Day 2 - 18th October 2025

Day 2 - 18 October 2025

Time	Session

08:00 08:30	Registration
08:30 09:45	Symposium 5a: Oncological Gastric Surgery Mahadevan Deva Tata Chairperson Ngo Choon Woon Chairperson Conversion Surgery – A Path to Cure or A Myth? Masanori Terashima Speaker Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Gastric Cancer Jimmy So Bok Yan Speaker Chemotherapy or Chemoradiation? Precision Neoadjuvant Approaches in Junctional Cancer Ooi Po Lin Speaker Q&A Summit 2	Symposium 5b: Bariatric Surgery Mohanrajah A/L Silvarajah Chairperson Muhammad Haekal bin Khazalle Chairperson Redefining Criteria for Bariatric Surgery in Precision Medicine Lim Huay Cheen Speaker Bariatric Matchmaker: Which Procedure for Which Patient, Sleeve vs RYGB vs OAGB vs Jejunal Bypass Asim Shabbir Speaker Revisional Options for Weight Regain / GERD After Bariatric Surgery Huang Chih-Kun Speaker Q&A The Zenith		USAN Young Researcher Collaborative Meeting Loo Guo Hou Chairperson Tang Yiu Maeng Chairperson Quang Thong Dang Speaker Tan Yunrong Speaker Su Hlaing Phyo Speaker Su Yamin Speaker Pinnacle 10
09:45 10:05	Breakfast Symposium Becton Dickinson (BD) Mastering Hernia Repair: Insights into 3D Max Mesh for Optimal Patient Outcomes Yeap Chee Loong Speaker Summit 2
10:05 10:30	Poster Presentation 3: Innovations, Techniques Lim Shyang Yee Judges Ooi Wei Keat Judges Minimally Invasive McKeown Oesophagectomy in a Visiting Service Model: A Case Series from East Coast AB-0042 Tay Chong Yan Presenter Duodenal Stump Reinforcement with a Bovine Pericardial Patch: A Novel Technique AB-0033 Nicklaus Ng Presenter Surgical Intervention Versus Angioembolisation of Bleeding Small Bowel Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour AB-0059 Choong Kai Hao Presenter Toxic Remedy: A Case of Severe Mucosal Injury Following Methotrexate Overdose AB-0032 Elyaraitul Nadia Binti Rahim Presenter Successful Pregnancies in Morbidly Obese Ladies after Bariatric Surgery: A Case Series AB-0064 Kong Shu Ning Presenter Summit 1
10:30 11:15	Keynote lecture 2: From Simulation to Scalpel: Training the Next Generation of Oesophageal Surgeons Takeo Fujita Speaker Summit 2
11:15 12:30	Symposium 6a: Robotic Surgery - Video Review Kelvin Voon Chairperson Ng Chong Beng Chairperson Duodeno-jejunal Bypass and Jejunal Bypass Huang Chih-Kun Speaker Robotic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) Voraboot Taweerutchana Speaker Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Lymphadenectomy Takeo Fujita Speaker Robot assisted Trans-Cervical Esophagectomy Takeo Fujita Speaker Q&A Summit 2	Symposium 6b: Salvage UGI Surgery Hans Alexander Mahendran Chairperson Tan Yunrong Chairperson Best Approaches for the High-Risk Perforated Peptic Ulcer – Playing it Safe or Pushing the Limits? Sekkapan Thannimalai Sambathan Speaker A Step-Wise Approach to Delayed Oesophageal Perforation Ooi Wei Keat Speaker Multi-modal Approach to Recalcitrant Peptic Ulcer Bleeding Hashimah Binti Abdul Rahman Speaker Q&A The Zenith		Video Presentations 1: Bariatric & Gastric Surgery Asim Shabbir Judges Lim Shyang Yee Judges Revisional Bariatric Surgery for Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding and Weight Regain after One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass AB-0006 Lee Yu Wei Presenter Revisional RYGB for Intrathoracic Gastric Pouch