2018 Agenda

July 11, 2018 (Wednesday)

7:30 Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 Welcome & Introduction
Drs. Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Colin Schieman, Laura Donahoe
8:30 Overview of Technique for Anti-Reflux Surgery and Hiatal Hernia Repair
Dr. Colin Schieman
9:00 Overview of Technique for Heller Myotomy
Dr. Dalilah Fortin
9:30 Overview of Technique for POEM (Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy)
Dr. Eran Shlomovitz
10:00 Hands-On Session
(Donahoe/Fortin/Shlomovitz/Schieman/Yasufuku)

  1. Laparoscopic Esophageal Myotomy and Fundoplication
  2. POEM
  3. Question & Answer
12:00 Lunch Break
(Lunch provided)
13:00 Hands-On Session
(Donahoe/Fortin/Shlomovitz/Schieman/Yasufuku)

  1. Laparoscopic Esophageal Myotomy and Fundoplication
  2. POEM
  3. Question & Answer
16:00 CanMEDS Session
Transitioning into Thoracic Surgery Practice – Setting Up and Building your Practice
Dr. Colin Schieman
17:00 Adjourn
18:00 Dinner with Faculty

July 12, 2018 (Thursday)

7:30 Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 Welcome & Introduction
Drs. Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Colin Schieman, Laura Donahoe
8:10 Standard Techniques of Lung Cancer Staging
Dr. Laura Donahoe
8:30 EBUS-TBNA (Procedure and Results)
Dr. Kazuhiro Yasufuku
9:00 Radial Probe EBUS
Dr. Kasia Czarnecka-Kujawa
9;30 Cytopathologic Diagnosis of EBUS-TBNA Samples: Rapid on-site evaluation and final sign-out
Joerg Schwock
10:00 Hands-On Session
(Czarnecka-Kujawa/Donahoe/Schwock/Schieman/Yasufuku)

  1. Handling of EBUS-TBNA Equipment (Balloon attachment, Needle)
  2. Radial Probe EBUS in Phantom
  3. EBUS-TBNA in Porcine Model
13:00 Lunch Break (Lunch provided)
14:00
  • Crisis in the Operating Room (Team Building Simulation)
    Dr. Richard Malthaner
  • Simulation (30 min/trainee)
    (Donahoe/Fortin/Malthaner/Schieman/Yasufuku)
  • Debriefing
  • Simultaneous Video Sessions
    Dr. Kazuhiro Yasufuku
  • Thoracic Ultrasound
    Dr. Kasia Czarnecka-Kujawa
18:00 Adjourn

July 13, 2018 (Friday)

7:30 Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 Welcome & Introduction
Drs. Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Colin Schieman, Laura Donahoe
8:10 VATS Lobectomy (Procedure and Results)
Dr. Najib Safieddine
8:40 Robotic Lobectomy (Procedure and Results)
Dr. Wael Hanna
9:00 Hands-On Session
(Donahoe/Hanna/Safieddine/Schieman/Yasufuku)

  1. VATS lobectomy
  2. Airway and Vascular anastomosis
  3. Question & Answer
12:00 Lunch Break (Lunch provided)
13:00 Hands-On Session
(Donahoe/Hanna/Safieddine/Schieman/Yasufuku)

  1. VATS lobectomy
  2. Airway and Vascular anastomosis
  3. Question & Answer
16:00 Hands-On Introduction to da Vinci Robot
Dr. Kazuhiro YasufukuWorking Dinner
17:00 Hands-On Session
Basics of da Vinci Robotic Surgery
20:00 Adjourn

July 14, 2018 (Saturday)

7:30 Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 Welcome & Introduction
Drs. Kazuhiro Yasufuku, Colin Schieman, Laura Donahoe
8:10 Rigid Bronchoscopy/Airway stenting
Dr. Michael Ko
8:30 Esophageal Stenting
Dr. Jonathan Yeung
8:50 Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy
Dr. Laura Donahoe
9:10 Navigational Bronchoscopy
Dr. Kasia Czarnecka-Kujawa
9:30 Hands-On Session
(Czarnecka-Kujawa/Donahoe/Schieman/Yasufuku/Yeung)

  1. Rigid bronchoscopy
  2. Airway stenting
  3. Esophageal stenting
  4. Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy
  5. Navigational bronchoscopy
  6. Question &Answer
12:00 Closing Remarks and Adjourn

 

July 12, 2018 (Thursday)

7:30 Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 Welcome & Introduction
8:10 Standard Techniques of Lung Cancer Staging
8:30 EBUS-TBNA (Procedure and Results)
9:00 Radial Probe EBUS
Dr. Kasia Czarnecka-Kujawa
9:30 Optimization of Laboratory Evaluation of EBUS-TBNA Samples: How to obtain a good specimen and what to do with it
10:00 Hands-On Session

  1. Handling of EBUS-TBNA Equipment (Balloon attachment, Needle)
  2. Radial Probe EBUS in Phantom
  3. EBUS-TBNA in Porcine Model
13:00 Lunch Break (Lunch provided)
14:00
  • Crisis in the Operating Room (Team Building Simulation)
    Dr. Richard Malthaner
  • Simulation (30 min/trainee)
  • Debriefing
  • Simultaneous Video Sessions
18:00 Adjourn

 

July 13, 2018 (Friday)

7:30 Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 Welcome & Introduction
8:10 VATS Lobectomy (Procedure and Results)
8:40 Robotic Lobectomy (Procedure and Results)
9:00 Hands-On Session

  1. VATS lobectomy
  2. Airway and Vascular anastomosis
  3. Question & Answer
12:00 Lunch Break (Lunch provided)
13:00 Hands-On Session

  1. VATS lobectomy
  2. Airway and Vascular anastomosis
  3. Question & Answer
16:00 CanMEDS Session
“Transitioning into Thoracic Surgery Practice – Setting Up and Building your Practice”
17:00 Adjourn

 

July 14, 2018 (Saturday)

7:30 Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 Welcome & Introduction
8:10 Rigid Bronchoscopy/Airway stenting
8:30 Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy
8:50 Navigational Bronchoscopy
9:30 Hands-On Session

  1. Rigid bronchoscopy
  2. Airway/Esophageal stenting
  3. Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy
  4. Navigational bronchoscopy
  5. Question & Answer
12:00 Closing Remarks and Adjourn