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  • 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
    Moderator: Nadine Hachach-Haram, MBBS MRCS FRCS Plast (she/her/hers) – Proximie
    Panelist: Salvador Morales-Conde (he/him/his) – University Hospital Virgen Macarena (Sevilla, Spain)
    Panelist: Armando Melani, MD (he/him/his) – ircad
    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: Michael Stifelman
    Panelist: Sulaiman Almazeedi
    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: Erica L. Stockwell, DO MBA FACOG (she/her/hers) – AdventHealth
    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
    Panelists: Renato Moretti-Marques, Renato Moretti Marques, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Einstein - Hospital Israelita
    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: Andre Teixeira
    Chair: Luis ALFREDO VIEIRA D Alfredo D Almeida, MD (he/him/his) – Américas Medical City
    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: Armando Melani, MD (he/him/his) – ircad
    Chair: Laila Rashidi, MD (she/her/hers) – Multicare Health System
    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
  • 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: Simone Crivellaro
    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
    Chair: Adriana Liceaga
    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: Sivaraman Ananthakrishnan
    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: Ranjan Sudan
    Chair: Jordi Tarascó Palomares, MD,PhD (he/him/his) – Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital
    Moderator: Juan Santiago Azagra
    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