Cheng-Har Yip - International Society of Surgery

Sunday, 19 April 2026

Time	Session

10:00 16:00	COUNCIL MEETING ISS/SIC 9101 AlessandroFichera Facilitator United States April Camilla Roslani Facilitator Malaysia Ari K. Leppäniemi Facilitator Finland Cheng-Har Yip Facilitator Malaysia DavidZonies Facilitator United States Gerard M. Doherty Facilitator United States Ho-Seong Han Facilitator South Korea Ines Buccimazza Facilitator South Africa KellyMcQueen Facilitator United States Kenneth D. Boffard Facilitator South Africa Lorenzo E.Ferri Facilitator Canada Michael G. Sarr Facilitator United States Sherry M.Wren Facilitator United States SuléBurger Facilitator South Africa Yoshihiro Kakeji Facilitator Japan Monterrey A-C

Time

Session

10:00

16:00

COUNCIL MEETING

ISS/SIC

9101

AlessandroFichera Facilitator United States

April Camilla Roslani Facilitator Malaysia

Ari K. Leppäniemi Facilitator Finland

Cheng-Har Yip Facilitator Malaysia

DavidZonies Facilitator United States

Gerard M. Doherty Facilitator United States

Ho-Seong Han Facilitator South Korea

Ines Buccimazza Facilitator South Africa

KellyMcQueen Facilitator United States

Kenneth D. Boffard Facilitator South Africa

Lorenzo E.Ferri Facilitator Canada

Michael G. Sarr Facilitator United States

Sherry M.Wren Facilitator United States

SuléBurger Facilitator South Africa

Yoshihiro Kakeji Facilitator Japan

Monterrey A-C

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
13:30 15:00	FREE PAPER SESSION - BREAST SURGERY BSI 225 Hector Martinez Said Moderator Mexico Sharon Wing Wai Chan Moderator Hong Kong, China Cheng-Har Yip Judge Malaysia Owen Allan Ung Judge Australia Rajendra A.Badwe Judge India TARGETED AXILLARY DISSECTION VS. SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY ALONE VS. AXILLARY LYMPH NODE DISSECTION IN NODE POSITIVE BREAST CANCER AFTER NEO ADJUVENT THERAPY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS 225-01 Bikash KumarShah Speaker Nepal ARM LYMPHEDEMA RATES IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS WITH NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY AFTER AXILLARY LYMPH NODE DISSECTION VERSUS TARGETED AXILLARY DISSECTION: A PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY 225-02 Geok Hoon Lim Speaker Singapore ONCOLOGIC SAFETY OF LIPOFILLING IN POST MASTECTOMY BREAST CANCER PATIENTS – A RETROSPECTIVE MATCHED CASE-CONTROL STUDY 225-03 Susanna Minna CeciliaKauhanen Speaker Finland MALE NIPPLE-SPARING MASTECTOMY AND AREOLAR-SPARING MASTECTOMY: A MULTI-INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW OF INDICATIONS AND OUTCOMES 225-04 GeorgiaSyrnioti Speaker United States BREAST-E: A PHOTOGRAMMETRY-BASED PREOPERATIVE METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE BREAST MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS AND VOLUME ESTIMATION IN RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGER 225-05 Mee-HoongSee Speaker Malaysia MANAGEMENT OF RADIAL SCAR AND COMPLEX SCLEROSING LESIONS OF THE BREAST: TO EXCISE OR NOT TO EXCISE? A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY 225-06 NicholasZakem Speaker Canada 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
13:30 15:00	GLOBAL SURGERY 2026: UPDATE ON NATIONAL SURGERY, OBSTETRIC AND ANESTHESIA PLANS ISS/SIC 365 Cheng-Har Yip Moderator Malaysia THE PASHeF INITIATIVE: ITS IMPACT ON NSOAP'S IN AFRICA 365-1 AbebeBekele Speaker Rwanda HOSPITAL PADRINO MODEL AND FUTURE EXPANSION 365-2 Maria FernandaEscobar Vidarte Speaker Colombia REIMAGINING GLOBAL SURGERY: ADVANCING INCLUSIVE, LOCALLY LED PATHWAYS FOR EQUITABLE SURGICAL SYSTEMS IN LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS 365-3 EmmanuelMakasa Speaker Zambia NEPAL'S INITIATIVE TO DEVELOP A NATIONAL SURGICAL, OBSTETRIC AND ANAESTHESIA PLAN (NSOAP) 365-4 SarojSharma Speaker Nepal Camelias
15:30 17:00	DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS IN SURGERY AWS 356 Cheng-Har Yip Moderator Malaysia SimoneBetchen Moderator United States WHEN PATIENTS PERCEIVE TOXICITY OF TREATMENT OUTWEIGHS BENEFIT OF TREATMENT 356-1 Susan Pories Speaker United States DISCUSS WHEN LIMITED RESOURCES AND PATIENT FACTORS (CO-MORBIDITIES, SMOKING, OBESITY, SUPPORT) IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO PERFORM SURGERY AS DESIRED 356-2 FernandaLAGE LIMA DANTAS Speaker Brazil HOW TO DISCUSS PATIENT GOALS TO TAILOR TREATMENT AT END OF LIFE OR PALLIATIVE CARE 356-3 April Camilla Roslani Speaker Malaysia ETHICS - MANAGING A PATIENT WHO IS VULNERABLE (NOT COMPETENT, DOESN'T HAVE CAPACITY, NOT TRAINED SUCH AS CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL DEFECTS IN LMIC 356-4 AgnetaOdera Speaker Kenya THE SURGEON'S VOICE: LEVERAGING NARRATIVE MEDICINE FOR POWERFUL ADVOCACY AND DEEPER PATIENT UNDERSTANDING 356-5 CorneliaGriggs Speaker United States Arco Iris

