Program

April 10, 2025
09:00-09:30 Registration
CLASSROOM
09:30-11:15 Hands-On Training Session in Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery Instructor: Gianluca Pellino, Victor Tomulescu
11:15-11:45 Coffee Break
11:45-13:00 Hands-On Training Session in Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery Instructor: Gianluca Pellino, Victor Tomulescu
MAIN AUDITORIUM
09:30-11:15 Workshop-Evidence-Based Medicine:
From searching for the evidence to writing a paper!
Will be announced later.
11:15-11:45 Coffee Break
11:45-13:00 Workshop-Evidence-Based Medicine:
From searching for the evidence to writing a paper!
Will be announced later.
13:00-14:15 Lunch & Satellite Symposium
14:15-16:00 Pancreas-Cystic Tumors Chairperson: Mustafa Kerem, Thilo Hackert
14:15-14:30 Evolution of the Approach to Cystic Tumors: From the Sendai Guidelines to the Present Will be announced later
14:30-14:35 Case presentation: Side-branch intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm Zeynep Dal
14:35-15:00 To operate or not Shailesh Shrikhande & Isabella Frigerio
15:00-15:05 Case presentation: Mucinous cystic neoplasm Nur Ramoğlu
15:05-15:30 To operate or not Jörg Kleeff & Guiseppe Malleo
15:30-15:35 Case presentation: Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm Dana Sochorova
15:35-16:00 To operate or not Robert Grützmann & Giovanni Marchegianni
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:45 Update-Oncological Surgery Chairperson: Merab Kiladze, Yusif Aliyarov
16:30-16:45 Anatomical carcinogenesis theory for hepato-pancreato-biliary cancers Volkan Adsay
16:45-17:00 Esophageal cancer UPDATE Mark van Berge Henegouwen
17:00-17:15 Colon cancer UPDATE Gianluca Pellino
17:15-17:30 Will be announced later. Oksana Popova
17:30-17:45 Turkish hepato-pancreato-biliary-school a novel educational platform Mustafa Kerem
19:00 Welcome Reception
April 11, 2025
09:00-09:20 Registration
09:20-11:30 Pancreatic Cancer Chairperson: Güralp Ceyhan, Helmut Friess, Jörg Kleeff
09:20-09:35 Welcome adresses Isabella Frigerio, Helmut Friess, Mert Erkan
09:35-10:00 State of the art-technical tricks in pancreatic surgery Helmut Friess
10:00-10:15 Neoadjuvant therapy-Acibadem sandwich protocol: Multidisciplinary management of locally advanced pancreatic cancer Güralp Ceyhan
10:15-10:30 Endoscopic ultrasound/endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography diagnosis & pretreatment Gürhan Şişman
10:30-10:45 Neoadjuvant therapy-chemotherapy UPDATE Hana Algül
10:45-11:00 Neoadjuvant therapy-radiotherapy UPDATE Stephanie Combs
11:00-11:15 Neoadjuvant therapy-pathology Sibel Erdamar
11:15-11:30 When surgery is not an option-impact of local ablative therapies evidence and outlook Koray Güven
11:30-12:00 Coffee Break
12:00-13:35 Pancreatic Surgery & Education Chairperson: Kevin Conlon, Yaman Tekant, Christos Dervenis
12:00-12:15 Pushing the borders in pancreatic surgery Christoph Michalski
12:15-12:30 Tailored surgery for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors Mert Erkan
12:30-13:00 State of the art-from triangle operation to a mentorship pyramid of surgery, education and research Markus Büchler
13:00-13:15 Professional Identity Formation in Surgical Education Pascal Berberat
13:15-13:35 Panel-from triangle operation to a mentorship pyramid of surgery, education and research Markus Büchler & SCHOOL HD (Helmut Friess, Shailesh Shrikhande, Thilo Hackert, Jörg Kleeff, Christoph Michalski, Güralp Ceyhan, Mert Erkan)
13:35-15:00 Lunch – Council Meeting & Satellite Symposium
15:00-16:45 Liver & Biliary Cancer Chairperson: Daniel Hartmann, Koray Güven, Ahmet Coker, Deniz Balcı
15:00-15:15 Peripheral cholangiocellular carcinoma Kevin Conlon
15:15-15:30 Central cholangiocellular carcinoma Thilo Hackert
15:30-15:45 Colorectal liver metastases Ender Dulundu
