David Chen United States

Professor of Clinical Surgery, Chief of Surgery, Director Lichtenstein Amid Hernia Institute, University of California at Los Angeles.

5 November 2025, Wednesday

Time	Session

08:00 15:00	Mastering Complex Inguinal Hernia: From Lap to Robotic Repair Videos, Debates, Meet the Experts What is a Complex Inguinal Hernia? Sean LEE Kien Fatt Speaker Singapore The Large and The Giant Inguino-scrotal Hernia with Loss of Domain Allen A Buenafe Speaker Philippines Fabio Cesare Campanile Speaker Italy Marc Soler Speaker France Rakesh GUPTA Speaker Nepal Sujith WIJERATHNE Speaker Singapore The Annoying Post-prostatectomy Swelling Davide LOMANTO Speaker Singapore Nicolas Quezada Speaker Chile Tea Break The Pain That Never Disappears Ashokka Balakrishnan Speaker Singapore David Chen Speaker United States Stopping The Re-Recurrence Nicolas Quezada Speaker Chile Rakesh GUPTA Speaker Nepal Randeep Wadhawan Speaker India The 2am Emergency Groin Hernias Fabio Cesare Campanile Speaker Italy Randeep Wadhawan Speaker India Robotics and When Things Go Wrong Nicolas Quezada Speaker Chile Piyanun Wangkulangkul Speaker Thailand Sarfaraz Baig Speaker India Certificate Presentation and Lunch Seminar Hall, Advanced Surgery Training Centre (ASTC) @ National University Hospital

Time

Session

08:00

15:00

Mastering Complex Inguinal Hernia: From Lap to Robotic Repair Videos, Debates, Meet the Experts

What is a Complex Inguinal Hernia?

Sean LEE Kien Fatt Speaker Singapore
The Large and The Giant Inguino-scrotal Hernia with Loss of Domain

Allen A Buenafe Speaker Philippines

Fabio Cesare Campanile Speaker Italy

Marc Soler Speaker France

Rakesh GUPTA Speaker Nepal

Sujith WIJERATHNE Speaker Singapore
The Annoying Post-prostatectomy Swelling

Davide LOMANTO Speaker Singapore

Nicolas Quezada Speaker Chile
Tea Break
The Pain That Never Disappears

Ashokka Balakrishnan Speaker Singapore

David Chen Speaker United States
Stopping The Re-Recurrence

Nicolas Quezada Speaker Chile

Rakesh GUPTA Speaker Nepal

Randeep Wadhawan Speaker India
The 2am Emergency Groin Hernias

Fabio Cesare Campanile Speaker Italy

Randeep Wadhawan Speaker India
Robotics and When Things Go Wrong

Nicolas Quezada Speaker Chile

Piyanun Wangkulangkul Speaker Thailand

Sarfaraz Baig Speaker India
Certificate Presentation and Lunch

Seminar Hall, Advanced Surgery Training Centre (ASTC) @ National University Hospital

6 November 2025, Thursday

Time	Session

09:00 10:30	Symposium 1B Mastering Inguinal Hernia David Chen Chairperson United States Dennis Chung Kei NG Chairperson Hong Kong, China Marc ONG Weijie Chairperson Singapore Long-Term Experince in Endoscopic TEP Release & Reinforce Technique (RRT) For Sportsman’s Hernia Moshe Dudai Speaker Israel The Anatomy for Chronic pain and its Prevention David Chen Speaker United States Tips & Tricks in Surgical Repair of Recurrent Inguinal Hernia Sajid Malik Speaker United Kingdom Minimally Invasive Open Techniques: An Update Marc Soler Speaker France Mastering TAPP and TEP in Inguinal Hernia: Tips and Tricks for the Novice Kiyotaka IMAMURA Speaker Japan What Can Be Done Better for Complex Inguinal Hernia? Sujith WIJERATHNE Speaker Singapore A New Clinical Classification for IH George YANG Speaker Hong Kong, China Hall A
12:30 13:15	Lunch Symposium 1B by Medtronic Advancing Robotic Surgery and Innovative Technologies to Elevate Surgical Performance David Chen Speaker United States Francesco Bianco Speaker Nicolas Quezada Speaker Chile Shuichiro Matoba Speaker Japan Wayne Huang Speaker Taiwan Hall A
13:30 15:00	Symposium 2A Global MIS Training Allen A Buenafe Chairperson Philippines Anil Sharma Chairperson India Sarfaraz Baig Chairperson India Global Catalysts: The Role of IFSES in Advancing Minimally Invasive Surgery Andrea Pietrabissa Speaker Italy Endoscopic Training in Outreach Programs: Bridging Gaps or Stretching Limits Ray Sarmiento Speaker Philippines From Inception to Impact: 15 Years of ELSA OP in Myanmar Moe Moe TIN Speaker Myanmar Elevated Surgery: The Experience of ELSA OP and MIS at High Altitude Tashi Motup Speaker India Cross-Cultural Insights into Outreach Programs: A Global Perspective David Chen Speaker United States MIS Education in South Asia Ishan De Zoysa Speaker Sri Lanka Future OR Digital Surgery Nicolas Quezada Speaker Chile Building Surgical Capacity for Africa’s Future: The Role of Teaching and Training David Gorry Speaker South Africa Hall C
17:00 18:00	Video Session 1A How I do it: Hernia David Chen Chairperson United States Rolf Hartung Chairperson United Arab Emirates Total Extraperitoneal Repair (TEP) Anil Sharma Speaker India Transabdominal Preperitoneal Repair (TAPP) Vimal K Vasudeavan Speaker Malaysia Trans-abdominal Partial Extra-peritoneal (TAPE) Satkunan Mark GNANAPTHY Speaker Malaysia Enhanced-view Totally Extraperitoneal (eTEP) Kiyotaka IMAMURA Speaker Japan Laparoscopic Intracorporeal Rectus Aponeuroplasty (LIRA) Salvador Morales Conde Speaker Spain Reclaiming the Abdomen: Navigating Loss of Domain Abdullah AL-DOHAYAN Speaker Saudi Arabia Hall C