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  • 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