Please note the preliminary program in continuous development

July 8–10, 2026, Luxembourg
preliminary program
Robotic Hand On Course (24 spots)
Chair: Miljana Vladimirov | Co-Chair: Jordi Tarascó
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome (CHL & TROGSS)
09:30 – 18:30 Hands On Sessions
  • 09:30 – 11:30: Group 1 – 2
  • 11:30 – 13:30: Group 3 – 4
  • 13:30 – 14:30: LUNCH
  • 14:30 – 16:30: Group 5 – 6
  • 16:30 – 18:30: Group 7 – 8
Attendees can join live surgery course before/after sessions.
Robotic Surgery for Beginners & Experts
Chair: Alexander Ayzengart | Co-Chair: Antonio Albuquerque
09:00 – 09:30 Welcome
Speakers: Martine Goergen, Beniamino Pascotto, Adel Abou-Mrad, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
09:30 – 11:30 Live Robotic Surgery: Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Surgeon: Beniamino Pascotto
Moderators: Matias Sosa, Rodolfo J Oviedo, Abhirami Babu
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break & Visit to Stands
12:00 – 13:00 How to Train as a Robotic Surgeon
Moderators: Edmundo Inga Zapata, Alexander Ayzengart, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
Speakers:
  • Adolfo Perez Bonet
  • Omar Gaytan
  • Andres Ayala
  • Lourdes Hubert Cyril
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Symposium
14:00 – 16:00 Live Robotic Surgery: Hiatal Hernia Repair
Surgeon: Beniamino Pascotto
Moderators: Pablo Castellaro, Adel Abou-Mrad, Ala Wafa
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee Break & Visit to Stands
16:30 – 18:00 How to Start and Maintain a Successful Robotic Program
Moderators: Elena Ruiz Ucar, Daniel Gero, Adel Abu-Mrad
Speakers:
  • Vikas Jain
  • Frederiek Nuytens
  • Enrique Fernando Elli
  • Omar Rivera
Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy
Chair: Silvana Perretta | Co-Chair: Christine Stier
13:00 – 15:30 Hands-On: Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (ESG)
Faculty: Pietro Riva, Thibaut Coste, Sonja Chiappetta, Maria Vannucci
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break & Visit to Stands
16:00 – 17:00 Hands-On: Stenting, Pigtail Catheters, Dilation
Faculty: Pietro Riva, Thibaut Coste, Sonja Chiappetta, Maria Vannucci
17:00 – 18:00 Presentations
Moderators: Luis Suarez Carreon, Yurong Jiao, Bhavneet Singh Bhalla
Speakers:
  • Silvana Perretta
  • Pietro Riva
  • Alexander Ramirez
  • Maria Vannucci
Auditorium
09:00 CHL & TROGSS Welcome
Speakers: Martine Goergen, Beniamino Pascotto, Adel Abou-Mrad, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
09:30 – 11:30 Upper GI & Thoracic
Chair: Peter Grimminger
Moderators: Simone Giacopuzzi, Giusto Pignata, Sharona Ross
Speakers:
  • Sharona Ross
  • Peter Grimminger
  • Simone Giacopuzzi
  • Delia Cortés Guiral
  • Giusto Pignata
  • Maria Bencivenga
  • Beniamino Pascotto
  • Luigi Marano
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break & Visit to Stands
12:00 – 12:30 Honorary Lecture: Where is TROGSS Going?
Speaker: Adel Abou-Mrad (President & Founder)
Moderator: Rodolfo J. Oviedo
12:30 – 13:30 Metabolic & Bariatric Evolution in MBS
Chair: André Teixeira
Moderators: Marie Cecile Blanchet, Enrique Fernando Elli, Bojan Jovanovic
Speakers:
  • David Nocca
  • Robert Caiazzo
  • Pierre Blanc
  • Adel Abou-Mrad
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch Symposium
15:00 – 16:00 Magnetic Surgery
Chair: Michel Gagner
Moderators: Manoel Galvao-Neto, Stefano Olmi, Ivo Boskoski
Speakers:
  • Michel Gagner
  • Manoel Galvao-Neto
  • Sonja Chiappetta
16:00 – 17:00 Robotics in Lower GI
Chair: Quentin Denost
Moderators: Laila Rashidi, Deena Harji, Daniel Leonard
Speakers:
  • Deena Harji
  • Quentin Denost
  • Francesco Stanzione
  • Laila Rashidi
17:00 – 17:30 Coffee Break & Visit to Stands
17:30 – 18:30 Robotic HBP
Chair: Abou-Abbass
Moderators: Riccardo Memeo, Ruben Ciria, Valerio Lucidi
Speakers:
  • Valerio Lucidi
  • Jose Manuel Ramia
  • Juan Santiago Azagra
  • Ahmad Abou Abbass
Room A
09:30 – 10:30 Best videos: HBP
Chair: Vito de Blasi
Moderators: Alessia Fassari, Mohammed Ghallab, Bert Van den Bossche
Speakers:
  • Sergio Estevez
  • Fabrizio Panaro
  • Mario Serradilla
  • Stylianos Tzedakis
10:30 – 11:30 Best Videos: Colorectal Lower GI
Chair: Deena Harji
Moderators: Xishan Wang, Yurong Jiao, Silviu-Tiberiu Makkai-Popa
Speakers:
  • Federico Maria Mongardini
  • Luca Ferraro
  • Francesco Prete
  • Giampaolo Formisano
11:30 – 12:30 Break / Lecture in Auditorium
12:30 – 13:30 Young Surgeons & Robotic Surgery: A Perfect Match
Chair: Moritz Felsenreich
Moderators: Eider Talavera Urquijo, Daniel Gero, Benjamin Cadiere
Speakers:
  • Sonja Chiappetta
  • Giampaolo Formisano
  • Mario Rui Goncalves
  • Fernando Pardo
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch Symposium
15:00 – 16:00 Robotic Surgery & Obesity: Global Research
Chair: Safwan Taha
Moderators: Sjaak Pouwels, Adebusola Owokole, Panagiotis Lainas
Speakers:
  • Wah Yang
  • Haris Khwaja
  • Adebusola Owokole
  • Abhirami Babu & Aman Goyal
16:00 – 17:00 Best Videos: Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy
Chair: Christine Stier
Moderators: Silvana Perretta, Sonja Chiappetta, Thibaut Coste
Speakers: Video Abstract Winners
17:00 – 17:30 Coffee Break & Visit to Stands
17:30 – 18:30 Best Videos: Endocrine Surgery
Chair: Marco Raffaelli
Moderators: Debora Acin, Hubert Cyril Lourdes Rozario, Seiichi Kitahama
Speakers: Video Abstract Winners
Room B
09:30 – 10:30 Best Videos: Metabolic & Bariatric
Chair: Marco Raffaelli
Moderators: Jordi Tarascò, Giovanni Fantola, Pierre Blanc
Speakers: Video Abstract Winners
10:30 – 11:30 Best Videos: Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
Chair: Mário Rui Gonçalves
Moderators: Giampaolo Formisano, Aman Goyal, Luca Gordini
Speakers: Video Abstract Winners
11:30 – 12:30 Break / Lecture in Auditorium
12:30 – 13:30 Best Videos: Upper GI
Chair: Luigi Marano
Moderators: Alexander Ramirez, Michail Koutentakis, Francesco Prete
