ENTRANCE & EXHIBITION HALL
08:00 – 08:30:  Registration, exhibition and poster viewing.

ROOM A:EUROPE

10:30 – 12:15:  Hysteroscopy Basics

Chairs

Dr. Jennifer Rovira Pamplona

Vitamedic Urgell, Vilagrassa, Lleida, Spain.

Prof. Frank Loffer

Medical Director, AAGL, California, USA.

Vaginoscopic approach

Prof. Stefano Bettocchi

Associate Professor, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.

How to set up a hysteroscopic unit

Dr. Antonio Simone Laganà

Unit of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood “G. Barresi”, University of Messina, Italy.

“In office” hysteroscopy

Dr. Alicia Ubeda Hernández
Chief of Gynaecological Service, Gynaecological, Obstetrics and Reproduction Department, Hospital Universitari Quirón Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain.

10:30 – 12:15:  Uterine malformations

Chairs

Dr. Marco Gergolet
Reproductive surgery, Gynecology, Casa di Cura ´Sanatorio Triestino´, Trieste, Italy.
Prof. Jesús Jiménez
Section Chief of Gynecological Oncology, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.

What is new about the classification?

Dr. Grigoris Grimbizis

1st Department of OB/GYN, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction, Hospital Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain.

Uterine septum

Prof. Dr. Osama Shawki

Professor, Cairo University, El Cairo, Egypt.

Unicornuate uterus: is there a place for the hysteroscopic management

Prof. Sunita Tandulwadkar

Chief, Ruby Hall IVF & Endoscopy Department, Pune, India.

Role of the 3D in the evaluation of the uterine anomalies

Dr. Betlem Graupera

Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction, Hospital Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain.

ROOM C: MIDDLE EAST
10:30 – 12:15:  Hysteroscopy and Menopause
Chairs
Prof. Andreas Thurkow
Ob/Gyn Consultant, Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Dr. Rafael Sanchez Borrego
President of the Spanish Association for the Study of Menopause (AEEM), Madrid, Spain.

Postmentrual bleeding and hysteroscopy: Overview

Prof. Tirso Perez Medina

Puerta de Hierro University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.

Pain control in hysteroscopy in postmenopausal women

Dr. Maite López-Yarto

Gynecologist, Del Mar University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.

How thick is too thick? Endometrial cut-off in postmenopausal patient

Dr. Lotte Clevin

Ob/Gyn, University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Hysteroscopy or curettage?

Prof. Thomas Justin Clark

Consultant O&G, Honorary Reader, Women’s Hospital & University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

ROOM D: ASIA-PACIFIC
10:30 – 12:15:  Improving pregnancy Rates
Chairs
Dr. Rita Vassena
Scientific Director, EUGIN Group, Barcelona, Spain.
Dr. Jaime Ferro
Director of Surgery. IVI, Valencia, Spain.

Hysteroscopic embryo Transfer

Dr. Michael Kamrava

WCIVF Clinic, Inc., Beverley Hills, California.

Hysteroscopy in patients with repeated implantation failure

Dr. Alka Kumar

Women & Health Centre, Jaipur, India.

Outpatient hysteroscopy in Recurrent pregnancy loss

Dr. Roberto Liguori

Hysteroscopic Surgical Center for Medically Assisted Fertilization Momo’ Fertilife, Bisceglie, Bari, Italy.

Dysmorphic uterus and pregnancy outcomes

Dr. Attilio di Spiezio Sardo
University Federico II, Naples, Italy.

ROOM A: EUROPE
12:45 – 13:45:  SYMPOSIUM COMEG Medical Technologies
Dr. Nicolas Castaing
Hospital 4 Villes in Saint Cloud, France

Hysteroscopy before in-vitro fertilisation (inSIGH)

Dr. Grigoris Grimbizis

1st Department of OB/GYN, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Hysteroscopy in improving reproductive outcomes of infertile couple

Dr. Maria Luigia Spinelli

Department of Obstetric and Gynecology, Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Switzerland.

Uterine Causes of infertility. What’s new?

