Nau mai, haere mai ~ NZAGS Conference ~ Synergy in Surgery
Wellington Te Tāone o Pōneke
Dear Colleagues
Welcome to the “coolest little capital in the world”, and to Te Papa Tongarewa, our national Museum of Aotearoa New Zealand!
This conference is about radical change in surgery and adapting to it. It focuses on what happens around surgery, on the interface between surgery and the rest of medicine, and on how technology and modern thinking impact on the way we conduct our surgery, from teaching to procedures. What are the most up to date and future practices in those specialties running in parallel to our surgical universe and how will they transform how we operate? Witness complete response rates in neo-adjuvant rectal cancer therapy, endoscopic and interventional radiological techniques supplanting surgery. Though its genesis was before Covid struck, its focus seems even more apt now. Working under Covid has changed our mindset and shown that traditional ways of working don’t have to be the only ways of working. The Covid era has demonstrated what can be achieved with technology. How can we now harness the opportunities of technology and apply them to surgery?
What will be the synergy between surgery and the rest of medicine – synergy with the brains trust (our physician colleagues), synergy with the microsphere, with the machine, with the web, and synergy with the mind? The million-dollar question is, could AI et al put us out of work? If so, how much time do we have left, Doc? Come and learn from 6 overseas and 20 local experts.
Welcome to the future.
Gary Stone, NZAGS 2022 Convenor
Conference Programme
| Saturday 27 August 2022 | |
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| 7.00am | Registration Open, Arrival Tea & Coffee, Industry Exhibition |
| 8.00am | Mihi/Welcome & Opening Address ~ Dr Sally Langley, President, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons |
| AI IN SURGERY, ENDOSCOPY AND TRAINING – SYNERGISING THE MACHINE ~ Chair: Deborah Wright | |
| 8.15am | Cognitive Bias, Heuristics, Nudging, Behavioural Economics in Medicine ~ Dr Alex Gyani, Sydney, Australia |
| 9.00am | Synergy in Surgical Social Media ~ Mr Richard Brady, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK |
| 9.30am | Virtual Reality in Chronic Pain and Rehabilitation Settings ~ Dr Natalie Tuck, Auckland, NZ |
| 09.45am | MORNING TEA & Industry Exhibition |
| COGNITIVE AND CULTURAL BIAS - SYNERGISING THE MIND ~ Chair: Christine Mouat | |
| 10.15am | Using Data and Science to Improve Surgical Performance and Patient Safety ~ Professor Teodor Grantcharov, Toronto, Canada |
| 10.45am | Cancer Control Agency ~ Dr Elizabeth Dennett, Wellington, NZ |
| 11.05am | Cultural Bias ~ Dr Rachelle Love, Christchurch, NZ |
| 11.25am | GSET Training ~ Magda Biggar, NZAGS, Wellington, NZ |
| 11.50am | Video Presentation |
| 12.00pm | LUNCH & Industry Exhibition |
| 12.30pm | Poster Displays ~ Questions / Discussion |
| TECHNOLOGY IN MEDICAL SPECIALITIES - SYNERGISING THE BRAINS ~ Chair: Philippa Mercer | |
| 1.00pm | NZAGS AGM |
| 1.00pm | STRATA Meet-UP - A Registrar led collaborative research meeting |
| 1.30pm | AI in Endoscopy ~ Professor Haruhiro Inoue, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2.00pm | AI in Radiology ~ Dr Monica Saini, Lower Hutt, NZ |
| 2.20pm | Pathology ~ Professor Chris Hemmings, Christchurch, NZ |
| 2.40pm | Advances in our Approach to Genetic Testing for Breast and Bowel Cancer Predisposition Syndromes ~ Sally Jackson, Wellington, NZ |
| 3.00pm | AFTERNOON TEA & Industry Exhibition |
| TRAINEE AND FREE PAPERS ~ Chair: Sarah Rennie | |
