8:00- 9:30

OPENING CEREMONIES

SESSION 1: ANORECTAL CONDITIONS

Chair: Robert B. Bandolon, MD (Philippines)

Co-chair: Carlo C. Cajucom, MD (Philippines)

9:30- 9:45

The Right Operation for the Right  Hemorrhoids

Francis Seow-Choen, MD (Singapore)

9:45- 10:00

Hemorrhoidal Artery Ligation

Yunus Gul, MD (Malaysia)

10:00-10:15

Fistula-in-ano: Park’s Classification Re-visited

Arun Rojanasakul, MD (Thailand)

10:15- 10:30

OPEN FORUM

10:30- 11:00

BREAK

SESSION 2: BENIGN COLORECTAL DISEASES

Chair: Enrico P. Ragaza, MD (Philippines)

Co-chair:  Errawan Wiradisuria, MD(Indonesia)

11:00- 11:15

 Controversies in the Management of Recurrent Diverticulitis

Yunus Gul, MD (Malaysia)

11:15- 11:30

Surgical Management of Constipation:

Indicators and Techniques

Kemal Deen, MD (Sri Lanka)

11:30-  11:45

Dietary Fiber: Have We Over-Emphasized Its Value?

Francis Seow-Choen, MD (Singapore)

11:45-  12:00

OPEN FORUM

12:00- 1:00

LUNCH SYMPOSIUM

SESSION 3:  BENIGN COLORECTAL DISEASES

Chair: Ho Kok Sun, MD (Singapore)

Co-chair: Romarico Azores, MD (Philippines)

2:00 - 2:15

Rectal Prolapse: Matching The Ideal Procedure to the Patient

Samuel Tay, MD (Malaysia)

2:15 - 2:30

Congenital Anorectal Conditions in Adults

Hermogenes J. Monroy III, MD (Philippines)

2:30 - 2:45

Approaches to the Diagnosis and Management of

Massive Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Richard Sim, MD (Singapore)

2:45 - 3:00

OPEN FORUM

3:00 - 3:30

BREAK

SESSION 4: BENIGN COLORECTAL DISEASES

Chair: Manuel Francisco T. Roxas, MD (Philippines)

Co-chair:  Hermogenes J. Monroy III, MD (Philippines)

3:30 - 3:45

 The Role of Anorectal Physiologic Testing in Colorectal Practice

Kemal Deen, MD (Sri Lanka)

3:45 - 4:00

Anorectal Foreign Bodies

Arun Rojanasakul, MD (Thailand)

4:00- 4:15

Colorectal Polyps: Different Approach in the Same World

Supakij Khomvilai, MD (Thailand)

4:15 - 4:30

Local Treatment of Rectal Tumors: Current Indication & Perspectives

Daniel Schubert, MD (Germany)

OPEN FORUM

1:00

4:00

ADVANCED SKILLS LAB

PSCRS Faculty

7:00- 9:00

BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM

SESSION 5: COLORECTAL CANCER

Chair:  Charles Tsang, MD (Singapore)

Co-chair: Robert L. Chang, MD (Philippines)

9:00- 9:15

The Grading of Pathologic Response After

Neo-Adjuvant Therapy and Its Clinical Implications

Professor Phil Quirke, MD (United Kingdom)

9:15– 9:30

Routine Versus Selective Use of Neo-Adjuvant Therapy

for T3/N(+) Rectal Cancer

Brendan Moran, MD (United Kingdom)

9:30-9:45

Updates in the Status of Lateral Pelvic Node Dissection (LPND)

 in the Surgical Treatment of Low Rectal Cancer

Yoshihiro Moriya, MD (Japan)

9:45- 10:00

OPEN FORUM

10:00- 10:30

BREAK

SESSION 6:   COLORECTAL  CANCER

Chair: Professor Armando C. Crisostomo, MD (Philippines)

Co-chair:  Kemal Deen, MD (Sri Lanka)

10:30- 10:45

  A Century After the Miles’ Procedure:

A Pathologist’s Perspective

Professor Phil Quirke, MD (United Kingdom)

10:45- 11:00

Surgery & Heated Intra-Peritoneal Chemotherapy for selected patients with Colorectal Carcinomatosis

Brendan Moran, MD (United Kingdom)

11:00-  11:15

Stenting For Malignant Colon Obstruction

Charles Tsang, MD (Singapore)

11:15-  11:30

OPEN FORUM

11:30- 1:30

LUNCH SYMPOSIUM

SESSION 7:   COLORECTAL CANCER

Chair: Richard Sim. MD (Singapore)

Co-chair: Andrei Cesar S. Abella, MD (Philippines)

1:30 - 1:45

Intersphincteric Resection for Carcinoma of the

Rectum Located Within 5 cm from the Anal Verge

Yoshihiro Moriya, MD (Japan)

1:45-

2:00

Techniques for Neorectal Reconstruction

After Low Anterior Resection

Chucheep Sahakitrungruang, MD (Thailand)

2:00 - 2:15

Definition and Grading of Anastomotic Leakage Following LAR

Yoshihiro Moriya, MD (Japan)

2:15 - 2:30

OPEN FORUM

2:30 - 3:00

BREAK

SESSION 8:  COLORECTAL CANCER

Chair: Chucheep Sahakitrungruang, MD (Thailand)

Co-chair:  Jose Nemesio Granada, MD (Philippines)

3:00 - 3:15

Minimally Invasive Approach in the Surgical

Management of Colorectal Cancer

Errawan Wiradisuria, MD (Indonesia)

3:15 - 3:30

Colorectal Surgery with Specimen Extraction Via

Natural Orifice (Hybrid Notes)

Lam Viet Trung, MD (Vietnam)

3:30– 3:45

Laparoscopic APR

Van Binh Pham, MD (Vietnam)

3:45 - 4:00

Robotic-assisted Surgery for Rectal Cancer

Manuel Francisco T. Roxas, MD (Philippines)

4:00 - 4:15

OPEN FORUM

9:00 - 9:10

Introduction to the Course 

Manuel Francisco T. Roxas, MD

Message from the Sponsor

9:10- 9:30

Essential Steps in Laparoscopic  Right Colectomy

Catherine S. Co, MD (Philippines)

9:30- 9:50

Essential Steps In Laparoscopic Sigmoid Colectomy

Carlo Cajucom, MD (Philippines)

9:50-10:10

Hand-assisted laparoscopic colorectal surgery

Charles Tsang, MD (Singapore)

10:10- 10:30

OPEN FORUM & BREAK

10:30- 10:50

Laparoscopic Surgery for Rectal Cancer 1: Inferior

Mesenteric Vessel Ligation and Splenic Flexure Takedown

Manuel Francisco T. Roxas, MD (Philippines)

10:50- 11:10

Laparoscopic Surgery for Rectal Cancer 2: Pelvic Dissection and Bowel Anastomosis

Chucheep Sahakitrungruang, MD (Thailand)

11:10- 11:30

Trans-anal Endoscopic Operations (TEO): Indications, Technique & Results

Daniel Schubert, MD (Germany)

11:30- 11:50

Trans-anal Endoscopic Operations (TEO) Set Presentation

11:50

12:00

OPEN FORUM