EST
    General Surgery Abstracts #3
    Moderator: Juan José Solórzano Adame – Hospital Angeles Pedregal
    Moderator: Jeremy Gallego Eckstein, MD – Memorial Healthcare System
    General Surgery Abstracts #3
  • Colorectal Abstracts
  • 7:30 AM - 9:38 AM EST
    Colorectal Abstract Session 1
    Moderator: Luis Romagnolo, MD (he/him/his) – IRCAD Latin America
    Moderator: Laila Rashidi, MD (she/her/hers) – Multicare Health System
    Colorectal Abstracts
  • Plenary 1: Robotic Technology 1
  • 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Session 1: Multiport Robotic Systems 1

    Moderator: Vipul R. Patel, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute

    Moderator: Eduardo Parra Davila, MD – Good Samaritan Medical Center

  • 7:45 AM - 8:25 AM EST
    Session 1: Multiport Robotic Systems 1
    Moderator: Eduardo Parra Davila, MD – Good Samaritan Medical Center
    Panelist: Salvador Morales-Conde (he/him/his) – University Hospital Virgen Macarena (Sevilla, Spain)
    Panelist: Vanessa Alvarenga-Bezerra, MD – Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital
    Panelist: Bernardo Rocco – .
    Panelist: Kenichi Hakamada, MD, PhD – Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine
    Plenary 1: Robotic Technology 1
  • Regulatory
  • 8:25 AM - 8:50 AM EST
    Telesurgery Focus
    Regulatory
  • Plenary 1: Robotic Technology 1
  • 8:25 AM - 9:40 AM EST
    Session 2: Multiport Robotic Systems 2
    Moderator: Sharona Ross, MD FACS – Advent Health Tampa
    Panelist: Martin Martino, MD – Ascension
    Panelist: Ricardo Estape, MD – HCA Institute for Gynecologic Oncology
    Panelist: Eduardo Parra Davila, MD – Good Samaritan Medical Center
    Panelist: Jacques Marescaux, MD, FACS – IRCAD
    Plenary 1: Robotic Technology 1
  • Urology Abstracts
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EST
    Urology Abstract Session 1
    Moderator: Victoria Y. Bird, MD (she/her/hers) – National Medical Association and Research Group
    Moderator: Lance Coetzee
    Moderator: Bernardo Rocco – .
    Moderator: Seethram Bhat, MD – Department of Urology, SUNY Upstate Medical University
    Moderator: Gabriel Ogaya Pinies, MD – Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón & Lyx Urologia
    Moderator: Sanket Chauhan, MD, MBA – Surgical Automations
    Urology Abstract Session 1
  • Regulatory
  • 8:50 AM - 10:20 AM EST
    Automation and AI Focus
    Regulatory
  • Urology Abstracts
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM EST
    Urology Abstract Session 1
    Moderator: Marcelo Orvieto, MD FACS (he/him/his) – Department of Urology, Clínica Alemana, Santiago, Chile
    Moderator: Camilo Andres Giedelman, n/a – Urologist
    Moderator: Janak D. Desai, MS, M.Ch, FRCS (he/him/his) – Samved Hospital
    Moderator: Ruban Thanigasalam, MB BS, MS (Urology), FRACS (Urology) – Department of Urology, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, NSW, Australia
    Urology Abstract Session 1
  • Colorectal Abstracts
  • 9:38 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    Colorectal Abstract Session 2
    Moderator: Sergio E A Araujo, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Einstein Israelite Hospital
    Moderator: Carlos Hartmann
    Colorectal Abstracts
  • Plenary 1: Robotic Technology 1
  • 9:40 AM - 11:10 AM EST
    Session 1: Multiport Robotic Systems 1

    Moderator: Vipul R. Patel, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute

    Moderator: Nadine Hachach-Haram, MBBS MRCS FRCS Plast – Proximie

    Panelist: Salvador Morales-Conde – University Hospital Virgen Macarena (Sevilla, Spain)

    Panelist: Armando Melani, md – ircad

    Panelist: Vanessa Alvarenga Bezerra – Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein

    Panelist: Bernardo Rocco

    Panelist: Kenichi Hakamada, MD, PhD – Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine

  • 9:40 AM - 11:10 AM EST
    Session 3: Multiport Robotic Systems 3
    Moderator: Vipul R. Patel, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Panelist: Erik B. Wilson, n/a – UTHealth Houston
    Panelist: John Martinie, MD – Carolinas Medical Center
    Panelist: Anna Fagotti, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome Italy
    Moderator: Sergio Alfieri (he/him/his) – Catholic University Fondazione Gemelli -IRCCS - Rome Italy
    Plenary 1: Robotic Technology 1
  • Regulatory
  • 10:20 AM - 11:05 AM EST
    Industry Perspectives
    Panelist: Joy Sacmar (she/her/hers) – Johnson & Johnson
    Panelist: Gabriela Parana
    Panelist: Piet Hinoul, MD, PhD – Virtual Incision
    Panelist: Jonathan Chen, CEO – MicroPort Scientific Corporation
    Panelist: Sarah Moore – Distalmotion
    Panelist: Sudhir Srivastava, n/a – SS Innovations
    Panelist: Romain Denis, MA – Intuitive
    Panelist: Chris Fryer
    Panelist: Julie Morabito
    Panelist: Syed S. Mohiuddin, MS – Medtronic
    Regulatory
  • Urology Abstracts
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EST
    Urology Abstract Session 1
    Moderator: Oseas Castro Neves Neto, MD – ABC Medical School
    Moderator: Anup Gupta
    Moderator: Maria Chiara Sighinolfi, n/a – Fondazione Policlinico Universitario
    Moderator: Manickam Ramalingam, MD – Hindusthan Hospital
    Moderator: Eliney F. Faria, Urologist (he/him/his) – Hospital Felicio Rocho - Brazil
    Urology Abstract Session 1
  • ASC Session
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    Robotic Surgery in the ASC: The Investment Case, Value to ASCs and Pathway to Scaled Adoption
    Moderator: Scott Fraser, MBA – Fraser Healthcare Partners
    Moderator: Erik B. Wilson, n/a – UTHealth Houston
    ASC Session
  • Regulatory
  • 11:05 AM - 11:40 AM EST
    Former FDA Office Directors Roundtable

    Panelist: Joy Sacmar – Johnson & Johnson

    Panelist: Gabriela Parana

    Panelist: Piet Hinoul, MD, PhD – Virtual Incision

    Panelist: Jonathan Chen, CEO – MicroPort Scientific Corporation

    Panelist: Sarah Moore – Distalmotion

    Panelist: Sudhir Srivastava, n/a – SS Innovations

    Panelist: Romain Denis, MA – Intuitive

    Panelist: Chris Fryer

    Panelist: Julie Morabito

    Panelist: Syed S. Mohiuddin, MS – Medtronic

  • Plenary 1: Robotic Technology 1
  • 11:10 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Session 4: New Innovations in Surgical Technology: Where the Future of Surgery is Heading
    Moderator: Jacques Marescaux, MD,FACS – IRCAD
    Moderator: Vipul R. Patel, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Panelist: Mischa Dohler, PhD – Ericsson
    Panelist: Marcio Covas Moschovas, MD, PhD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Panelist: Saad Aldousari, n/a (he/him/his) – Sabah AlAhmad Urology center, Kuwait University, MD Anderson Cancer Center,
    Panelist: Richard Satava, MD PhD(hc) D.Sc FACS MAMSE – University of Washington (Seattle)
    Panelist: Mohit Bhandari, MS – Mohak Bariatrics and Robotics
    Panelist: Marcos Y. Young, MD (he/him/his) – CAJA DE SEGURO SOCIAL
    Panelist: Rowland Illing
    Plenary 1: Robotic Technology 1
  • Urology Abstracts
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Urology Abstract Session 1
    Moderator: Rafael Coelho
    Moderator: Hariharan Ganapathi, MD – MercyHealth Systems, Wisconsin
    Moderator: Oscar Schatloff, MD – Clinica Urbamed
    Moderator: Nina Harke, MD – Hannover Medical School
    Urology Abstract Session 1
  • Regulatory
  • 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    Collaborative Community and Closing Remarks

    Panelist: Joy Sacmar – Johnson & Johnson

    Panelist: Gabriela Parana

    Panelist: Piet Hinoul, MD, PhD – Virtual Incision

    Panelist: Jonathan Chen, CEO – MicroPort Scientific Corporation

    Panelist: Sarah Moore – Distalmotion

    Panelist: Sudhir Srivastava, n/a – SS Innovations

    Panelist: Romain Denis, MA – Intuitive

    Panelist: Chris Fryer

    Panelist: Julie Morabito

    Panelist: Syed S. Mohiuddin, MS – Medtronic

  • Bariatrics
  • 1:30 PM EST
    Baritatrics Day 1 - The Future of Robotic Bariatric Surgery
    Chair: Jose M. Balibrea, MD, PhD, FACS, FESA (he/him/his) – Germans Trias University Hospital (Barcelona)
    Chair: Fernando De Barros, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
    Bariatrics
  • Head and Neck Day 1
  • 1:30 PM - 1:40 PM EST
    Head and Neck Day 1

    Moderator: Asit Arora, n/a – Cromwell Hospital

    Panelist: Tom Vauterin, MD, MBA – AZ Sint-Jan Bruges

    Panelist: Julia Crawford, BSc(Med), MBBS, FRACS – St Vincent's Hospital Sydney

    Panelist: Mihir R. Patel, MD – Lineberger Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

    Panelist: Meghan Turner, MD – West Virginia University

  • Urology
  • 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM EST
    Urology Day 1 Session 1: Robotic Renal Surgery: A Vision for the Future
    Moderator: Ketan Badani, MD, FRCS (Hon.) – Mount Sinai Hospital
    Moderator: Lance Coetzee
    Panelist: Andres Hernandez-Porras, MD, MHS (he/him/his) – HoPe Urologia Robotica
    Panelist: David Thiel, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Panelist: Giuseppe Carrieri, MD – University of Foggia
    Panelist: Norberto Bernardo, MD (he/him/his) – University of Buenos Aires
    Urology
  • Acute Care
  • 1:30 PM - 2:10 PM EST
    Acute Care Session 1
    Acute Care
  • Colorectal Day 1
  • 1:30 PM - 2:10 PM EST
    Session 1: Rectal cancer: Cross-firing - Davinci Platform
    Moderator: John H. Marks, MD (he/him/his) – Main line Health
    Moderator: Tsuyoshi Konishi, MD, PhD – The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Moderator: Mark Soliman, MD, MBA, FACS. FASCRS – AdventHealth
    Colorectal
  • Esophageal Benign
  • 1:30 PM - 2:10 PM EST
    Session 1: THE GIANT PARAESOPHAGEAL HERNIA WARS
    Moderator: Tanuja Damani, MD, FACS (she/her/hers) – NYU Langone Health
    Moderator: Ivo A M J Broeders, Prof. Dr. (he/him/his) – Department of Surgery, Meander Medical Center
    Esophageal
  • Bariatrics
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM EST
    Session 1: Vision of Bariatric Surgery