Speakers: Video Abstract Winners
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch Symposium
15:00 – 16:00 Best Videos: Lower GI
Chair: Laila Rashidi
Moderators: Federico Maria Mongardini, Luca Ferraro, Aman Goyal
Speakers: Video Abstract Winners
16:00 – 17:00 Best Videos: HBP
Chair: Yogesh Vashist
Moderators: Fernando Pardo, Mario Serradilla, Stylianos Tzedakis
Speakers: Video Abstract Winners
17:00 – 17:30 Coffee Break & Visit to Stands
17:30 – 18:30 Out of the Ordinary
Chair: Arif Ahmad
Moderators: Andres Ayala, Adriana Torcivia, Omar Rivera
Speakers:
  • Raquel Sanchez
  • Haris Khwaja
  • Omar Ramirez Serrano
  • José Maria Balibrea
Auditorium
08:30 – 09:30 Controversies in Minimally Invasive Surgery in Upper GI
Chair: Sharona Ross
Moderators: Maria Bencivenga, Damien Bouriez, Alexander Ayzengart
Speakers:
  • Chetan Parmar
  • Salomone di Saverio
  • Miguel Toledano
  • Arnaud Lemmers
09:30 – 10:30 Evolution of MIS in Colorectal Surgery
Chair: Francesco Corcione
Moderators: Francesco Stanzione, Daniel Leonard, Omar Gaytan
Speakers:
  • Francesco Corcione
  • Daniel Leonard
  • Deena Harji
  • Xishan Wang
10:30 – 11:30 Robotics & AI: The Present, Not the Future
Chair: Pietro Mascagni
Moderators: Francesco Prete, Alejandro Rossano Garcia, Alexander Ramirez
Speakers:
  • Pietro Mascagni
  • Luigi Marano
  • Andre Teixeira
  • Alexander Ramirez
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break & Visit to Stands
12:00 – 12:30 Honorary Lecture
Speaker: Juan Santiago Azagra
Moderator: Beniamino Pascotto
12:30 – 13:30 Expanding Indications of Robotic Surgery
Chair: Fabrizio Panaro
Moderators: Hugo Marquez Pinto, Esteban Cugat, Abhirami Babu
Speakers:
  • Ruben Ciria
  • Hugo Marquez Pinto
  • Yogesh Vashist
  • Marco Raffaelli
13:30 – 14:00 Honorary Member Surprise Induction & Award
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch Symposium
15:00 – 16:00 Controversies in MBS
Chair: Raquel Sanchez
Moderators: Matias Sosa, Mario Musella, Alexander Ayzengart
Speakers:
  • Omar Gaytan
  • Chetan Parmar
  • Paolo Gentileschi
  • Ala Wafa
16:00 – 17:00 MIS Journal Extraordinary Video Championship
Chair: Juan Santiago Azagra
Moderators: Beniamino Pascotto, Adel Abu-Mrad, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
Speakers: Video Abstract Winners
17:00 – 17:30 Awards and Closing Remarks
Speakers: Beniamino Pascotto, Adel Abu-Mrad, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
Room A
08:30 – 09:30 Best Abstracts and Future Manuscripts
Chair: Yogesh Vashist
Moderators: Alejandro Rossano Garcia, Omar Rivera, Michail Koutentakis
Speakers: Video Abstract Winners
09:30 – 10:30 Robotics & Endoscopy, Single Port and Beyond
Chair: Bhavneet Singh Bhalla
Moderators: Thibaut Coste, Pietro Riva, Sonja Chiappetta
Speakers:
  • Stefano Olmi
  • Mahir Ozmen
  • Sharique Nazir
  • Ivo Boskoski
10:30 – 11:30 MBS Session
Chair: Christian Omar Ramírez Serrano Torres
Moderators: Antonio Braun, Ugo Bardi, Donald Van den Fraenen
Speakers:
  • Frederiek Nuytens
  • Frederik Lecot
  • Vincenzo Simonelli
  • Nicolas Reibel
11:30 – 12:30 Break / Lecture in Auditorium
12:30 – 13:30 Let Us Debate: Open versus Immersive Robotic Console
Chair: Edmundo Inga Zapata
Moderators: Adolfo Perez Bonet, Jordi Tarascó, Alexander Ayzengart
Speakers:
  • Carlos Ferrigni
  • Alexander Ayzengart
  • Marco Raffaelli
  • Salvatore Tolone
13:30 – 14:00 Honorary Member Induction
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch Symposium
15:00 – 16:00 MBS
Chair: Vikas Jain
Moderators: Yurong Jiao, Seiichi Kitahama, Omar Rivera
Speakers:
  • Nick De Wever
  • Claudio Lazzara
  • Antonio Vitiello
  • Claire Louis Blanchard
16:00 – 17:00 Best Videos: The Resident Chronicles
Chair: Luis Osvaldo Suárez Carreón
Moderators: Elena Ruiz Ucar, Aman Goyal, Adolfo Pérez Bonet
Speakers: Video Abstract Winners
17:00 – 17:30 Awards in Auditorium
Room B
08:30 – 09:30 TROGSS Robotic Surgery Accreditation
Chair: Rodolfo J. Oviedo
Moderators: Antonio Albuquerque, Vikas Jain, Hubert Cyril Lourdes
Speakers:
  • Abhirami Babu
  • Omar Gaytan
  • Elena Ruiz Ucar
  • Wah Yang
09:30 – 10:30 The TROGSS CARS Curriculum, Metrics & Mentorship
Chair: Adolfo Pérez Bonet
Moderators: Aman Goyal, Abhirami Babu, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
Speakers:
  • Miljana Vladimirov
  • Seiichi Kitahama
  • Yurong Jiao
  • Luis Suarez Carreon
10:30 – 11:30 The TROGSS ITP: Annual Update
Chair: Seiichi Kitahama
Moderators: Andres Ayala, Omar Rivera, Vikas Jain
Speakers:
  • Beniamino Pascotto
  • Adel Abou-Mrad
  • Rodolfo J. Oviedo
  • Adolfo Perez Bonet
11:30 – 12:30 Break / Lecture in Auditorium
12:30 – 13:30 One Global Family Business Meeting
Chair: Adebusola Owokole
Moderators: Giovanni Fantola, Luca Gordini, Antonio Albuquerque
Speakers:
  • Arif Ahmad
  • Mario Rui Goncalves
  • Aman Goyal
  • Rodolfo J. Oviedo
13:30 – 14:00 Honorary Membership Nomination
14:00 – 15:00 Lunch Symposium
15:00 – 16:00 VisionMed Award: Best AI Abstracts & Videos
Chair: Luigi Marano
Moderators: Francesco Prete, Riccardo Memeo, Yogesh Vashist
Speakers: Video Abstract Winners
16:00 – 17:00 Robotic Surgical Education & Simulation
Chair: José Maria Balibrea
Moderators: Miljana Vladimirov, Chetan Parmar, Mahir Ozmen
Speakers:
  • Rodolfo J. Oviedo
  • Seiichi Kitahama
  • Jordi Tarasco
  • Beniamino Pascotto
17:00 – 17:30 Awards in Auditorium

Please note the preliminary program in continuous development

Programma TROGSS Completo

Robotic Hand On Course (24 spots)
Chair: Miljana Vladimirov | Co-Chair: Jordi Tarascó
09:00 – 09:15Centre Hospitallier de Luxembourg (CHL) Welcome 09:15 – 09:30TROGSS Welcome
09:30 – 11:30 HANDS ON – Group 1 – 2
11:30 – 13:30 HANDS ON – Group 3 – 4
13:30 – 14:30 LUNCH
14:30 – 16:30 HANDS ON – Group 5 – 6
16:30 – 18:30 HANDS ON – Group 7 – 8
Before and after each hands on session attendees can go to auditorium to join the live surgery course.
