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