08:15 - 08:30 AM - Opening Ceremony
Session I (8:30 - 11:00 AM) | Surgical Education and Academia
Session Chairs: Cihan Uras, Bilgi Baca
- (08:30 – 08:45) Mass General Brigham Surgical Education Experience (Douglas Smink)
- (08:45 – 09:00) The Academic Surgeon Blueprint: Success Strategies (Ali Tavakkoli)
- (09:00 – 09:15) Excellence in Minimal Invasive Surgery Training: BWH Experience (Eric Sheu)
(09:15 – 09:45) Panel Discussion, Q&A
- (09:45 – 10:00) Women in Surgery (Rahila Essani)
- (10:00 – 10:15) Medical Education for What? Ethics, Power, and the Struggle for Socially Engaged Medicine (Cem Terzi)
- (10:15 – 10:30) Cadaveric Dissection vs. Textbooks: The Best Approach to Anatomical Learning (Cihangir Akyol)
(10:30 – 11:00) Panel Discussion, Q&A
11:00 - 11:30 AM – Coffee Break
Session II (11:30 AM - 2:00 PM) | Updates in Bariatric Surgery
Session Chairs: Halil Coşkun, Recep Aktimur
- (11:30 – 11:45) Sleeve Gastrectomy: technical tips (Eric Sheu)
- (11:45 – 12:00) Managing Sleeve leaks (Ali Tavakkoli)
- (12:00 – 12:15) One-Anastomosis Gastric Bypass vs. Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass? (Recep Aktimur)
- (12:15 – 12:30) Fast Track in Bariatric Surgery (Deniz Atasoy)
(12:30 – 12:45) Panel Discussion, Q&A
- (12:45 – 13:00) Sleeve Conversions: when and how (Halil Coşkun)
- (13:00 – 13:15) Sleeve gastrectomy with Transit Bipartition (Can Karaca)
- (13:15 – 13:30) Future of bariatric Surgery in the era of GLP’s (Eric Sheu)
- (13:30 – 13:45) Robotic Vs. laparoscopy in revisional bariatric surgery (Abdulkadir Bedirli)
(13:45 – 14:00) Panel Discussion, Q&A
Lunch
Session I (8:30 - 11:00 AM) | Updates in Colorectal Surgery
Session Chairs :İsmail Hamzaoğlu, Dursun Bugra
- (08:30 – 08:45) Right Colectomy: Should CME Be the Standard? (Bilgi Baca)
- (08:45 – 09:00) Total Mesorectal Excision (TME): Perfecting the Envelope (Mehmet Ayhan Kuzu)
- (09:00 – 09:15) IBD Surgery: Best Practices and Pitfalls (İsmail Hamzaoğlu)
(09:15 – 09:35) Panel Discussion, Q&A
- (09:35 – 09:50) Sigmoidectomy for Diverticulitis: Latest Approaches (Afag Aghayeva)
- (09:50 – 10:05) ICA vs. ECA in Right Colectomy: Does It Make a Difference? (Emre Balık)
- (10:05 – 10:20) Updates in Rectal Cancer management (Özgen Işık)
- (10:20 – 10:35) Innovations in Colorectal Surgery (Rahila Essani)
(10:35 – 11:00) Panel Discussion, Q&A
11:00 - 11:30 AM – Coffee Break
Session II (11:30 AM - 1:30 PM) | Research and Innovation in Surgery
Session Chairs: Cem Terzi, Feza Karakayalı
- (11:30 – 11:45) The Role of Surgical Societies in Career Advancement (Feza Karakayalı)
- (11:45 – 12:00) Surgeon scientist pathway (Thomas Shin)
- (12:00 – 12:15) Navigating Surgical Publishing; Editors pearls of wisdom (Douglas Smink)
(12:15 – 12:30) Panel Discussion, Q&A
- (12:30 – 12:45) Government Funding for Surgical Research: Latest Updates (Özden Hatırnaz)
- (12:45 – 13:00) Basic Science Research for Surgeons: Taking the First Step (Eric Sheu)
- (13:00 – 13:15) Latest innovations in Surgery: Breakthroughs and Applications (Jayender Jagadeesan) ᯤ
(13:15 – 13:30) Panel Discussion, Q&A
Lunch
Session I (8:30 - 11:00 AM) | Evolving Strategies in Upper GI & HPB Surgery
Session Chairs: Koray Karabulut, Hasan Bektaş
- (08:30 – 08:45) Esophagectomy: Key Mistakes to Avoid (Erol Pişkin)
- (08:45 – 09:00) Gastrectomy: Anastomotic Techniques and Mapping (Hasan Bektaş)
- (09:00 – 09:15) Revisional Surgery for Failed GERD Procedures: When and How? (Charu Paranjape)
- (09:15 – 09:30) Latest updates on forgut surgery guidelines (Eric Sheu)
(09:30 – 09:45) Panel Discussion, Q&A
- (09:45 – 10:00) Mastering the Whipple: Training Pathways for Surgeons (Emre Bozkurt)
- (10:00 – 10:15) Distal Pancreatectomy: Avoiding Common Pitfalls (Murat Gönenç)
(10:15 – 10:30) ICG Use in Minimally Invasive Hepatobiliary Surgery (Aydin Alper)
- (10:30 – 10:45) Updates on Bile ducts injury management (Ali Ahmad) ᯤ
(10:45 – 11:00) 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, Yusef Kudsi
- (11:30 – 11:45) Surgical Mesh: Advances and Controversies (Hakan Gök)
- (11:45 – 12:00) Inguinal Hernia Repairs: Latest Advances (Charu Paranjape)
- (12:00 – 12:15) Abdominal Wall Loss Management (Emre Canda)
- (12:15 – 12:30) Updates on small to moderate ventral hernia managements (Ihsan Inan)
- (12:30 – 12:45) Mesh-related complications (Metin Ertem)
(12:45 – 12:55) Panel Discussion, Q&A
- (12:55 – 13:10) Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: Latest Advances (Yusef Kudsi)
- (13:10 – 13:25) Updates in Diastasis Recti Management (Ihsan Inan)
- (13:25 – 13:40) POM ^ IPOM+ for Hernia Repair: Here to Stay? (Melih Paksoy)
- (13:40 – 13:55) Parastomal Hernia Repair Updates (Emre Canda)
(13:55 – 14:00) Panel Discussion, Q&A