    Chair: Jose M. Balibrea, MD, PhD, FACS, FESA – Germans Trias University Hospital (Barcelona)

    Chair: Andre Teixeira

    Chair: Luis ALFREDO VIEIRA D Alfredo D Almeida, MD – Américas Medical City

    Chair: Fernando De Barros, MD, PhD – FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY

  • Digital Surgery
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EST
    Session 1: Keynote, Debates, and Controversies
    Moderator: Sam Atallah, MD – AdventHealth
    Moderator: Thomas Shin, MD, PhD – University of Virginia
    Digital Surgery
  • Gynecology Day 1
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EST
    Session I - Global Training and Certification Pathways in Robotic Gynecologic Surgery, we currently have the following structure:
    Moderator: Martin Martino, MD – Ascension
    Moderator: Vanessa Alvarenga-Bezerra, MD – Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital
    Moderator: Ricardo Estape, MD – HCA Institute for Gynecologic Oncology
    Moderator: Anna Fagotti, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome Italy
    Panelists: Vasiliki Chatzirafaïl, MD (she/her/hers) – Euroclinic hospital of Athens
    Panelists: Helder Ferreira, MD, PhD, MBA (he/him/his) – Centro Hospitalar Universitario de Santo António, Porto
    Panelists: Thomas Hebert, MD (he/him/his) – SERGS, President ELect
    Panelists: Florencia Noll, MD (she/her/hers) – Sanatorio Allende
    Panelist: Nash Moawad, MD, MS, FACOG, FACS – University of Florida College of Medicine
    Panelist: David Isla, MD (he/him/his) – National Cancer Institute of Mexico
    Gynecology
  • Orthopedics
  • 1:30 PM - 2:40 PM EST
    Day 1 - Ortho Gen Session 1: Integrated Robotic Technologies
    Moderator: Victor H. Hernandez, MD, MSc – University of Miami
    Orthopedics
  • Cardiac
  • 1:30 PM - 3:57 PM EST
    Cardiac Day 1 Session 1: Coronary
    Moderator: Husam Balkhy, MD FACS, FACC (he/him/his) – The University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences
    Moderator: Bob Kiaii, MD (he/him/his) – University of Calgary
    Cardiac
  • New Innovations
  • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    SRS Shark Tank 2026: A New Innovation Showcase Competition
    Chair: Amit Hazan – Puma Venture Capital
    Chair: Vipul R. Patel, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Moderator: Steve Bell, Surgical Robotics Expert – How to startup in Medtech
    Moderator: Santiago Horgan, MD – Stryker Endoscopy
    Moderator: Scott Zinober – Puma Venture Capital
    Moderator: Erik B. Wilson, n/a – UTHealth Houston
    Moderator: Babak Tehranchi
    Panelist: Rob Morgan, PhD – Sagentia Medical
    New Innovations
  • Colorectal Day 1
  • 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    Colorectal Day 1

    Moderator: Mina Ming-yin Shen, MD PhD – China Medical University Hsinchu Hospital Taiwan

  • 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    Session 6: Transverse colon and splenic flexure

    Moderator: Mina Ming-yin Shen, MD PhD – China Medical University Hsinchu Hospital Taiwan

  • Hepatobiliary/Pancreas
  • 1:30 PM - 6:10 PM EST
    Day 1: Pancreas
    Hepatobiliary/Pancreas
  • Head and Neck Day 1
  • 1:40 PM - 2:00 PM EST
    Head and Neck Day 1

    Moderator: Asit Arora, n/a – Cromwell Hospital

    Panelist: Tom Vauterin, MD, MBA – AZ Sint-Jan Bruges

    Panelist: Julia Crawford, BSc(Med), MBBS, FRACS – St Vincent's Hospital Sydney

    Panelist: Mihir R. Patel, MD – Lineberger Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

    Panelist: Meghan Turner, MD – West Virginia University

  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM EST
    Session 1: Neoadjuvant therapy in OPSCC

    Moderator: Asit Arora, n/a – Cromwell Hospital

    Panelist: Tom Vauterin, MD, MBA – AZ Sint-Jan Bruges

    Panelist: Julia Crawford, BSc(Med), MBBS, FRACS – St Vincent's Hospital Sydney

    Panelist: Mihir R. Patel, MD – Lineberger Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

    Panelist: Meghan Turner, MD – West Virginia University

  • Urology
  • 2:00 PM - 2:55 PM EST
    Urology Day 1 Session 2: Robotic Partial Nephrectomy: Video: Different Approaches
    Moderator: Sam Bhayani
    Moderator: Norberto Bernardo, MD (he/him/his) – University of Buenos Aires
    Panelist: Raed Azhar, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS (he/him/his) – King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
    Panelist: Yen-chuan Ou, MD PD (he/him/his) – Tungs' Taichung MetroHarbor Hospital
    Panelist: David M. Albala, MD – Crouse Hospital
    Panelist: Alejandro Sierra-Torres, MD (he/him/his) – Hospital Angeles Pedregal
    Panelist: Ahmed Gamal, n/a – Hamad Medical Corporation
    Urology
  • Colorectal Day 1
  • 2:10 PM - 2:50 PM EST
    Session 2: Colorectal anastomosis after TNT and ICG
    Moderator: Mark Soliman, MD, MBA, FACS. FASCRS – AdventHealth
    Moderator: Nivedh Paluvoi, MD FACS FASCRS (he/him/his) – University of Miami
    Colorectal
  • Esophageal Benign
  • 2:10 PM - 3:00 PM EST
    Session 2: THE SHORT ESOPHAGUS DILEMMA
    Moderator: Rasa Zarnegar, MD (he/him/his) – Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian Medical Center
    Moderator: Carlos Galvani, MD – LSU
    Esophageal
  • Acute Care
  • 2:10 PM - 3:15 PM EST
    Acute Care Session 2
    Acute Care
  • Bariatrics
  • 2:15 PM - 3:25 PM EST
    Session 2: Previsional Surgery, Simulation & Digital Replication
    Bariatrics
  • Digital Surgery
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EST
    Session 2: Applications and Advancements in Machine Learning
    Moderator: Fiona Kolbinger, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Purdue University
    Digital Surgery
  • New Technology and Innovation Abstracts
  • 2:30 PM - 3:40 PM EST
    New Technology and Innovation Abstracts #1
    Moderator: Christiano Claus
    New Technology and Innovation Abstracts #1
  • Gynecology Day 1
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    Session II - Robotic Platforms in Gynecology
    Panelist: Robert Holloway, MD – AdventHealth Orlando
    Panelist: Vanna Zanagnolo, MD (she/her/hers) – IEO European Institute of Oncology
    Panelist: Thomas Hebert, MD (he/him/his) – SERGS, President ELect
    Panelist: Jubilee Brown
    Panelist: Vanessa Alvarenga-Bezerra, MD – Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital
    Gynecology
  • Hernia (Abdominal Wall) Abstracts
  • 2:30 PM - 4:22 PM EST
    Hernia Session 1
    Moderator: Hector Valenzuela, MD (he/him/his) – Hospital Angels Andares
    Moderator: Agustin Alvarez
    Hernia (Abdominal Wall) Abstracts
  • Head and Neck Day 1
  • 2:35 PM - 3:05 PM EST
    Session 2: Carcinoma of Unknown Primary

    Moderator: Asit Arora, n/a – Cromwell Hospital

    Panelist: Tom Vauterin, MD, MBA – AZ Sint-Jan Bruges

    Panelist: Julia Crawford, BSc(Med), MBBS, FRACS – St Vincent's Hospital Sydney

    Panelist: Mihir R. Patel, MD – Lineberger Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

    Panelist: Meghan Turner, MD – West Virginia University

  • Orthopedics
  • 2:40 PM - 3:35 PM EST
    Day 1 - Ortho Gen Session 2: The Value of Data
    Moderator: Ashis Barad, MD (he/him/his) – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Orthopedics
  • Colorectal Day 1
  • 2:50 PM - 3:21 PM EST
    Session 3: Beyond TME
    Moderator: Mina Ming-yin Shen, MD PhD (she/her/hers) – China Medical University Hsinchu Hospital Taiwan
    Moderator: Armando Melani, MD (he/him/his) – ircad
    Colorectal
  • Urology
  • 2:55 PM - 3:55 PM EST
    Urology Day 1 Session 3: Robotic Partial Nephrectomy
    Moderator: Leticia M. D. Ruiz, M. D. (she/her/hers) – The Panama Clinic
    Moderator: benjamin Challacombe, MBBS FRCS – Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital
    Panelist: Arie Carneiro, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
    Panelist: Young-Hwii Ko, MD,PhD (he/him/his) – Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital
    Panelist: Magnus Annerstedt, Specialist Urology (he/him/his) – UroMedical Stockholm
    Urology
  • Esophageal Benign
  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    Session 3: ACHALASIA NIGHTMARES
    Moderator: Ankit Patel, MD – Emory University
    Moderator: Adam Zeyara, MD – Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
    Esophageal
  • Head and Neck Day 1
  • 3:10 PM - 3:45 PM EST
    Session 3: Training in TORS
    Moderator: Julia Crawford, BSc(Med), MBBS, FRACS (she/her/hers) – St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
    Head and Neck
  • Acute Care
  • 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    Acute Care Session 3
    Acute Care
  • Colorectal Day 1
  • 3:21 PM - 3:50 PM EST
    Session 4: Right colon cancer - Robotic CME/D3 is it necessary, safe and reproducible?
    Moderator: Paolo Bianchi
    Moderator: Larry Sands
    Colorectal
  • Bariatrics
  • 3:25 PM - 4:15 PM EST
    Session 3: Next-Generation Robots & Autonomous Systems
    Chair: Fernando De Barros, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
    Chair: Adriana Liceaga, MD – Mexican Society of Endoscopic Surgery
    Moderator: Billy Helmut
    Bariatrics
  • Digital Surgery
  • 3:30 PM - 4:35 PM EST
    Session 3: Computer Vision: From Yesterday to Today
    Moderator: Thomas Shin, MD, PhD – University of Virginia
    Digital Surgery
  • Orthopedics
  • 3:35 PM - 5:00 PM EST
    Day 1 - Ortho Gen Session 3: Defining MedTech Roadmaps
    Moderator: Steven Haas, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Moderator: Sheeraz Qureshi
    Orthopedics
  • 3:35 PM - 5:00 PM EST
    Day 1 - Ortho Gen Session 4: Humanoids

