Dr Scott Leslie
(Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW)

A/Professor Ruban Thanigasalam
(Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW)

Uncle Allen Madden
Uncle Allan is a Gadigal Elder, from the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council.

Graeme Loy PSM
Graeme is the acting Chief Executive of Sydney Local Health District. He has held executive roles across the health sector for more than 25 years, including Chief Executive of Western Sydney and Northern Sydney Local Health Districts. Read more.

John Dyason, General Manager ANZ

Professor Inderbir Gill (University of Southern California, LA, USA)

Professor Gyu Seog Choi (Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital, Daegu, ROK)

Dr Giovanni Cacciamani (University of Southern California, LA, USA)

Convener: Dr Scott Leslie (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW)

Moderators:
Dr Howard Lau (Westmead Private Hospital NSW)
Dr Nariman Ahmadi (Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW)
Professor Monish Aron (University of Southern California, LA, USA)
Dr Justin Vass (North Shore Private Hospital, NSW)

10:30am Bladder Transplantation: Pre-Clinical Studies Towards First-in-Human case
Prof Inderbir Gill (University of Southern California, LA, USA)

10:45am New frontiers: robotic kidney transplants and autotransplants
Dr Jinna Yao (Westmead Private Hospital, NSW)

11:00am Complex robotic and open renal surgery
Dr Matthew Winter (Sydney Urology Care, NSW)

11:15am Robotic retroperitoneal upper tract surgery
A/Prof Mark Louie-Jonsun (Gosford Private Hospital, NSW)

11:30am Surgery for advanced RCC in the era of novel systemic therapies
A/Professor Hooman Djaladat (University of Southern California, LA, USA)

11:45am Message at Maturity: The Eight RCTs of Open vs Robotic Radical Cystectomy
Prof Inderbir Gill (University of Southern California, LA, USA)

12:00pm Lymph node dissection in bladder cancer – 2024 update
A/Professor Hooman Djaladat (University of Southern California, LA, USA)

12:15pm Robotic RPLND for germ cell tumors
A/Professor Hooman Djaladat (University of Southern California, LA, USA)

Convener: A/Professor Carlo Pulitano (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW)

10:30am Robotic Liver Resection
A/Professor David Cavallucci (The Wesley Hospital, QLD)

11:15am Robotic Pancreatic surgery
Professor Jas Samra (Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW)

11:45am Abdominal Wall Surgery Specialty and Hernia Centers of Excellence: Where are we in 2024?
Dr Oliver Fisher (St George Public & Private Hospitals, NSW)

Convenor: Professor Christopher Cao (RPA & Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW)

Moderators:
Dr Michael Harden (North Shore Private Hospital, NSW)
Dr Jazmin Eckhaus (Epworth Hospital, VIC)

10:30am Robotic bronchoscopy
Professor Alvin Ing (Macquarie University Hospital, NSW)

10:50am How to start a robotic program in Western Australia
Dr Pragnesh Joshi (Hollywood Private Hospital, WA)

11:10am How to get the most out of your robotic assistant
Dr Jaime Santibanez (Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW)

11:30am VATS vs RVATS anatomical resections: pros vs cons
Dr Stephen Barnett (Royal Melbourne Hospital, VIC)

11:50am Thymectomy - How I do it
A/Prof Phillip Antippa (Royal Melbourne Hospital, VIC)

12:10pm Robotic catastrophes - How I get out of jail
A/Prof Gavin Wright (St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, VIC)

12:30pm Questions and discussion

Conveners/moderators:
Dr Julia Crawford (Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW)
Professor Carsten Palme (Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW)

10:30am How a virus has changed the landscape of oropharynx cancer
Professor Suren Krishnan (Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA)

11:00am Current Management Strategies for HPV(+) Oropharyngeal Cancer at Mayo Clinic
A/ Professor Kathryn Van Able (Mayo Clinic, USA)

11:20am The role of neoadjuvant immunotherapy in HPV oropharynx cancer
Dr Jenny Lee (Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW)

11:40am Why chose surgery for primary treatment in oropharynx cancer?
Dr Julia Crawford (Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW)

12:05pm Why chose radiation as primary treatment in oropharynx cancer?
Dr Puma Sundaresan (Western Sydney Local Health District, NSW)

Convenor: Dr Brett Fritsch (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW)

Moderators:
Dr Brett Fritsch (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW)
A/Professor Sam Macdessi (Sydney Knee Specialists, NSW)

