Scientific Program / March 15, 2024
07:30 - 8:30 | Registration, exhibits |
08:30 - 8:35 | Opening remarks; Prof. Dr. Beat Schnüriger, Bern |
SESSION 1: The Acute Surgical Patient
Location | Ettore Rossi |
Moderators | Prof. Dr. Carmen Pfortmüller, Bern, PD Dr. Dominik Jakob, Bern |
08:35 - 08:55 | Plasma exchange in sepsis: A new star at the horizon? |
Prof. Dr. Sasha David, Zürich | |
08:55 - 09:15 | Current endoscopic possibilities to control severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding |
Dr. Vinay Sehgal, London, UK | |
09:15 - 09:35 | Involving patients' into the treatment plan: Why and How? |
Prof. Dr. Beat Schnüriger, Bern | |
09:35 - 10:00 | Discussion |
10:00 - 10:30 | Refreshment break, exhibits |
SESSION 2: How I Do It
Location | Ettore Rossi |
Moderators | Dr. Joel L. Lavanchy, Basel, Dr. Lukas Widmer, Bern |
10:30 - 10:50 | Liver abscess: To drain or not to drain? |
PD Dr. Vanessa Banz, Bern | |
10:50 - 11:10 | Recovery from a night-shift: Tips and tricks for acute care providers |
PD Dr. Thorsten Mikoteit, Solothurn | |
11:10 - 11:30 | Need for small bowel resection: How far can we go? |
Prof. Dr. Frédéric Ris, Geneva | |
11:30 - 12:00 | Discussion |
12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch, exhibits |
SwissACS General Assembly
Location | Room 1 |
12:15 - 12:45 | Annual General Assembly of the Swiss Association for Acute Care Surgery |
SESSION 3: State-of-the-Art Lecture
Location | Ettore Rossi |
Moderator | PD Dr. Tobias Haltmeier, Bern |
13:00 – 13:30 | Necrotizing pancreatitis and its complications: How we do it! |
Dr. Matti Tolonen, Helsinki, Finland |
SESSION 4: Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Research
Location | Ettore Rossi |
Moderators | Prof. Dr. B. Schnüriger, Bern; Prof. Dr. Th. Lustenberger, Bern; PD Dr. T. Zingg, Lausanne |
13:30 - 14:24 | tba |
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14:24 - 14:30 | SwissACS Price Award |
Prize jury: Prof. Dr. Demetrios Demetriades, Los Angeles, USA; Prof. Dr. Peep Talving, Tallin, Estonia, Prof. Dr. Kenji Inaba, Los Angeles, USA; Prof. Dr. Carmen Pfortmüller, Dr. Dominik M. Jakob, Bern, Switzerland |
14:30 - 15:00 | Refreshment break, exhibits |
SESSION 5: Case Presentations and Discussion
Location | Ettore Rossi |
Experts panel | Dr. Matti Tolonen, Helsinki, Finland, PD Dr. Vanessa Banz, PD Dr. Dominik Jakob, Bern, PD Dr. Tobias Haltmeier, Bern, Prof. Dr. Beat Schnüriger, Bern, Dr. Severin Gloor, Bern, Dr. Lukas Widmer, Bern |
15:00 - 16:00 | Presentations of Unusual and Tricky ACS Cases |
Dr. Joel L. Lavanchy, Basel, Dr. Lukas Widmer, Bern |
16:00 | Closure, Prof. Dr. Beat Schnüriger |