Agenda

Day 1 - November 7, 2025 All times in Eastern Time
7:15 am	Registration, Continental Breakfast, Exhibits
7:45 am	Welcome and Introductions Amit Bhatt, MD; Emre Gorgun, MD, MBA
8:00 am	Is EMR still a better option in the management of upper and lower GI lesions?
8:20 am	Techniques and approaches to gastric ESD from the East Seiichiro Abe, MD, PhD
8:40 am	Techniques and approaches to esophageal ESD from the West Dennis Yang, MD
9:00 am	The next frontier: Adjuvant therapy after endoscopic resection of high-risk GI tumors Kanika Nair, MD and Suneel Kamath, MD
9:20 am	Pushing the limits of advanced endoscopy and the role of surgical assistance
9:40 am	Break/Exhibits
10:10 am	Endorobotics: Future of endoscopy or a fantasy? A surgeon’s perspective Sang Lee, MD
10:30 am	Endorobotics: Future of endoscopy or the next NOTES: A gastroenterologist’s perspective Hiro Aihara, MD, PhD
10:50 am	Malignant polyps and histopathology: How should the ideal report look like? Daniela Allende, MD
11:10 am	Q&A/Working Lunch 6 Continents Ballroom
12:15 pm	Walk to Lab
1:00 pm	Hands-On Lab All Faculty
5:00 pm	Day 1 Adjourn

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Day 2 - November 8, 2025 All times in Eastern Time
8:00 am	Registration, Continental Breakfast, Exhibits
8:30 am	Recap and Overview of Day 2 Amit Bhatt, MD; Emre Gorgun, MD, MBA
8:45 am	Future of Endoscopic Resection Innovations: Perspective from Industry Brian Dunkin, MD
9:05 am	Lessons learned from building a successful robotic surgical program Venkatesh Munikrishnan, MRCS, FRCS, CCT
9:25 am	Video Case Review – Case 1 Under Water ESD Alberto Murino, MBBS
9:45 am	Video Case Review – Case 2 Joshua Sommovilla, MD
10:05 am	Video Case Review – Case 3 Bipolar ESD cases Norio Fukami, MD
10:25 am	Video Case Review – Case 4 Richard Whelan, MD
10:45 am	Video Case Review – Case 5 Closure of ESD defects Roberto Simons-Linares, MD
11:05 am	Exhibits/Lunch 6 Continents Ballroom
11:45 am	Walk to Lab
12:00 pm	Hands-On Lab All Faculty
4:00 pm	Day 2 Adjourn

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