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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 - 6:00 PM EST
    Surgical Simulation and Education
    Chair: Rahila Essani, MD FACS FASCRS (she/her/hers) – Baystate/University of Massachusetts
    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 - 5:15 PM EST
    Emerging Markets
    Moderator: Armando Melani, MD (he/him/his) – ircad
    Moderator: Luis Romagnolo, MD (he/him/his) – IRCAD Latin America
    Emerging Markets
  • Hospital Admin
  • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Artificial Intelligence
    Moderator: Doug Harcombe, MBA – AdventHealth
    Hospital Admin
  • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Break
  • Global and Military Session
  • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Global and Military Session
    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
  • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Humanoids

    Panelist: Scott Kashman, -Ascension St. Vincent's Market Lead and CEO. St. Vincent’s Riverside – Ascension St. Vincent's

    Moderator: Kenneth J Palmer, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute

    Moderator: Doug Harcombe, MBA – AdventHealth

    Panelist: Linnette Johnson, MSN – Advent Health

    Panelist: Martin Martino, MD – Ascension

    Panelist: Scott Magnuson, MD – Advent health

    Panelist: Michael D. Mewhirter, CEO AdventHealth Celebration – AdventHealth

    Panelist: Edgardo Falcon, MBA – RedSalud Santiago

  • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Path Forward
  • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Robotics
  • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Telesurgery
    Moderator: Kenneth J Palmer, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Panelist: Shady Saikali, MD (he/him/his) – 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: Yingchi Yang, MD – Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University
    Panelist: David Diamond, MD – Florida Board of Medicine
    Panelist: Caitlan Evans
    Panelist: Ammon Fillmore, JD, MHA (he/him/his) – AdventHealth
    Hospital Admin
  • Thursday, July 23, 2026
  • Urology Abstracts
  • 7:30 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: Raed Azhar
    Moderator: David M. Albala, MD – Crouse Hospital
    Moderator: Senthil Nathan, MS FRCS FEBU MPhil (he/him/his) – Cleveland Clinic London
    Urology Abstract Session 1
  • Regulatory
  • 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    Regulatory

    Panelist: Joy Sacmar – Johnson & Johnson

    Panelist: Gabriela Parana

    Panelist: Barry Greene

    Panelist: Piet Hinoul, MD, PhD – Virtual Incision

    Panelist: Jonathan Chen, CEO – MicroPort Scientific Corporation

    Panelist: Sarah Moore

    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
  • 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Plenary 1: Robotic Technology 1
    Moderator: Vipul R. Patel, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Moderator: Eduardo Parra Davila, MD – Good Samaritan Medical Center
    Plenary 1: Robotic Technology 1
  • 7:45 AM - 8:25 AM EST
    Session 1: Multiport Robotic Systems 1
    Moderator: Vipul R. Patel, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    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
  • 8:25 AM - 9:40 AM EST
    Session 2: Multiport Robotic Systems 2
    Moderator: Sharona Ross, MD FACS – AdventHealth Tampa
    Panelist: Martin Martino, MD – Ascension
    Panelist: Ricardo Estape, MD – HCA Institute for Gynecologic Oncology
    Panelist: Eduardo Parra Davila, MD – Good Samaritan Medical Center
    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
    Urology Abstract Session 1
  • 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
  • Plenary 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, n/a – Catholic University - Policlinico A. Gemelli - Roma
    Plenary 1: Robotic Technology 1
  • 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
  • Plenary 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
    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
    Moderator: Ivan Kirche Duarte, n/a – Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
    Urology Abstract Session 1
  • 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
  • Bariatrics
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM EST
    Session 1: Vision of Bariatric Surgery
    Bariatrics
  • 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
  • Cardiac
  • 1:30 PM - 3:57 PM EST
    Cardiac Day 1 Session 1: Coronary
    Cardiac
  • 1:30 PM - 3:57 PM EST
    Cardiac Day 1 Session 2: New Programs and New Robots
    Cardiac
  • Esophageal
  • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Esophageal Benign
    Chair: Luis Herrera, MD (he/him/his) – Orlando Health
    Chair: Carlos Galvani, MD – LSU
    Chair: Elliot L. Servais, MD – Division of Thoracic Surgery, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA, USA; UMass Chan Medical Scool
    Esophageal
  • New Innovations
  • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    New Innovations
    Faculty: Amit Hazan – Puma Venture Capital
    Faculty: Vipul R. Patel, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Faculty: Jamie Perse
    Faculty: Santiago Horgan, MD – Stryker Endoscopy
    Faculty: Sharona Ross, MD FACS – AdventHealth Tampa
    Faculty: Steve Bell, Surgical Robotics Expert – How to startup in Medtech
    Faculty: Scott Zinober – Puma Venture Capital
    New Innovations
  • Bariatrics
  • 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    Bariatrics Day 1
    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
  • Colorectal
  • 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    Colorectal Day 1
    Chair: Laila Rashidi, MD (she/her/hers) – Multicare Health System
    Colorectal
  • Orthopedics
  • 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    Day 1 - Ortho Gen Session
    Program Director: Martin Roche, MD – Professor of Orthopaedics University of Miami
    Chair: David Mayman, MD (he/him/his) – Hospital for Special Surgery
    Chair: Victor H. Hernandez, MD, MSc – University of Miami
    Orthopedics
  • Hepatobiliary/Pancreas
  • 1:30 PM - 6:10 PM EST
    Day 1: Pancreas
    Hepatobiliary/Pancreas
  • Acute Care
  • 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM EST
    Acute Care

    Chair: Tanuja Damani

    Chair: Andrea Pakula, MD, MPH – Adventist Simi Valley Hospital

  • Head and Neck Day 1
  • 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM EST
    Head and Neck Day 1
    Chair: Scott Magnuson, MD – Advent health
    Chair: Brittany Barber, MD, M.Sc., FRCSC – University of Washington
    Chair: Meghan Turner, MD (she/her/hers) – West Virginia University
    Head and Neck
  • Digital Surgery
  • 1:30 PM - 7:00 PM EST
    Digital Surgery
    Chair: Yusef Kudsi, MD, MBA – Harvard
    Chair: Sam Atallah, MD – AdventHealth
    Digital Surgery
  • 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
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
    Panelist: Mirandolino Batista Mariano, Prof. Dr. – Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre
    Urology
  • Acute Care
  • 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    Acute Care Session 3
    Acute Care
  • 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
    Moderator: Billy Helmut
    Moderator: Pietro Mascagni, n/a – Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
    Bariatrics
  • 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
    Cardiac
  • 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
  • Bariatrics
  • 4:15 PM - 4:55 PM EST
    Session 4: Sensors, Smart Stapling & Intraoperative Intelligence
    Bariatrics
  • Orthopedics
  • 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    Day 1 - Ortho Gen Session

    Moderator: Ashis Barad, MD – Hospital for Special Surgery

  • 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
  • Urology
  • 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Urology Day 1 Session 4: New Innovations in Renal Surgery

    Moderator: Nina Harke

    Moderator: Marcio Covas Moschovas, MD, PhD – AdventHealth Celebration

  • 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
    Panelist: Gustavo Guitman, MD (he/him/his) – Brazilian National Cancer Institute
    Panelist: mariana rosette arantes, MD (she/her/hers) – Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital
    Panelist: Daniel Sanabria, MD (he/him/his) – CLINICA DE COUNTRY - CTIC
    Gynecology
  • Acute Care
  • 5:20 PM - 6:30 PM EST
    Acute Care Session 5
    Acute Care
  • Friday, July 24, 2026
  • Plenary 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: Ahmad Abou Abbass, MD, FACS – City of Hope- Orange County
    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
    Plenary 2: Robotic Technology 2
  • 7:15 AM - 8:10 AM EST
    Session 1: New Innovative Robotic Platforms

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

    Moderator: Husam Balkhy, MD FACS, FACC – The University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences

    Panelist: Ahmad Abou Abbas, MD, FACS – City of Hope- Orange County

    Panelist: Inderpal S. Sarkaria, MD, MBA, FACS – UT Southwestern Medical Center

    Panelist: Johannes Bonatti, MD – University of Pittsburgh Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

    Panelist: Farid Gharagozloo, M.D, FACS, FCCS, CHCQM, FACHE – University of Central Florida College of Medicine

