Surgical Workshop
Neck to Neck : A Robotic Workshop
Date: Nov 6, 2025 | Time: 08:00 am - 06:00 pm
Venue: Hilton Bengaluru Embassy Manyata Business Park, Bengaluru
6th November 2025
Seat limit - 30- ₹ 5,000
(Inclusive of GST)
Symposium
No spot registration
Workshop Focus
- Robotic-Assisted Breast-Axillo Insufflated Thyroidectomy (RABIT)
- Robotic Infraclavicular Approaches (RIA)
Scientific Programme
| TIME | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|
| Session 1 : Robotic-Assisted Breast-Axillo Insufflated Thyroidectomy (RABIT) | ||
| 8:00 – 8:20 AM | Establishing a Robotic Neck Surgery Program: Infrastructure, Challenges, and Patient Selection | Dr. Abhilasha Sadhoo & Dr. Arun Mitra Singamneni |
| 8:20 – 8:35 AM | Operating room configuration, patient positioning, surgical planning, flap elevation, and robotic docking | Dr. Ameenuddin Khan |
| 8:40 – 8:55 AM | Stepwise technique for RABIT procedure | Dr. Abhilasha Sadhoo |
| 9:00 – 9:15 AM | Difficulties in the management of large thyroid tumors by RABIT technique | Dr. Sandeep Nayak |
| 9:15 – 9:30 AM | Anatomical variation, complication avoidance, and management in RABIT surgery | Dr. Abhishek Bhardwaj |
| 9:30 – 9:45 AM | Navigating the learning curve in Robotic Neck Surgery | Dr. Ameenuddin Khan & Dr. Thalavai Sundarram |
| 9:45 – 10:15 AM | Tea Break | |
| 10:15 – 10:30 AM | Robotic Management of Thyroglossal Duct Cysts | Dr. Athira Ramakrishnan |
| 10:30 – 10:45 AM | Central Compartment Lymph Node Dissection. | Dr. Sandeep Nayak |
| 10:45 – 11:00 AM | Robotic lateral neck dissection in thyroid malignancies | Dr. Athira Ramakrishnan |
| 11:00 – 11:15 AM | Risk Mitigation in Revision Robotic Neck Surgery | Dr. Sandeep Nayak |
| 11:15 – 12:15 PM | Panel Discussion: Minimally Invasive Thyroid Approaches | Dr. Shawn T. Joseph |
| LUNCH and SOCIALISATION | ||
| Session 2: Robotic Infraclavicular Approaches (RIA) | ||
| 2:00 – 2:15 PM | RIA Approach: Principles, Preoperative Planning, and Patient Selection | Dr. Ameenuddin Khan |
| 2:15 – 2:30 PM | RIA approach: Minimally Invasive Neck Dissection | Dr. Sandeep Nayak |
| 2:30 – 2:45 PM | Robotic Parotidectomy via RIA approach | Dr. Bharath G. |
| 2:45 – 3:00 PM | Robotic access to deep neck spaces and skull base | Dr. Athira Ramakrishnan |
| 3:00 – 3:15 PM | Robotic Parathyroidectomy: Technique and outcomes | Dr. Sreekanth Reddy |
| 3:15 – 4:00 PM | Tea Break | |
| 8:00 - 6:30 PM | Hands-on Robotic Thyroidectomy Simulator Course | |