The academy of surgeons surgical welcome night will be held via zoom on Thursday 24th February. This will serve as a great introduction to St Vincent’s surgery, an opportunity to learn about opportunities here at St Vincent’s and the work of the Acaademy of Surgeons, preSET Society and SVH students surgical society plus an opportunity to learn about cutting edge surgical techniques and approaches from our surgical consultants.

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://unimelb.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcufu2qqTkjHtOL4X9R36V6s6trg_RfuPVm   

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. 

Agenda 

Chair person: A/Prof Claudia DiBella 

Speakers: 

1. Dr James Keck: Chair of St Vincent's Senior Medical Staff, Head of colorectal unit 

- Surgery at St Vincent's during COVID, Reflections as a senior surgeon. 

2. Professor Erol Harvey: CEO of Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery (ACMD) 

- Engineering is the future of Medicine 

3. Robotic surgery videos: 

a) A/Prof Lih-Ming Wong 

- History of Da Vinci Robot, Robotic nephro-ureterectomy, female cystectomy and ileal conduit - a urologists tour of abdomen and pelvis 

b) A/Prof Gavin Wright 

- Robotic Segmentectomy: Leaving a bigger lung with smaller incisions 

c) Dr Ian Wang 

- Robotic neurosurgery for the spine