    Moderator: Ashis Barad, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery

  • New Technology and Innovation Abstracts
  • 3:40 PM - 5:00 PM EST
    New Technology and Innovation Abstracts #1
    Moderator: Antonio Caycedo, MD,MSc – Orlando Health Colon & Rectal Institute
    Moderator: Andres Hanssen, MD (he/him/his) – Clínica iberoamérica/Clinicas Colsanitas
    New Technology and Innovation Abstracts #1
  • Head and Neck Day 1
  • 3:45 PM - 4:05 PM EST
    Session 4: Credentialling surgeons on TORS: are we training too many TORS surgeons?
    Moderator: Brittany Barber, MD, M.Sc., FRCSC – University of Washington
    Panelist: Scott Magnuson, MD – Advent health
    Panelist: Floyd Christopher Holsinger, MD FACS – Stanford University
    Panelist: Eric Moore, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Head and Neck
  • Colorectal Day 1
  • 3:50 PM - 4:19 PM EST
    Session 5: Left Colon Cancer
    Moderator: Sergio E A Araujo, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Einstein Israelite Hospital
    Moderator: Jim Khan, PhD, FRCS, FASCRS – Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
    Moderator: Mina Ming-yin Shen, MD PhD (she/her/hers) – China Medical University Hsinchu Hospital Taiwan
    Colorectal
  • Urology
  • 3:55 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Urology Day 1 Session 4: New Innovations in Renal Surgery
    Moderator: Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, FRCS, MHA – Tulane University School of Medicine
    Moderator: David Thiel, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Panelist: Eliney F. Faria, Urologist (he/him/his) – Hospital Felicio Rocho - Brazil
    Panelist: Vincent Bird, MD – University of Florida, Department of Urology
    Panelist: Janak D. Desai, MS, M.Ch, FRCS (he/him/his) – Samved Hospital
    Panelist: Ruban Thanigasalam, MB BS, MS (Urology), FRACS (Urology) – Department of Urology, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, NSW, Australia
    Urology
  • Cardiac
  • 3:57 PM - 6:10 PM EST
    Cardiac Day 1 Abstracts and Videos II
    Moderator: Ghulam Murtaza, MD – UW Health
    Moderator: Nirav Patel, MD – Lenox Hill Hospital-Northwell Health
    Cardiac
  • 3:57 PM - 6:10 PM EST
    Cardiac Day 1 Session 2: New Programs and New Robots
    Moderator: T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA – Georgia Heart Institute
    Moderator: Sahin Senay, MD – Acıbadem University
    Cardiac
  • Esophageal Benign
  • 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM EST
    Session 4: COMPLEX FOREGUT & THE OBESITY FACTOR
    Moderator: Tanuja Damani, MD, FACS (she/her/hers) – NYU Langone Health
    Moderator: Siva Raja, MD, PhD – Cleveland Clinic
    Esophageal
  • Gynecology Day 1
  • 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST
    Session III - Artificial Intelligence, Digital Surgery and Predictability in Complex Gynecologic Procedures
    Panelist: Vito Cela
    Panelist: Vasiliki Chatzirafaïl, MD (she/her/hers) – Euroclinic hospital of Athens
    Panelist: David Isla, MD (he/him/his) – National Cancer Institute of Mexico
    Panelist: Martin Martino, MD – Ascension
    Panelist: Ginger J. Gardner, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    Gynecology
  • Acute Care
  • 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM EST
    Acute Care Session 4
    Acute Care
  • Head and Neck Day 1
  • 4:05 PM - 4:25 PM EST
    Head and Neck Abstracts Session 1
    Moderator: Rocco Ferrandino, MD, MSCR – University of Washington
    Head and Neck
  • Bariatrics
  • 4:15 PM - 4:55 PM EST
    Session 4: Sensors, Smart Stapling & Intraoperative Intelligence
    Bariatrics
  • Colorectal Day 1
  • 4:19 PM - 4:49 PM EST
    Session 6: Transverse colon and splenic flexure
    Moderator: Alessio Pigazzi
    Moderator: Mina Ming-yin Shen, MD PhD (she/her/hers) – China Medical University Hsinchu Hospital Taiwan
    Colorectal
  • Hernia (Abdominal Wall) Abstracts
  • 4:22 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    Hernia Session 2
    Hernia (Abdominal Wall) Abstracts
  • Head and Neck Day 1
  • 4:25 PM - 4:45 PM EST
    Head and Neck Day 1

    Moderator: Asit Arora, n/a – Cromwell Hospital

    Panelist: Tom Vauterin, MD, MBA – AZ Sint-Jan Bruges

    Panelist: Julia Crawford, BSc(Med), MBBS, FRACS – St Vincent's Hospital Sydney

    Panelist: Mihir R. Patel, MD – Lineberger Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

    Panelist: Meghan Turner, MD – West Virginia University

  • Digital Surgery
  • 4:35 PM - 5:10 PM EST
    Session 4: A Potpourri of Digital Applications 1
    Moderator: Mischa Dohler, PhD – Ericsson
    Moderator: Jacques Marescaux, MD,FACS – IRCAD
    Digital Surgery
  • Head and Neck Day 1
  • 4:45 PM - 5:15 PM EST
    Session 5: Endocrine TB Panel
    Moderator: Enyi Ofo, FRCS (ORL-HNS) PhD (he/him/his) – St George's and Kingston Hospitals, London
    Panelist: Renan Lira, MD PhD – Hospital Albert Einstein
    Panelist: Patrick Aidan, MD – Bizet surgery center Paris
    Panelist: Jonathon O. Russell, MD, FACS – Russell Center for Endocrine Health
    Panelist: Leonardo Rangel, MD – UERJ
    Head and Neck
  • Colorectal Day 1
  • 4:49 PM - 5:19 PM EST
    Session 7: Conference
    Colorectal
  • Esophageal Benign
  • 4:50 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Session 5: NEW FRONTIERS & COMPLEX REVISIONS
    Moderator: Jacob Klapper, MD – Duke University Medical Center
    Esophageal
  • Bariatrics
  • 4:55 PM - 5:55 PM EST
    Session 5: Robotic Single-Port, NOTES & Zero-Incision Surgery
    Chair: Jordi Tarascó Palomares, MD,PhD (he/him/his) – Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital
    Moderator: Miljana Vladmirov, MD (she/her/hers) – University of OWL - Campus Lippe
    Moderator: Alcides J. Branco, MD (he/him/his) – Marcelino Champagnat Hospital
    Bariatrics
  • Gynecology Day 1
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    SESSION IV - Managing Intraoperative Complications
    Moderator: Martin Martino, MD – Ascension
    Moderator: Lindsay K. Deliberto, DO (she/her/hers) – Advent Health Orlando
    Moderator: Vanessa Alvarenga-Bezerra, MD – Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital
    Moderator: Marlene De Gracia, MD (she/her/hers) – Pacifica Salud
    Panelist: Gustavo Guitman, MD (he/him/his) – Brazilian National Cancer Institute
    Panelist: Daniel Sanabria, MD (he/him/his) – CLINICA DE COUNTRY - CTIC
    Panelist: Mariana Rosette Arantes, MD (she/her/hers) – Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital
    Gynecology
  • Orthopedics
  • 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Day 1 - Ortho Gen Session 4: Humanoids
    Moderator: Martin Roche, MD – Professor of Orthopaedics University of Miami
    Orthopedics
  • Digital Surgery
  • 5:10 PM - 6:09 PM EST
    Session 5: A Potpourri of Digital Applications 2
    Moderator: Mischa Dohler, PhD – Ericsson
    Moderator: Manisha Shah-Bugaj (she/her/hers) – Activ Surgical
    Digital Surgery
  • Colorectal Day 1
  • 5:19 PM - 6:03 PM EST
    Session 8: Cross Fire: for Early Rectal Cancer ?
    Moderator: Mina Ming-yin Shen, MD PhD (she/her/hers) – China Medical University Hsinchu Hospital Taiwan
    Moderator: Shailesh Puntambekar, MD – Galaxy care Multispeciality Hospital
    Colorectal
  • Head and Neck Day 1
  • 5:20 PM - 5:50 PM EST
    Session 6: Laryngeal/Hypopharyngeal TB Panel
    Moderator: Meghan Turner, MD (she/her/hers) – West Virginia University
    Panelist: Patrick Schuler, MD (he/him/his) – University Hospital Heidelberg
    Panelist: David Viros-Porcuna, PhD (he/him/his) – Vall Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus
    Panelist: Eric Moore, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Panelist: Samantha Hassid
    Head and Neck
  • Acute Care
  • 5:20 PM - 6:30 PM EST
    Acute Care Session 5
    Acute Care
  • Head and Neck Day 1
  • 5:55 PM - 6:05 PM EST
    Session 7: TORS Hemorrhage Consensus
    Moderator: Asit Arora, n/a – Cromwell Hospital
    Panelist: Tom Vauterin, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – AZ Sint-Jan Bruges
    Panelist: Julia Crawford, BSc(Med), MBBS, FRACS (she/her/hers) – St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
    Panelist: Mihir R. Patel, MD – Lineberger Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
    Panelist: Meghan Turner, MD (she/her/hers) – West Virginia University
    Head and Neck
  • 6:05 PM - 6:25 PM EST
    Head and Neck Abstracts Session 2
    Moderator: Scott A. Roof, MD MS – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Head and Neck
  • Digital Surgery
  • 6:09 PM - 6:44 PM EST
    Session 6: Surgeons Partnering with Industry to Deliver the Promise of Digital Surgery Round Table Discussion
    Digital Surgery
  • Friday, July 24, 2026
  • Urology Abstracts
  • 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM EST
    Urology Abstract Session 2
    Moderator: Brian Miles
    Moderator: Ahmed Gamal, n/a – Hamad Medical Corporation
    Moderator: Raed Azhar, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS (he/him/his) – King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
    Moderator: Fikret Onol, MD – UF Health Jacksonville
    Moderator: Rair J. Valero, MD – Baptist Health group North
    Urology Abstract Session 2
  • Plenary 2: Robotic Technology 2
  • 7:15 AM - 8:10 AM EST
    Session 1: Cardiothoracic Robotic Platforms
    Moderator: Ghulam Abbas, MD MHCM FACS (he/him/his) – University of Texas at Tyler
    Moderator: Husam Balkhy, MD FACS, FACC (he/him/his) – The University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences
    Panelist: Inderpal S. Sarkaria, MD, MBA, FACS (he/him/his) – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Panelist: Johannes Bonatti, MD – UPMC
    Panelist: Farid Gharagozloo, M.D, FACS, FCCS, CHCQM, FACHE (he/him/his) – University of Central Florida College of Medicine
    Moderator: Norihiko Ishikawa, MD PhD (he/him/his) – NewHeart Watanabe Institute
    Panelist: Abbas Abbas, MD – Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Chief of Thoracic Oncology at Lifespan Health System
    Plenary 2: Robotic Technology 2
  • Orthopedics
  • 7:30 AM - 8:25 AM EST
    Day 2 - Ortho Hip Approaches -State of the Art
    Moderator: Derek F. Amanatullah, MD/PhD (he/him/his) – Stanford University
    Orthopedics
  • Esophageal Malignant
  • 7:30 AM - 9:25 AM EST
    Session 1: STATE OF THE ART ROBOTIC ESOPHAGECTOMY
    Moderator: Desmond D'Souza, MD (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, James Cancer Hospital
    Esophageal
  • Teen Session
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    Break

    Panelist: Shady Saikali, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute

    Panelist: Neley Morales, DMSc, PA-C – Adventhealth

    Panelist: Cathy Corder – Global Robotics Institute

    Panelist: Shannon Roof, PhD – GLOBAL ROBOTICS INSTITUTE

  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    Course Chair Address
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    Former Course Chair Address
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    Hands-on Mentors
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    Introduction and Welcome

    Speaker: Tony Jarc, PhD – Intuitive

  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    Keynote Lectures
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    Teen Presentations
  • Gynecology Abstract Session 1
  • 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Gynecology Abstract Session 1
    Moderator: Lindsay K. Deliberto, DO (she/her/hers) – Advent Health Orlando
    Moderator: John P. Diaz, MD (he/him/his) – Baptist Health
    Moderator: Audrey Tsunoda, PhD (she/her/hers) – Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná
    Moderator: Vasiliki Chatzirafaïl, MD (she/her/hers) – Euroclinic hospital of Athens
    Gynecology Abstract Session 1
  • Gynecology Abstract Session
  • 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Gynecology Abstract Session 1

    Moderator: Lindsay K. Deliberto, DO – Advent Health Orlando

    Moderator: John P. Diaz, MD – Baptist Health

    Moderator: Audrey Tsunoda, PhD – Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná

    Moderator: Vasiliki Chatzirafaïl, MD – Euroclinic hospital of Athens

  • Gynecology Abstract Session 2
  • 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Gynecology Abstract Session 2
    Moderator: Florencia Noll, MD (she/her/hers) – Sanatorio Allende
    Moderator: Simone Bruni, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori Milano
    Moderator: Anna Fagotti, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome Italy
    Moderator: Bijoy Thomas, MD – Lehigh Valley Health Network/Jefferson Health System
    Gynecology Abstract Session 2
  • Gynecology Abstract Session
  • 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Gynecology Abstract Session 2

    Moderator: Florencia Noll, MD – Sanatorio Allende

    Moderator: Simone Bruni, MD, PhD – Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori Milano

    Moderator: Anna Fagotti, MD, PhD – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome Italy

    Moderator: Bijoy Thomas, MD – Lehigh Valley Health Network/Jefferson Health System

  • Live Surgery
  • 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM EST
    Semi Live/Live Surgery: SSI
  • Plenary 2: Robotic Technology 2
  • 8:10 AM - 9:10 AM EST
    Session 2: New Innovative Robotic Platforms II
    Moderator: Eduardo Parra Davila, MD – Good Samaritan Medical Center
    Moderator: Ricardo Estape, MD – HCA Institute for Gynecologic Oncology
    Moderator: Rafael Coelho
    Panelist: Nina Harke, MD – Hannover Medical School
    Moderator: Yen-chuan Ou, MD PD (he/him/his) – Tungs' Taichung MetroHarbor Hospital
    Moderator: Eiji Oki, MD, PhD, FACS (he/him/his) – Kyushu University
    Moderator: Geoff Coughlin, MBBS – Wesley Hospital Brisbane
    Plenary 2: Robotic Technology 2
  • Orthopedics
  • 8:25 AM - 8:49 AM EST
    Day 2 - Ortho Knee Approaches
    Moderator: Steven Haas, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Orthopedics
  • Urology Abstracts
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EST
    Urology Abstract Session 2
    Moderator: Travis Rogers, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Moderator: Eliney F. Faria, Urologist (he/him/his) – Hospital Felicio Rocho - Brazil
    Moderator: Kris Maes, MD, Urologist (he/him/his) – Hospital da Luz de Lisboa
    Moderator: Raymond J. Leveillee, MD, FRCS-G (he/him/his) – Baptist Health
    Urology Abstract Session 2
  • Orthopedics
  • 8:50 AM - 10:05 AM EST
    Day 2 - Ortho Hip Robotics Pre-op Planning
    Moderator: Michael Ast, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Orthopedics
  • Plenary 2: Robotic Technology 2
  • 9:10 AM - 10:10 AM EST
    Session 3: New Innovative Robotic Platforms
    Panelist: Victoria Y. Bird, MD (she/her/hers) – National Medical Association and Research Group
    Moderator: Jorn Witt, Ass. Prof. Dr. , MD (he/him/his) – Urokompetenz - Die Klinik für Urologie, Clinic Bel Etage
    Panelist: Ugo Falagario
    Moderator: Erik B. Wilson, n/a – UTHealth Houston
    Plenary 2: Robotic Technology 2
  • Esophageal Malignant
  • 9:25 AM - 10:55 AM EST
    Session 2: ANASTOMOTIC OPTIONS AND IMAGING
    Moderator: Jelle Ruurda, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – UMC Utrecht
    Speaker: John Lazar, MD – Ascension Saint Thomas/University of Tennessee-Nashville
    Esophageal
  • Urology Abstracts
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM EST
    Urology Abstract Session 2
    Moderator: David Thiel, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Moderator: Saad Aldousari, n/a (he/him/his) – Sabah AlAhmad Urology center, Kuwait University, MD Anderson Cancer Center,
    Moderator: Saleh Bubishate, MD – Advent Health Global Robitics Institute Celebration, Fl
    Moderator: Young-Hwii Ko, MD,PhD (he/him/his) – Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital
    Urology Abstract Session 2
  • Orthopedics
  • 10:05 AM - 11:00 AM EST
    Day 2 - Ortho Hip Robotics - Tips and Techniques
    Moderator: Mark Pagnano, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Orthopedics
  • Plenary 2: Robotic Technology 2
  • 10:10 AM - 11:20 AM EST
    Session 4: Endoscopic and Endoluminal Robotics: The Next Frontier
    Moderator: Christopher C. Thompson, MD, MSc, FACG, AGAF, FASGE, FJGES (he/him/his) – Mass General Brigham/Harvard Medical School
    Moderator: Fred Moll, MD – Sonder Capital
    Panelist: Eduardo Parra Davila, MD – Good Samaritan Medical Center
    Panelist: Brian Dunkin, MD – Boston Scientific, Endoscopy
    Panelist: Erik B. Wilson, n/a – UTHealth Houston
    Panelist: Tanuja Damani, MD, FACS (she/her/hers) – NYU Langone Health
    Panelist: Santiago Horgan, MD – Stryker Endoscopy
    Panelist: Mohit Bhandari, MS – Mohak Bariatrics and Robotics
    Plenary 2: Robotic Technology 2
  • Urology Abstracts
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EST
    Urology Abstract Session 2
    Moderator: Christian Wagner, MD (he/him/his) – St. Antonius Hospital Gronau
    Moderator: Sanjay Razdan, MD MCh FRCS (Glasg) – International Robotic Institute for Prostate Cancer
    Moderator: Sung Gu Kang
    Urology Abstract Session 2
  • Esophageal Malignant
  • 10:55 AM - 12:25 PM EST
    SESSION 3: COMPLEX REVISIONS AND INNOVATION
    Moderator: Siva Raja, MD, PhD – Cleveland Clinic
    Moderator: Peter Grimminger, n/a – Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
    Esophageal
  • Orthopedics
  • 11:00 AM - 11:55 AM EST
    Day 2 - Ortho Knee Robotics - Tips and Techniques
    Speaker: Fares Haddad, frcs (orth) – UCLH and HCA
    Orthopedics
  • Urology Abstracts
  • 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM EST
    Urology Abstract Session 2

    Moderator: Victoria Y. Bird, MD – National Medical Association and Research Group

    Moderator: Lance Coetzee

    Moderator: Bernardo Rocco – .

    Moderator: Seethram Bhat, MD – Department of Urology, SUNY Upstate Medical University

    Moderator: Gabriel Ogaya Pinies, MD – Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón & Lyx Urologia

    Moderator: Sanket Chauhan, MD, MBA – Surgical Automations

  • Plenary 2: Robotic Technology 2
  • 11:20 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Session 5: Single Port Robotics: The Next Step?
    Moderator: Jihad Kaouk, MD FACS FRCS – Cleveland Clinic
    Panelist: Reza Mehrazin, MD – Mount Sinai Hospital
    Moderator: Tanuja Damani, MD, FACS (she/her/hers) – NYU Langone Health
    Panelist: Scott Magnuson, MD – Advent health
    Plenary 2: Robotic Technology 2
  • Urology Abstracts
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Urology Abstract Session 2
    Moderator: Phil Stricker, FRACS (he/him/his) – St Vincents Private Hospital
    Moderator: Thomas J. Polascik, MD FACS – Department of Urology
    Moderator: Vincent Bird, MD – University of Florida, Department of Urology
    Urology Abstract Session 2
  • Orthopedics
  • 11:55 AM - 1:30 PM EST
    Day 2 - Ortho Shoulder Robotics

    Moderator: Derek F. Amanatullah, MD/PhD – Stanford University

  • Colorectal Day 2
  • 1:30 PM - 2:10 PM EST
    Session 1: My experience in robotic colorectal surgery

    Moderator: Rahila Essani, MD FACS FASCRS – Baystate/University of Massachusetts

    Moderator: Paulo G. Kotze, MD, MSc, PhD – Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, Brazil

  • Telesurgery
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM EST
    Session 1: Telesurgery a New Frontier

    Moderator: Vipul R. Patel, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute

    Moderator: Jacques Marescaux, MD,FACS – IRCAD

  • Orthopedics
  • 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM EST
    Day 2 - Ortho Future Applications

