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Liver

[Liver 1] State of art: minimally invasive anatomical liver resection
  • Go Wakabayashi Ageo Central General Hospital Japan CV
  • Rawisak Chanwat National Cancer Institute Thailand CV
  • Atsushi Sugioka Fujita Health University Hospital Japan CV
  • Ji Hoon Kim National Cancer Center Korea CV
[Liver 2] Minimally invasive approach for HCC
  • David Geller UPMC Presbyterian Hospital USA CV
  • Zenichi Morise Fujita Health University Okazaki Medical Center Japan CV
  • Roberto Ivan Troisi Federico II University Hospital Italy CV
  • Catherine S. C. Teh St Lukes Medical Center & Makati Medical Center Philippines CV
[Liver 3] Technically challenging minimally invasive liver resection I
  • Yajin Chen Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital China CV
  • Jai Young Cho Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Korea CV
  • Toru Ikegami The Jikei University School of Medicine Japan CV
  • Ki-Hun Kim Asan Medical Center Korea CV
[Liver 4] Technically challenging minimally invasive liver resection II
  • Hironori Kaneko Omori Medical Center Japan CV
  • KuoHsin Chen Far Eastern Memorial Hospital Taiwan CV
  • Luca Antonio Aldrighetti San Raffaele Hospital Italy CV
  • Pekolj Juan Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires Argentina CV
[Liver 5] Stepwise implementation of minimally invasive liver resection
  • Gyu-Seong Choi Samsung Medical Center Korea CV
  • Minoru Tanabe Tokyo Medical and Dental University Hospital Japan CV
  • Etsuro Hatano Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine Japan CV
  • Yao-Ming Wu National Taiwan University Cancer Center Taiwan CV
[Liver 6] How to prevent and manage intraoperative adverse events in minimally invasive liver resection
  • Masaki Ueno Wakayama Medical University Hospital Hospital Japan CV
  • Yuichiro Otsuka Toho University Omori Medical Center Japan CV
  • Kwan Woo Kim Dong-A University Hospital Korea CV
  • Hiromitsu Hayashi Kumamoto University Japan CV
[Liver 7] Minimally invasive liver transplantation
  • Daniel Cherqui Paul Brousse Hospital France CV
  • Choon Hyuck David Kwon Cleveland Clinic USA CV
  • Gi Hong Choi Severance Hospital Korea CV
  • Kwang-Woong Lee Seoul National University Hospital Korea CV

Biliary & Pancreas

[Biliary & Pancreas 1] Various approaches in MIPD: Which is better?
  • Ender Dulundu Istanbul University- Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical School Turkey CV
  • C. Palanivleu GEM Hospital and Research Centre India CV
  • Jin-Young Jang Seoul National University Hospital Korea CV
  • John Bennett Martinie Carolinas Medical Center USA CV
[Biliary & Pancreas 2] Risk and Benefits of Minimally Invasive Pancreatectomy
  • Mohammad Abu Hilal Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Italy CV
  • Ki Byung Song Asan Medical Center Korea CV
  • Hiroki Yamaue Wakayama Medical University Hospital Japan CV
  • Chang Moo Kang Severance Hospital Korea CV
[Biliary & Pancreas 3] Minimally Invasive Pancreatectomy for malignant pancreatic tumor
  • Igor Khatkov Moscow Clinical Scientific Center Russia CV
  • Rong Liu The First Medical Center of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital China CV
  • Tae-Ho Hong The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital Korea CV
  • P. Senthilnathan Gem Hospital and
    Research Centre     India CV
[Biliary & Pancreas 4] Performing safe minimally invasive cholecystectomy
  • Jan Jin Bong Sunway Medical Centre Malaysia CV
  • Goro Honda Tokyo Women's Medical University Japan CV
  • In Seok Choi Konyang University Hospital Korea CV
  • L.P.Thangavelu Ashwin Hospital India CV
[Biliary & Pancreas 5] MIS for biliary and duodenal disease
  • Sung Hoon Choi CHA Bundang Medical Center Korea CV
  • Woohyung Lee Asan Medical Center Korea CV
  • Hee Joon Kim Chonnam National University Hospital Korea CV
  • Michiaki Unno Tohoku University Hospital Japan CV
[Biliary & Pancreas 6] Role of MIS in GB cancer
  • Chi-Young Jeong Gyeongsang National University Hospital Korea CV
  • Anil Agarwal Maulana Azad Medical College India CV
  • Yoo-Seok Yoon Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Korea CV
  • Brian K. P. Goh Singapore General Hospital & National Cancer Center Singapore Singapore CV
[Biliary & Pancreas 7] Safe establishment of MIPS: Structured approach
  • Adnan Alseidi UCSF (University of California San Francisco) USA CV
  • Yuichi Nagakawa Tokyo Medical University Japan CV
  • Andrea Pietrabissa University of Pavia Italy CV
  • Masafumi Nakamura Kyushu University Hospital Japan CV