Robotic Surgery for Beginners, Practicing Surgeons, and Experts
Chair: Alexander Ayzengart | Co-Chair: Antonio Albuquerque
09:00 – 09:15Centre Hospitallier de Luxembourg ( CHL) Welcome
Speaker: Martine Goergen
09:15 – 09:30TROGSS Welcome
Speakers: Beniamino Pascotto, Adel Abou-Mrad, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
09:30 – 11:30 Live Robotic Surgery: Robotic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Surgeon: Beniamino Pascotto
Moderators: Matias Sosa, Rodolfo J Oviedo, Abhirami Babu
11:30 – 12:00 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
12:00 – 13:00 How to Train as a Robotic Surgeon
Moderators: Edmundo Inga Zapata, Alexander Ayzengart, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
Speakers:
  • Adolfo Perez Bonet
  • Omar Gaytan
  • Andres Ayala
  • Lourdes Hubert Cyril
13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH Symposium
14:00 – 16:00 Live Robotic Surgery: Robotic Hiatal Hernia Repair and Fundoplication
Surgeon: Beniamino Pascotto
Moderators: Pablo Castellaro, Adel Abou-Mrad, Ala Wafa
16:00 – 16:30 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
16:30 – 18:00 How to Start and Maintain a Successful Robotic Program
Moderators: Elena Ruiz Ucar, Daniel Gero, Adel Abu-Mrad
Speakers:
  • Vikas Jain
  • Frederiek Nuytens
  • Enrique Fernando Elli
  • Omar Rivera
Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy
Chair: Silvana Perretta | Co-Chair: Christine Stier
13:00 – 15:30 Hands-On: Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (ESG)
Faculty: Pietro Riva, Thibaut Coste, Sonja Chiappetta, Maria Vannucci
15:30 – 16:00 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
16:00 – 17:00 Hands-On: Endoscopic Stenting, Pigtail Catheters, Dilation
Faculty: Pietro Riva, Thibaut Coste, Sonja Chiappetta, Maria Vannucci
17:00 – 18:00 Presentations
Moderators: Luis Suarez Carreon, Yurong Jiao, Bhavneet Singh Bhalla
Speakers:
  • Silvana Perretta
  • Pietro Riva
  • Alexander Ramirez
  • Maria Vannucci
Auditorium
09:00 CHL & TROGSS Welcome
Speakers: Martine Goergen, Beniamino Pascotto, Adel Abou-Mrad, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
09:30 – 11:30 Upper GI & Thoracic
Chair: Peter Grimminger
Moderators: Simone Giacopuzzi, Giusto Pignata, Sharona Ross
Speakers:
  • Sharona Ross
  • Peter Grimminger
  • Simone Giacopuzzi
  • Delia Cortés Guiral
  • Giusto Pignata
  • Maria Bencivenga
  • Beniamino Pascotto
  • Luigi Marano
11:30 – 12:00 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
12:00 – 12:30 Honorary Lecture: Where is TROGSS Going? By Our President & Founder, Dr. Adel Abou-Mrad
Speaker: Adel Abou-Mrad
Moderator: Rodolfo J. Oviedo
12:30 – 13:30 Metabolic & Bariatric Evolution in MBS
Chair: André Teixeira
Moderators: Marie Cecile Blanchet, Enrique Fernando Elli, Bojan Jovanovic
Speakers:
  • David Nocca
  • Robert Caiazzo
  • Pierre Blanc
  • Adel Abou-Mrad
13:30 – 15:00 LUNCH Symposium
15:00 – 16:00 Magnetic Surgery
Chair: Michel Gagner
Moderators: Manoel Galvao-Neto, Stefano Olmi, Ivo Boskoski
Speakers:
  • Michel Gagner
  • Manoel Galvao-Neto
  • Sonja Chiappetta
16:00 – 17:00 Robotics in Lower GI
Chair: Quentin Denost
Moderators: Laila Rashidi, Deena Harji, Daniel Leonard
Speakers:
  • Deena Harji
  • Quentin Denost
  • Francesco Stanzione
  • Laila Rashidi
17:00 – 17:30 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
17:30 – 18:30 Robotic HBP
Chair: Abou-Abbass
Moderators: Riccardo Memeo, Ruben Ciria, Valerio Lucidi
Speakers:
  • Valerio Lucidi
  • Jose Manuel Ramia
  • Juan Santiago Azagra
  • Ahmad Abou Abbass
Room A
09:30 – 10:30 Best videos: HBP
Chair: Vito de Blasi
Moderators: Alessia Fassari, Mohammed Ghallab, Bert Van den Bossche
Speakers:
  • Sergio Estevez
  • Fabrizio Panaro
  • Mario Serradilla
  • Stylianos Tzedakis
10:30 – 11:30 Best Videos: Colorectal Lower GI
Chairs: Deena Harji
Moderators: Xishan Wang, Yurong Jiao, Silviu-Tiberiu Makkai-Popa
Speakers:
  • Federico Maria Mongardini
  • Luca Ferraro
  • Francesco Prete
  • Giampaolo Formisano
11:30 – 12:00 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
12:00 – 12:30 Honorary Lecture in the Auditorium
12:30 – 13:30 Young Surgeons & Robotic Surgery: A Perfect Match
Chair: Moritz Felsenreich
Moderators: Eider Talavera Urquijo, Daniel Gero, Benjamin Cadiere
Speakers:
  • Sonja Chiappetta
  • Giampaolo Formisano
  • Mario Rui Goncalves
  • Fernando Pardo
13:30 – 15:00 LUNCH Symposium
15:00 – 16:00 Robotic Surgery & Obesity: A Path to Global Research Collaboration
Chairs: Safwan Taha
Moderators: Sjaak Pouwels, Adebusola Owokole, Panagiotis Lainas
Speakers:
  • Wah Yang
  • Haris Khwaja
  • Adebusola Owokole
  • Abhirami Babu & Aman Goyal
16:00 – 17:00 Best Videos: Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy
Chair: Christine Stier
Moderators: Silvana Perretta, Sonja Chiappetta, Thibaut Coste
Speakers: Video Abstract Winners
17:00 – 17:30 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
17:30 – 18:30 Best Videos: Endocrine Surgery
Chair: Marco Raffaelli
Moderators: Debora Acin, Hubert Cyril Lourdes Rozario, Seiichi Kitahama
Speakers: Video Abstract Winners
Room B
09:30 – 10:30 Best Videos: Metabolic & Bariatric
Chairs: Marco Raffaelli
Moderators: Jordi Tarascò, Giovanni Fantola, Pierre Blanc
Speakers: Video Abstract Winners
10:30 – 11:30 Best Videos: Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
Chairs: Mário Rui Gonçalves
Moderators: Giampaolo Formisano, Aman Goyal, Luca Gordini
Speakers: Video Abstract Winners
11:30 – 12:00 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
12:00 – 12:30 Honorary Lecture in the Auditorium
12:30 – 13:30 Best Videos: Upper GI
Chair: Luigi Marano
Moderators: Alexander Ramirez, Michail Koutentakis, Francesco Prete
Speakers: Video Abstract Winners
13:30 – 15:00 LUNCH Symposium
15:00 – 16:00 Best Videos: Lower GI
Chair: Laila Rashidi
Moderator: Federico Maria Mongardini, Luca Ferraro, Aman Goyal
Speakers: Video Abstract Winners
16:00 – 17:00 Best Videos: HBP
Chairs: Yogesh Vashist
