David Gorry South Africa

General Surgeon in private practice with a special interest in laparoscopic, acute care and trauma surgery as well hernia and abdominal wall reconstruction surgery.

6 November 2025, Thursday

Time	Session

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

Time

Session

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

Time	Session

09:00 10:30	Symposium 4D Education and Training in MIS Andrea Pietrabissa Chairperson Italy David Gorry Chairperson South Africa OH Han Boon Chairperson Singapore Sarder A NAYEEM Chairperson Bangladesh The Values of Soft Cadaveric Model in MIS Training Vitoon Chinswangwatanakul Speaker Thailand Implementing Simulation-Based Education In Medical Curriculum Andrea Pietrabissa Speaker Italy Training and General Surgery Gafoor Mubarak Speaker Malaysia Training Surgeons in Robotic Surgery - The Success of the "Association of Robotic and Innovative Surgeons" Subhash Khanna Speaker India High Fidelity 3D Printing Technology For Surgical Training/Endoscopic-laparoscopic/Robotic Surgery Koon Ho Rha Speaker Korea (Republic of) ELSA OP for Jordan Mutaz Al-Makhamreh Speaker Jordan MIS Surgical Education in Japan Saseem Poudel Speaker Japan MR 334 & 335

Time

Session

09:00

10:30

Symposium 4D

Education and Training in MIS

Andrea Pietrabissa Chairperson Italy

David Gorry Chairperson South Africa

OH Han Boon Chairperson Singapore

Sarder A NAYEEM Chairperson Bangladesh

The Values of Soft Cadaveric Model in MIS Training

Vitoon Chinswangwatanakul Speaker Thailand
Implementing Simulation-Based Education In Medical Curriculum

Andrea Pietrabissa Speaker Italy
Training and General Surgery

Gafoor Mubarak Speaker Malaysia
Training Surgeons in Robotic Surgery - The Success of the "Association of Robotic and Innovative Surgeons"

Subhash Khanna Speaker India
High Fidelity 3D Printing Technology For Surgical Training/Endoscopic-laparoscopic/Robotic Surgery

Koon Ho Rha Speaker Korea (Republic of)
ELSA OP for Jordan

Mutaz Al-Makhamreh Speaker Jordan
MIS Surgical Education in Japan

Saseem Poudel Speaker Japan

MR 334 & 335