Congress Programme

Day 1, 31 May 2024

Time	Session

08:00 08:15	Registration
08:15 09:15	UGI Surgery Symposium - 1 Hans Alexander Mahendran Chairperson Hospital Sultanah Aminah Johor Bahru Mohamed Arif Hameed Sultan Chairperson Universiti Malaysia Sabah Wong Wei Jin Chairperson UM Medical Centre Advancements and Evidence in Anti-Reflux Surgery Mohamad Aznan Shuhaili Speaker MSU Medical Centre Dissection of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Lymph Nodes in Minimally invasive Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancers Kelvin Voon Speaker Sunway Medical Centre, Penang Advancing Endoscopic Services In Malaysia Hans Alexander Mahendran Speaker Hospital Sultanah Aminah Johor Bahru Management of Achalasia Cardia (Laparoscopic And Endoscopic Approach) Subhash Aggarwal Speaker Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute Sipadan III		HPB Surgery Symposium - 1 Chik Ian Chairperson Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz Manisekar A/L K.Subramaniam Chairperson Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Kedah. Muhamad Hud Bin Muhamad Zin Chairperson Universiti Malaysia Sabah Starting a robotic pancreatic and liver surgical programme in a large public sector institution Pang Ning Qi Speaker National University of Singapore Laparoscopic CBD Exploration Thanesh Kumar A/L Maiyauen Speaker Queen Elizabeth Hospital ERCP Padmaan Sankaran Speaker Melaka General Hospital Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy Koh Peng Soon Speaker Universiti Malaya Sepilok		Oral Presentation - 1 Mohd Firdaus Mohd Hayati Chairperson Universiti Malaysia Sabah Dinawan
09:15 09:30	Plenary Session - 1 Laparoscopy in acute abdomen and trauma Subhash Aggarwal Speaker Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute Sipadan III
09:30 09:45	Keynote Lecture Transforming Laparoscopic Surgeons to Robotic Surgeons Prof. Datuk Dr. Ismail Sagap Speaker Hospital Tunku Ampuan Besar Tuanku Aishah Rohani Hospital Pakar Kanak-kanak UKM (HPKK) Sipadan III
09:45 10:30	Opening Ceremony Ratha Krishnan Sriram Speaker Gleneagles Hospital Kota Kinabalu Vimal K. Vasudeavan Speaker Gleneagles Hospital Penang Sipadan III
10:30 10:45	Break & Booth Visiting Top 5 poster presentation
10:45 11:45	Colorectal Surgery Symposium - 1 Kim Seon Hahn Chairperson University of Malaya Medical Centre Zairul Azwan Chairperson Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz Mastering Laparoscopic Total Mesorectal Excision (TME): Essential Tips and Tricks for Success William Chen Speaker China Medical University Hsinchu Hospital Laparoscopic Exenteration: Is It Worth Doing? Mohana Raj Thanapal Speaker Hospital Kuala Lumpur Traction of Robotic Surgery in the Private Sector Paul B Selvindos Speaker Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur Selective Vascular Preservation for Left sided Malignancy Carlo Angelo Cajucom Speaker The Medical City Sipadan III		Bariatric Surgery Symposium - 1 Mustafa Mohamed Taher Al-Khafaji Chairperson Cengild G. I. Medical Centre Rajkumar Vinayak Chairperson Pantai Hospital Melaka Mini Gastric Bypass : An option in Malaysian Patients? Satkunan Mark Speaker Hospital Fatimah, Ipoh Allurion Swallowable Intragastric Balloon: Experience of More Than 500 Cases Nik Ritza Kosai Bin Nik Mahmood Speaker Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz SADI-S ; Should we embrace it? Kumaresan Supramaniam Speaker Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun The Robot Is Here: Will It Revolutionise Bariatric Surgery? Tikfu Gee Speaker Hospital Kuala Lumpur Sepilok		Oral Presentation - 2 Mohamed Arif Hameed Sultan Chairperson Universiti Malaysia Sabah Dinawan
11:45 12:30	Lunch Symposium - 1a (DT Robotics) Driving Hospital Excellence through Robotic Surgeries Kamal Zukhairi Bin Amzan Speaker Sipadan III
12:30 14:00	Friday Prayer & Lunch
