PCS Scientific Program | PCS79thCongress

DAY 1: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2023

G.B. ONG LECTURE

Chair: Jose Antonio M. Salud, MD, FPCS

1:00 pm [Jacques Maresquax, MD, FACS, Hon. FRCS, Hon. FJSES]

ASA LECTURE

Chair: Jose Antonio M. Salud, MD, FPCS

2:00 pm Avoiding Post OP Pain for the Surgeons; The Value of Surgical Ergonomics [Ian Soriano, MD, FACS, Hon. FPCS]

RACS FOUNDATION LECTURE

Chair: Alex A. Erasmo, MD, FPCS

3:00 pm [Speaker]

Surgical Training in the 21st Century

Chair: Alex A. Erasmo, MD, FPCS

4:00 pm Advances in Surgical Education in 2023 [Ian Soriano, MD, FACS, Hon. FPCS]

5:00 pm ASA BUSINESS MEETING (SAMPAGUITA ROOM)

7:00 pm FELLOWSHIP NIGHT (ISLA BALLROOM)

DAY 2: MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2023

SCIENTIFIC SESSION 1:

Chair: Vivencio Jose P. Villaflor III MD, FPCS

8:00 Who Should do a Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Plea or Specialization [Ahmad Nassar, MD, FRCS]

SCIENTIFIC SESSION 2: Breast

Chair: Miguel C. Mendoza, MD, FPCS, FACS, FPALES, FPSGS

9:00-9:30 Breast Cancer Advocacy and Screening-Indian Experience for Close to 2 Decades (2007-2023) [Raghu Ram Pillarisetti, OBE, MS, FRCS]

9:30-10:00 The Role of Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Early Breast Cancer [Cheng-Har Yip, MBBS, FRCS(Edin)(Glasg)]

SCIENTIFIC SESSION 3: Bariatric Surgery

Chair: Jimmy Bok Yan So, MD, MBChB, FRCSE, MPH (ASA COUNCIL MEMBER)

10:00-11:00 Weight Loss Medication Use in Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: Implications for Innovations and Collaborations [Raymund Joaquin F. Erese, MD, FPCS]

Current Data on Innovations in Metabolic Surgery [Sir Emmanuel S. Astudillo, MD, FPCS]

11:00-12:00 PRESIDENT’S HOUR

12:00-1:30 ASA SATELLITE LUNCHEON SYMPOSIUM

SCIENTIFIC SESSION 4: INNOVATIONS AND COLLABORATIONS

Chair: Andrea Joanne Torre, MD, FPCS1:30-2:00

Coordinator: Kay P. Jimenez, MD, FPCS

1:30-2:00 Surgeon as a Leader [Gerardo D. Legaspi, MD, FPCS]

2:00-2:30 Surgeon as an Innovator [Mariano Gimenez, MD, PhD, FSIR]

2:30-3:00 Surgeon as a Venture Capitalist [Wayne Shih-Wei Huang, MD]

3:00-3:30 Surgeon as an Educator [Cenon R. Alfonso, MD, FPCS]

Rural Surgery

Chair: Rodney B. Dofitas, MD, FPCS

3:30-5:00 Surgical Mission Registry [Crisostomo E. Arcilla Jr. MD, FPCS; Carlo Reyes, MD, Esq, CEO]

7:00 PM PRESIDENT’S DINNER (BY INVITATIO) (ISLA BALLROOM 3)

DAY 3: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2023

8:00-8:45 Robotic Surgery [Charles Lin, MD]

Chair: Jeffrey Jeronimo P. Domino, MD, FPCS

8:45-9:15 Laparoscopic Bile Duct Exploration: Techniques and Challenges [Ahmad Nassar, MD, FRCS]

Chair: Miguel C. Mendoza, MD, FPCS, FACS, FPALES, FPSGS

Multi-Specialty Innovations and Collaborations

Chair: Noel C. Evangelista, MD, FPCS

Co-Chair: Rey Melchor F. Santos, MD, FPCS

9:15-10:00 Session 1: ENT [Enrico G. Donato, MD]

Coordinator: DJ Caro

10:00-10:45 Session 2: ORTHO [Rafael Bundoc, MD]

Coordinator: Jerome Sison, MD

10:45-11:15 Session 3: NSS [Manuel M. Mariano, MD, FPCS; Elmer Jose Meceda, MD]

Coordinator: Kay P. Jimenez, MD, FPCS

11:15-12:30 Session 4: UROLOGY [Speaker]

Coordinator: Samuel Vincent G. Yrastorza, MD, FPCS

12:30 FREE PAPERS AND VIDEO PRESENTATION (SAMPAGUITA ROOM)

Option 2: Continuation of Multi-Specialty Innovations and Collaborations