Moderators: Fernando Pardo, Mario Serradilla, Stylianos Tzedakis
Speakers: Video Abstract Winners
17:00 – 17:30 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
17:30 – 18:30 Out of the Ordinary
Chairs: Arif Ahmad
Moderators: Andres Ayala, Adriana Torcivia, Omar Rivera
Speakers:
  • Raquel Sanchez
  • Haris Khwaja
  • Omar Ramirez Serrano
  • José Maria Balibrea
Auditorium
08:30 – 09:30 Controversies in Minimally Invasive Surgery in Upper GI
Chair: Sharona Ross
Moderators: Maria Bencivenga, Damien Bouriez, Alexander Ayzengart
Speakers:
  • Chetan Parmar
  • Salomone di Saverio
  • Miguel Toledano
  • Arnaud Lemmers
09:30 – 10:30 Evolution of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Colorectal Surgery
Chair: Francesco Corcione
Moderators: Francesco Stanzione, Daniel Leonard, Omar Gaytan
Speakers:
  • Francesco Corcione
  • Daniel Leonard
  • Deena Harji
  • Xishan Wang
10:30 – 11:30 Robotics & AI: The Present, Not the Future
Chair: Pietro Mascagni
Moderators: Francesco Prete, Alejandro Rossano Garcia, Alexander Ramirez
Speakers:
  • Pietro Mascagni
  • Luigi Marano
  • Andre Teixeira
  • Alexander Ramirez
11:30 – 12:00 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
12:00 – 12:30 Honorary Lecture
Speaker: Juan Santiago Azagra
Moderator: Beniamino Pascotto
12:30 – 13:30 Expanding Indications of Robotic Surgery
Chair: Fabrizio Panaro
Moderators: Hugo Marquez Pinto, Esteban Cugat, Abhirami Babu
Speakers:
  • Ruben Ciria
  • Hugo Marquez Pinto
  • Yogesh Vashist
  • Marco Raffaelli
13:30 - 14:00 Honorary Member Surprise Induction and Distinguished Surgeon Award
14:00 – 15:00 LUNCH Symposium
15:00 – 16:00 Controversies in MBS
Chairs: Raquel Sanchez
Moderators: Matias Sosa, Mario Musella, Alexander Ayzengart
Speakers:
  • Omar Gaytan
  • Chetan Parmar
  • Paolo Gentileschi
  • Ala Wafa
16:00 – 17:00 MIS Journal Extraordinary Video Championship
Chair: Juan Santiago Azagra
Moderators: Beniamino Pascotto, Adel Abu-Mrad, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
Speakers: Video Abstract Winners
17:00 – 17:30 Awards and Closing Remarks
Beniamino Pascotto, Adel Abu-Mrad, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
Room A
08:30 – 09:30 Best Abstracts and Future Manuscripts - Scientific Plenary Session
Chairs: Yogesh Vashist
Moderators: Alejandro Rossano Garcia, Omar Rivera, Michail Koutentakis
Speakers: Video Abstract Winners
09:30 – 10:30 Robotics & Endoscopy, Single Port and Beyond
Chair: Bhavneet Singh Bhalla
Moderators: Thibaut Coste, Pietro Riva, Sonja Chiappetta
Speakers:
  • Stefano Olmi
  • Mahir Ozmen
  • Sharique Nazir
  • Ivo Boskoski
10:30 – 11:30 MBS Session
Chair: Christian Omar Ramírez Serrano Torres
Moderators: Antonio Braun, Ugo Bardi, Donald Van den Fraenen
Speakers:
  • Frederiek Nuytens
  • Frederik Lecot
  • Vincenzo Simonelli
  • Nicolas Reibel
11:30 – 12:00 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
12:00 – 12:30 Honorary Lecture in the Auditorium
12:30 – 13:30 Let Us Debate: Open versus Immersive Robotic Console
Chair: Edmundo Inga Zapata
Moderators: Adolfo Perez Bonet, Jordi Tarascó, Alexander Ayzengart
Debaters:
  • Carlos Ferrigni
  • Alexander Ayzengart
  • Marco Raffaelli
  • Salvatore Tolone
13:30 - 14:00 Honorary Member Induction
14:00 – 15:00 LUNCH Symposium
15:00 – 16:00 MBS
Chair: Vikas Jain
Moderators: Yurong Jiao, Seiichi Kitahama, Omar Rivera
Speakers:
  • Nick De Wever
  • Claudio Lazzara
  • Antonio Vitiello
  • Claire Louis Blanchard
16:00 – 17:00 Best Videos: The Resident Chronicles
Chair: Luis Osvaldo Suárez Carreón
Moderators: Elena Ruiz Ucar, Aman Goyal, Adolfo Pérez Bonet
Speakers: Video Abstract Winners
17:00 – 17:30 Awards and Closing Remarks in the Auditorium
Beniamino Pascotto, Adel Abu-Mrad, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
Room B
08:30 – 09:30 TROGSS Robotic Surgery Accreditation: for Our Patients, by Our Surgeons
Chairs: Rodolfo J. Oviedo
Moderators: Antonio Albuquerque, Vikas Jain, Hubert Cyril Lourdes
Speakers:
  • Abhirami Babu
  • Omar Gaytan
  • Elena Ruiz Ucar
  • Wah Yang
09:30 – 10:30 The TROGSS CARS Curriculum, Metrics & Mentorship in Robotic Surgery
Chairs: Adolfo Pérez Bonet
Moderators: Aman Goyal, Abhirami Babu, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
Speakers:
  • Miljana Vladimirov
  • Seiichi Kitahama
  • Yurong Jiao
  • Luis Suarez Carreon
10:30 – 11:30 The TROGSS ITP: Annual Update from Our Program Directors
Chairs: Seiichi Kitahama
Moderators: Andres Ayala, Omar Rivera, Vikas Jain
Speakers:
  • Beniamino Pascotto
  • Adel Abou-Mrad
  • Rodolfo J. Oviedo
  • Adolfo Perez Bonet
11:30 – 12:00 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
12:00 – 12:30 Honorary Lecture in the Auditorium
12:30 – 13:30 One Global Family Business Meeting: Updates from Our CEO, Executive Council, and Ambassadors’ Club
Chairs: Adebusola Owokole
Moderators: Giovanni Fantola, Luca Gordini, Antonio Albuquerque
Speakers:
  • Arif Ahmad
  • Mario Rui Goncalves
  • Aman Goyal
  • Rodolfo J. Oviedo
13:30 - 14:00 Honorary Membership Nomination
14:00 – 15:00 LUNCH Symposium
15:00 – 16:00 VisionMed Award: Best AI Abstracts & Videos
Chair: Luigi Marano
Moderators: Francesco Prete, Riccardo Memeo, Yogesh Vashist
Speakers: Video Abstract Winners
16:00 – 17:00 Robotic Surgical Education & Simulation
Chair: José Maria Balibrea
Moderator: Miljana Vladimirov, Chetan Parmar, Mahir Ozmen
Speakers:
  • Rodolfo J. Oviedo
  • Seiichi Kitahama
  • Jordi Tarasco
  • Beniamino Pascotto
17:00 – 17:30 Awards and Closing Remarks in the Auditorium
Beniamino Pascotto, Adel Abu-Mrad, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
Congress Program

Congress Program

Robotic Hands-On Course (24 spots)
Chair: Miljana Vladimirov | Co-Chair: Jordi Tarascó
09:00 – 09:15CHL Welcome 09:15 – 09:30TROGSS Welcome
09:30 – 11:30Hands-On – Group 1 – 2
11:30 – 13:30Hands-On – Group 3 – 4
13:30 – 14:30 LUNCH
14:30 – 16:30Hands-On – Group 5 – 6
16:30 – 18:30Hands-On – Group 7 – 8
Before and after each hands-on session attendees can go to auditorium to join the live surgery course.
