Program Agenda

Monday, 19th July

07.00am - DOS Audits

Chair: Mr Simon Banting

ORTHOPAEDICS UPPER GI/HPB ANAESTHETICS COLORECTAL

09.00am - Opening Professor Peter Choong

09.00am- Reinvigorating Surgical Research

Chair: Mr Michael Hii

Professor Tim Underwood – “Reinvigorating Surgical Research”

Professor John Savill - “Progress on the MACH-Track; a Pilot Scheme for Training Clinician Researchers”

10.00am - Morning Tea

10.30am - Session 1 Optimizing Training and Clinical Performance (PANEL DISCUSSION)

Chair: Mr Matthew Read

Dr Russell White - “Surgical Training”

Professor Debra Nestel - “The Importance of Medical Simulation for Maintenance of Standards and Credentialling”

Associate Professor Siven Seevanayagam – “Setting and Maintaining Benchmarking Standards”

12.20pm - Lunch

12.50pm - Grand Rounds - Vellar Foundation Lecture

Introduction/Chair: Professor Peter Choong

Professor Grant McArthur - “Innovation in Melanoma”

14.30pm - Peter Ryan Prize for Surgical Research 2021

Scoring Panel: Mr Simon Banting (Chair), Associate Professor Michelle Dowsey, Associate Professor Susan Neuhaus

Presentations:

Thomas Chow – “Biofabrication of a Tissue Engineered 3D Osteosarcoma Model (3D-OSM)”

Ned Kinnear – “Safety, Efficacy and Cost of Intra-operative Cell Salvage During Open Radical Prostatectomy”

Joshua Meyerov – “Associations between preoperative anaemia and hospital costs following major abdominal surgery: a cohort study”

Daniel Gould – “Patient-Related Risk Factors for Unplanned 30-Day Hospital Readmission Following Primary and Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”

Taha Mollah – “Introduction of an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) transition clinic is associated with reduction in Emergency Department usage and high patient satisfaction”

Jordan Santucci – “Investigating the “real-world” clinical impact of treatment sequencing in advanced pancreatic cancer outcomes: a PURPLE translational registry analysis”

Henry Badgery – “Using artificial intelligence to autonomously recognise critical structures and instruments in laparoscopic surgery: a pilot study”Siddharth Rele – “Weighing the influence of obesity on complications in total joint arthroplasty: A systematic review and meta-analysis”

Jamil Manji – “The Negative Predictive Value and Clinical Implications of Preoperative [18f]FDG PET/CT Staging in Primary Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Undergoing Transoral Robotic Surgery”

Daniel Costello – “ReSET Robotics: Remodelling Surgical Education and Training in Robotics”

Tuesday, 20th July

07.00am - DOS Audits

Chair: Mr Andrew Newcomb

NEUROSURGERY/ BREAST/ CARDIOTHORACICS/ UROLOGY

09.00am - Peter Ryan Prize Recipients Award

Mr Simon Banting & Mr Phil Bone

Peter Ryan Prize 2021 Recipient Presentation

09.15am - Innovation During COVID-19 (PANEL DISCUSSION)

Chair: Professor Jai Raman

Dr Suzanne Gisbertz – “Clinical Innovations During COVID-19”

Dr Aidan Burrell – “Impact of COVID-19 on Research”

Associate Professor Justin Tse (20min) and Mr Luke Foley (10min) – “Adapting to Teaching and Learning During COVID-19”

11.05am - Morning Tea

11.30am - John Clarebrough Memorial Lecture

Introduction/ Chair: Mr Andrew Newcomb

Guest Speaker: Mr Shannon Farmer Topic: “Patient Blood Management: Improving Surgical Outcomes While Reducing Costs”

Wednesday 21st July

07.00am DOS Audits

Chair: Mr Ben Dixon

VASCULAR/ PLASTICS/ ENDOCRINE/ ENT

09.00am - Session 3 Innovation in Surgery (PANEL DISCUSSION)

Chair: Associate Professor Claudia Di Bella

Associate Professor Dan Azagury –“Training the Next Generation of Innovators” Professor Keith Martin - “How to Commercialise Your Idea”

Professor Gordon Wallace – “Research, Innovation and Commercialisation. The Myths, the Mysteries the Magic!”

10.50am Close Professor Peter Choong