EUPSA CONGRESS Dubrovnik: May 21 – 24, 2025
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2025
07.30 – 09.00 Education Office Meeting
09.00 – 10.30 Scientific Office Meeting
10.30 – 12.00 Network Office Meeting
12.00 – 18.00 EUPSA Executive Board Meeting
08.00 – 17.30 PRE CONGRESS COURSES
- Laparoscopy Course (Morning Course “Basic Skills (program)” Max. 24 participants**– Afternoon Course: Laparoscopy Masterclass (program)) (Orlando 1 C)
- Colorectal Course (Max 50 participants**) – click here to check the program (Orlando 1 B)
- Neonatal Surgery Masterclass click here to check the program (Lovrjenac 3-4)
- Oncology Course – click here to check the program (Kolocep 5)
** first come – first served basis
18.00 – 19.00 UEMS Board Meeting
19.30 Welcome reception at the Congress Venue
Thursday, May 22nd, 2025
07.00-08.00 EJPS editorial board meeting
08.00-08.30 EJPS reports editorial board meeting
08.30 – 09.00 Opening Ceremony (Orlando C and B)
09.05 – 11.00 Scientific Session 1 – Innovations (Orlando C and B): chairs Stefano Guiliani (UK) and Nikica Lesjak (Croatia)
09.10 – 11.00 Scientific Session 2 – Upper GI (Orlando A): chairs Julia Brendell (Germany), Rebecca Pulvirenti (Netherlands), Udo Rolle (Germany)
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 Scientific Session 3 – Basic Science (Orlando C and B): chairs Takashi Doi (Japan) and Augusto Zani (USA)
11.30 – 13.00 Scientific Session 4 – Trauma and child abuse prevention (Orlando A): chairs Jakov Meštrović (Croatia) and Johannes Schalamon (Austria)
What is New in Pediatric Trauma? Treating osteochondral lesions with AutoCart method. Jakov Meštrović (Croatia)
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
13.30 – 14.30 Poster Sessions 1 to 8
Case reports 1, chairs Donatella Di Fabrizio (Italy), Mohit Kakar (Latvia)
Case reports 2, chairs Ophelia Aubert (Germany), Jelena Bukarac (Serbia)
Urology 1, chairs Amit Beher (Germany), Borko Stojanovic (Serbia)
Urology 2, chairs Vassilis Lambropoulos (Greece), Peter Vajda (Hungary)
Thoracic 1, chairs Giovanna Riccipetitoni (Italy), Rony Sfeir (France)
Lower Gastrointestinal 1, chairs Anna Löf Granström (Sweden), Lucie Pos (Czech Republic)
Upper Gastrointestinal 1, chairs Arnaud Bonnard (France), Elisa Zambaiti (Italy)
Plastic Surgery, chairs Zoran Barčot (Croatia), Andro Gliha (Croatia)
14.30 – 16.30 Scientific Session 5 – Young Investigator (Orlando C and B): chairs Simon Eaton (UK), Nigel Hall (UK), Alejandra Villanova Sanchez (Spain)
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee break
17.00 – 17.45 European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Lecture: Patient representatives (Graham Slater and Anke Widemann EAT, Dalia Aminoff AIMAR, Beverly Power CDH UK) (Orlando C and B)
17.45 – 19.00 Scientific Session 6 – Oncology (Orlando C and B): chairs Patrizia Dall’Igna (Italy), Luca Pio (France)
17.45 – 18.00 EUPSA Network Office – Small Grant Award Presentation: Gerlin Naidoo, UK (Orlando A)
18.00 – 19.00 Meet the Expert Session 1 (Orlando A): Fundoplication versus gastrojejunostomy in small children: when, why, and how? Girolamo Mattioli (Italy)
20.30 President Reception at the Congress Venue
Friday, May 23rd, 2025
07.00 – 08.00 PSI editorial board meeting
08.00 – 10.30 Scientific Session 7 – Lower Gastrointestinal (Orlando C and B): chairs Jan-Hendrik Gosemann (Germany), Paola Midrio (Italy), Julio César Moreno Alfonso (Spain)
”What is new in anorectal malformations?” Jan-Hendrik Gosemann (Germany) eUROGEN
08.00 – 10.30 Scientific Session 8 – Urology (Orlando A): chairs Burgu Berk (Turkey), Zenon Pogorelić (Croatia)
Update lecture: What is new in urology? Burgu Berk, ESPU (Turkey)
10.30 – 11.00 European Congress Lecture (Orlando C and B): Ivo de Blaauw (Netherlands)
