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International Conference on Surgical Neonatology

  • March 8 - 9, 2025 at the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
  • Pre-conference workshops: March 7, 2025 at the Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick, SIM Lab, 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

 

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Abstract submissions (Deadline: 31/1/2025, Results: 15/2/2025)

We invite submissions of research abstracts for oral/poster presentation as below:
• Title, authors and affiliations (not included in word count)
• Background, Methods, Results, Conclusion (max 250 words)
• Submission e-mail: ju-lee.oei@sydney.edu.au
The best submissions will be chosen for oral presentations.

 

 

Faculty Conference

  • A / Professor Geoffrey Bond, MD
    Transplant Director, Paediatric Intestinal Care Center, University of Pittsburgh; Dept of Surgery, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, USA
  • Professor Ravi Thiagarajan, MD MPH
    Chief Emeritus, Division of Cardiovascular Critical Care; Callaghan Family Chair in Cardiac Intensive Care; Senior Cardiologist, Boston Children’s Hospital; Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
  • Professor Andrew Davidson, MBBS MD FANZCA FAHMS
    Medical Director, Melbourne Children's Trials Centre; Senior Anaesthetist, Royal Children's Hospital; Head of Anaesthesia Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
  • Dr. Ann Duffield, Bsc MBBS FANZCA
    Paediatric Anaesthetist, Sydney Children’s Hospital, NSW, Australia
  • Dr. Glenn Gardener, MBBS DipRACOG FRANZCOG CMFM
    Director, Mater Centre for Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Mater Mother’s Hospitals, Brisbane, Australia
  • A / Professor Parshotam Gera, MBBS MMed Sci MHM FRACS
    Neonatal & Paediatric Surgeon, Laparoscopic Surgeon, Perth Children’s Hospital; School of Medicine, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
  • Dr. Erica Jacobson, MBBS PhD FRACS
    Head of Neurosurgery, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
  • A / Professor Usha Krishnan, MBBS FRACP
    Head of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Director of Motility Services and Oesophageal Atresia Clinic, Sydney Children’s Hospital; School of Women’s and Children’s Health, UNSW Sydney, Australia
  • Dr. Hari Ravindranathan
    Co-Director, Children’s Intensive Care Unit, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
  • A / Professor Naeem Samnakay, FRACS MMed Sci MBBS Hons
    Paediatric Urologist and Paediatric Surgeon, Perth Children’s Hospital; School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
  • Professor Gordon Thomas, MBBS MS MCh FRACS
    Head of Paediatric Transplant and General Surgery, Children's Hospital, Westmead, Sydney Children's Hospital Network; University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • Professor Shyan Vijayasekaran, MBBS PhD FRACS
    Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Perth Children's Hospital; University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
  • Dr. Dylan Wanaguru, MBBS FRAC
    Paediatric and Neonatal Surgeon, Sydney Children’s Hospital, NSW, Australia
  • A / Professor Jason Yap, BHB MBChB FRACP
    Director of Paediatric Gastroenterology & Clinical Nutrition, Medical Lead Children’s Intestinal Rehabilitation & clinical Nutrition (CIRN) Royal Children’s Hospital; University of Melbourne, Australia
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Workshop Lead

  • Dr. John Awad
    Paediatric Cardiac Anaesthetist, Staff Specialist Children’s ICU, Sydney Children's Hospital, Australia
  • Professor Andrew Davidson, MBBS MD FANZCA FAHMS
    Director, Melbourne Children's Trials Centre; Senior Anaesthetist, Royal Children's Hospital, Australia
  • Dr. Ann Duffield, Bsc MBBS FANZCA
    Paediatric Anaesthetist, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Australia
  • Dr. Dylan Wanaguru, MBBS FRACS
    Paediatric and Neonatal Surgeon, Sydney Children’s Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
  • Dr. Meredith Ward, MBBS, FRACP, PhD
    School of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Australia