Dr. Xavier Santamaría

Director of Asherman Project Obstetrics and Gynecology, IVI / IGENOMIX, Spain.

Refractary Endometrium and Hysteroscopy

Dr. Jaime Ferro

Director of Surgery. IVI, Valencia, Spain.

ROOM A: EUROPE
15:45- 17:15:  Pros and cons
Chairs
Prof. Stefano Bettocchi
Associate Professor, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.

Uterine septum: always correct?

Dr. Marco Gergolet

Casa di Cura “Sanatorio Triestino”, Trieste, Italy.

Dr. Grigoris Grimbizis

1st Department of OB/GYN, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Intrauterine pressure during hysteroscopy

Dr. Ichnandy Arief Rachman

IGES Training Center, The Presidential Hospital, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Dr. Vasilis Tanos

Professor, ObGyn, University of Nicosia, Cyprus.

ROOM B: AMERICA
15:45- 17:15:  Oncology
Chairs
Dr. Rodrigo Alfonso Arias Alvarez
Treasurer of the FLASOG Executive Committee, Venezuela.
Dr. Gemma Mancebo Moreno
Specialist in Oncological Gynecology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.

Endometrial Hyperplasia and Focal Endometrial Cancer

Prof. Luca Mencaglia

Head of Department PMA, S. Margherita Hospital, Fratta di Cortona, Italy.

Hysteroscopy classification for endometrial cancer

Prof. Su Hsuan Taiwan

Division of Gynecologic Endoscopy, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan.

Early Detection of Endometrial Cancer and Premalignant Lesions in High Risk Group

Dr. Jorge Dotto

Professor Gynecology, Buenos Aires University. Medical Director SAMDHI Argentine Medical Society of Hysteroscopy ISGE Board International Society of Endoscopy – Representing South America, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Is there retrograde seeding of malignant cells?

Prof. Hua Duan

Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

ROOM C: MIDDLE EAST
15:45- 17:15:  Hysteroscopy and Drugs
Chairs
Dr. Ignacio Cristobal Garcia
Head of Service, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital Sanitas La Zarzuela, Madrid, Spain.
Dr. Marco Aurelio Oliveira
Department of Gynecology, State University of Rio de Janeiro. Division of Endoscopic Surgery and Endometriosis, Pedro Ernesto University Hospital, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Tamoxifen: an update

Prof. Jesús Jimenez

Section Chief of Gynecological Oncology, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.

How the ulipristal acetat afects the hysteroscopic myomectomy?

Dr. Giuseppe Bigatti

UO di Ostreticia e Ginecologia, Azienda Sanitaria Dell´Alto Adige, Comprensorio Sanitario di Bolzano, Italy.

Endometrial presurgical preparation

Prof. Raffaele Tinelli

Consultant Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hospital Perrino, Brindisi, Italy.

How to overcome a resistant cervix for hysteroscopy

Dr. Alessandro Favilli

PhD Program in Translational Medicine and Surgery, Department of Surgery and Biomedical Sciences, University Perugia, Italy.

ROOM D: ASIA-PACIFIC
15:45- 17:15:  Hysteroscopy and Contraception
Chairs
Prof. Luigi Nappi
University of Foggia, Italy.
Dr. Tony Carugno
University of Miami. MIS Unit. Miami, USA.

Hysteroscopy and contraception: an overview

Prof. Andreas Thurkow

Ob/Gyn Consultant, Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Side effects review. Is really there a problem?

Dr. Pierre Panel

Head of Gynecology and Obstetrics Service, Centre Hospitalier, Versailles, Paris, France.

Managing difficult insertion and removal

Dr. Sebastiaan Veersema

University Medical Centre of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Essure and IVF

Prof. Hervé Fernandez

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.

ROOM B-D
17:45 – 18:45: Free & video communications.

Room A:
08:00 – 08:30:
ROOM A: EUROPE

08:00 – 08:30 Breakfast with… Prof. Dr. Osama Shawki

ROOM B: AMERICA

08:00 – 08:30 Breakfast with… Prof. Attilio Di Spiezio Sardo

ROOM C: MIDDLE EAST

08:00 – 08:30 Breakfast with… Dr. Rudi Campo

ROOM D: ASIA-PACIFIC

08:00 – 08:30 Breakfast with… Prof. Dr. Linda Bradley

Is the distance between myoma and serosa a limiting factor?