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 Scientific Session 9 – Consensus statement session: Management of persistent chylothorax and chylous ascites in pediatric patients (Orlando C and B): chair Amulya Saxena (UK), Andrea Conforti (ITA), Ayman Goneidy (UK), Gonca Topuzlu Tekant (TUR), Johnson Bethan (UK), Louise Montalva (FRA), Nazhia Khen Dunlop (FRA), Ramon Gorter (NED), Romilly Hayward (UK), Sherry Zhou (UK), Stuart Hosie (GER), Tutku Soyer (TUR), Vanessa Coles (UK)
11.30 – 13.00 Urology Symposium (Orlando A)
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
13.30 – 14.30 Poster Sessions 9 to 16
Basic science, chairs Florian Friedmacher (Germany), Elke Zani-Ruttenstock (USA)
Innovations, chairs Frederic Auber (France), Vojtech Dotlacil (Chez Republic)
Urology 3, chairs Balasz Kutasy (Sweden), Dalius Malcius (Lithuania)
Thoracic 2, chairs Barbora Kucerova (Czech Republic), Juan de Agustin Asensio (Spain)
Hepatobiliary, chairs Omid Madadi-Sanjani (Germany), Adam Kowalski (Poland)
Lower Gastrointestinal 2, chairs Anna Gunnarsdóttir (Sweden), Stjepan Višnjić (Croatia)
Lower Gastrointestinal 3, chairs Joep Derikx (the Netherlands), Pernilla Stenström (Sweden)
Oncology, chairs Gonca Topuzlu Tekant (Turkey), Petra Zahradnikova (Slovakia)
14.30 – 15.30 Scientific Session 10 – Hepatobiliary (Orlando C and B): chairs Carmen Capito (France), Orkan Ergun (Turkey), Danko Mikulić (Croatia)
14.30 – 15.30 Scientific Session 11 – Plastic sugery (Orlando A): chairs Helene Engstrand Lilja (Sweden), Ausra Lukosite-Urboniene (Lithuania)
15.00 – 18.00 EBPS Part 1 examination (Meeting Room)
15.30 – 16.30 EUPSA General Assembly (Orlando C and B)
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee break
17.00 – 18.00 EBPS/EUPSA Postgraduate Course (Orlando C and B)
17.00 – 18.00 WoEUPSA (Orlando A): chair Carmen Mesas Burgos (SWE)
“Learning environments” with Kristine Hagelsteen (SWE), Marta Gazzaneo (ITA), Elke Zani-Ruttenstok (USA), Carmen Mesas Burgos (SWE)
“The Menardi Ring Award” with Maša Hrelec Patrlj
18.00 – 19.00 TEPS Meeting (Orlando C and B): chair Marta Gazzaneo (Italy)
18.00 – 19.00 Meet the Expert Session 2 (Orlando A): ” Current methods of solving pectus excavatum”, Manuel Lopez Paredes (USA)
18.00 – 19.00 UEMS General Council Meeting (Meeting Room)
21.00 Annual Dinner (transportation from the Hotel at 20.15)
Saturday, May 24th, 2025
08.00 – 08.30 EUPSA CONNECT Lecture (Orlando C and B): Henri Ford (USA)
08.00 – 10.00 Scientific Session 13 – Case Report (Orlando A): chairs Emanuela Gallo (France), Martin Lacher (Germany), Carmen Mesas-Burgos (Sweden)
08.30 – 10.00 EUPSA History Session (Orlando C and B): chair Zacharias Zachariou (Cyprus)
10.00 – 10.30 Duhamel Lecture (Orlando C and B): Pietro Bagolan (Italy)
10.30 – 11.00 Medails and Honours (Orlando C and B)
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 Scientific Session 14 – Evidence & Guidelines (Orlando C and B): chair Agostino Pierro (Canada)
11.30 – 12.45 Scientific Session 15 – Thoracic (Orlando A): chairs Federica Pederiva (Italy), Michal Rygl (Czech Republic)
Update lecture: What is new in congenital lung malformations? Federica Pederiva (Italy)
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
13.00 – 14.00 Poster Sessions 17 to 24
Case Reports 3, chairs Alexander Sterlin (Germany), Suzana Sršen Medančić (Croatia)
Case Reports 4, chairs Hilmican Ulman (Turkey), Rim Kiblawi (Germany)
Thoracic 3, chairs Zane Abola (Latvia), Francesco Morini (Italy)
Urology 4, chairs Miram Pasini (Croatia), Sonia Pérez-Bertólez (Spain),
Upper Gastrointestinal 2, chairs Marta Gazzaneo (Italy), Ivana Sabolić (Croatia)
Upper Gastrointestinal 3, Anne Dariel (France), Radojica Jokić (Serbia)
Lower Gastrointestinal 4, chairs Maria Enrica Miscia (Italy), Judith Lindert (Germany)
Trauma, chairs Kenan Karavdić (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Rok Kralj Bosnia and Hercegovina (Croatia)
14.00 – 15.00 Awards and closing remarks (Orlando C and B)