Combined Colorectal Program

• Friday 23 October
• 08:30 – 17:30
• Cairns Convention Centre

7:00 ANZCCR collaborative research session with breakfast – Prof Steven Smith & Prof David Clark

SESSION ONE: THE MODERN SURGEON: LEADERSHIP, INNOVATION AND IMPACT
8:30 ESR Hughes lecture: Sustainability in the operating theatre – what can we do better? – Dr Scott Steele
9:00 Balancing surgery, academia, and leadership – Prof Michael Solomon
9:15 Decision making under pressure: judgement, bias, and uncertainty in surgery – Dr Elizabeth Murphy
9:30 Navigating the evolution of artificial intelligence in surgery – Prof Tim Eglington
9:45 Training the Next Generation of Surgeons: What needs to change?- Selection, mentoring, simulation, workforce expectation – A/Prof Kellee Slater
10:00 When things go wrong: Lessons from surgical complications – Prof Eva Angenete
10:20 Panel Discussion and Q+A

10:30 MORNING TEA WITH INDUSTRY

SESSION TWO: COLON AND RECTAL CANCER UPDATES 
11:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Young onset colorectal cancer – Prof Eva Angenete
11:20 Nonoperative management of rectal cancer – how hard do we push? – A/Prof Tarik Sammour
11:35 Genetics and immunotherapy in colorectal cancer – Dr Natalie Rainey  
11:50 Peritoneal disease at surgery – how best to proceed – Dr Jesse Fischer
12:05 All about colon cancer: evidence of CME, neoadjuvant therapy, Stage II – Dr Craig Harris
12:20Panel Discussion and Q+A
 
12:45LUNCH WITH INDUSTRY
12:45 ANZTBCRS program directors meeting: presented by ANZTBCRS chair Prof David Clark

SESSION THREE: BENIGN COLORECTAL CONDITIONS 
13:45 Parastomal hernia repair – an abdominal wall perspective – A/Prof Kellee Slater
14:00 Complex perianal fistula – Dr TC Nguyen
14:15 Holistic management for haemorrhoidal disease – Dr David Mackrill
14:30 Updates on management of rectal prolapse, including recurrence – Dr Chris Gillespie
14:45 Management of HSIL, LSIL, anal cancer – Dr Glen Guerra
15:00 Panel Discussion and Q+A
 
15:30AFTERNOON TEA WITH INDUSTRY

SESSION FOUR: COLORECTAL EMERGENCIES 
16:00 Colorectal trauma- blunt, penetrating, military experience – Dr Scott Steele
16:15 Anastomotic leaks: minimising risk and management – Dr Eugene Ong
16:30 Acute severe colitis – timing and approach – Prof Steven Brown
16:45 Surgery for diverticulitis – Dr Scott Steele
17:00 Management of acute colonic obstruction – A/Prof Ian Faragher
17:15 Panel Discussion and Q+A17:30 Day Two Combined Program End
19:00 Combined Gala Dinner

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