Schedule
Monday, February 10, 2025Tuesday, February 11, 2025Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Monday, February 10, 2025
2:00 - 3:30 PM
Registration and Welcome Reception
3:30 - 3:50 PM
Welcome and Introduction
Yuri Novitsky, MD, FACS
3:50 - 4:10 PM
Getting Your Patient Ready for AWR: Preop Optimization
Yuri Novitsky, MD, FACS
4:10 - 4:30 PM
Laparoscopic and Robotic IPUM
Brian Jacob, MD, FACS
4:30 - 4:50 PM
LIRA
Salvatore Morales-Conde, MD, PhD
4:50 - 5:10 PM
Robotic Pre-Peritoneal Repair (rTAPP)
Conrad Ballecer, MD, FACS
5:10 - 5:30 PM
Extraperitoneal Acces Preperitoneal Repair (eTEPP)
Hector Valenzuela, MD
5:30 - 5:50 PM
Laparoscopic Subcutaneous Onlay Repair
Rodrigo Galhego, MD
5:50 - 6:10 PM
Robotic eTEP Retrorectus Repair
Philip George, MD
6:10 - 6:30 PM
Totally Endoscopic Sublay Anterior Repair (TESAR)
Federico Fiori, MD
6:30 - 6:50 PM
Overcoming Obstacles/Avoiding Pitfalls in Robotic Retrorectus Repairs
Igor Belyansky, MD, FACS
6:50 - 7:10 PM
My Approach to Open Diastasis Recti Repair
Gregory A. Dumanian, MD
7:10 - 7:30 PM
Algorithmic Approach to Umbilical Hernias
Dina Podolsky, MD
7:30 - 8:00 PM
Panel Discussion
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
6:00 - 10:00 AM
Session 2
6:00 - 6:10 AM
Session Introduction / Defining the Clinical Challenge
Yuri Novitsky, MD, FACS
6:10 - 6:30 AM
Anterior Component Separation
Gregory A. Dumanian, MD
6:30 - 6:50 AM
Open Preperitoneal Repair
Vedra A. Augenstein, MD, FACS
6:50 - 7:10 AM
Open Rives-Stoppa and Sublay Repairs
David Chen, MD, FACS
7:10 - 7:30 AM
Open Posterior Component Separation - TAR
Sean Orenstein, MD, FACS
7:30 - 7:50 AM
Robotic TAR
Yuri Novitsky, MD, FACS
7:50 - 8:10 AM
Management of Hernias in the Setting of ECF
Fernando Ferreira, MD
8:10 - 8:30 AM
Open Flank Hernia Repair
Vedra A. Augenstein, MD, FACS
8:30 - 8:50 AM
Robot-Assisted Flank Repairs
Igor Belyansky, MD, FACS
8:50 - 9:10 AM
Thoraco-abdominal Hernia Repairs
Conrad Ballecer, MD, FACS
9:10 - 9:30 AM
Adding Panniculectomy to your AWR
Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros, MD
9:30 - 10:00 AM
Panel Discussion
3:00 - 4:00 PM
Refreshments
4:00 - 4:10 PM
Session Introduction / Defining the Clinical Challenge
Yuri Novitsky, MD, FACS
4:10 - 4:30 PM
Mesh Review: Where are we in 2025
Sean Orenstein, MD, FACS
4:30 - 4:45 PM
Finding Hernia: Understanding Abdominal Wall Imaging
Eric M. Pauli, MD, FACS, FASGE
4:45 - 5:00 PM
Structural Changes in the Abdominal Wall Following Component Separations
Jorge Daes, MD, FACS
5:00 - 5:20 PM
Management of Retromuscular Fails
Yuri Novitsky, MD, FACS
5:20 - 5:30 PM
Morbidity and Mortality: My Complications
Vedra A. Augenstein, MD, FACS
5:30 - 5:40 PM
Morbidity and Mortality: My Complications
Fernando Ferreira, MD
5:40 - 5:50 PM
Morbidity and Mortality: My Complications
