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Agenda

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

Thursday, July 31, 2025
All times in Eastern Time
3:00 pm
Registration
3:25 pm
Welcome & Introductions
Sarah Bishop, MD, and Graham Schwarz, MD, MSE

Session 1 - Innovation, Venture, Regulation and Economics in Robotics
3:30 pm
Robotic Assisted Surgery Landscape from the Venture Perspective
Todd Schwarzinger, MBA
3:45 pm
Robotics in Plastic Surgery: Defining the Value, Data, and Leadership Path Forward
Binita Ashar, MD
4:00 pm
 Economics of Robotic Surgery on Health System
Jesse Selber, MD, MPH
4:15 pm
 Economics of Robotic Surgery in Plastic Surgery
Risal Djohan, MD
4:30 pm
Panel Discussion

Session 2 - Credentialing and Training
5:00 pm
Robotic Skills Training in PRS
Alice Yao, MD
5:15 pm
 Evidence Based Methods of Robotic Training
John Shuck, MD
5:30 pm
 Pathways for Robotic Certification and Credentialing in PRS
Richard Baynosa, MD
5:45 pm
 The Role of Organized Plastic Surgery in Supporting Robotics & Emerging Technology Adoption
Steven Williams, MD
6:00 pm
 Panel Discussion / Q&A
6:30 pm
 Adjourn

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Friday, August 1, 2025
All times in Eastern Time
7:30 am
Registration & Breakfast
8:10 am
Welcome & Introductions
Sarah Bishop, MD, and Graham Schwarz, MD, MSE

Session 3 - Robotic Assisted Breast Surgery and Reconstruction
8:15 am
Surgical Ergonomics - Surgeon Longevity and the Case for Robotics
Stephanie Valente, DO
8:30 am
Multiport & Single Port TEP DIEP Flap Reconstruction
Sarah Bishop, MD
8:45 am
Emerging Robotic Techniques in Breast Reconstruction
Jung-Ju Huang, MD
9:00 am
Single Port Latissimus Dorsi Muscle Flap Harvest
Alice Yao, MD
9:15 am
Robotic Nipple Sparing Mastectomy
James Jakub, MD
9:30 am
Reconstruction After Robotic Mastectomy (Implant +/- Autologous)
Aparna Vijayasekaran, MBBS
9:45 am
Panel Discussion
10:30 am
Break & Exhibits

Session 4 - Pearls from Allied Services

10:55 am
Robotic Assisted Abdominal Wall Reconstruction - Emerging Robotic Platforms
Benjamin Miller, MD
11:10 am
Getting Out and Staying out of Trouble in Robotic Surgery
Zeyad Schwen, MD
11:25 am
Hernia Expert Perspective: TEP Multiport Placement and eTEP Technique
Clayton Petro, MD
11:40 am
Panel Discussion / Q&A
12:05 pm
Lunch and Non-CME Satellite

Session 5 - Novel Applications of Robotic Reconstruction – Head to Toe

1:20 pm
Robotic Assisted Extremity Reconstruction
Scott Levin, MD
1:40 pm
Robotic VRAM Harvest for Pelvic and Perineal Reconstruction
Richard Baynosa, MD
2:00 pm
Robotics in Head & Neck Cancer and Reconstruction
Jamie Ku, MD
2:20 pm
Panel Discussion

Session 6 - AI & Emerging Technologies

2:50 pm
Surgical Intelligence: Convergence of AI & Robotics
Graham Schwarz, MD, MSE
3:05 pm
AI in Perioperative Care of the Reconstructive Patient
Piyush Mathur, MD
3:20 pm
Building and Innovating Robotic Surgical Systems
Dale Podolsky, MD, PhD
3:35 pm
Panel Discussion
4:00 pm
Break and Exhibits

Session 7 - Robotic Supermicrosurgery- Applications and Innovations

4:30 pm
Experience with Microsure: Clinical Experience and Lessons Learned from
Co-development of a Robotic Platform
Shan Shan Qiu Shao, MD, PhD
4:45 pm
Robotic Supermicrosurgery – High Impact Pearls for Success
Alexandru Nistor, MD, PhD
5:00 pm
Lymphatic Surgery: Focus on Lymph Node to Venous Anastomosis
Wei Chen, MD
5:15 pm
Panel Discussion
5:35 pm
Closing Remarks
5:40 pm
Adjourn

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Saturday, August 2, 2025
All times in Eastern Time
7:00 am
Breakfast
8:00 am

Skills & Cadaver Lab


Participants will be assigned to groups and will rotate through stations in the cadaver lab.

Each group will spend six hours in the cadaver lab on Saturday.

Participants are asked to bring scrubs and any preferred protective eyewear for the cadaver lab.

More details will be provided as we near the conference.

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