Program

Session I (8:30 - 11:00 AM) | Surgical Education and Academia

Session Chairs: Cihan Uras, Ahmet Sahin

  • Mass General Brigham Surgical Education Experience  (Douglas Smink)
  • The Academic Surgeon Blueprint: Success Strategies (Ali Tavakkoli)
  • Excellence in Minimal Invasive Surgery Training: BWH Experience (Eric Sheu)

Panel Discussion, Q&A

  • Academic Surgeon and healthcare policies – working in the White House (Thomas Tsai)
  • Surgical Training: Quality vs. Quantity – What Matters More? (Cem Terzi)
  • Cadaveric Dissection vs. Textbooks: The Best Approach to Anatomical Learning (Mehmet Ayhan Kuzu)

Panel Discussion, Q&A

11:00 - 11:30 AM – Coffee Break
Session II (11:30 AM - 2:00 PM) | Evolving Strategies in Upper GI & HPB Surgery

Session Chairs: Ahmet Türkçapar, Orhan Bilge

  • Esophagectomy: Key Mistakes to Avoid (Erol Pişkin)
  • Gastrectomy: Anastomotic Techniques and Mapping (Akın Fırat Kocaay)
  • Revisional Surgery for Failed GERD Procedures: When and How? (Charu Paranjape)
  • Latest updates on forgut surgery guidelines (Eric Sheu)

Panel Discussion, Q&A

  • Mastering the Whipple: Training Pathways for Surgeons (Emre Bozkurt)
  • Distal Pancreatectomy: Avoiding Common Pitfalls (Murat Gönenç)
  • ICG Guided Minimal Invasive Hepatectomy (Aydin Alper)
  • Updates on Bile ducts injury management (Ali Ahmad)

Panel Discussion, Q&A

Lunch
Session I (8:30 - 11:00 AM) | Updates in Colorectal Surgery

Session Chairs : Tayfun Karahasanoglu, Dursun Bugra

  • Right Colectomy: Should CME Be the Standard? (Bilgi Baca)
  • Total Mesorectal Excision (TME): Perfecting the Envelope  (Mehmet Ayhan Kuzu)
  • IBD Surgery: Best Practices and Pitfalls (İsmail Hamzaoğlu)

Panel Discussion, Q&A

  • Sigmoidectomy for Diverticulitis: Latest Approaches (Afag Aghayeva)
  • ICA vs. ECA in Right Colectomy: Does It Make a Difference? (Emre Balık)
  • Updates in Rectal Cancer management (Cihangir Akyol)
  • Updates on Emergent Colorectal Surgery techniques (Yusef Kudsi)

Panel Discussion, Q&A

11:00 - 11:30 AM – Coffee Break
Session II (11:00 AM - 1:30 PM) | Research and Innovation in Surgery

Session Chairs: Cem Terzi, Feza Karakayalı

  • The Role of Surgical Societies in Career Advancement (Feza Karakayalı)
  • Grant Writing for Innovative Surgical Ideas (Tom Tsai)
  • Navigating Surgical Publishing; Editors pearls of wisdom (Doug Smink)

Panel Discussion, Q&A

  • Government Funding for Surgical Research: Latest Updates (Ahmet Alanay)
  • Basic Science Research for Surgeons: Taking the First Step (Eric Sheu)
  • Latest innovations in Surgery: Breakthroughs and Applications (Yusef Kudsi)

Panel Discussion, Q&A

Lunch
Session I (8:30 - 11:00 AM) | Updates in Bariatric Surgery

Session Chairs: Halil Coşkun, Akın Fırat Kocaay

  • Sleeve Gastrectomy: technical tips (Thomas Tsai)
  • Managing Sleeve leaks (Ali Tavakkoli)
  • OAGB vs. RYGB? (Recep Aktimur)
  • Fast Track in Bariatric Surgery (Akın Fırat Kocaay)

Panel Discussion, Q&A

  • Sleeve Conversions: when and how (Ahmet Türkçapar)
  • Sleeve gastrectomy with Transit Bipartition (Can Karaca)
  • Future of bariatric Surgery in the era of GLP’s  (Eric Sheu)
  • Robotic Vs. laparoscopy in revisional bariatric surgery  (Abdulkadir Bedirli)

Panel Discussion, Q&A

11:00 - 11:30 AM – Coffee Break
Session II (11:30 AM - 2:00 PM) | Innovations in Abdominal Wall Hernia Surgery

Session Chairs: Metin Ertem, Nihat Yavuz

  • Surgical Mesh: Advances and Controversies (Hakan Gök)
  • Inguinal Hernia Repairs: Latest Advances (Charu Paranjape)
  • Abdominal Wall Loss Management (Emre Canda)
  • Updates on small to moderate ventral hernia managements (Ihsan Inan)

Panel Discussion, Q&A

  • Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: Latest Advances (Yusef Kudsi)
  • Updates in Diastasis Recti Management (Ihsan Inan)
  • IPOM ^ IPOM+ for Hernia Repair: Here to Stay? (Melih Paksoy)
  • Parastomal Hernia Repair Updates (Emre Canda)

Panel Discussion, Q&A

Lunch