Day one | Monday, 28 January 2019.

FOCUS: HPB SERIES - EXPLORING UPDATES IN BILIARY TRACT SURGERY

08:00 | Welcome coffee

09:30 | Opening remarks
Prof Ali Al Dameh, Associate Professor, General Surgery and Thoracic and Laparoscopic Surgery - Consultant Surgeon, Emirates Speciality Hospital - DHCC, Dubai, UAE
Dr Matthew Walsh, Chair: Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Session 1: Cholecystitis – how would I manage it?
Moderator: Dr Satya Bhattacharya, Consultant General and Hepato-biliary-pancreatic (HPB) Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust, King Edward VII’s Hospital, The London Clinic; Clinical Lead, Liver and Pancreas Multi-Disciplinary Team, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK

09:35 | Panel discussion: How to manage a difficult cholecystectomy?
A series of short video presentations followed by interactive audience discussion and poll Moderator: Dr Satya Bhattacharya, Consultant General and Hepato-biliary-pancreatic (HPB) Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust, King Edward VII’s Hospital, The London Clinic; Clinical Lead, Liver and Pancreas Multi-Disciplinary Team, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
Panellists:

• Dr Ajit Abraham, Consultant HPB & Trauma Surgeon, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
• Dr Bijendra Patel, Consultant Upper GI & Laparoscopic Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust; Clinical Lead for General Surgery, Network Director for Upper GI Surgery, Director of Surgical Skills and Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
• Dr Matthew Kroh, Chief of the Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Dr Shaw Somers, President, British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society; Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, BMI Clementine Churchill Hospital London and Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK

Session 2: What are your options?
Moderator: Dr Matthew Walsh, Chair: Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

10:30 | I’ve found gallbladder polyps on the US report: now what?
Dr Guido Mannaerts, ‎Chief of General Surgery; Consultant Bariatric and Oncology Surgeon, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE

11:00 | Timing it to perfection: Cholecystectomy in acute cholecystitis
Dr Stanley W. Ashley, Frank Sawyer Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School; General, Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgeon, Chief Medical Officer, Vice President for Medical Affairs, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

11:30 | Acute cholecystectomy - better than the alternatives?
Dr Shaw Somers, President, British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society; Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, BMI Clementine Churchill Hospital London and Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK

12:00 | Lunch break and visit exhibition

Session 3: Common duct stones
Moderator: Dr Bijendra Patel, Consultant Upper GI & Laparoscopic Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust; Clinical Lead for General Surgery, Network Director for Upper GI Surgery, Director of Surgical Skills and Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

14:00 | Predicting presence of CBD stones
Dr Satya Bhattacharya, Consultant General and Hepato-biliary-pancreatic (HPB) Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust, King Edward VII’s Hospital, The London Clinic; Clinical Lead, Liver and Pancreas Multi-Disciplinary Team, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK

14:20 | Choledocholithiasis: laparoscopic first approach to management
Dr Matthew Kroh, Chief of the Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

14:40 | Choledocholithiasis: ERCP first approach and Intrahepatic stone disease - surgical approaches
Dr Ajit Abraham, Consultant HPB & Trauma Surgeon, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK

15:00 | Coffee break

Session 4: Updates in biliary tract surgery
Moderator: Prof Ali Al Dameh, Associate Professor, General Surgery and Thoracic and Laparoscopic Surgery - Consultant Surgeon, Emirates Speciality Hospital - DHCC, Dubai, UAE

14:45 | Prevention of duct injuries during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Dr Bijendra Patel, Consultant Upper GI & Laparoscopic Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust, Clinical Lead for General Surgery, Network Director for Upper GI Surgery, Director of Surgical Skills and Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

16:15 | Bile duct injury: optimal timing of repair
Dr Matthew Walsh, Chair: Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

16:45 | Featured talk: US-Europe expert consensus on the medicolegal management of bile duct injury
Dr Bijendra Patel, Consultant Upper GI & Laparoscopic Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust, Clinical Lead for General Surgery, Network Director for Upper GI Surgery, Director of Surgical Skills and Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

17:15 Panel discussion and questions

17:30 | End of day one

Day two | Tuesday, 29 January 2019.

