Christoph Johannes Tausch - International Society of Surgery

Saturday, 18 April 2026

Time	Session

08:30 17:00	PRE-CONGRESS COURSE: BASIC AND ADVANCED BREAST ULTRASOUND BSI 851 Alberto Sahagun Chair Mexico Juan EnriqueBargallo Rocha Chair Mexico Sharon Wing Wai Chan Chair Hong Kong, China V. SuzanneKlimberg Chair United States Alejandra Oliver Facilitator Mexico Christoph Johannes Tausch Facilitator Switzerland KavithaDaester Facilitator Switzerland Lourdes Noemi Santos 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 Noemi Santos 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 Wai Chan Speaker Hong Kong, China COFFEE/TEA BREAK 851-4 INTRAOPERATIVE USE OF ULTRASOUND: LOCALISATION AND MARGIN ASSESSMENT 851-5 Christoph Johannes Tausch 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 Johannes Tausch 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 (ULTRACORTWIRL, HYDROMARK, TUMARK, SCOUNT, MAGSEED) HANDSON CORE BIOPSIES; ASPIRATION; MARKER PLACEMENT; VACUUM ASSISTED EXCISION; PECTORAL BLOCK AND OTHER INTERVENTION PROCEDURES 851-10 COFFEE/TEA BREAK 851-11 CONTINUATION OF PRACTICAL SESSION 851-12 CLOSING REMARKS 851-13 Arco Iris

Time

Session

08:30

17:00

PRE-CONGRESS COURSE: BASIC AND ADVANCED BREAST ULTRASOUND

BSI

851

Alberto Sahagun Chair Mexico

Juan EnriqueBargallo Rocha Chair Mexico

Sharon Wing Wai Chan Chair Hong Kong, China

V. SuzanneKlimberg Chair United States

Alejandra Oliver Facilitator Mexico

Christoph Johannes Tausch Facilitator Switzerland

KavithaDaester Facilitator Switzerland

Lourdes Noemi Santos 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 Noemi Santos 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 Wai Chan Speaker Hong Kong, China
COFFEE/TEA BREAK

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

851-5

Christoph Johannes Tausch 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 Johannes Tausch 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 (ULTRACORTWIRL, HYDROMARK, TUMARK, SCOUNT, MAGSEED)

HANDSON CORE BIOPSIES; ASPIRATION; MARKER PLACEMENT; VACUUM ASSISTED EXCISION; PECTORAL BLOCK AND OTHER INTERVENTION PROCEDURES

851-10
COFFEE/TEA BREAK

851-11
CONTINUATION OF PRACTICAL SESSION

851-12
CLOSING REMARKS

851-13

Arco Iris

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 Pooja Ramakant 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 Johannes Tausch Speaker Switzerland WHICH TECHNIQUE SHOULD I USE? PATIENT SELECTION AND QUADRANT BY QUADRANT APPROACH. 951-9 Christoph Johannes Tausch Speaker Switzerland CHEST WALL PERFORATOR FLAP ANATOMY, TYPES (LICAP, MICAP AND LTAP) AND MARKING 951-10 Farid Meybodi Speaker Australia MODIFICATION OF THE CHEST WALL FLAPS, PRACTICAL TIPS AND TRICKS 951-11 Farid Meybodi 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 Ashutosh Kothari Speaker United Kingdom MESH AND ADM SELECTION 951-19 Ashutosh Kothari Speaker United Kingdom 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 Arco Iris

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

Pooja Ramakant 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 Johannes Tausch Speaker Switzerland
WHICH TECHNIQUE SHOULD I USE? PATIENT SELECTION AND QUADRANT BY QUADRANT APPROACH.

951-9

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

951-10

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

951-11

Farid Meybodi 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

Ashutosh Kothari Speaker United Kingdom
MESH AND ADM SELECTION

951-19

Ashutosh Kothari Speaker United Kingdom
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

Arco Iris

Tuesday, 21 April 2026

Time	Session

08:30 10:00	ADVANCED BREAST CANCER BSI 222 Cheng-Har Yip Moderator Malaysia GregorioQuintero Beuló Moderator Mexico INFLAMMATORY BREAST CANCER: DO’S AND DON’T’S 222-1 Pooja Ramakant Speaker India RECONSTRUCTIVE OPTIONS IN LABC: WHEN AND HOW? 222-2 Adeyiza Momoh Speaker United States MANAGING RECURRENCES: BREAST/ CHESTWALL AND AXILLA 222-3 EsmeraldaRomero Bañuelos Speaker Mexico MDT CASE DISCUSSION: INTEGRATING THERAPY 222-4 Christoph Johannes Tausch Panelist Switzerland Tadahiko Shien Panelist Japan Molino Rey B

