Scientific Schedule

Extent of lymphadenectomy and margins in esophageal cancer: what is the status in 2026?

Madhu Muralee • RCC, Thiruvananthapuram

OG Junction tumours: what's new?

Inian Samarasam • CMC, Vellore

Neoadjuvant vs perioperative therapy in esophageal cancer - surgical impact

Sabita Jiwanani • Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai

Surgery after immunotherapy

Sabita Jiwanani • Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai

Minimally invasive esophagectomy: long-term outcomes

Rudra Prasad Acharya • Venketeshwar Hospital, Dwaraka

Precision surgery in esophageal cancer

Subamanyeswara Rao • Indo American Hospital, Hyderabad

Azygos and inferior pulmonary vein injury: how to manage?

John Mathew • Lakeshore Hospital, Kochi

Role of robotics in esophageal surgery

Jagadeeswara Goud • Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad

Conduit-tracheal fistula: prevention and management

Sabita Jiwanani • Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai

Bilateral recurrent laryngeal palsy: how to avoid and manage?

Kalayarasan Raja • JIPMER, Pondicherry

Japanese staging systems and our practical dilemmas

Phani Krishna Ravulla • KIMS Hospital, Hyderabad

Margin-positivity & inadequate LN retrieval: what are the postoperative management concerns?

Mira Wagh Sudam • RCC, Trivandrum

Signet-ring cell carcinoma: what we can do to improve outcomes?

Eppa Vimalakar Reddy • KIMS Sunshine Hospital, Hyderabad

Genetics in gastric cancer: what we need to know!

Chandramohan K • SP Medifort Hospital, Trivandrum

Function-preserving gastrectomy: is it realistic?

Arun Kumar ML • GG Hospital, Trivandrum

Lymph node mapping: is it any use given that D2 gastrectomy is the standard of care?

Prasanth Penumadu • Sri Venkateswara Institute of Cancer Care, Tirupati

Current standards & Future trends in Upper GI cancer surgery

Tsuyoshi Etoh • Oita University, Japan

NAT in pancreatic cancer: newer developments, what is the current standard of care?

Sudeep Shah • PD Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai

Neoadjuvant therapy and surgical timing

Prathapan VK • Govt Medical College, Calicut

Artery-first approaches in PD

Shailesh Shrikhande • Gleneagles Hospital, Mumbai

Venous resection and reconstruction in pancreatic surgery

Manish Bhandare • Tata Medical Centre, Navi Mumbai

Robotic Whipple operation for cancer - short and long term outcomes

Kalayarasan Raja • JIPMER, Pondicherry

Total pancreatectomy: current indications

Mayank Tripathi • Tata Medical Centre, Varanasi

Prevention of pancreatic fistula: Are we missing something?

Sikora SS • Sakra World Hospital, Bangalore

Future of pancreatic surgery

Yuichi Nagakawa • Tokyo Medical University, Japan

Molecular classification of HCC and its surgical relevance

Deeksha Kapoor • Max Hospital, Delhi

AI & Radiomics in Liver tumour planning

Sajeesh Sahadevan • Aster MIMS Hospital, Calicut

HCC with portal hypertension: surgical strategies

Unnikrishnan G • Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi

Downstaging therapies before liver resection/tx

Sudhindran S • Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi

Resection or Tx in early HCC with cirrhosis

Subash Gupta • Max Hospital, Delhi

Genomics of cholangiocarcinoma for surgeons

Nilesh Doctor • Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai

Surgical strategy for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma

Sanjay Govil • Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore

Does neoadjuvant therapy really work in perihilar cholangiocarcinoma?

Puneet Dhar • Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Faridabad

Planning and executing vascular resection in biliary cancer

Massimo Malago • University College London, UK

Carcinoma GB, current concepts

Shivendra Singh • RGCIRC, Delhi

Parenchymal sparing liver resections

Ender Dulundu • Istanbul, Turkiye

Laparoscopic versus robotic surgery for hepatobiliary cancer

Senthilnathan P • Gem Hospital, Chennai

Does margin status still matter in liver surgery?

Shailesh Aikot • Baby Memorial Hospital, Calicut

Liver surgery after previous immunotherapy

Shabeer Ali TU • KIMS Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram