Scientific Program Schedule

Your guide to this year's CME accredited courses and sessions!

Morning

6:00am – 5:30pmRegistration
7:00am – 11:00amDidacticANAT-603: Advanced Retroperitoneal Surgical Anatomy: The Solution to Difficult Surgery—Navigate, Dissect, Do No Harm
7:00am – 11:00amDidacticHYST-605: Laparoscopic Hysterectomy from Basic to Complex
7:00am – 11:00amDidacticROBO-601: Robotics: Fundamentals Today—Mastery Tomorrow
7:00am – 11:00amDidactic / Simulation LabSUTR-607: You Can Do It! Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Suturing
7:00am – 4:30pmDidacticYAN-600: Building Successful Lives and Careers
7:00am – 6:00pmTour 1: Day in Whistler

Afternoon

11:15am – 12:15pmExpert Roundtable Luncheon
12:30pm – 4:30pmCadavericANAT-604: Anatomy: Hands-On Dissection for Simple and Complex Benign Gynecological Surgeries (includes ANAT-603 didactic)
12:30pm – 4:30pmDidacticENDO-609: Endometriosis—The Whole Picture
12:30pm – 4:30pmDidacticHSC-612: Office-Based Procedures
12:30pm – 4:30pmCadavericHYST-606: Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: A Systematic Approach to Conquer Complex Pathology (includes HYST-605 didactic)
12:30pm – 4:30pmDidacticLAPA-610: Laparoscopic Complications: Avoid, Repair, Resolve. Surgical and Communication Skills We Need to Have
12:30pm - 4:30pmDidacticMYO-613: Multiple Modalities of Myomectomy
12:30pm – 4:30pmDidacticPELV-611: Pelvic Pain
12:30pm – 4:30pmCadavericROBO-602: Robotics in Benign Gynecology (includes ROBO-601 didactic)
12:30pm – 4:30pmDidactic / Simulation LabSUTR-608: Laparoscopic Suturing

Morning

6:00am – 7:00pmRegistration
6:00am - 7:00amDidacticYOGA-717: Physician, Heal Thyself: Enrich Your Work-Life Balance
7:00am – 11:00amDidacticANAT-700: Tips and Tricks in Laparoscopic Retroperitoneal Surgical Anatomy to Perform Safe Gynecologic Surgery
7:00am – 11:00amSimulationMYO-715: Multiple Modalities of Myomectomy
7:00am – 11:00amDidacticPEARLS-708: What You Want to Know from Your Oncologist: Revelations and Recommendations
7:00am – 11:00amDidacticROBO-704: Simplify the Complex: Advanced Robotics
7:00am – 11:00amDidactic / SimulationSUTR-706: No Suture, No Surgery! Samurai “Goemon” Techniques to Master Laparoscopic Suturing
7:00am – 11:00amDidacticURO-702: Critical Concepts for the Reconstructive Surgeon
7:00 am – 5:00 pmDidactic / SimulationHSC-709: Advancing Hysteroscopy Skills with Global Experts
11:00am – 4:30pmTour 2: Foodie in You at Granville Island

Afternoon

11:15am – 12:15pmExpert Roundtable Luncheons
12:30pm - 4:30pmCadavericANAT-701: Tips and Tricks in Laparoscopic Retroperitoneal Surgical Anatomy to Perform Safe Gynecologic Surgery (includes ANAT-700 didactic)
12:30pm - 4:30pmDidacticENDO-711: Deep Endometriosis: To be or not to be—but in Spanish! / Endometriosis profunda: Ser o no ser—¡pero en español!
12:30pm - 4:30pmDidacticPUSH-710: Pushing the Surgical Envelope: The Methods to Our Madness
12:30pm - 4:30pmDidacticREPRO-714: Reproductive Surgery―an Interactive Expert Encounter
12:30pm - 4:30pmCadavericROBO-705: Simulation: Advanced Robotics (includes ROBO-704 didactic)
12:30pm - 4:30pmDidactic / SimulationSUTR-707: Suturing in the Vertical Zone
12:30pm - 4:30pmDidacticTEAM-713: A “Winning” Perioperative Team
12:30pm - 4:30pmCadavericURO-703: Urogynecology (includes URO-702 didactic)
12:30pm - 4:30pmDidacticVAG-712: Reimagining Vaginal Surgery in MIGS
4:45pm – 7:15pmOpening Ceremony / General Session I
7:15pm – 8:45pmOpening Reception in Exhibit Hall

