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  • 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