International Conference on Surgical Neonatology
- Skills Workshop: March 7, 2025 at the Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick, SIM Lab, Sydney, Australia
- Conference: March 8 - 9, 2025 at the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Objectives
IPOKRaTES seminars provide high quality postgraduate education which enables professionals to keep abreast of the most recent developments and offer participants the opportunity to discuss clinical problems or scientific issues personally with international experts.
This program will focus on:
1. To discuss lates advances in neonatal surgery and anaesthesia
2. To understand practical procedures required for neonatal surgery, including organising laparotomies and establishing difficult venous and airway access
Workshop Lead
- John Awad
Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick - Andrew Davidson
Melbourne Children’s Trial Centre and Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne - Ann Duffield
Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick - Dylan Wanaguru
Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick - Meredith Ward
Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick
Faculty Conference
- Geoffrey Bond
University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh - Andrew Davidson
Melbourne Children’s Trial Centre and Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne - Ann Duffield
Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick - Glenn Gardner
Mater Centre for Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Mater Mother’s Hospitals, Queensland - Parshotam Gera
Curtin University and Perth Children’s Hospital Perth - Erica Jacobson
Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick - Usha Krishnan
Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick - Hari Ravindranathan
Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick - Naeem Samnakay
University of Western Australia and Perth Children’s Hospital - Ravi Thiagarajan
Boston Children’s Hospital, USA - Gordon Thomas
Westmead Children’s Hospital, Sydney - Shyan Vijayasekaran
Perth Children’s Hospital, Perth - Dylan Wanaguru
Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick - Jason Yap
Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
Program
FRI, March 7, 2025
Skills Workshop
(Delegates will rotate through these four workshops)
08.00-08.30
Registration
08.30-10.00
How to organise an urgent laparotomy in your NICU when you don’t usually have to
Meredith Ward
10.00-10.30
Morning tea
10.30-12.00
No airway – tricks and tips for when endotracheal intubation fails
Andrew Davidson, John Awad
12.00-13.00
Lunch
13.00-14.30
Managing stomas and wounds - latest advances, convalescent care and new wound management strategies
Dylan Wanaguru
14.30-15.00
Afternoon tea
15.00-16.30
No veins – tricks and tips for the infant with impossible intravenous access
Anne Duffield, Andrew Davidson, John Awad
SAT, March 8, 2025
Conference Day 1
07.30-08.30
Registration
08.30-09.15
Do babies with surgical problems even need surgery after birth?
Advances in in-utero fetal surgery for infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia, and spina bifida
Glenn Gardner
09.15-10.00
Neonatal anaesthesia on the ward
Ann Duffield
10.00-10.30
Morning tea
10.30-11.15
Multidisciplinary care of the infant and child with “ultra short” gut – outcomes to adulthood
Jason Yap
11.15-12.00
Paediatric intestinal transplant: practical realities and future possibilities
Geoffrey Bond
12.00-13.00
Lunch Break
13.00-13.45
Should all CDHs be birthed and treated in hospitals with ECMO facilities?
When and where to repair congenital diaphragmatic hernias.
Gordon Thomas
13.45-14.30
20 year follow-up of infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia from NSW
Hari Ravindranathan
14.30-15.00
Afternoon tea
15.00-15.45
Lecture #2
Georffrey Bond
15.45-16.30
Liver Transplants for children – barriers, outcomes, and new treatments
Gordon Thomas
SUN, March 9, 2025
Conference Day 2
07.30-08.30
Registration
08.30-09.10
New techniques for oesophageal atresia and its complications- Indwelling balloons, Endovacs, tracheopexies and internal traction
Dylan Wanaguru
09.10-09.50
What happens if that trachea oesophageal fistula (TOF) comes back again? Management and prognosis of recurrent TOF
Shyan Vijayasekaran
09.50-10.30
Multidisciplinary care of the infant (and family) with TOF after surgery – long term issues and solutions
Usha Krishnan
10.30-11.00
Morning tea
11.00-11.40
Do you need a neurosurgeon for preterm infants with post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus?
Erica Jacobson
11.40-12.20
Gastroschisis: Outcome of 110 babies managed with silo reduction
Parshotam Gera
12.20-13.20
Lunch Break
13.20-14.00
What is new in paediatric ECMO?
Ravi Thiagarajan
14.00-14.40
Is general anaesthesia neurotoxic to the child?
Andrew Davidson
14.40-15.10
Afternoon tea
15.10-15.50
Management of complex urological conditions in neonates
Naeem Samnakay
15.50-16.30
Is Balloon Atrial Septostomy necessary for D-TGA?
Ravi Thiagarajan
Subject to change
Free Seats
Information
The number of participants is limited to 200 for the conference and 80 for the workshop and conference package.
Participation Fees
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Consultant |
Registrars, RMOs, Fellows, Nurses, alied health early bird* / regular |
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Participation conference
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255,- € / 300,- € | 212,50 € / 250,- € |
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Participation conference
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425,- € / 500,- € | 297,50 € / 350,- € |
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Participation conference & workshop
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510,- € / 600,- € | 357,- € / 420,- € |
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Participation workshop only
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102,- € / 120,- € | 76,50 € / 90,- € |
* valid until 30. November 2024
All rates plus 10% GST
Target Audience
Neonatologists, neonatal nurses, neonatal trainees, paediatric surgeons and trainees, paediatric anaesthetists and their trainees, surgery nurses, paediatricians, paediatric gastroenterologists and dieticians
Local Organizer
Professor Ju-Lee Oei
Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick NSW
Australia
email: ju-lee.oei@sydney.edu.au
Main Sponsors
