Mayo Clinic days in Vilnius 2009

8.30-15.00 Registration.

9.00-9.05 Opening speech.
prof. K.P. Valuckas, Director of the Oncology Institute of Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.

Part one: Upper GI tumours

Moderator: Prof. Raimundas Lunevicius, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

1. 9.05-9.20 Barretts disease: does surgical therapy matter?
   Prof. Philip Caushaj (Philadelphia, USA)
2. 09.20-09.40 Minimally invasive approach for stomach malignancy
   Assoc.Prof. Juliane Bingener-Casey (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA)
3. 09.40-10.00 GIST of GI tract: treatment options for the spectrum of disease
   Prof. Philip Caushaj (Philadelphia, USA)
4. 10.00-10.20 Advanced notes for the tumors of the small bowel
   Assoc.Prof. Juliane Bingener-Casey (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA)
5. 10.20-10.40 The evolution of Whipple’s procedure for pancreatic cancer
   Prof. Philip Caushaj (Philadelphia, USA)

10.40-11.20 Coffee Break.

Part two: Colon tumours

Moderator: prof. Narimantas Evaldas Samalavicius, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.

1. 11.20 – 11.40 Surgical results: new is not necessarily better
   Prof. Bruce G. Wolff (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA)
2. 11.40-12.00 What constitutes proper lymph node dissection in colon cancer?
   Assoc. Prof. David W. Larson (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA)
3. 12.00-12.20 Laparoscopic colectomy: tips, technique, benefits
   Prof. Dieter Hahnloser (Zurich, Switzerland)
4. 12.20 – 12.40 Endoscopic treatment of early colorectal cancer and polyps
   Prof. Richard M. Devine (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA)
5. 12.40-13.00 Tumors of the appendix.
   Prof. Bruce G. Wolff (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA)
6. 13.00-13.20 Malignancy in inflammatory bowel disease: risks, treatment, outcomes.
   Dr. Tomas Poškus (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA)

13.20-14.30 Lunch

Part three: Rectal tumours

Moderator: prof. Donatas Venskutonis, Kaunas Medical University, Kaunas, Lithuania.

1. 14.30-14.50 Improved survival after rectal cancer treatment in Denmark.
   Prof. Steffen Bulow (Copenhagen Denmark)
2. 14.50-15.10 Robotic assisted rectal resection for cancer
   Asoc.Prof. David W. Larson (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA)
3. 15.10-15.30 Local excision and TME: tips, techniques and who benefits.
   Prof. Dieter Hahnloser (Zurick, Switzerland)
4. 15.30-15.50 Cylindrical abdominoperineal excision: is a new approach needed?
   Dr. Peter Sagar (Leeds, UK)
5. 15.50-16.10 Diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of presacral tumours.
   Prof. Richard M. Devine (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA)

16.10-16.40 Coffee break.

Part four: Miscelaneous and advanced cancers

Moderator: Prof. Algimantas Tamelis, Kaunas Medical University, Kaunas, Lithuania.

1. 16.40-17.00 Enhanced recovery (fast track) after colorectal surgery.
   Assoc. Prof. Tom Sheinin (Helsinki, Finland)
2. 17.00-17.20 Radiofrequency ablation in the treatment of liver metastasis.
   Prof. Philip Caushaj (Philadelphia, USA)
3. 17.20-17.40. Sacral resection for pelvic malignancy
   Dr. Peter Sagar (Leeds, UK)
4. 17.40-18.00 Peritoneal carcinomatosis in colorectal cancer.
   Prof. Philip Caushaj (Philadelphia, USA)

18.00 – 18.15 Lithuanian Society of Coloproctologists business meeting (members of the board only)

Conference venue:

Hotel Panorama
Sodų 14, LT-03211 Vilnius,
Lithuania
www.hotelpanorama.lt

Date:

2009.10.02, 9 a.m – 6 p.m.

For information , please contact:

Prof. Narimantas E. Samalavičius
Head of the Clinic of Surgery
Oncology Institute of
Vilnius University
Santariskiu 1, Vilnius, Lithuania
Phone. + 370 5 2786812
Mob.+ 370 687 74748
narimantas.samalavicius@vuoi.lt

Registration fee (lunch included):

• Members of the Lithuanian Society of Coloproctologists and Lithuanian Socoiety of Oncology – free
• Residents: 50 Lt (litas)
• Other: 100 Lt (litas)

For accomodation , please contact:

www.hotelpanorama.lt
www.mikotel.lt
www.comfort.lt