Time

Session

08:30

10:00

ADVANCED BREAST CANCER

BSI

222

Cheng-Har Yip Moderator Malaysia

GregorioQuintero Beuló Moderator Mexico

INFLAMMATORY BREAST CANCER: DO’S AND DON’T’S

222-1

Pooja Ramakant Speaker India
RECONSTRUCTIVE OPTIONS IN LABC: WHEN AND HOW?

222-2

Adeyiza Momoh Speaker United States
MANAGING RECURRENCES: BREAST/ CHESTWALL AND AXILLA

222-3

EsmeraldaRomero Bañuelos Speaker Mexico
MDT CASE DISCUSSION: INTEGRATING THERAPY

222-4

Christoph Johannes Tausch Panelist Switzerland

Tadahiko Shien Panelist Japan

Molino Rey B

Wednesday, 22 April 2026

Time	Session

10:30 12:00	FREE PAPER SESSION - BREAST SURGERY BSI 3103 CarlosRobles Vidal Moderator Mexico Christoph Johannes Tausch Moderator Switzerland INTEGRATING PERSONAL, HEREDITARY, AND POLYGENIC PROFILES VIA DEEP LEARNING-BASED RISK ESTIMATION FOR PRECLINICAL BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS 3103-01 SaturninoDomínguez Speaker Panama “THE TRIPLE TROUBLE” -VIRAL MARKER POSITIVITY, TUMOR AGGRESSIVENESS, AND OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS IN BREAST CANCER 3103-02 BharathShivalingaiah Speaker India THE ASSOCIATION OF BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) AND HEIGHT WITH ONCOTYPE DX SCORES IN WOMEN WITH HORMONE RECEPTOR POSITIVE HER 2 NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER IN THE NYC METROPOLITAN AREA 3103-03 GeorgiaSyrnioti Speaker United States THE IMPACT OF METABOLIC SYNDROME ON THE DIAGNOSIS OF SECOND PRIMARY TUMORS IN WOMEN TREATED FOR BREAST CANCER: A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT ANALYSIS 3103-04 Ambrogio P Londero Speaker Italy INFLUENCE OF GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT ON TREATMENT DECISIONS IN ELDERLY BREAST CANCER PATIENTS 3103-05 Ambrogio P Londero Speaker Italy THE DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF TUMOR BED BIOPSY IN PREDICTING PATHOLOGICAL COMPLETE RESPONSE IN BREAST CANCER AFTER NEO ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY: A META-ANALYSIS RUNNING TITLE: TUMOR BED BIOPSY FOR PCR ASSESSMENT 3103-06 Garvit Garg Speaker India EXTERNAL VALIDATION OF THE MSKCC NOMOGRAM FOR PREDICTING SENTINEL NODE STATUS IN EARLY BREAST CANCER: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS 3103-07 JustinJames Speaker Australia MINIMALLY INVASIVE RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION (RFA) THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH EARLY-STAGE BREAST CANCER 3103-08 UhiToh Speaker Japan CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HER2-LOW BREAST CANCER COMPARED TO HER2-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER 3103-09 Cheng-Har Yip Speaker Malaysia MICROWAVE ABLATION FOR INOPERABLE EARLY BREAST CANCER: A MINIMALLY INVASIVE OPTION FOR HIGH-RISK PATIENTS 3103-10 Garvit Garg Speaker India ENDOSCOPIC BREAST SURGERY FOR PERSONALIZATION OF BREAST CANCER TREATMENT 3103-11 KojiYamashita Speaker Japan SHIFTING PRACTICE PATTERNS IN IMPLANT-BASED BREAST RECONSTRUCTION IN CHINA: INSIGHTS FROM A 13-YEAR LARGE-SCALE RETROSPECTIVE COHORT 3103-12 ZhiboShao Speaker China Monterrey A-C

