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Single-Port Laparoscopy, Robotics, and NOTES Surgery

A Multidisciplinary Hands-On Course

May 14-15, 2010
 

InterContinental Hotel & Bank of America Conference Center
Cleveland, Ohio

Abstract Deadline - April 15, 2010 Click here to learn more

 

 

Description

As a surgical innovation, minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery has been shown to improve outcomes compared with outcomes from traditional laparoscopy surgery. However, these surgeries require substantial technical skills, creating a need for educational activities focused on this topic.

To fill this need, we have developed an educational activity focused on these types of minimally invasive surgery using natural orifices and single-site incisions:

• Single-Port Laparoscopy;
• Single-Port Robotic Applications;
• Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES®).

This multi-disciplinary learning activity is designed for physicians and surgeons from various specialties interested in becoming skilled with the procedural techniques and understanding the challenges and benefits of these surgeries. Plenary sessions and live surgery demonstrations will be held in the morning with non-CME hands-on workshops in the afternoon.

Event Modules include:
1. Single-Port Laparoscopy: Ports and Access Techniques 2. Getting Started in LESS 3. Single-Port Laparoscopy: Live Surgery 4. Single-Port Laparoscopy in General Surgery 5. Single-Port in Gynecology 6. Single-Port in Urology 7. Single-Port in Colorectal	8. Concurrent Sessions 9. NOTES 10. Instruments and Endoscopes 11. Access and Exit Techniques 12. Wrap-Up with the Experts 13. Hands-On Animal Laboratory

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Online Abstract Submission The Planning Committee is pleased to invite you to submit abstracts to be considered for a poster at the Single-Port Laparoscopy, Robotics, NOTES Surgery Course. The deadline for submission is April 12, 2010.  You will be contacted by email after all abstracts have been submitted. We are pleased to offer multi-disciplinary topic categories for abstracts.  The categories are: Urology General Surgery Colo-Rectal Gynecology Abstracts can be submitted for Single-Port Laparoscopy or NOTES. For additional information regarding abstracts, please contact Darcy Lange at langed@ccf.org or 216.448.0787 CLICK HERE TO INITATE YOUR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

 

Target Audience

This activity is designed for physicians and surgeons from various specialties interested in the minimally invasive techniques of single-port laparoscopy, robotics, and NOTES including gastroenterology, urology, nephrology, gynecology, colorectal surgery, bariatric surgery, and general surgery.

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Objectives

Through this educational offering, the Cleveland Clinic strives to produce significant knowledge gains in healthcare practitioners regarding single-port laparoscopy, robotics, and NOTES, knowledge that will, in turn, improve the quality of care for their patients.

After completing this learning activity, the participant will be able to do the following

• Identify the anatomical basis for Single-Port Laparoscopy, Robotics, and NOTES;
• Define the standardized terminology for these techniques;
• Explain the potential benefits and limitations of Single-Port Laparoscopy, Robotics, and NOTES;
• Describe instruments and optics and explain their implications and use for these technologies;
• Demonstrate competence in use of instrumentation and techniques on animal models;
• Discuss the importance of patient selection criteria and their impact on clinical outcomes.

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Directors
 

Jihad Kaouk, MD                  Director, Center for Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute Cleveland Clinic

Philip Schauer, MD Director, Center for Surgical Innovation, Technology, and Education (cSite) Cleveland Clinic

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Co-Directors
 

Tommaso Falcone, MD Chairman, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health Institute Cleveland Clinic

Feza Remzi, MD Chairman, Department of, Colorectal Surgery Digestive Disease Institute Cleveland Clinic

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Guest Faculty
 

Jeffrey Cadeddu, MD Department of Urology University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX Sebastien Crouzet Urology and Transplantation Department Edouard Herriot Hospital, Univesity of Lyon Lyon, France Paul Curcillo, MD                   Robotic and Minimally Invasive Surgery Drexel University College of Medicine Philadelphia, PA Ithaar  Derweesh, MD           Department of Urology Moores University of California San Diego Cancer Center La Jolla, CA Michael Frumovitz, MD Department of Gynecologic Oncology University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX Matthew Gettman, MD          Department of Urology Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN Stephanie King, MD               Obstetrics and Gynecology Drexel University College of Medicine Philadelphia, PA M. Patrick Lowe, MD                        Department of Gynecologic Oncology Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago, IL

