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 | Powhiri/Mihi Whakatau Welcome & Opening Address Li Hsee and Vanessa Blair~ Convenors |
SESSION ONE - Global collaboration in General Surgery ~ Chair: Dr Li Hsee and Vanessa Blair | |
| 8.15am | Complex UGI Surgery in Alaska ~ Dr Sarah Smith, Alaska |
| 8.45am | Training In Trauma Surgery - Global Perspective ~ Dr Kate Martin, Melbourne, Australia |
| 9.00am | Training in Emergency General Surgery - Global Perspectives ~ 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 3 & 4 |
| 10.30am | SESSION TWO - Collaboration Between Stakeholders ~ Chair: Dr Grant Beban and Dr Julian Hayes |
| 10.30am | KEYNOTE: Developing National Malignancy Programs: UK Experience ~ Dr Brendan Moran, Basingstoke, UK |
| 11.00am | Delivering National Surgical Services in Aotearoa-New Zealand ~ Dr Richard Sullivan, Auckland. |
| 11.15am | The Art and Science of Collaboration in the OR ~ (TBC). |
| 11.30am | RACS UPDATE: The Bi-National Future ~ (TBC) |
| 11.45am | NZAGS President Update: Collaborating to Influence Change ~ Dr Vanessa Blair (NZAGS President) |
| 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 Isi Tonga and Dr Wal Baraza. JUDGES 2 x Overseas Speakers TBC |
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| 3.15pm | AFTERNOON TEA & Industry Exhibition Great Room 3 & 4 |
| 3.30pm | SESSION FOUR - The Upper Gut and HPB~ Chair: Dr Angela Bayly and Dr Nick Evennett |
| 3.30pm | The Conundrum Case: UGI Complexities in Extreme Obesity ~ Dr Angela Bayly ,Auckland. |
| 3.40pm | Equity in bariatric Surgery ~ Dr Nick Evennett, Auckland. |
| 4.00pm | Talk Title to Be confirmed ~ Dr Sarah Smith, Auckland. |
| 4.20pm | Controversies in HPB Malignancy ~ Dr Adam Bartlett, Auckland. |
| 4.40pm | Robotics and AI in Surgery in Alaska: Lessons for Aotearoa ~ Dr Sarah Smith, Alaska |
| 5.00pm | DISCUSSION on Session 4 |
| 5.15pm | CLOSE FOR THE DAY |
| 6.00pm | Conference Dinner SAILS - Pre-dinner drinks Cordis Hotel Foyer |
| 7.15pm | Buses Depart for SAILS |
| 7.30pm | 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: Rowan Collinson and Professor Ian Bissett - Great Room 1 | |
| 8.30am | Rectal Cancer Surgery - Watch and Wait ~ Dr Sze Lin Peng ,Auckland. |
| 8.50am | Management of 'Significant' Polyp ~ Dr Brendan Moran, Basingstoke, UK |
| 9.10am | The Pelvic Floor +SNS ~ Dr Rowan Collinson ,Auckland. |
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SESSION 5B Operative Damage Control Surgery (Title TBC) ~ Chair: Dr Li Hsee - 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 SIX- Collaboration in Complex Cancer Management ~ Chair: Dr Brendan Moran and Dr Isaac Cranshaw | |
| 10.30am | Interdisciplinary Management of Neuroendocrine Tumor ~ Dr Ben Lawrence, Medical Oncologist, Auckland City Hospital |
| 10.50am | Cytoreductive Surgery and Perioperative Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Experience ~ Waikato and Auckland Units. |
| 11.10am | North Island Sarcoma Service ~ Dr Carla Pajak, Auckland. |
| 11.30pm | Breast Reconstruction in Aotearoa-NZ ~ Dr Michelle Locke, Plastics, Auckland. |
| 11.50am | IVC Resection in Renal Malignancy: the multi-surgeon strategy~ Speaker TBC |
| 12.30pm | LUNCH & Industry Exhibition Great Room 3 & 4 |
SESSION SEVEN- The 'Specialist' General Surgeon ~ Chair: Dr Chris Harmston and Dr Vanessa Blair | |
| 1.30pm | Complex Hernia Management and Hernia MDM ~ Dr Diederik Meylemans, Auckland. |
| 1.50pm | The Skin Surgical Oncologist: Aotearoa-NZ needs us! ~ Dr Richard Martin, Auckland. |
| 2.10pm | Endoscopy and the General Surgeon : Training and Service Delivery ~ Dr Michael Hulme-Moir, Northshore Hospital Auckland. |
| 2.30pm | Strategies to Enhance Surgeons Wellbeing ~ Dr Jeremy Rossaak, Tauranga. |
| 2.50pm | The 'Specialist General Surgeon': Back To The Future! ~ Dr Rowan French, Waikato Hospital. |
| 3.10pm | Question Time |
| 3.30pm | Conference Close AND ASM Dunedin! - Dr Li Hsee and Dr Vanessa Blair |
