12th Thoracic Surgery Meeting by ESTS & BeSTS
When: Thursday 30/03/2023 09h00-19h00 & Friday 31/03/2023 09h00 – 16h00
Where: Van der Valk Congres Hotel Mons (Avenue Mélina Mercouri 7, 7000 Mons)
Faculty: Dr. P. Carlier, Dr. I. Lardinois, Dr. J. Lemaitre, Dr. Y. Sokolow, Dr. A. Therasse
Language: Presentations & questions in English or French
Price for trainees: Free but mandatory registration
Requirements for participation: None
Places: First come, first served
Registrations Open: NOW
Registrations Close: 20/03/2023

More information:
The ESTS & BeSTS announce their 12th Thoracic Surgery Meeting, an exciting free scientific 2-days meeting.

PROGRAM
THURSDAY 30/03/2023
09h00 – 09h30 | Great figures in European thoracic surgery (Prof. G. Massard – Luxembourg)
09h30 – 10h00 | Great figures in Asian thoracic surgery (Prof. A. Sihoe – China)
10h00 – 10h30| Great figures in North American thoracic surgery (Prof. S. Cassivi – USA)
10h30 – 11h00 | Coffeebreak
11h00 – 11h30 | Great figures in Belgian thoracic surgery (Prof. R. Van Hee – Belgium)
11h30 – 12h00 | History of lung transplantation (Prof. D. Van Raemdonck – Belgium)
12h00 – 12h30 | Centralization of lung cancer surgery in Danmark: lessons (Prof. H. Hansen – Danmark)
12h30 – 14h00 | Lunch
14h00 – 14h45 | HATS – History assisted thoracic surgery (Prof. T. Molnár – Hungary)
14h45 – 15h30 | Esophagectomy: from Torek to MIE (Prof. PA. Thomas – France)
15h30 – 16h15 | Education: from cadavers to simulation models (Prof. T. Stupnik – Slovenia)
16h15 – 17h00 | Lung metastasectomy: history (Prof. M. Gonzalez – Switzerland)
17h00 – 17h30 | Coffeebreak
17h30 – 19h00 | Workshop on simulation models (Drs. Lardinois, Sokolow, Agrafiotis & Lemaitre)

FRIDAY 31/03/2023
09h00 – 09h30 | TNM: from Mountain to 2023 (Prof. R. Rami-Porta – Spain)
09h30 – 10h00 | The evolution of thoracic empyema (Prof. T. Molnár – Hungary)
10h00 – 10h30 | Pathology: from histology to molecular description (Prof. M. Remmelink – Belgium)
10h30 – 11h00 | Coffeebreak
11h00 – 11h30 | Mediastinal exploration: from Carlens to present indications (Prof. P. De Leyn – Belgium)
11h30 – 12h00 | Thoracotomy: from posterolateral incision to uniportal (Prof. A. Sihoe – China)
12h00 – 12h30 | From Rolandus (first documented case of successful lung resection in 1499) to segmentectomy (Prof. S. Cassivi – USA)
12h30 – 14h00 | Lunchbreak
14h00 – 14h30 | Bronchocopy: from rigid bronchoscopy to navigation (Prof. D. Leduc – Belgium)
14h30 – 15h00 | Thymoma: new classification, treatment update (Prof. E. Ruffini – Italy)
15h00 – 15h30 | Mesothelioma: from pleuro-pneumonectomy to multimodality treatment (Prof. P. Filosso – Italy)
15h30 – 16h00 | Thoracic trauma: evolution of the treatment (Prof. G. Massard – Luxembourg)

More information & registration via RBSS (Mme. A. Hirsch – info@acta-medica-belgica.be – +32 (0)2 374 51 58)