Dr. Paolo Casadio

Department of Gynecology and Physiopathology of Reproduction, Sant´Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

Physiology and Importance of the myoma´s Pseudocapsule

Prof. Andrea Tinelli

Division of Experimental Endoscopic Surgery, Imaging, Technology and Minimally Invasive Therapy at Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vito Fazzi Hospital, Piazza Muratore, Lecce, Italy.

Laboratory of Human Physiology, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russia.

Hysteroscopy Myomectomy: respecting the pseudocapsule

Prof. Ivan Mazzon

Centro Arbor Vitae, Rome, Italy.

Hysteroscopic Myomectomy: Don´t let your resectoscope become obsolete

Dr. Linda D. Bradley

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

ROOM A: EUROPE

10:30 – 12:15:  Cesarean scar defect
Chairs
Dr. Jorge Dotto
Professor Gynecology, Buenos Aires University. Medical Director SAMDHI Argentine Medical Society of Hysteroscopy ISGE Board International Society of Endoscopy – Representing South America, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Prof. Nash Moawad
Why some women develop CSD?

Prof. Hans Brölmann

VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Surgical management of cesarean scar defect

Prof. Mario Franchini

Tuscany Regional Health Agency, Tuscany, Italy.

Hysteroscopic treatment of the cesarean-induced isthmocele in restoring infertility.

Dr. Giampietro Gubbini

Madre Fortunata Toniolo Hospital, Bologna, Italy.

Uterine morbidity: cesarean section scar complications

Dr. Ospan Mynbaev

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia.

Room B: AMERICA

10:30 – 12:15:  Adenomyosis
Chairs
Dr. Francisco Carmona
Head of Gynecological Service, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Dr. Antonio Malvasi
Santa Maria Hospital, Bari, Italy.

Adenomyosis: Overview

Dr. David Soriano

Hysteroscopic patterns of the adenomyosis

Dr. Rudi Campo

Life Expert Centre, Leuven, Belgium.

Cystic adenomyosis

Prof. Dr. Rahul Manchanda

Manchanda´s Endoscopic Centre, PSRI, Delhi, India.

Hysteroscopy changes in the endometriosis station

Dr. Tamer Seckin

Northwell Health, Lennox Hill Hospital, New York, USA.

Room C: MIDDLE EAST

10:30 – 12:15:  Endometrial ablation
Chairs
Prof. Luca Mencaglia
Head of Department PMA, Obstetrics and Gynecology, S. Margherita Hospital, Fratta di Cortona, Italy.
Dr. Pere Brescó Torras
Service Director, Hospital d’Igualada, Barcelona, Spain. President of the Endoscopy Section of SEGO, Barcelona, Spain.

Systems and methods for endometrial ablation

Dr. Tony Carugno

University of Miami. MIS Unit. Miami, USA.

Predictors of endometrial ablation failure

Dr. Aarathi Cholkeri-Singh

The Advanced Gynecologic Surgery Institute, Naperville, USA.

Complications during Endometrial Resections

Prof.  Bruno J. van Herendael

Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen (ZNA), Antwerpen, Belgium.

Is there still a place for it in modern practice?

Dr. Linda D. Bradley

Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Room D: ASIA PACIFIC

10:30 – 12:15:  Pregnancy related
Chairs
Prof. Dr. Osama Shawki
Professor, Cairo University, El Cairo, Egypt.
Dr. Eva Vila Escude
Ob/Gyn, Mollet del valles, Barcelona, Spain.

Embryoscopy today

Prof. Thomas Philipp

Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Danube Hospital, Vienna, Austria.

Performing hysteroscopy during pregnancy

Prof. José Alanis Fuentes

General Hospital Dr. Manuel Gea González, Federal District, Mexico.

Cervical ectopic pregnancy

Dr. Vasilis Tanos

Professor, ObGyn, University of Nicosia, Cyprus.

