This webinar will provide a discussion on how robotic surgery can impact clinical practice and treatment outcomes of paediatric surgical conditions.

Aims

• To discuss role of robotic surgery in management of paediatric surgical indications
• The webinar shall look into the current practices of robotic paediatric surgery and enhance recovery with minimally invasive approach.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this webinar, attendees should be able to:

• Understand the basic and practical aspects of robotic surgery and its relevance in improving the quality of surgery & improving outcome measures of minimally invasive surgery in children.

Panellists

Our panellists include:

• Dr Sujit Chowdhary - Pediatric Urologist & Clinical Director(Pediatric Science) Indrprastha Apollo Hospital , New Delhi, India.

• Dr Manjiri Somashekhar - Lead & Senior Consultant - Paediatric Surgery, Aster CMI, Aster Whitefield Bangalore, India.

• Dr Ankur Mandelia - Additional Professor, Dept. of Pediatric Surgery, SGPGIMS(Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences), Lucknow, India.

• Prof. Subhash Khanna, FRCS (Edn), FICS, FIAGES, FALS, FICLS, FAGIE (Moderator) - Founder President-Association of Robotic and Innovative Surgeons. Chief, Department of Minimal Access, Gastro Intestinal and Robotic Surgery, Swagat Swagat Super Surgical Institute& N. H,Guwahati, Assam, India.

• Ms Shafaque Shaikh (Moderator) - MBBS, FRCS, PhD, Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Honorary Senior Lecturer with the University of Aberdeen. Programme Lead for the NHS Grampian Multispecilaty Robotic Assisted Surgery (RAS) Service. Chair - Grampian RAS research/evaluation and training/education committees; Chair - Scottish RAS Research group; Deputy Chair - Scottish National RAS Clinical reference group.

CPD

1 Hour