19:30 Welcome Cocktail - Cercle Cité
Robotic Surgery for Beginners, Practicing Surgeons, and Experts (50 spots)
Chair: Arif Ahmad | Co-Chair: Antonio Albuquerque
09:00 – 09:15CHL Welcome
Speaker: Martine Goergen
09:15 – 09:30TROGSS Welcome
Speakers: Beniamino Pascotto, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
09:30 – 11:30 Live Robotic Surgery: Robotic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Surgeon: Juan Santiago Azagra
Moderators: Matias Sosa, Rodolfo J Oviedo, Vincenzo Simonelli
11:30 – 12:00 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
12:00 – 13:00 How to Train as a Robotic Surgeon
Moderators: Rodolfo J. Oviedo, Maria Victoria Benitez
  • Adolfo Perez Bonet: Robotic Surgery Platforms: Past, Present, and Future
  • Andres Ayala: How to train as a Robotic Surgeon in the Americas, the options surgeons have, the path I’ve made and the one I’m making towards the future
  • Hubert Cyril Lourdes: Transition into robotic surgery & training with TROGSS
  • Christian Omar Ramirez: Robotic Surgery Training in Residency and Fellowship
13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 – 16:00 Live Robotic Surgery: Robotic Fundoplication
Surgeon: Beniamino Pascotto
Moderators: Pablo Castellaro, Ala Wafa
16:00 – 16:30 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
16:30 – 18:00 How to Start and Maintain a Successful Robotic Program
Moderators: Elena Ruiz Ucar, Daniel Gero
  • Vikas Jain: Robotic Surgery Training for the OR Team
  • Frederiek Nuytens: Robotic Surgery Cost Efficiency
  • Enrique Fernando Elli: Starting from the basis in robotic surgery
  • Omar Rivera: Accreditation for the Surgeon, the Team, and the Hospital
    • 19:30 Welcome Cocktail - Cercle Cité
Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy (15 spots - 5 stations, 3 persons per stations)
Chair: Christine Stier | Co-Chair: Pietro Riva
13:00 – 14:00Presentations Hands-On: Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty (ESG) 14:00 – 15:00Hands-On OverStitch
15:00 – 15:30 COFFEE BREAK
15:30 – 16:30Hands-On: TORE 16:30 – 18:30Hands-On: ESG
Faculty: Christine Stier, Pietro Riva, Thibaut Coste, Maria Vannucci, Luis Suarez Carreon, Alexandre Henrard
19:30 Welcome Cocktail - Cercle Cité
Auditorium
09:00 CHL & TROGSS Welcome
Speakers: Martine Goergen, Beniamino Pascotto, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
09:30 – 11:30 Upper GI
Chair: Delia Cortés Guiral
Moderators: Simone Giacopuzzi, Giusto Pignata, Sharona Ross
  • Sharona Ross: Robotic Trans-Hiatal Esophagectomy
  • Simone Giacopuzzi: Adopting a Minimally Invasive approach to Esophageal Cancer: The Role of Robotic Surgery
  • Juan Santiago Azagra: Minimally invasive approach of peritoneal surface malignancies
  • Giusto Pignata: Robotic Esophagojejunostomy in Gastric Surgery: Role and Advantages of the Robotic Platform
  • Maria Bencivenga: New Robotic and Platforms and AI guidance for Oncological Gastrectomy
  • Graziano Pernazza: Robotic Hand-Sewn versus Mechanic esophagojejunostomy
  • Mahir Ozmen: Robotic D2 Lymhadenectomy for gastric cancer: precision, safety and oncological outcome
11:30 – 12:00 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
12:00 – 12:30 Honorary Lecture: Where is TROGSS Going?
By Our President & Founder: Dr. Adel Abou-Mrad
Moderator: Rodolfo J. Oviedo
12:30 – 13:30 Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Chair: Carlos Vaz
Moderators: Marie Cecile Blanchet, Enrique Fernando Elli, Bojan Jovanovic
  • Arif Ahmad: Lessons learned from 5000 Robotic Bariatric surgery cases
  • Paolo Gentileschi: Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty for Obesity: impact in the clinical setting of a high-volume bariatric center
  • Ricardo Zorron: Transit Bipartition as a solution for complex problems
  • Salaam Sadi: Artificial Intelligence and Robotic Metabolic Surgery: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Road Ahead
13:30 – 15:00 LUNCH
15:00 – 16:00 Innovation: Robotics and Magnets game changers
Chair: Michel Gagner
Moderators: Sharique Nazir, Ricardo Zorron, Salaam Sadi
  • Michel Gagner: Progress in Linear Magnetic Anastomosis: MagDI, MagGI, MagJI and more
  • Sonja Chiappetta: Italian experience of Magnetic single-anastomosis side-to-side duodeno-ileostomy (MagDI)
  • Christian Omar Ramirez: Beyond the Device: Surgical Judgment in the Era of Magnetic Anastomosis
  • Adel Abou-Mrad: Robotics Transit Bipartition: The Orleans' way
16:00 – 17:00 Robotics in Lower GI
Chair: Daniel Leonard
Moderators: Deena Harji, Mahir Ozmen
  • Deena Harji: Multidisciplinary robotic operating - maximising recovery
  • Vikas Jain: Role of Robotics in Surgical Oncology
  • Mahir Ozmen:What to do in Colorectal Cancer patient with obesity: place for robotic surgery
  • Marco Visconti: Full robotic sigmoidectomy and hysterectomy with natural orifice specimen extraction (NOSE)
17:00 – 17:30 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
17:30 – 18:30 Robotic HPB
Chair: Ahmad Abou-Abbass
Moderators: Baltasar Pérez Saborido, Valerio Lucidi, Mario Serradilla
  • Valerio Lucidi: Cost-analysis of initial experience of robotic hepatectomy compared to laparoscopic approach
  • Jose Manuel Ramia: SPAROBOPAN. Spanish prospective registry of pancreatic robotic surgery
  • Juan Santiago Azagra: Robotic Anthology in HPB surgery
  • Ahmad Abou Abbass: Uncinate lift technique in robotic Whipple
    • 20:00 Social Dinner - Um Plateau
Room A
09:30 – 10:30 HPB
Chair: Vito de Blasi
Moderators: Paolucci Maité, Bert Van den Bossche, Stylianos Tzedakis
  • Fabrizio Panaro: Robotic repair of the bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy
  • Mario Serradilla: Extended resections in pancreatic surgery
  • Stylianos Tzedakis: Minimally-Invasive approach for Cholangiocarcinoma
  • Vito de Blasi: Robotic approach for remnant cholecystectomy
10:30 – 11:30 Lower GI
Chairs: Deena Harji
Moderators: Francesco Prete, Silviu-Tiberiu Makkai-Popa
  • Federico Maria Mongardini: Lateral pelvic lymph node metastases in rectal cancer: evolution of surgical treatment between the current evidence
  • Francesco Prete: Endoscopic versus Robotic TAMIS
  • Giampaolo Formisano: Robotic right colectomy with complete mesocolic excision: bottom-up approach
  • Cesar Santiago: Low Anterior Resection, from Platform Adoption to Measurable Performance; is Coaching the Answer?
