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  • 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