Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
| 730 – 800 | BREAKFAST & REGISTRATION |
| 800 – 810 | Welcome |
| BREAST I | |
| 810 – 825 | Downstaging the Axilla in Breast Cancer Sarah McLaughlin |
| 825 – 840 | Let’s Talk Lobular David Lim |
| 840 – 855 | Updated Breast Screening Guidelines Bonnie O’Hayon |
| 855 – 910 | De-mystifying Radiotherapy Eric Leung |
| 910 – 925 | Current Status of Diagnosis and Treatment of Lymphedema Sarah McLaughlin |
| 925 – 950 | Q&A and Discussion |
| 950 – 1015 | BREAK |
| BREAST II | |
| 1015 – 1050 | MCC Presentation & Discussion Case Presentations: Gayathri Naganathan & Katelynn Tang Panel Discussion: Jeffrey Myers, Sarah McLaughlin, Eric Leung, David Lim |
| 1050 – 1115 | Debate – it is Time to Stop Staging the Axilla? Brian Pinchuk & Ralph George |
| 1115 – 1130 | Breast/Chest Health Considerations Among Transgender and Gender–diverse Individuals Gary Ko |
| 1130 – 1145 | Q&A and Discussion |
| 1145 – 1245 | LUNCH Sponsored Presentation |
| TRAUMA/ACS | |
| 1245 – 1305 | Always Be Closing: ABCs of the Open Abdomen Matt Guttman |
| 1305 – 1325 | Hostile Gallbladder Sean Cleary |
| 1325 – 1345 | Gastric Outlet Obstruction Shannon Stogryn |
| 1345 – 1405 | Trauma Surgery for the General Surgeon Morgan Schellenberg |
| 1405 – 1430 | Q&A and Discussion |
| 1430 – 1450 | BREAK |
| TECHNICAL TIPS & TRICKS | |
| 1450 – 1510 | Esophageal and GEJ Obstructions: Stents, Tubes and More Elliot Wakeam |
| 1510 – 1530 | Stoma Jeopardy Marcus Burnstein |
| 1530 – 1550 | Polypectomy, Hot or Cold? Jeff Mosko |
| 1550 – 1610 | Breast Lumpectomy Renee Hanrahan |
| 1610 – 1630 | Left Sided Colon Rescection Peter Stotland |
| 1630 – 1700 | Q&A and Discussion |
Friday, April 4th, 2025
| 730 – 800 | BREAKFAST |
| 800 – 805 | Welcome to Day 2 |
| HERNIA | |
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805 – 820 |
Paraesophageal Hernia Repair – is it Even Worth it? Mike Ko |
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820 – 840 |
Optimizing inguinal hernia repair (open and MIS) David Chen |
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840 – 900 |
Shouldice – What’s Old is New Again Ayse Yilbas |
| 900 – 915 | Management of Inguinodynia Following Inguinal Hernia Repairs David Chen |
| 915 – 930 | Ventral Hernias – Who to Refer and How to Temporize Megan Melland Smith |
| 930 – 945 | Hernia Case Conference & Discussion Panel Discussion (all speakers) |
| 945 – 1000 | BREAK |
| COLORECTAL | |
| 1000 – 1020 | ERAS – What’s New? Aman Pooni |
| 1020 – 1035 | Complicated Diverticulitis: Operative Strategies for Fistulas Marisa Louridas |
| 1035 – 1050 | Ass-essing the Situation: How to Handle Horseshoe and Supralevator Abscesses Dan Abramowitz |
| 1050 – 1105 | Circulating Tumour DNA and How it’s Going to Change your Practice Suneil Khanna |
| 1105 – 1120 | Current Approach for Rectal Cancer – What is Going on? Erin Kennedy |
| 1120 – 1150 | MCC Panel Discussion All Speakers |
| 1150 – 1215 | Q&A and Discussion |
| 1215 – 1315 | LUNCH Sponsored Presentation |
| ERGONOMICS & MEDICO-LEGAL ISSUES | |
| 1315 – 1340 | Ergonomics Geeta Lal |
| 1340 – 1355 | Enhancing skills that mitigate risk Fady Balaa |
| 1355 – 1410 | The Operation Didn’t go as Planned Shiva Jayaraman |
| 1410 – 1425 | The Learning Curve of Robotic Surgery Fayez Quereshy |
| 1425 – 1445 | An Approach to Disorders of Gut Brain Interaction Colleen Parker |
| 1445 – 1500 | Use of ICG in GI surgery Sami Chadi |
| 1500 – 1520 | Q&A and Discussion |
| 1520 – 1540 | BREAK |
| POTPOURRI | |
| 1540 – 1600 | Workup of Neck Masses Geeta Lal |
| 1600 -1615 | HBOT – Clinical Indications & Personal Experience Timothy Sproule |
| 1615 – 1635 | Top Ten Melanoma Tips and Tricks Frances Wright |
| 1635 – 1650 | Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections Stephanie Mason |
| 1650 – 1705 | Hot Topics in Bariatrics Mary Anne Aarts |
| 1705 – 1730 | Q&A and Discussion |
Saturday, April 5th, 2025
| 830 – 900 | Breakfast |
| 900 – 1200 | Video Session – Tips & Tricks Peter Stotland, Laz Klein, Daniel Abramowitz |