John Marks, MD                    Department of Colorectal Surgery Lankenau Hospital Wynnewood, PA Sijo Parekattil, MD Department of Urology University of Florida, FL Jeffrey Ponsky, MD               Department of Surgery University Hospitals Case Medical Center Cleveland, OH Lee Ponsky, MD                    Division Urologic Oncology Center for Urologic Oncology & Minimally Invasive Therapies University Hospitals Case Medical Center Cleveland, OH K.H. Rha, MD              Department of Urology Yonsei University School of Medicine Seoul, South Korea Lee Richstone, MD                The Arthur Smith Institute for Urology The North Shore LIJ Health System New Hyde Park, NY Alexander Rosemurgy, MD   Department of General Surgery University of Southern Florida Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL        Julio Teixeira, MD                 Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital New York, NY

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Cleveland Clinic Faculty
 

Ricardo Autorino, MD                       Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute Stacy Brethauer, MD Bariatric and Metabolic Institute Sricharan Chalikonda, MD     Hepato-pancreato-biliary and Transplant Surgery Bipan Chand, MD Bariatric and Metabolic Institute Pedro Escobar, MD                Gynecologic Oncology Farzeen Firoozi, MD Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute Daniel Geisler, MD    Digestive Disease Institute Howard Goldman, MD           Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute Georges-Pascal Haber, MD   Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute

Rakesh Khanna, MD Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute Matthew Kroh, MD General Surgery Kenneth Litwak, DVM, PhD Biological Resources Unit Fady Moustarah, MD Bariatric and Metabolic Institute Tomasz Rogula, MD Bariatric and Metabolic Institute Robert Stein, MD Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute Joseph Talarico, MD  Bariatric and Metabolic Institute John Vargo, MD Digestive Disease Institute Michael White, MD Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute

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Agenda

Friday May 14  |  Saturday May 15

Modules include:
1. Single-Port Laparoscopy: Ports and Access Techniques 2. Getting Started in LESS 3. Single-Port Laparoscopy: Live Surgery 4. Single-Port Laparoscopy in General Surgery 5. Single-Port in Gynecology 6. Single-Port in Urology 7. Single-Port in Colorectal	8. Concurrent Sessions 9. NOTES 10. Instruments and Endoscopes 11. Access and Exit Techniques 12. Wrap-Up with the Experts 13. Hands-On Animal Laboratory