Morning

6:00am – 5:30pmRegistration
6:00am – 7:45amIndustry Sponsored Breakfast - Abbvie
6:00am – 7:45amIndustry Sponsored Breakfast - Boston Scientific
6:00am – 7:45amIndustry Sponsored Breakfast - Karl Storz Endoscopy
6:00am – 7:00amDidacticYOGA-801: Physician, Heal Thyself: Enrich Your Work-Life Balance
7:30am – 9:30amGeneral Session II
8:00am – 12:00pmDidactic / SimulationSUTR-800: Sutura Laparoscópica: Aplicación práctica para Re-aproximación de tejidos, Nudo Intra-corpóreo y Extra-corpóreo, Sutura Barbada y Tecnologías de Sutura
9:30am – 3:30pmExhibit Hall Open
11:00am – 1:10pmCongress Breakout Sessions
9:00am – 4:30pmTour 3: North Shore Tour including Capilano Suspension Bridge and Lunch atop Grouse Mountain

Afternoon

1:10pm – 2:10pmExhibit Hall Box Lunch
2:15pm – 5:05pmCongress Breakout Sessions
5:10pm – 6:10pmGeneral Session III
6:10pm – 8:00pmIndustry Sponsored Evening Symposia

Morning

6:00am – 7:00pmRegistration
6:00am – 7:45amIndustry Sponsored Breakfast - Transenterix
6:00am – 7:00amDidacticYOGA-900: Physician, Heal Thyself: Enrich Your Work-Life Balance
7:30am – 9:30amGeneral Session IV
9:30am – 3:30pmExhibit Hall Open
11:00am – 1:10pmCongress Breakout Sessions
10:00am – 4:30pmTour 4: Vancouver City Tour and Lunch at Stanley Park

Afternoon

1:10pm – 2:10pmExhibit Hall Box Lunch
2:15pm – 5:05pmCongress Breakout Sessions
6:10pm – 8:00pmIndustry Sponsored Evening Symposia
8:00pm – 11:30pmPresidential Gala – Casino Royale

Morning

6:00am – 9:00amRegistration
6:00am – 7:00amYOGA-1000: Physician, Heal Thyself: Enrich Your Work-Life Balance
7:00am – 9:00amGeneral Session V
9:00am – 12:00pmLive Telesurgery Session
Saturday, November 9Postgraduate Day

Morning

6:00am – 5:30pmRegistration
7:00am – 11:00amDidacticANAT-603: Advanced Retroperitoneal Surgical Anatomy: The Solution to Difficult Surgery—Navigate, Dissect, Do No Harm
7:00am – 11:00amDidacticHYST-605: Laparoscopic Hysterectomy from Basic to Complex
7:00am – 11:00amDidacticROBO-601: Robotics: Fundamentals Today—Mastery Tomorrow
7:00am – 11:00amDidactic / Simulation LabSUTR-607: You Can Do It! Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Suturing
7:00am – 4:30pmDidacticYAN-600: Building Successful Lives and Careers
7:00am – 6:00pmTour 1: Day in Whistler

Afternoon

11:15am – 12:15pmExpert Roundtable Luncheon
12:30pm – 4:30pmCadavericANAT-604: Anatomy: Hands-On Dissection for Simple and Complex Benign Gynecological Surgeries (includes ANAT-603 didactic)
12:30pm – 4:30pmDidacticENDO-609: Endometriosis—The Whole Picture
12:30pm – 4:30pmDidacticHSC-612: Office-Based Procedures
12:30pm – 4:30pmCadavericHYST-606: Laparoscopic Hysterectomy: A Systematic Approach to Conquer Complex Pathology (includes HYST-605 didactic)
12:30pm – 4:30pmDidacticLAPA-610: Laparoscopic Complications: Avoid, Repair, Resolve. Surgical and Communication Skills We Need to Have
12:30pm - 4:30pmDidacticMYO-613: Multiple Modalities of Myomectomy
12:30pm – 4:30pmDidacticPELV-611: Pelvic Pain
12:30pm – 4:30pmCadavericROBO-602: Robotics in Benign Gynecology (includes ROBO-601 didactic)
12:30pm – 4:30pmDidactic / Simulation LabSUTR-608: Laparoscopic Suturing
Sunday, November 10Postgraduate / Congress Day

Morning

6:00am – 7:00pmRegistration
6:00am - 7:00amDidacticYOGA-717: Physician, Heal Thyself: Enrich Your Work-Life Balance
7:00am – 11:00amDidacticANAT-700: Tips and Tricks in Laparoscopic Retroperitoneal Surgical Anatomy to Perform Safe Gynecologic Surgery
7:00am – 11:00amSimulationMYO-715: Multiple Modalities of Myomectomy
7:00am – 11:00amDidacticPEARLS-708: What You Want to Know from Your Oncologist: Revelations and Recommendations
7:00am – 11:00amDidacticROBO-704: Simplify the Complex: Advanced Robotics
7:00am – 11:00amDidactic / SimulationSUTR-706: No Suture, No Surgery! Samurai “Goemon” Techniques to Master Laparoscopic Suturing
7:00am – 11:00amDidacticURO-702: Critical Concepts for the Reconstructive Surgeon
7:00 am – 5:00 pmDidactic / SimulationHSC-709: Advancing Hysteroscopy Skills with Global Experts
11:00am – 4:30pmTour 2: Foodie in You at Granville Island

