Thursday, April 20

730-800 Breakfast & Registration
0800-815 Welcome
Nancy Down

Hernia
Chair: Lloyd Smith
815- 830 Management of chronic pain after groin hernia repair
Lloyd Smith
830-845 Post-op hematomas and seroma- to drain or not to drain
Paul Sullivan
845-900 Approach to the recurrent groin hernia
Jensen Tan
900-915 Devascularization of the cord and other urology misadventures-what do I do?
David Hajek
915-930 The infected mesh
Joao Rezende Neto
930-950 Q&A
950-1015 Break

Upper GI
Chair: Allan Okrainec
1015-1030 Help! My gastric biopsy shows: Metaplasia
Vishal Patel
1030-1045 GERD – Management from conservative to surgical
Allan Okrainec
1045-1100 An approach to H. Pylori in 2023
Kyle Staller
1100-1115 Management of Post-Bariatric surgery gastric complications
Mary Anne Aarts
1115-1130 Gastric GIST workup and management
Calvin Law
1130-1145 Q&A
1145-1245 Lunch
Sponsored Session

Colorectal
Chair: Marisa Louridas
1245-1255 A practical approach to colonic volvulus
Trevor Wood
1255-105 Emergent management of the obstructing colon cancer
Marisa Louridas
105-1115 The suspicious polyp- decision making at endoscopy
Jeff Mosko
115-125 The Perfect stoma
Marcus Burnstein
125-145 Q&A and Discussion
145-230 Tumour Board:

  • Sami Chadi
  • Trevor Wood
  • Jeff Mosko
  • Peter Stotland
  • Cathy Streutker
230-250 Break

Things you need to know
Chair: Peter Stotland
250-315 A primer on constipation for the surgeon
Kyle Staller
315-330 Pre-op iron transfusion
Julie Hallett
330-345 What’s new in NOAC’s
Menaka Pai
345-400 Primer on surgery in the diabetic (new oral hypoglycemics)
Jeremy Gilbert
400-415 Introduction to ICG
Sami Chadi
415-430 Demystifying molecular markers in colon cancer
Paul Savage
430-500 Q&A
500-700 Reception & Sponsored Session