| 3.30pm | Variation in Practice and Outcomes of Cholecystectomy across New Zealand (CHOLENZ): A Prospective National Cohort Study ~ Chris Varghese, University of Auckland, New Zealand |
| 3.40pm | A Retrospective Audit of Per Rectal Bleeding Admissions at Dunedin Hospital from 2013 to 2020 ~ Mostafa Amer, Southern DHB, New Zealand |
| 3.50pm | ‘Failure to Rescue’ from Complications following Colorectal Cancer Surgery in Aotearoa New Zealand ~ Cameron Wells, Counties Manukau DHB, New Zealand |
| 4.00pm | An Equity Review of Emergency Laparotomy at Wellington Regional Hospital ~ Maira Haimona, Capital & Coast DHB, New Zealand |
| 4.10pm | Inequity in Mammographic Surveillance following Breast Cancer in Taranaki ~ Maximilian Joret, Taranaki DHB, New Zealand |
| 4.20pm | The Southern Cross Block (SCB): A Technique for Intraoperative Analgesia Post Mastectomy ~ Summer Hassan, Middlemore Hospital, New Zealand |
| 4.30pm | Allergic Reactions to Patent Blue Dye in Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer ~ Maiko Smith, Waikato Hospital, New Zealand |
| 4.40pm | A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis Comparing Treatments for Anal Fissure ~ Sameer Bhat, The University of Auckland, New Zealand |
| 4.50pm | Colonic Investigation following Diverticulitis at Northland District Health Board ~ Josh Tiro, Northland DHB, New Zealand |
| 5.00pm | Prevalence of Micronutrient Deficiencies in Preoperative Bariatric Patients in a New Zealand Tertiary Centre ~ Megna Jeram, Counties Manukau DHB, New Zealand |
| 5.10pm | Sessile Serrated Adenoma Detection Rate and Serrated Polyposis Syndrome in a Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) Positive Screening Population in the New Zealand Bowel Screening Pilot ~ Brendon (Ui Ho) Byun, Auckland DHB, New Zealand |
| 5.20pm | Network Meta-Analysis of Antibiotics and Bowel Preparation in Elective Colorectal Surgery ~ John Woodfield, Southland DHB, New Zealand |
| 6.30pm | Conference Dinner |
| Sunday 28 August 2022 | |
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| 7.00am | Registration Open, Arrival Tea & Coffee and Industry Exhibition |
| TECHNOLOGY IN MOLECULAR FIELD - SYNERGISING THE MICROSPHERE ~ Chair: Marianne Lil | |
| 7.45am | Hybrid Surgery, AI in Surgery ~ Dr Bernard Dallemagne, Strasbourg, France |
| 8.15am | Engineering the Gut Microbiome for Safer Surgery ~ Dr James Kinross, London, UK |
| 8.45am | Microbiology ~ Dr Tim Blackmore, Wellington, NZ |
| 9.05am | Palliative Care ~ Dr Emma McMenamin, Wellington, NZ |
| 9.25am | Gastroenterology in 2022 ~ Dr Rees Cameron, |
| 9.45am | MORNING TEA & Industry Exhibition |
| SYNERGISING THE WEB ~ Chair: Stephanie Manning | |
| 10.15am | Intensive Care ~ Dr Kate Tietjens, Wellington, NZ |
| 10.35pm | Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and the Surgical Patient: Who, When, and Why? ~ Dr Roxanna Sadri, Christchurch, NZ |
| 10.55am | Anaesthesia – Pre-Operative Workup CHRISP ~ Dr Paul Dalley, Wellington, NZ |
| 11.15am | Endocrinology, Dr Brian Corley, Wellington, NZ |
| 11.35am | Interventional Radiology – State of the Art ~ Dr Frances Colgan, Interventional Radiologist, Christchurch, NZ |
| 12.00pm | LUNCH & Industry Exhibition |
| FINALE ~ Chair: Bridget Watson | |
| 1.00pm | Haematology ~ Dr Michelle Dickson, Wellington, NZ |
| 1.20pm | Medical Oncology ~ Dr Kate Clarke, Wellington, NZ |
| 1.40pm | Radiation Oncology ~ Dr Shahistha Naidoo, Wellington, NZ |
| 2.00pm | Pathology ~ Professor Chris Hemmings, Christchurch, NZ |
| 2.20pm | The Augmented Future – Virtual Reality Finale ~ James Everett, Creative Director, Niantic Aotearoa, NZ |
| 2.45pm | Conference Close |
