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Program

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Registration

Refreshments will be served will be served and a opportunity to meet with our sponsors

Duration: 30 mins
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM

Introduction and welcome

Associate Professor Luis Prado, Epworth CMO

Dr Sandra Elmer, Scientific Convenor

 

Duration: 10 mins
8:45 AM - 10:30 AM

Session 1

Stress urinary incontinence surgery – non-mesh options

Chair: Janelle Brennan and Dr Eva Fong

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08:45 – 09:15: Pubovaginal fascial sling. Mr Johan Gani

09:15 – 09:45: Robot-Assisted Burch Colposuspension. Dr Marcus Carey

09:45 – 10:00: Peri-Urethral Bulking with Bulkamid®. Dr Caroline Dowling

Duration: 1.75 hours
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Morning Tea and Sponsor Display

Refreshments will be served and an opportunity to meet our sponsors 

Duration: 30 mins
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Session 2

Stress urinary incontinence – is the Mid Urethral Sling dead in the water?

Chair: Vincent Tse and Dr Marcus Carey   

10:30 – 11:00: The bottom up, mid-urethral sling. Dr Benjamin Brucker

11:00 – 11:30: The top down, mid-urethral sling. Janelle Brennan

11:30 – 12:00: Urological management of MUS complications. Dr Benjamin Brucker

12:00 – 12:15: Back to the future; SUI management post FDA, will the TOT survive? Is there a place for the female AUS? Dr Benjamin Brucker

12:15 – 12:30: Imaging in female urology – helping to identify the complicated MUS. Dr Susan Kouloyan-Ilic

Duration: 2 hours
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch and Sponsor Display

Buffet Lunch will be served and an opportunity to meet with our sponsors 

Duration: 1 hour
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Session 3

Pelvic organ prolapse and vaginal surgery for the urologist

Chair: Janelle Brennan and Mr Johan Gani

13:30 – 13:50: Anterior colporrhaphy and teaching the technique. Dr Eva Fong

13:50 – 14:20: Posterior colporrhaphy and the recto-vaginal septum. Dr Marcus Carey

14:20 – 14:40: Vaginal approach to apical suspension procedures. Dr Benjamin Brucker

14:40 – 15:00: Recurrent, complex prolapse, including colpocliesis. Dr Benjamin Brucker

Duration: 2 hours
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Afternoon Tea and Sponsor Display

Refreshments will be served and an opportunity to meet our sponsors 

Duration: 30 mins
3:30 PM - 4:50 PM

Session 4

Pelvic organ prolapse and robotic surgery 

Chair: Dr Benjamin Brucker and Dr Marcus Carey   

15:30 – 16:00: Robotic sacral colpopexy and hysteropexy for apical prolapse (utilising mesh). Vincent Tse

16:00 – 16:20: Robotic suture hysteropexy for uterine prolapse (mesh-free). Dr Sandra Elmer

16:20 – 16:35: Robotic surgery for FPMRS, adoption, the learning curve, tips and tricks - Panel

16:35 – 16:50: Heroes as surgical leaders: reducing risks and building a culture of safety. Dr Caroline Dowling

Duration: 1.33 hours
4:50 PM - 5:00 PM

Closing comments

Associate Professor Laurence Harewood 

Duration: 10 mins
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Cocktail function

Cocktail reception and a chance to meet the Symposium Faculty

Duration: 1 hour