14:00 15:00	Hernia Surgery Symposium - 1 Sanjay Sonar Chairperson Godrej Memorial Hospital, Wockhardt Hospital, Khar Hinduja Hospital (India) Than Da Jun Chairperson Queen Elizabeth Hospital Recent Guidelines On Managing Groin Hernias Lai Chung Ket Speaker Hospital Duchess of Kent Recurrent/ Re-Recurrent Groin Hernia Mohammad Hisyam Speaker KPJ Ipoh TAPP for Groin Hernias - Tips and Tricks Sunil Popat Speaker Nidhi Hospital (India) TAPP for Inguinal Hernia with Using AI and Robot Kiyotaka Imamura Speaker Yotsuya Medical Cube Chronic Pain Following Groin Hernia Repair Wong Wei Jin Speaker UM Medical Centre Sipadan III		Breast Surgery & Endocrine Surgery Symposium - 1 Mohamed Arif Hameed Sultan Chairperson Universiti Malaysia Sabah Pradeep Chand Chandran Chairperson Queen Elizabeth Hospital Advancement In Breast Surgery: Introducing Endoscopic Mastectomy Teoh Li Ying Speaker UM Medical Centre Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy T Sivakumar Speaker INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF GASTROINTESTINAL ENDO SURGEONS Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy: Transperitoneal Approach Kirubakaran a/l Malapan Speaker Gleneagles Hospital Penang Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy: Retroperitoneal Approach Lee Chang Haur Speaker Queen Elizabeth Hospital II Sepilok		Video Presentation - 1 Lee Pei Pei Chairperson Queen Elizabeth Hospital Dinawan
15:00 15:45	Tea Symposium - 1a Surgiseal, Topical Skin Adhesive Buveinthiran Balakrishnan Speaker Sipadan III
15:45 16:30	Debate - 1 (Hernia) Robotic Approach vs Laparoscopic Approach for Groin Hernia Repair Kiyotaka Imamura Chairperson Yotsuya Medical Cube Mohammad Hisyam Chairperson KPJ Ipoh Robotic Approach Siow Sze Li Speaker Hospital Umum Sarawak Laparoscopic Approach for Groin Hernia Repair Vimal K. Vasudeavan Speaker Gleneagles Hospital Penang Sipadan III			Debate - 2 (Bariatric) Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass vs Sleeve-Plus Procedures in Metabolic Remission Kumaresan Supramaniam Chairperson Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun Mohamad Aznan Shuhaili Chairperson MSU Medical Centre Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Ramen Goel Speaker Centre of Metabolic Surgery, India Sleeve-Plus Procedures Chih-Kun Huang Speaker China Medical University Hospital Sepilok
16:30 17:30	IAGES Symposium Abdul Gafoor Mubarak Chairperson Island Hospital Penang Satkunan Mark Chairperson Hospital Fatimah, Ipoh Revision Anti Reflux Surgery - Tips and Tricks Sunil Popat Speaker Nidhi Hospital (India) Dissection of Calot Satish Midha Speaker Vivekanand Hospital (India) Robotic TAPP For Groin Hernia Subhash Khanna Speaker Swagat Super Speciality Surgical Institute (India) Treating 5 Concurrent Hernias With 1 Surgery Sanjay Sonar Speaker Godrej Memorial Hospital, Wockhardt Hospital, Khar Hinduja Hospital (India) Sipadan III		MIS in Emergency Symposium Koh Peng Soon Chairperson Universiti Malaya Than Da Jun Chairperson Queen Elizabeth Hospital MIS in Complicated Diverticulitis Paul B Selvindos Speaker Gleneagles Hospital Kuala Lumpur Laparoscopic Repair of Perforated Peptic Ulcers Siow Sze Li Speaker Hospital Umum Sarawak Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Difficult Gallbladder Manisekar A/L K.Subramaniam Speaker Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Kedah. Sepilok		Career Compass Symposium Gilbert Peh Chairperson Hospital Kota Marudu Hans Alexander Mahendran Chairperson Hospital Sultanah Aminah Johor Bahru Specialization Pathway to Becoming a Surgeon Mah Jin-Jiun Speaker Queen Elizabeth Hospital From Manuscript to Publication Mohd Firdaus Mohd Hayati Speaker Universiti Malaysia Sabah Scalpel and Stroller: Work-Life Balance as a Surgeon Rohamini Sibin Speaker Queen Elizabeth Hospital Oversea Opportunities for Local Doctors Sentilnathan Subramaniam Speaker Hospital Queen Elizabeth Dinawan
17:30 18:30	SELSMA Annual General Meeting Sepilok
18:00 21:00	Welcome Reception & Gala Dinner Promenade, Level 2

