7:00
DAY ONE - Thursday 6th October
ARRIVE & BREAKFAST
7:15 – 8:15
Sponsored by Boston Scientific
Bile Duct Health: the multidisciplinary role in managing complex HPB disease
Format – Short Talk and Hypothetical Case Presentation
SESSION ONE
Chaired by Benjamin Thomson & Kellee Slater
8:30 – 8:40
Acknowledgment of country – David Cavallucci & Iain Thomson
8:45 – 9:00
Check list for safe cholecystectomy – Saxon Connor
9:00 – 9:15
Contraindications to Critical View of Safety – Nicholas O’Rourke
9:15 – 9:30
Percutaneous Cholecystostomy – Indications and subsequent management – Sarah Byrne
9:30 – 9:45
Endoscopic management of acute cholecystitis – Bronte Holt
9:45 – 10:00
Is that GB cancer – Intraoperative decision pathway – Tom Hugh
10:00 – 10:30
PANEL DISCUSSION








SESSION TWO
Chaired by Shinn Yeung & David Mitchell
11:00 – 11:10
Bile duct exploration after bariatric surgery – Brett Knowles
11:10 – 11:20
EUS facilitated biliary access – Dan Croagh
11:20 – 11:30
DISCUSSION
11:30 – 11:40
Biofabrication for Surgeons: Current Capabilities and Future Possibilities – Michael Wagels
11:40 – 11:50
Case 1 – Adam Frankel
11:50 – 12:00
Case 2 – Bronte Holt
12:00 – 12:10
Case 3 – Lawrence Yuen for Tony Pang
12:10 – 12:30
PANEL DISCUSSION
















SESSION THREE
7 minute talks, 2 minute questions, 1 minute change over
Chaired by Saxon Connor & Sarah Thompson
13:30 – 13:35
INTRODUCTION
13:35 – 13:45
Robotic Enucleation & Uncinectomy of complex lesions of the proximal pancreas – Nicholas Bell-Allen
13:45 – 13:55
Long Term Follow-up after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy with Anterior Fundoplications – Jorgen Ferguson
13:55 – 14:05
User-friendly radiological measurement methods of common bile duct fluid density to predict presence of choledocholithiasis – Janindu Goonawardena
14:05 – 14:15
Role of Gastric Conduit Peristaltic Activity in Conduit Emptying post Oesophagectomy: High Fidelity Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis –Kaleb Lourensz
14:15 – 14:25
Classifications of Complications Following Hiatal Surgery Using High-Resolution Oesophageal Manometry and Nuclear Scintigraphy – Matanyahu Rubinstein
14:25 – 14:35
The artery first technique: re-examining the critical view of safety during laparoscopic cholecystectomy – Isaac Tranter-Entwistle
14:35 – 14:45
Increased risk of esophageal cancer in bariatric surgical patients compared to population norms and an obesity-matched Australian population: A 20 year cohort study of 11,595 patients – Wilson Yang
14:45 – 14:55
Identification of prognostic biomarkers in pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms – William Ziaziaris


















SESSION FOUR
Chaired by Jonathon Koea & Arthur Richardson
15:30 – 15:45
Surgeons contribution to climate change – Andrew MacCormick
15:45 – 16:00
Health Professional – collective call to action for sustainable change – Renae Mc Brian
16:00 – 16:15
DISCUSSION
16:15 – 16:30
Resilience and the surgeon – Dan Pronk
16:30 – 16:45
From Armour and Posturing to Vulnerable and Human: Becoming a real surgeon – Ben Loveday
16:45 – 17:00
DISCUSSION
17:00 – 17:15
AGM ANZHPBA
CONFERENCE DINNER
19:00
Pre Dinner Drinks
19:15
Martial Arts Fire Show
19:30
Welcome
7AM - ARRIVE & BREAKFAST
7:15 to 8:15
Sponsored by Boston Scientific
Bile Duct Health: the multidisciplinary role in managing complex HPB disease
Format – Short Talk and Hypothetical Case Presentation
SESSION ONE
Chaired by Benjamin Thomson & Kellee Slater
8:30 to 8:40
Acknowledgement of country
Speakers – David Cavallucci & Iain Thomson
8:45 to 9:00
Check list for safe cholecystectomy
Speaker – Saxon Connor
9:00 to 9:15
Contraindications to Critical View of Safety
Speaker – Nicholas O’Rourke
9:15 to 9:30
Percutaneous Cholecystostomy – Indications and subsequent management
Speaker – Sarah Byrne
9:30 to 9:45
Endoscopic management of acute cholecystitis
Speaker – Bronte Holt
9:45 to 10:00
Is that GB cancer – Intraoperative decision pathway
Speaker – Tom Hugh
10:00 to 10:30
PANEL DISCUSSION








