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Day One - Thursday 12/11/2026
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Time
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Track 1 - World Society of Emergency Surgery
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0800 - 0900
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QH26 Quick Shots 1 - 10 Theme: TBD
Moderator: Dr. Ashok Parchani, HTC, Qatar & Dr. Orestis Ioannidis, Greece
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0900 - 1000
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QH26 Quick Shots 41 - 50 Theme: TBD
Moderator: Dr. Sherwan Khoschnau, HTC, Qatar & Dr. Frank Piscioneri, Australia
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1000 - 1130
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Opening Ceremonies, MCI Demo and Opening of Exhibits
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1130 - 1230
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Prayer & Lunch
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1230 - 1330
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WSES 1 - Plenary # 1: Innovations and Integration of Complex Surgery and Resuscitation: Aorto-Enteric Fistula
Session Chairs: Dr. Sandro Rizoli and Dr. Federico Coccolini, Italy
Case Presentation: Dr. Hassan Al-Thani, HTC, Qatar
Panel: Dr. Fausto Catena, Italy, , Dr. Hazem El Beyrouti, HMC, Qatar, Dr. Mircea Chirica, France & Dr. Ali Jawas, UAE
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1330 - 1500
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WSES 2 - Strengthening Surgical Systems in the Western Balkans -
Session Chair: Dr. Rifat Latifi, USA & Dr. Fausto Catena, Italy
Welcome and Introduction: Why the Western Balkans Surgical Story Matters for the Global Emergency Surgery Community - Dr. Rifat Latifi, USA
Lecture 1 - Building a Surgical Society from Scratch - The Kosova College of Surgeons and its collaboration with WSES - Dr. Federico Coccolini, Italy
Lecture 2 - The Kosovo Journal of Surgery and Structured CME - Academic Identity, Peer Review, and Brain Gain in a Post-Conflict Setting - Dr. Rifat Latifi, USA
Lecture 3 - Looking at Kosovo and KCS from Qatar - A Qatari Surgeon’s Perspective on Surgical Capacity Building and the Qatar-KCS Partnership - Dr. Hassan Al-Thani, HMC, Qatar
Lecture 4 - A WSES Perspective - Emergency Surgery Capacity Building in Resource-Limited Settings: What International Surgical Societies Can Learn and Offer - Dr. Fausto Catena, Italy
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1500 - 1530
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Coffee Break
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1530 - 1630
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Trauma 2 - Plenary # 2: Biomarkers in Emergency and Trauma Surgery
[see Track 4 program]
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1630 - 1730
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WSES 3 - Innovations and Updates in Trauma and Emergency Surgery 1
Chair: Dr. Luca Ansaloni, Italy & Dr. Artur Zanellato, UK
Lecture 1 - The Hidden Impact of Airbags: An Evidence-Based Approach to Lethal Head & Neck Injuries - Dr. Sherwan Khoschnau, HTC, Qatar
Lecture 2 - WSES Trauma School Project- Dr. Steve Kyota, Lesotho, Dr. Fausto Catena & Dr. Federico Coccolini, Italy
Lecture 3 - Robotic emergency surgery - Dr. Ahmad Abutaka, US
Lecture 4 - Emergency endocrine surgery - Prof. Mario Testini, Italy
Lecture 5 - Visceral Arterial Pseudoaneurysms - Dr. Vishal Shelat, Singapore [video]
Q & A (≥12 mins)
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1730 - 1830
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WSES 4 - Innovations and Updates in Trauma and Emergency Surgery 2
Chair: Dr. Ahmad Abutaka, US & Dr. Lorenzo Cobianchi, Italy
Lecture 1 - Complicated hernias - Dr. Artur Zanellato, UK
Lecture 2 - Late closure of the open abdomen in emergency abdomino-pelvic surgery - Dr. Francesco Prete, Italy
Lecture 3 - Cool (Closed Or Open after Laparotomy) Trial - Dr. Andrew Kirkpatrick, Canada
Lecture 4 - Closed negative pressure wound therapy in complex thoracic wounds - Prof. Andrea Colli, Italy
Q & A (≥12 mins)
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1830 - 1900
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Coffee Break
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1900 - 2000
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Industry Sponsored Event
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Day Two - Friday 13/11/2026
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Time
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Track 1 - World Society of Emergency Surgery
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0800 -0900
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Open Forum: Blood Utilization WSES Guidelines
Session Chairs: Dr. Hassan Al-Thani, HTC, Qatar and Dr. Sandro Rizoli, HTC, Qatar
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0900 - 1000
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POMF 1 - Plenary # 3: Best Practice for Peri-Operative Processes
[see Track 2 program]
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1000 - 1030
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Coffee Break
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1030 to 1130
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WSES 5 - Innovations and Updates 1
Chair: Dr. Fikri Abu Zidan, UAE & Dr. Orestis Ioannidis, Greece
Lecture 1 - WSES ANUBI Trial - Dr. Fausto Catena, Italy
Lecture 2 - Preop antibiotics vs no antibiotics in patients submitted to cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis Trial - Dr. Luca Ansaloni, Italy
Lecture 3 - Esophageal injuries - Dr. Mircea Chirica, France
Lecture 4 - Iatrogenic vascular trauma in the hospital - Dr. Ali Jawas, UAE
Q & A (≥12 mins)
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1130 - 1300
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Prayer & Lunch
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1300 - 1400
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Trauma 6 - Plenary # 4: Procedural prioritization in polytrauma: who goes first?
