Vo Duy Long Vietnam

Doctor Vo Duy Long is currently surgeon and deputy head of Department of Gastro-Intestinal Surgery, University Medical Center Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam and also a lecturer of Department of General surgery, School of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. Doctor Long graduated from Faculty of Medicine at University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam in 2001. He received his surgical training in Catania University, Italia with master degree. He has established a multidisciplinary program for treatment of Esophageal and Gastric cancers in University Medical Center since 2015. Doctor Long has performed laparoscopic gastrectomy and esophagectomy for cancer since 2008. He performs about 150 laparoscopic gastrectomy and 50 minimally invasive esophagectomy per year. He has many presentations at the meetings of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA), Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Asia Pacific Endo-Lap Surgery Group (APEL), Asia Pacific Gastric Cancer Congress (APGCC), International Gastric Cancer Congress (IGCC), Japanese Gastric Cancer Association (JGCA), Korea International Gastric Cancer Week (KINGCA WEEK) … His research interests include gastric and esophageal cancer, and obesity, especially applying laparoscopy for these diseases. He received prestigious Award of Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) in 2012 with title “Comparion Of Laparoscopic And Open Gastrectomy With Lymph Node Dissection For Gastric Cancer”. He is a reviewer for a number of prestigious medical journals including Annals of Surgical Oncology, Surgical Endoscopy, Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques, and International Journal of Surgery… He was the first president of Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgical Society of ASEAN (USAN) and the 9th congress president of Asia Pacific Gastric Cancer Congress (APGCC).

Day 2 - 18 October 2025

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13:00 14:15	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
14:15 15:30	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 Judges Laparoscopic techniques for oesophago-jejunal anastomosis HYUNG Woo Jin Judges Q&A Summit 2

Pre-Congress Workshop - 15 October 2025

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08:00 17:00	Workshop 4: Laparoscopic D2 Gastrectomy Animal Lab Sponsored by Medtronic HYUNG Woo Jin Speaker Ooi Wei Keat Speaker Vo Duy Long Speaker Registration and Breakfast Welcome remarks & Safety briefing Didactic Lecture: Principles of D2 Gastrectomy – Tips & Pitfalls Video Demonstration & Proctor Introduction Hands-on Lab Session I Lunch Break Hand-on session II Debriefing, Q&A and Certificate Presentation Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

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Workshop 4: Laparoscopic D2 Gastrectomy Animal Lab