Agenda

Sunday, February 25, 2024 9th Annual ISFGS Meeting All times in Eastern Time
6:15 am	Registration, Continental Breakfast and Exhibits
7:15 am	Welcome Raul Rosenthal, MD; Fernando Dip, MD
7:15 – 9:15 am	The Impact of FIGS in Breast and Head and Neck Surgery Moderators: Michael Bouvet, MD; Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD
7:15 am	Impact of Near Infrared Illumination and ICG Perfusion Angiography in Breast Reconstruction Martin Newman, MD
7:30 am	Understanding the Use of Fluorescent Image Guided Surgery in Oncoplastic Surgery Alberto Rancati, MD PhD
7:45 am	Use of ICG Fluorescent Illumination in Surgery of the Head and Neck Fernando Dip, MD
8:00 am	Use of ICG in Sentinel Lymph Node Detection for Melanoma Diego Sinagra, MD
8:15 am	Use of Artificial Intelligence in Surgery of the Parathyroid Glands Eren Berber, MD
8:30 am	Use of FIGS in Surgery of the Parathyroid Glands Michael Bouvet, MD
8:45 am	Reverse Lymphatic Mapping of the Breast Sheldon Feldman, MD
9:00 am	Panel/Q&A
9:15 am	Coffee Break and Exhibits
9:45 – 11:00 am	FIGS in Surgery of the Hind and Midgut Moderators: Steven Wexner, MD; Anna Duprée, MD
9:45 am	Outcomes of FIGS and Colorectal Surgery Steven Wexner, MD
9:55 am	Preventing Ureteral Injuries Using FIGS Homero Rodriguez, MD
10:05 am	Does FIGS Improve Outcomes of Robotic CRS? Giuseppe Spinoglio, MD
10:15 am	Routine Use of ICG Angiography During Colorectal Surgical Procedures Thomas Carus, MD
10:25 am	Results from the AVOID Trial Alex Vahrmeijer, MD
10:35 am	Use of FIGS in Surgery of the Small Bowel Marylise Boutros, MD
10:45 am	Panel/Q&A
11:00 – 1:00 pm	FIGS and Surgery of the Liver and Biliary Tract Moderators: Matthew Walsh, MD; Takeaki Ishizawa, MD PhD
11:00 am	Guidance by FIGS in Lap Cholecystectomy: Real-Life Images Laurents Stassen, MD PhD
11:15 am	Use of FIGS During Surgery of the Liver and Pancreas Mayank Roy, MD
11:30 am	Evolution of FIGS in Surgery of the Pancreas Matthew Walsh, MD
11:45 am	Evolution of ICG Angiography During Liver Transplantation Eric Vibert, MD PhD
12:00 pm	Widening Applications of Enzyme Activatable Fluorphores Takeaki Ishizawa, MD PhD
12:15 pm	Fluorescence Guided Laparoscopic Anatomic Live Resection Catherine Teh, MD
12:30 pm	Panel/Q&A
12:45 pm	Lunch and Exhibits
1:45 – 3:00 pm	Use of ICG in Esophageal and Gastric Surgery Moderators: Catherine Teh, MD; Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD
1:45 pm	Applications of FIGS in Surgery of the Esophagus Ory Wiesel, MD
2:00 pm	Outcomes of Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy Using FIGS Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD
2:00 pm	ICG Perfusion Angiography During D2 Gastrectomy for Cancer Enrique Lanzarini, MD
2:15 pm	Visualizing Single, Malignant Tumor Cells with an Aberrant Uptake of Fluorescently Labeled L-glucose Analogues Katsuya Yamada, PhD
2:30 pm	Panel/Q&A
3:00 pm	Coffee Break and Exhibits
3:30 – 6:00 pm	Selected Topics in FIGS Moderators: Fernando Dip, MD; Manish Chand, MD PhD;
3:30 pm	HSI as a New Image Modality in Soft Tissue Sarcoma Anna Duprée, MD
3:45 pm	Use of ICG During Repair of Abdominal Hernias Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD
4:00 pm	Use of ICG Perfusion Angiography in Cardiothoracic Surgery Nicolas Brozzi, MD
4:15 pm	ICG Lymphangiography for Identification of Groin Lymphocele after Recurrent Inguinal Hernia Repair Samuel Szomstein, MD
4:30 pm	Use of Fluorescent Image Guided Surgery in Laparoscopic Repair of Inguinal Hernias Hernan Todeschini, MD
4:45 pm	Panel/Q&A
5:00 – 5:45 pm	Selected Topics in FIGS Moderators: Laurents Stassen, MD PhD; Raul Rosenthal, MD
5:00 pm	Innovations in Surgery: How to Implement AI and Simulation Matthew Kroh, MD
5:15 pm	Using AI/Computer Vision to Augment Treatment Decision Making in Image/Fluorescence Guided Surgery Manish Chand, MD PhD
5:30 pm	Simultaneous Imaging of Bowel Perfusion, Bile Ducts and Ureters Using Methylene Blue and ICG Laurents Stassen, MD PhD
5:45 pm	Ureteral Endometriosis Shaving and Vascularization/Perfusion Check-In Joao Paulo Epprecht, MD
6:00 pm	Presidential Update on ISFGS Raul Rosenthal, MD
6:15 pm	Panel/Q&A
6:30 pm	Adjourn
6:45 pm	Welcome Reception

Monday, February 26, 2024 21st Surgery of the Foregut Symposium All times in Eastern Time
6:30 am	Registration, Continental Breakfast and Exhibits
7:15 am	Welcome Raul Rosenthal, MD; Matthew Walsh, MD
7:30 – 8:30 am	Abdominal Wall Moderators: Michael Rosen, MD; Samuel Szomstein, MD
7:30 am	Lumbar Hernias: When and How to Repair Them Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD
7:45 am	When to Implement Robotic Surgery in Repair of Abdominal Wall Hernias Samuel Szomstein, MD
8:00 am	Recurrent Ventral Hernias After Component Separation: What’s Next? Michael Rosen, MD
8:15 am	Panel/Q&A
8:30 – 9:30 am	Dismotility of the Foregut, Gastroparesis, Median Arcuate Ligament and SMA Syndrome Moderators: Ana Pena, MD; Samuel Szomstein, MD
8:30 am	Update on Gastroparesis Raul Rosenthal, MD
8:45 am	MALS and SMA Syndrome Ana Pena, MD
9:00 am	Peroral Endoscopic Pyloroplasty Matthew Kroh, MD
9:15 am	Panel/Q&A
9:30 am	Coffee Break and Exhibits
10:00 – 11:00 am	Understanding Surgery of the Hiatus – The Cleveland Clinic Approach: Experience with More Than 1,000 Cases Moderators: Matthew Kroh, MD; Raul Rosenthal, MD
10:00 am	Outcomes of Hiatal Hernia Repair Without Mesh: Experience with More Than 1,000 Cases Ana Pena, MD
10:15 am	A Simple Technique to a Complex Problem: 10 Steps To Repair Hiatal Hernias Without Mesh (Video Presentation) Samuel Szomstein, MD
10:30 am	Use of Mesh in Hiatal Hernia Repair: What Type of Mesh, When and How? Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD
10:45 am	Reoperative Surgery of the GE Junction: How to Repair a Recurrent Hiatal Hernia Raul Rosenthal, MD
10:50 am	Panel/Q&A
11:00 – 12:30 pm	Selected Topics in Foregut Surgery Moderator: Raul Rosenthal, MD
11:00 am	Pancreatic Resection for Cancer in the 21st Century Jakob Izbicki, MD
11:15 am	Laparoscopic Lymph Node Sampling in Patients with High Risk Early Cancer of Esophagogastric Junction After Endoscopic Resection Oliver Mann, MD
11:30 am	Panel/Q&A
11:45 – 12:45 pm	11th Annual Robert E. Hermann MD Lecture Moderators: Matthew Kroh, MD; Matthew Walsh, MD How to Successfully Manage Abdominal Wall Hernias in the Era of Robots and the Obesity Pandemic Michael Rosen, MD
12:45 pm	Lunch and Exhibits
1:45 – 3:15 pm	Management of Recurrent Weight Gain After Gastric Bypass and Sleeve Gastrectomy Moderators: Ali Aminian, MD; Natan Zundel, MD
1:45 pm	Distalization of BP Limb After Proximal Gastric Bypass: How Much and Why? Raul Rosenthal, MD
2:00 pm	OAGB for Weight Recurrence After Sleeve Gastrectomy Natan Zundel, MD
2:15 pm	SADI for Weight Recurrence: When and How to Use a Robot? Rana Pullat, MD
2:30 pm	How to Prevent Recurrent Weight Gain in the Management of Severe Obesity: Best Approach Ali Aminian, MD
2:45 pm	The Revolution and Role of Semaglutide and GLP-1 Agonists in Obesity and Bariatric Surgery: Which One to Choose, When and For How Long? Lillian Craggs-Dino, DHA, RDN, LDN
3:00 pm	Panel/Q&A
3:15 pm	Coffee Break and Exhibits
3:45 – 5:00 pm	Robots in Foregut and Bariatric Surgery: When, Who and How to Implement? Understanding the Hybrid Model Moderators: Raul Rosenthal, MD; Rana Pullat, MD
3:45 pm	Why I Chose to Use Robots in My Practice Andre Teixeira, MD
4:00 pm	How Can We Argue Against the Evidence? Results from MBSAQIP Marina Kurian, MD
4:15 pm	Outcomes of Robotic Foregut Surgery in the Hands of Expert Open and Laparoscopic Surgeons Omar Bellorin-Marin, MD
4:30 pm	Understanding the Hybrid Model in Bariatric Surgery Rana Pullat, MD
4:45 pm	Panel/Q&A
5:15 – 6:00 pm	10th Annual Walter Pories MD Lecture Moderators: Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD; Raul Rosenthal, MD Reoperative Bariatric Surgery: Understanding Revisions, Reversals and Conversions Samuel Szomstein, MD
6:00 – 7:00 pm	Implementing Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery to Salvage Critically Ill Severely Obese Patients Moderators: Matthew Kroh, MD; Raul Rosenthal, MD
6:00 pm	Combined Mechanical Support and Bariatric Surgery in the Severely Obese Patient with End Stage Heart Failure as a Bridge for Heart Transplantation Nicolas Brozzi, MD
6:15 pm	Bariatric Surgery and Renal Failure Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD
6:30 pm	Bariatric Surgery in Cirrhotic Patients as a Bridge to Liver Transplant Federico Serrot, MD
6:45 pm	Panel/Q&A
7:00 pm	Adjourn

Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Foregut Seminar David G. Jagelman MD Conference Center Cleveland Clinic Florida All times in Eastern Time
7:00 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 12:00 pm	Seminar on Management of Complications in Foregut and Bariatric Surgery – Case Presentations, Videos & Discussion Moderators: Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD; Ana Pena, MD; Raul Rosenthal, MD; Samuel Szomstein, MD
	Management of Leaks After Sleeve Gastrectomy Elad Boaz, MD
	Management of Strictures After Sleeve Gastrectomy: Stricturoplasty vs. Gastric Bypass Miguel Rodriguez, MD
	GERD and Dysphagia After LSG: Workup and Management Elad Boaz, MD
	Hiatal Hernias and Bariatric Surgery: How and When to Repair Them Miguel Rodriguez, MD
	Management of Recalcitrant Marginal Ulcer After Gastric Bypass: Penetration to Gastric Remnant Elad Boaz, MD
	Understanding and Managing Gastro-Gastric Fistulae Miguel Rodriguez, MD
	Management of Common Bile Duct Stones After Gastric Bypass Elad Boaz, MD
	Sarr Procedure as Partial Reversal of Gastric Bypass for Metabolic Complications Miguel Rodriguez, MD
	Conversion of AOGB to Proximal GBP for Malnutrition Elad Boaz, MD
	Use of Stents in Management of Esophageal Leaks/Perforations Miguel Rodriguez, MD
12:00 pm	Adjourn

Agenda subject to change without notice.

Agenda

Sunday, February 25, 2024
9th Annual ISFGS Meeting
All times in Eastern Time

The Impact of FIGS in Breast and Head and Neck Surgery
Moderators: Michael Bouvet, MD; Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD

FIGS in Surgery of the Hind and Midgut
Moderators: Steven Wexner, MD; Anna Duprée, MD

FIGS and Surgery of the Liver and Biliary Tract
Moderators: Matthew Walsh, MD; Takeaki Ishizawa, MD PhD

Use of ICG in Esophageal and Gastric Surgery
Moderators: Catherine Teh, MD; Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD

Selected Topics in FIGS
Moderators: Fernando Dip, MD; Manish Chand, MD PhD;

Selected Topics in FIGS
Moderators: Laurents Stassen, MD PhD; Raul Rosenthal, MD

Monday, February 26, 2024
21st Surgery of the Foregut Symposium
All times in Eastern Time

Abdominal Wall
Moderators: Michael Rosen, MD; Samuel Szomstein, MD

Dismotility of the Foregut, Gastroparesis, Median Arcuate Ligament and SMA Syndrome
Moderators: Ana Pena, MD; Samuel Szomstein, MD

Understanding Surgery of the Hiatus – The Cleveland Clinic Approach: Experience with More Than 1,000 Cases
Moderators: Matthew Kroh, MD; Raul Rosenthal, MD

Selected Topics in Foregut Surgery
Moderator: Raul Rosenthal, MD

11th Annual Robert E. Hermann MD Lecture
Moderators: Matthew Kroh, MD; Matthew Walsh, MD

Robots in Foregut and Bariatric Surgery: When, Who and How to Implement? Understanding the Hybrid Model
Moderators: Raul Rosenthal, MD; Rana Pullat, MD

10th Annual Walter Pories MD Lecture
Moderators: Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD; Raul Rosenthal, MD

Implementing Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery to Salvage Critically Ill Severely Obese Patients
Moderators: Matthew Kroh, MD; Raul Rosenthal, MD

Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Foregut Seminar
David G. Jagelman MD Conference Center Cleveland Clinic Florida
All times in Eastern Time