Upper GI

[UGI 1] Robotic Gastrectomy in gastric cancer
  • Chang-Ming Huang Fujian Medical University Union Hospital China CV
  • Ichiro Uyama Fujita Health University Japan CV
  • Hyoung-Il Kim Severance Hospital Korea CV
  • Young-Woo Kim National Cancer Center Korea CV
[UGI 2] More minimally invasive laparoscopic gastrectomy
  • Han Hong Lee The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital Korea CV
  • Kenta Doden Kanazawa University Hospital Japan CV
  • Souya Nunobe Cancer Institute Hospital Japan CV
  • Sang-Hoon Ahn Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Korea CV
[UGI 3] Ending debates on antireflux surgery for GERD
  • Kyung Won Seo Kosin University Gospel Hospital Korea CV
  • John C. Lipham Keck Medical Center of USC USA CV
  • Joong-Min Park Chung-Ang University Gwang-Myeong Hospital Korea CV
  • Yosuke Seki Yotsuya Medical Cube Japan CV
  • Guilherme M. Rocha Campos Virginia Commonwealth University Hospital USA CV
[UGI 4] GE junction cancer
  • Jin-Jo Kim The Catholic University of Korea Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital Korea CV
  • Oh Kyoung Kwon Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital Korea CV
  • Peter P. Grimminger University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz Germany CV
  • Suzanne Gisbertz Amsterdam UMC Netherlands CV
  • Li Ziyu Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute China CV
[UGI 5] The treatment strategy for GIST/SET
  • Chan Gyoo Kim National Cancer Center Korea CV
  • Sungsoo Park Korea University Anam Hospital Korea CV
  • Min Chan Kim Dong-A University Hospital Korea CV
  • Toshiro Nishida JCHO Osaka Hospital & National Cancer Center Hospital East Japan CV
[UGI 6] KLASS
  • WooJin Hyung Severance Hospital Korea CV
  • Do Joong Park Seoul National University Hospital Korea CV
  • Chang Min Lee Korea University Ansan Hospital Korea CV
  • Jong-Han Kim Korea University Guro Hospital Korea CV

Bariatric

[Bariatric 1] What we can do after failed primary bariatric surgery (Discussion)
  • Salman Al-Sabah Al-Amiri Hospital Kuwait CV
  • Catalin Copaescu Ponderas Academic Hospital Romania CV
  • Sang-Moon Han Seoul Medical Center Korea CV
  • Robert B. Lim Oklahoma University School of Medicine at Tulsa USA CV
[Bariatric 2] How to manage long-term problems after bariatric surgery
  • Raul Rosenthal Cleveland Clinic USA CV
  • Aurora D. Pryor Stony Brook University Medical Center USA CV
  • Yong Jin Kim H+ Yangji Hospital Korea CV
  • Daniel B Jones Rutgers New Jersey Medical School USA CV
[Bariatric 3] Advanced technology in bariatric/metabolic surgery
  • Kazunori Kasama Weight Loss and Metabolic Surgery Center Japan CV
  • Nicole D. Bouvy Maastricht University Medical Centre Netherlands CV
  • Suthep Udomsawaengsup Chulalongkorn University Thailand CV
  • Eduardo M Targarona Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau Spain CV

