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Program Agenda

Friday June 27, 2008

7:00 - 7:45 Breakfast and registration
7:45 - 7:50 Welcome Address and Course Introduction (5min) A. Shalhav
7:50 - 7:55

Historical Review and North American Evolution of RP

Dr. Zorn
7:55 - 8:00

European Evolution of RP

Dr. Gaston
MORNING SESSION – PANEL REVIEW
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
"DISSECTING THE ROBOTIC PROSTATECTOMY"
8:00 - 8:20

System setup, port placement and preferred instruments

Moderator: Dr Joseph

Dr. Gettman
Dr. Winfield
8:20 - 8:45

Semimal vesicle dissection: Posterior and anterior approaches

Moderator : Dr. Lee

Dr. Gettman
Dr. Patel
Dr. Zorn
8:45 - 9:05

Retzius space and endopelvic fascial dissection

Moderator : Dr. Gaston

Dr. Kaouk
Dr. Joseph
Dr. Winfield
9:05 - 9:35

Dorsal vein ligation: Suture, stapler or coagulation

Moderator: Dr. Shalhav

Dr. Albala
Dr. Lee
Dr. Peabody
Dr. Patel
9:35 - 10:15

Bladder neck dissection and division

Moderator: Dr. Gettman

Dr. Lee
Dr. Porter
Dr. Zagaja
Dr. Tewari
Dr. Patel
10:15 - 10:35 COFFEE BREAK
10:35 - 11:05

Prostatic pedicle control: Clips, sutures and thermal energy

Moderator: Dr. Winfield

Dr. Albala
Dr. Joseph
Dr. Patel
Dr. Tewari
11:05 - 11:45

Neurovascular bundle preservation: Clips, sutures and thermal energy

Moderator: Dr. Tewari

Dr. Smith
Dr. Zorn
Dr. Patel
Dr. Albala
Dr. Gaston

11:45 - 1:00 LUNCH AND LIVE CASE PRESENTATION
Moderator: Dr. Albala, Dr. Smith, Dr. Patel
Dr. Zagaja
1:00 - 1:20

Non-nerve preservation: Wide excision

Moderator: Dr. Kaouk

Dr. Porter
Dr. Smith
1:20 - 1:50

Apical dissection and urethral transection

Moderator: Dr. Albala

Dr. Tewari
Dr. Porter
Dr. Kaouk
1:50 - 2:20

Vesicourethral anastamosis: Assisted or unassisted, tied or cliped

Moderator: Dr. Porter

Dr. Gettman
Dr. Patel
Dr. Shalhav
Dr. Peabody
2:20 - 2:45

Pelvic lymph node dissection

Moderator: Dr. Peabody

Dr. Kaouk
Dr. Zagaja
Dr. Tewari
2:45 - 3:00

Case completion and perioperative management

Moderator: Dr. Zorn

Dr. Lee
Dr. Gettman
3:00 - 3:15 COFFEE BREAK
3:15 - 6:00 Personalized breakout sessions with the experts
Group Rotations - Faculty groups to rotate every 20 minutes
Group 1 -Dr. ShalhavDr. Kaouk
Group 2 -Dr. PeabodyDr. Lee
Group 3 -Dr. PatelDr. Zorn
Group 4 -Dr. ZagajaDr. Smith
Group 5 -Dr. TewariDr. Joseph
Group 6-Dr. Porter Dr. Gaston Dr. Winfield
Group 7-Dr. AlbalaDr. Gettman
6:00 - 7:00

WELCOME RECEPTION AT UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO GSB

   

Saturday June 28, 2008

7:00 - 7:55 Breakfast and Registration
7:55 - 8:00 Announcements (5 min) Dr. Shalhav
MORNING SESSION
"ATTENTION TO DETAIL" - WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
APPROACH AND MODIFICATIONS FOR COMPLEX CASES
8:00 - 8:10

Experitoneal approach RLRP: Benefits and limitations

Moderator: Dr. Peabody

Dr. Joseph
8:10 - 8:20

Port placement and technical modifications in obese and previously operated patients

Moderator: Dr. Albala

Dr. Zagaja
8:20 - 8:30

Large prostate size and median lobe

Moderator: Dr. Zagaja

Dr. Winfield
8:30 - 8:40 Previous TURP and other transurethral prostatic procedures

