DAY ONE - Thursday 6th October

7:00

ARRIVE & BREAKFAST

7:15 – 8:15 

Sponsored by Boston Scientific

Dr Brian Dunkin, Chief Medical Officer
Bile Duct Health: the multidisciplinary role in managing complex HPB disease
Format – Short Talk and Hypothetical Case Presentation

SESSION ONE

The difficult Gall Bladder
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

Modern approaches to complex problems (Video Session)
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

Combined Free Paper Session
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

Many things that matter
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

Wandiny Rooms

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

Dr Brian Dunkin, Chief Medical Officer
Bile Duct Health: the multidisciplinary role in managing complex HPB disease
Format – Short Talk and Hypothetical Case Presentation

SESSION ONE

The difficult Gall Bladder
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

Modern approaches to complex problems (Video Session)
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

Combined Free Paper Session
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

Many things that matter
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

Wandiny Rooms

19:00
Pre Dinner Drinks

19:15
Martial Arts Fire Show

19:30
Welcome

DAY TWO - Friday 7th October (ANZHPBA)

7:00

ARRIVE & BREAKFAST

7:30 – 8:15

Sponsored by Medtronic

Surgery in Tight Places
Format – Tech Update and Conversational Panel

SESSION ONE

Biliary Benders Patient 1 – Case based discussions
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

Rocks in Hard Places
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

Biliary Benders Patient 2
Chaired by Lawrence Yuen & Mark Brooke-Smith

13:00 – 13:30

IPN-BHistology 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

Rapid Research Paper Session
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

Presentation
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