KavithaDaester - International Society of Surgery

Saturday, 18 April 2026

Time	Session

08:30 17:00	PRE-CONGRESS COURSE: BASIC AND ADVANCED BREAST ULTRASOUND BSI 851 Juan EnriqueBargallo Rocha Chair Mexico Sharon Wing WaiChan Chair Hong Kong, China V. SuzanneKlimberg Chair United States AlejandraOliver Facilitator Mexico Christoph JohannesTausch Facilitator Switzerland KavithaDaester Facilitator Switzerland Lourdes NoemiSantos Aragon Facilitator Mexico Mee-HoongSee Facilitator Malaysia SashaUsiskin Facilitator United Kingdom ULTRASOUND PHYSICS AND PRINCIPLES, ANATOMY OF THE BREAST AND AXILLA AND SCANNING TECHNIQUES LOURDES SANTOS 851-1 Lourdes NoemiSantos Aragon Speaker Mexico KNOWING YOUR MACHINE, LESION CHARACTERIZATION, LYMPH NODE ASSESSMENT, BIRADS CLASSIFICATION AND BREAST CANCER SUBTYPES 851-2 V. SuzanneKlimberg Speaker United States ULTRASOUND GUIDED INTERVENTIONS: ASPIRATION, BIOPSIES, MARKERPLACEMENTS, VACUUM ASSISTED EXCISION 851-3 Sharon Wing WaiChan Speaker Hong Kong, China COFFEE/TEA BREAK 851-4 INTRAOPERATIVE USE OF ULTRASOUND: LOCALISATION AND MARGIN ASSESSMENT 851-5 Christoph JohannesTausch Speaker Switzerland ULTRASOUND GUIDED PECTORAL BLOCK 851-6 V. SuzanneKlimberg Speaker United States INTEGRATING BREAST ULTRASOUND INTO SURGICAL PRACTICE INCLUDING NEOADJUVANT MONITORING, FOLLOW-UP ULTRASOUND IN THE TREATED BREAST (SURGICAL SCARS, LIPOFILLING, BREAST IMPLANTS) 851-7 Christoph JohannesTausch Speaker Switzerland EMERGING MODALITIES: AUTOMATED BREAST ULTRASOUND, AI, USG CORRELATION 851-8 KavithaDaester Speaker Switzerland PRACTICAL SESSION LIVE DEMONSTRATION KNOBING, ULTRASOUND SCANNING AND LESION CHARACTERIZATIO, BIOPSY AND MARKER PLACEMENT 851-10 COFFEE/TEA BREAK 851-11 CONTINUATION OF PRACTICAL SESSION 851-12 CLOSING REMARKS 851-13 Room: Arco Iris (Floor 6)

Time

Session

08:30

17:00

PRE-CONGRESS COURSE: BASIC AND ADVANCED BREAST ULTRASOUND

BSI

851

Juan EnriqueBargallo Rocha Chair Mexico

Sharon Wing WaiChan Chair Hong Kong, China

V. SuzanneKlimberg Chair United States

AlejandraOliver Facilitator Mexico

Christoph JohannesTausch Facilitator Switzerland

KavithaDaester Facilitator Switzerland

Lourdes NoemiSantos Aragon Facilitator Mexico

Mee-HoongSee Facilitator Malaysia

SashaUsiskin Facilitator United Kingdom

ULTRASOUND PHYSICS AND PRINCIPLES, ANATOMY OF THE BREAST AND AXILLA AND SCANNING TECHNIQUES LOURDES SANTOS

851-1

Lourdes NoemiSantos Aragon Speaker Mexico
KNOWING YOUR MACHINE, LESION CHARACTERIZATION, LYMPH NODE ASSESSMENT, BIRADS CLASSIFICATION AND BREAST CANCER SUBTYPES

851-2

V. SuzanneKlimberg Speaker United States
ULTRASOUND GUIDED INTERVENTIONS: ASPIRATION, BIOPSIES, MARKERPLACEMENTS, VACUUM ASSISTED EXCISION

851-3

Sharon Wing WaiChan Speaker Hong Kong, China
COFFEE/TEA BREAK

851-4
INTRAOPERATIVE USE OF ULTRASOUND: LOCALISATION AND MARGIN ASSESSMENT

851-5

Christoph JohannesTausch Speaker Switzerland
ULTRASOUND GUIDED PECTORAL BLOCK

851-6

V. SuzanneKlimberg Speaker United States
INTEGRATING BREAST ULTRASOUND INTO SURGICAL PRACTICE INCLUDING NEOADJUVANT MONITORING, FOLLOW-UP ULTRASOUND IN THE TREATED BREAST (SURGICAL SCARS, LIPOFILLING, BREAST IMPLANTS)