Afternoon

11:15am – 12:15pmExpert Roundtable Luncheons
12:30pm - 4:30pmCadavericANAT-701: Tips and Tricks in Laparoscopic Retroperitoneal Surgical Anatomy to Perform Safe Gynecologic Surgery (includes ANAT-700 didactic)
12:30pm - 4:30pmDidacticENDO-711: Deep Endometriosis: To be or not to be—but in Spanish! / Endometriosis profunda: Ser o no ser—¡pero en español!
12:30pm - 4:30pmDidacticPUSH-710: Pushing the Surgical Envelope: The Methods to Our Madness
12:30pm - 4:30pmDidacticREPRO-714: Reproductive Surgery―an Interactive Expert Encounter
12:30pm - 4:30pmCadavericROBO-705: Simulation: Advanced Robotics (includes ROBO-704 didactic)
12:30pm - 4:30pmDidactic / SimulationSUTR-707: Suturing in the Vertical Zone
12:30pm - 4:30pmDidacticTEAM-713: A “Winning” Perioperative Team
12:30pm - 4:30pmCadavericURO-703: Urogynecology (includes URO-702 didactic)
12:30pm - 4:30pmDidacticVAG-712: Reimagining Vaginal Surgery in MIGS
4:45pm – 7:15pmOpening Ceremony / General Session I
7:15pm – 8:45pmOpening Reception in Exhibit Hall
Monday, November 11Congress Day

Morning

6:00am – 5:30pmRegistration
6:00am – 7:45amIndustry Sponsored Breakfast - Abbvie
6:00am – 7:45amIndustry Sponsored Breakfast - Boston Scientific
6:00am – 7:45amIndustry Sponsored Breakfast - Karl Storz Endoscopy
6:00am – 7:00amDidacticYOGA-801: Physician, Heal Thyself: Enrich Your Work-Life Balance
7:30am – 9:30amGeneral Session II
8:00am – 12:00pmDidactic / SimulationSUTR-800: Sutura Laparoscópica: Aplicación práctica para Re-aproximación de tejidos, Nudo Intra-corpóreo y Extra-corpóreo, Sutura Barbada y Tecnologías de Sutura
9:30am – 3:30pmExhibit Hall Open
11:00am – 1:10pmCongress Breakout Sessions
9:00am – 4:30pmTour 3: North Shore Tour including Capilano Suspension Bridge and Lunch atop Grouse Mountain

Afternoon

1:10pm – 2:10pmExhibit Hall Box Lunch
2:15pm – 5:05pmCongress Breakout Sessions
5:10pm – 6:10pmGeneral Session III
6:10pm – 8:00pmIndustry Sponsored Evening Symposia
Tuesday, November 12Congress Day

Morning

6:00am – 7:00pmRegistration
6:00am – 7:45amIndustry Sponsored Breakfast - Transenterix
6:00am – 7:00amDidacticYOGA-900: Physician, Heal Thyself: Enrich Your Work-Life Balance
7:30am – 9:30amGeneral Session IV
9:30am – 3:30pmExhibit Hall Open
11:00am – 1:10pmCongress Breakout Sessions
10:00am – 4:30pmTour 4: Vancouver City Tour and Lunch at Stanley Park

Afternoon

1:10pm – 2:10pmExhibit Hall Box Lunch
2:15pm – 5:05pmCongress Breakout Sessions
6:10pm – 8:00pmIndustry Sponsored Evening Symposia
8:00pm – 11:30pmPresidential Gala – Casino Royale
Wednesday, November 13Congress Day

Morning

6:00am – 9:00amRegistration
6:00am – 7:00amYOGA-1000: Physician, Heal Thyself: Enrich Your Work-Life Balance
7:00am – 9:00amGeneral Session V
9:00am – 12:00pmLive Telesurgery Session
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AAGL has been a crucial part of my life for over a decade. The organization and educational events at the Annual Congresses have allowed me to expand my medical knowledge and surgical skills as well as provide me with several opportunities to educate and mentor others with similar interests. The long-term relationships formed and the knowledge gained are what keep bringing me back to the meeting every year.

Aarathi Cholkeri-Singh, MD, FACOG