Day 2, 1 June 2024

Time	Session

08:00 09:30	Colorectal Surgery Symposium - 2 Mah Jin-Jiun Chairperson Queen Elizabeth Hospital Sentilnathan Subramaniam Chairperson Hospital Queen Elizabeth CME/CVL for Right-Sided Colon Cancers - Evidence & Updates Mohana Raj Thanapal Speaker Hospital Kuala Lumpur Intracorporeal Anastomosis: Techniques and Recent Evidence William Chen Speaker China Medical University Hsinchu Hospital Robotic Low Anterior Resection Using Da Vinci Xi System Kim Seon Hahn Speaker University of Malaya Medical Centre Role of MIS in Reversing a Hartmann's Procedure Ratha Krishnan Sriram Speaker Gleneagles Hospital Kota Kinabalu Laparoscopic LPND: Indications, Tips and tricks & Pitfalls Zairul Azwan Speaker Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz Sipadan III		Bariatric Surgery Symposium - 2 Kirubakaran a/l Malapan Chairperson Gleneagles Hospital Penang Subhash Aggarwal Chairperson Sri Balaji Action Medical Institute Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Plus Proximal Transit Bipartition - A Novel Procedure Rajkumar Vinayak Speaker Pantai Hospital Melaka Recurrent Weight Gain After Gastric Bypass Ramen Goel Speaker Centre of Metabolic Surgery, India Suboptimal Weight Loss And Weight Regain After Sleeve Gastrectomy Mustafa Mohamed Taher Al-Khafaji Speaker Cengild G. I. Medical Centre Concomitant Hiatal Hernia Repair in Sleeve Gastrectomy Lau Peng Choong Speaker Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur Complications in Bariatric Surgery in Malaysia that We Don't Talk About Abdul Gafoor Mubarak Speaker Island Hospital Penang Sepilok		Video Presentation - 2 Gilbert Peh Chairperson Hospital Kota Marudu Dinawan
09:30 10:00	Plenary Session - 2 Evolution from Laparoscopy to Robotic Bariatric Surgery: My Experience Chih-Kun Huang Speaker China Medical University Hospital Sipadan III
10:00 10:30	Break & Booth Visiting
10:30 12:00	HPB Surgery Symposium - 2 Leow Voon Meng Chairperson USMMC, Bertam, Penang and Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Kedah Thanesh Kumar A/L Maiyauen Chairperson Queen Elizabeth Hospital Laparoscopic Liver Resection: Evidence & Updates Rawisak Chanwat Speaker Bumrungrad International Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand Learning Curve on Robotic Assist Pancreaticoduodenectomy Yoong Boon Koon Speaker Sunway Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur Technical Considerations in Robotic HPB Surgery Pang Ning Qi Speaker National University of Singapore Laparoscopic Microwave Ablation Chik Ian Speaker Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz Minimally Invasive Management for Necrotising Pancreatitis Padmaan Sankaran Speaker Melaka General Hospital Sipadan III		MIS Training & Innovation Symposium Mohana Raj Thanapal Chairperson Hospital Kuala Lumpur Than Da Jun Chairperson Queen Elizabeth Hospital Establishing Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernioplasty Services in a District Hospital Lai Chung Ket Speaker Hospital Duchess of Kent Teleproctoring Kim Seon Hahn Speaker University of Malaya Medical Centre MHS Roadshow Abdul Gafoor Mubarak Speaker Island Hospital Penang Self-Grip Mesh: Redefining Mesh Fixation In Hernioplasty Lau Peng Choong Speaker Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur Fellowship in Robotic Surgery- The ARIS concept and revolution. Subhash Khanna Speaker Swagat Super Speciality Surgical Institute (India) Sepilok		Video Presentation - 3 Pradeep Chand Chandran Chairperson Queen Elizabeth Hospital Dinawan