Colorectal

[Colorectal 1] Noble Answers to the updated Techniques of Coloproctology
  • Min Soo Cho Severance Hospital Korea CV
  • Chang Hyun Kim Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital Korea CV
  • Ratha Krishnan Sriram Gleneagles Hospital Kota Kinabalu Malaysia CV
  • Songphol Malakorn Center of Excellence for Colorectal Cancer Thailand CV
[Colorectal 2] Toward new standards in the treatment of far advanced colorectal cancer
  • Koya Hida Kyoto University Hospital Japan CV
  • Soichiro Ishihara The University of Tokyo Hospital Japan CV
  • Seung-Bum Ryoo Seoul National University Hospital Korea CV
  • Sung Chan Park National Cancer Center Korea CV
[Colorectal 3] Loon shots for next generation colorectal surgeons
  • Hakho Lee Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University USA CV
  • Yong Beom Cho Samsung Medical Center Korea CV
  • Woo Ram Kim Bundang CHA Medical Center Korea CV
  • Minhua Zheng Ruijin Hospital (Shanghai Jiaotong University) China CV
[Colorectal 4] Intracorporeal Anastomosis in Minimally Invasive Colon Resection
  • Bong-Hyeon Kye The Catholic University of Korea St. Vincent’s Hospital Korea CV
  • Jun Watanabe Yokohama City University Medical Center Japan CV
  • Byung Soh Min Severance Hospital Korea CV
  • Jin Kim Korea University Anam Hospital Korea CV
[Colorectal 5] Training and quality control in minimally invasive colorectal surgery
  • Sun Jin Park Kyung Hee University Hospital Korea CV
  • Dion Morton Institute of Cancer and Genomics Sciences UK CV
  • Seung Yoon Yang Severance Hospital Korea CV
  • Jung Hoon Bae The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital Korea CV
[Colorectal 6] Expert opinions on complex issues
  • Patricia Sylla Mount Sinai Hospital USA CV
  • Gyu-Seog Choi Kyungpok National University Chilgok Hospital Korea CV
  • Ye Xu Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Hospital China CV
  • Yoon Suk Lee The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital Korea CV

Surgical Endoscopy

[Surgical Endoscopy 1] Advanced endoscopic technology
  • Masau Sekiguchi National Cancer Center Hospital Japan CV
  • Sung Uk Jang Cleveland Clinic USA CV
  • Davide Lomanto National University Hospital Singapore CV
  • Yun Jeong Lim Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital Korea CV
[Surgical Endoscopy 2] Endoscopy education program for surgeons
  • Chainrong Phalanusittepha Siriraj Hospital Thailand CV
  • Philip Wai-yan Chiu Prince of Wales Hospital Hong Kong CV
  • Jeffrey M Marks University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center USA CV
  • Han Hong Lee The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital Korea CV
[Surgical Endoscopy 3] UGI
  • Byung-Hoon Min Samsung Medical Center Korea CV
  • Mouen Khashab Johns Hopkins Hospital USA CV
  • D Nageshwar Reddy A Unit of Asian Institute of Gastroenterology India CV
  • Takayoshi Tsuchiya Tokyo Medical University Hospital Japan CV
[Surgical Endoscopy 4] Management of postoperative complication
  • Ji Yong Ahn Asan Medical Center Korea CV
  • Young-Il Kim National Cancer Center Korea CV
  • Takuji Iwashita Gifu University Hospital Japan CV
  • Woo Hyun Paik Seoul National University Hospital Korea CV
[Surgical Endoscopy 5] LGI
  • Eiji Kanehira Medical Topia Soka Japan CV
  • Heung-Kwon Oh Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Korea CV
  • Masau Sekiguchi National Cancer Center Hospital Japan CV
  • Eun Hyo Jin SNUH Healthcare System Gangnam Center Korea CV
[Surgical Endoscopy 6] New technology
  • Kwang Gi Kim Gacheon University Hospital Korea CV
  • Sang Hyun Kim Korea University Anam Hospital Korea CV
  • Alberto Arezzo University Hospital of Torino Italy CV
  • Minho Hwang DGIST Korea CV

Hernia

[Hernia 1] Inguinal Hernia
  • Rolf Ulrich Hartung Al Zahra Hospital Dubai UAE CV
  • Sung Ryul Lee Damsoyu Hospital Korea CV
  • Sung Il Choi Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong Korea CV
  • Michael Brunt Washington University School of Medicine USA CV
[Hernia 2] Ventral hernia
  • Aung Myint Oo Tan Tock Seng Hospital Singapore CV
  • Dong Jin Park Ulsan University Hospital Korea CV
  • Katsuhito Suwa The Jikei University Daisan Hospital Japan CV
  • Hyuk Hur Severance Hospital Korea CV
[Hernia 3] Making legacy of hernia surgery
  • Gil-Ho Kang Hansarang Hospital Korea CV
  • Yoon Ju Jung The Catholic University of Korea Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital Korea CV
  • Chi-Cheng Huang Taipei Veterans General Hospital Taiwan CV
  • Richard Lu University of Texas Medical Branch USA CV