    Moderator: Derek F. Amanatullah, MD/PhD – Stanford University

  • Cardiac
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EST
    Cardiac Day 2 Session 3: Mitral Valve
    Moderator: Danny Ramzy, MD PhD – UTHealth
    Moderator: Amber Edwards, MD – Ascension St. Thomas
    Cardiac
  • Orthopedics
  • 1:30 PM - 2:40 PM EST
    Day 2 - Ortho Future Applications
    Moderator: David Backstein, MD (he/him/his) – Hospital for Special Surgery at NCH
    Orthopedics
  • Thoracic Day 1
  • 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM EST
    Session 1: Single Port Updates
    Moderator: Harmik J. Soukiasian, MD – Cedars-Sinai Health System
    Moderator: Robert E. Merritt, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – Division of Thoracic Surgery, Ohio State UniversityWexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
    Thoracic
  • Urology
  • 1:30 PM - 2:55 PM EST
    Urology Day 2 Session 1: Different Technical Approaches to RALP
    Moderator: Jihad Kaouk, MD FACS FRCS – Cleveland Clinic
    Moderator: Jean Joseph, MD, MBA, FACS, FRCS (Glasg) – Department of Urology, University of Rochester
    Panelist: Oseas Castro Neves Neto, MD – ABC Medical School
    Panelist: Mark Gonzalgo, MD, PhD – University of Miami
    Panelist: Alexander Haese – Martini-Clinic Prostate Cancer Center
    Urology
  • Gynecology Day 2
  • 1:30 PM - 3:20 PM EST
    SESSION I - Telesurgery, Teleproctoring, and Remote Collaboration in Gynecology
    Moderator: Cara R. King, DO, MS (she/her/hers) – Cleveland Clinic
    Moderator: Martin Martino, MD – Ascension
    Moderator: Vanessa Alvarenga-Bezerra, MD – Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital
    Panelist: Audrey Tsunoda, PhD (she/her/hers) – Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná
    Panelist: Anna Fagotti, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome Italy
    Panelist: Diego Odetto (he/him/his) – Hospital italiano de buenos aires
    Panelist: Arnie Advincula, MD (he/him/his) – Columbia University
    Gynecology
  • Thoracic Day 1
  • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Session 2: LUNG RESECTION ADVANCED TECHNIQUES
    Moderator: Anthony Kim, MD, MS, FACS, FCCP (he/him/his) – Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California
    Moderator: Dao M. Nguyen, MD – University of Miami
    Thoracic
  • Endoluminal Robotics
  • 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    Endoluminal Robotics
    Chair: Christopher C. Thompson, MD, MSc, FACG, AGAF, FASGE, FJGES (he/him/his) – Mass General Brigham/Harvard Medical School
    Endoluminal Robotics
  • Hepatobiliary/Pancreas
  • 1:30 PM - 6:10 PM EST
    Day 2: Liver
    Chair: Jason Solomon Hawksworth, FACS (he/him/his) – Columbia University Irving Medical Center
    Chair: Thomas J. Chirichella, III, MD FACS – Mercy Health - St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital
    Hepatobiliary/Pancreas
  • Cardiac
  • 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Cardiac Day 2 Session 4: Multispectrum Robotics

    Moderator: Douglas Murphy, MD – Emory University School of Medicine

    Moderator: Justin Reeves, MD – Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center

  • Head and Neck Day 1
  • 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM EST
    Head and Neck Abstracts
  • Head and Neck Day 2
  • 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM EST
    Head and Neck Day 2
    Head and Neck
  • Colorectal Day 2
  • 2:10 PM - 3:00 PM EST
    Session 2: Different type of colorectal anastomosis (Multiport and SP) Video Session
    Moderator: Helio Moreira, Associate Professor (he/him/his) – School of Medicine - Federal University of Goias
    Moderator: Alfredo Alonso Poza, Sr., PhD (he/him/his) – Hospital Universitario del Sureste de Madrid
    Colorectal
  • Telesurgery
  • 2:15 PM - 3:55 PM EST
    Session 2: Telesurgery Use Cases: Presentations of Geographical Data

    Moderator: Jacques Marescaux, MD, FACS – IRCAD

    Panelist: Julie Morabito

    Panelist: Mark W. Trumbore, PhD – Center for Devices and Radiological Health

    Panelist: Mohit Bhandari, MS – Mohak Bariatrics and Robotics

    Panelist: Nina Maturu, MBA – Constellation Design Strategy

    Panelist: Rowland Illing

    Panelist: David McMullen, MD – Neuralink

    Moderator: Fred Moll, MD – Sonder Capital

  • New Technology and Innovation Abstracts
  • 2:30 PM - 3:35 PM EST
    New Technology and Innovation Abstracts #2
    Moderator: Imran Siddiqui, MD, FACS – Orlando Health
    New Technology and Innovation Abstracts #2
  • 2:30 PM - 3:35 PM EST
    New Technology and Innovation Abstracts #3
    Moderator: Jose Yeguez, MD – Boca Raton Regional Hospital / Baptisthealth System
    New Technology and Innovation Abstracts #3
  • 2:30 PM - 3:35 PM EST
    New Technology and Innovation Abstracts #4
    Moderator: Alexis Sanchez, MD,MS, MBA – Orlando Health
    Moderator: Hany Takla, MD, FACS, FASMBS (he/him/his) – Orlando Health
    New Technology and Innovation Abstracts #4
  • Upper GI/Spleen
  • 2:30 PM - 3:50 PM EST
    Upper GI / Spleen Abstracts
    Moderator: Fernando De Barros, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
    Upper GI / Spleen Abstracts
  • Cardiac
  • 2:30 PM - 4:14 PM EST
    Cardiac Day 2 Abstracts and Videos III Mitral
    Moderator: Douglas Murphy, MD (he/him/his) – Emory University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Justin Reeves, MD (he/him/his) – Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center
    Cardiac
  • Orthopedics
  • 2:40 PM - 3:35 PM EST
    Day 2 - Ortho Current Debates
    Speaker: David Mayman, MD (he/him/his) – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Orthopedics
  • Urology
  • 2:55 PM - 3:40 PM EST
    Urology Day 2 Session 2: Important Trends in Prostate Cancer
    Moderator: Anthony Costello, MBBS, FRCSI, FRACS, MD – International Medical Robotics Association, Dept of Surgery, University of Melbourne Victoria
    Panelist: Sanjay Razdan, MD MCh FRCS (Glasg) – International Robotic Institute for Prostate Cancer
    Panelist: Phil Stricker, FRACS (he/him/his) – St Vincents Private Hospital
    Panelist: Jorn Witt, Ass. Prof. Dr. , MD (he/him/his) – Urokompetenz - Die Klinik für Urologie, Clinic Bel Etage
    Panelist: Angel Alvarado
    Moderator: Ugo Falagario
    Urology
  • Colorectal Day 2
  • 3:00 PM - 3:20 PM EST
    Session 3: Diverticular Disease
    Moderator: Rahila Essani, MD FACS FASCRS (she/her/hers) – Baystate/University of Massachusetts
    Moderator: Paulo G. Kotze, MD, MSc, PhD (he/him/his) – Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), Curitiba, Brazil
    Colorectal
  • 3:20 PM - 3:50 PM EST
    Session 4: Management Complex diverticulitis (Videos)
    Moderator: Gustavo Plasencia – Jackson South Medical Center, Miami, FL, USA
    Moderator: Sergio Alfieri (he/him/his) – Catholic University Fondazione Gemelli -IRCCS - Rome Italy
    Colorectal
  • Gynecology Day 2
  • 3:20 PM - 6:10 PM EST
    SESSION II - Videos: From Standard Procedures to Advanced Gynecologic Surgery
    Gynecology
  • New Technology and Innovation Abstracts
  • 3:35 PM - 4:45 PM EST
    New Technology and Innovation Abstracts #2
    Moderator: Rahila Essani, MD FACS FASCRS (she/her/hers) – Baystate/University of Massachusetts
    New Technology and Innovation Abstracts #2
  • 3:35 PM - 4:45 PM EST
    New Technology and Innovation Abstracts #3
    Moderator: Jose M. Balibrea, MD, PhD, FACS, FESA (he/him/his) – Germans Trias University Hospital (Barcelona)
    New Technology and Innovation Abstracts #3
  • 3:35 PM - 4:45 PM EST
    New Technology and Innovation Abstracts #4
    Moderator: Omar Bellorin-Marin, MD (he/him/his) – Holy Name Medical Center
    Moderator: Andre Teixeira
    New Technology and Innovation Abstracts #4
  • Orthopedics
  • 3:35 PM - 5:00 PM EST
    Day 2 - Ortho Uni's to Revisions
    Moderator: Peter Bonutti
    Orthopedics
  • Urology
  • 3:40 PM - 5:10 PM EST
    Urology Day 2 Session 3: Improving RALP Outcomes
    Moderator: Alexander Haese – Martini-Clinic Prostate Cancer Center
    Moderator: Geoff Coughlin, MBBS – Wesley Hospital Brisbane
    Panelist: Elias Bodden, Sr., PhD (he/him/his) – Caja de seguro social
    Panelist: Kunihiko Yoshioka, MD, PhD – Department of Urology, Itabashi Chuo Medical Center
    Panelist: Mark Gonzalgo, MD, PhD – University of Miami
    Panelist: Alejandro Sierra-Torres, MD (he/him/his) – Hospital Angeles Pedregal
    Panelist: Vito Pansadoro (he/him/his) – Vincenzo Pansadoro Foundation
    Urology
  • Colorectal Day 2
  • 3:50 PM - 4:11 PM EST
    Session 5: IBD
    Moderator: Gustavo Becker, MD MSc (he/him/his) – Unimed Litoral
    Moderator: Helio Moreira, Associate Professor (he/him/his) – School of Medicine - Federal University of Goias
    Moderator: Mark Soliman, MD, MBA, FACS. FASCRS – AdventHealth
    Colorectal
  • Upper GI/Spleen
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Upper GI / Spleen Abstracts
  • 3:50 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Upper GI / Spleen/ Bariatric
    Moderator: Carlos Ferrigini
    Moderator: Guillermo Borjas, PhD (he/him/his) – Hospital Clinic
    Upper GI / Spleen Abstracts
  • Telesurgery
  • 3:55 PM - 5:35 PM EST
    Session 3: Telesurgery Requirements and Implementation Needs

    Moderator: Saad Aldousari – Sabah AlAhmad Urology center, Kuwait University, MD Anderson Cancer Center,

    Speaker: Norberto Bernardo, MD – University of Buenos Aires

    Panelist: Sergio Alfieri – Catholic University Fondazione Gemelli -IRCCS - Rome Italy

    Moderator: Eiji Oki, MD, PhD, FACS – Kyushu University

    Panelist: Apolineo Paxi

    Panelist: Ugo Falagario

    Panelist: Andrew Gordon, MBBS MBA FRCP FRCS – Gibraltar Health Authority

  • Colorectal Day 2
  • 4:11 PM - 4:53 PM EST
    Session 6: Handling intraoperative complication video session on robotic Surgery
    Moderator: Gyseog Choi
    Colorectal
  • Cardiac
  • 4:14 PM - 5:14 PM EST
    Cardiac Day 2 Special Session: Industry and Global Update
    Moderator: Johannes Bonatti, MD – UPMC
    Moderator: Husam Balkhy, MD FACS, FACC (he/him/his) – The University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences
    Moderator: Ghulam Murtaza, MD – UW Health
    Cardiac
  • Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • 4:30 PM - 6:45 PM EST
    Session 2: Robotic Inguinal

    Moderator: Alaa Alhazmi, MD, MBA – King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh

    Moderator: Sergio Roll, PhD – Santa Casa Medical School

  • Colorectal Day 2
  • 4:53 PM - 5:23 PM EST
    Session 7: Miscelanea
    Moderator: Antonio Caycedo Marulanda, MD, MSc – Orlando Health
    Colorectal
  • Urology
  • 5:10 PM - 5:50 PM EST
    Urology Day 2 Session 4: New Innovations in Prostate Cancer Care
    Moderator: Rafael Sanchez-Salas, MD (he/him/his) – McGill University
    Moderator: Victoria Y. Bird, MD (she/her/hers) – National Medical Association and Research Group
    Panelist: Kunihiko Yoshioka, MD, PhD – Department of Urology, Itabashi Chuo Medical Center
    Panelist: Angel Alvarado
    Panelist: Brian Miles
    Panelist: Marcio Covas Moschovas, MD, PhD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Urology
  • Cardiac
  • 5:14 PM - 5:24 PM EST
    Cardiac Day 2 Session 4: Multispectrum Robotics
    Moderator: Piotr Suwalski, Professor MD PhD – National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration
    Moderator: Ken Liao
    Cardiac
  • Colorectal Day 2
  • 5:23 PM - 5:38 PM EST
    Session 8: Endometriosis
    Moderator: Luis Chiroque- Benites, MD, MHSA (he/him/his) – Almenara Hospital
    Moderator: Bilgi Baca, MD (he/him/his) – Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University
    Colorectal
  • Cardiac
  • 5:24 PM - 6:09 PM EST
    Cardiac Day 2

    Moderator: Douglas Murphy, MD – Emory University School of Medicine

    Moderator: Justin Reeves, MD – Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center

  • Telesurgery
  • 5:35 PM - 6:10 PM EST
    Session 4: Telesurgery Guidelines and Future Pathways

    Moderator: Vipul R. Patel, MD – Advent Health Global Robotics Institute

    Moderator: Richard Satava, MD PhD(hc) D.Sc FACS MAMSE – University of Washington (Seattle)

    Panelist: Nina Maturu, MBA – Constellation Design Strategy

    Panelist: Geert De Naeyer, MD – AZORG Hospitals AALST (BE)

    Panelist: Jacques Marescaux, MD, FACS – IRCAD

    Panelist: Mischa Dohler, PhD – Ericsson

    Panelist: Juli Hysenbelli

    Panelist: Louise Agersnap – World Health Organization

    Panelist: Julie Morabito

  • Colorectal Day 2
  • 5:38 PM - 6:13 PM EST
    Session 9: Conference
    Colorectal
  • Orthopedics
  • 11:55 PM - 1:30 PM EST
    Day 2 - Ortho Shoulder Robotics
    Moderator: Ryan Wade Simovitch, MD (he/him/his) – HSS FLorida
    Orthopedics
  • Telesurgery
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM EST
    Session 1: Telesurgery a New Frontier
    Moderator: Vipul R. Patel, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Moderator: Jacques Marescaux, MD,FACS – IRCAD
    Telesurgery
  • Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
    Session 1: Robotic Ventral
    Chair: Salvador Morales-Conde (he/him/his) – University Hospital Virgen Macarena (Sevilla, Spain)
    Chair: Hector Valenzuela, MD (he/him/his) – Hospital Angels Andares
    Chair: David Chen, MD – Lichtenstein Amid Hernia Institute at University of California Los Angeles
    Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • Telesurgery
  • 2:15 PM - 3:55 PM EST
    Session 2: Telesurgery Use Cases: Presentations of Geographical Data
    Moderator: Jacques Marescaux, MD, FACS – IRCAD
    Panelist: Julie Morabito
    Panelist: Mark W. Trumbore, PhD (he/him/his) – Center for Devices and Radiological Health
    Panelist: Mohit Bhandari, MS – Mohak Bariatrics and Robotics
    Panelist: Nina Maturu, MBA – Constellation Design Strategy
    Panelist: Rowland Illing
    Panelist: David McMullen, MD – Neuralink
    Moderator: Fred Moll, MD – Sonder Capital
    Telesurgery
  • 3:55 PM - 5:35 PM EST
    Session 3: Telesurgery Requirements and Implementation Needs
    Telesurgery
  • 5:35 PM - 6:10 PM EST
    Session 4: Telesurgery Guidelines and Future Pathways
    Moderator: Vipul R. Patel, MD – Advent Health Global Robotics Institute
    Moderator: Richard Satava, MD PhD(hc) D.Sc FACS MAMSE – University of Washington (Seattle)
    Panelist: Nina Maturu, MBA – Constellation Design Strategy
    Panelist: Geert De Naeyer, MD (he/him/his) – AZORG Hospitals AALST (BE)
    Panelist: Jacques Marescaux, MD, FACS – IRCAD
    Panelist: Mischa Dohler, PhD – Ericsson
    Panelist: Juli Hysenbelli
    Panelist: Louise Agersnap – World Health Organization
    Panelist: Julie Morabito
    Telesurgery
  • Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
    Session 1: Robotic Ventral

    Moderator: Agustin Alvarez

    Moderator: David Chen, MD – Lichtenstein Amid Hernia Institute at University of California Los Angeles

  • Saturday, July 25, 2026
  • Hepatobiliary / Pancreas Abstracts
  • 7:00 AM - 9:32 AM EST
    Hepatobiliary / Pancreas Abstracts Session 1
    Moderator: Imran Siddiqui, MD, FACS – Orlando Health
    Moderator: Iswanto Sucandy, MD, FACS – AdventHealth Tampa
    Hepatobiliary / Pancreas Abstracts
  • Surgical AI
  • 7:30 AM - 8:20 AM EST
    Session 1: The Future of Digital Surgery is Bright
    Surgical AI
  • Orthopedics
  • 7:30 AM - 8:25 AM EST
    Day 3 - Biologics
    Moderator: Dr Hart
    Orthopedics
  • 7:30 AM - 8:25 AM EST
    Day 3 - Ortho Biologics
    Orthopedics
  • Plenary 3: Novel Robotic Technologies and Applications in Digital Surgery
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM EST
    Journal of Robotic Surgery: Updates and Abstract Award Winner Announcement

    Moderator: Franck Leveiller, PhD – Alcon

    Moderator: Terry Kim, MD – Alcon

    Panelist: Rafael Chan

    Panelist: Sean Clark, MBA – Alcon

    Panelist: Mo Nathan, MBA – EDAP Inc.

    Panelist: Patrick Terry, PhD, Alcon – Alcon

    Panelist: Jean-Pierre Hubschman, MD – Horizon Surgical Systems

    Panelist: Joseph Nathan, President ForSight Robotics

    Panelist: Amit Hazan – Puma Venture Capital

  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM EST
    Session 1: Opthamology
    Moderator: Franck Leveiller, PhD – Alcon
    Moderator: Terry Kim, MD (he/him/his) – Alcon
    Panelist: Sean Clark, MBA (he/him/his) – Alcon
    Panelist: Patrick Terry, PhD, Alcon – Alcon
    Panelist: Jean-Pierre Hubschman, MD – Horizon Surgical Systems
    Panelist: Joseph Nathan, CEO ForSight Robotics – ForSight Robotics
    Panelist: Amit Hazan – Puma Venture Capital
    Plenary 3: Novel Robotic Technologies and Applications in Digital Surgery
  • Surgical AI
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM EST
    Session 1: The Future of Digital Surgery is Bright
  • Thoracic Abstracts
  • 7:30 AM - 8:40 AM EST
    Thoracic Abstract Session 1
    Moderator: Ricardo Terra
    Moderator: John Lazar, MD – Ascension Saint Thomas/University of Tennessee-Nashville
    Thoracic Abstracts
  • Digital OR
  • 7:30 AM - 10:30 AM EST
    Digital OR: How to build a better surgeon
    Moderator: Jay A. Redan, FACS (he/him/his) – Advent Health
    Digital OR: How to build a better surgeon
  • Orthopedics
  • 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Day 3 - Abstracts Session
  • UroOnc
  • 7:50 AM - 9:50 AM EST
    Module 1- Prostate Screening, diagnosis, and imaging
    Panelist: Brian Miles
    Panelist: Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, FRCS, MHA – Tulane University School of Medicine
    Panelist: Eliot Siegel
    Panelist: Victoria Y. Bird, MD (she/her/hers) – National Medical Association and Research Group
    Panelist: Gustavo Ayala
    Panelist: Maria Chiara Sighinolfi, n/a – Fondazione Policlinico Universitario
    Panelist: Jeff Tosoian, MD, MPH, FACS – Vanderbilt Health
    UroOnc
  • Allied Health
  • 8:00 AM - 8:45 AM EST
    SESSION I — Implementing a Robotic Surgery Program: Nursing Perspective
  • Pediatrics
  • 8:00 AM - 10:30 AM EST
    Pediatrics Session 1: How I do it / Semi live surgery video
    Moderator: Pablo Gomez, III, MD (he/him/his) – Urology Kids
    Moderator: Aseem R. Shukla, MD – Cohen Children's Hospital and Northwell Health
    Moderator: Miguel Castellan, MD (he/him/his) – Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami, Fl
    Pediatrics
  • Allied Health
  • 8:00 AM - 11:25 AM EST
    SESSION V: Multiplatform Programs: Preparing Nursing Teams for the Future
  • Live Surgery
  • 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM EST
    Semi Live/Live Surgery: SSI
  • Surgical AI
  • 8:20 AM - 9:05 AM EST
    Session 2: Digital Innovations outside the hospital
    Moderator: Gretchen Purcell Jackson, MD, PhD – Intuitive Surgical / Vanderbilt Health
    Moderator: Sean Huver, n/a – NVIDIA
    Surgical AI
  • Orthopedics
  • 8:25 AM - 9:40 AM EST
    Day 3 - Ortho Case Presentations - Knees
    Moderator: David Mayman, MD (he/him/his) – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Panelist: Steven Haas, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Panelist: Fares Haddad, frcs (orth) – UCLH and HCA
    Panelist: Thomas L. Bernasek, MD (he/him/his) – Florida Orthopaedic Institute
    Panelist: Mark Pagnano, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Orthopedics
  • Surgical AI
  • 8:30 AM - 9:05 AM EST
    Session 2: Digital Innovations outside the hospital

    Moderator: Mahdi Azizian, n/a – NVIDIA

    Moderator: Gretchen Purcell Jackson, MD, PhD – Intuitive Surgical / Vanderbilt Health

