Day 1 – Friday 31 October

• Sofitel Melbourne
• 07:30 – 17:00

FINAL PROGRAM

Breakfast Symposium – Meet our UAB Visitors                              

7:30 Exploratory laparoscopy for blunt trauma – Dr Lauren Tanner
7:45 Malignant Bowel Obstruction – Options for Patient-Centred Care – Dr Kimberly Kopecky
8:00 Surgical Emergencies in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Dr Robert Hollis
8:15 The importance of professional connections – Prof Jonathan Serpell
8:30 Session end – short tea break

Session One – The Bleeding Edge       

8:45 Acknowledgment of Country and official opening – Organising Committee
9:00 Emergency Hernias – Is Laparoscopic Repair Ever Appropriate? – Dr Fred Huynh
9:15 Non-operative management of appendicitis – What’s the tea? – Dr June Oo
9:30 Large bowel obstruction for the AGSU surgeon? – Dr Kenneth Buxey
9:45 Blunt Oesophageal Injury – What Do I Do? – Dr Damien Loh
10:00 Does cholecystostomy still have a role in 2025? – Dr Ee Jun Ban
10:15    Q&A     

10:30 – 11:00 – Morning Tea with Industry                    

Session Two – Sharing is Caring                                  

11:00 Breast cancer updates – Dr Sarah Birks
11:15 Cystic Pancreatic Lesions – What’s the Malignant Potential? – Dr Kaye Bowers
11:30 Q&A     
11:35 Breaking Silos with a Multidisciplinary Periop Service – Dr Jamie Smart
11:45 Collaborative decision making for complex patients – Libby Cawson
11:55 Roundtable discussion – what is the role of the surgeon in a perioperative landscape?
Chair, James Lee          
Panel: Dr Libby Cawson, Dr Robert Hollis, Dr Jamie Smart, Prof Jonathan Serpell

12:30 – 13:30 – Lunch with Industry               

Session Three – Applying the KISS Principle             

13:30 Red flags for an adrenal mass – Dr Belinda Hii
13:45 Preoperative use of GLP-1RAs – what surgeons need to know – A/Prof Priya Sumithran
14:00 The Art of Uncertainty: Surgeon’s Guide to BIRADS 3 & 4 lesions – Dr Yuan Tian
14:15 Reflux Surgery – What Can Go Wrong? – Dr Richard Chen
14:30 Retrosternal goitre: How to get that out of there – Dr James Lee
14:45 Q&A     

15:00 15:30 Afternoon Tea with Industry     

Session Four – Collaborative Cancer Management      

15:30 MDT Meetings & Clinics: Are they worth it? – Prof Mark Shackleton
15:45 Systemic therapy for non-metastatic gastroesophageal cancer – Dr Ben Markman
16:00 Should complete mesocolic excision for colon cancer be standard of care? – Dr Paul Simpson
16:15 Current evidence for targeted therapies in colorectal cancer – A/Prof Andrew Haydon
16:30 Surgical decision-making for high-risk oncologic situations – Dr Kimberly Kopecky

17:00 DAY ONE PROGRAM CLOSE