FOCUS: HPB SERIES - EXPLORING UPDATES IN BILIARY TRACT SURGERY

08:00 | Welcome coffee

09:30 | Opening remarks
Dr Bijendra Patel, Consultant General Upper GI & Laparoscopic Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust; Clinical Lead for General Surgery, Network Director for Upper GI  Surgery, Director of Surgical Skills and Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

Session 5: Pancreatic surgery – updates and advances

Moderator: Dr Satya Bhattacharya, Consultant General and Hepato-biliary-pancreatic (HPB) Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust, King Edward VII’s Hospital, The London Clinic; Clinical Lead, Liver and Pancreas Multi-Disciplinary Team, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK

08:35 | The ins and outs of minimally invasive Whipple
Dr Mary Dillhoff, Surgical Oncologist, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center (OSUCCC) - James, Columbus, Ohio, USA

09:00 | Update on pancreatic cystic neoplasms
Dr Matthew Walsh, Chair: Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

09:00 | Current management of acute pancreatitis complications: hemorrhage, pseudocysts and necrosis
Dr Stanley W. Ashley, Frank Sawyer Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School; General, Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgeon, Chief Medical Officer, Vice President for Medical Affairs, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

10:00 | Quality performance in pancreatic cancer management
Prof Rowan Parks, President, Association of Sugreons of Great Britain and Ireland; Prof of Surgical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

10:30 | Coffee break

Session 6: Surgery leadership and management symposium
Moderator: Dr Matthew Walsh, Chair: Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

11:15 | Digital leadership in healthcare: Behind-the-scenes challenges of integration in a digital hospital
Dr Martin Dockweiler, President, Universidad de Aquino de Bolivia, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 

11:45 | Entrepreneurship in healthcare and other non-clinical opportunities for surgeons
Prof Dr Homero Rivas, MIS, Digestive and Bariatric Surgeon, Associate Dean of Innovation and Future, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU), Dubai, UAE

11:30 | Keynote address: Quality management in surgery and the future of medicine
Speaker TBC

13:00 | Lunch break and visit exhibition

Session 7: Fresh perspectives in hepatic surgery
Moderator: Dr Satya Bhattacharya, Consultant General and Hepato-biliary-pancreatic (HPB) Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust, King Edward VII’s Hospital, The London Clinic; Clinical Lead, Liver and Pancreas Multi-Disciplinary Team, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK

15:00 | Modulating the liver volume, from liver oncology to liver transplantation
Dr Antonio Pinna, Director: Liver Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

15:30 | Cirrhosis and the need for cholecystectomy
Dr Satya Bhattacharya, Consultant General and Hepato-biliary-pancreatic (HPB) Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust, King Edward VII’s Hospital, The London Clinic; Clinical Lead, Liver and Pancreas Multi-Disciplinary Team, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK

16:00 | Hydatid cystic disease of the liver
Dr Ajit Abraham, Consultant HPB & Trauma Surgeon, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK

16:30 | Panel discussion and questions
Session faculty

Session 8: Upper GI surgery symposium
Moderator: Dr Bijendra Patel, Consultant Upper GI & Laparoscopic Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust, Clinical Lead for General Surgery, Network Director for Upper GI Surgery, Director of Surgical Skills and Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

16:40 | Surgical management of gastroesophageal reflux in children - how can we reduce complications?
Dr George W. Holcomb III, Katharine Berry Richardson Professor of Paediatric Surgery, Kansas City School of Medicine, University of Missouri, Chief: Section of General Surgery, Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, USA

17:10 | Laparoscopic and endoscopic myotomy for achalasia
Dr Abrie Botha, UGI Surgeon, Guy and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

17:40 | End of day two

Day three | Wednesday, 30 January 2019.

FOCUS: BARIATRIC & METABOLIC SURGERY

08:00 | Welcome coffee

08:30 | Opening remarks
Dr Guido Mannaerts, ‎Chief of General Surgery; Consultant Bariatric and Oncology Surgeon, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr Shaw Somers, President, British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society; Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, BMI Clementine Churchill Hospital London and Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK

Session 9: Technical standardisation
Moderators: Dr Guido Mannaerts, ‎Chief of General Surgery; Consultant Bariatric and Oncology Surgeon, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr Shaw Somers, President, British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society; Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, BMI Clementine Churchill Hospital London and Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK

08:40 | Standardisation of surgical technique: a quality standard?
Dr John Morton, Past-President, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery; Chief of Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery  (Bariatric Endoscopy), Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

08:55 | Sleeve gastrectomy
Dr Ali Tavakkoli, Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgeon, Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Co-director of the Centre for Weight Management and Metabolic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

09:10 | Gastric bypass
Dr Guido Mannaerts, ‎Chief of General Surgery; Consultant Bariatric and Oncology Surgeon, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE

09:25 | Omega loop bypass
Dr Ali Khammas, Consultant General Surgeon, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE

09:40 | Malabsorptive surgery (BPD/DS, SADI)
Dr John Morton, Past-President, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery; Chief: Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery (Bariatric Endoscopy), Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