Thursday, 23 April 2026

Time	Session

08:30 10:00	PROFESSIONAL GROWTH, TRANSITION, & RETIREMENT AWS 452 Nancy Lynn Gantt Moderator United States SachiyoNomura Moderator Japan INCORPORATING NEW TECHNOLOGIES POST TRAINING? CAN YOU TEACH AN OLD DOG A NEW OPERATIVE TECHNIQUE (IE ROBOTICS)? 452-1 HeatherYeo Speaker United States GET A GRIP! SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS ARE DESIGNED FOR LAGER, POWERFUL HANDS. DESCRIBING THE ISSUE AND SOLUTIONS 452-2 EmikoKono Speaker Japan ERGONOMICS FOR EXTENDING THE SURGICAL CAREER ERGONOMICS FOR WOMEN SURGEONS. 452-3 StephanieBonne Speaker United States DIFFICULT EXPERIENCE THAT SHAPE YOU IN TO A BETTER SURGEON 452-4 Mónica CarolinaIdrovo Torres Speaker Ecuador WHEN IS IT TIME TO RETIRE? AGE OF RETIREMENT MANDATES GLOBALLY (DIFFERENT COUNTRIES HAVE DIFFERENT RULES) HOW TO RETIRE? IS THERE AN OPTION TO ACT AS A FIRST ASSISTANT FOR NEW IN PRACTICE FACULTY? 452-5 Cheng-Har Yip Speaker Malaysia Arco Iris
13:30 14:00	VISUAL ABSTRACTS - BREAST SURGERY BSI 425 ShenaazIsmail Moderator South Africa Susanna Minna CeciliaKauhanen Moderator Finland Cheng-Har Yip Judge Malaysia Ines Buccimazza Judge South Africa Juan EnriqueBargallo Rocha Judge Mexico INCREASED BREAST CANCER INCIDENCE AND SOCIETAL FACTORS AFFECTING INDEX PRESENTATION AT LABASA HOSPITAL,FIJI 425-01 MelanieSpiekermann Speaker United States CURRENT TRENDS IN REVISION SURGERY AFTER BREAST RECONSTRUCTION IN CHINA: INSIGHTS FROM A NATIONWIDE CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY 425-02 YiZhang Speaker China BEYOND SURVIVAL: CULTURAL STIGMA, SILENCE AND THE FORGOTTEN NEED OF SEXUAL QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG INDIAN BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS 425-03 AditiTiwari Speaker India CAN A LOW COST, EASILY AVAILABLE SPECIMEN X-RAY (IOSX) REPLACE SPECIMEN MAMMOGRAPHY (IOSM) FOR INTRAOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING POST NEOADJUVANT SYSTEMIC THERAPY BREAST CONSERVATIVE SURGERY? 425-04 RinelleMascarenhas Speaker India FEASIBILITY OF AXILLARY REVERSE MAPPING USING LOW-COST FLUORESCEIN DYE AND METHYLENE BLUE DYE 425-05 Garvit Garg Speaker India HIJACKING HORMONE SIGNALING IN BREAST CANCER: GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR AFFINITY FOR MIFEPRISTONE (RU486) MAY UNLOCK PATIENT SURVIVAL 425-06 MacyJepsen Speaker United States THINK BEFORE YOU CUT- PRESERVE TO PERFORM"- A RANDOMIZED TRIAL ON INTERCOSTOBRACHIAL NERVE PRESERVATION AND RECOVERY OF SHOULDER FUNCTION AFTER AXILLARY DISSECTION IN CARCINOMA BREAST PATIENT 425-08 Prashant Prusty Speaker India Molino Rey B

International Society of Surgery (ISS)

Société Internationale de Chirurgie (SIC)

Cheng-Har Yip Malaysia

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