Seminar on Management of Complications in Foregut and Bariatric Surgery – Case Presentations, Videos & Discussion
Moderators: Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD; Ana Pena, MD; Raul Rosenthal, MD; Samuel Szomstein, MD

Agenda

Sunday, February 25, 2024 9th Annual ISFGS Meeting All times in Eastern Time

The Impact of FIGS in Breast and Head and Neck Surgery Moderators: Michael Bouvet, MD; Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD

FIGS in Surgery of the Hind and Midgut Moderators: Steven Wexner, MD; Anna Duprée, MD

FIGS and Surgery of the Liver and Biliary Tract Moderators: Matthew Walsh, MD; Takeaki Ishizawa, MD PhD

Use of ICG in Esophageal and Gastric Surgery Moderators: Catherine Teh, MD; Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD

Selected Topics in FIGS Moderators: Fernando Dip, MD; Manish Chand, MD PhD;

Selected Topics in FIGS Moderators: Laurents Stassen, MD PhD; Raul Rosenthal, MD

Monday, February 26, 2024 21st Surgery of the Foregut Symposium All times in Eastern Time

Abdominal Wall Moderators: Michael Rosen, MD; Samuel Szomstein, MD

Dismotility of the Foregut, Gastroparesis, Median Arcuate Ligament and SMA Syndrome Moderators: Ana Pena, MD; Samuel Szomstein, MD

Understanding Surgery of the Hiatus – The Cleveland Clinic Approach: Experience with More Than 1,000 Cases Moderators: Matthew Kroh, MD; Raul Rosenthal, MD

Selected Topics in Foregut Surgery Moderator: Raul Rosenthal, MD

11th Annual Robert E. Hermann MD Lecture Moderators: Matthew Kroh, MD; Matthew Walsh, MD

Robots in Foregut and Bariatric Surgery: When, Who and How to Implement? Understanding the Hybrid Model Moderators: Raul Rosenthal, MD; Rana Pullat, MD

10th Annual Walter Pories MD Lecture Moderators: Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD; Raul Rosenthal, MD

Implementing Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery to Salvage Critically Ill Severely Obese Patients Moderators: Matthew Kroh, MD; Raul Rosenthal, MD

Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Foregut Seminar David G. Jagelman MD Conference Center Cleveland Clinic Florida All times in Eastern Time

Seminar on Management of Complications in Foregut and Bariatric Surgery – Case Presentations, Videos & Discussion Moderators: Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD; Ana Pena, MD; Raul Rosenthal, MD; Samuel Szomstein, MD

Sunday, February 25, 2024
9th Annual ISFGS Meeting
All times in Eastern Time

The Impact of FIGS in Breast and Head and Neck Surgery
Moderators: Michael Bouvet, MD; Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD

FIGS in Surgery of the Hind and Midgut
Moderators: Steven Wexner, MD; Anna Duprée, MD

FIGS and Surgery of the Liver and Biliary Tract
Moderators: Matthew Walsh, MD; Takeaki Ishizawa, MD PhD

Use of ICG in Esophageal and Gastric Surgery
Moderators: Catherine Teh, MD; Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD

Selected Topics in FIGS
Moderators: Fernando Dip, MD; Manish Chand, MD PhD;

Selected Topics in FIGS
Moderators: Laurents Stassen, MD PhD; Raul Rosenthal, MD

Monday, February 26, 2024
21st Surgery of the Foregut Symposium
All times in Eastern Time

Abdominal Wall
Moderators: Michael Rosen, MD; Samuel Szomstein, MD

Dismotility of the Foregut, Gastroparesis, Median Arcuate Ligament and SMA Syndrome
Moderators: Ana Pena, MD; Samuel Szomstein, MD

Understanding Surgery of the Hiatus – The Cleveland Clinic Approach: Experience with More Than 1,000 Cases
Moderators: Matthew Kroh, MD; Raul Rosenthal, MD

Selected Topics in Foregut Surgery
Moderator: Raul Rosenthal, MD

11th Annual Robert E. Hermann MD Lecture
Moderators: Matthew Kroh, MD; Matthew Walsh, MD

Robots in Foregut and Bariatric Surgery: When, Who and How to Implement? Understanding the Hybrid Model
Moderators: Raul Rosenthal, MD; Rana Pullat, MD

10th Annual Walter Pories MD Lecture
Moderators: Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD; Raul Rosenthal, MD

Implementing Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery to Salvage Critically Ill Severely Obese Patients
Moderators: Matthew Kroh, MD; Raul Rosenthal, MD

Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Foregut Seminar
David G. Jagelman MD Conference Center Cleveland Clinic Florida
All times in Eastern Time

Seminar on Management of Complications in Foregut and Bariatric Surgery – Case Presentations, Videos & Discussion
Moderators: Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD; Ana Pena, MD; Raul Rosenthal, MD; Samuel Szomstein, MD