WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2008
3:00–6:00 pm CONFERENCE REGISTRATION OPEN
OPENING CEREMONY AND WELCOME
6:00-6:15pm King Kamehameha "The Great"
Kahu Silva • Hawaii
6:15-6:20pm Welcome: Paul Alan Wetter, MD, Chairman
6:20-6:30pm Delegation Introductions: Organizing Committee Chairs
6:30-7:00pm Cultural Presentation: Hawaii
Steven Minaglia, MD • Hawaii
6:45-7:00pm Cultural Presentation: Laparoscopy in Tropical Countries
Kanagaraj Govindaraj, MD • India
7:00-8:00 pm WELCOME RECEPTION
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2008
7:00-12:00pm CONFERENCE REGISTRATION OPEN
7:00–7:30am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
7:30–7:45am OPENING REMARKS
Paul Alan Wetter, MD • Chairman
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Moderators: Harrith Hasson, MD / Elspeth M. McDougall, MD
7:45-8:00am Understanding Endoscopic Anatomy of Inguinal Region
Parveen Bhatia, MD • India
8:00-8:15am Infiltrating Endometriosis: Bowel, Bladder and Ureter
Yves Leroy, MD • Mexico
8:15-8:30am Education and Training for Endoscopic Surgery – Basic Fundamentals and Advanced Techniques
Kazuo Tanoue, MD • Japan
8:30–8:45am Cultural Presentation: Single Point Access (SPA) Surgery- Moving Minimal Access Surgery into the 21st Century
Paul G. Curcillo II, MD & Stephanie A. King, MD • USA
GENERAL SURGERY
Moderators: Michael S. Kavic, MD / Raymond J. Lanzafame, MD, MBA
8:45-9:00am Justice to Gallstone Sufferers: Our Experience With Over 1000 Patients
Tushar Samdani, MD • England
9:00-9:15am Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy- Ambulatory Treatment
Veroljub Pejcic, MD • Serbia
9:15-9:30am Cultural Presentation: India
Brij Bhushan Agarwal, MD • India
9:30–9:45am BREAK
HYSTERECTOMY
Moderators: Maurice K. Chung, MD / Farr Nezhat, MD
9:45-10:00am Laparoscopy Hysterectomy and Its Complications
Shelia Mehra, MD • India
10:00-10:15am Emerge of Subtotal Hysterectomy - Isn't There Advantages to Subtotal Hysterectomy?
Paul I. Lee, MD • Korea
10:15–10:30am Cultural Presentation: La Pena de Bernal "A Monolithic Big Stone in Mexico thought to be Made by Aliens"
Mercedes Birlain, MD • Mexico
NATURAL ORIFICE TRANSLUMENAL ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY
Moderators: Michael S. Kavic, MD / William E. Kelley, Jr., MD
10:30-10:45am Endoluminal Management of Pseudopancreatic Cyst
Parveen Bhatia, MD • India
10:45-11:00am Single Port Access (SPA) Surgery- Initial Application to Gastric and Gallbladder Surgery
Paul G. Curcillo II, MD & Erica Podolsky, MD • USA
11:00-11:15am Cultural Presentation: History of Endoscopic Surgery in Germany
Liselotte Mettler, Prof Dr Med • Germany
GYNECOLOGY
Moderators: Charles H. Koh, MD / Carl J. Levinson, MD
11:15-11:30am Leuprorelin Acetate Therapy in Patients with Uterine Myoma Prior to Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and Myomectomy
Misuru Shiota, MD • Japan
11:30-11:45am Is it Necessary to Perform Pre-IVF Hysteroscopic Evaluation
Aygul Demirol, MD • Turkey
11:45-12:00pm Series of Severe Asherman Syndrome Treated by Hysteroscopy under Laparoscopy
Abdulrahim Rouzi, MD & Nora Naif Sahly, MD • Saudi Arabia
GENERAL SURGERY
Moderators: Liselotte Mettler, Prof Dr Med / John Morrison, Jr., MD
12:00-12:15pm Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy for Cancer
Simon Law, MD • China
12:15-12:30pm Robot-Assisted Aortoiliac Vascular Procedures with Modified Direct Transperitoneal Approach, Experience with More Than 80 Cases
Petr Stadler, MD • Czech Republic
12:30-1:30pm MID-DAY BREAK
1:30-5:00pm SURGICAL SURPRISES, ACCIDENTS, & COMPLICATIONS- To Err is Human, To Correct is Master Surgeon- Now How ##!!** Do I Get Out of This?