851-7

Christoph JohannesTausch Speaker Switzerland
EMERGING MODALITIES: AUTOMATED BREAST ULTRASOUND, AI, USG CORRELATION

851-8

KavithaDaester Speaker Switzerland
PRACTICAL SESSION LIVE DEMONSTRATION KNOBING, ULTRASOUND SCANNING AND LESION CHARACTERIZATIO, BIOPSY AND MARKER PLACEMENT

851-10
COFFEE/TEA BREAK

851-11
CONTINUATION OF PRACTICAL SESSION

851-12
CLOSING REMARKS

851-13

Room: Arco Iris (Floor 6)

Sunday, 19 April 2026

Time	Session

08:00 17:30	PRE-CONGRESS COURSE: ADVANCED ONCOPLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE BREAST SURGERY BSI 951 INTRODUCTION TO ONCOPLASTIC BREAST SURGERY: INDICATIONS AND PATIENT SELECTION 951-1 LilianaCastrezana Lopez Speaker Switzerland PRINCIPLES OF ONCOPLASTIC SURGERY (VOLUME DISPLACEMENT vs. VOLUME REPLACEMENT) 951-2 KaryneMartel Speaker Canada BASIC TECHNIQUES: DE-EPITHELIALIZATION, DUAL PLANE MOBILISATION, AND SCAR PLACEMENT 951-3 PoojaRamakant Speaker India BREAST CONSERVING Vs. MASTECTOMY: WHAT WOULD AN ONCOPLASTIC BREAST SURGEON DO? 951-4 SandraKrishnan Speaker Australia DISCUSSION 951-5 ROUND BLOCK (BENELLI) and VERTICAL MAMMOPLASTY 951-6 LilianaCastrezana Lopez Speaker Switzerland WISE PATTERN REDUCTION MAMMOPLASTY 951-7 IsabellaKarat Speaker United Kingdom THE OTHER THERAPEUTIC MAMMOPLASTY TECHQNIUES (BATWING, GRISOTTI, B-PLASTY) 951-8 Christoph JohannesTausch Speaker Switzerland WHICH TECHNIQUE SHOULD I USE? PATIENT SELECTION AND QUADRANT BY QUADRANT APPROACH. 951-9 Christoph JohannesTausch Speaker Switzerland CHEST WALL PERFORATOR FLAP ANATOMY, TYPES (LICAP, MICAP AND LTAP) AND MARKING 951-10 SandraKrishnan Speaker Australia MODIFICATION OF THE CHEST WALL FLAPS, PRACTICAL TIPS AND TRICKS 951-11 SandraKrishnan Speaker Australia FAT GRAFTING AND NIPPLE RECONSTRUCTION 951-12 Susanna Minna CeciliaKauhanen Speaker Finland DISCUSSION 951-13 INTERACTIVE SESSIONS 951-14 HOW TO DO A GOOD SIMPLE MASTECTOMY? 951-16 IsabellaKarat Speaker United Kingdom SKIN AND NIPPLE SPARING MASTECTOMY: PITFALLS TO AVOID 951-17 JiongWu Speaker China IMPLANT AND TISSUE EXPANDER RECONSTRUCTION 951-18 Susanna Minna CeciliaKauhanen Speaker Finland MESH AND ADM SELECTION 951-19 JiongWu Speaker China MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS OF ONCOPLASTIC SURGERY 951-20 Susanna Minna CeciliaKauhanen Speaker Finland TRAINING PATHWAY FOR ONCOPLASTIC SURGERY 951-21 KavithaDaester Speaker Switzerland DISCUSSION 951-22 Room: Arco Iris (Floor 6)

Time

Session

08:00

17:30

PRE-CONGRESS COURSE: ADVANCED ONCOPLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE BREAST SURGERY

BSI

951

INTRODUCTION TO ONCOPLASTIC BREAST SURGERY: INDICATIONS AND PATIENT SELECTION

951-1

LilianaCastrezana Lopez Speaker Switzerland
PRINCIPLES OF ONCOPLASTIC SURGERY (VOLUME DISPLACEMENT vs. VOLUME REPLACEMENT)

951-2

KaryneMartel Speaker Canada
BASIC TECHNIQUES: DE-EPITHELIALIZATION, DUAL PLANE MOBILISATION, AND SCAR PLACEMENT

951-3

PoojaRamakant Speaker India
BREAST CONSERVING Vs. MASTECTOMY: WHAT WOULD AN ONCOPLASTIC BREAST SURGEON DO?