  • Urology Abstracts
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM EST
    Urology Abstract Session 2
    Moderator: Brian Miles
    Moderator: Ahmed Gamal, n/a – Hamad Medical Corporation
    Moderator: Raed Azhar
    Moderator: Fikret Onol, MD – UF Health Jacksonville
    Urology Abstract Session 2
  • Esophageal
  • 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Esophageal Malignant
    Chair: Inderpal S. Sarkaria, MD, MBA, FACS (he/him/his) – UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Chair: Jelle Ruurda, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – UMC Utrecht
    Esophageal
  • Orthopedics
  • 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM EST
    Day 2 - Ortho
    Orthopedics
  • Teen Session
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    Break
  • 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
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    Keynote Lectures
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    ntroduction and Welcome
    Speaker: Tony Jarc, PhD – Intuitive
    Teen Session
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    Teen Presentations
  • Live Surgery
  • 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM EST
    Semi Live/Live Surgery: SSI
  • Plenary 2
  • 8:10 AM - 9:10 AM EST
    Session 1: New Innovative Robotic Platforms

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

    Moderator: Husam Balkhy, MD FACS, FACC – The University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences

    Panelist: Abbas Abbas

    Panelist: Inderpal Sarkaria

    Panelist: Johannes Bonatti, MD – University of Pittsburgh Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

    Panelist: Farid Gharagozloo

  • 8:10 AM - 9:10 AM EST
    Session 2: New Robotic Platforms
    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
    Plenary 2: Robotic Technology 2
  • 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
  • Plenary 2
  • 9:10 AM - 10:10 AM EST
    Session 2: New 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
    Plenary 2: Robotic Technology 2
  • 9:10 AM - 10:20 AM EST
    Session 2: New Robotic Platforms

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

    Moderator: Jorn Witt, Ass. Prof. Dr. , MD – Urokompetenz - Die Klinik für Urologie, Clinic Bel Etage

    Panelist: Francesco Porpiglia

    Panelist: Erica L. Stockwell, DO MBA FACOG – AdventHealth

    Panelist: Ugo Falagario

  • 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
  • Plenary 2
  • 10:10 AM - 11:00 AM EST
    Session 3: Endoluminal Robotics
    Moderator: Christopher C. Thompson, MD, MSc, FACG, AGAF, FASGE, FJGES (he/him/his) – Mass General Brigham/Harvard Medical School
    Moderator: Tanuja Damani
    Moderator: Mohit Bhandari, MS – Mohak Bariatrics and Robotics
    Moderator: Santiago Horgan, MD – Stryker Endoscopy
    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: Alex Tilson
    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
  • Plenary 2
  • 11:00 AM - 12:25 PM EST
    Session 4: Single Port Robotics
    Moderator: Jihad Kaouk, MD FACS FRCS – Cleveland Clinic
    Panelist: Reza Mehrazin, MD – Mount Sinai Hospital
    Moderator: Tanuja Damani
    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: Sumeet Kumar Reddy, MD, PHD, MBA, FRACS – HEALTH NEW ZEALAND

    Moderator: Phil Stricker, FRACS – St Vincents Private Hospital

    Moderator: Thomas J. Polascik, MD FACS – Department of Urology

    Moderator: Vincent Bird, MD – University of Florida, Department of Urology

  • Telesurgery
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM EST
    Session 1

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

    Moderator: Jacques Marescaux, MD,FACS – IRCAD

  • 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
    Panelist: Oseas Castro Neves Neto, MD – ABC Medical School
    Panelist: Mark Gonzalgo, MD, PhD – University of Miami
    Panelist: Marcio Covas Moschovas, MD, PhD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    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 King
    Moderator: Martin Martino, MD – Ascension
    Panelist: Audrey Tsunoda, PhD (she/her/hers) – Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná
    Panelist: Mischa Dohler, PhD – Ericsson
    Panelist: Vanessa Alvarenga-Bezerra, MD – Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital
    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: Camille Claire
    Panelist: Arnie Advincula, MD (he/him/his) – Columbia University
    Gynecology
  • Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
    Abdominal Wall (Hernia) Day 1
    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)
  • 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

  • Thoracic
  • 1:30 PM - 5:05 PM EST
    Thoracic Day 1
    Thoracic
  • Colorectal
  • 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    Colorectal Day 2
    Colorectal
  • 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
    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 3: Mitral Valve
    Cardiac
  • 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Cardiac Day 2 Session 4: Multispectrum Robotics
    Cardiac
  • 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Cardiac Day 2
  • Head and Neck Day 2
  • 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM EST
    Head and Neck Day 2
    Head and Neck
  • Telesurgery
  • 2:15 PM - 3:55 PM EST
    Session 2

    Moderator: Jacques Marescaux, MD,FACS – IRCAD

    Moderator: Alex Tilson

    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: Sulaiman Almazeedi

    Panelist: Rowland Illing

    Panelist: Geoff Coughlin

  • 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
  • Gynecology Day 2
  • 3:20 PM - 6:10 PM EST
    SESSION II - Videos: From Standard Procedures to Advanced Gynecologic Surgery
    Gynecology
  • Urology
  • 3:40 PM - 5:05 PM EST
    Urology Day 2 Session 3: Improving RALP Outcomes
    Moderator: Alexander Haese – Martini-Clinic Prostate Cancer Center
    Panelist: Elias Bodden, PhD – 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
    Urology
  • Telesurgery
  • 3:55 PM - 5:35 PM EST
    Session 3

    Moderator: Doug Harcombe, MBA – AdventHealth

    Panelist: Kenneth J Palmer, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute

    Moderator: David Diamond, MD – Florida Board of Medicine

    Panelist: Chad Dunn

    Panelist: Farid Gharagozloo, M.D, FACS, FCCS, CHCQM, FACHE – University of Central Florida College of Medicine

    Panelist: Mischa Dohler, PhD – Ericsson

    Panelist: James Wall, MD, FACS – Intuitive Surgical

    Panelist: Jonathan Chen, CEO – MicroPort Scientific Corporation

    Moderator: Caitlan Evans

  • Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • 4:30 PM - 6:45 PM EST
    Session 1: Robotic Ventral

    Moderator: Agustin Alvarez

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

  • 4:30 PM - 6:45 PM EST
    Session 2: Robotic Inguinal
    Moderator: Alaa Alhazmi, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh
    Moderator: Sergio Roll, PhD (he/him/his) – Santa Casa Medical School
    Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • Urology
  • 5:05 PM - 5:45 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
  • Telesurgery
  • 5:35 PM - 5:55 PM EST
    Session 4
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM EST
    Session 1
    Moderator: Vipul R. Patel, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Moderator: Jacques Marescaux, MD,FACS – IRCAD
    Telesurgery
  • 2:15 PM - 3:55 PM EST
    Session 2
    Moderator: Jacques Marescaux, MD,FACS – IRCAD
    Moderator: Alex Tilson
    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: Geoff Coughlin
    Telesurgery
  • 3:55 PM - 5:35 PM EST
    Session 3
    Telesurgery
  • 5:25 PM - 5:45 PM EST
    Session 4
    Moderator: Vipul R. Patel, MD – AdventHealth 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
    Telesurgery
  • Saturday, July 25, 2026
  • Plenary 3
  • 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: Rafael Chan
    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
    Surgical AI
  • Digital OR
  • 7:30 AM - 10:30 AM EST
    Digital OR

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

    Moderator: Jay A. Redan, FACS – Advent Health

    Moderator: Linnette Johnson, MSN – Advent Health

    Moderator: Kyla Terhune

    Moderator: Tony Jarc

    Moderator: Irving Jorge, MD MBA – Mayo Clinic Arizona

    Speaker: Martin Karamanliev

  • Orthopedics
  • 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Day 3 - Ortho
    Orthopedics
  • UroOnc
  • 7:50 AM - 9:50 AM EST
    Module One- Prostate Cancer Screening, diagnosis and Imaging
    Moderator: Brian Miles
    Moderator: Marcio Covas Moschovas, MD, PhD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Moderator: Raju Thomas, MD, FACS, FRCS, MHA – Tulane University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Vipul R. Patel, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    UroOnc
  • Allied Health
  • 8:00 AM - 8:40 AM EST
    SESSION I — Implementing a Robotic Surgery Program: Nursing Perspective
  • 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    SESSION I — Implementing a Robotic Surgery Program: Nursing Perspective
    Allied Health
  • 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM 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
  • Pediatrics
  • 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM EST
    Pediatrics

    Panelist: Manjiri Somashekhar, MS MCh DNB (Pediatric Surgery) FARIS fellowship – Aster Hospitals, Bengaluru

    Panelist: Manickam Ramalingam, MD – Hindusthan Hospital

    Panelist: Chandra Mohan Vaddi, MS(AIIMS), MCh(PGI), MRCS (UK), DNB (Gold Medal) – Preeti Urology & kidney Hospital

  • Surgical AI
  • 8:30 AM - 9:20 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
    Surgical AI
  • Plenary 3
  • 8:30 AM - 9:50 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
  • Allied Health
  • 8:40 AM - 9:45 AM EST
    SESSION II — Bedside Assistance: Competencies, Roles, and Training Models
    Allied Health
  • Surgical AI
  • 9:20 AM - 10:25 AM EST
    Session 3: 1 vs. 1 Debates That Will Shape the Field
    Moderator: Daniel Donoho, MD – Children’s National Hospital
    Moderator: Axel Krieger, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    Surgical AI
  • 9:30 AM - 10:25 AM EST
    Session 3: 1 vs. 1 Debates That Will Shape the Field

    Speaker: Erik Wilson

    Speaker: Tony Jarc

  • Allied Health
  • 9:45 AM - 10:35 AM EST
    SESSION III — Pre‑Op and Recovery: Redesigning Perioperative Nursing for Robotics
    Allied Health
  • 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
  • Plenary 3
  • 9:50 AM - 11:45 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
  • Surgical AI
  • 10:20 AM - 10:45 AM EST
    Session 2: Digital Innovations outside the hospital
  • Allied Health
  • 10:35 AM - 11:15 AM EST
    SESSION IV — Sterile Processing & Instrumentation: The Hidden Backbone of Robotic Quality
    Allied Health
  • Surgical AI
  • 10:45 AM - 11:40 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 - 12:40 PM EST
    Module 3- High Risk and Locally Advanced Prostate Cancer
    Panelist: Eleni Efstathiou, MD, PhD – Oregon Health & Science University
    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
    UroOnc
  • Allied Health
  • 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    SESSION VI — Future of Nursing in Robotic Surgery: Skills, Innovation, and New Roles
    Allied Health
  • Surgical AI
  • 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Session 6: Regulatory Shark
    Moderator: Tony Jarc, PhD – Intuitive
    Moderator: Molly Flexman
    Surgical AI
  • 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Session 7 - NPJ Digital Surgery - First Signals

    Speaker: Dan Hashimoto

  • Plenary 3
  • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Session 4: Role of AI in Surgery Update
    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
  • Surgical AI
  • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EST
    Session 4: The Machine Can See You Move: Kinematics, Perception, and Surgical Intent
  • UroOnc
  • 1:10 PM - 2:30 PM EST
    Module 4- Recurrent disease after local treatment
  • 1:15 PM - 2:25 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
    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: Romain Denis, MA – Intuitive
    Panelist: Omar Al-Kalaa, PhD – Inovectrum
    Panelist: Tito Porras, MD, MBA – Semaphor Surgical
    Panelist: Michael Yip, PhD – UC San Diego
    Panelist: Siddarth Satish
    Panelist: Nao Kobayashi
    Surgical AI
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EST
    Session 6: Regulatory Shark

    Panelist: Binita Ashar, MD, MBA, FACS, MAMSE – Clarity Surgical Advisors

    Panelist: Filippo Filicori

    Panelist: Romain Denis

  • 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
    Urology
  • Breast/Plastics
  • 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM EST
    Breast/Plastics Session 1: Microsurgery
    Breast/Plastics
  • 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 Obi Ekwenna, MD – Department of Urology and Transplantation, Univeristy of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH
    Transplant
  • Thoracic
  • 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    Thoracic Day 2
    Chair: John Lazar, MD – Ascension Saint Thomas/University of Tennessee-Nashville
    Thoracic
  • Endocrine
  • 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Endocrine
    Chair: Eren Berber, MD (he/him/his) – Cleveland Clinic
    Endocrine
  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Endocrine
  • Endocrine
  • 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Endocrine
  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Endocrine
  • Endocrine
  • 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Endocrine
  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Endocrine
  • Endocrine
  • 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Endocrine
  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Endocrine
  • Endocrine
  • 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Endocrine
  • Upper GI/Spleen
  • 1:30 PM - 6:30 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 - 3:30 PM EST
    Session 7 — NPJ Digital Surgery - First Signals
    Moderator: Julio Mayol
    Surgical AI
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EST
    Session 8 — Other Procedural Frontiers: Who Gets There Next?

    Speaker: Mahdi Azizian

  • 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, PhD – Caja de seguro social
    Panelist: Michael Chen
    Panelist: Hongkai 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
  • 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: Christian Wagner, MD (he/him/his) – St. Antonius Hospital Gronau
    Panelist: Guru Sonpavde, MD – AdventHealth Cancer Institute and University of Central Florida
    Panelist: Cora Sternberg
    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 8 - Other Procedural Frontiers: Who Gets There Next?
  • UroOnc
  • 3:30 PM - 5:30 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
  • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Module 7- Metastic Disease

    Panelist: Carlos Alemany, MD – AdventHealth Cancer Institute

    Panelist: Eliot Siegel

    Panelist: Brian Miles

    Panelist: Federico Lavagno, MD – Molinette Hospital - University of Turin, Italy

  • Breast/Plastics
  • 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM EST
    Breast/Plastics Session 2 - Robotics in Plastic Surgery
    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
  • Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • 4:10 PM - 6:40 PM EST
    Session 4 Amazing Robotic Hernia Repairs
    Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • Bariatrics
  • 4:40 PM - 5:30 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
  • Surgical AI
  • 4:40 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Session 8 - Other Procedural Frontiers: Who Gets There Next?
    Surgical AI
  • 4:45 PM - 5:40 PM EST
    NPJ Digital Surgery Early Publications
  • 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
  • Sunday, July 26, 2026
  • Plenary 4
  • 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM EST
    Plenary 4: The Future Of Surgery: Data Analytics, Advanced Imaging and Incisionless Surgery

    Chair: Michael McDonald, MD – AdventHealth CelebrationCelebration, Florida

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

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

    Panelist: Raymond J. Leveillee, MD, FRCS-G – Baptist Health

    Panelist: Mike Blue, CEO Histosonics – HistoSonics

    Panelist: Maurice Ferre

    Panelist: Barry Templin, MBA – Procept BioRobotics

    Panelist: Fred Khosravi – Imperative Care

    Panelist: Mahdi Azizian, n/a – NVIDIA

    Panelist: Mark Fingerle Ramina, MSc – Brainlab

    Panelist: Ian Hodgdon, MD – Louisiana State University

  • Focal Therapy
  • 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM EST
    Session 1: Imaging and Fusion Technology
    Co-Chair: Rafael Sanchez-Salas, MD (he/him/his) – McGill University
    Co-Chair: Brian Miles
    Co-Chair: Marcio Covas Moschovas, MD, PhD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Moderator: Victoria Y. Bird, MD (she/her/hers) – National Medical Association and Research Group
    Co-Chair: Michael McDonald, MD – AdventHealth CelebrationCelebration, Florida
    Focal Therapy
  • 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM 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
  • 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM EST
    Session 2: Target Imaging for Optimal Treatment and Telerobotics

    Chair: Brian Miles

    Chair: Arie Carneiro, MD, PhD – Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein

  • 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM EST
    Session 3: 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
  • 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM EST
    Session 4: Focal 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: Vipul R. Patel, MD – 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
  • 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM EST
    Session 4: Focal Therapy / Imaging and Incisionless Surgery

    Moderator: Rafael Sanchez-Salas, MD – McGill University

    Moderator: Thomas Polascik, MD – Wake Forest Baptist

    Moderator: Marcio Covas Moschovas, MD, PhD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute

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

    Moderator: Michael McDonald, MD – AdventHealth Celebration Celebration, Florida

    Moderator: Victoria Y. Bird, MD – NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND RESEARCH GROUP

  • Plenary 4
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    The Future of Digital Surgery: AI, Humanoids and Automation
    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
    Panelist: Juli Hysenbelli
    Plenary 4: The Future Of Surgery: Data Analytics, Advanced Imaging and Incisionless Surgery