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  • Saturday, July 25, 2026
  • Plenary 3
  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM EST
    Journal of Robotic Surgery: Updates and Abstract Award Winner Announcement

    Moderator: Franck Leveiller, PhD – Alcon

    Moderator: Terry Kim, MD – Alcon

    Panelist: Rafael Chan

    Panelist: Sean Clark, MBA – Alcon

    Panelist: Mo Nathan, MBA – EDAP Inc.

    Panelist: Patrick Terry, PhD, Alcon – Alcon

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

    Panelist: Joseph Nathan, President ForSight Robotics

    Panelist: Amit Hazan – Puma Venture Capital

  • 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM EST
    Session 1: Opthamology
    Moderator: Franck Leveiller, PhD – Alcon
    Moderator: Terry Kim, MD (he/him/his) – Alcon
    Panelist: Rafael Chan
    Panelist: Sean Clark, MBA (he/him/his) – Alcon
    Panelist: Mo Nathan, MBA, SVP US Sales FocalTherics – FocalTherics
    Panelist: Patrick Terry, PhD, Alcon – Alcon
    Panelist: Jean-Pierre Hubschman, MD – Horizon Surgical Systems
    Panelist: Joseph Nathan, CEO ForSight Robotics – ForSight Robotics
    Panelist: Amit Hazan – Puma Venture Capital
    Plenary 3: Novel Robotic Technologies and Applications in Digital Surgery
  • 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, MD, PhD – 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
  • 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    SESSION I — Implementing a Robotic Surgery Program: Nursing Perspective
    Allied Health
  • 8:00 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    SESSION V: Multiplatform Programs: Preparing Nursing Teams for the Future
  • Live Surgery
  • 8:00 AM - 2:30 PM EST
    Semi Live/Live Surgery: SSI
  • Pediatrics
  • 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM EST
    Pediatrics

    Panelist: Manjiri Somashekhar, MS MCh DNB (Pediatric Surgery) FARIS fellowship – Aster Hospitals, Bengaluru

    Panelist: Manickam Ramalingam, MD – Hindusthan Hospital

    Panelist: Chandra Mohan Vaddi, MS(AIIMS), MCh(PGI), MRCS (UK), DNB (Gold Medal) – Preeti Urology & kidney Hospital

  • Surgical AI
  • 8:30 AM - 9:20 AM EST
    Session 2: Digital Innovations outside the hospital
    Moderator: Mahdi Azizian, n/a – NVIDIA
    Moderator: Gretchen Purcell Jackson, MD, PhD – Intuitive Surgical / Vanderbilt Health
    Surgical AI
  • Plenary 3
  • 8:30 AM - 9:50 AM EST
    Session 2: Neurosurgical Robotics
    Moderator: Adnan Siddiqui, MD, PhD – University at Buffalo
    Panelist: Vitor Mendes Pereira, MD MSc – St Michaels Hospital, University of Toronto
    Panelist: Ryan Madder
    Plenary 3: Novel Robotic Technologies and Applications in Digital Surgery
  • Allied Health
  • 8:40 AM - 9:45 AM EST
    SESSION II — Bedside Assistance: Competencies, Roles, and Training Models
    Allied Health
  • Surgical AI
  • 9:20 AM - 10:25 AM EST
    Session 3: 1 vs. 1 Debates That Will Shape the Field
    Moderator: Daniel Donoho, MD – Children’s National Hospital
    Moderator: Axel Krieger, PhD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    Surgical AI
  • 9:30 AM - 10:25 AM EST
    Session 3: 1 vs. 1 Debates That Will Shape the Field

    Speaker: Erik Wilson

    Speaker: Tony Jarc

  • Allied Health
  • 9:45 AM - 10:35 AM EST
    SESSION III — Pre‑Op and Recovery: Redesigning Perioperative Nursing for Robotics
    Allied Health
  • UroOnc
  • 9:50 AM - 11:00 AM EST
    Module 2- Localized and Intermediate Risk Localized Prostate Cancer
    Panelist: Camilo Andres Giedelman, n/a – Urologist
    Panelist: Marcio Covas Moschovas, MD, PhD – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Panelist: Andrew Farach, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital
    Panelist: David Thiel, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Panelist: Arie Carneiro, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
    Panelist: Oseas Castro Neves Neto, MD – ABC Medical School
    UroOnc
  • Plenary 3
  • 9:50 AM - 11:45 AM EST
    Session 3:Neurovascular Robotics
    Moderator: Adnan Siddiqui, MD, PhD – University at Buffalo
    Panelist: Vitor Mendes Pereira, MD MSc – St Michaels Hospital, University of Toronto
    Panelist: Richard Leparmentier
    Panelist: Eduardo F. Fonseca – XCath Robotics and EndoQuest Robotics
    Plenary 3: Novel Robotic Technologies and Applications in Digital Surgery
  • Surgical AI
  • 10:20 AM - 10:45 AM EST
    Session 2: Digital Innovations outside the hospital
  • Allied Health
  • 10:35 AM - 11:15 AM EST
    SESSION IV — Sterile Processing & Instrumentation: The Hidden Backbone of Robotic Quality
    Allied Health
  • Surgical AI
  • 10:45 AM - 11:40 AM EST
    Session 4: The Machine Can See You Move: Kinematics, Perception, and Surgical Intent
    Moderator: Filippo Filicori
    Moderator: Andrew Hung, MD
    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
    Panelist: Christian Wagner, MD (he/him/his) – St. Antonius Hospital Gronau
    UroOnc
  • Allied Health
  • 11:15 AM - 12:30 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
    Moderator: Tony Jarc, PhD – Intuitive
    Moderator: Molly Flexman
    Surgical AI
  • 11:40 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Session 7 - NPJ Digital Surgery - First Signals