  • Plenary 3: Novel Robotic Technologies and Applications in Digital Surgery
  • 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM EST
    Session 2: Neurosurgical Robotics
    Moderator: Adnan Siddiqui, MD, PhD – University at Buffalo
    Panelist: Vitor Mendes Pereira, MD MSc – St Michaels Hospital, University of Toronto
    Panelist: Ryan Madder
    Plenary 3: Novel Robotic Technologies and Applications in Digital Surgery
  • Thoracic Abstracts
  • 8:40 AM - 9:50 AM EST
    Thoracic Abstract Session 2
    Moderator: Lana Schumacher
    Moderator: Luis Herrera, MD (he/him/his) – Orlando Health
    Thoracic Abstracts
  • Allied Health
  • 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM EST
    SESSION II - Bedside Assistance: Competencies, Roles, and Training Models
  • 8:45 AM - 10:00 AM EST
    SESSION II — Bedside Assistance: Competencies, Roles, and Training Models
    Allied Health
  • Surgical AI
  • 9:10 AM - 10:45 AM EST
    Session 3: 1 vs. 1 Debates That Will Shape the Field
    Moderator: Daniel Donoho, MD – Children’s National Hospital
    Moderator: Andrew Hung, MD
    Surgical AI
  • Hepatobiliary / Pancreas Abstracts
  • 9:32 AM - 12:01 PM EST
    Hepatobiliary / Pancreas Abstracts Session 2
    Moderator: John Martinie, MD – Carolinas Medical Center
    Moderator: Alexandre Resende, MD (he/him/his) – Mater Dei Hospitals
    Hepatobiliary / Pancreas Abstracts
  • Orthopedics
  • 9:40 AM - 10:35 AM EST
    Day 3 - Ortho Title Case Presentation - Hips
    Moderator: James I. Huddleston, III, MD (he/him/his) – Stanford University
    Panelist: Andrew Li, BA – NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital
    Orthopedics
  • Plenary 3: Novel Robotic Technologies and Applications in Digital Surgery
  • 9:45 AM - 11:55 AM EST
    Session 3:Neurovascular Robotics
    Moderator: Adnan Siddiqui, MD, PhD – University at Buffalo
    Panelist: Vitor Mendes Pereira, MD MSc – St Michaels Hospital, University of Toronto
    Panelist: Eduardo F. Fonseca – XCath Robotics and EndoQuest Robotics
    Plenary 3: Novel Robotic Technologies and Applications in Digital Surgery
  • UroOnc
  • 9:50 AM - 11:00 AM EST
    Module 2- Localized and Intermediate Risk Localized Prostate Cancer
    Panelist: Camilo Andres Giedelman, n/a – Urologist
    Panelist: Marcio Covas Moschovas, MD, PhD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Panelist: Andrew Farach, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Panelist: David Thiel, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Panelist: Arie Carneiro, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
    Panelist: Oseas Castro Neves Neto, MD – ABC Medical School
    UroOnc
  • Allied Health
  • 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM EST
    SESSION III — Pre‑Op and Recovery: Redesigning Perioperative Nursing for Robotics
    Allied Health
  • Pediatrics
  • 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EST
    Pediatrics Session 2: Round table - Complications management Scenarios
    Pediatrics
  • Orthopedics
  • 10:35 AM - 11:20 AM EST
    Day 3 - Ortho Abstracts -Hip
    Moderator: Derek F. Amanatullah, MD/PhD (he/him/his) – Stanford University
    Moderator: David Mayman, MD (he/him/his) – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Orthopedics
  • Allied Health
  • 10:50 AM - 11:25 AM EST
    SESSION IV — Sterile Processing & Instrumentation: The Hidden Backbone of Robotic Quality
    Allied Health
  • 10:50 AM - 11:25 AM EST
    SESSION V: Multiplatform Programs: Preparing Nursing Teams for the Future
  • Surgical AI
  • 10:50 AM - 11:50 AM EST
    Session 4: The Machine Can See You Move: Kinematics, Perception, and Surgical Intent
    Moderator: Filippo Filicori
    Moderator: Andrew Hung, MD
    Surgical AI
  • UroOnc
  • 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM EST
    Module 3- High Risk and Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer
    Panelist: Bridget Koontz, MD FASTRO (she/her/hers) – AdventHealth Cancer Institute Radiation Oncology
    Panelist: Andrew Farach, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Panelist: David Thiel, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Panelist: Christian Wagner, MD (he/him/his) – St. Antonius Hospital Gronau
    Panelist: Iulia Andras, MD, PhD, FEBU (she/her/hers) – Medicover Hospital/ Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    UroOnc
  • Orthopedics
  • 11:20 AM - 12:15 PM EST
    Day 3 - Ortho Abstracts - Knee
    Moderator: Fares Haddad, frcs (orth) – UCLH and HCA
    Moderator: James I. Huddleston, III, MD (he/him/his) – Stanford University
    Orthopedics
  • Allied Health
  • 11:25 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    SESSION VI — Future of Nursing in Robotic Surgery: Skills, Innovation, and New Roles
    Allied Health
  • Pediatrics
  • 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM EST
    Pediatrics Session 3: Oncology
    Moderator: Chester Koh, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – BCM-TCRI and SWPDC
    Pediatrics
  • Surgical AI
  • 11:50 AM - 1:30 PM EST
    Session 5: LLMs, Agents, Audio and Environment Capture
    Moderator: Tony Jarc, PhD – Intuitive
    Moderator: Molly Flexman
    Surgical AI
  • Plenary 3: Novel Robotic Technologies and Applications in Digital Surgery
  • 11:55 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Session 4: Role of AI in Surgery Update (Panel includes Global Robotics Institute, SSI, Amazon AWS,Intuitive, NVIDIA)
    Moderator: Andrew Hung, MD
    Moderator: Filippo Filicori
    Panelist: David Niewolny – NVIDIA
    Panelist: Shady Saikali, MD (he/him/his) – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Panelist: Nicholas Marion – SRI
    Panelist: Rowland Illing
    Panelist: Iman Jeddi, PhD – Intuitive
    Plenary 3: Novel Robotic Technologies and Applications in Digital Surgery
  • UroOnc
  • 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM EST
    Module 4 Clinical Cases of High-Grade PCa: Multidisciplinary Approach

    Panelist: Eleni Efstathiou, MD, PhD – Oregon Health & Science University

    Panelist: Bridget Koontz, MD FASTRO – AdventHealth Cancer Institute Radiation Oncology

    Panelist: Andrew Farach, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital

    Panelist: David Thiel, MD – Mayo Clinic

    Panelist: Christian Wagner, MD – St. Antonius Hospital Gronau

  • 1:10 PM - 2:30 PM EST
    Module 4- Recurrent disease after local treatment
  • 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM EST
    Module 5- Recurrent disease after local treatment
    Panelist: Guru Sonpavde, MD – AdventHealth Cancer Institute and University of Central Florida
    Panelist: Bridget Koontz, MD FASTRO (she/her/hers) – AdventHealth Cancer Institute Radiation Oncology
    Panelist: Gustavo Ayala
    Panelist: Justin Emtage, MD (he/him/his) – AdventHealth Winter Park
    Panelist: Alejandro R. Rodriguez, MD FACS – Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center/Wake Forest University School of Medicine
    UroOnc
  • Bariatrics
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EST
    Session 6: AI & Digital Surgery in Bariatrics
    Moderator: Marco Raffaelli, Prof. (he/him/his) – Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
    Bariatrics
  • Surgical AI
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EST
    Session 6: From Innovation to translation: bottlenecks in regulating with no precedent
    Panelist: Binita Ashar, MD, MBA, FACS, MAMSE – Clarity Surgical Advisors
    Panelist: Omar Al-Kalaa, PhD – Inovectrum
    Panelist: Tito Porras, MD, MBA – Inner Logic
    Panelist: Michael Yip, PhD – UC San Diego
    Panelist: Siddarth Satish
    Panelist: Nao Kobayashi, MD – Anaut Inc.
    Surgical AI
  • Urology
  • 1:30 PM - 2:35 PM EST
    Urology Day 3 Session 1: Video-Based Analysis of RALP
    Moderator: Dmitry Pushkar, MD (he/him/his) – Botkin Hospital; Urology Department of Russian University of Medicine
    Moderator: Kris Maes, MD, Urologist (he/him/his) – Hospital da Luz de Lisboa
    Urology
  • Thoracic Day 2
  • 1:30 PM - 2:40 PM EST
    Session 1: BENIGN AIRWAY
    Moderator: Ricardo Terra
    Moderator: John Lazar, MD – Ascension Saint Thomas/University of Tennessee-Nashville
    Thoracic
  • Endocrine
  • 1:30 PM - 2:55 PM EST
    Endocrine Session 1: ROBOTIC THYROID APPROACH (VIDEOS)
    Endocrine
  • Breast/Plastics
  • 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM EST
    Breast/Plastics Session 1: Microsurgery
    Breast/Plastics
  • Pediatrics
  • 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM EST
    Pediatrics Session 4: Progress and Innovations in Robotic Surgery
    Moderator: Sameer Mittal, MD, MSc (he/him/his) – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Moderator: Mohan Gundeti, MD – The University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences
    Pediatrics
  • Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • 1:30 PM - 4:10 PM EST
    Session 3 Robotic Controversies and Rarities
    Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • Transplant
  • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Transplant
    Chairs: Obi Ekwenna, MD – Department of Urology and Transplantation, Univeristy of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH
    Transplant
  • Upper GI/Spleen
  • 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Upper GI/Spleen
    Chair: Carlos Galvani, MD – LSU
    Chair: Fernando Enrique Elli, MD – Mayo Clinic Florida
    Chair: Carlos Domene, Director – CIMA
    Chair: Alisa M. Coker, MD, FACS (she/her/hers) – UT Austin Dell Medical School
    Upper GI/Spleen
  • Bariatrics
  • 2:30 PM - 3:20 PM EST
    Session 7: New Technologies & Ecosystem Innovations
    Bariatrics
  • UroOnc
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EST
    Module 6- Metastatic Disease I
    Panelist: Guru Sonpavde, MD – AdventHealth Cancer Institute and University of Central Florida
    Panelist: Daher Chade, MD, PhD – University of Sao Paulo
    Panelist: Christian Wagner, MD (he/him/his) – St. Antonius Hospital Gronau
    Panelist: Iulia Andras, MD, PhD, FEBU (she/her/hers) – Medicover Hospital/ Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    Panelist: Oseas Castro Neves Neto, MD – ABC Medical School
    Panelist: Alejandro R. Rodriguez, MD FACS – Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center/Wake Forest University School of Medicine
    UroOnc
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EST
    Module 6- Oligometastic

    Panelist: Guru Sonpavde, MD – AdventHealth Cancer Institute and University of Central Florida

    Panelist: Daher Chade, MD, PhD – University of Sao Paulo

    Panelist: Iulia Andras, MD PhD FEBU – Robotic Surgery Center, Medicover Hospital/ Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Panelist: Oseas Castro Neves Neto, MD – ABC Medical School

  • Surgical AI
  • 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM EST
    Session 7 - NPJ Digital Surgery - First Signals

    Speaker: Mahdi Azizian

  • 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM EST
    Session 7 — NPJ Digital Surgery - First Signals
    Surgical AI
  • Urology
  • 2:35 PM - 3:05 PM EST
    Urology Day 3 Session 2: Panel Discussion: Exploration of New Robotic Systems for Urology
    Moderator: Juvido Agatep, Jr., n/a – UROLOGY CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES
    Moderator: Bernardo Rocco – .
    Moderator: Alejandro R. Rodriguez, MD FACS – Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center/Wake Forest University School of Medicine
    Panelist: Maria Chiara Sighinolfi, n/a – Fondazione Policlinico Universitario
    Panelist: Elias Bodden, Sr., PhD (he/him/his) – Caja de seguro social
    Panelist: Michael Chen
    Panelist: Hongkai Wang, MD – Department of Urology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
    Panelist: Sudhir Rawal
    Panelist: Marcelo Featherstone, MD (he/him/his) – Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires
    Panelist: Michael McDonald, MD – AdventHealth CelebrationCelebration, Florida
    Urology
  • Thoracic Day 2
  • 2:40 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    Session 2: CHEST WALL
    Moderator: Mark Dylewski, MD – Baptist Health of South Florida
    Moderator: Harmik J. Soukiasian, MD – Cedars-Sinai Health System
    Thoracic
  • Endocrine
  • 2:55 PM - 4:35 PM EST
    Endocrine Session 2: ROBOTIC ADRENALECTOMY (VIDEOS)
    Endocrine
  • Urology
  • 3:05 PM - 4:50 PM EST
    Urology Day 3 Session 3: Bladder Cancer Management
    Panelist: Magnus Annerstedt, Specialist Urology (he/him/his) – UroMedical Stockholm
    Panelist: Anup Gupta
    Moderator: Mark Soloway, MD (he/him/his) – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
    Panelist: Guru Sonpavde, MD – AdventHealth Cancer Institute and University of Central Florida
    Panelist: Cora N. Sternberg, MD (she/her/hers) – Weill Cornell Medicine, Clinical Director Englander Institute for Precision Medicine
    Urology
  • Bariatrics
  • 3:20 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    Session 8: Single-Port Robotics: Present and Future
    Chair: Carlos Vaz, MD (he/him/his) – Hospital CUF Tejo
    Moderator: Carlos Domene, Director – CIMA
    Moderator: Fernando Enrique Elli, MD – Mayo Clinic Florida
    Bariatrics
  • Surgical AI
  • 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM EST
    Session 7 - NPJ Digital Surgery - First Signals
  • Pediatrics
  • 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
    Pediatrics Session 5: Pediatric General Surgery
    Pediatrics
  • UroOnc
  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM EST
    Module 7- Metastatic Disease II
    Panelist: Carlos Alemany, MD (he/him/his) – AdventHealth Cancer Institute
    Panelist: Eliot Siegel
    Panelist: Brian Miles
    Panelist: Federico Lavagno, MD – Molinette Hospital - University of Turin, Italy
    UroOnc
  • Breast/Plastics
  • 3:30 PM - 6:10 PM EST
    Breast/Plastics Session 2 - Robotics in Plastic Surgery
    Moderator: Antonio Espinosa
    Breast/Plastics
  • Surgical AI
  • 3:45 PM - 4:40 PM EST
    Session 8 — Other Procedural Frontiers: Who Gets There Next?
    Surgical AI
  • Bariatrics
  • 4:00 PM - 4:40 PM EST
    Session 9: Robotic NOTES & Endoluminal Platforms
    Bariatrics
  • Thoracic Day 2
  • 4:00 PM - 5:45 PM EST
    Session 3: Advanced Applications

    Moderator: Dao M. Nguyen, MD – University of Miami

    Moderator: Ghulam Abbas, MD MHCM FACS – University of Texas at Tyler

  • 4:00 PM - 5:45 PM EST
    Thoracic Day 2
    Moderator: Dao M. Nguyen, MD – University of Miami
    Moderator: Ghulam Abbas, MD MHCM FACS (he/him/his) – University of Texas at Tyler
    Thoracic
  • Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • 4:10 PM - 6:40 PM EST
    Session 4 Amazing Robotic Hernia Repairs
    Moderator: David Chen, MD – Lichtenstein Amid Hernia Institute at University of California Los Angeles
    Moderator: Salvador Morales-Conde (he/him/his) – University Hospital Virgen Macarena (Sevilla, Spain)
    Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • Pediatrics
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Pediatrics Session 6: Session Infant and complex reconstruction Robotic surgery
    Moderator: Daniel G. Dajusta, MD (he/him/his) – Nationwide Children's Hospital - The Ohio State University
    Moderator: Jorge A. García- Andrade, DR. (he/him/his) – HOSPITAL METROPOLITANO
    Pediatrics
  • Endocrine
  • 4:35 PM - 5:25 PM EST
    Endocrine Session 3: Invited Videos
    Endocrine
  • Surgical AI
  • 4:40 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Session 9 - NPJ Digital Surgery - Early Publications
    Surgical AI
  • Bariatrics
  • 4:40 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    Session 10: The Next Decade & Program Strategy
    Chair: Caio GG Aquino, MD (he/him/his) – HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN
    Moderator: Guilhermino Nogueira, MD (he/him/his) – Instituto Nogueira
    Moderator: Luis ALFREDO VIEIRA D Alfredo D Almeida, MD (he/him/his) – Américas Medical City
    Moderator: HENRIQUE DAMETTO, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – Einstein Hospital Israelita
    Bariatrics
  • Urology
  • 4:50 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Urology Day 4 Session 4: Urologic Reconstructive Surgery
    Moderator: Kris Maes, MD, Urologist (he/him/his) – Hospital da Luz de Lisboa
    Moderator: Vincent Bird, MD – University of Florida, Department of Urology
    Panelist: Rabii Madi, MD, MBA – Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
    Panelist: Dmitry Pushkar, MD (he/him/his) – Botkin Hospital; Urology Department of Russian University of Medicine
    Panelist: Hariharan Ganapathi, MD – MercyHealth Systems, Wisconsin
    Panelist: benjamin Challacombe, MBBS FRCS – Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital
    Panelist: Manickam Ramalingam, MD – Hindusthan Hospital
    Urology
  • Endocrine
  • 5:25 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Endocrine Session 4: Selected Abstracts
    Endocrine
  • Sunday, July 26, 2026
  • Plenary 4: The Future Of Surgery: Data Analytics, Advanced Imaging and Incisionless Surgery
  • 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM EST
    Plenary 4: The Future Of Surgery: Data Analytics, Advanced Imaging and Incisionless Surgery

    Chair: Nadine Hachach-Haram, MBBS MRCS FRCS Plast – Proximie

    Chair: Omar Al-Kalaa, PhD – Inovectrum

    Panelist: Carla Pugh, MD, PHD – Stanford

    Panelist: Jay A. Redan, FACS – Advent Health

    Panelist: Shan Jegatheeswaran – MedTech Surgery

    Panelist: Santiago Horgan, MD – Stryker Endoscopy

    Panelist: Tony Jarc, PhD – Intuitive

    Panelist: Mark Slack, MA(Cantab) MBBCh MMed FCOG(SA) FRCOG Hon FRCS(Glasg) Hon ANC HonFRCS (Engl) – CMR Surgical

  • Focal Therapy
  • 7:30 AM - 9:05 AM EST
    Session 1: Imaging and Fusion Technology
    Moderator: Rafael Sanchez-Salas, MD (he/him/his) – McGill University
    Moderator: Brian Miles
    Moderator: Thomas J. Polascik, MD FACS – Department of Urology
    Focal Therapy
  • Plenary 4: The Future Of Surgery: Data Analytics, Advanced Imaging and Incisionless Surgery
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM EST
    Data Collection and Analytics and Cybersecurity: A Panel Discussion
    Chair: Omar Al-Kalaa, PhD – Inovectrum
    Panelist: Carla Pugh, MD, PHD (she/her/hers) – Stanford
    Panelist: Jay A. Redan, FACS (he/him/his) – Advent Health
    Panelist: Shan Jegatheeswaran (he/him/his) – MedTech Surgery
    Panelist: Santiago Horgan, MD – Stryker Endoscopy
    Panelist: Tony Jarc, PhD – Intuitive
    Plenary 4: The Future Of Surgery: Data Analytics, Advanced Imaging and Incisionless Surgery
  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EST
    Advanced Intra-Operative Digital and Molecular Imaging
    Chair: Michael McDonald, MD – Advent Health Celebration
    Chair: Adnan Siddiqui, MD, PhD – University at Buffalo
    Panelist: Bill Peters – On Target
    Panelist: Santiago Horgan, MD – Stryker Endoscopy
    Panelist: Nicolas Bourdel, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – SurgAR / CHU Clermont Ferrand, France
    Panelist: Matt McKittrick (he/him/his) – Activ Surgical
    Panelist: James Wall, MD, FACS – Intuitive Surgical
    Panelist: Christian Sauvageau (he/him/his) – Reveal Life Science
    Plenary 4: The Future Of Surgery: Data Analytics, Advanced Imaging and Incisionless Surgery
  • Focal Therapy
  • 9:05 AM - 11:15 AM EST
    Session 2: Focal Therapy
    Chair: Xiaosong Meng, n/a – UTSW
    Chair: Victoria Y. Bird, MD (she/her/hers) – National Medical Association and Research Group
    Chair: Thomas J. Polascik, MD FACS – Department of Urology
    Chair: Marcio Covas Moschovas, MD, PhD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Focal Therapy
  • Plenary 4: The Future Of Surgery: Data Analytics, Advanced Imaging and Incisionless Surgery
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST
    Incisionless Surgery: Exciting new technology
    Chair: Michael McDonald, MD – AdventHealth CelebrationCelebration, Florida
    Chair: Eduardo Parra Davila, MD – Good Samaritan Medical Center
    Chair: Victoria Y. Bird, MD (she/her/hers) – National Medical Association and Research Group
    Panelist: Mike Blue, CEO Histosonics – HistoSonics
    Panelist: Maurice Ferre, MD (he/him/his) – Insightec, Inc
    Panelist: Barry Templin, MBA (he/him/his) – Procept BioRobotics
    Panelist: Fred Khosravi (he/him/his) – Imperative Care
    Panelist: Mark Fingerle Ramina, MSc – Brainlab
    Panelist: Ian Hodgdon, MD (he/him/his) – Louisiana State University
    Plenary 4: The Future Of Surgery: Data Analytics, Advanced Imaging and Incisionless Surgery
  • Focal Therapy
  • 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM EST
    Session 3: Target Imaging for Optimal Treatment and Telerobotics
    Chair: Arie Carneiro, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
    Focal Therapy
  • Plenary 4: The Future Of Surgery: Data Analytics, Advanced Imaging and Incisionless Surgery
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    The Future of Digital Surgery: AI, Humanoids and Automation
    Chair: David Niewolny – NVIDIA
    Chair: Martin Roche, MD – Professor of Orthopaedics University of Miami
    Panelist: Jonathan Chen, CEO – MicroPort Scientific Corporation
    Chair: Vipul R. Patel, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Panelist: Doug Harcombe, MBA – AdventHealth
    Plenary 4: The Future Of Surgery: Data Analytics, Advanced Imaging and Incisionless Surgery
  • Focal Therapy
  • 12:45 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    Session 4: Focal Therapy / Imaging and Incisionless Surgery
    Moderator: Rafael Sanchez-Salas, MD (he/him/his) – McGill University
    Moderator: Thomas J. Polascik, MD FACS – Department of Urology
    Moderator: Marcio Covas Moschovas, MD, PhD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Moderator: Michael McDonald, MD – AdventHealth CelebrationCelebration, Florida
    Moderator: Victoria Y. Bird, MD (she/her/hers) – National Medical Association and Research Group
    Focal Therapy