Scientific Program


Time Session&Lecture Title Faculty
07:30~08:00 Industry Session
08:00~08:50 Abstract Session 1 Moderators: Jae Ho Chung (Korea)
Punnarerk Thongcharoen (Thailand)
08:50~09:00 Break
09:00~09:15 Grand Opening and Welcome Remarks
09:00~09:05 Keynote Opening & Program Introduction Hyun Koo Kim (Korea)
09:05~09:10 Welcoming Remarks from Korean Association Surgical Oncology Chang Hyun Kang (Korea)
09:10~09:15 Welcoming Remarks from Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery TBD
09:15~09:35 Session 1. A Journey Through Time: The Evolution of Single Port Surgery Moderators: Hyun Koo Kim (Korea)
Jang-Ming Lee (Taiwan)
09:15~09:25 History of Single Port Thoracic Surgery (10min) Alan Dart Loon Sihoe (Hong Kong)
09:25~09:30 History of Asian Single Port VATS Symposium (5min) Calvin Ng (Hong Kong)
09:30~09:35 International Conference Sublobar Resection for Lung Cancer (5min) Agathe Seguin-Givelet (France)
09:35~10:50 Session 2. Insights into Single Port Pulmonary Resection (12min + 3 min discussion) Moderators: Daniel S. Oh (USA)
Jonathan Sorger (USA)
09:35~09:50 Single Port VATS Calvin Ng (Hong Kong)
09:50~10:05 Single Port RATS using da Vinci Xi Takashi Suda (Japan)
10:05~10:20 Single Port RATS using da Vinci Xi for Complex Case Diego Gonzalez Rivas (Spain)
10:20~10:35 Single Port RATS using da Vinci SP Hyun Koo Kim (Korea)
10:35~10:50 Single Port RATS using New System Diego Gonzalez Rivas (Spain)
10:50~11:15 Coffee Break
11:15~12:15 Session 3. Broadening Horizons: Single Port Thymectomy Techniques (12min + 3 min discussion) Moderators: Takashi Suda (Japan)
In Kyu Park (Korea)
11:15~11:30 Transthoracic Single Port VATS Toshihiko Sato (Japan)
11:30~11:45 Subxiphoid Single Port VATS Thymectomy Takahiro Homma (Japan)
11:45~12:00 Subxiphoid Single Port RATS using da Vinci SP: Early Experiences Jae Kwang Yun (Korea)
12:00~12:15 Subxiphoid Single Port RATS using da Vinci SP Yin-Kai Chao (Taiwan)
12:15~13:15 Luncheon Symposium 1
13:15~14:30 Session 4. Overcoming Obstacles in Single Port Esophageal Surgery (12min + 3 min discussion) Moderators: Yin-Kai Chao (Taiwan)
Hyeong Ryul Kim (Korea)
13:15~13:30 Reduced Port RATS Esophagectomy using da Vinci Xi Hiroyuki Daiko (Japan)
13:30~13:45 Single Port RATS Esophagectomy using da Vinci Xi Jang-Ming Lee (Taiwan)
13:45~14:00 Multiport Robotic Esophagectomy  Hecheng Li (China)
14:00~14:15 Transthoracic Single Port RATS esophagectomy using da Vinci SP Seong Yong Park (Korea)
14:15~14:30 Single Port RATS Esophagectomy using da Vinci SP Peter Grimminger (Germany)
14:30~15:30 Session 5. Current Status of Single Port Thoracic Surgery in Asia (7min + 5 min discussion) Moderators: Alan Dart Loon Sihoe (Hong Kong)
Hyo Yeong Ahn (Korea)
14:30~14:42 The Current Status of Single Port Thoracic in Taiwan Jang-Ming Lee (Taiwan)
14:42~14:54 Integration of high cost innovation in developing countries Punnarerk Thongcharoen (Thailand)
14:54~15:06 Single Port Thoracic Surgery in the Philippines: Innovations, Outcomes, and Future Directions Edmund Villaroman (Philippines)
15:06~15:18 The journey of a resident to a consultant as a Single port VATS Surgeon in Singapore Harish Mithiran (Singapore)
15:18~15:30 Japan Takahiro Homma (Japan)
15:30~16:00 Coffee Break
16:00~17:45 Session 6. Comparative Insights into RATS, VATS, and Hybrid Techniques (12min + 3 min discussion) Moderators: Hong Kwan Kim (Korea)
Yolonda Colson (USA)
16:00~16:15 Multi Port vs Single Port VATS for Pulmonary Resection Alan Dart Loon Sihoe (Hong Kong)
16:15~16:30 RATS vs VATS Lobectomy: RVlob Randomized Controlled Trial Hecheng Li (China)
16:30~16:45 RATS vs VATS for Thymectomy Kwon Joong Na (Korea)
16:45~17:00 Hybrid vs Total RATS for Esophagectomy Peter Grimminger (Germany)
17:00~17:15 Multicenter Trials in Robotic Esophageal Surgery Yin-Kai Chao (Taiwan)
17:15~17:30 Comparing Observed and Preferred Instruction in Robotic Surgery (Training Techniques) Daniel S. Oh (USA)
17:30~17:45 Various robotic surgical systems for thoracic surgery Toshihiko Sato (Japan)
18:00~  Gala Dinner