    Speaker: Dan Hashimoto

  • Plenary 3
  • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM EST
    Session 4: Role of AI in Surgery Update
    Speaker: Andrew Hung, MD
    Speaker: Filippo Filicori
    Panelist: David Niewolny, NVIDIA Director of Business Development for Healthcare/Medical – NVIDIA
    Panelist: Shady Saikali, MD (he/him/his) – AdventHealth Global Robotics Institute
    Panelist: Nicholas Marion – SRI
    Panelist: Rowland Illing
    Panelist: Iman Jeddi, PhD – Intuitive
    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
    Panelist: Alejandro R. Rodriguez, MD FACS – Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center/Wake Forest University School of Medicine
    UroOnc
  • Bariatrics
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EST
    Session 6: AI & Digital Surgery in Bariatrics
    Bariatrics
  • Surgical AI
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EST
    Session 6: From Innovation to translation: bottlenecks in regulating with no precedent
    Panelist: Binita Ashar, MD, MBA, FACS, MAMSE – Clarity Surgical Advisors
    Panelist: Filippo Filicori
    Panelist: Romain Denis, MA – Intuitive
    Panelist: Omar Al-Kalaa, PhD – Inovectrum
    Panelist: Tito Porras, MD, MBA – Semaphor Surgical
    Panelist: Michael Yip, PhD – UC San Diego
    Panelist: Siddarth Satish
    Panelist: Nao Kobayashi
    Surgical AI
  • 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM EST
    Session 6: Regulatory Shark

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

    Panelist: Filippo Filicori

    Panelist: Romain Denis

  • Urology
  • 1:30 PM - 2:35 PM EST
    Urology Day 3 Session 1: Video-Based Analysis of RALP
    Moderator: Dmitry Pushkar, MD (he/him/his) – Botkin Hospital; Urology Department of Russian University of Medicine
    Urology
  • Breast/Plastics
  • 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM EST
    Breast/Plastics Session 1: Microsurgery
    Breast/Plastics
  • Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • 1:30 PM - 4:10 PM EST
    Session 3 Robotic Controversies and Rarities
    Abdominal Wall (Hernia)
  • Transplant
  • 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Transplant
    Chairs: Dieter Broering
    Chairs: Obi Obi Ekwenna, MD – Department of Urology and Transplantation, Univeristy of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH
    Transplant
  • Thoracic
  • 1:30 PM - 6:00 PM EST
    Thoracic Day 2
    Chair: John Lazar, MD – Ascension Saint Thomas/University of Tennessee-Nashville
    Chair: Ricardo Terra
    Thoracic
  • Endocrine
  • 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Endocrine
    Chair: Micaela Piccoli
    Chair: Eren Berber, MD (he/him/his) – Cleveland Clinic
    Endocrine
  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Endocrine
  • Endocrine
  • 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Endocrine
  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Endocrine
  • Endocrine
  • 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Endocrine
  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Endocrine
  • Endocrine
  • 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Endocrine
  • Endocrine Abstracts
  • 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Endocrine
  • Endocrine
  • 1:30 PM - 6:15 PM EST
    Endocrine
  • 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, Director – CIMA
    Chair: Alisa M. Coker, MD, FACS (she/her/hers) – UT Austin Dell Medical School
    Upper GI/Spleen
  • 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- Metastatic Disease I
    Panelist: Guru Sonpavde, MD – AdventHealth Cancer Institute and University of Central Florida
    Panelist: Daher Chade, MD, PhD – University of Sao Paulo
    Panelist: Christian Wagner, MD (he/him/his) – St. Antonius Hospital Gronau
    Panelist: Iulia Andras, MD, PhD, FEBU (she/her/hers) – Medicover Hospital/ Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    Panelist: Oseas Castro Neves Neto, MD – ABC Medical School
    Panelist: Alejandro R. Rodriguez, MD FACS – Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center/Wake Forest University School of Medicine
    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 – Robotic Surgery Center, Medicover Hospital/ Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Panelist: Oseas Castro Neves Neto, MD – ABC Medical School

  • Surgical AI
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EST
    Session 7 — NPJ Digital Surgery - First Signals
    Moderator: Julio Mayol
    Surgical AI
  • 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EST
    Session 8 — Other Procedural Frontiers: Who Gets There Next?

