Programme

Welcome Address

Dr Joshua Tay
Associate Director (Surgical Oncology Research),
National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS)


Opening Address

Prof Thomas Loh
Group Chairman Medical Board,
National University Health System

Keynote Address 1: A Paradigm Shift in Resectable Locally Advanced HNSCC Treatment with Immunotherapy  

Prof Lou Pei-Jen
Vice Superintendent & Joint Professor, Department of Otolaryngology and Graduate Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine

Keynote Address 2: Microfluidics for Precision Oncology: From Diagnosis to Personalized Therapy

Dr Lim Chwee Teck
Director, Institute for Health Innovation & Technology (iHealthtech)

Topic 1: Organ preservation for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma after neoadjuvant therapy: myth or reality?

Prof Chao Yin-Kai
Chief, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan

Topic 2: Surgery is N=1

Prof Dean Ho
Head, Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University Singapore (NUS)

Topic 2: Precision Surgical Oncology in Pancreatic Cancer: Expanding Resectability Through Multivisceral and Vascular Techniques 

Prof Ulrich Ronellenfitsch
Department of Surgery,
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Topic 3: From Promise to Practice: Real-World Challenges of AI in Breast Cancer Care

Dr Serene Goh
Consultant, Division of General Surgery (Breast Surgery), Department of Surgery, National University Hospital (NUH)

Topic 3: 

Topic 1: The future of surgery: How surgical robots and AI are transforming upper GI procedures — personal insights

Prof Koichi Suda
Professor & Head, Divisions of GI & HPB Surgery, Department of Surgery, Fujita Health University, Japan

Topic 1: SSTR2 as a targetable biomarker in cancers: Head & neck, brain and beyond

Prof Matt Lechner
Professor,
Rhinology and Head & Neck Cancer,
Department of Targeted Intervention,
University College London

Topic 2: Transcriptome-wide RNA biomarkers for precision oncology: Harnessing large archival tissue cohorts.

Dr Joshua Tay
Senior Consultant
Department of Otolaryngology,
Head & Neck Surgery (ENT),
National University Hospital

Topic 3: Mapping Biogeographical Heterogeneity and Host-Microbiome Interactions for Colorectal Neoplasia

A/Prof Sunny Wong
Consultant
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH)

Panel Discussion (Translational)
Dr Adriel Leong

Topic: Bring AI & Precision Oncology to Bedside

a) How to build layers of evidence and trustworthiness for clinical implementation 

b) Challenges faced and how to overcome them (including regulatory and cost challenges 

c) What’s next – what we wish we have at bedside today! 

Panelists:

1. Prof Lou Pei-Jen
2. Prof Dean Ho
3. Proc Eric C. Leuthardt
4. Dr Serene Goh

Closing Keynote: Breathing Life into Discovery: My Journey as a Thoracic Surgeon-Scientist

Prof John Tam Kit Chung
Head of Division & Senior Consultant Thoracic Surgery,
Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery,
National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS)