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  • Wednesday, July 22, 2026
  • Emerging Markets
  • 7:15 AM - 8:00 AM EST
    Session 1
  • Regulatory
  • 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM EST
    Regulatory

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

    Moderator: Mo Nathan, SVP Sales, EDAP

  • Investor Session
  • 8:00 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

    Moderator: Amit Hazan

    Moderator: Mo Nathan, SVP Sales, EDAP

    Speaker: David Niewolny, Director of business development for healthcare/medical at NVIDIA

    Moderator: Martin Roche, MD

    Moderator: Vik Chopra

    Moderator: John McAuley

    Speaker: Jonathan Chen, Rotating Co-chief Executive Officer,MicroPort

    Speaker: Sudhir Srivastava, Founder, Chairman & CEO SSI Mantra

    Moderator: Maggie Nixon, CEO-Capstan Medical

    Moderator: Eduardo F. Fonseca, XCath CEO and EndoQuest Robotics Interim CEO

    Speaker: Fred Khosravi

    Speaker: Alex Tilson

    Speaker: Doug Harcombe

    Speaker: Sheeraz Qureshi

    Moderator: Nick Theodore

    Moderator: Jamie Samath

    Moderator: Eduardo Parra Davila, MD

    Moderator: Sharona Ross, MD FACS – AdventHealth Tampa

    Moderator: Martin Martino, MD

    Moderator: J. Scott Magnuson

    Moderator: Raymond J. Leveillee, MD – Bethesda Hospital, Baptist Health South Florida

    Moderator: Ghulam Abbas

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

    Moderator: Hani Abouhalka

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

    Moderator: Pritesh Patel

    Moderator: Priyanka Chopra Mitra

  • Surgical Simulation and Education
  • 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM EST
    Surgical Simulation and Education
    Moderator: Tom Osinski
    Moderator: Charu Paranjape, MBBS MS FACS – Mass General Brigham NWH
    Surgical Simulation and Education
  • Emerging Markets
  • 8:05 AM - 8:35 AM EST
    Session 2
  • 8:40 AM - 9:30 AM EST
    Session 3
  • 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM EST
    Session 4
  • 10:05 AM - 10:35 AM EST
    Session 5
  • 10:40 AM - 11:10 AM EST
    Session 6
  • 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM EST
    Session 7
  • 11:50 AM - 1:30 PM EST
    Session 8
  • Hospital Admin
  • 1:30 PM - 1:40 PM EST
    Welcome and Introductions
  • Emerging Markets
  • 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM EST
    Company Name
  • Global and Military Session
  • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Global and Military Session
    Moderator: Linda Zhang
    Moderator: Gordon Wisbach
    Global and Military Session
  • Hospital Admin
  • 1:40 PM - 2:20 PM EST
    Artificial Intelligence
    Hospital Admin
  • 2:20 PM - 3:05 PM EST
    Humanoids
    Hospital Admin
  • 3:05 PM - 3:25 PM EST
    Break
  • 3:25 PM - 4:20 PM EST
    Humanoids
    Hospital Admin
  • 3:25 PM - 4:20 PM EST
    Robotics
  • 4:20 PM - 5:00 PM EST
    Telesurgery
    Hospital Admin
  • 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Path Forward
  • Thursday, July 23, 2026
  • 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
    Plenary 1: Robotic Technology 1
  • 7:45 AM - 8:45 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 (she/her/hers) – Proximie
    Panelist: Salvador Morales
    Panelist: Armando Melani
    Panelist: Vanessa Alvarenga Bezerra – Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
    Panelist: Bernardo Rocco
    Plenary 1: Robotic Technology 1
  • 8:45 AM - 10:15 AM EST
    Session 2: Multiport Robotic Systems 2
    Moderator: Sharona Ross, MD FACS – AdventHealth Tampa
    Panelist: Michael Stifelman
    Moderator: Sergio Alfieri, MD – Digestive Surgery Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
    Panelist: Sulaiman Almazeedi
    Panelist: Martin Martino, MD – Ascension
    Panelist: Ricardo Estape, MD – HCA Institute for Gynecologic Oncology
    Plenary 1: Robotic Technology 1
  • 10:15 AM - 11:25 AM EST
    Session 3: Multiport Robotic Systems 3
    Moderator: Vipul R. Patel, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Moderator: Eduardo Parra Davila, MD
    Panelist: Erica L. Stockwell, DO MBA FACOG (she/her/hers) – AdventHealth
    Panelist: Erik Wilson, MD – UTHealth Houston
    Panelist: John Martinie, MD – Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
    Panelist: Anna Fagotti, n/a – UOC Ginecologia Oncologica, Dipartimento di Scienze per la salute della Donna e del Bambino e di Sanità Pubblica, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
    Plenary 1: Robotic Technology 1
  • 11:25 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Session 4: Telesurgery Update
    Moderator: Jacques Marescaux, MD,FACS – IRCAD
    Moderator: Vipul R. Patel, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Panelist: Mischa Dohler, PhD – Ericsson
    Panelist: Marcio Covas Moschovas – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Panelist: Saad Aldousari (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
  • Bariatrics
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM EST
    Session 1: Vision of Bariatric Surgery
    Bariatrics
  • 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
    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
    New Innovations
  • Urology
  • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Urology Day 1

    Moderator: Daniel Moon, MB,BS – Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

    Moderator: Nina Harke

    Panelist: ARIE CARNEIRO, MD, PhD – Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein

    Panelist: Young-Hwii Ko, MD,PhD – Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital

    Panelist: Simone Crivellaro

    Panelist: Magnus Annerstedt, Specialist Urology – UroMedical Stockholm

  • Cardiac
  • 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    Cardiac Day 1
    Chair: Husam Balkhy, MD FACS, FACC (he/him/his) – The University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences
    Chair: Johannes Bonatti, MD – University of Pittsburgh Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute
    Chair: Ghulam Murtaza
    Cardiac
  • Colorectal
  • 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    Colorectal Day 1
    Chair: Armando Melani
    Chair: Laila Rashidi, MD, FACS, FASCRS (she/her/hers) – Multicare Health Network
    Chair: Gyseog Choi
    Chair: Paolo Bianchi
    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
  • Gynecology
  • 1:30 PM - 6:10 PM EST
    Gynecology Day 1
    Program Director: Martin Martino, MD – Ascension
    Speaker: May Blanchard, MD – ACOG
    Gynecology
  • Head and Neck Day 1
  • 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM EST
    Head and Neck Day 1
    Chair: J. Scott Magnuson, MD – AdventHealth Florida
    Chair: Brittany Barber, MD, M.Sc., FRCSC – University of Washington
    Chair: Meghan Turner
    Head and Neck
  • Digital Surgery
  • 1:30 PM - 7:00 PM EST
    Digital Surgery
    Digital Surgery
  • Bariatrics
  • 2:15 PM - 3:25 PM EST
    Session 2: Previsional Surgery, Simulation & Digital Replication
    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
  • 4:15 PM - 4:55 PM EST
    Session 4: Sensors, Smart Stapling & Intraoperative Intelligence
    Bariatrics
  • 4:55 PM - 5:55 PM EST
    Session 5: Robotic Single-Port, NOTES & Zero-Incision Surgery
    Chair: Jordi Tarascó
    Moderator: Juan Santiago Azagra
    Moderator: Miljana Vladmirov, MD – University of OWL - Campus Lippe
    Moderator: Alcides Branco
    Bariatrics
  • Urology
  • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Urology Day 1
    Moderator: Nina Harke
    Moderator: Marcio Covas Moschovas – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Urology
  • Friday, July 24, 2026
  • Plenary 2
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM EST
    Session 1: New Innovative 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: Abbas Abbas
    Panelist: Inderpal S. Sarkaria, MD, MBA, FACS (he/him/his) – 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 (he/him/his) – University of Central Florida College of Medicine
    Plenary 2: Robotic Technology 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 – UMC Utrecht
    Esophageal
  • Orthopedics
  • 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM EST
    Day 2 - Ortho
    Orthopedics
  • Live Surgery
  • 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM EST
    Semi Live/Live Surgery: SSI
  • Plenary 2
  • 8:25 AM - 9:50 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

  • 8:25 AM - 9:50 AM EST
    Session 2: New Robotic Platforms
    Moderator: Eduardo Parra Davila, MD
    Moderator: Ricardo Estape, MD – HCA Institute for Gynecologic Oncology
    Moderator: Rafael Coelho
    Moderator: Adnan Siddiqui, MD, PhD – University at Buffalo
    Panelist: Nina Harke
    Panelist: Yusef Kudsi
    Plenary 2: Robotic Technology 2
  • 8:30 AM - 9:40 AM EST
    Session 2: New Robotic Platforms

    Moderator: Vincent Bird

  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM EST
    Session 2: New Robotic Platforms

    Moderator: Vincent Bird

  • 9:40 AM - 11:05 AM EST
    Session 3: Endoluminal Robotics

    Moderator: Fred Moll

    Moderator: Santiago Horgan, MD – Stryker Endoscopy

    Panelist: Erik Wilson, MD – UTHealth Houston

    Panelist: Sam Atallah

    Panelist: Eduardo Parra Davila, MD

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

    Panelist: David M. Albala, MD – Crouse Hospital

  • 11:05 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Session 4: Single Port Robotics
    Moderator: Jihad Kaouk, MD FACS FRCS – Cleveland Clinic
    Moderator: Tanuja Damani
    Panelist: Simone Crivellaro
    Panelist: Reza Mehrazin, MD – Mount Sinai Hospital
    Panelist: J. Scott Magnuson, MD – AdventHealth Florida
    Panelist: Raymond J. Leveillee, MD (he/him/his) – Bethesda Hospital, Baptist Health South Florida
    Plenary 2: Robotic Technology 2
  • Telesurgery
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM EST
    Session 1 — Rebooting the OR: Why Digital Surgery Is About to Break Open

    Speaker: Younes Al Ahlal

  • Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    Session 1: Robotic Ventral
    Chair: Flavio Malcher
    Chair: Salvador Morales
    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)
  • Thoracic
  • 1:30 PM - 5:05 PM EST
    Thoracic Day 1
    Thoracic
  • Urology
  • 1:30 PM - 5:40 PM EST
    Urology Day 2
    Moderator: Shady Saikali, MD (he/him/his) – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Moderator: Reza Mehrazin, MD – Mount Sinai Hospital
    Urology
  • Cardiac
  • 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    Cardiac Day 2
    Cardiac
  • Colorectal
  • 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    Colorectal Day 2
    Colorectal
  • Gynecology
  • 1:30 PM - 6:10 PM EST
    Gynecology Day 2
    Gynecology
  • Hepatobiliary/Pancreas
  • 1:30 PM - 6:10 PM EST
    Liver
    Chair: Jason Hawksworth
    Chair: Thomas J. Chirichella, III, MD FACS – Mercy Health - St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital
    Hepatobiliary/Pancreas
  • Head and Neck Day 2
  • 1:30 PM - 6:30 PM EST
    Head and Neck Day 2
    Head and Neck
  • Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • 1:30 PM - 6:45 PM EST
    Session 1: Robotic Ventral
    Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • Telesurgery
  • 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM EST
    Session 2 - What Surgery Can Steal from the Real World

    Moderator: Jacques Marescaux, MD,FACS – IRCAD

    Moderator: Younes Al Ahlal

    Panelist: Adnan Siddiqui, MD, PhD – University at Buffalo

    Panelist: Bernardo Rocco

    Panelist: Tanuja Damani

    Panelist: Sudhir Srivastava, MD – SS Innovations

  • 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM EST
    Session 2 — What Surgery Can Steal from the Real World
  • 3:45 PM - 4:15 PM EST
    Session 3: Telesurgery Requirements and Implementation Needs
  • Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • 4:00 PM - 6:45 PM EST
    Session 2: Robotic Inguinal
    Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • Telesurgery
  • 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    Session 4 — The Machine Can See You Move: Kinematics, Perception, and Surgical Intent
  • 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM EST
    Session 1 - Rebooting the OR: Why Digital Surgery Is About to Break Open
    Telesurgery
  • 2:15 PM - 3:45 PM EST
    Session 2 - What Surgery Can Steal from the Real World
    Moderator: Jacques Marescaux, MD,FACS – IRCAD
    Moderator: Younes Al Ahlal
    Panelist: Adnan Siddiqui, MD, PhD – University at Buffalo
    Panelist: Bernardo Rocco
    Panelist: Tanuja Damani
    Panelist: Sudhir Srivastava, MD – SS Innovations
    Telesurgery
  • 3:45 PM - 4:15 PM EST
    Session 3: Telesurgery Requirements and Implementation Needs
    Telesurgery
  • 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    Session 4 - The Machine Can See You Move: Kinematics, Perception, and Surgical Intent
    Panelist: Ajit Sachdeva
    Panelist: Vipul R. Patel, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Panelist: Marcio Covas Moschovas – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Telesurgery
  • Saturday, July 25, 2026
  • Plenary 3
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM EST
    Session 1: Opthamology

    Moderator: Franck Leveiller, PhD – Alcon

    Moderator: Terry Kim, MD – Alcon

    Panelist: Rafael Chan

    Panelist: Sean Clark, MBA – Alcon

    Panelist: Mo Nathan, SVP Sales, EDAP

    Panelist: Patrick Terry, PhD, Alcon – Alcon

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

    Panelist: Joseph Nathan, President ForSight Robotics

  • 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 – 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
  • Live Surgery
  • 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM EST
    Semi Live/Live Surgery: SSI
  • Pediatrics
  • 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM EST
    Pediatrics

    Panelist: Thomas Blanc, MD, PhD, FEAPU – Department of Pediatric Surgery and Urology, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

    Panelist: Andrew Kirsch

  • Surgical AI
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM EST
    Session 2: Digital Innovations outside the hospital
    Surgical AI
  • Plenary 3
  • 8:30 AM - 9:50 AM EST
    Session 2: Neurosurgical Robotics
    Plenary 3: Novel Robotic Technologies and Applications in Digital Surgery
  • Allied Health
  • 8:40 AM - 9:30 AM EST
    SESSION II — Bedside Assistance: Competencies, Roles, and Training Models
    Allied Health
  • 9:30 AM - 10:10 AM EST
    SESSION III — Pre‑Op and Recovery: Redesigning Perioperative Nursing for Robotics
  • Surgical AI
  • 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM EST
    Session 3: 1 vs. 1 Debates That Will Shape the Field
    Surgical AI
  • UroOnc
  • 9:50 AM - 11:00 AM EST
    Module 2- Localized and Intermediate Risk Localized Prostate Cancer
    Panelist: Marcio Covas Moschovas – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Panelist: Andrew Farach, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Panelist: Oseas Castro Neves Neto, MD – ABC Medical School
    Panelist: ARIE CARNEIRO, MD, PhD – Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
    UroOnc
  • Plenary 3
  • 9:50 AM - 11:45 AM EST
    Session 3:Neurovascular Robotics
    Plenary 3: Novel Robotic Technologies and Applications in Digital Surgery
  • Allied Health
  • 10:10 AM - 10:35 AM EST
    SESSION V: Multiplatform Programs: Preparing Nursing Teams for the Future
    Allied Health
  • 10:10 AM - 11:10 AM EST
    SESSION V: Multiplatform Programs: Preparing Nursing Teams for the Future
  • Surgical AI
  • 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM EST
    Session 2: Digital Innovations outside the hospital
  • 10:45 AM - 11:40 AM EST
    Session 4: The Machine Can See You Move: Kinematics, Perception, and Surgical Intent
    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 Florida
    UroOnc
  • Allied Health
  • 11:10 AM - 11:40 AM EST
    SESSION IV — Sterile Processing & Instrumentation: The Hidden Backbone of Robotic Quality
  • 11:40 AM - 12:20 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
    Surgical AI
  • 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Session 7 - NPJ Digital Surgery - First Signals
  • Plenary 3
  • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Session 4: Role of AI in Surgery Update
    Chair: Andrew Hung, MD
    Chair: Filippo Filicori
    Panelist: David Niewolny
    Panelist: Martin Roche, MD – Professor of Orthopaedics University of Miami
    Panelist: Shady Saikali, MD (he/him/his) – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Panelist: Nicholas Marion – SRI
    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
    UroOnc
  • Bariatrics
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EST
    Session 6: AI & Digital Surgery in Bariatrics
    Chair: Marco Raffaelli
    Moderator: Alexandre Elias, MD, PhD – Instituto Garrido, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
    Moderator: Elias Ortiz, Sr., CERTIFIED BARIATRIC SURGEON (he/him/his) – ELIAS ORTIZ & CO
    Bariatrics
  • Surgical AI
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EST
    Session 6: Regulatory Shark
    Panelist: Binita Ashar, MD, MBA, FACS, MAMSE – Clarity Surgical Advisors
    Panelist: Mark W. Trumbore, PhD (he/him/his) – Center for Devices and Radiological Health
    Panelist: Steve Nagel
    Panelist: Filippo Filicori
    Surgical AI
  • Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM EST
    Session 3 Robotic Controversies and Rarities
  • Breast/Plastics
  • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Breast/Plastics
    Breast/Plastics
  • Thoracic
  • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Thoracic Day 2
    Speaker: John Lazar
    Thoracic
  • Urology
  • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Urology Day 3
    Moderator: Shady Saikali, MD (he/him/his) – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Moderator: Dmitry Pushkar (he/him/his) – Moscow Urological Center
    Urology
  • Endocrine
  • 1:30 PM - 5:35 PM EST
    Endocrine
    Endocrine
  • Urology
  • 1:30 PM - 5:45 PM EST
    Urology Day 3
    Moderator: Marcio Covas Moschovas – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Moderator: Reza Mehrazin, MD – Mount Sinai Hospital
    Urology
  • Transplant
  • 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    Transplant
  • 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 – CIMA
    Chair: Alisa M. Coker, MD, FACS (she/her/hers) – UT Austin Dell Medical School
    Upper GI/Spleen
  • Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • 1:30 PM - 6:45 PM EST
    Abdominal Wall (Hernia) Day 2
    Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • Surgical AI
  • 2:15 PM - 3:30 PM EST
    Session 7 — NPJ Digital Surgery - First Signals
  • 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- 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 (she/her/hers) – Robotic Surgery Center, Medicover Hospital/ Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    Panelist: Oseas Castro Neves Neto, MD – ABC Medical School
    UroOnc
  • Surgical AI
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EST
    Session 7 — NPJ Digital Surgery - First Signals
    Surgical AI
  • Bariatrics
  • 3:20 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    Session 8: Single-Port Robotics: Present and Future
    Chair: Carlos Vaz
    Moderator: Carlos Domene – CIMA
    Moderator: Fernando Enrique Elli, MD – Mayo Clinic Florida
    Moderator: Paula Volpe, MD PHD (she/her/hers) – CIMA
    Bariatrics
  • Surgical AI
  • 3:30 PM - 4:20 PM EST
    Session 8 - Other Procedural Frontiers: Who Gets There Next?
  • 3:30 PM - 4:20 PM EST
    Session 8 — Other Procedural Frontiers: Who Gets There Next?

    Speaker: Mahdi Azizian

  • UroOnc
  • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Module 7- Metastic Disease
    Panelist: Carlos Alemany
    Panelist: E Siegel
    Panelist: Brian Miles
    Panelist: Federico Lavagno
    UroOnc
  • Surgical AI
  • 3:30 PM - 5:30 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)
  • 4:30 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: Elias Ortiz, Sr., CERTIFIED BARIATRIC SURGEON (he/him/his) – ELIAS ORTIZ & CO
    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: Bengi Pascotto
    Bariatrics
  • Surgical AI
  • 4:45 PM - 5:40 PM EST
    NPJ Digital Surgery Early Publications
  • Sunday, July 26, 2026
  • Focal Therapy
  • 7:30 AM - 9:30 AM EST
    Session 1: Imaging and Fusion Technology
    Chair: Rafael Sanchez Salas
    Chair: Brian Miles
    Chair: Marcio Covas Moschovas – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Chair: Sebastian Crouzet
    Panelist: Victoria Y. Bird, MD (she/her/hers) – NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND RESEARCH GROUP
    Panelist: F Bianco
    Focal Therapy
  • Plenary 4
  • 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM EST
    Plenary 4: The Future Of Surgery: Data Analytics, Advanced Imaging and Incisionless Surgery

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

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

    Chair: Omar Al-Kalaa

    Panelist: Mostafa Toloui

    Panelist: Carla Pugh, MD, PHD – Stanford

    Panelist: Jay A. Redan, FACS – Advent Health

    Panelist: Martin Martino, MD – Ascension

  • Focal Therapy
  • 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM EST
    Session 2: Target Imaging for Optimal Treatment and Telerobotics
    Chair: Brian Miles
    Chair: Xiaosong Meng, MD, PhD – Department of Urology; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Chair: ARIE CARNEIRO, MD, PhD – Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
    Chair: Srinivas Vourganti
    Chair: Victoria Y. Bird, MD (she/her/hers) – NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND RESEARCH GROUP
    Panelist: Kurt Azarbarzin – Precision IO Group
    Panelist: A Rashtinehead
    Panelist: Manish Amin, PhD – Cortechs AI
    Panelist: E Siegel
    Panelist: Bill Peters – On Target
    Focal Therapy
  • 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM EST
    Session 3: Focal Therapy
    Chair: Rafael Sanchez Salas
    Chair: Marcio Covas Moschovas – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Chair: Arvin George, MD PHD – Johns Hopkins University
    Panelist: John Linn (he/him/his) – NINA Medical
    Panelist: Sebastien Cadet, MS (he/him/his) – Rocamed Inc
    Panelist: Arun Menawat, PhD – Profound Medical
    Panelist: Masayoshi Miura, MD PhD (he/him/his) – Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Sapporo Hokuyu Hospital
    Panelist: Joe Herman
    Focal Therapy
  • Plenary 4
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    The Future of Digital Surgery: AI, Humanoids and Automation
    Chair: David Niewolny
    Chair: Martin Roche, MD – Professor of Orthopaedics University of Miami
    Panelist: Jonathan Chen – MicroPort Scientific Corporation
    Panelist: Anthony Fernando, President & CEO Asensus
    Panelist: Andrew Hung, MD
    Chair: Vipul R. Patel, MD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Panelist: Doug Harcombe
    Plenary 4: The Future Of Surgery: Data Analytics, Advanced Imaging and Incisionless Surgery
  • Focal Therapy
  • 1:00 PM - 3:45 PM EST
    Session 4: Focal Therapy / Imaging and Incisionless Surgery
    Moderator: Rafael Sanchez Salas
    Moderator: Marcio Covas Moschovas – 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 (she/her/hers) – NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION AND RESEARCH GROUP
    Moderator: Srinivas Vourganti
    Focal Therapy