15:45-16:00 Hepatocellular carcinoma Ekin Demir
16:00-16:15 Ablation/transarterial radioembolization Ali Harman
16:15-16:30 Gallbladder cancer Ahmet Coker
16:30-16:45 Associating liver partition and portal vein ligation for staged hepatectomy after 12 years – critical evaluation Hauke Lang
16:45-17:00 Coffee Break
17:00-18:30 Update in General Surgery Chairperson: Oksana Popova, Ivane Abiatari, Dejan Radenkovic
17:00-17:15 Advances in bariatric surgery – UPDATE Mehmet Ali Yerdel
17:15-17:30 Robotic hernia surgery – UPDATE Omar Yusef Kudsi
17:30-17:45 Thyroid cancer surgery – UPDATE Mete Düren
17:45-18:00 Breast cancer surgery – UPDATE Cihan Uras
18:00-18:15 Management of peritoneal cancer – UPDATE Beat Gloor
18:15-18:30 Minimal invasive adrenal surgery – UPDATE Aristotelis Kechagias
20:00 Faculty Dinner
April 12, 2025
09:00-10:45 Technological Advances Chairperson: Erman Aytaç, Christoph Michalski, Kevin Conlon
09:00-09:15 How do I teach robotic gastrointestinal surgery? Andre Mihaljevic 
09:15-09:30 Implementation of robotic gastrointestinal surgery Laurents Stassen 
09:30-09:45 How do I teach minimal invasive hepatopancreatobiliary surgery? Moh Abu Hilal
09:45-10:00 Implementation of minimal invasive hepatopancreatobiliary surgery Ekin Demir
10:00-10:15 Quantifiable assessment of learning using novel technologies M. Emin Aksoy
10:15-10:30 Medical artificial intelligence-the pearl on the crown inside AI Liu Bin
10:30-10:45 AI and endosonography Zhen Ding
10:45-11:15 Coffee Break
11:15-12:45 Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery – Panel – Multidisciplinary Tailoring of Neoadjuvant Treatment for Gastric Cancer Chairperson: Hana Algül, Mark van Berge Henegouwen, Beat Gloor
11:15-11:30 To radiate Mert Saynak
11:30-11:45 Not to radiate-chemotherapy alone is enough Özlem Er
11:45-12:00 Surgery Erman Aytaç 
12:00-12:15 Is hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy still an option in gastric cancer? Richard van Hillegersberg
12:15-12:30 Endoscopic management of early gastric cancer Erkin Öztaş
12:30-12:45 Perioperative management of signet ring cell gastric carcinoma Rümeysa Atabey
12:45-14:00 Lunch & Satellite Symposium
14:00-15:30 Lower  Gastrointestinal Surgery – Panel – Multidisciplinary Sequencing of Total Neoadjuvant Treatment for Rectal Cancer Chairperson: Laurents Stassen, Yusif Aliyarov, İlknur Erenler Bayraktar
14:00-14:15 Role of chemotherapy Sara De Dosso
14:15-14:30 Role of radiation therapy Stephanie Combs
14:30-14:45 Role of surgery Cihangir Akyol 
14:45-15:00 THE GOOD: Optimising the watch and wait strategy following neoadjuvant therapy in rectal cancer İlknur Erenler Bayraktar
15:00-15:15 THE BAD: Multivisceral resection for rectal cancer Nuha Yassin
15:15-15:30 THE UGLY: Management of metastatic rectal cancer patients undergoing non-operative management Leyla Özer
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-16:30 Transplantation Chairperson: Selim Keçeoğlu, Daniel Hartmann, Hauke Lang
16:00-16:15 Cadaveric liver transplantation-Living donor liver transplantation: Beyond the current criteria-Where do we stop? Yaman Tokat
16:15-16:30 Living related liver transplantation: Advantages and risks over cadaveric liver transplantation Utku Yılmaz
16:30-18:00 Transplant in Oncology Chairperson: Selim Keçeoğlu, Daniel Hartmann, Hauke Lang
16:30-16:45 Novel approaches in liver transplantation: Functional liver imaging and perfusion; resection and partial liver transplantation with delayed total hepatectomy Deniz Balcı
16:45-17:15 Hepatocellular carcinoma: Living donor liver transplantation vs. sequential liver resection Hamdi Karakayalı vs Hauke Lang 
17:15-17:45 Colorectal liver metastases: Resection or liver transplantation? Guido Torzilli vs Will be announced later.
17:45-17:55 Presidential adress Mert Erkan
17:55-18:00 Outlook EDS 2026 President 2026