FRIDAY 28 March – There will be Welcome Drinks in the Events Entrance Foyer at 5.30pm to 7.30pm
Auckland Annual Scientific Meeting Programme 2025
Collaboration In Surgery
Mahi Tahi I Roto Te Pokanga
Conference Programme Day One
| Saturday 29 March 2025 | |
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| 7.30am | Registration Open, Arrival Tea & Coffee, Industry Exhibition |
| 8.00am | Introduction: Dr Li Hsee and Dr Vanessa Blair. Welcome by Kaumatua Elliot Tabolt and Whaea Mero Cooper He Kamaka Waiora the mihi Whakatau.in Great Room 1 & 2 |
SESSION ONE - Global collaboration in General Surgery ~ Chair: Dr Li Hsee and Dr Vanessa Blair | |
| 8.15am | Complex UGI/HPB Surgery in Alaska, USA. Overcoming Remote Challenges ~ Dr Sarah Smith, Alaska |
| 8.45am | Training In Trauma Surgery - Global Perspective ~ Dr Kate Martin, Melbourne, Australia |
| 9.00am | Training in Emergency General Surgery - will AI help? ~ Dr Michael Sugrue, Ireland |
| 9.15am | Complex Trauma Case Discussions: Ask an Irishman, Alaskan and Ozzie! ~ Dr Sunder Balasubramaniam, Singapore |
| 10.00am | MORNING TEA & Industry Exhibition - Great Room 1 & 2 |
| 10.30am | SESSION TWO - Collaboration Between Stakeholders ~ Chair: Dr Bevan Jenkins and Dr Julian Hayes |
| 10.30am | Developing National Malignancy Programs: UK Experience in Rectal and Peritoneal Malignancy ~ Dr Brendan Moran, Basingstoke, UK. |
| 11.00am | Delivering National Surgical Services in Aotearoa-New Zealand ~ Dr Richard Sullivan, Health NZ. |
| 11.15am | Developing National Malignancy Programs: UK Experience in Rectal and Peritoneal Malignancy ~ Dr Owen Ung, RACS Australia. |
| 11.30am | NZAGS UPDATE: Collaborating To Influence Change ~ Dr Vanessa Blair, Auckland. |
| 11.45am | Strength in numbers: Outcomes from the STRATA collaboration ~ Dr Matthew McGuinness, Northshore (Senior Trainee). |
| 12.00pm | NZAGS AGM - Quorum needed |
| 12.15pm | LUNCH & Industry Exhibition - Poster Presenters will stand by their Posters from 12.30-1pm - Great Room 3 & 4 |
| 12.40pm | POSTER PRESENTATIONS Posters to be judged presenters will stand next to their poster from 12.40pm to 1.10pm |
| 1.10pm | SESSION THREE: TRAINEE AND FREE PAPERS Chair: Dr Wal Baraza and Dr Nagham Al Mozany JUDGES: Dr Sunder Balasubramaniam, Dr Isi Tonga and Dr Kate Martin |
| 1.10pm | Investigating postcode lottery: Do regional outreach clinics improve access to elective general surgical care for Rural and Māori populations? Sarah Cowan |
| 1.20pm | The State of Rural and Regional General Surgical Services in Aotearoa, New Zealand: A Systematic Review Joseph Bridgeman |
| 1.30pm | Association between frailty, long‐term mortality and functional outcomes for older adults undergoing emergency laparotomy Brittany Park |
| 1.40pm | Appendiceal neuroendocrine tumours, when to operate? Imogen Watt |
| 1.50pm | Examining the safety of same day discharge post laparoscopic appendicectomy Stacey Caldwell |
| 2.00pm | Early Management and Outcomes of Acute Pancreatitis in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study Nejo Joseph |
| 2.10pm | Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer: Diagnostic Pathways and Their Impact on Outcomes Oliver Waddell |
| 2.20pm | Root-cause analysis of post-colonoscopy colorectal cancers in Aotearoa New Zealand: results from the POET study William Xu |
| 2.30pm | “I thought it was just a polyp” – a review of polyp cancers detected through the National Bowel Screening Programme in New Zealand. Joshua Wensley |
| 2.40pm | Comparison of Acute Colorectal Cancer Presentations Before and After the Introduction of the National Bowel Screening Programme at a Single Centre: A Retrospective Study Rana Alsadat |