FRIDAY, MAY 14, 2010
6:30 am	Registration / Continental Breakfast and Exhibits
7:30 am	Welcome - Eric Klein, MD, Chairman, Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute
	Welcome - Jihad Kaouk, MD & Philip Schauer, MD
7:40 am	State of the Art: Single-Port Laparoscopy and NOTES? When and Why? - Jeff Ponsky, MD
Module 1:	Single-Port Laparoscopy: Ports and Access Techniques
7:55 am	Ports and Instrumentation - Ricardo Autorino, MD
8:05 am	Access Techniques: Multiple Ports vs. Single Incision - Jeffrey Cadeddu, MD
8:15 am	Robotic Single-Port - Jihad Kaouk, MD
Module 2:	Getting Started in LESS
8:25 am	IRB, Consent, and Billing - Paul Curcillo, MD
8:35 am	Patient Selection and Indications - Ithaar Derweesh, MD
8:45 am	My First Case: Tips and Tricks - Lee Richstone, MD
8:55 am	Questions and Answers
9:00 am	Refreshment Break and Exhibits
Module 3:	Single-Port Laparoscopy: Live Surgery
9:15 am	Surgery 1: Single-Port Hemicolectomy - Feza Remzi, MD, & Daniel Geisler, MD Moderator: John Marks, MD Surgery 2: Single-Port Nephrectomy - Jihad Kaouk, MD Moderators: K.H. Rha, MD, Lee Richstone, MD, & Matthew Gettman, MD Surgery 3: Single-Port Cholecystectomy - Matthew Kroh, MD, Tomasz Rogula, MD Moderators: Jeffrey Ponsky, MD, & Julio Teixeira, MD  Surgery 4: Single-Port Sleeve Gastrectomy - Stacy Brethauer, MD, Bipan Chand, MD Moderator: Philip Schauer, MD
Module 4:	Single-Port Laparoscopy in General Surgery
11:00 am	Single-Port Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy - Paul Curcillo MD
11:10 am	Nissen and Toupet Fundoplications - Alexander Rosemurgy, MD
11:20 am	Bariatric Surgery - Julio Teixeira, MD
11:30 am	Robotic Single-Port General Surgery - Sricharan Chalikonda, MD
11:40 pm	Panel Discussion                                               Moderator: Philip Schauer, MD
12:00 pm	Lunch
Module 5:	Single-Port in Gynecology
1:00 pm	Single-Port in Gynecology - Michael Frumovitz, MD
1:10 pm	Tips n’ Tricks in Gynecology - M. Patrick Lowe, MD
1:20 pm	Single-Port in Gynecology Using Standard Instrumentation - Stephanie King, MD
1:30 pm	Panel Discussion                                               Moderator: Pedro Escobar, MD
Module 6:	Single-Port in Urology
1:40 pm	Single-Port: Initial 150 Cases - Jihad Kaouk, MD
1:50 pm	Single-Port Nephrectomy and Pyeloplasty - Jeffrey Cadeddu, MD
2:00 pm	Complications of Single-Port - Lee Richstone, MD
2:10 pm	Single-Port Reconstructive Surgery - Robert Stein, MD
2:20 pm	Single-Port Robotic Applications - Georges-Pascal Haber, MD
2:30 pm	Robotic Single-Port Surgery, Yonsei University Experience - K.H. Rha, MD
2:40 pm	Single-Port Robotic Abdominal Microsurgical Neurolysis - Sijo Parekattil, MD
Module 7:	Single-Port in Colorectal
2:45 pm	Single-Port in Colorectal Surgery - Dan Geisler, MD
2:55 pm	NOTES vs. Single-Port in Colorectal Surgery: Pros –Cons - John Marks, MD
3:05 pm	Panel Discussion                                               Moderators: Dan Geisler, MD, John Marks, MD, & Alexander Rosemurgy, MD
3:10 pm	Refreshment Break and Exhibits
Module 8:	Concurrent Sessions
3:30 pm - 6:30 pm	Session A: Surgery in Motion (moderated videos)    Moderators: Ithaar Derweesh, MD, Pedro Escobar, MD, & Tomasz Rogula, MD
	Session B: Hands-On Porcine Laboratory (non-CME) All Faculty
	Session C: Poster (unmoderated)
SATURDAY, MAY 15, 2010
6:30 am	Continental Breakfast / Exhibits
Module 9:	NOTES
7:30 am	NOTES: State-of-the-Art Lecture - Matthew Gettman, MD
Module 10:	Instruments and Endoscopes
7:45 am	Flexible Scopes for NOTES - Bipan Chand, MD
7:55 am	Platforms and Instruments for NOTES - Lee Ponsky, MD
8:05 am	Closure for NOTES - Stacy Brethauer, MD
8:15 am	Robotics for NOTES - Jihad Kaouk, MD
8:25 am	Panel Discussion                                                           Moderators:Matthew Gettman, MD, & Philip Schauer, MD
Module 11:	Access and Exit Techniques
8:40 am	Transvaginal Approach - Farzeen Firoozi, MD
8:50 am	Transvesical Approach - Matthew Gettman, MD
9:00 am	Transgastric Approach - Julio Teixeira, MD
9:10 am	Transcolonic Approach - Daniel Geisler, MD
9:20 am	NOTES Transvaginal Nephrectomy - Jihad Kaouk, MD
Module 12:	Wrap-Up with the Experts
9:30 am	NOTES Futuristic Possibilities - Jeffrey Ponsky, MD
9:40 am	Open Discussion                                                            Moderators: Dan Geisler, MD, Pedro Escobar, MD, Matthew Gettman, MD, Jihad Kaouk, MD, John Marks, MD, Jeffrey Ponsky, MD, Feza Remzi, MD, Philip Schauer, MD & Julio Teixeira, MD
Module 13:	Hands-On Porcine Laboratory (non-CME)
10:00 am	Optional Hands-On Porcine Laboratory (non-CME)
1:00 pm	Adjourn