Breast

[Breast 1] Endoscopic breast surgery in Asia
  • Eisuke Fukuma Kameda Medical Center Japan CV
  • Chi Wei Mok Changi General Hospital Singapore CV
  • Ku Sang Kim Kosin University Gospel Hospital Korea CV
  • Wen-Ling Kuo Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Taiwan CV
[Breast 2] Robot mastectomy
  • Hyung Seok Park Severance Hospital Korea CV
  • Hung-Wen Lai Changhua Christian Hospital Taiwan CV
  • Antonio Toesca European Institute of Oncology Italy CV
  • Benjamin Sarfati Gustave Roussy Hospital France CV
[Breast 3] New technique in breast surgery
  • BeomSeok Ko Asan Medical Center Korea CV
  • Ho Yong Park Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital Korea CV
  • Jessica W.T. Leung The University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center USA CV
  • Jun Woo Lee Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital Korea CV
[Breast 4] How to use new energy device in breast surgery
  • Jai Min Ryu Samsung Medical Center Korea CV
  • Young Woo Chang Korea University Ansan Hospital Korea CV
  • Eun Hwa Park Dong-A University Hospital Korea CV

Pediatric

[Pediatric 1] Minimally invasive correction of esophageal atresia
  • Sanghoon Lee Samsung Medical Center Korea CV
  • Matthew M. Smith Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center USA CV
  • Hyun-Young Kim Seoul National University Hospital Korea CV
  • Hiroo Uchida Nagoya University Japan CV
[Pediatric 2] Robotic surgery for pediatric patients
  • Jung-Man Namkoong Asan Medical Center Korea CV
  • Sang Hoon Song Asan Medical Center Korea CV
  • Seok Joo Han Severance Children Hospital Korea CV
  • Thomas Blanc Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital France CV
[Pediatric 3] Pros & cons in pediatric minimally invasive surgery (Discussion)
  • Go Miyano Juntendo University Japan CV
  • Eunyoung Jung Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital Korea CV
  • Jeong-Meen Seo Samsung Medical Center Korea CV
  • Akihiro Fujino National Center for Child Health and Development (NCCHD) Japan CV

Vascular

[Vascular 1] Robotic surgery for kidney transplantation
  • Seung Duk Lee Hume-Lee Transplant Center USA CV
  • Kyu Ha Huh Severance Hospital Korea CV
  • Sangil Min Seoul National University Hospital Korea CV
  • Sung Shin Asan Medical Center Korea CV
[Vascular 2] Minimally invasive aortic surgery
  • Taeseung Lee Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Korea CV
  • Sang Su Lee Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital Korea CV
  • Hyung-Kee Kim Kyungpook National University Hospital Korea CV
  • Jin Hyun Joh Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong Korea CV

Thyroid

[Thyroid 1] Transoral thyroid surgery
  • Angkoon Anuwong Police General Hospital Thailand CV
  • Hoon Yub Kim Korea University Anam Hospital Korea CV
  • Ralph P Tufano Sarasota Memorial Hospital and Johns Hopkins University USA CV
  • Yoo Seok Kim Chosun University Hospital Korea CV
[Thyroid 2] Recent advancements in endoscopic and robotic thyroid surgery
  • Gianlorenzo Dionigi Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS and University of Milan Italy CV
  • Wan Wook Kim Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital Korea CV
  • Yu-Hsien Chen Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Taiwan CV
  • Kee-Hyun Nam Severance Hospital Korea CV
[Thyroid 3] Updates in adrenal surgery
  • Kwangsoon Kim The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital Korea CV
  • Sang-Wook Kang Severance Hospital Korea CV
  • Eren Berber Cleveland Clinic USA CV
  • Chung-Ngai Tang Pamela Youde Hospital Hong Kong CV

Acute care surgery & Trauma

[Acute Care Surgery and Trauma 1] Organ specific treatment in trauma laparoscopy
  • Heng-Fu Lin Far Eastern Memorial Hospital Taiwan CV
  • Akihiro Usui Sakai City Medical Center Japan CV
  • Daniel Lee Khoo Teck Puat Hospital Singapore CV
  • Hangjoo Cho The Catholic University of Korea Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital Korea CV
[Acute Care Surgery and Trauma 2] Debate in trauma laparoscopy (Discussion)
  • Kyoungwon Jung Ajou University Hospital Korea CV
  • Kon Voi Tay Woodlands Health Hospital Singapore CV
  • Dong Hun Kim Dankook University Korea CV
  • ByungChul Yu Gacheon University Hospital Korea CV
[Acute Care Surgery and Trauma 3] Debate in acute care surgery (Discussion)
  • Tsai Chien-Ho National Yang Ming University Hospital Taiwan CV
  • Kyoung Hoon Lim Kyungpook National University Hospital Korea CV
  • Chan Yong Park Seoul National University Hospital Korea CV
  • Yuma Ebihara Hokkaido University Hospital Japan CV

