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Day 1: EA/TEF Hands On & Workshop - Full Schedule
Cleveland Clinic, October 24th 2025

Workshop faculty: Dr. Dariusz Patkowski, Paolo De Coppi, Arnaud Bonnard, Ciro Esposito, Bethany Slater, Samir Pandya, Eduardo Perez, Maximiliano Maricic, Manuel Lopez, Gloria Gonzalez and Miguel Guelfand

All times in Eastern Time

9:00 - 4:30 pm
2 participants per station, 1 Faculty per 1-2 stations (max 10 stations)
9:00 - 9:15 am

Technical (15 min)

Welcome and presentation
Miguel Guelfand


Course structure and dynamics

Maximiliano Maricic

9:15 - 9:30 am
Lecture (15min)

Principles of the technique: Working in reduced spaces, square and sliding Knot

Maximiliano Maricic – Dariusz Patkowski
9:30 - 10:30 am
Hands on (60 min)

Warming up - Tubular and tubular double layer Anastomosis

All Faculty
10:30 - 11:00 am
Coffee break (30 min)
11:00 - 12:00 pm
Hands On (60 min)

Warming up - Long Gap training (60min)

All Faculty
12:00 - 12:30 pm
Technical (30 min)

T ips and tricks for surgery practice

Dariusz Patkowski, Maximiliano Maricic and Miguel Guelfand
12:30 - 1:30 pm
Lunch (60 min)
1:30 - 2:45 pm
Hands On (75 min)

TEF/EA model I- Trainer practice (75min)

All Faculty
2:45 - 3:00 pm
Coffee break (15 min)
3:00 - 4:15 pm
Hands On (75 min)

TEF/EA model II - Trainer practice (75min)

All Faculty
4:15 - 4:30 am
Technical (15 min)

Debriefing

All Faculty

Closing

Miguel Guelfand - Maximiliano Maricic

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Day 2: Updates in Neonatal Minimally Invasive Surgery
Cleveland Clinic, October 25th, 2025
All times in Eastern Time

7:30 – 8:00 am
Registration
8:00 – 9:00 am
Surgical tips & tricks in MIS in Newborns
Bethany Slater / Dariusz Patkowski
  • Anesthesia
  • Ergonomic in the OR
    • Patient positioning
    • Table and monitor placement
  • Trocar Planning & Placements
  • Surgical TIP: cases (Faculty)
9:00 – 9:30 am
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Paolo De Coppi
  • MIS Strategy
  • Surgical Options
  • How to avoid complications
9:30 – 10:00 am
Choledochal Cyst
Samir Pandya
  • MIS Strategy
  • Surgical Options
  • How to avoid complications
10:00 – 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:00 am
Duodenal Atresia
Arnaud Bonnard / Miguel Guelfand
  • MIS Strategy
  • Surgical Options
  • How to avoid complications
11:00 – 11:30 am
ARM
Ciro Esposito
  • MIS Strategy
  • Surgical Options
  • How to avoid complications
11:30 – 12:00 pm
ICG in Pediatric and Newborn Surgery
Ciro Esposito
  • What is ICG
  • ICG in neonatal and MIS Surgery
  • Future utilization
12:00 – 1:00 pm
Lunch Break
1:00 – 1:30 pm
Fetoscopic Repair of Myelomeningocele
Manuel Lopez
  • MIS Strategy
  • Surgical Options
  • How to avoid complications
1:30 – 2:00 pm
Lung Lesions
Arnaud Bonnard
  • MIS Strategy
  • Surgical Options
  • How to avoid complications
2:30 – 3:00 pm
Esophageal Atresia
Miguel Guelfand
  • MIS Strategy
  • Surgical Options
  • How to avoid complications
3:00 – 4:00 pm
Long Gap Esophageal Atresia
Darek Patkowski / Paolo De Coppi
  • MIS Strategy
  • Surgical Options
  • How to avoid complications
4:00 - 4:30 pm
All Faculty Q&A
4:45 pm
Closing Ceremony

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