Agenda

9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Hands-On Workshop faculty: Drs. Dariusz Patkowski, Steve Rothenberg, Arnaud Bonnard, Jorge Correia-Pinto, Todd Ponsky, Adel Aljneibi, Bethany Slater, Samir Pandya, Maximiliano Maricic, Manuel Lopez, Gloria Gonzalez and Miguel Guelfand.
2 participants per station, 1 Faculty per 1-2 stations (max 15 stations)

8:30 - 9:00 am

Registration
Coffee and bakery items provided

9:00 - 9:15 am

Welcoming and presentation - Miguel Guelfand, MD
Course structure and dynamics - Maximiliano Maricic, MD

9:15 - 9:30 am

Principles of the technique: Working in reduced spaces, square and sliding Knot - Maximiliano Maricic, MD and Dariusz Patkowski, MD, PhD

9:30 - 10:30 am

Hands on: Warming up - Tubular and tubular double layer Anastomosis
All Faculty

10:30 - 11:00 am

Coffee break

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Hands on: Warming up - Long Gap training
All Faculty

12:00 - 12:30 pm

Technical: Tips and tricks for surgery practice
Dariusz Patkowski, MD, PhD, Maximiliano Maricic, MD, and Miguel Guelfand, MD

12:30 - 1:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 - 2:45 pm

Hands on: TEF/EA model I - Trainer practice
All Faculty

2:45 - 3:00 pm

Coffee break

3:00 - 4:15 pm

Hands on: TEF/EA model II - Trainer practice
All Faculty

4:15 - 4:30 am

Debriefing
All Faculty

4:15 - 4:30 am

Closing - Miguel Guelfand, MD and Maximiliano Maricic, MD

8:00 am – 5:30 pm Lecture faculty: Drs. Dariusz Patkowski, Steve Rothenberg, Arnaud Bonnard, Jorge Correia-Pinto, Todd Ponsky, Adel Aljneibi, Bethany Slater, Samir Pandya, Maximiliano Maricic, Manuel Lopez, Gloria Gonzalez and Miguel Guelfand.

7:30 – 8:00 am

Registration
Coffee and breakfast provided

8:00 – 8:30 am

Surgical tips & tricks in MIS in Newborns - Bethany Slater, MD, and Dariusz Patkowski, MD, PhD

• Anesthesia considerations
• Ergonomic in the OR
• Patient positioning
• Table and monitor placement
• Trocar Planning & Placement
• Surgical tips: case presentations (Faculty)

8:30 – 8:50 am

Neonatal MIS Training - Maximiliano Maricic, MD

• How to train for Neonatal MIS
• Tips, Tricks, and Advice

8:50 – 9:20 am

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair - Arnaud Bonnard, MD, PhD

• MIS Strategy
• Surgical Options
• How to avoid complications

9:20 – 9:50 am

Choledochal Cyst - Samir Pandya, MD

• MIS Strategy
• Surgical Options
• How to avoid complications

9:50 – 10:20 am

Coffee Break

10:20 – 10:50 am

Duodenal Obstruction – Miguel Guelfand, MD

• MIS Strategy
• Surgical Options
• How to avoid complications

10:50 – 11:20 am

Inguinal Hernia – Jorge Correia-Pinto, MD, PhD

• MIS Strategy
• Surgical Options
• How to avoid complications

11:20 – 12:15 pm

Lunch Break – Sponsored by TBD

12:15 – 12:45 pm

Fetoscopic Repair of Myelomeningocele - Manuel Lopez, MD

• MIS Strategy
• Surgical Options
• How to avoid complications

12:45 – 1:15 pm

MIS in Neonatal Bowel Perforation – Adel Al Jneibi, MD

• MIS Strategy
• Surgical Options
• How to avoid complications

1:15 – 2:15 pm

ICG Symposium: ICG and OnTarget in Newborn and Pediatric Surgery – Steven Rothenberg, MD, Manuel Lopez, MD, Gloria Gonzalez, MD, Miguel Guelfand, MD

• ICG utilization in neonatal & pediatric surgery
• Future applications of ICG
• OnTarget utilization: current and future perspectives

2:15 – 2:35 pm

AI and Innovations in Surgery – Todd Ponsky, MD

2:35 – 2:55 pm

Coffee break

2:55 – 3:25 pm

MIS for Lung Lesions – Steve Rothenberg, MD

• MIS strategy
• Surgical options
• How to avoid complications

3:25 – 3:55 pm

Long Gap Esophageal Atresia - Dariusz Patkowski, MD, PhD

• MIS Strategy
• Surgical Options
• How to avoid complications
• Esophageal replacement

3:55 – 4:55 pm

Complex Cases – Tips, Tricks & New Ideas – Steve Rothenberg, MD, Dariusz Patkowski, MD, PhD, Manuel Lopez, MD,  Arnaud Bonnard, MD, PhD, Samir Pandya, MD

4:55 – 5:25 pm

All Faculty Q&A

5:25 – 6:25 pm

Closing Ceremony & Reception for all attendees