The OrthoRobot F1 - we’re off and racing

10:30am Does robotics help in total knee replacement?
A/Professor Sam Macdessi (Sydney Knee Specialists, NSW)

10:50am Mako (Stryker)
Dr David Dickinson (Northern Beaches Hospital, NSW)

11:05am Velys (Johnson and Johnson)
Dr David Liu (Gold Coast Centre for Bone and Joint Surgery, QLD)

11:20am Omnibot (Corin)
Dr Sanjeev Gupta (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW)

11:35am Rosa (Zimmer)
Dr Josh Petterwood (Petterwood Orthopaedics, TAS)

11:50am Navio (Smith and Nephew)
Dr Jobe Shatrov (Landmark Orthopaedics, NSW)

12:05pm Panel discussion

Convener: Dr Scott Leslie (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW)

Moderators:
Dr Raji Kooner (St Vincent's Private Hospital Sydney, NSW)
A/Professor Dan Moon (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, VIC)
Dr Nader Awad (Port Macquarie Private Hospital, NSW)
Dr Phil Dundee (Epworth, VIC)

1:30pm Live Surgery from Chris O’Brien Lifehouse – Sao Paulo, RALP technique
A/Professor Ruban Thanigasalam (Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW)
Anterior approach for ultra preservation robotic assisted radical prostatectomy
Dr Rafael Coehlo ( Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, BRA)

1:45pm Educational theory in robotics
Dr Mohan Arianayagam (Norwest Private Hospital, NSW)

2:00pm Retzius-sparing RARP – Australian series of 200 cases
Dr Troy Gianduzzo (The Wesley Hospital, QLD)

2:15pm How to maximize functional outcomes following prostatectomy
Dr Kayvan Haghighi (Campbeltown Hospital, NSW)

2:30pm Single Port robotic lower urinary tract surgery – SP simple prostatectomy, SP radical prostatectomy and beyond
A/Professor Jullet Han (University of Southern California, LA, USA)

2:50pm Artificial Intelligence Applications in Urology
A/Professor Giovanni Cacciamani (University of Southern California, LA, USA)

Convener: Dr Michael Crawford (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW)

1:30pm Complex incisional hernia repair: robotic approach
Dr David Wardill (University Hospital Geelong, VIC)

2:10pm Same Day Ambulatory Robotic Bariatric Surgery
Dr Mark Magdy (St George Private Hospital, NSW)

Convener: Professor Tristan Yan (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW)

Moderator:
Dr Emily Granger (St Vincent’s Private Hospital, NSW)

1:30pm How to Improve Mitral Valve Repair Using the Robotic System
Dr Aubrey Almeida (Epworth Hospital, VIC)

1:50pm Robotic Septal Myectomy
Dr Nai-Hsin Chi (National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, TWN)

2:10pm Developing an emergency un-docking simulation for cardiothoracic surgery
Professor Michael Wilson (Macquarie University Hospital, NSW)

2:20pm Robotic Aortic Valve Surgery
Professor Tristan Yan (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW)

2:30pm Robotic Chordae Shortening
Dr Nai-Hsin Chi (National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, TWN)

2:45pm Discussion

Conveners, moderators:
Dr Julia Crawford (Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW)
Prof Carsten Palme (Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW)

1:30pm Robotic surgery; what I’ve learned since starting out in practice
Dr Ben Dixon (St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, VIC)

1:50pm Single Port Robotic Surgery
Dr Peter Floros (St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, NSW)

2:10pm HPV Biomarkers; the role of circulating DNA to guide treatment
Dr Sarju Visani (University of Queensland, QLD)

2:30pm Functional Outcomes post TORS
Dr Emma Charters (Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, NSW)

Convener: Dr Brett Fritsch (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW)

Moderator:
A/Prof Sam Macdessi (Sydney Knee Specialists, NSW)

1:30pm Developing a replacement for bone – the Jazbi Journey
Dr Maryam Parviz (Co-founder & CEO, SDIP Innovations, NSW)

1:45pm Remote patient monitoring using AI – Peak Medical
Ms Hayley Saddington (CEO, Peak Medical, NSW)

2:00pm Innovation: from idea to reality, Australian tech goes global
Ms Lynette Walter (CEO, Navbit, NSW)

2:15pm 3D printing the perfect operation – Personalised surgery
Dr Sam Grasso (CTO, Personalised Surgery, NSW)

2:30pm Innovation in Orthopaedics – innovating the process
Dr Brad Miles (Co-founder & CTO, 360 Med Care, NSW)

2:45pm Panel discussion