Skip to content

Program

8:20 AM - 8:50 AM

Registration

Duration: 30 mins
8:50 AM - 9:00 AM

Epworth HealthCare Introduction and Welcome

 

 

 

Duration: 10 mins
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

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

Professor Andrew Barbour is an academic general surgeon who specialises in upper... More

Associate Professor David Cavallucci

Associate Professor David Cavallucci is a Hepato-pancreatico-biliary surgical oncologist. He is... More

Mr Julian Choi

Mr Choi has expertise in the treatment of liver, pancreas, gallbladder and gastric cancers. He... More

Professor Tony Costello

Tony Costello is Professorial Fellow & Head Department of Urology, The Royal Melbourne... More

Associate Professor Gary Crosthwaite

Associate Professor Gary Crosthwaite is the Director of the General Surgery and Gastroenterology... More

Mr Rod Jacobs

Mr Jacobs is a general surgeon with degrees in Science and Medicine. He attended the University... More

Dr Kirsten Larkins

Kirsten is a SET general surgical registrar, training at the Austin-Northern training hub in... More

Duration: 1.5 hours
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Morning Tea and Sponsor Exhibition

Duration: 30 mins
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

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

Associate Professor Cherry Koh is a colorectal surgeon with a subspecialty interest in... More

Dr Stephen Pillinger

Mr David Wardill

Mr David Wardill is a general and colorectal surgeon who consults and operates at Epworth... More

Duration: 1.5 hours
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Lunch and Sponsor Exhibition

Duration: 45 mins
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

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

Duration: 1.5 hours
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Afternoon tea

Duration: 30 mins
3:15 PM - 5:00 PM

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

Associate Professor Cherry Koh is a colorectal surgeon with a subspecialty interest in... More

Dr Philip Smart

Dr Philip Smart is a Specialist Colorectal surgeon. He studied Medicine at the University of... More

Associate Professor Satish Warrier

A/Prof Satish Warrier is a colorectal surgeon at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Alfred Health... More

Duration: 1.75 hours
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Drinks and Canapés - Library

Library

Duration: 1 hour