Salvatore Morales-Conde, MD, PhD
5:50 - 6:00 PM
Morbidity and Mortality: My Complications
Conrad Ballecer, MD, FACS
6:00 - 6:10 PM
Morbidity and Mortality: My Complications
Hector Valenzuela, MD
6:10 - 6:20 PM
Morbidity and Mortality: My Complications
Dina Podolsky, MD
6:20 - 6:30 PM
Morbidity and Mortality: My Complications
David Chen, MD, FACS
6:30 - 6:40 PM
Morbidity and Mortality: My Complications
Igor Belyansky, MD, FACS
6:40 - 6:50 PM
Morbidity and Mortality: My Complications
Philip George, MD
6:50 - 7:00 PM
Morbidity and Mortality: My Complications
Federico Fiori, MD
7:00 - 7:15 PM
Morbidity and Mortality: My Complications
Eric M. Pauli, MD, FACS, FASGE
7:15 - 7:45 PM
Keynote Speaker - Error and Accountability
Craig R. Smith, MD
7:45 - 9:45 PM
Cocktail Reception
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
6:00 - 10:00 AM
Session 4
6:00 - 6:10 AM
Session Introduction / Defining the Clinical Challenge
Yuri Novitsky, MD, FACS
6:10 - 6:25 AM
Proper Ergonomics in the OR: a Forgotten Friend
Andrea Pakula, MD, MPH, FACS
6:25 - 6:45 AM
Groin Exam from A to Z
Brian Jacob, MD, FACS
6:45 - 7:00 AM
In-office Ultrasound for Groin Surgeons
Dina Podolsky, MD
7:00 - 7:20 AM
Shouldice Repair
Andreas Koch, MD, FACS
7:20 - 7:50 AM
Open Tissue and Lichtenstein Repairs
David Chen, MD, FACS
7:50 - 8:10 AM
Robotic TAPP Inguinal Repair
Philip George, MD
8:10 - 8:30 AM
Laparoscopic eTEP Inguinal Repair
Jorge Daes, MD, FACS
8:30 - 8:50 AM
My Approaches to Inguinoscrotal Hernias
Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros, MD
8:50 - 9:10 AM
Robotics for Challenging Groin Scenarios
Igor Belyansky, MD, FACS
9:10 - 9:30 AM
Groin Pain After Surgery: Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Management
David Chen, MD, FACS
9:30 - 10:00 AM
Panel Discussion
3:00 - 4:00 PM
Refreshments
4:00 - 4:10 PM
Session Introduction / Defining the Clinical Challenge
Yuri Novitsky, MD, FACS
4:10 - 4:30 PM
BOTOX: When and How I do it
Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros, MD
4:30 - 4:50 PM
Hernia in a Pregnant Patient - an OB/GYN Perspective
Jaimey M. Pauli, MD, FACOG
4:50 - 5:10 PM
Surgery in Women of Childbearing Age: Should I Tailor?
Dina Podolsky, MD
5:10 - 5:30 PM
Open Onlay Parastomal (OOPs) Repair
Sean Orenstein, MD, FACS
5:30 - 5:50 PM
Open Parastomal Hernia Repair
Eric M. Pauli, MD, FACS, FASGE
5:50 - 6:10 PM
Minimally-Invasive Parastomal Repairs
Vedra A. Augenstein, MD, FACS
6:10 - 6:30 PM
Hernia Repair on Call
Andrea Pakula, MD, MPH, FACS
6:30 - 6:50 PM
Plastics Surgery to the rescue: Advanced Solutions for Soft Tissue Challenges
Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros, MD
6:50 - 7:50 PM
Stump The Professor Panel
Yuri Novitsky, MD, FACS
7:50 - 8:00 PM
Closing Discussion / Comments
Yuri Novitsky, MD, FACS