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Location

InterContinental Hotel and Bank of America Conference Center
9801 Carnegie Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone: 216-707-4100 or 877-707-8999 Fax: 216-707-4101

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Hotel Accommodations

A block of rooms has been reserved at The InterContinental Hotel until APRIL 13, 2010.

To make your reservations, contact the Hotel Reservations Department and identify yourself as being with the Cleveland Clinic Single Port Laparoscopy, Robotics, and NOTES Surgery Course (online code IV3 ) for a special rate of $169 single/double plus tax. The hotel is located on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic.

To register for the hotel online please follow this link.

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Parking

Self-parking is available in the E. 100th Street & Carnegie Avenue Visitor's Parking Garage at prevailing rates. This garage is across the street from the hotel.  Valet parking is available at the hotel for a charge. 

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Ground Transportation

Taxi service is available from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport to the InterContinental Hotel.

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Additional Information

For further information about the course, contact Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education at:

Local: 216-448-0770
Toll Free: 800-238-6750

For questions about registering online, call 216-448-0777 or email CMEregistration@ccf.org.

If you have special needs that require additional assistance, please call at least 2 weeks before the course. For emergency phone calls during the symposium, please call 216-707-4100 and ask for the Cleveland Clinic Single-Port Registration Desk.

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Faculty Disclosure

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education has implemented a policy to comply with the current Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education Standards for Commercial Support requiring resolution of all faculty conflicts of interest. Faculty declaring a relevant commercial interest will be identified in the activity syllabus.

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Americans with Disabilities Act

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education fully intends to comply with the legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.  If you need assistance, please notify Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education at 216.448.0770 at least two weeks prior to the activity.

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Accreditation

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this educational activity for a maximum of 12.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit their credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association Council on Continuing Medical Education for Category 2 credit.

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Registration & Cancellation

Pre-registrations are accepted by fax or online until 4:00 pm EST Monday, May 10, 2010. To register after this date you must do so on-site.

In case of cancellation, a full refund will be made if cancelled by Monday, May 10, 2010.  After this date a $50 cancellation fee will be deducted from your refund. Written notification of your cancellation is required to process your refund.

NO REFUNDS WILL BE ISSUED AFTER JUNE 30, 2010.

Hands-On lab registration is at an additional fee.  These optional activities are non-CME. Cancellations after April 15 will be charged a $200 cancellation fee.  Cancellations after May 1 will be non-refundable.

For questions about registering online, call 216.448.0777 or email cmeregistration@ccf.org.

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Online Registration/Fees

Registration fee includes electronic syllabus, continental breakfast on Friday and Saturday, lunch on Friday, and        refreshment breaks.
 

Optional non-CME Labs:

Optional non-CME Hands-On Porcine Lab - May 14. Lab fee is $800.00.

Register quickly to reserve your place at one or more of these workshops. Labs are subject to cancellation based on Cleveland Clinic discretion.

Category	Pre-Event Registration	Onsite Registration
Physician	$400.00	$450.00
Comprecare Affiliate	$260.00	$292.50
Cleveland Clinic Alumni	$240.00	$270.00
Resident / Fellow	$300.00	$350.00
CCHS Physician	$400.00	$450.00
CCHS Resident / Fellow	$240.00	$280.00
CCF Staff Physician	complimentary	complimentary
CCF Employee / Resident / Fellow / Nurse	complimentary	complimentary

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