951-4

SandraKrishnan Speaker Australia
DISCUSSION

951-5
ROUND BLOCK (BENELLI) and VERTICAL MAMMOPLASTY

951-6

LilianaCastrezana Lopez Speaker Switzerland
WISE PATTERN REDUCTION MAMMOPLASTY

951-7

IsabellaKarat Speaker United Kingdom
THE OTHER THERAPEUTIC MAMMOPLASTY TECHQNIUES (BATWING, GRISOTTI, B-PLASTY)

951-8

Christoph JohannesTausch Speaker Switzerland
WHICH TECHNIQUE SHOULD I USE? PATIENT SELECTION AND QUADRANT BY QUADRANT APPROACH.

951-9

Christoph JohannesTausch Speaker Switzerland
CHEST WALL PERFORATOR FLAP ANATOMY, TYPES (LICAP, MICAP AND LTAP) AND MARKING

951-10

SandraKrishnan Speaker Australia
MODIFICATION OF THE CHEST WALL FLAPS, PRACTICAL TIPS AND TRICKS

951-11

SandraKrishnan Speaker Australia
FAT GRAFTING AND NIPPLE RECONSTRUCTION

951-12

Susanna Minna CeciliaKauhanen Speaker Finland
DISCUSSION

951-13
INTERACTIVE SESSIONS

951-14
HOW TO DO A GOOD SIMPLE MASTECTOMY?

951-16

IsabellaKarat Speaker United Kingdom
SKIN AND NIPPLE SPARING MASTECTOMY: PITFALLS TO AVOID

951-17

JiongWu Speaker China
IMPLANT AND TISSUE EXPANDER RECONSTRUCTION

951-18

Susanna Minna CeciliaKauhanen Speaker Finland
MESH AND ADM SELECTION

951-19

JiongWu Speaker China
MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS OF ONCOPLASTIC SURGERY

951-20

Susanna Minna CeciliaKauhanen Speaker Finland
TRAINING PATHWAY FOR ONCOPLASTIC SURGERY

951-21

KavithaDaester Speaker Switzerland
DISCUSSION

951-22

Room: Arco Iris (Floor 6)

Wednesday, 22 April 2026

Time	Session

13:30 15:00	SO YOU WANT TO BE A BREAST SURGEON: MEET THE EXPERTS / COUNCIL MEETING BSI 325 SO YOU WANT TO BE A BREAST SURGEON: MEET THE EXPERTS BSI 325-1 InesBuccimazza Panelist South Africa IpshitaPrakash Panelist Canada Jacqueline SaraJeruss Panelist United States KavithaDaester Panelist Switzerland Mee-HoongSee Panelist Malaysia MichaelDouek Panelist United Kingdom Owen AllanUng Panelist Australia PoojaRamakant Panelist India SandraKrishnan Panelist Australia Sharon Wing WaiChan Panelist Hong Kong, China Susanna Minna CeciliaKauhanen Panelist Finland TadahikoShien Panelist Japan WHY BECOME A BREAST SURGEON? BSI 325-2 KavithaDaester Speaker Switzerland PANEL DISCUSSION 325-3 COUNCIL MEETING BSI 325-4 Room: Molino Rey B (Floor 5)

Time

Session

13:30

15:00

SO YOU WANT TO BE A BREAST SURGEON: MEET THE EXPERTS / COUNCIL MEETING

BSI

325

SO YOU WANT TO BE A BREAST SURGEON: MEET THE EXPERTS

BSI

325-1

InesBuccimazza Panelist South Africa

IpshitaPrakash Panelist Canada

Jacqueline SaraJeruss Panelist United States

KavithaDaester Panelist Switzerland

Mee-HoongSee Panelist Malaysia

MichaelDouek Panelist United Kingdom

Owen AllanUng Panelist Australia

PoojaRamakant Panelist India

SandraKrishnan Panelist Australia

Sharon Wing WaiChan Panelist Hong Kong, China

Susanna Minna CeciliaKauhanen Panelist Finland

TadahikoShien Panelist Japan
WHY BECOME A BREAST SURGEON?

BSI

325-2

KavithaDaester Speaker Switzerland
PANEL DISCUSSION

325-3
COUNCIL MEETING

BSI

325-4

Room: Molino Rey B (Floor 5)

International Society of Surgery (ISS)

Société Internationale de Chirurgie (SIC)

KavithaDaester Switzerland

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