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VenueRSU Medical Education Technology Centre
26A Anniņmuižas bulvāris, Rīga
Boriss Teterevs Lecture Hall & Room #146
Participation feeEUR 350
Members of EUPSA and LBĶA: EUR 300
FacultyAmulya Saxena, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at the Chelsea Children’s Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Fdn Trust, Imperial College London / Head of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery, Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi
Zafer Dökümcü, Associate Professor of Paediatric Surgery, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey

Agenda

Tuesday, 8 April
9:00–9:30Registration
9:30–10:00Operation room set-up, instruments and equipment
10:00–10:30Abdominal and thoracic access and procedural ergonomics
10:30–11:00Coffee break
11:00–12:30Hands-on skills 1: Suturing and knot tying
12:30–13:00Laparoscopic approach to ovarian pathologies
13:00–13:30Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
13:30–14:30Lunch break
14:30–15:30Hands-on skills 2: Course evaluation 1
15:30–16:00Coffee break
16:00–17:00Hands-on skills 3: Course evaluation 2
Wednesday, 9 April
9:00–9:30Laparoscopic appendectomy in complicated appendicitis
9:30–10:00Laparoscopic duodenal atresia repair
10:00–10:30Coffee break
10:30–12:00Hands-on skills 3: Suturing and knot tying
12:00–12:30Thoracoscopic esophageal atresia repair
12:30–13:00Thoracoscopic congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair
13:00–14:00Lunch break
14:00–15:00Hands-on skills 4: Course evaluation 3
15:00–15:30Coffee break
15:30–16:30Hands-on skills 5: Course evaluation 4
16:30–17:00Round table discussion
End of course

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Faculty

Amulya Saxena

Amulya Saxena is the Past President of the European Paediatric Surgeons Association (EUPSA) and Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at the Chelsea Children’s Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Fdn Trust, Imperial College London and Head of Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery, Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi. He is the Editor-­in‐Chief of the Journal of Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery.

His surgical interests are in neonatal surgical procedures, minimal invasive surgery in newborn and paediatric age (laparoscopy and thoracoscopy), paediatric gynecology, gastrointestinal surgery, thoracic surgery, reconstructive surgery, chest wall deformities (pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum) and wound management.

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He completed his Paediatric and Neonatal Surgical training in Germany and gained work experience at major tertiary European and American Medical Centres. He was a Research Fellow in Surgery at the Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA and gained further experience in Pediatric Surgery at the Children’s Mercy Hospital, University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA, the Hospital 12 de Octubre, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, Fetal Centre, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA and the Juntendo University Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.

Amulya Saxena has won prestigious European and International awards for his contribution to paediatric surgery. He has presented over 450 papers at International Surgical Conference, authored over 180 articles, written over 75 book chapters and has organized over 60 congresses, seminars and workshops. Amulya Saxena is in the Editorial Board of 8 peer-­reviewed Journals and an ad-­hoc reviewer for over 30 peer-­reviewed journals. He has edited two books, 'Essentials of Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery' and 'Chest Wall Deformities'.

He is also an active member in a number of societies, including: European Pediatric Surgeons Association (EUPSA), European Society for Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery (ESPES), British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS), British Association of Paediatric Endoscopic Surgeons (BAPES), Austrian Society of Pediatric Surgery (ÖGKCH), International Society for Paediatric Wound Care (ISPeW) and Asian Association of Pediatric Surgeons (AAPS).

 

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Zafer Dökümcü

Associate Professor of Paediatric Surgery
Ege University Faculty of Medicine
Department of Paediatric Surgery
İzmir, Türkiye

Actively working in Paediatric Thoracic Surgery Division that treats airway, pulmonary, mediastinal, diaphragmatic, oesophageal – gastric pathologies and chest wall deformities.

Main areas of interest: Thoracoscopy, Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Robotic surgery of the foregut

  • EUPSA Education Board Chairman
  • ESPES Executive Board Member
  • IPEG-MEC Executive Board Member

 

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