EUPSA Advanced Neonatal Minimal Invasive Surgery Course
8–9 April 2025
| Venue | RSU Medical Education Technology Centre 26A Anniņmuižas bulvāris, Rīga Boriss Teterevs Lecture Hall & Room #146 |
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| Participation fee | EUR 350 Members of EUPSA and LBĶA: EUR 300 |
| Faculty | Amulya 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
| 9:00–9:30 | Registration |
| 9:30–10:00 | Operation room set-up, instruments and equipment |
| 10:00–10:30 | Abdominal and thoracic access and procedural ergonomics |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00–12:30 | Hands-on skills 1: Suturing and knot tying |
| 12:30–13:00 | Laparoscopic approach to ovarian pathologies |
| 13:00–13:30 | Laparoscopic cholecystectomy |
| 13:30–14:30 | Lunch break |
| 14:30–15:30 | Hands-on skills 2: Course evaluation 1 |
| 15:30–16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00–17:00 | Hands-on skills 3: Course evaluation 2 |
| 9:00–9:30 | Laparoscopic appendectomy in complicated appendicitis |
| 9:30–10:00 | Laparoscopic duodenal atresia repair |
| 10:00–10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30–12:00 | Hands-on skills 3: Suturing and knot tying |
| 12:00–12:30 | Thoracoscopic esophageal atresia repair |
| 12:30–13:00 | Thoracoscopic congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair |
| 13:00–14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14:00–15:00 | Hands-on skills 4: Course evaluation 3 |
| 15:00–15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30–16:30 | Hands-on skills 5: Course evaluation 4 |
| 16:30–17:00 | Round table discussion End of course |
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).
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