SESSION TWO
Chaired by Shinn Yeung & David Mitchell
11:00 to 11:10
Bile duct exploration after bariatric surgery
Speaker – Brett Knowles
11:10 to 11:20
EUS facilitated biliary access
Speaker – Dan Crough
11:20 to 11:30
DISCUSSION
11:30 to 11:40
Biofabrication for Surgeons: Current Capabilities and Future Possibilities
Speaker – Michael Wagels
11:40 to 11:50
Case 1
Adam Frankel
11:50 to 12:00
Case 2
Bronte Holt
12:00 to 12:10
Case 3
Lawrence Yuen for Tony Pang
12:10 to 12:30
PANEL DISCUSSION
















SESSION THREE
7 minute talks, 2 minute questions, 1 minute change over
Chaired by Saxon Connor & Sarah Thompson
13:30 to 13:35
INTRODUCTION
13:35 to 13:45
Robotic Enucleation & Uncinectomy of complex lesions of the proximal pancreas – Nicholas Bell-Allen
13:45 to 13:55
Long Term Follow-up after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy with Anterior Fundoplication – Jorgen Ferguson
13:55 to 14:05
User-friendly radiological measurement methods of common bile duct fluid density to predict presence of choledocholithiasis – Janindu Goonawardena
14:05 to 14:15
Role of Gastric Conduit Peristaltic Activity in Conduit Emptying post Oesophagectomy: High Fidelity Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis –Kaleb Lourensz
14:15 to 14:25
Classifications of Complications Following Hiatal Surgery Using High-Resolution Oesophageal Manometry and Nuclear Scintigraphy – Matanyahu Rubinstein
14:25 to 14:35
The artery first technique: re-examining the critical view of safety during laparoscopic cholecystectomy – Isaac Tranter-Entwistle
14:35 to 14:45
Increased risk of esophageal cancer in bariatric surgical patients compared to population norms and an obesity-matched Australian population: A 20 year cohort study of 11,595 patients – Wilson Yang
14:45 to 14:55
Identification of prognostic biomarkers in pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms – William Ziaziaris


















SESSION FOUR
Chaired by Jonathon Koea & Arthur Richardson
15:30 to 15:45
Surgeons contribution to climate change
Speaker – Andrew MacCormick
15:45 to 16:00
Health Professional – collective call to action for sustainable change
Speaker – Renae Mc Brian
16:00 to 16:15
DISCUSSION
16:15 to 16:30
Resilience and the surgeon
Speaker – Dan Pronk
16:30 to 16:45
From Armour and Posturing to Vulnerable and Human: Becoming a real surgeon
Speaker – Ben Loveday
16:45 to 17:00
DISCUSSION
17:00 to 17:15
AGM ANZHPBA
CONFERENCE DINNER
19:00
Pre Dinner Drinks
19:15
Martial Arts Fire Show
19:30
Welcome
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DAY TWO - Friday 7th October (ANZHPBA)
7:00
ARRIVE & BREAKFAST
7:30 – 8:15
Sponsored by Medtronic
Format – Tech Update and Conversational Panel
SESSION ONE
Chaired by Peter Hodgkinson & Charles Mosse
8:30 – 9:00
Intahepatic biliary stricture, investigation,diagnosis, management – Eunice Lee (Speaker)
9:00 – 9:30
Immune mediated cholangiopathy – Chris Nahm (Speaker)
9:30 – 10:00
Recurrent cholangitis after HJ – Lawrence Webber (Speaker)








