Friday, February 2, 2034
Time
Program
Speaker
8.00 AM
REGISTRATION
SESSION 1: Bariatric
Moderators: Abdulla Sultan / Ismail AlJazzaf
9:00AM - 9:10AM
Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty for weight regain after bariatric surgery: Fact or fiction
9:40AM – 9:50AM
Buttressing the staple Line: evidence, dogmatism and belief polarization.
9:50AM – 10:00AM
Management of gastroeosophageal reflux post sleeve gastrectomy
10:00AM – 10:10AM
Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty experience in Kuwait: Follow-up
10:10AM – 10:20AM
Treating Bariatric Surgery complications by endoscopy
10:20AM – 10:45AM
Panel Discussion
10:45AM – 11:00AM
Coffee Break
SESSION 2: Bariatric
Moderators: Mervat AlSaleh/Saud AlSubaie
11:00AM – 11:10AM
Effects of metabolic surgery and kidney disease outcomes
11:10AM – 11:20AM
Post sleeve weight regain and GERD – Roux-en-Y vs. mini-gastric bypass
11:55AM - 1:10PM
Panel Discussion Prayer and lunch break
12:55PM - 1:05PM
Coffee Break
SESSION 3: Bariatric
Moderators: Saad AlThuwaini/Khaleel Ibrahim
1:10PM - 1:20PM
If metabolic surgery is safe and very effective, why it has so low penetrance?
1:20PM - 1:30PM
Chronic abdominal pain after RYGB - Defining a management strategy.
1:30PM - 1:40PM
Obesity and cancer; can bariatric surgery make an impact in oncology (virtual talk)
1:40PM – 1:50PM
Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty. A new emerging Bariatric procedure
1:50PM – 2:00PM
Role of apps for the perioperative care of bariatric patients
2:00PM - 2:10PM
What do we expect from the newer generation AOMs? Future predictions for bariatric surgery and beyond
2:10PM - 2:20PM
Gastric bypass versus gastric sleeve; high level evidence (virtual talk)
2:20PM – 2:30PM
Panel Discussion
2:30PM – 2:40PM
Coffee Break
SESSION 4: Bariatric
Moderators: Khaled AlSharaf/ٍSulaiman AlMazeedi
2:50PM - 3:00PM
Exploring the horizon: endoscopic procedures as a revolutionary approach in the future of obesity treatment
3:10PM - 3:20PM
What changed in the new IFSO/ASMBS guidelines for bariatric surgery indications
3:20PM - 3:30PM
Accreditation and quality management in the era of metabolic bariatric surgery registry
3:40PM - 3:50PM
Historic background and updates for indications of bariatric and metabolic surgery
3:50PM - 4:00PM
Panel Discussion
SESSION 5: Bariatric
Moderators: Mohsen AlHashemi/Khaled AlYaqout
4:20PM - 4:30PM
Is metabolic surgery and modern pharmacotherapy the future of obesity treatment?
4:30PM - 4:40PM
Is there a future for bariatric surgery with the advent of new pharmacotherapy?
4:40PM - 4:50PM
Medication vs. surgery for weight recurrence after primary bariatric surgery
5:00PM - 5:20PM
Panel Discussion
5:30PM - 6:00PM
ACS Kuwait Chapter Meeting (ACS Fellows only):
- Welcome note by Dr. Mousa Khoursheed, Dircotor, AKUPAS Conference
- Address by Dr. Jasim Alabbad, Governer, American College of Surgeons Kuwait Chapter
- Address by Dr. Patricia Turner, Executive Director and CEO, American College of Surgeons
Saturday, February 3, 2024
Time
Program
Speaker
SESSION 6: General Surgery
Moderators: AbdulRahman Fakhro/Ibtisam AlBader
9:10AM - 9:20PM
Percutaneous cholecystostomy drainage vs urgent laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis in very ill patients
9:30AM - 9:40AM
Technical aspects of major and extended liver resection
10:30AM - 10:55AM
Panel Discussion
10:55AM - 11:10AM
Coffee Break
SESSION 7: General Surgery
Moderators: Sara Wood /David Easter
11:20AM - 11:30AM
Personalized Medicine in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Hype or Reality?
11:40AM – 11:50AM
Optimizing outcome of surgery for hilar cholangiocarcinoma
12:20PM - 12:30PM
Establishing a sarcoma care centre, success and challenges stories from a tertiary centre in Oman
12:30PM - 12:40PM
Outcome of sarcoma management in Arabs, 10-year experience from Oman
12:40PM - 12:50PM
Challenges in the Management of Retroperitoneal Sarcoma
12:50PM - 1:00PM
Deescalation in breast cancer surgery- where are we heading?
1:10PM - 1:30PM
Panel Discussion
1:30PM - 2:30PM
Lunch Break
SESSION 8:
Moderators: Asma Alrashed
2:30PM – 2:40PM
What is humanitarian surgery from the military to civilian perspective I
2:40PM - 2:50PM
What is humanitarian surgery from the military to civilian perspective II
3:00PM – 3:10PM
Improving the Humanitarian Response to Civilians Injured in Modern Conflict
3:20PM – 3:30PM
Education and Training of Surgical Workforce: A Solution to the Global Surgery Deficit
3:30PM – 3:50PM
Panel Discussion
3:50PM – 4:00PM
Coffee Break
SESSION 9:
Moderators: Fawaz Abdulraheem /Kenneth Sharp
4:00PM – 4:10PM
How to teach and assess professionalism and ethics in a surgical residency programme? (20)
4:40PM – 4:50PM
How to assess professionalism and ethics in a surgical residency program?
4:50PM – 5:10PM
Panel Discussion
5:10PM – 5:20PM
Coffee Break
SESSION 10:
Moderators: Abe Fingerhut/Abdulla AlHaddad
5:50PM – 6:00PM
Implementing a Curriculum of Robotic Surgery Education and Training; an RCSI perspective
6:10PM – 6:30PM
Panel discussion
6:30PM – 7:00PM
Opening ceremony
Sunday, February 4, 2024
Time
Program
Speaker
WORKSHOP
9:00AM - 11:00AM
Sunday, 4th Feb
Mock oral R5 KBGS Venue: Faculty of Medicine, Skills Lab.
8:00AM - 1:00PM
Sunday, 4th Feb
Monday, 5th Feb
Medical Writing Workshop Venue: Dasman Diabetes Institute
SESSION 11: Endocrine Surgery
Moderators: Abdulla Behbehani / Shaimaa Dashti
4:20PM – 4:40PM
Panel Discussion
4:40PM – 4:50PM
Coffee Break
SESSION 12: Endocrine Surgery
Moderators: Saja Surour / Salman AlSafran
6:10PM – 6:30PM
Panel Discussion
6:30PM – 6:40PM
Closing remarks
