(Note – Running same time as the Medtronic workshop)
Chairs: Dan Croagh & Kaye Bowers
Day 1 - AANZHPBA
Thursday 23 July 2026
Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage in the Management of Post-Operative Pancreatic Fistula after Pancreaticoduodenectomy – A Systematic Review – Andrew Zhang. Discussant Ben Loveday
Impact of Celiac Artery Stenosis on Postoperative Outcomes Following Pancreatoduodenectomy: A Systematic Review – Doruk Seyfi. Discussant Mo Balal
Volume–function dissociation after embolisation-based liver augmentation: a systematic review and structured qualitative synthesis – Geoffrey Yuet Mun Wong. Discussant Tom Hugh
From Improvement to Sustainability: A Three-Phase Evaluation of Radiation Safety Behaviour in HPB Endoscopy – Marilla Dickfos. Discussant Eu ling Neo
Real World Adherence to International IPMN Surveillance Standards: A Single-Centre Cohort Study – Josh Karpes. Discussant Ben Thomson
Chairs: David Cavalluci & Arthur Richardson
| 8:30 - 8:40 | Welcome Jonathan Koea |
| 8:40 - 9:00 | The history of the AANZHPBA Robert Padbury |
| 9:00 - 9:15 | The development of the post fellowship training program Tom Wilson |
| 9:15 - 9:30 | A trainee’s viewpoint Emily Olive |
| 9:30 - 9:45 | AANZHPBA - the Future Kaye Bowers |
| 9:45 - 10:05 | Women in HPB surgery Catherine Teh |
| 10:05 - 10:30 | Discussion |
M4 – Modern Liver Surgery
Chairs: Take Ishizawa & Ben Thomson
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Parenchymal transection at open and minimal access resection Goro Honda |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Anatomic hepatectomy... pushing the boundaries Go Wakabayashi |
| 11:40 - 12:00 | Robotic vs lap resection Xiaoying Wang |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Discussion |
M4 – Poster Presentations
(Note – Running same time as the Baxter Workshop)
2 minute talk – 1 minute discussion
| 13:30 - 14:00 | 1-2 Gallbladder: Chairs - Brett Knowles, Mehan Siriwardhane |
| 3-4 Liver: Chairs - Shinn Yeung, Robert Padbury | |
| 5-6 Pancreas: Chairs - Manju Chandresegaram, Joel Lewin | |
| 7-8 Other HPB: Chairs - Thomas Hugh, Kaye Bowers | |
| 9-10 Pancreas 2 : Chairs - Laurence Webber, Daniel Kilburn | |
| 11-12 Pancreatitis/Pancreas 3: Chairs - Sarah Byrne, Dan Croagh |
4 min talk, 1 min discussant & 1 min discussion
Chairs: Mo Ballal & Pricilla Martin
Partial Splenectomy: A New Avenue for Splenic Preservation in Left-Sided Pancreatectomy – Claire Blayney. Discussant Lawrence Yuen
The Clinical Impact To Visualize Bile Leakage With Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging During Minimally Invasive Liver Surgery – Masahiko Kinoshita. Discussant Shinn Yeung
Associations with delayed gastric emptying after pancreaticoduodenectomy, and effects of introduction of Braun entero-enterostomy – Bianca Kwan. Discussant Ben Loveday
Wavelength-Based Dual-Contrast Fluorescence Imaging for Biliary Visualization and Liver Segmentation Using ICG-C9 and Indocyanine Green: A Preclinical Proof-of-Concept – Yusuke Watanabe. Discussant Catherine Teh
Strengthening the Evidence for Synoptic Reporting of Pancreatic Cancer CT Scans: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Perceptions and Satisfaction of Australian Clinicians participating in the SCANPatient Clinical Trial – Daniel Croagh. Discussant Manju Chandrasegaram
68Ga-FAPI-PET/CT for the detection of high-grade dysplasia and early ductal adenocarcinoma in pancreatic cystic neoplasm: a multi-center, prospective study – William McGahan. Discussant Jas Samra
Incidence and management of traumatic hepatic arteriovenous fistula: a single-centre, retrospective observational study from a level 1 quaternary trauma service – Elynn Ong. Discussant Ben Thomson
Incidence, predictive factors and post operative outcomes of patients undergoing pancreatoduodectomy for non-pancreatic periampullary cancer with para-aortic lymph node metastases – Raj Kumar Nagarajan. Discussant Mo Ballal
Analysis of the Quality of Gallstone-related Videos on TikTok: A Cross-sectional Study – Yadav Naicker. Discussant Lawrence Webber
Quantifying operative complexity: A composite intraoperative difficulty score for hepatectomy outcomes – Meet Patel. Discussant Tom O’Rourke
Poor Documentation of the Resectability Status of Pancreatic Cancer in the CT Scan Reports of Patients Referred for Multidisciplinary Team Meeting Discussion: Preliminary Results of the SCANPatient Clinical Trial – Daniel Croagh. Discussant Mark Brooke-Smith
M4 – Modern Pancreas and Gallbladder Surgery
Chairs: Tom O’Rourke & Brett Knowles
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Fluorescence-guided pancreatic head resection: Where elegance meets precision Raja Kalayararasan |
| Robotic pancreatectomy … Go Wakabayashi |
