Concurrent General Surgery Program

• Thursday 22 October
• 08:10 – 17:30
• Cairns Convention Centre

SESSION ONE – BEYOND THE KNIFE: TECHNOLOGY & SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE 21ST CENTURY SURGEON
08:10 Combined Welcome to Country
08:30 Podcasts in surgery – Dr Scott Steele
08:50 YouTube in Surgery – A/Prof Kellee Slater
09:10 Social media in surgery – Dr Bradley Morris
09:30 AI in surgery – Dr Michael von Papen
09:50 Discussion and Q/A

10:00 MORNING TEA WITH INDUSTRY

SESSION TWO – PERIANAL
10:30 Haemorrhoids: Traditional and new surgical management – Dr Amy Cao
10:55 Endovascular treatment of haemorrhoids – Dr Shady Osman
11:15 Pilonidal disease – Dr Peter Wysocki
11:30 Pilonidal disease and perianal fistula – minimally invasive techniques – Dr Peter Yuide
11:55 Hidradenitis suppurativa: Perianal skin conditions in 2026 – Dr Ilsphi Browne
12:15 Discussion and Q/A

12:30 LUNCH WITH INDUSTRY

SESSION THREE – ROBOTICS
13:30 Robotic colorectal surgery and the general surgeon – Prof Andrew Stevenson
13:50 Setting up a robotic service – the surgeons perspective – Dr Carolyn Vasey
14:10 Administrative challenges in setting up a robotic service – Ms Claire Thurwood
14:30 What is new on the robotic surgery horizon – Dr Stephen Pillinger

RESEARCH PODIUM PRESENTATIONS
14:50 Chyme reinfusion using the Insides(R) System to reduce parenteral nutrition dependence in Type 2 intestinal failure: multicentre randomised controlled trial (REINFUSE) – Dr Tony Milne
14:55 Ditch the Drapes: Australia’s Largest Proctology Practice Audit and Blueprint to Cut Waste and Carbon – Dr Matthew Irwin
15:00 Treatment of rectal fistulas using advancement flap formation in combination with autologous fat injections. – Dr Elizaveta Kuzina
15:05 A pilot prospective cross over study assessing the role of bile acid malabsorption in the causation and treatment of major low anterior resection syndrome. A randomised clinical trial. – Dr John Woodfield
15:10 Lignocaine infusions improve cancer related immune function after laparoscopic colectomy: a double blinded placebo controlled randomised clinical trial – Prof Stephen Smith

15:15 AFTERNOON TEA WITH INDUSTRY

SESSION FOUR – SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
15:45 Genetics in colorectal cancer – Ms Brooke Schiffmann
16:10 Surveillance of colorectal cancer – Dr Cian Keogh
16:25 Adjuvant neoadjuvant/adjuvant/immunotherapy: Advances and current status Dr Rainy Lyle
16:50 Endoscopic management of the complex polyp – Dr Montri Gururatsakul
17:15 Discussion and Q/A
17:30 Combined welcome reception

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