[see Track 4 program]
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1400 - 1500
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WSES 6 - Innovations and Updates 2
Chair: Dr. Boris Sakakushev, Bulgaria & Dr. Camilla Cremonini, Italy
Lecture 1 - Pancreatic emergency surgery in pancreatitis - Dr. Lorenzo Cobianchi, Italy
Lecture 2 - The extended postoperative complication score - Dr. Camilla Cremonini, Italy
Lecture 3 - Duodenal Leak - Dr. Nitasha Salem, HTC, Qatar
Lecture 4 - Emergency Surgery Acuity Score - Dr. Suk-Kyung Hong, South Korea
Q & A (≥12 mins)
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1500 - 1530
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Coffee Break
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1530 - 1630
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WSES 7 - Innovations and Updates 3
Chair: Dr. Manos Pikoulis, Greece & Dr. Arda Isik, Turkiye
Lecture 1 - Mass Casualties Drills - Dr. Manos Pikoulis, Greece
Lecture 2 - Management of Ogilvie's Syndrome - Dr. Orestis Ioannidis, Greece
Lecture 3 - Acute Presentation of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor [GIST] - Dr. Moamena El-Matbouly, HMC, Qatar
Lecture 4 - Indocyanine Green [ICG] in Acute Care Surgery [ACS] - Dr. Husham Abdelrahman, HTC, Qatar
Q & A (≥12 mins)
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1630 - 1730
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WSES 8 - Innovations and Updates 4
Chair: Dr. Kemal Rasa, Turkiye & Dr. Mehmet Erylmaz, Turkiye
Lecture 1 - Obstructed colon cancer guidelines - Dr. Federico Coccolini, Italy
Lecture 2 - Burn out in trauma surgeons - Dr. Haytham Kaafarani, Lebanon
Lecture 3 - Early Rehabilitation in Critically Ill Surgical Patients - nDr. Suk-Kyung Hong, South Korea
Lecture 4 - Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in emergency general surgery - Dr. Fikri Abu Zidan, UAE
Q & A (≥12 mins)
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1730 - 1830
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QH26 Quick Shots 121 - 130 Theme: TBD
Moderator: Dr. Moamena El-Matbouly, HMC, Qatar & Dr. Haytham Kaafarani, Lebanon
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1930 onwards
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Faculty [QH26] Dinner
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Day Three - Saturday 14/11/2026
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Time
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Track 1 - World Society of Emergency Surgery
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0800 -0900
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QH26 Quick Shots 161 - 170
Moderator: Dr. Shahzad Anjum, HMC, Qatar Dr. Mehmet Erylmaz, Turkiye
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0900 - 1000
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EMTRT 1 Plenary # 5: Trauma Systems Priorities for the ATLS MENA Region 17
[see Track 4 program]
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1000 - 1030
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Coffee Break
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1030 - 1200
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WSES 9 - Innovations and Updates in the Management of Surgical Infections and Complications
Chair: Dr. Mircea Chirica, France & Dr. Lorenzo Ghiadoni, Italy
Lecture 1 - SSI prevention and control in emergency surgery - Dr. Arda Isik, Turkiye
Lecture 2 - Rescue surgery for bowel leaks - Dr. Nikos Pararas, Greece
Lecture 3 - From Observation to Intervention: Impact of Procalcitonin-Guided Stewardship on Antibiotic Use in a Level I Trauma Center - Dr. Mohamed Alabdallat, HTC, Qatar
Lecture 4 - IRIS (Italian Register of complicated Intra-abdominal InfectionS) Study - Dr. Lorenzo Ghiadoni, Italy
Lecture 5 - From Trauma to Triumph: Innovating antibiotic use against pathogens - Dr. Ahmed Abdelbari, HTC, Qatar
Lecture 6 - Palliative emergency surgery -Dr. Vishal Shelat, Singapore Q & A ≥18 mins
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1200 - 1300
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Prayer & Lunch
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1300 - 1400
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WSES 10 - Innovations and Updates in Trauma Surgery
Chair: Dr. Nikos Pararas, Greece & Dr. Steve Kyota, Lesotho
Lecture 1 - War surgery in the 21st century -= Dr. Mehmet Erylmaz, Turkiye
Lecture 2 - Damage Control Surgery in a Resource-Limited Trauma System - Dr. Steve Kyota, Lesotho
Lecture 3 - Whose Pharynx is it Anyway? Occult Pharyngeal Injury and Traumatic Bleeding from the Mouth- Dr. Gustav Strandvik, HTC, Qatar
Lecture 4 - WCTEL Project - Dr. Gustavo Fraga, Brazil
Q & A (≥12 mins)
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1400 - 1430
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WSES 11 - Clinical Guidelines
Chair: Dr. Fikri Abu Zidan, UAE & Dr. Andrew Kirkpatrick, Canada
Lecture 1 - Acute Appendicitis Guidelines - Dr. Belinda De Simone, Italy
Lecture 2 - Burns Guidelines - Dr. Manos Pikoulis, Greece
Q & A (≥6 mins)
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1430 - 1500
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WSES 12 - New WSES Projects
Chair: Dr. Sandro Rizoli, HTC, Qatar & Dr. Suk-Kyung Hong, South Korea
Speakers: Dr. Frank Piscioneri, Australia, Dr. Kemal Rasa, Turkiye and Dr. Belinda De Simone, Italy
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1500 - 1515
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Coffee Break
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1515 - 1615
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EM 1 - Innovations and Updates in Emergency Medicine 1 - Administration
Moderators: Dr. Aisha Alsada, & Dr. Azhar Aziz, & Dr Tarek Alrefai, HMC, Qatar
Lecture 1 - Optimizing Bed Efficiency and Admission Pathways - Dr. Shinu Varughese, HMC, Qatar
Lecture 2 - Eliminating Wasteful Testing to Elevate Patient Safety - Dr. Aisha Alsada, HMC, Qatar
Lecture 3 - Epidemiology of the On-Call MedTox Services - Dr. Waleed Saleem, HMC, Qatar
Discussion Panel/Q & A (15 mins): (Strategies to Handle Shortage of Manpower)
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1615 - 1715
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EM 2 - Innovations and Updates in Emergency Medicine 2 - Resuscitation
Moderators: Dr. Muayad Kasem, Dr. Rana Elsayed, & Dr. Larissa Mashraki, HMC, Qatar
Lecture 1 - Interface Between Emergency Care and Critical Care - Dr. Alhady Yousif, HMC, Qatar
Lecture 2 - The First 10 Minutes: Resuscitating the Undifferentiated Crashing Patient (Lessons From Real Cases) - Dr. Abdullah Elsaedi, HMC, Qatar
Lecture 3 - Selecting E-CPR Candidates / Emergency Cannulation in the Resus Bay - Dr. Alhady Yousif, HMC, Qatar
Lecture 4 - Procedural Nerve Blocks - Dr. Dharmish Shukla, HMC, Qatar
Lecture 5 - Beyond FAST, Surgical Emergencies - Dr. Sayed Gelani, HMC, Qatar
Discussion panel/Q&A (15 mins): (Post ROSC Pitfalls)
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1715 - 1800
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Awarding & Closing Ceremonies
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