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| Forum on ICG cholangiography 5 minutes each talk • Should ICG cholangiography become routine - Catherine Teh • Detecting Landmarks - Julian Choi • RCT on ICG dosage - Harrison Chen • How ICG helps in tough cases - Bianca Kwan |
Sit down at 7:30pm
74-80 Tribune Street, South Brisbane
Dinner Tickets must be purchased
Day 2 - AP ISFGS
Friday 24 July 2026
| 7:15 - 8:15 | Workshop - GE HealthCare M5/M6 Ultrasound in HPB surgery - Brett Knowles & Bart McKay |
(Note – Running same time as the GE HealthCare workshop)
Chairs: Laurence Yeun & Mandivavarira Maundura
Real-time indocyanine green fluorescence assessment of splenic perfusion during robotic spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy: a video demonstration – Edward Clarke. Discussant Emily Olive
Fluorescence-Guided Spleen-Preserving Partial Splenectomy for Pancreatic Tail Lesions: A Video Case Report – Eleni Gorgas. Discussant Nick O’Rourke
Use of ICG in Surgery for Mirizzi Syndrome – Bianca Kwan. Discussant Matan David-Ben
Intraoperative Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Perfusion Assessment of Adrenal Remnant in Posterior Retroperitoneoscopic Partial Adrenalectomy for Hyperaldosteronism – Andrew Jiang. Discussant Mo Balal
Fluorescence Image-Guided Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a 26-Year-Old Filipino Female with Duplicated Gallbladder: A Video Case Report – Jana Marie Negre. Discussant Eu Ling Neo
ICG in the difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy – Bianca Kwan. Discussant Tom Hugh
M4 – ICG in Practice
Chairs: Nicholas O’Rourke & Catherine Teh
| 8:30 - 8:35 | Introduction |
| 8:35 - 8:50 | ICG and the Liver Takeaki Ishizawa (Japan) |
| 8:50 - 9:05 | ICG and Gynae uses Kristien Moloney (Australia) |
| 9:05 - 9:20 | Colorectal use and evidence Ian Tan (Singapore) |
| 9:20 - 9:35 | Gastric cancer mapping Seong -Ho Kong (Korea) |
| 9:35 - 9:50 | Breast surgery and ICG Ting-Chun Kuo (Taiwan) |
| 9:50 - 10:15 | Discussion |
M4 – ICG – Future Directions
Chairs: Simon Law & Emily Olive
| 10:45 - 11:00 | ICG - Future directions John Hooper (Brisbane) |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Differential fluorophores and multiple delivery methods (airway versus intravenous) Hyun Koo Kim (Korea) |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Finding small tumours: Robotic Bronchoscopy, Fiducials, and ICG-Guided Localisation in the Screening Era” David Fielding (Brisbane) |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Fluorescence-Guided Precision in the Era of Lung Cancer Screening: Oncologic and Functional Safety Gavin Wright (Melbourne) |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Discussion plus best abstracts |
| 12:15 | ISFGS A/P chapter AGM |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | 5 Trade workshops M4-M8 Poster presentations |
Why I Spy
Multiple Specialty Sessions Held in Different Rooms
| 13:30 - 14:00 | HPB - M4 Chair - David Cavallucci Guest Speakers - Wang Xiaoying & Raja Kalayarajan |
| COMBINED SESSION - M5 Colorectal Chairs - Andrew Stevenson & Ian Tan Guest Speakers - Jun Watanabe & Ronan Cahill AND Gyn-GynOnco Chair - Kristen Moloney Ask the Expert Session - Andreas Obermair |
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| UGI / Thoracic - M6 Chair - David Mitchell Ask the Expert Session - Gavin Wright & Prof Kim Hyun Koo |
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| Breast - Plastic - M7 Chair - Ben Green Ask the Expert Session - Sanjay Warrier |
Breakouts. (Talks, Abstracts and Practical advice)
| 14:00 - 15:30 | HPB Chairs: David Cavallucci & Takeaki Ishizawa • ICG in robotic excision of a Choledochal Cyst - Bianca Kwan |
| UGI / Thoracic Chairs: Seong ho Kong & Gavin Wright • Dr Mo Ballal - Oesophagectomy and ICG an Australian experience • lFluorescence guided surgery in oesophagectomy - Jonathan McCafferty • Intraoperative thoracic duct lymphangiography with endoscopic duodenal injection of indocyanine green for video-assisted transthoracic esophagectomy - Claudia Wong • Dr Cheng He - Gold Coast Experience with CT-guided ICG-soaked coils for robotic resection of small suspected lung cancers |
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| COMBINED SESSION Colorectal Chairs: Andrew Stevenson & Ian Tan AND Gyn-GynOnco Chairs: Kristien Moloney & Andreas Obemairinvasive colorectal surgery GynOnco guest panel - Andreas Obermair, Kristen Moloney • Abstract: Hiro Hasegawa- NIRC Fluorescent catheters to prevent urinary tract injury in minimally |
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| Breast / Plastic Chairs: Sanjay Warrior, Chiun-Sheng Huang & Dr Ben Green |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Summation from each group Approx. 10 mins each Chairs: Shinn Yeung & Gavin Wright |
| 19:00 | ISFGS Dinner - Venue TBA |