Nutrition

[Nutrition] Clinical importance of prehabilitation and preventing sarcopenia
  • Boram Lee Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Korea CV
  • S. Easwaramoorthy Lotus Hospital India CV
  • Hong Man Yoon National Cancer Center Korea CV
  • Sang-Yong Son Ajou University Hospital Korea CV

ERAS

[ERAS] Enhanced recovery after surgery in MIS
  • In Kyu Lee The Catholic University of Korea Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital Korea CV
  • Hojin Lee Seoul National University Hospital Korea CV
  • Stephanie B. Jones Albany Medical College USA CV
  • Nicolas Demartines Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV) Switzerland CV

Thoracic

[Thoracic Surgery 1] Various approaches to minimize invasiveness in lung cancer surgery
  • Mingyon Mun The Cancer Institute Hospital Japan CV
  • Sukki Cho Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Korea CV
  • Eugenio Pompeo Universita di Roma Tor Vergata Italy CV
  • Diego Gonzalez Rivas Hospital Quirónsalud A Coruña Spain CV
[Thoracic Surgery 2] Current practices in minimally invasive esophagectomy
  • Chang Hyun Kang Seoul National University Hospital Korea CV
  • Yuko Kitagawa Keio University Hospital Japan CV
  • Lijie Tan Zhong Shan Hospital, Fu Dan University China CV
  • Inderpal Sarkaria University of Pittsburgh Physicians USA CV
[Thoracic Surgery 3] Image guided surgery for lung cancer treatment
  • Changyoung Lee Severance Hospital Korea CV
  • Hyun Koo Kim Korea University Guro Hospital Korea CV
  • Hak Soo Choi Mass General Hosptial, Harvard Medical School USA CV
  • NG Sze Hang Calvin The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong CV

Urology

[Urology 1] Robotic surgery in urology: Benign
  • Cheol Kyu Oh Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital Korea CV
  • Ki Soo Lee Dong-A University Hospital Korea CV
  • Richard K. Lo Hong Kong University Hong Kong CV
  • Tae-hyo Kim Dong-A University Hospital Korea CV
[Urology 2] Robotic surgery in Urology: Malignant
  • Tae Nam Kim Pusan National University Hospital Korea CV
  • Sungchan Park Ulsan University Hospital Korea CV
  • Jong Kil Nam Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital Korea CV
  • Raj Pruthi UCSF(University of California San Francisco) USA CV

Obstetrics & Gynecology

[Obstetrics & Gynecology 1] Endoscopy
  • Joong Sub Choi Hanyang University Seoul Hospital Korea CV
  • Jeong-Yeol Park Asan Medical Center Korea CV
  • Dogyun Kim The Catholic University of Korea Pohang St. Mary’s Hospital Korea CV
  • Johnny Yi Mayo Clinic USA CV
[Obstetrics & Gynecology 2] Robotic surgery
  • Jung-Ho Shin Korea University Guro Hospital Korea CV
  • Sa-Ra Lee Asan Medical Center Korea CV
  • Sang-Wun Kim Severance Hospital Korea CV
  • Gaby Moawad The George Washington University USA CV

Surgical Outcome

[Surgical Outcome] Proficiency, leadership, joy leads to improved patient outcomes
  • Tan Arulampalam Anglia Ruskin University UK CV
  • Jonah J. Stulberg Health Sciences Center of Houston USA CV
  • Paul Barach Thomas Jefferson University USA CV
  • Deborah Gooch East Suffolk and North East Essex NHS Foundation Trust UK CV
  • Julie K. Johnson Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine USA CV

New Technology

  • Hyoung-Il Kim Severance Hospital Korea CV
  • Jung Wook Huh Sungkyunkwan University Samsung Medical Center Korea CV
  • Seok-Hwan Kim Chungnam National University Hospital Korea CV
  • Yoo Young Lee Sungkyunkwan University Samsung Medical Center Korea CV