11:30 – 12:00 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
12:00 – 12:30 Honorary Lecture in the Auditorium
12:30 – 13:30 Young Surgeons & Robotic Surgery: A Perfect Match
Chair: Benjamin Cadiere
Moderators: Eider Talavera Urquijo, Javier Martinez Caballero, Giampaolo Formisano
  • Benjamin Cadiere: The intelligent surgical robot of the 22nd century
  • Giampaolo Formisano: How to Start Robotic Colorectal practice
  • Giampaolo Formisano: How to Start Robotic Abdominal Wall surgery
  • Fernando Pardo: How to Start Robotic HPB surgery
13:30 – 15:00 LUNCH
15:00 – 16:00 Robotic Surgery & Obesity: A Path to Global Research Collaboration
Chairs: Safwan Taha
Moderators: Sjaak Pouwels, Adebusola Owokole, Panagiotis Lainas
  • Haris Khwaja: Leadership in Surgical Education & Beyond
  • Adebusola Owokole: Ethics, Governance and TORG-IRB: Supporting Global Surgical Research Collaboration
  • Abhirami Babu: Artificial Intelligence, Data Sharing and Innovation in Robotic Obesity Research
  • Aman Goyal: Training the Next Generation: Education and Capacity Building in Robotic Bariatric Surgery
16:00 – 17:00 Endoscopic management of surgical complications
Chair: Christine Stier
Moderators: Sonja Chiappetta, Thibaut Coste, Pietro Riva
  • Rodolfo J. Oviedo: Therapeutic Endoscopy: a surgeon’s speciality and mandate
  • Pietro Riva: Endoscopic management of weight regain after RYGB
  • Ricardo Zorron: Solving Nightmares in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
  • Thibaut Coste: Endoscopic management of dumping syndrome
17:00 – 17:30 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
17:30 – 18:30 Video-Session 1
Chair: Salvatore Tolone
Moderators: Debora Acin, Hubert Cyril Lourdes, Seiichi Kitahama
  • Robotic Adrenalectomy for a right mixed corticomedullary Tumor (MCMT) – Carlo Pizzolon, Nicholas Zucchini, Michail Koutentakis, Adolfo Perez-Bonet, Rodolfo J.Oviedo
  • Bulletproof robotic closure of internal hernia spaces in a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass – Arif Ahmad, Zoha Ahmad, Ashish Agarwala
  • Neurofunctional Convergence Following Bariatric Surgery: A Coordinate-Based Meta-Analysis of Functional and Structural Brain Changes – Abhirami Babu, Jonathan Towne
  • SADI-S: Review of the Evidence on Single vs Double Layer Hand-Sewn Anastomosis: in the Context of a Surgical Case Report – María Victoria Benítez Pérez, Nicolas Zucchini, Grethel Juniette Barrera Pineda, Adolfo Pérez Bonet, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
  • Outcomes of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Populations with Obesity and Their Risk of Developing Colorectal Cancer: Where Do We Stand? An Umbrella Review on Behalf of TROGSS—The Robotic Global Surgical Society – Aman Goyal, Christian Macias, Michail Koutentakis, Nicolas Zucchini, Adolfo Perez Bonet, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
    • 20:00 Social Dinner - Um Plateau
Room B
09:30 – 10:30 Non Digestive Robotic Surgery
Chairs: David Albala
Moderators: Nathan Wirtzfeld, Maria Victoria Benitez
  • Nathan Wirtzfeld: A Glimpse into Urological Surgery
  • José Luis Oviedo Choy: Robotic gynecological surgery: the latest advances and indications
  • Abhirami Babu, Sudhir Srivastava, Avinesh Singh, Naveen Ajay, Suraj Dwivedi: Feasibility of Robotic Cardiac Telesurgery Using an Indigenously Developed Platform: Communication Performance and Early Clinical Experience
  • Miguel Cáceres: Oncological approach in robotic gynecologic surgery
10:30 – 11:30 Video-Session 2
Chairs: Salaam Sadi
Moderators: Aman Goyal, Luca Gordini
  • TAPP Hernia Repair with Intracorporeal knots to fix the mesh. “Our Technic” – Adolfo Perez Bonet, Jesus Enmanuel Escalante, Natalia Pasu, Mauro Ferreira, Laura Manuela Hermosa, Miguel Arias Sepulveda, Michail Koutentakis, Christian Macias, Abhirami Babu, Aman Goyal, Nicolas Zucchini
  • Robotics in an Emergency Setting: Robotic Incarcerated Inguinal Hernia Repair – Harshini Veena Suresh, Nicolas Zucchini, Adolfo Perez Bonet, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
  • Robotic retromuscular repair of recurrent parastomal hernia in a Bricker ileal conduit: a standardized da Vinci approach – Yari Aguilera Molina, Pietro Giordano, Nestor Taboada Mostajo, Ricardo Ortega Garcia, Esteban Peralta Demichelis, Pablo Meneu Moreno, Juan Carlos Meneu Diaz
  • Laparoscopic Collis–Nissen Gastroplasty for Type IV Hiatal Hernia with Organoaxial Volvulus: Standardized Approach to Complex Repair – Paula Escobedo Escribá, Alba Gomez Barrena, Martin Trigueros Vazquez, Claudia Santamaria Garcia, Javier Martínez Caballero, Cristina Alegre Torrado, Diego Hernandez García-Gallardo, Elias Rodriguez Cuéllar
  • Interventions to Improve Quality of Life After Oesophageal Cancer Treatment: A Scoping Review – Sefat Peda, Mohamed Sameen Anodiyil, Husnaa Fesal, Kael Shah, Tanvir Hossain
11:30 – 12:00 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
12:00 – 12:30 Honorary Lecture in the Auditorium
12:30 – 13:30 Video-Session 3
Chair: Luigi Marano
Moderators: Aman Goyal, Michail Koutentakis
  • Sequential laparoscopic and endovascular management of Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome: a standardized hybrid approach – Yari Aguilera Molina, Pietro Giordano, Nestor Taboada Mostajo, Ricardo Ortega Garcia, Esteban Peralta Demichelis, Pablo Meneu Moreno, Juan Carlos Meneu Diaz
  • Minimally invasive transhiatal esophagectomy with transcervical mediastinoscopy for peptic stricture – Javier Martínez Caballero, Elías Rodriguez Cuéllar, Cristina Alegre Torrado, Claudia Santamaría García, Paula Escobedo, María Pérez
  • Robotic Surgical Repair for Type IV Hiatal Hernia and Malnutrition in High-Risk Severely Frail Patient – Grant Barber, Nicolas Zucchini, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
  • Paraesophageal hiatal hernia repair and fundoplication – Arif Ahmad, Landry Umbu, Zoha Ahmad, Ashish Agarwala
  • Robotic Hand-Sewn Barbed Anastomosis After Total and Near-Total Gastrectomy: Standardized Azagra's Technique – Marco Visconti, Beniamino Pascotto, Juan Santiago Azagra
13:30 – 15:00 LUNCH
15:00 – 16:00 Video-Session 4
Chair: Cesar Santiago
Moderators: Federico Maria Mongardini, Aman Goyal
  • Robotic pelvic retroperitoneal mass excision – Sami Alasari
  • Robotic vs Transabdominal Where Robotics Matters: Precision Surgery in Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology – Dovilė Kielaitė, Parivakkam S Arunakumari
  • Robotic Low Anterior Resection Using the TTSS Technique for Mid-Low Rectal Cancer – María Pérez Rodríguez, Alfredo Vivas Lopez, Víctor López Palacín, Irene Fernández Sevillano, Paula Escobedo Escribá, Julia Rodrigues Monteiro, Javier Martínez Caballero, Eduardo Ferrero Herrero
  • Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Colon T4b: Laparoscopic Resection in a Single Operative Session – Irene Fernandez-Sevillano, Óscar García Villar, María Pérez Rodríguez, Julia Rodrigues Monteiro, Luis Emilio Stolz Larrieu, Sofia Lorenzo Mañas, Javier Martinez Caballero, Alfredo Vivas López, Francisco Javier García Borda, Eduardo Ferrero Herrero
  • Case report of inguinal lymph node metastases of anal squamous cell carcinoma after R0 robotic Miles abdominoperineal resection and negative bilateral lymphadenectomy – Darina-Leila Vassileva, Vishwathika Malar Rajesh, Manol Sokolov
16:00 – 17:00 Video-Session 5
Chairs: Yogesh Vashist
Moderators: Fernando Pardo, Mario Serradilla, Maité Paolucci
  • Robotic management of spleen bleeding during spleno-pancreatectomy - Ayse Bozok, Valerio Lucidi
  • Robotic Kimura operation for main duct Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm – Ismael Maoujoud, Alice Yernault, Valerio Lucidi
  • Emergency Robotic Common Bile Duct Exploration for Complex Choledocholithiasis in Pregnancy: A Video Case Report – Javed Latif, Imran Bhatti, Altaf Awan
  • Subtotal cholecystectomy as a strategy in complicated cholecystitis: a case report – María Victoria Benítez Pérez, Nicolas Zucchini, Prishita Banerji, Adolfo Pérez Bonet, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
