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Hong Kong Surgical Forum 2024
PROGRAM

Friday to Sunday, 12 - 14 January 2024
Official Language: English

Hall 1 & Hall 2

11:00

Opening Ceremony
Guest of Honour: Ara Darzi
Antimicrobial Resistance and The Surgeon

11:30

G.B. Ong Lecture

AI, Big Data and The Robot: The Turning Point in HPB Surgery?
Speaker: Pierre-Alain Clavien

12:00

Symposium
Sponsored by Intuitive Fosun
da Vinci Surgical System: Versatility and Advancements
Moderators: Fion Chan & Tan-To Cheung
Speakers: Ian Wong (Robotic-Assisted Hiatal Hernia Repair)
                      Brian She (Journey with the da Vinci Surgical System)

13:00

Lunch

Hall 1

Core Topics in Colorectal Surgery        

Moderators: Oswens Lo & Rockson Wei

13:45  Rectal Prolapse Surgery - What Does The Evidence Tells Us

Speaker: Dominic Foo

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14:00  Management of Complex Anal Fistula - What Aside from Seton?

Speaker: Felix Chow 

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14:15  Surgery in Inflammatory Bowel SIdase

Speaker: Kaori Futaba

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14:30  Quest to Reduce Anastomotic Leak in Colorectal Surgery

Speaker: Alvin Siu

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14:45  Discussion

Hall 2

Surgical Endoscopy

Moderators: Wai-Keung Leung & Claudia Wong

13:45  ERCP in Challenging Conditions

Speaker: Sui-Ling Sin

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14:10  Current Advances in AI Endoscopy 

Speaker: Tomohiro Tada

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14:15  EUS Guided Gastrojejunostomy

Speaker: Brian She

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14:30  Robots in Endoscopic Therapy

Speaker: Joe Fan

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14:45  Discussion

15:05

Tea Break

Hall 1

Esophageal and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery   Moderators: Eric Cheung & Simon Law

15:35  ICG Application in Upper GI Surgery

Speaker: Seong-Ho Kong

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15:50  Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Related Studies

Speaker: Ian Wong

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16:05  AI Application in Upper GI Surgery

Speaker: Masashi Takeuchi

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16:20  Robotic Esophagectomy

Speaker: Zhi-Gang Li

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16:35 Discussion 

Hall 2

Management of Peritoneal Disease    

Moderators: Joe Fan & Oswens Lo

15:35  Pseudomyxoma Peritonei

Speaker: Faheez Mohamed​

15:50  Recent Advances in Treatment of Gastric Cancer with Peritoneal Metastasis

Speaker: Jimmy So

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16:05  Patient Selection for Cytoreductive Surgery / HIPEC in Colorectal Peritoneal Metastases 

Speaker: Jurriaan Tuynman 

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16:20  Management of Colorectal Peritoneal Metastases - Past, Present and Future 

Speaker: Faheez Mohamed

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16:35 Discussion 

Adjourn

16:55

Hong Kong Surgical Forum 21-23 Nov 2025

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