Program

SAT, March 8, 2025

Conference Day 1

07.30-08.30

Registration

08.30-09.10

Advances in in-utero fetal surgery for infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia, and spina bifida

Glenn Gardener

09.10-09.50

Neonatal anaesthesia on the ward

Ann Duffield

09.50-10.30

Multidisciplinary care of the infant and child with “ultra short” gut – outcomes to adulthood

Jason Yap

10.30-11.00

Morning tea

11.00-11.40

Paediatric intestinal transplant: practical realities and future possibilities

Geoffrey Bond

11.40-12.40

Oral presentation of best research papers: 15 minutes each (10 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for discussion)

Moderated by chairpersons

12.40-13.40

Lunch break

13.40-14.20

Saving the gut - surgical strategies and thrombolysis to rescue ischaemic bowel

Gordon Thomas

14.20-15.00

To be announced

Hari Ravindranathan

15.00-16.00

Afternoon tea with oral poster session (3 minutes per poster followed by 2 minutes Q&A)

16.00-16.40

To be announced

Geoffrey Bond

16.40-17.20

The neonate as an organ donor and organ recipient

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

11.40-12.40

Oral presentation of best research papers: 15 minutes each (10 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for discussion)

Moderated by chairpersons

12.40-13.40

Lunch Break

13.40-14.20

Gastroschisis: Outcome of 110 babies managed with silo reduction

Parshotam Gera

14.20-15.00

What is new in paediatric ECMO?

Ravi Thiagarajan

15.00-15.30

Afternoon tea

15.30-16.10

Is general anaesthesia neurotoxic to the child?

Andrew Davidson

16.10-16.50

Management of complex urological conditions in neonates

Naeem Samnakay

16.50-17.30

Is Balloon Atrial Septostomy necessary for D-TGA?

Ravi Thiagarajan

FRI, March 7, 2025 Pre-conference 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

Stoma Team: Sydney Children’s Hospital and Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick

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

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

 

 

 

 

Consultant
early bird* / mid-bird** / regular


Registrars, RMOs, Fellows, Nurses, alied health       
early bird* / mid-bird** / regular

Participation conference
one day only

 

255,- € / 270,- € / 300,- € 212,50 € / 225,- € / 250,- €

Participation conference     
for two days

 

425,- € / 450,- € / 500,- € 297,50 € / 315,- € / 350,- €

Participation conference & workshop

 

510,- € / 540,- € / 600,- € 357,- € / 378,- € / 420,- €

Participation workshop only

 

102,- € /  108,- € / 120,- € 76,50 € / 81,- € / 90,- €


Virtual conference
(ONLY for low-income and middle-income countries)

 

78,20 € /82,80 € / 92 € 52,70 € / 55,80 € / 62 €

* valid until 31. January 2025
** valid until 14. February 2025

All rates plus 10% GST

 

We offer a special discount to interested individuals from LMICs. Please send an e-mail to ipokrates@mcon-mannheim.de for further information.

Registration

Target Audience

Neonatologists, neonatal nurses, neonatal trainees, paediatric surgeons and trainees, paediatric anaesthetists and their trainees, surgery nurses, paediatricians, paediatric gastroenterologists and dieticians

Local Organiser

Professor Ju-Lee Oei
Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick NSW

Australia

email: ju-lee.oei@sydney.edu.au

 

Organising committee

Paediatric Sugery

Dr Dylan Wanaguru
MBBS FRACS
Paediatric and Neonatal Surgeon, Sydney Children’s Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
A/Prof Naeem Samnakay
FRACS MMed Sci MBBS Hons

School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
A/Prof Parshotam Gera
MBBS MMed Sci MHM FRACS
School of Medicine, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia

Neonatology
Prof Sanjay Patole
MD DCH FRACP FAIM MLdshp MSc DrPH
School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth
Prof Julee Oei
MD FRACP PhD
School of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Australia
Prof Shripada Rao
MD DNB DM MSc PhD
School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth
Dr Meredith Ward
MBBS FRACP PhD
School of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Australia

 

 

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