  • Robotic Colostomy Reversal: Adhesiolysis, Stump/Limb Mobilization and Intracorporeal Anastomosis – Chiranth Punganur, Nicolas Zucchini, Adolfo Perez Bonet, Dr. Rodolfo J. Oviedo
17:00 – 17:30 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
17:30 – 18:30 Out of the Ordinary
Chairs: Arif Ahmad
Moderators: Andres Ayala, Adriana Torcivia, Omar Rivera
  • Raquel Sanchez: The Green Operating Room: the next frontier in robotic surgery
  • Haris Khwaja: AI Assistance for Feedback and Decision-Making in the OR
  • Christian Omar Ramirez: Breaking paradigms: robotic transit bipartition as the new standard of precision
  • Albert Caballero: How to build a robotic emergency surgery program
    • 20:00 Social Dinner - Um Plateau
Auditorium
08:30 – 09:30 Controversies in Minimally Invasive Surgery in Upper GI
Chair: Sharona Ross
Moderators: Damien Bouriez, Elias Rodriguez Cuellar, Beniamino Pascotto
  • Salomone di Saverio: Management of anastomotic Complications in UPPER GI cancer surgery: strategies for Prevention and early management to avoid Failure to Rescue
  • Arnaud Lemmers: Upper GI surgery leaks and fistula: stent, drain, aspirate or suture
  • Beniamino Pascotto: How to reduce Anastomosis-related complications after Total and Near-Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer
  • Luigi Marano: Beyond robotics: Integrating advanced imaging and 3D technologies in Upper Gastrointestinal surgery
09:30 – 10:30 Evolution of Minimally Invasive Surgery in Colorectal Surgery
Chair: Francesco Corcione
Moderators: Daniel Leonard, Omar Gaytan, Clemente Nappi
  • Francesco Corcione: Laparoscopy in colorectal surgery, from the beginning until the robotic era
  • Daniel Leonard: Transition from laparoscopy to robotic in colorectal surgery
  • Deena Harji: Robotic TME
  • Cesar Santiago: Anatomy, Judgement, and Outcomes. A clinical foundation for modern Robotic Colorectal care
10:30 – 11:30 Robotics & AI: The Present, Not the Future
Chair: Pietro Mascagni
Moderators: Alejandro Rossano Garcia, Federico Gheza
  • Pietro Mascagni: AI-powered surgical quality assurance
  • Luigi Marano: AI Evaluation of Surgical Proficiency: Taking Advantage of Existing Tools
  • Federico Gheza: AI supported coaching to our concept of paideia, a digital mentor for training
  • Pietro Mascagni: AI and Robotics for intraluminal intervention
11:30 – 12:00 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
12:00 – 12:30 Honorary Lecture
Moderator: Beniamino Pascotto
  • Juan Santiago Azagra: Robotic Surgery for the skeptics
12:30 – 13:30 Expanding Indications of Robotic Surgery
Chair: Fabrizio Panaro
Moderators: Mario Serradilla, Abhirami Babu
  • Juan Santiago Azagra: T4-Tumor in 4th duodenum and 1st jejunal loop - Robotic Approach
  • Sharona Ross: Robotic Whipple for pancreatic cancer and the algorithm for safe conversion to open if needed
  • Yogesh Vashist: The Indication Is Not the Organ: Why PICO's "O" Can't See Robotic Surgery's Value
  • Marco Raffaelli: New Frontiers in Robotic Thyroid Surgery
13:30 - 14:00 Honorary Member Surprise Induction and Distinguished Surgeon Award
14:00 – 15:00 LUNCH
15:00 – 16:00 Controversies in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
Chairs: Raquel Sanchez
Moderators: Matias Sosa, Mario Musella, Salaam Sadi
  • Ala Wafa: Gastrojejunal Sleeve with distalization post RYGB; is it effective and safe?
  • Guilherme M. Campos: Surgical Options for the Treatment of GERD and PEH in the Patient with Obesity
  • Marco Raffaelli: Choosing Between an Open and an Immersive Console
  • Sharique Nazir: Obesity: the silent global epidemic fueling cancer and chronic disease
16:00 – 17:00 MIS Journal Extraordinary Video Championship
Chair: Juan Santiago Azagra
Moderators: Beniamino Pascotto, Adel Abu-Mrad, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
  • Robotic Approach to Giant Incarcerated Paraesophageal Hernia – Serena Guarriello, Giusto Pignata
  • Robotic Enucleation of a Giant Retrocardiac Esophageal Leiomyoma: Precision Surgery in a Challenging Anatomical Setting – Víctor López Palacín, Alba Gomez Barrena, Mercedes Bernaldo de Quirós, Paula Escobedo Cristiá, Javier Martinez Caballero, Cristina Alegre Torrado, Diego Hernández García-Gallardo, Elías Rodríguez Cuéllar
  • Partial Esophagectomy using a robotic abdominal approach, VATS (Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery) thoracic approach, and a hand-sewn anastomosis via axillary thoracotomy – Damien Bouriez, Caroline Gronnier
  • Redo Robot-Assisted Toupet’s Fundoplication with Incisional Abdominal Herniorrhaphy: A Complex Case Without ICG – Michail Koutentakis, Gustavo Andrés Ayala Ventura, Christian Macias, Aman Goyal, Nicolas Zucchini, Adolfo Perez-Bonet, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
  • Jacknife’s position for r-TAMIS – Victor López Palacín, Alfredo Vivas López, María Pérez Rodríguez, Paula Escobedo Cristiá, Julia Gutiérrez De Prado, Irene Fernández Sevillano, Claudia Santamaría García, Javier Martínez Caballero, Eduardo Ferrero Herrero
17:00 – 17:30 Awards and Closing Remarks
Beniamino Pascotto, Adel Abu-Mrad, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
Room A
08:30 – 09:30 Best Abstracts and Future Manuscripts - Scientific Plenary Session
Chairs: Yogesh Vashist
Moderators: Alejandro Rossano Garcia, Omar Rivera, Michail Koutentakis
  • Single-Center Propensity-Matched Comparison of Perioperative Events in Robotic Bariatric Surgery and Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery – Arif Ahmad, Landry Umbu, Zoha Ahmad, Heba Farookhi, Ashish Agarwala
  • Early Outcomes of Robotic Transversus Abdominis Release for Complex Incisional Hernia Repair from a Specialist United Kingdom Centre – Javed Latif, Imran Bhatti, Altaf Awan
  • Robotic Hartmann’s reversal: a retrospective analysis – Mirko Barone, Simone Gargarella, Massimo Ippoliti, Felice Mucilli
  • Long-Term Single-Surgeon Outcomes of 320 Robotic Colorectal Cancer Resections: Safety, Oncologic Reliability, and Cost-Effectiveness – Igor Monsellato, Celeste Del Basso, Marco Palucci, Federico Sangiuolo, Mariantonietta Alagia, Fabio Giannone, Gianluca Cassese, Marco Lodin
09:30 – 10:30 Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery - 1
Chair: Claudio Lazzara
Moderators: Seiichi Kitahama, Omar Rivera, Antonio Vitiello
  • Nick De Wever: Combined Proximal Revision and Moderate Distalization for recurrent weight gain after Roux-en-Y Gastric bypass (CR-RYGB)
  • Claudio Lazzara: SADIS and DS: why not to fear them
  • Antonio Vitiello: Robotic Sleeve Gastrectomy versus laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: results from a single-center RCT
  • Salaam Sadi: Robotic Revisional Bariatric Surgery: Expanding the Boundaries of Minimally Invasive Treatment
10:30 – 11:30 Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery - 2
Chair: Christian Omar Ramírez Serrano Torres
Moderators:Ugo Bardi, Donald Van Der Fraenen, Virginie Poulain
  • Frederiek Nuytens: How to beat the marginal ulcer: Hand Sewn Anastomosis
  • Frederik Lecot: Starting a robotic MBS program in an established high-volume center
  • Vincenzo Simonelli: Full Robotic versus Laparoscopic three-arms, three-ports Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Single Center analysis of Operative Time, Costs and Early Outcomes from a prospectively maintained database
  • Nicolas Reibel: Why robotic device is necessary to perform a Sleeve Gastrectomy
11:30 – 12:00 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
12:00 – 12:30 Honorary Lecture in the Auditorium
12:30 – 13:30 Let Us Debate: Open versus Immersive Robotic Console
Chair: Cesar Santiago
Moderators: Adolfo Perez Bonet, Jordi Tarascó, Salvatore Tolone
  • Carlos Ferrigni: The Immersive Console Advantages Beyond Ergonomics
  • Salvatore Tolone: Ergonomic and Perceptual Differences Between Open and Immersive Robotic Consoles in Robotic Surgery
  • Rodolfo J. Oviedo: Immersion versus Integration: What Should the Next Robotic Console Deliver?