Time

Session

10:30

12:00

FREE PAPER SESSION - BREAST SURGERY

BSI

3103

CarlosRobles Vidal Moderator Mexico

Christoph Johannes Tausch Moderator Switzerland

INTEGRATING PERSONAL, HEREDITARY, AND POLYGENIC PROFILES VIA DEEP LEARNING-BASED RISK ESTIMATION FOR PRECLINICAL BREAST CANCER DIAGNOSIS

3103-01

SaturninoDomínguez Speaker Panama
“THE TRIPLE TROUBLE” -VIRAL MARKER POSITIVITY, TUMOR AGGRESSIVENESS, AND OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS IN BREAST CANCER

3103-02

BharathShivalingaiah Speaker India
THE ASSOCIATION OF BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) AND HEIGHT WITH ONCOTYPE DX SCORES IN WOMEN WITH HORMONE RECEPTOR POSITIVE HER 2 NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER IN THE NYC METROPOLITAN AREA

3103-03

GeorgiaSyrnioti Speaker United States
THE IMPACT OF METABOLIC SYNDROME ON THE DIAGNOSIS OF SECOND PRIMARY TUMORS IN WOMEN TREATED FOR BREAST CANCER: A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT ANALYSIS

3103-04

Ambrogio P Londero Speaker Italy
INFLUENCE OF GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT ON TREATMENT DECISIONS IN ELDERLY BREAST CANCER PATIENTS

3103-05

Ambrogio P Londero Speaker Italy
THE DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY OF TUMOR BED BIOPSY IN PREDICTING PATHOLOGICAL COMPLETE RESPONSE IN BREAST CANCER AFTER NEO ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY: A META-ANALYSIS RUNNING TITLE: TUMOR BED BIOPSY FOR PCR ASSESSMENT

3103-06

Garvit Garg Speaker India
EXTERNAL VALIDATION OF THE MSKCC NOMOGRAM FOR PREDICTING SENTINEL NODE STATUS IN EARLY BREAST CANCER: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

3103-07

JustinJames Speaker Australia
MINIMALLY INVASIVE RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION (RFA) THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH EARLY-STAGE BREAST CANCER

3103-08

UhiToh Speaker Japan
CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HER2-LOW BREAST CANCER COMPARED TO HER2-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER

3103-09

Cheng-Har Yip Speaker Malaysia
MICROWAVE ABLATION FOR INOPERABLE EARLY BREAST CANCER: A MINIMALLY INVASIVE OPTION FOR HIGH-RISK PATIENTS

3103-10

Garvit Garg Speaker India
ENDOSCOPIC BREAST SURGERY FOR PERSONALIZATION OF BREAST CANCER TREATMENT

3103-11

KojiYamashita Speaker Japan
SHIFTING PRACTICE PATTERNS IN IMPLANT-BASED BREAST RECONSTRUCTION IN CHINA: INSIGHTS FROM A 13-YEAR LARGE-SCALE RETROSPECTIVE COHORT

3103-12

ZhiboShao Speaker China

Monterrey A-C

Thursday, 23 April 2026

Time	Session

10:30 12:00	GLOBAL HEALTH: CLOSING THE GAP: INTERNATIONAL BREAST TUMOR BOARD BSI / AWS 423 IpshitaPrakash Moderator Canada KristalynGallagher Moderator United States MEXICO 423-1 Alejandro Alfaro Goldaracena Speaker Mexico INDIA 423-2 Pooja Ramakant Speaker India USA 423-3 KristalynGallagher Speaker United States EUROPE 423-4 Christoph Johannes Tausch Speaker Switzerland SOUTH AFRICA 423-5 Ines Buccimazza Speaker South Africa Molino Rey B
15:30 17:00	STUMP THE EXPERTS - CASE PRESENTATIONS BY TRAVEL SCHOLARS BSI 427 Ines Buccimazza Moderator South Africa Jaime Corona Rivera Moderator Mexico Adela D. Galvan Cruz Panelist Mexico Christoph Johannes Tausch Panelist Switzerland Jean-Francois Boileau Panelist Canada Molino Rey B

International Society of Surgery (ISS)

Société Internationale de Chirurgie (SIC)

Christoph Johannes Tausch Switzerland

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Sunday, 19 April 2026

Tuesday, 21 April 2026

Wednesday, 22 April 2026

Thursday, 23 April 2026