| 2.50pm | The impact of local and regional analgesia on pain and opioid consumption in patients undergoing open upper gastrointestinal surgery: a network meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials Nicolas Joe Smith |
| 3.00pm | Comparing NZDep and NZiDep scores and there use at predicting outcomes in emergency laparotomy Shauna O'Brien |
| 3.00pm | AFTERNOON TEA & Industry Exhibition Great Room 3 & 4 |
| 3.30pm | SESSION FOUR - The Upper Gut and HPB~ Chair: Dr Angela Bayly and Dr Grant Beban |
| 3.30pm | Robotics and Advancing Surgical Technology in Alaska: Lessons for Aotearoa ~ Dr Sarah Smith, Alaska, USA. |
| 3.50pm | Controversies in HPB Malignancy ~ Dr Adam Bartlett, Auckland. |
| 4.20pm | Collaboration in Oesophago-gastric surgery: An Auckland City Hospital experience ~ Dr Nick Evennett, Auckland. |
| 4.40pm | Surgical Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma ~ Dr Sarah Smith, Alaska |
| 5.00pm | DISCUSSION on Session 4 |
| 5.15pm | CLOSE FOR THE DAY |
| 5.15pm | Free Time |
| 6.20pm | Conference Dinner SAILS - Buses leave from Events Entrance Foyer – first bus leaves 6.30pm |
| 7.15pm | Conference Dinner (to be seated by 7.30pm) |
| 10.30pm | Buses return to Cordis hotel |
Conference Programme Day Two
| Sunday 30 March 2025 | |
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| 7.30am | Registration Open, Arrival Tea & Coffee and Industry Exhibition in the Foyer |
| 8.15am | Welcome Back -Li Hsee |
SESSION 5A Colorectal Surgery ~ Chair: Dr Maree Weston and Dr Wal Baraza - Great Room 1 | |
| 8.30am | Rectal Cancer Surgery - Watch and Wait ~ Dr Sze Lin Peng, Auckland. |
| 8.50am | Management of the 'Significant' Polyp - the SPECC Concept ~ Dr Brendan Moran, Basingstoke, UK. |
| 9.10am | The Pelvic Floor +SNS ~ Dr Rowan Collinson, Auckland. |
| 9.30am | Collaboration in IBD ~ Dr Bruce George, Auckland. |
SESSION 5B Operative Damage Control Surgery ~ Chair: Dr Li Hsee and Rebecca Schroll - Great Room 2 | |
| 8.30am | When to operate on Major Hepatic Trauma ~ Dr Kate Martin, Australia. |
| 8.45am | VATS - Thoracotomy ~ Dr Savitha Bhagvan, Auckland. |
| 9.00am | Complications of Open Abdomen + Techniques of Closure ~ Dr Aleisha Sutherland, Auckland. |
| 9.15am | Pelvic Packing vs Angioembolization ~ Dr Rebecca Schroll, Auckland. |
| 9.30am | Emergency Tracheostomy for General Surgeon ~ Dr Sunder Balasubramaniam, Singapore. |
| 10.00am | MORNING TEA & Industry Exhibition Great Room 3 & 4 |
SESSION 6- Collaboration in Complex Cancer Management ~ Chair: Dr Brendan Moran and Dr Isaac Cranshaw | |
| 10.30am | North Island Sarcoma Service ~ Dr Carla Pajak, Auckland. |
| 10.50am | Breast Reconstruction in Aotearoa-NZ ~ Dr Michelle Locke, Plastics, Auckland. |
| 11.10am | A NETwork for NETs: a national collaboration for gold standard surgical and medical care ~ Dr Ben Lawrence, Medical Oncologist, Auckland. |
| 11.30am | Decision making in Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC patients Case 1: Dr Jamish Ghandi, Auckland Unit Case 2. Dr Jasen Ly, Waikato Unit ~ Waikato and Auckland Units. |
| 11.45am | Conflicts around Cytoreductive Surgery (CRS) and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) for patients with Colorectal Peritoneal Metastases ~ Dr Brendan Moran, Basingstoke, UK. |
| 12.15pm | |
| 12.30pm - 1.30pm | LUNCH & Industry Exhibition Great Room 3 & 4 |
SESSION 7- The 'Specialist' General Surgeon - Our Future ~ Chair: Dr Chris Harmston and Dr Vanessa Blair | |
| 1.30pm | Complex Hernia Management and the Hernia MDM ~ Dr Diederik Meylemans, Auckland. |
| 1.50pm | Management of Severe Diverticulitis - when to operate? ~ Dr Lincoln Israel, Middlemore. |
| 2.15pm | |
| 2.45pm | |
| 3.00pm - 3.15pm | Conference Close AND ASM Dunedin! - Dr Li Hsee and Dr Vanessa Blair |