12:00 12:30	Lunch Symposium Suprapubic hernia- the art of TAPE (transbdominal partially extra peritoneal) repair Vimal K. Vasudeavan Speaker Gleneagles Hospital Penang Sipadan III
12:30 13:30	Lunch & Prize Giving Ceremony Sipadan III
13:30 14:45	Hernia Surgery Symposium - 2 Subhash Khanna Chairperson Swagat Super Speciality Surgical Institute (India) Vimal K. Vasudeavan Chairperson Gleneagles Hospital Penang E-TEP: Do We Need More Convincing? Kiyotaka Imamura Speaker Yotsuya Medical Cube Subcutaneous Onlay Laparoscopic Approach (SCOLA) T Sivakumar Speaker INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF GASTROINTESTINAL ENDO SURGEONS Fasciotens, the new kid on block for Loss of domain Sanjay Sonar Speaker Godrej Memorial Hospital, Wockhardt Hospital, Khar Hinduja Hospital (India) Recent Guidelines In Management Of Ventral/ Incisional Hernias Mohammad Hisyam Speaker KPJ Ipoh IPOM And Plus Procedure: Tried And Tested Satkunan Mark Speaker Hospital Fatimah, Ipoh Sipadan III		ERAS & Nutrition Symposium Kelvin Voon Chairperson Sunway Medical Centre, Penang Mohamed Arif Hameed Sultan Chairperson Universiti Malaysia Sabah ERAS in Colorectal Surgery Carlo Angelo Cajucom Speaker The Medical City Fueling the Fight: The Role of Nutrition in Supporting Cancer Patients Ooi Wei Keat Speaker Queen Elizabeth Hospital ERAS in Bariatric Surgery Kirubakaran a/l Malapan Speaker Gleneagles Hospital Penang The Art of Pain Management for ERAS Aldred Soo Speaker KPJ Sabah Specialist Hospital Nutrition in Sarcopenic Patients Hans Alexander Mahendran Speaker Hospital Sultanah Aminah Johor Bahru Sepilok		How I do It Gilbert Peh Chairperson Hospital Kota Marudu Muhamad Hud Bin Muhamad Zin Chairperson Universiti Malaysia Sabah Laparoscopic Liver Resection Rawisak Chanwat Speaker Bumrungrad International Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand Laparoscopic TME Zairul Azwan Speaker Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz Lap Teckhoff Catheter Insertion - Preperitoneal Tunneling Technique Sentilnathan Subramaniam Speaker Hospital Queen Elizabeth Stapleless Sleeve Gastrectomy Rajkumar Vinayak Speaker Pantai Hospital Melaka Dinawan
14:45 15:00	Tea Break
15:00 16:30	UGI Symposium - 2 Lee Pei Pei Chairperson Queen Elizabeth Hospital Mohamad Aznan Shuhaili Chairperson MSU Medical Centre Improving Outcomes In Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy With Limited Resources Ooi Wei Keat Speaker Queen Elizabeth Hospital Is post-POEM Reflux A Myth? Real World Data On Patient Reported Reflux Symptom Scores Lau Peng Choong Speaker Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur ICG navigation in laparoscopic D2 gastrectomy Wong Wei Jin Speaker UM Medical Centre Robotic Fundoplication Subhash Khanna Speaker Swagat Super Speciality Surgical Institute (India) Sipadan III			Advanced Endoscopy Symposium Pradeep Chand Chandran Chairperson Queen Elizabeth Hospital Rohamini Sibin Chairperson Queen Elizabeth Hospital OGDS in Sitting Position Can be a Feasible Alternative Safe Approach Lai Chung Ket Speaker Hospital Duchess of Kent Colonic Stenting in Obstructed Left-Sided Tumor - For Some Or For All? Ausama A Malik Speaker Cengild G.I. Medical Centre ERCP For General Surgeons Satish Midha Speaker Vivekanand Hospital (India) POEM Nagaraj Sriram Speaker Gleneagles Hospital Kota Kinabalu Endoscopic Cholangioscopy for Biliary Stone Disease Leow Voon Meng Speaker USMMC, Bertam, Penang and Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Kedah Sepilok
16:45 17:00	Closing Ceremony Sipadan III

*This is a tentative programme and subject to change. Last updated on 20 May.