09:55 | Panel discussion and questions
Session faculty

10:10 | Coffee break

Session 10: Revision bariatrics for weight regain - a literature review
Moderator: Dr Guido Mannaerts, ‎Chief of General Surgery; Consultant Bariatric and Oncology Surgeon, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr Shaw Somers, President, British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society; Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, BMI Clementine Churchill Hospital London and Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK

10:55 | Assessment of patients for Revision surgery
Dr Shaw Somers, President, British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society; Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, BMI Clementine Churchill Hospital London and Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK

11:10 | Revision of sleeve gastrectomy options and results
Dr Ali Tavakkoli, Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgeon, Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Co-director of the Centre for Weight Management and Metabolic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

11:25 | Revision of gastric bypass options and results
Dr Guido Mannaerts, ‎Chief of General Surgery; Consultant Bariatric and Oncology Surgeon, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE

11:45 | Revision of omega loop bypass options and results
Dr John Morton, Past-President, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery; Chief: Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery (Bariatric Endoscopy), Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

12:05 | Revision of revisions: mission impossible?
Dr Shaw Somers, President, British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society; Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, BMI Clementine Churchill Hospital London and Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK

12:25 | Panel discussion and questions
Session faculty

12:40 | Lunch break and visit exhibition

Session 11: Complication management in bariatric surgery
Moderator: Dr Guido Mannaerts, ‎Chief of General Surgery; Consultant Bariatric and Oncology Surgeon, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr Shaw Somers, President, British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society; Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, BMI Clementine Churchill Hospital London and Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK
Dr John Morton, Past-President, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery; Chief: Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery (Bariatric Endoscopy), Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

14:30 | Endoscopic techniques and indications in complications of bariatric surgery: when to use what?
Dr Mazen Taha, Chief: Gastroenterology, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE

14:45 | Leak sleeve gastrectomy
Dr Patrick Noel, Laparoscopic & Bariatric Surgeon, American Surgeon Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE

15:00 | Stenosis early and late in sleeve gastrectomy
Dr Abdulsalam Al Taie, Consultant General, Bariatric & Laparoscopic Surgeon, Al Taie Centre, Dubai, UAE

15:15 | Leak in gastric bypass (RYGB or OAGB)
Dr Matthew Kroh, Chief of the Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE

15:30 | Marginal ulcer pouch bypass
Dr Bart van Wagensveld, Past President, Dutch Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgeons; Consultant Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgeon, Quro Obesity Centre, Dubai, UAE

15:45 | Intestinal complications of bariatric surgery
Dr Shaw Somers, President, British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society; Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, BMI Clementine Churchill Hospital London and Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK

16:00 | Management of complications of OAGB/MGB
Prof Mohey Elbanna, Secretary General, Egyptian Society of Bariatric Surgery; Governor, Egypt Chapter of the American College of Surgeon; GIT, Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

16:20 | Panel discussion and questions
Session faculty

Session 12: Local bariatric centres – results and views
Moderator: Dr Guido Mannaerts, ‎Chief of General Surgery; Consultant Bariatric and Oncology Surgeon, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
Dr Shaw Somers, President, British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society; Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, BMI Clementine Churchill Hospital London and Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK
Dr John Morton, Past-President, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery; Chief: Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery (Bariatric Endoscopy), Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA

16:40 | Overall numbers UAE
Dr Basim Al Khafji, Consultant Laparoscopic Surgeon, Canadian Specialist Hospital, Dubai, UAE

16:45 | Results of the largest bariatric surgery centres in the UAE

Dr Abdulsalam Al Taie, Consultant General, Bariatric and Laparoscopic Surgeon, Al Taie Centre, Dubai, UAE

Dr Omar Al Marzouqi, Consultant General Surgeon; Minimally Invasive & Bariatric Surgery Specialist , Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE

Dr Mohammed Al Haddad, Head of Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery; Consultant Bariatric Surgeon; Consultant General Surgeon, Healthpoint, Abu Dhabi, UAE

17:10 | Panel discussion and questions – local issues
Panel discussion and questions – local issues

18:00 | End of day three

Day four | Thursday, 31 January 2019.

