Program
Scientific Program
CME - D K Chhabra Auditorium
| CME – – DK Chhabra Auditorium | ||
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| 08:00-08:30 IST | Registration & Breakfast | |
| 08:30 – 09:30 IST (15 + 5 mins) | Session 1: Understanding the Robot | |
| 08:30 IST | Robotic platforms, hardware & instrumentation | Manjiri Somashekhar |
| 08:50 IST | Docking, workflow, troubleshooting & bailout strategies | Anand Sinha |
| 09:10 IST | Economics of the Robot: Cost, value and sustainability in Indian context | Arvind Sinha |
| 09:30 – 10:10 IST (15 + 5 mins) | Session 2: Fundamentals of Pediatric Robotic Surgery | |
| 09:30 IST | Considerations for Robotics in Children: how is it different and what is done differently? | Yoga Nagendhar |
| 09:50 IST | Indications, patient selection, consent & safety | Prashant Jain |
| 10:10 – 10:50 IST (15 + 5 mins) | Session 3: Choosing the Right Tool and Managing Pitfalls | |
| 10:10 IST | Advanced Pediatric MIS and Robotic Surgery: Agonists, Rivals, or Evolutionary Partners? | Ravi Kanojia |
| 10:30 IST | Conversions, complications and failures of Robotic Surgery | Rajneesh Singh |
| 10:50-11:00 IST | TEA BREAK | |
| 11:00-11:30 IST | INAUGURATION | |
| 11:30 – 12:15 IST | ROBOCOPS Lifetime Achievement Award & Keynote Lecture | |
| “From Trainee to Trainer – the arduous journey of Pediatric Robotic Surgery in India” | V Sripathi | |
| 12:15 – 13:00 IST | Session 3: Panel Discussion“Starting Your Robotic Journey – Training Pathways, Proctorship & Credentialing” | Moderator: Kant Shah Panelists: Kumarvel Sambandan, Prema Menon, Rajendra Saoji, Vijai D Upadhyaya, Prabhu Karunakaran |
| 13:00 – 14:00 IST | LUNCH | |
| 14:00-14:45 IST | ROBOCOPS Oration “Progress in Robotic Pediatric Urology” | Sujit Chowdhary |
| 14:45 – 15:25 IST (15 + 5 mins) | Session 4: How I do it – Pediatric Urology | |
| 14:45 IST | Robotic Pyeloplasty | Bikash Naredi |
| 15:05 IST | Robotic Ureteric Reimplantation | Bibekanand Jindal |
| 15:25 – 16:25 IST (15 + 5 mins) | Session 5: How I do it – Pediatric Thoracic & GI-HPB | |
| 15:25 IST | Robotic Lung Lobectomy | Sundeep Kisku |
| 15:45 IST | Robotic CDC Excision with Roux-en-Y HJ | SGPGI team |
| 16:05 IST | Robotic Pull Through for Ano-rectal Malformation | Pavai Arunachalam |
| 16:25 – 16:45 IST | TEA BREAK | |
| 16:45 – 18:00 IST(10+2) mins | Session 6: Expert Videos of Challenging Cases | |
| Robotic Excision of Giant Para-pelvic Cyst in an Infant | Debasish Mitra | |
| Robotic Pyeloplasty in case of PUJO with Aberrant Lower Polar Crossing Vessel | Subhasis Saha | |
| Robotic Excision of Thoracic Cyst | Deepak Goel | |
| Robotic Duodeno-jejunostomy for SMA Syndrome | Manish Pathak | |
| Robotic Partial Splenectomy | Rajat Piplani | |
| 18:00 – 18:30 IST | GBM – ROBOCOPS | |
| 1930 IST Onwards | GALA DINNER | |
| DAY 2- 4th April 2026 (Saturday) S R Naik Auditorium |
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| 08:00 AM – 05:00 PM | Live Operative Workshop | Operating surgeons: SGPGI Pediatric Surgery Team |
| (S R Naik Auditorium) | ||
| 2:00 – 4:00 pm | Free papers and Videos | |
| (DK Chhabra Auditorium) | ||
3D Projection and Viewing Experience
| DAY 3 5th April 2026 Sunday Structured Hand-on Robotic Training (multi system: daVinci & Versius confirmed as yet) |
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| ROBOTIC HANDS-ON TRAINING ON BOX TRAINERS |
| •- How to set up the machine |
| •- Docking & undocking |
| •- How to control the camera and operative arm |
| •- How to control the fourth arm |
| •- Suturing, clip application |
| •- Bed side assistance |
| ROBOTIC HANDS-ON TRAINING ON SIMULATORS (strategy, configuration) |
| •- Basic functioning of the machine |
| •- Camera control, clutching and switching between arms |
| •- Basic grasping and transfer |
| •- Needle control, suturing and knot tying |
| •- Clipping, energy and dissection |
Intuitive daVinci Xi Robotic System
