Sponsored Sessions
Symposium Programme
Sirius Medical
- Terrace
- Monday 8 November
- Lunchtime Symposia 13:45 - 14:45
Sirius Pintuition powered by GPS DetectTM; A practical workshop-based symposium with lunch.
With a faculty of well-known experts from European centers of excellence for intraoperative guided breast surgery, this symposium intends to address, surgical planning and decision making with GPSDetect. The Symposium will provide a practical, workshop-based hands-on approach for surgeons by surgeons who are used to intraoperative guided procedures with GPSDetect in their practice.
Chairs: Mr. Ash Kothari and Mr. Antonio Esgueva
Speakers from:
- Elisabeth-TweeSteden, The Netherlands, Patricia Jansen, Oncology breast surgeon
- Erasmus MC Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Evalyn Mulder, PhD student surgical oncology
Program:
- Introduction Bram Schermers (CEO): Sirius Medical and GPSDetect™
- ETZ Tilburg, The Netherlands: Experience of the first 100 cases in the Netherlands with Sirius Pintuition
- Erasmus MC Rotterdam, the Netherlands: Successful use of Sirius Pintuition to identify non-palpable malignant lesions of different origin
- Hands on: Phantom based surgical workstations: experience Sirius Pintuition and GPSDetect™ during surgery
- Q&A and Close
Medtronic
- Auditorium VI
- Monday 8 November
- Lunchtime Symposia 13:45 - 14:45
Real World Evidence: Impact of Minimally Invasive Surgery on Clinical Outcomes
Chair: José Flávio Videira, PT
Co-chair: Luis Lencastre, PT
13:00 Minimally Invasive Surgery for Hepatic and Pancreatic resections
Speaker: Alexandre Sousa
13:15 Minimally Invasive Surgery for Esophagogastric Cancer
Speaker: Pedro Carvalho Martins
13:30 Minimally Invasive Inguinal Lymphadenectomy
Speaker: Cátia Ribeiro
S.I.T. Sordina
- Auditorium VII
- Monday 8 November
- Lunchtime Symposia 13:45 - 14:45
IOeRT: Principles and Current Clinical Experience
Chairman: Dr. Maria João Cardoso
Speakers: Prof. Philip Poortmans, Dr. Josè Pedro Silva, Dr. Dov Zippel
13:45 – 13:55: Topic introduction
Speaker: Dr. Maria João Cardoso
13:55 – 14:05: IOeRT clinical applications
Speaker: Prof. Philip Poortmans
14:05 – 14:15: IOeRT rectal applications
Speaker: Dr. Josè Pedro Silva
14:15 – 14:25: IOeRT breast applications
Speaker: Dr. Zippel
14:25 – 14:45: Round table
BMS
- Auditorium VI
- Tuesday 9 November
- Lunchtime Symposia 13:45 - 14:45
“Thoracic and Gastroesophageal Cancers and I-O: What Surgeons Need to Know.”
Chair: Jonathan Spicer, MD, PhD, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Co-Speaker: Daniela Molena, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
Jonathan Spicer, MD PhD FRCS
Associate Professor, Division of Thoracic Surgery
Director, McGill Thoracic Oncology Network
McGill University, Montreal General Hospital
DANIELA MOLENA, M.D.
Director, Esophageal Surgery Program
Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery Weill Cornell Medical College,
Associate Attending Thoracic Service Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Sysmex
- Auditorium VII
- Tuesday 9 November
- Lunchtime Symposia 13:45 - 14:45
The World’s only system for lesion localisation, sentinel node biopsy and TAD in one platform.
Dr. Moreno Palacios - Magseed® localisation for excision of non-palpable breast cancer and targeted axillary nodes: La Paz University Hospital experience
Prof Carol Benn - From marking to tracing – one way to identify tumour lymph nodes through the magic of magnetics
Learning objectives?
This session aims at covering the following topics:
- How to improve the accuracy of axillary staging after neo-adjuvant treatment
- How the Sentimag® system covers multiple applications, incl. SLNB, impalpable lesion localisation and TAD
- How to improve the care process and comfort of breast cancer patients and their treatment providers
Stryker 
- Meeting Room 1.15
- Tuesday 9 November
- Lunchtime Symposia 13:45 - 14:45
Navigating the surgical path to DO MORE
Speakers: Prof. D’Ugo (Italy), Dr. Ptsinis (UK)
Workshop and Meet-the-Expert Programme
Endomag Meet the Expert Session
- 1st Floor Foyer
- Monday 8 November
- 13:25-13:45
The Triple Benefit Effect of Magseed® for Breast Localisation
Presented by Mrs Blossom Lake, Breast Surgeon at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, UK
GEM Workshop 
- Auditorium VI
- Monday 8 November
- 16:00 - 16:30
The SEALANT to prevent post-surgical leaks and fistulization: Glubran 2
Chairman: Prof. Domenico D’Ugo
GENERAL SURGERY - Sealing and strengthening anastomosis
Prof. Fabio Cesare Campanile
LIVER SURGERY - Safety and efficacy as biliostatic agent after liver resections
Dr. Francesco Izzo
BREAST SURGERY - Implant breast reconstruction – sealing and reducing fluid production
Prof. Dawid Murawa
J & J Workshop 
- Auditorium VI
- Tuesday 9 November
- 11:30 - 12:00
Our Digital Ecosystem for smarter, less invasive and more personalized surgery
Speaker: Philippe Grange, Global Medical Director of Digital Surgery, Ethicon, Johnson&Johnson
Agendia Meet the Expert Session 
- 1st Floor Foyer
- Tuesday 9 November
- 13:25-13:45
“Evolving Utilization of MammaPrint and BluePrint to inform surgical planning.”
Isabel T. Rubio
Director, Breast Surgical Unit, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Spain. ESSO President-Elect.