Richard Fortunato United States

Joel Goldberg is the Director of colon and surgery the Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School. He practices the full spectrum of Colon in Rectal Surgery. and does clinical outcomes research and colon rectal cancer

23 July 2026 - Thursday

Time	Session

14:00 15:30	Symposium 1A: Essentials & Avoiding Pitfalls in Colorectal Surgery Pain Control after Perianal Surgery: Best Practices and New Approaches Akhtar Qureshi Speaker Malaysia Lower GI Bleeding: When to Intervene Fidel Touma Speaker Australia Appendiceal Tumours: Surgical Approaches and Oncological Considerations Colonic Ischaemia: When Vascular Events Mimic the Surgical Abdomen Richard Fortunato Speaker United States Colonic Volvulus and Cecal Bascule: Avoiding Delays in Diagnosis and Management Rakeh Gupta Speaker Nepal Q&A Ballroom 2

Time

Session

14:00

15:30

Symposium 1A: Essentials & Avoiding Pitfalls in Colorectal Surgery

Pain Control after Perianal Surgery: Best Practices and New Approaches

Akhtar Qureshi Speaker Malaysia
Lower GI Bleeding: When to Intervene

Fidel Touma Speaker Australia
Appendiceal Tumours: Surgical Approaches and Oncological Considerations
Colonic Ischaemia: When Vascular Events Mimic the Surgical Abdomen

Richard Fortunato Speaker United States
Colonic Volvulus and Cecal Bascule: Avoiding Delays in Diagnosis and Management

Rakeh Gupta Speaker Nepal
Q&A

Ballroom 2