6:00–8:00pm SLS Social Event with Faculty: Luau Under the Stars
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2008
7:00-12:00pm CONFERENCE REGISTRATION OPEN
7:00–7:30am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Moderators: Charles H. Koh, MD / Elspeth M. McDougall, MD
7:30-7:45am Laparoscopic Management of Pelvic Emergencies
Vishwanath Pai, MD • India
7:45-8:00am No Future without Suture – Art of Endosuturing
Parveen Bhatia, MD • India
8:00-8:15am Cultural Presentation: Korea
Eun-Hee Yoo, MD • Korea
GENERAL SURGERY
Moderators: John Morrison, MD / Raymond J. Lanzafame, MD, MBA
8:15-8:30am Laparoscopic Hemicolectomy for Ileocaecal Tubersulosis
Vishwanath Pai, MD • India
8:30-8:45am Culdolaparoscopy Not Only for Pelvic Organs, Also Appendectomy and Cholecystectomy. Novel Method for Tissue Extraction in Advanced Laparoscopy
Mercedes Birlain, MD • Mexico
8:45-9:00am Spleen and Its Vessels Preserving Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy (Reviewing 30 Cases)
Ho-Seong Han, MD • Korea
9:00-9:15am Cultural Presentation: Young and Vibrant India at Sixty
Deepak Arora, MD • India
COLORECTAL & HERNIA
Moderators: Michael S. Kavic, MD / Richard Satava, MD
9:15-9:30am Laparoscopic Repair of Margagni Hernias in Adults
Atilla Cokmez, MD • Turkey
9:30-9:45am Colorectal & Hernia
Zameer Pasha, MD • India
9:45-10:00am Laparoscopic Repair of Ventral Hernias, What We Have Learned From Our Initial Experience
Aslan Sakarya, MD • Turkey
10:00-10:15am Laparoscopic Colorectal Resection for Malignancy: An Evaluation of Oncologic Outcome
Wai Lun Law, MD • China
10:15–10:30am BREAK
ROBOTICS
Moderators: William E. Kelley, Jr., MD / Richard Satava, MD
10:30-10:45am Safety of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Preoperative Imaging of Bile Duct Variations
Kunihiko Izuishi, MD • Japan
10:45-11:00am DaVinci-Assisted Low Anterior Resection for Rectal Cancer
Seung Hyuk Baik, MD • Korea
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Moderators: Maurice K. Chung, MD / Gustavo Stringel, MD
11:00-11:15am Newer Horizons in Laparoscopic Surgery
Parveen Bhatia, MD • India
11:15-11:30am Pitfalls in Preoperative Evaluation & General Anesthesia in Laparoscopy Patients
Alp Yentur, MD • Turkey
11:30-11:45am Cultural Presentation: Turkey
Aslan Sakarya, MD • Turkey
HYSTERECTOMY
Moderators: Harrith M. Hasson, MD / Carl J. Levinson, MD
11:45-12:00pm Strategies to Make Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Simple Safe as well as Effective
Prashant Mangeshikar, MD • India
12:00-12:15pm Laparoscopic Hysterectomy is Still a Provocation for the Classic Gynecologist
Liselotte Mettler, Prof Dr Med • Germany
12:15-12:30pm Need for Re-Classification or the Modification of Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
Paul I. Lee, MD • Korea
OPEN EVENING
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2008
7:00-12:00pm CONFERENCE REGISTRATION OPEN
7:00–7:30am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
HERNIA
Moderators: Raymond J. Lanzafame, MD, MBA / Gustavo Stringel, MD
7:30-7:45am Contralateral Exploration During TEP - Should or Shouldn't Be Done?
Deepak Arora, MD • India
7:45-8:00am Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair
Brij Bhushan Agarwal, MD • India
8:00-8:15am Cultural Presentation: Video Lecture of Tamilnadu
Kanagaraj Govindaraj, MD • India
HEPATOBILIARY
Moderators: William E. Kelley, Jr., MD / Charles H. Koh, MD
8:15-8:30am Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Tuberculosis of Abdomen, When to Operate?
Venugopa Venkatesh, MD • India
8:30-8:45am Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies in Patients Over 65 Years of Age
Aslan Sakarya, MD • Turkey
8:45–9:00am Laparoscopic Liver Resections for the Lesions in the Different Locations
Ho-Seong Han, MD • Korea
9:00-9:15am Cultural Presentation: Laparoscopic Training in Indian Sub Continent
Venugopa Venkatesh, MD • India
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Moderators: Harrith M. Hasson, MD / John Morrison, Jr., MD
9:15-9:30am Endoscopic Breast Surgery – Scar Less Excision
Brij Bhushan Agarwal, MD • India
9:30-9:45am Who Should be Doing Surgery in Pelvic Endometriosis? Is There a Need to Certify Such Surgeon?
Paul I. Lee, MD • Korea
9:45-10:00am Laparoscopy in Emergency Surgery
Venugopa Venkatesh, MD • India
10:00-10:15am Management of the Surgical Center for Smooth Endoscopic Surgery and Efficient Use of Operative Rooms
Hisashi Usuki, MD • Japan
10:15–10:30am BREAK
HEPATOBILIARY
Moderators: Liselotte Mettler, Prof Dr Med / Gustavo Stringel, MD
10:30-10:45am Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Without Using Any Energy Source – Ensuring Better Results
Brij Bhushan Agarwal, MD • India
10:45-11:00am Approach and Management of Bile Leaks After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies
Atilla Cokmez, MD • Turkey
11:00-11:15am Cultural Presentation: Turkey
Aygul Demirol, MD • Turkey
GYNECOLOGY
Moderators: Maurice K. Chung, MD / Farr Nezhat, MD
11:15-11:30am Single Port Access (SPA)- Initial Experience with Oopherectomy and Hysterectomy
Stephanie A. King, MD & Steven Rottman, MD • USA
11:30-11:45am Laparoscopic Endometrioma Cystectomy Before IVF
Aygul Demirol, MD • Turkey
11:45-12:00pm Cultural Presentation: Japan
Hisashi Usuki, MD • Japan
12:00-12:15pm DELEGATES MEETING
