Agenda

Wednesday July 10, 2019

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. Dalilah Fortin and Dr. Colin Schieman
9:00 Overview of Technique of Endoscopic Ultrasound
Dr. Jonathan Yeung
9:30 Overview of Technique for POEM (Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy)
Dr. Eran Shlomovitz
10:00 Hands-On Session
Donahoe / Fortin / Shlomovitz / Schieman / Yeung

  1. Laparoscopic Esophageal Myotomy and Fundoplication
  2. POEM
  3. EUS
  4. FLS Endoscopic Simulator
  5. Q&A
12:00 Lunch Break (Lunch provided)
13:00 Hands-On Session
Donahoe / Fortin / Shlomovitz / Schieman / Yeung

  1. Laparoscopic Esophageal Myotomy and Fundoplication
  2. POEM
  3. EUS
  4. FLS Endoscopic Simulator
  5. Q&A
16:00 CanMEDS Session
Dr. Colin Schieman
Transitioning into Thoracic Surgery Practice – Setting Up and Building your Practice
17:00 Adjourn
18:00 Dinner with Faculty

Thursday July 11, 2019

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 EUBS-TBNA Samples
Dr. 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

  1. Simulation (30 min/trainee)
    Donahoe / Fortin / Malthaner / Schieman / Yasufuku
  2. Debriefing
  3. Simultaneous Video Sessions
    Dr. Kazuhiro Yasufuku
  4. Thoracic Ultrasound
    Dr. Kasia Czarnecka-Kujawa
18:00 Adjourn

Friday July 12, 2019

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. Kazuhiro Yasufuku
9:00 Hands-On Session
Donahoe / Safieddine / Yasufuku

  1. VATS lobectomy
  2. Airway and Vascular Anastomosis
  3. Q&A
12:00 Lunch Break (Lunch provided)
13:00 Hands-On Session
Donahoe / Safieddine / Yasufuku

  1. VATS lobectomy
  2. Airway and Vascular Anastomosis
  3. Q&A
16:00 Hands-On Introduction to da Vinci Robot
Dr. Kazuhiro Yasufuku
Working Dinner
17:00 Hands-On Session
Donahoe / Schieman / Yasufuku
Basics of da Vinci Robotic Surgery
20:00 Adjourn

Saturday July 13, 2019

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 Navigational Bronchoscopy
Dr. Kasia Czarnecka-Kujawa
9:10 Hands-On Session
Czarnecka-Kujawa / Donahoe / Ko / Schieman / Yasufuku / Yeung

  1. Rigid Bronchoscopy
  2. Airway Stenting
  3. Esophageal Stenting
  4. Navigational Bronchoscopy (Electromagnetic Navigation)
  5. Navigational Bronchoscopy (Virtual Navigation)
  6. Q&A
12:00 Closing Remarks and Adjourn