SESSION TWO
Chaired by David Cavallucci & Dan Croagh
10:30 – 11:00
DEBATE: Management of Hepatolithiasis
- Endoscopic – Adrian Fox (Speaker)
- Surgical – David Yeo (Speaker)
11:00 – 11:30
DEBATE: Management of Pancreatic duct stones
- Endoscopic – Bronte Holt (Speaker)
- Surgical – Shinn Yeung (Speaker)
11:30 – 12:00
DEBATE: Gallstones + atypical pain
- Operate – Suresh Navadgi (Speaker)
- Non-operative – Kaye Bowers (Speaker)


















SESSION THREE
Chaired by Lawrence Yuen & Mark Brooke-Smith
13:00 – 13:30
IPN-B – Histology and pathogenesis Cate Campbell (Speaker)
13:30 – 13:45
IPN-B – Investigations and Management – Kai Brown (Speaker)
13:45 – 14:00
Gallbladder polyps – update – Priscilla Martin (Speaker)
14:00 – 14:15
Role of ICG in biliary surgery – Carlo Pulitano (Speaker)
14:15 – 14:30
PANEL DISCUSSION


















SESSION FOUR
3 minutes talk, 1 minute Questions, 1 minute changeover
15:00
START TIME
15:05 – 15:10
Survey of local surgical attitudes to the resection of oligometastatic liver disease in PDAC – Karan Shukla
15:10 – 15:15
Indocyanine Green Clearance For the Assessment of Partial Human Livers During Long-Term Ex-Vivo Normothermic Machine Perfusion – Ngee-Soon Lau
15:15 – 15:20
Implementation of a novel admission diversion pathway for acute right upper quadrant pain – Andrew Gray
15:20 – 15:25
Assessment of recurrence and outcomes of patients with non-functional Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours (PNET) post resection. An Australian retrospective, multicentre cohort study. – Sean Lim
15:25 – 15:30
Management of infected pancreatic necrosis with a minimally-invasive ‘step-up’ approach: a 19-year institutional review – Kate McKellar Stewart
15:30 – 15:35
Biliary Microbiota of Patients Undergoing Pancreatic Resection in Australia – Matthew Smith
15:35 – 15:40
The role of machine learning in intraoperative cholangiograms – Henry Badgery
15:40 – 15:45
“Real-world” experience including 10-year follow-up after resection of colorectal liver metastases – Nazim Bhimani
15:45 – 15:50
Textbook outcomes in liver surgery in a medium volume hepatobiliary centre in New Zealand – Jared Mclauchlan
15:50 – 15:55
Predicting the success of laparoscopic common bile duct exploration – Suh Hye Rim
15:55 – 16:00
Utility of additional chest imaging for detecting metastases in patients with suspected pancreatic cancer – Katharine Ji
16:00 – 16:05
The value of pancreatic duct anatomy and associated outcomes after major pancreatic surgery – Georgi Atanasov
16:05 – 16:10
A pilot study of FAPI-PET/CT to improve early diagnosis, staging and therapy for pancreatic cancer. – William McGahan
16:10 – 16:15
Total pancreatectomy and Islet-cell Autotransplantation: The Westmead Experience – Ramesh De Silva
16:15 – 16:20
Evaluating Management of Upfront Resectable Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma in Australia : Results of a Web Based Survey – Varsha Sharma
SESSION FIVE
Chaired by Nicole Winter & Tom O’Rourke (Chairs)
16:30 – 16:35
Colonic conduit necrosis salvaged using a supercharged cervical roux limb following three stage oesophagectomy in a liver transplant patient – David Liu
16:35 – 16:40
There’s air in there – Saxon Connor
16:40 – 16:45
The spicy cough just got spicier – Philip Townend
16:45 – 16:50
Axios reconstitution of anatomy following intra-abdominal catastrophe – Jack Pullman
16:50 – 16:55
Plumbing issues – David Cavallucci