Program
Registration
Epworth HealthCare Introduction and Welcome
Session 1 - Overview - How do I train and what is available?
Chairs - Professor Andrew Barbour and Associate Professor Gary Crosthwaite
9.00am Current state of robotic surgery Australia vs International - Associate Professor David Cavallucci
9.15am Getting started in Robotics - Mr Julian Choi
9.30am Hospital issues starting a robotic program - Mr Rod Jacobs
9.45am Overview of the available technology and what is coming - Dr Kirstin Larkins
10.00am Australian Medical Robotics Academy - Professor Tony Costello
10.15am Panel discussion
Professor Andrew Barbour is an academic general surgeon who specialises in upper... More
Associate Professor David Cavallucci is a Hepato-pancreatico-biliary surgical oncologist. He is... More
Mr Choi has expertise in the treatment of liver, pancreas, gallbladder and gastric cancers. He... More
Tony Costello is Professorial Fellow & Head Department of Urology, The Royal Melbourne... More
Associate Professor Gary Crosthwaite is the Director of the General Surgery and Gastroenterology... More
Mr Jacobs is a general surgeon with degrees in Science and Medicine. He attended the University... More
Kirsten is a SET general surgical registrar, training at the Austin-Northern training hub in... More
Morning Tea and Sponsor Exhibition
Session 2 - Robotics in General Surgery
11.00am Are lap and open inguinasl hernia repairs dead? - Dr Stephen Pillinger
11.15am I do general robotic Surgery Dr Kareem Marwan
11.30am Complex ventral hernia repairs - Mr David Wardill
11.45am AI in robotics? Professor Andrew Barbour
12.00pm Robotic audit data and research - Associate Professor Cherry Koh
12.15pm Panel discussion
Associate Professor Cherry Koh is a colorectal surgeon with a subspecialty interest in... More
Mr David Wardill is a general and colorectal surgeon who consults and operates at Epworth... More
Lunch and Sponsor Exhibition
Session 3 - Upper GI/Hepato-Pancreato Biliary surger techniques
Chairs: A/Prof David Cavallucci and Mr Julian Choi
1.15pm Robotic whipples and pancreatic surgery - Associate Professor David Cavallucci
1.30pm Robotic liver surgery - Mr Osamu Yoshino
1.45pm Robotic OG surgery - Professor Andrew Barbour
2.00pm Bariatric surgery - all comers or just redos and bypasses - Mr Anthony Clough
2.15pm Benign OG surgery - Associate Professor Cuong Duong
2.30pm Panel discussion
Afternoon tea
Session 4 - Colorectal applications
Chairs: Associate Professor Cherry Koh and Associate Professor Satish Warrier
3.15pm How I do a robotic right hemi in 2023? Dr Stephen Pillinger
3.30pm How I do a robotic anterior resection in 2023- Dr Philip Smart
3.45pm Robotic Pelvic Surgery the ultimate - Associate Professor Satish Warrier
4.00pm Dealing with the difficult case - when to opt out - Mr Ian Hastie
4.15pm QA/Discussion
4.30pm Debate ' No place for robotics in general surgery vs It’s the only way to go'
For: Dr Stephen Pillinger and Associate Professor Craig Lynch
Against: Mr Paul Sitzler and Dr Matt Read
5.00pm Closing remarks - Associate Professor Gary Crosthwaite
Associate Professor Cherry Koh is a colorectal surgeon with a subspecialty interest in... More
Dr Philip Smart is a Specialist Colorectal surgeon. He studied Medicine at the University of... More
A/Prof Satish Warrier is a colorectal surgeon at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Alfred Health... More
Drinks and Canapés - Library
Library