About this event
- Date and time Fri 14 Jun 2024 from 9:00am to 15 Jun 2024 at 5:00pm
- Location Milan, Italy
- Organised by Coloproctology
Join us in Milan for an annual upcoming coloproctology event where experts from the UK and Italy will share their expertise, best practices, and innovative ideas.
Hosted by Professor Antonino Spinelli, Professor of Surgery at Humanitas University Hospital in Milan, Italy and President Elect of European Society of Coloproctology, this event offers an exceptional opportunity to connect with international peers and participate in a fantastic program filled with engaging, topical sessions.
Please note that you will need to arrange your own flights and accommodation for this meeting. Please scroll down to find more information about the recommended hotel where we have secured exclusive rates for attendees.
By attending, you will:
- Know about current best practice in the treatment of rectal cancer
- Be able to understand surgical treatment of inflammatory bowel disease
- Value knowledge in understanding burnout and the power of mentorship for colorectal surgeons
Don't miss out on this exciting event. Register today and gain valuable insights into the latest advances in coloproctology while networking with fellow professionals from around the world.
Grand Visconti Palace:
Please email reservations@grandviscontipalace.com with booking reference: “Humanitas University room block”
We have a block of rooms reserved at a preferential rate until 06/05/2024. After this deadline rooms are available on request at the standard rate.
Please note: rooms are not refundable in case of cancellation.
We would like to thank our sponsors CMR Surgical, The Insides Company and THD for their support of this meeting.
Please note that the main scientific programme and content has not been influenced in any way by the sponsors.
Agenda
Thursday 13 June 2024
Optional informal drinks in the bar at Grand Visconti Palace Hotel
Dinner at own arrangements
Friday 14 June 2024 - Humanitas Research Hospital
Coach transfer from Grand Visconti Palace Hotel to Humanitas Research Hospital
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Justin Davies and Antonino Spinelli
Session 1: Live operating - minimally invasive low anterior resection, TME and Trans-anal Transection with Single Stapled (TTSS) anastomosis
Surgeon: Antonino Spinelli
Chair: Ian Jenkins
Live operating
Antonino Spinelli
Tea and coffee break
Live operating
Antonino Spinelli
Lunch
Session 2: Surgical technique
Chairs: Sharmila Gupta and Steve Brown
The role of surgery in reducing Crohn’s disease recurrence: hope or hype?
Michele Carvello
Strictureplasty and Crohn’s disease- an update
Janindra Warasuvitarne
Learning a new anastomosis as a consultant- taking TTSS from theory to practice
Presenting virtually: Salomone di Saverio (San Benedetto del Tronto)
State of the Art Lecture- Ileoanal pouch surgery in 2024 - best practice
Antonino Spinelli
Panel discussion
Tea and coffee break
Session 3: Topical insights
Chairs: Michele Carvello and Ramya Kalaiselvan
Early-onset colorectal cancer: Current insights and future directions
Michele Carvello
Deferral of surgery for rectal cancer, and when to operate
Paris Tekkis
State of the Art Lecture - Burnout and the power of mentorship
Presenting virtually: Debby Keller
Panel discussion
Close of day one
Coach transfer back to conference hotel
Conference dinner at Antica Osteria Cavallini
Antica Osteria Cavallini, Via Mauro Macchi, 2, 20124, Milan
Antica Osteria Cavallini | Ristorante con giardino a Milano
NB Only for those who have pre-booked, and delegates to arrange own transfers
Saturday 15 June 2024 - Winter Garden Room, Grand Visconti Palace Hotel
Welcome and introduction
Justin Davies
Session 4
The Great Debate - This house believes that neoadjuvant therapy is the appropriate primary treatment for locally advanced colon cancer
For: James Wheeler
Against: Ian Jenkins
State of the Art Lecture - Optimal management of sigmoid diverticulitis
Willem Bemelman, Amsterdam
Intestinal failure - The essentials
Michael Powar
The Insides Company sponsored symposium - If there's any gut left, let's use it! Benefits of Chyme Reinfusion Therapy
Michael Denver Sales Manager EMEA , The Insides Company
Tea and coffee break
Session 5: Travelling Fellowship presentations
Chairs: Justin Davies and Henry Tilney
Identification of novel radiosensitisers in colorectal cancer cells
Aaron Kler
Contact x-ray brachytherapy in rectal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Simon Powell
Multivisceral pelvic resections for locally advanced or recurrent colorectal cancer - a single-centre experience of open versus robotic-assisted techniques
James Wyatt
The role of clonal interactions in intestinal tumorigenesis
Iannish Sadien
Neostigmine vs colonoscopic decompression for acute colonic pseudo-obstruction not resolving with conservative measures: a systematic review and meta-analysis
George Demetriou
John of Arderne 2023 Prize Winning Presentation
Matthew Fok
Close of meeting
Justin Davies
Sponsors
Location
Milan, Italy
Registration for this event will close at 1:00am on Wednesday 17 May 2024. Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time.
All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.
This event will not be recorded.