FOCUS: 'GRAND ROUNDS' - MULTI-DISCIPLINARY REVIEW OF GI ONCOLOGY CASES

• The objective of the grand rounds sessions is to determine the best possible treatment and care plan for an individual patient
• The review will comprise of panel discussions led by the surgeon speaker who will briefly present a complex case followed by a discussion on the best medical and surgical management course of the case by a multidisciplinary panel

This session will be interactive and will involve audience participation

08:00 | Welcome coffee

08:30 | Opening remarks
Prof Ali Al Dameh, , Associate Professor, General Surgery, Consultant Surgeon - Thoracic and Laparoscopic Surgery, Emirates Specialty Hospital - DHCC, Dubai, UAE

Session 13: Grand rounds – I  

08:45 | Discussion topics:
Case 1 - Gastro-esophageal junction cancer
Case 2 - Gallbladder cancer found incidentally on pathology from laparoscopic cholecystectomy

• Moderator: Prof Ali Al Dameh, Associate Professor, General Surgery and Thoracic and Laparoscopic Surgery - Consultant Surgeon, Emirates Speciality Hospital - DHCC, Dubai, UAE
• Case 1 Surgeon: Dr Satya Bhattacharya, Consultant General and Hepato-biliary-pancreatic (HPB) Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust, King Edward VII’s Hospital, The London Clinic; Clinical Lead, Liver and Pancreas Multi-Disciplinary Team, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
• Case 2 Surgeon: Dr Matthew Walsh, Chair: Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
• Medical oncologist: TBC
• Pathologist: Prof Ritu Lakhtakia, Professor: Pathology, College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, UAE
• Radiologist: TBC
• Gastroenterologist: Dr Ray Shidrawi, Consultant Physician & Gastroenterologist, Homerton & Wellington Hospitals, London, UK

10:00 | Coffee break

Session 14: Grand rounds – II

10:45 | Discussion topics:
Case 3 - Locally advanced pancreatic cancer
Case 4 - Peritoneal carcinomatosis – when is it appropriate to do heated chemo?

• Moderator: Prof Ali Al Dameh, Associate Professor, General Surgery and Thoracic and Laparoscopic Surgery - Consultant Surgeon, Emirates Speciality Hospital - DHCC, Dubai, UAE
• Case 3 Surgeon: Dr Haytham N. Elsalhat, Consultant Surgeon; Head of Surgical Oncology & Chief of Surgical Services, Al Noor Hospital, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Case 4 Surgeon: Dr Nelya Melnitchouk, Director: Program in Peritoneal Surface Malignancy, HIPEC; Associate Surgeon, Division of General and GI Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Medical oncologist: Dr Amen Sibtain, Clinical Oncology, Radiotherapy, Barts Health & London Oncology, London, UK
• Pathologist: TBC
• Radiologist: TBC
• Endocrinologist: TBC
• Gastroenterologist: Dr Ray Shidrawi, Consultant Physician & Gastroenterologist, Homerton & Wellington Hospitals, London, UK

12:00 | Lunch break and visit exhibition

Session 15: Grand rounds – III

13:20 | Discussion topics:
Case 5 - Locally advanced and recurrent rectal cancer
Case 6 - Robotics in colorectal diseases

• Moderator: Stanley W. Ashley, MD, Frank Sawyer Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, General, Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgeon, Chief Medical Officer, Vice President for Medical Affairs, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Case 5 Surgeon: Dr Ian Jenkins, Lead Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, BMI Healthcare, St Marks Hospital, London, UK
• Case 6 Surgeon: Dr Nelya Melnitchouk, Director: Program in Peritoneal Surface Malignancy, HIPEC; Associate Surgeon, Division of General and GI Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• Medical oncologist: Dr Fathi Azribi, Chief of Medical Oncology, Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, UAE
• Pathologist: TBC
• Radiologist: TBC
• Endocrinologist: TBC
• Gastroenterologist: Dr Ray Shidrawi, Consultant Physician & Gastroenterologist, Homerton & Wellington Hospitals, London, UK

Session 16: Emergency laparotomy symposium
Moderator: Prof Dr Yousif Hussein Eltayeb, Consultant Surgeon, Rashid Hospital; Associate Professor, Dubai Medical College; Dubai Surgical Residency Program Director, Dubai Healthcare Authority, Dubai, UAE

15:20 | Introduction: challenges with emergency laparotomy and UAE experience
Prof Dr Yousif Hussein Eltayeb, Consultant Surgeon, Rashid Hospital; Associate Professor, Dubai Medical College; Dubai Surgical Residency Program Director, Dubai Healthcare Authority, Dubai, UAE

15:40 | Emergency laparotomy for bowel obstruction and how soon should we operate
Prof Shafi Ahmed, Consultant General, Laparoscopic and Colorectal Surgeon; Associate Dean, Barts and the London Medical School, London, UK

16:00 | Emergency laparotomy for abdominal trauma: tips and tricks in a hospital with resource constraints
Major Tom Konig, Trauma and Vascular Surgeon, British Army, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK

16:20 | Emergency laparotomy for a septic patient

Prof Shafi Ahmed, Consultant General, Laparoscopic and Colorectal Surgeon; Associate Dean, Barts and the London Medical School, London, UK

16:40  Panel discussion and questions

17:00 | End of conference