During the congress, you will have the opportunity to take part in one Named Lecture, three Keynote Lectures and two Plenary Sessions. In these sessions, the attendees will have the chance to learn about different minimally invasive techniques regarding Cardiothoracic Surgery and Upper GI Surgery, with some of the most renowned doctors from all around the world. This year, you will be able to attend one Plenary Session and one Keynote Lecture about Cardiothoracic Surgery, one Plenary Session and one Keynote Lecture about Upper GI Surgery and one Keynote Session about Global Surgery.
Each Plenary Session will be 1h30min with three different speakers. The session was design to give you a brief review about the most recent and innovative techniques in this area that are already being implemented in hospitals. The Plenary Session themes and their respective speakers are presented below.
PLENARY SESSION I – CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
Moderator: Fátima Neves, MD | João Carlos Mota, MD
Pedro Fernandes, MD
Hospital Assistant of Cardiothoracic Surgery, in Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon in Casa de Saúde da Boavista, Porto.
Ricardo Ferraz, MD
Hospital Assistant of Cardiothoracic Surgery, in Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho.
Invited Professor in Instituto Piaget de Vila Nova de Gaia.
Invited Professor in OR Nursing Post-Grad: Surgical Instrumentation and Anesthesiology Nursing.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon in Casa de Saúde da Boavista, Porto.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon – Intermediate Care Physician.
Clinical Coder in Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho.
Nelson Paulo, MD
General Residency in Centro Hospitalar do Porto.
Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency in Centro Hospitalar Vila Nova de Gaia.
Portuguese Cardiothoracic Surgery Board Exam in Lisbon.
European Cardiothoracic Surgery Board Exam in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Fellowship in Stuttgart, Germany.
PLENARY SESSION II – Upper GI Surgery
Moderator: Luís Graça, MD
Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Surgery: How Far We Can Go?
Manuel Oliveira, MD
Hospital Assistant of General Surgery in Hospital de S. João, Porto.
Areas of interest: Laparascopic Sugery (pancreas, spleen, and biliary tract), Biliary Tract Surgery and Pancreatic Surgery.
Hepatic Surgery training in “Centre de Pathologie Hepato-Biliaire” of l’Hopital Paul Brousse, Paris.
Training in Hepatic-Biliary Surgery, Pancreatic Surgery and Hepatic Transplant in Hospital Curry Cabral, Lisboa.
Liver Resection Combining Transthoracic and Transabdominal Endoscopic Approach
Humberto Cristino, MD
Specialist in General Surgery.
Works in the Hepatic-Biliary-Pancreatic and Splenic Unit of Hospital de São João, Porto.
Invited Assistant of General Surgery in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto.
Founding Partner of the Portuguese Society of Minimally Invasive Surgery.
Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration – The Evidence and New Trends
Jaime Vilaça, MD
Hospital Assistant of General Surgery in Hospital da Luz, Arrábida.
Areas of interest: Hepato-Pancreatic-Biliary Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration, Endoscopic Thyroidectomy and Endometriosis.
Founder and present President of the Portuguese Society Of Minimally Invasive Surgery.
General secretary of the Mediterranean and Middle East Endoscopic Association.
Member of the European Society of Endoscopic Surgery.
Former coordinator of the HPB Unit of the Centro Hospitalar Tamega-Sousa, Penafiel.
Organizes courses in laparoscopy (basic and advance) and coordinates advance hands-on courses in biliary and hepato-pancreatic minimal invasive approaches.
PhD student at the University of Minho, Braga.