13:30 - 14:00 Honorary Member Induction
14:00 – 15:00 LUNCH
15:00 – 16:00 Video-Session 6
Chair: Luis Osvaldo Suárez Carreón
Moderators: Elena Ruiz Ucar, Aman Goyal, Adolfo Pérez Bonet
  • Use of Social Media for Surgical Education through Operative Videos: The Derby Pancreaticobiliary Unit Experience – Javed Latif, Imran Bhatti, Altaf Awan
  • EMMA Calibration and Application: Advancing from Validation to a Structured Simulation Curriculum in Robotic Surgery Training – Michail Koutentakis, Christian Macias, Aman Goyal, Abhirami Babu, Nicolas Zucchini, Adolfo Perez-Bonet, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
  • The Robotic Divide: First Multinational Survey of IMS in RAS Education – Abhirami Babu, Aman Goyal, Jonathan Towne, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
  • Validation of a Low-Cost Ex Vivo Model for Advanced Laparoscopic Biliary Training: Learning Curve Analysis of 50 Consecutive Cases – Santiago Muñoz Palomeque
Room B
08:30 – 09:30 TROGSS Robotic Surgery Accreditation: for Our Patients, by Our Surgeons
Chairs: Rodolfo J. Oviedo
Moderators: Antonio Albuquerque, Vikas Jain, Hubert Cyril Lourdes
  • Abhirami Babu: Certification, Credentials, Privileges, or Accreditation? Is There a Difference and Does It Matter?
  • Omar Gaytan: Accreditation at a TROGSS-Endorsed Center: Why Should It Matter?
  • Elena Ruiz Ucar: Immersion and Mentoring with ITP: Preparing Ourselves Prior to Accreditation
09:30 – 10:30 The TROGSS CARS Curriculum, Metrics & Mentorship in Robotic Surgery
Chairs: Adolfo Pérez Bonet
Moderators: Aman Goyal, Abhirami Babu, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
  • Miljana Vladimirov: CARS 3.0 in Germany
  • Seiichi Kitahama: A Roadmap to CARS 3.0: Integrating AI and Video Data Platforms into Robotic Surgical Education in Japan
  • Michail Koutentakis, Miljana Vladimirov, Aman Goyal, Christian Macias, Nicolas Zucchini, Alex Gandsas, Adolfo Perez-Bonet, Rodolfo J. Oviedo: CARS 3.0 Frankfurter: Human-AI Assessment of Robotic Surgical Skill in a Simulation-Based Bariatric Training Environment
  • Luis Suarez Carreon: CARS 3.0 in Mexico
10:30 – 11:30 The TROGSS ITP: Annual Update from Our Program Directors
Chairs: Seiichi Kitahama
Moderators: Nicolas Zucchini, Omar Rivera, Vikas Jain
  • Beniamino Pascotto: ITP Progress in Luxembourg
  • Seiichi Kitahama: ITP Progress in Japan
  • Rodolfo J. Oviedo: ITP Progress in the USA
  • Adolfo Perez Bonet: ITP Progress in Colombia
11:30 – 12:00 COFFEE BREAK AND VISIT TO STANDS
12:00 – 12:30 Honorary Lecture in the Auditorium
12:30 – 13:30 One Global Family Business Meeting: Updates from Our CEO, Executive Council, and Ambassadors’ Club
Chairs: Adebusola Owokole
Moderators: Giovanni Fantola, Luca Gordini, Antonio Albuquerque
  • Arif Ahmad: Updates from Our Treasurer
  • Adebusola Owokole, Rodolfo J. Oviedo: Updates from the Ambassadors’ Club
  • Aman Goyal: Updates from Robotic Time Zone Task Force
  • Rodolfo J. Oviedo: A Global Vision from Our CEO
13:30 - 14:00 Honorary Membership Nomination
14:00 – 15:00 LUNCH
15:00 – 16:00 VisionMed Award: Best Abstracts & Videos
Chair: Luigi Marano
Moderators: Clemente Nappi, Yogesh Vashist
  • Artificial intelligence for real-time surgical phase recognition in minimal invasive inguinal hernia repair: a systematic review on behalf of TROGSS - the robotic global surgical society – Aman Goyal, Christian Macias, Michail Koutentakis, Nicolas Zucchini, Adolfo Perez Bonet, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
  • Artificial Intelligence–Integrated NIR-ICG Angiography for Intraoperative Assessment of Colorectal Anastomotic Perfusion – Federico Maria Mongardini, Domenico Parmeggiani, Alessio Cece, Massimo Agresti, Giancarlo Moccia, Pasquale Arpaia, Francesco Miele, Pasquale Longo, Manuela Miccio, Ludovico Docimo
  • Transabdominal preperitoneal (TAPP) diaphragmatic Morgagni-Larrey hernia repair: how we do it – Paula Escobedo Cristiá, Javier Martínez Caballero, Alba Gómez Barrena, Claudia Santamaría García, María Pilar Gomez Rodríguez, Cristina Alegre Torrado, María Pérez Rodríguez, Víctor López Palacín, Eduardo Ferrero Herrero, Elías Rodríguez Cuéllar
  • The Missing Gallbladder: Laparoscopic Biliary Exploration in Gallbladder Agenesis – Natalia Pasu, Jesús Enmanuel Escalante, Mauro, Ferreira, Manuela Hermosa, Miguel Arias, Michail Koutentakis, Christian Macias, Abhirami Babu, Aman Goyal , Nicolas Zucchini, Adolfo Perez Bonet, Rodolfo J. Oviedo
16:00 – 17:00 Robotic Surgical Education & Simulation
Chair: Jordi Tarascó
Moderator: Miljana Vladimirov, Michail Koutentakis
  • Rodolfo J. Oviedo: Contemporary Tools for the 21st Century Digital Surgeon
  • Seiichi Kitahama: From Simulation to Intelligence: Redefining Robotic Surgical Education in the AI Era
  • Jordi Tarascó: Extended Reality and Robotic Surgery: Here to stay
  • Beniamino Pascotto: Robotic Bariatric Training Program
17:00 – 17:30 Awards and Closing Remarks in the Auditorium
Beniamino Pascotto, Adel Abu-Mrad, Rodolfo J. Oviedo

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