    Speaker: Mahdi Azizian

  • Urology
  • 2:35 PM - 3:05 PM EST
    Urology Day 3 Session 2: Panel Discussion: Exploration of New Robotic Systems for Urology
    Moderator: Juvido Agatep, Jr., n/a – UROLOGY CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES
    Moderator: Bernardo Rocco – .
    Moderator: Alejandro R. Rodriguez, MD FACS – Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center/Wake Forest University School of Medicine
    Panelist: Gilberto Almeida
    Panelist: Maria Chiara Sighinolfi, n/a – Fondazione Policlinico Universitario
    Panelist: Elias Bodden, PhD – Caja de seguro social
    Panelist: Michael Chen
    Panelist: Hongkai Hongkai Wang, MD – Department of Urology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
    Panelist: Sudhir Rawal
    Panelist: Marcelo Featherstone, MD (he/him/his) – Hospital Británico de Buenos Aires
    Panelist: Michael McDonald, MD – AdventHealth CelebrationCelebration, Florida
    Urology
  • 3:05 PM - 4:50 PM EST
    Urology Day 3 Session 3: Bladder Cancer Management
    Moderator: Manoharan Murugesan
    Panelist: Magnus Annerstedt, Specialist Urology (he/him/his) – UroMedical Stockholm
    Panelist: Anup Gupta
    Moderator: Mark Soloway, MD (he/him/his) – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
    Panelist: Christian Wagner, MD (he/him/his) – St. Antonius Hospital Gronau
    Panelist: Guru Sonpavde, MD – AdventHealth Cancer Institute and University of Central Florida
    Panelist: Cora Sternberg
    Urology
  • Bariatrics
  • 3:20 PM - 4:00 PM EST
    Session 8: Single-Port Robotics: Present and Future
    Chair: Carlos Vaz, MD (he/him/his) – Hospital CUF Tejo
    Moderator: Carlos Domene, Director – CIMA
    Moderator: Fernando Enrique Elli, MD – Mayo Clinic Florida
    Moderator: Paula Volpe, MD PHD (she/her/hers) – CIMA
    Bariatrics
  • Surgical AI
  • 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM EST
    Session 8 - Other Procedural Frontiers: Who Gets There Next?
  • UroOnc
  • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Module 7- Metastatic Disease II
    Panelist: Carlos Alemany, MD (he/him/his) – AdventHealth Cancer Institute
    Panelist: Eliot Siegel
    Panelist: Brian Miles
    Panelist: Federico Lavagno, MD – Molinette Hospital - University of Turin, Italy
    UroOnc
  • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Module 7- Metastic Disease

    Panelist: Carlos Alemany, MD – AdventHealth Cancer Institute

    Panelist: Eliot Siegel

    Panelist: Brian Miles

    Panelist: Federico Lavagno, MD – Molinette Hospital - University of Turin, Italy

  • Breast/Plastics
  • 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM EST
    Breast/Plastics Session 2 - Robotics in Plastic Surgery
    Breast/Plastics
  • Surgical AI
  • 3:45 PM - 4:40 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)
  • 4:10 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
    Chair: CAIO GG AQUINO, MD (he/him/his) – HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN
    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: HENRIQUE DAMETTO, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – Einstein Hospital Israelita
    Bariatrics
  • Surgical AI
  • 4:40 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Session 8 - Other Procedural Frontiers: Who Gets There Next?
    Surgical AI
  • 4:45 PM - 5:40 PM EST
    NPJ Digital Surgery Early Publications
  • Urology
  • 4:50 PM - 5:30 PM EST
    Urology Day 4 Session 4: Urologic Reconstructive Surgery
    Moderator: Kris Maes, MD, Urologist (he/him/his) – Hospital da Luz de Lisboa
    Moderator: Vincent Bird, MD – University of Florida, Department of Urology
    Panelist: Rabii Madi, MD, MBA – Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
    Panelist: Dmitry Pushkar, MD (he/him/his) – Botkin Hospital; Urology Department of Russian University of Medicine
    Panelist: Hariharan Ganapathi, MD – MercyHealth Systems, Wisconsin
    Panelist: benjamin Challacombe, MBBS FRCS – Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital
    Panelist: Manickam Ramalingam, MD – Hindusthan Hospital
    Urology