Migration Post-OAGB: A Surgical Approach AB-0061 Mariana Nabila Binti Ahmad Zuber Presenter Concurrent Bariatric Surgery with Cholecystectomy AB-0065 Kong Shu Ning Presenter Laparoscopic Proximal Gastrectomy for Fundal GIST Using a Lateral Approach: A Novel Technique in a Complex Anatomical Setting AB-0045 Ong Mang Ning Presenter Laparoscopic Resection of Gastric Cancer Recurrence in Splenic Hilar Lymph Node with en-bloc Splenectomy, Distal Pancreatectomy and Segmental Resection of the Splenic Flexure AB-0041 Abdullah Al Rawahi Presenter Pinnacle 10
12:30 13:30	Lunch Symposium 2 The Role of Immunotherapy in Perioperative Treatment of Gastric and Gastro-oesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma AstraZeneca Hyung Woo Jin Speaker Summit 2
13:30 14:45	Symposium 7a: Gastric Cancer Surgical Techniques Ahmad Sudirman bin Mohd Salleh Chairperson Nor Ilyani binti Othman Chairperson Laparoscopic, Robotic, or Open Surgery for Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer? Masanori Terashima Speaker The Role of Palliative Gastrectomy in Metastatic Disease Lau Peng Choong Speaker Rethinking Gastrectomy – Moving Away From Total Gastrectomy and to Organ-preservation Vo Duy Long Speaker Q&A Summit 2	Symposium 7b: Functional Dyspepsia & Achalasia Lee Pei Pei Chairperson Mohanrajah A/L Silvarajah Chairperson Beyond the Burn: Precision Diagnosis of GERD in the Era of Innovation Ho Shiaw Hooi Speaker Early Experience on LINX Asim Shabbir Speaker Long-Term Data on Fundoplication: Successes and Pitfalls Third Space Endoscopy of the UGI Tract C. Palanivelu Speaker Q&A The Zenith		Video Presentation 2: Esophageal, Hernia & Innovative Techniques Kelvin Voon Judges Voraboot Taweerutchana Judges Enhancing Minimally Invasive McKeown Esophagectomy: A Modified Approach to the Abdominal Phase AB-0020 Sekkapan Thannimalai Sambathan Presenter Hybrid Endo-thoracoscopic Enucleation of a Large Oesophageal Leiomyoma with Novel Pre-operative Cardiopulmonary Bypass Cannulation AB-0067 Mohd Razeen Mohd Hassan Presenter Yellow Light-Enhanced Laparoscopic Repair of Large Sliding Hiatus Hernia with Primary Cruroplasty and Toupet Fundoplication AB-0022 Kevin Tay Kon Voi Presenter Rives-Stoppa Retromuscular Mesh Repair for Challenging Incisional Hernias: A Case-Based Video Presentation AB-0071 Lim Wei Qian Presenter Stomacolysis - Chyme Reinfusion Therapy (CRT) Device AB-0050 Mohamed Arif Bin Hameed Sultan Presenter Pinnacle 10
14:45 16:15	Symposium 8a: How I Do It: Gastric and Oesophageal Surgery Ahmad Junaidi bin Ahmad Hamidi Chairperson Yeap Chee Loong Chairperson A Master’s Approach to MIE Takeo Fujita Speaker Proximal gastrectomy + Double flap technique Vo Duy Long Speaker Delta Anastomosis for Billroth 1 and Roux-en-Y Reconstruction Masanori Terashima Speaker Laparoscopic Station 10 Dissection Hyung Woo Jin Speaker Laparoscopic Techniques for Oesophago-Jejunal Anastomosis Hyung Woo Jin Speaker Q&A Summit 2		Symposium 8b: How I Do It: Bariatric and Functional Disease Loo Guo Hou Chairperson Ramesh Gurunathan Chairperson Laparoscopic Management of Sleeve Leaks Huang Chih-Kun Speaker Hiatal Hernia Repair for Complex Paraoesophageal Hernias Asim Shabbir Speaker Management of Fundoplication Complications Tee Sze Chee Speaker Revisional Surgery for Weight Recidivism Nik Ritza Kosai Speaker Q&A The Zenith
16:30 17:00	Closing Ceremony