PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME ( All times given as local Hong Kong time, GMT + 8:00 )
 
0800 Opening & Welcome Remarks
Program Introduction
Malcolm J Underwood
Calvin Ng
 
Day 1 (26th March 2015 Thursday)
0810 - 0830
Opening Lecture - Single Port VATS- A Look into the Future Calvin Ng
     
Lectures - Single Port VATS Lung Resection & Other Procedures
Moderators: Anthony Yim, Jian Xing He, Sanghoon Jheon
0830 - 1010 (15 mins)  
Two-port & Modified VATS Approaches
Thomas D’Amico
Lobectomy & Sleeve
Diego Gonzalez-Rivas
Mediastinal Lymph Node Dissection
Chia Chuan Liu
Segmentectomy
Hyun Koo Kim
Trouble shooting (Bleeding control etc.)
Diego Gonzalez-Rivas
Other Single Port Thoracic Procedures
Calvin Ng
Q & A, Discussion (10 mins)  
     
1010 - 1030 Tea Break
     
Lectures - Single Port VATS: Novel Approaches & Adjuncts
Moderators: Thomas D’Amico, Sanghoon Jheon, Siu Keung Ng, Chia Chuan Liu
1030 - 1210 (15 mins)
Subxyphoid Approach to Lung Resection
Chia Chuan Liu
Infrasternal Single Port Thymectomy & Subxyphoid Bilateral Lung Resection
Takashi Suda
Subxyphoid Approach to Surgery of the Chest & Non-intubated Surgery
Wei Cheng Lin
Non-intubated lung surgery: Anesthetist View
Qing Long Dong
Non-Intubated VATS & VATS Carinal Resection
Jian Xing He
Introduction to NOTES
Philip Chiu
Q & A, Discussion (10 mins)
     
Meet the Experts (Session 1) - Single Port Experience in Asia (Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson)
Moderators: Diego Gonzalez-Rivas, Jian Xing He, Dong Kwan Kim
1210 - 1310 (10 mins)
Thoracotomy to Single Port VATS: Lung Center of the Philippines
Jun Paul Castolo
Bethune First Hospital Jilin University, China
David Wei Liu
National Cancer Center Korea, Korea
Hee Chul Yang
Samsung Medical Center, Korea
Yong Soo Choi
Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, China Yu Ming Zhu
Q & A, Discussion (10 mins)
     
1310 Lunch / Lecture on “Science of Tissue Management” by Dr Satyanand Shastri / Poster Presentation
     

Meet the Experts (Session 2) - Single Port Experience in Asia (Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson)
Moderators: Agasthian Thirugnanam, Young Tae Kim, Chia Chuan Liu, Hyun Koo Kim

1400-1450 (10 mins)
Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, China
Li Jie Tan
Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Japan
Kyoji Hirai
Shenzhen Baoan Hospital, China
Qing Dong Cao
West China Hospital, Chengdu, China
Lun Xu Liu
Q & A, Discussion (10 mins)
     
Live Surgery & Video Presentations
Moderators: Thomas D’Amico, Jian Xing He, Hyun Koo Kim
1500- 1730
1) Live Surgery & Global Interactive Session
(Diego Gonzalez Rivas, & Local Faculty)
2) Video Presentations (International & Local Faculty)
     
Faculty Dinner
     
 

 
Day 2 (27th March 2015 Friday)
 
Point of View Debate
Moderators: Gaetano Rocco, Sanghoon Jheon, Alan Sihoe
 

0800 - 0830

Conventional VATS v. 2-Port VATS v. Single Port VATS
Point of View Discussion
     

Lectures - Emerging Single Port Technology - State of the Art
Moderators: Anthony Yim, Takashi Suda, Yun Hui Liu

0830 - 1010 (15mins)
Single Port Esophagectomy
Jang Ming Lee
Non-intubated Single Port Lung Surgery & Ultrasound localization
Gaetano Rocco
Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy & Hybrid OR in SPVATS
Calvin Ng
e-NOTES / NOTES for Single Port VATS 1
Wei Sheng Chen
e-NOTES / NOTES for Single Port VATS 2
Yun Hen Liu
Single Port Robotic Surgery: Present and Future Development
Thomas Looi
Q & A, Discussion (10 mins)
     
1010 - 1030 Tea Break
     

Live Surgery & Video Presentations
Moderators: Gaetano Rocco, Diego Gonzalez-Rivas, Dong Kwan Kim

1030 - 1300

1) Live Surgery & Global Interactive Session
(Hyun Koo Kim & Local Faculty)
2) Video Presentations (International & Local Faculty)
     
Closing Remarks