Nicolas Quezada Chile

Medical School at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile General Surgery Residency at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Digestive Surgery Residency at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Currently: Assistant Professor of Surgery, Digestive Surgery Department at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Past-President of the Chilean Hernia Society Vice-President of the Chilean Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery

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

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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

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

7 November 2025, Friday

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09:00 10:30	Symposium 4B MIS in Malignant Upper GI Disease Giovanni Dapri Chairperson Italy Jimmy So Chairperson Singapore Noriyuki Inaki Chairperson Japan Achieving Excellence in the Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy C. Palanivelu Speaker India Current Status And Extent Of Laparoscopic D2 Gastrectomy In Japan Noriyuki Inaki Speaker Japan Robot Assisted Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: Current State and Future Outlook Andrea Peri Speaker Italy Update on KLASS Trials Hyung Woo Jin Speaker Korea (Republic of) HUGO-RAS in Upper GI Surgery Nicolas Quezada Speaker Chile Is There Role For MIS In Conversion Surgery for Gastric Cancer Patients With Peritoneal Metastases Jimmy So Speaker Singapore Optimal Approach and Reconstruction for Esophagogastric Junction Cancer Toshiro Tanioka Speaker Japan Improvement and Effect of Double Tract Anastomosis Zang LU Speaker China Hall A
13:30 15:00	Oral Presentation 4b Kiyotaka IMAMURA Moderator Japan TAY Kon Voi Moderator Singapore LINX as a primary treatment modality for gastro-esophageal reflux disease in an Asian population WCES25-406 Wei-En Presenter Singapore Laparoscopic Transgastric Surgical Approach to Suturing of Bleeding Pre-Pyloric Ulcer under Endoscopic Guidance: A Case Report WCES25-517 Iman Presenter Philippines Postoperative Outcomes of the Double-Flap Technique Following Robot-Assisted Proximal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer WCES25-345 Shigeaki 馬場 Presenter Japan Robot-assisted proximal gastrectomy with the double flap technique for carcinomas of the cardia and esophago-gastric junction WCES25-513 Hirofumi Presenter Japan Reflux esophagitis after laparoscopic/robotic proximal gastrectomy WCES25-522 REIKO OTAKE Presenter Japan OUTCOMES OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE ESOPHAGECTOMY FOLLOWING NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY FOR ESOPHAGEAL CANCER AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DIGESTIVE SURGERY, CHO RAY HOSPITAL WCES25-573 Nguyen Presenter Vietnam Comparison of Nutritional Outcomes and Complications between Endoscopic-assisted Nasogastric Tube Feeding and Surgical Feeding Enterostomy in Patients with Obstructed, Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer Undergoing Chemoradiation Therapy WCES25-587 Papawee Presenter Thailand Preclinical Comparison of Surgical Staplers Across Multiple Tissue Types in General Surgery Applications WCES25-685 Nicolas Quezada Presenter Chile Spotlight Stage B

8 November 2025, Saturday

Time	Session

08:00 09:00	Breakfast Session 3A Robotic Surgery James NGU Chi Yong Chairperson Singapore Subhash Khanna Chairperson India William T CHEN Chairperson Taiwan Smart Scalpel : Sustaining Robotic Surgery Vitoon Chinswangwatanakul Speaker Thailand Setting Up A Multispecialty Robotic Training Programme Craig LYNCH Speaker Australia Recent Advancements in Hugo RAS Platform (Sponsored by Medtronic) Nicolas Quezada Speaker Chile Importance of Robotic Surgical Society in Robotic Surgical Training Joseph Ng Speaker Singapore Robotic Innovation in Classic Surgical Procedures Toshiro Tanioka Speaker Japan Hall C
09:00 10:30	Rapid Oral 7a Cheah Wei Keat Moderator Singapore GAO Yujia Moderator Singapore Douglas pouch hernia WCES25-113 RUSTAMOV AKMALKHUJA ABROL UGLI Presenter Uzbekistan Clinical Significance of Intraoperative Bile Culture and Its Impact on Postoperative Outcomes in Acute Cholecystitis WCES25-139 Jumpei Shibata Presenter Japan Factors Leading to Conversion of Laparoscopic to Open Surgery in Patients Presenting with Acute Abdomen WCES25-222 Danyal zahoor Presenter Pakistan Across New Frontiers: Expanding Surgical Possibility for Space and Extreme Environments WCES25-242 Arun Presenter India Stepwise, Multidisciplinary Management of Necrotizing Pancreatitis: A Case Series and Rationale for Delayed, Escalating Intervention WCES25-264 Hon Phin Presenter Taiwan Differential Outcomes of Laparoscopic Surgery in Adhesive versus Strangulated Small Bowel Obstruction: A Retrospective Cohort Study WCES25-629 Shingo Shingo Tsujinaka Presenter Japan Preoperative hand-grip strength and its association postoperative morbidity mortality in patients undergoing abdominal surgery. WCES25-638 Nida Presenter United Kingdom Single Firing stapleing in sleeve gastrectomy ; the rationale ? WCES25-443 Abdullah AL-DOHAYAN Presenter Saudi Arabia The Safety and Effectiveness of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Reducing Surgical Site Infections after Vascular Exposure in the Groin: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis WCES25-570 Ahmed Presenter Egypt Resilience in Ruins: The Journey of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgery in Mandalay General Hospital After the 2025 Mandalay Earthquake in Myanmar WCES25-717 Pyae Phyo Presenter Myanmar Knowledge about Robotic-Assisted Surgery Among the General Population in the UAE. WCES25-730 Valerie Presenter United Arab Emirates Initial experience with the HUGO-RAS platform for complex esophagogastric surgery: feasibility, safety, and early oncologic outcomes from an 8-case series WCES25-671 Nicolas Quezada Presenter Chile Spotlight Stage E
13:30 15:00	Symposium 8D The Revolution in Robotic Hernia Surgery Nicolas Quezada Chairperson Chile Sujith WIJERATHNE Chairperson Singapore Vimal K Vasudeavan Chairperson Malaysia Hugo & AWH Nicolas Quezada Speaker Chile Robotic Groin Hernia Repairs Nidhi Khandelwal Speaker India Robotic Diaphragmatic Hernia Surgery Piyanun Wangkulangkul Speaker Thailand Robotic eTEP for Ventral Hernia and Diastasis of Recti Sean LEE Kien Fatt Speaker Singapore Robotics in Abdominal Surgery; A Critical Appraisal Rolf Hartung Speaker United Arab Emirates Robotic Lateral Hernia Repair Lakshmi Kona Speaker India Hall F