About this event
- Date and time Thu 12 Jun 2025 from 8:45am to 13 Jun 2025 at 4:00pm
- Location Vall d'Hebron University Hospital
- Organised by Coloproctology
We are delighted to invite you to the Royal Society of Medicine Coloproctology Section's 2025 overseas meeting in Barcelona – Reaching new horizons in colorectal surgery.
This premier event in the RSM calendar is hosted by Professor Eloy Espin, at the University Hospital Vall d’Hebron one of the largest tertiary centres in Spain, in collaboration with Mr Ian Jenkins President of the RSM Section of Coloproctology.
The meeting will bring together a leading international faculty to discuss advances, innovation and excellence in colorectal care. This conference will highlight the latest breakthroughs, share best practices, techniques and strategies shaping the future of colorectal surgery.
Set in the dynamic and culturally rich city of Barcelona, this event offers a unique platform to exchange ideas and knowledge, make new connections, and inspire progress in the field. Be part of this experience as we unite to redefine standards and improve outcomes.
The meeting will include live robotic surgery, invited keynote lectures, transformative talks from leaders in the field, a scientific session for trainees and fellows and evening events with a social programme for partners.
Please note: Delegates are advised that you will need to arrange your own flights and accommodation for this meeting.
Day 1 will be held at the Hospital Campus (Home | Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital)
Day 2 will be held at the Artchimboldi centre in L'Eixample (Artchimboldi - A home for business meetings)
PRIZE AVAILABLE
Coloproctology Section: Travelling Fellowship
There are 4 travelling fellowships worth £1000 each for trainees towards the cost of travel expenses to attend our overseas meeting:
Abstracts should state briefly and clearly the purpose, methods, results, and conclusions of the work and must not exceed 200 words.
Open to: Trainees
Deadline for submissions: Sunday 30 March 2025
Prize: 4x £1000 towards travel to the 'Reaching new horizons in colorectal surgery - RSM Coloproctology Overseas meeting Barcelona 2025' meeting on 12-13 June 2025. The money will be awarded after the event and upon receipt of travelling expenses.
Apply here: Coloproctology Section: Travelling Fellowship
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Tickets
Standard pricing available until 04 June 2025.
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Agenda
Day 1 - Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Auditorium 12 June 2025
Introduction and welcome
Mr Ian Jenkins, President, Coloproctology Section, Royal Society of Medicine and Dr Eloy Espín-Basany
Session 1: Rectal cancer
Chairs: Mr Justin Davies, President The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI) and Esther Kreisler, Bellvitge University Hospital
Robotic rectal surgery – just a fancy tool!
Mr Henry Tilney, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
TNT to Immunotherapy – the next breakthrough
Speaker to be confirmed
Prevention and impact of anastomotic leaks
Miss Elaine Burns, St Mark’s Hospital
Strategies for robotic multi-visceral resection
Mr James Read, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Stapled vs handsewn anastomosis
Mr Paris Tekkis, Royal Marsden Hospital
Navigating the new normal for rectal cancer survivors: Low anterior resection syndrome
Mr Franco Marinello, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital
Question and answer session
Session 2: State of the art - live operating cases
Case Presentations (Dr Arturo Cirera de Tudela, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital)
Live surgery – the crucial bits (Moderators - Mr Jonathan Trickett, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals & Professor Marta Pascual, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital)
1. Robotic rectal cancer / APER / salvage surgery after local excision
2. Laparoscopic colectomy with intracorporeal anastomosis
Open coffee break
Light lunch
Live surgery continues
Invited lecture - Pull through anastomosis revisited
Dr Sebastiano Biondo, Bellvitge University Hospital
Session 3: Colon cancer
Chairs: Brendan Moran Peritoneal Malignancy Unit Basingstoke andEloy Espín-Basany, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital
Standardising approach to CME
Mr Danilo Miskovic, St Mark’s Hospital
The challenge of peritoneal metastases
Mr Tom Cecil, Peritoneal Malignancy Unit, Basingstoke
Science of circulating markers
Dr Miguel Pera, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital
ERAS in the virtual space
Ms Rana Madani, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals
How imaging dictates the surgical margin
Dr David Burling, Consultant Radiologist, St Marks Hospital
Question and answer session
Session 4: Cases from the complex cancer MDT
Close of day 1
Visit to the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR) Facilities
For those who are interested
Conference dinner
Venue to be confirmed, cost not included in the registration fee
Day 2 - Artchimboldi Conference Centre L’Eixample 13 June 2025
Welcome
Mr Ian Jenkins, President, Coloproctology Section, Royal Society of Medicine and Dr Eloy Espín-Basany
BJS lecture - Future of Genomic Technology in Colorectal Cancer
Professor Andrew Beggs, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
Session 5: Benign/functional
Chair: Mr Philip Bearn, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals and Nuria Ortega, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital
Managing pelvic pain
Mr Greg Thomas, St Mark’s Hospital
ODS - first do no harm
Mr Pasha Nisar, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals
Robotic ventral rectopexy
Dr Eloy Espín-Basany, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital
Complications of proctology
Miss Vanessa Brown, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals
MIS for complex abdominal hernia
Mr Gregory Simpson, Arrowe Park Hospital
Parastomal hernia
Dr Manuel López Cano, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital
Neuropelveology an emerging discipline
Mr Mikey Adamczyk, CEMIG London Chelsea
Question and answer session
Tea and coffee break
Session 6: IBD
Chair: Professor Omar Faiz, St Mark’s Hospital & Mr Marc Martí, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital
Reducing recurrence after CD surgery
Mr Janindra Warusavitarne, St Mark’s Hospital
Technical tips for a robotic pouch
Mr Niroo Rajendran, Queen’s Hospital
Keeping the surgeon at bay in colitis
Speaker to be confirmed
Advances in the microbiome
Edward Horwell, Oxford University
What's new in IBD: Navigating hype, expectations and disappointment
Dr Gianluca Pellino, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital
Question and answer session
Session 7: Tertiary IBD & complex functional cases
Surgeons from Barcelona & St Mark’s - Marc Marti, Miquel Kraft, Omar Faiz, Kapil Sahnan
Sponsor presentations
Lunch
Windsor restaurant
Session 8: Fellow session
Chairs: Gordon Buchanan and Gianluca Pellino, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital
Vall d’Hebron International Robotic Fellows session
14:20-15:10
The value of fellowships for professional development and leadership
Kapil Sahnan
Robotic procedure for rare rectal conditions: GIST and tailgut cysts
Lena Ngu
Subclinical anxiety and depression and postoperative complications after colorectal surgery
Miquel Kraft
Robotic IBD surgery: Necessity or luxury
Nuha Yassin
Selection of colorectal/coloanal anastomosis technique – an algorithm
Virtual speaker - Alejandro Solís-Peña
RSM Travelling fellowship session
15.10–16.00
Take home messages and close of meeting
Ian Jenkins & Eloy Espin-Basany
Location
Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
Registration for this event will close on 5 June 2025 at 1:00am (BST). 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.
We are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. This is at the presenter and the RSM’s discretion.