Retained Products of conception. Hysteroscopic management

Prof. Luis Alonso Pacheco
Endoscopic Unit, Gutenberg, Malaga, Spain.

ROOM A:

13:45 – 15:15:  Submucous Myomas and Office Hysteroscopy

Myoma´s classification and correlation with surgical outcome

Prof. Ricardo Lasmar

Federal Fluminense University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

New devices and techniques: what are the limits?

Dr. Cinta Vidal Mazo

Gynecology Specialist, CHUH, Huelva, Spain.

Medical preparation / treatment previous to hysteroscopy

Prof. Maria Luisa Cañete Palomo

Head of Gynecology and Obstetrics Service, Complejo Hospitalario, Toledo, Spain.

Breaking the limits in office hysteroscopy

Prof. Sergio Haimovich

Head of the Endometrial Pathology Hysteroscopy Unit, Gynecology and Obstetrics Department, Del Mar University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.

ROOM A:

15:45- 17:15:  Asherman

Asherman’s Syndrome: office-based treatment

Dr. Keith Isaacson

Physician, Newton Wellesley Hospital. Boston. USA.

Adhesions and abortion

Dr. Jude Okohue

Gynescope Specialist Hospital, Nigeria.

Hysteroscopic treatment of Asherman’s Syndrome

Dr. Mark Hans Emanuel

Gynecologist, Spaarne Ziekenhuis, Amsterdam Area, Netherlands.

Prevention of the adhesion reformation after hysteroscopic surgery

Prof. Narendra Malhotra

Global Rainbow Health Care Clinic, Uttar Pradesh, India.

ROOM B:

15:45- 17:15:  Infections / inflammations

Chronic Endometritis

Prof. Ettore Cicinelli

Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.

TBC and Hysteroscopy

Dr. Sushma Deshmukh

Director, Central India Test Tube Baby Centre. Head of Department , Ob-Gyn Department , Get-Well Superspeciality Hospital, Nagpur, India.

Management of proximal tubal occlusions: Hysteroscopic tubal catheterization

Dr. Shlomo Cohen

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

Is the use of prophylactic antibiotics for hysteroscopy necessary?

Dr. Ursula Catena

University Federico II, Naples, Italy.

ROOM C:

15:45- 17:15:  Curiosities

Osseus metaplasia

Dr. Josep Vilanova

University of Barcelona, General Hospital of Hospita-let, Barcelona, Spain.

Complex Uterine malformations and hysteroscopy

Prof. Nash Moawad

IUD’s: hysteroscopic removal and uses after uterine procedures

IUD’s: hysteroscopic removal and uses after uterine procedures

Dr. Mark Levie

Professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health (Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA.

Vaginal lesions diagnosed with hysteroscopy

Prof. Brunella Zizolfi

Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.

ROOM D:

15:45- 17:15:  Formation

How to improve my surgical skill

Prof. Stefano Bettocchi

Associate Professor, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.

What’s the role of the hysterotrainers in the new era?

Dr. Ibrahim Alkatout

OB/GYN, Campus Kiel, University Hospitals Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Future Training Models

Dr. Rudi Campo

Life Expert Centre, Leuven, Belgium.

The Chinese Formation Model

Prof. Hua Duan

Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

ROOM B-D:

17:45 – 18:45: Free & video communications.

ROOM A 08:00 – 08:30 Breakfast with… Prof. Stefano Bettocchi

ROOM B 08:00 – 08:30 Breakfast with… Prof. Hua Duan

ROOM C 08:00 – 08:30 Breakfast with… Prof. Narendra Malhotra

ROOM D 08:00 – 08:30 Breakfast with… Prof. Ricardo Lasmar

ROOM A

09:00 – 11:00:  The Future of Hysteroscopy

11:00 – 13:00:  What´s your idea?    Innovation in Hysteroscopy

ROOM B

08:30 – 12:30: 1ª Reunión de Histeroscopia de la Seccion de Ginecologia Endoscopica de la SEGO (please see seperate program for details)

ROOM C

11:00 – 13:00 Hysteroscopy Trainees Session

ROOM D

11:00 – 13:00 Expert Meeting