Moderator: Dr. Lee

Dr. Peabody
8:40 - 8:50

Periprostatic inflammation related to previous biopsies, androgen deprivation and prostatitis

Moderator: Dr. Joseph

Dr. Lee
8:50 - 9:00

Salvage robotic prostatectomy following radiotherapy

Moderator: Dr. Gettman

Dr. Kaouk
9:00 - 9:10 Management of large bladder neck prior to anastamosis

Moderator: Dr. Gaston

Dr. Albala
9:10 - 9:20 Optimizing 4th arm usage during RP

Moderator: Dr. Tewari

Dr. Porter
9:20 - 9:30 Management of abdominal hernias, penile prosthesis and urinary sphincters during RP

Moderator: Dr. Patel

Dr. Gettman
9:30 - 9:50 COFFEE BREAK
9:50 - 10:30 Management of peri-operative complications

Moderator: Dr. Shalhav

- Bowel and rectal injury
- Bladder injury

- Ureteral injury
- Obturator nerve injury

- Iliac vessel injury
- Post-operative hemmorhage

Dr. Joseph
Dr. Peabody
Dr. Zorn
"CANCER CONTROL"
EVALUATING AND OPTIMIZING ONCOLOGICAL OUTCOMES
10:30 - 10:50

Pelvic lymph node dissection: For whom and how extensive?

Moderator: Dr. Smith

Dr. Gaston
Dr. Gettman
Dr. Winfield

10:50 - 11:00

Positive surgical margins in RP: What should we strive for?

Moderator: Dr. Porter

Dr. Albala
11:00 - 11:30

Technical considerations to reduce positive surgical margins

Moderator: Dr. Kaouk

Dr. Patel
Dr. Smith
Dr. Lee

11:30 - 11:50

Patient selection for nerve preservation:
Tailoring dissection planes to patient risk

Moderator: Dr. Joseph

Dr. Kaouk
Dr. Gaston
Dr. Zorn
11:50 - 12:05

Post-operative management of high risk patient:
(High Gleason score, positive surgical margin, SV invasion)

Moderator: Dr. Smith

Dr. Posadas
12:05 - 12:20

Management of biochemical recurrence following RP:
Workup and Treatment

Moderator: Dr. Posadas

Dr. Smith
12:20 - 12:35

Role of adjuvant radiation therapy following RLRP

Moderator: Dr. Albala

Dr. Liauw
12:35 - 1:30 LUNCH WITH FACULTY PANEL
MODERATOR: Dr. Zorn
1:30 - 2:30

KEYNOTE GUEST SPEAKER
Nutrition, diet and wellness for men with prostate cancer
"Fad diets, medications and dietary supplements: What the heck works and what is worthless"

Moderator: Dr. Shalhav

Dr. Moyad
OPTIMIZING URINARY FUNCTION FOLLOWING RP
2:30 - 3:00

Technical considerations to improve urinary function:
Anterior, posterior and no reconstruction

Moderator: Dr. Shalhav

Dr. Tewari
Dr. Patel
Dr. Porter
3:00 - 3:15

Management of post-operative urinary incontinence:
From Kegels to Artificial Urinary Sphincter

Moderator: Dr. Zagaja

Dr. Bales
OPTIMIZING SEXUAL FUNCTION RECOVERY FOLLOWING RP
3:15 - 3:45

Technical considerations to improve urinary continence

Moderator: Dr. Gettman

Dr. Albala
Dr. Patel
Dr Tewari

3:45 - 4:30

KEYNOTE SEXUAL FUNCTION EXPERT
Penile rehabilitation programs to optimize potency recovery
"The scientific rationale for penile rehabilitation following
radical pelvic surgery"

Moderator: Dr. Shalhav

Dr. Mulhall
4:30 - 4:50

Future technologies and instrumentation for RP
and robotic surgery: What's down the road?

Moderator: Dr. Patel

Dr. Kaouk

4:50 - 5:05 Proctoring Robotic Surgery: Is there a risk?
Moderator: Dr. Winfield
Dr. Patel
5:05- 5:15 Final remarks Dr. Shalhav
5:15 Meeting adjourned