ROEL HOMPES

Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, University of
Amsterdam
Expertise in minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopic & Robotics), management of colorectal
cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, intestinal failure and abdominal wall reconstruction.
Interests include surgical innovation, transanal surgery, management of locally advanced rectal
cancer and organ preserving approaches for rectal cancer.
Amsterdam
Expertise in minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopic & Robotics), management of colorectal
cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, intestinal failure and abdominal wall reconstruction.
Interests include surgical innovation, transanal surgery, management of locally advanced rectal
cancer and organ preserving approaches for rectal cancer.
Check the activity agenda
Wednesday, September 04, 2025
Angelita Habr-Gama Golden Hall - WTC
08:00-10:00
SESSION: CHALLENGES IN RECTAL CANCER
Presentation of clinical case
Role of upfront TME
TNT for organ preservation always
Neoajuvant chemo and radiotherapy is generally the consensus
Robotic TME: from equivalence to superiority
Presentation of clinical case outcomes
Discussion
Moderator: Rodrigo Oliva Perez (SP)
Debater: Carlos Frederico Sparapan Marques (SP)
Debater: Sami Chadi (Canada)
Presentation of clinical case
Speaker: Rodrigo Oliva Perez (SP)
Role of upfront TME
Speaker: Roel Hompes (Netherlands)
TNT for organ preservation always
Speaker: Julio Garcia-aguilar (United States)
Neoajuvant chemo and radiotherapy is generally the consensus
Speaker: Thiago William Carnier Jorge (SP)
Robotic TME: from equivalence to superiority
Speaker: Laila Rashidi (United States)
Presentation of clinical case outcomes
Speaker: Rodrigo Oliva Perez (SP)
Discussion
16:00-18:00
SURGERY WORKSHOP: COLORECTAL ONCOLOGICAL SURGERY
7 min Video X 3 min Discussion
Complete mesocolon excision
Robotic transanal local resection
Transanal total mesorectal excision: alive and breathing
Robotic approach to multivisceral and exenterative resections
Robotic bowel transit reconstruction
Video-assisted total mesorectal excision: systematization
Inferior mesenteric vein preservation in left colectomy
NOSE (Natural Orifice Specimen Extraction)
Do we need indocyanine green before anastomoses?
Robotic total mesorectal excision
Adjourn & Announcements
7 min Video X 3 min Discussion
Moderator: Daniel de Barcellos Azambuja (RS)
Debater: Marleny Novaes Figueiredo de Araujo (RJ)
Debater: José Alfredo dos Reis Júnior (SP)
Complete mesocolon excision
Speaker: Willem Bemelman (Netherlands)
Robotic transanal local resection
Speaker: Victor Edmond Seid (SP)
Transanal total mesorectal excision: alive and breathing
Speaker: Roel Hompes (Netherlands)
Robotic approach to multivisceral and exenterative resections
Speaker: Sami Chadi (Canada)
Robotic bowel transit reconstruction
Speaker: Laila Rashidi (United States)
Video-assisted total mesorectal excision: systematization
Speaker: Luis Chiroque-benites (Peru)
Inferior mesenteric vein preservation in left colectomy
Speaker: Armando Geraldo Franchini Melani (RJ)
NOSE (Natural Orifice Specimen Extraction)
Speaker: Gustavo Becker Pereira (SC)
Do we need indocyanine green before anastomoses?
Speaker: Ian Jenkins (United Kingdom)
Robotic total mesorectal excision
Speaker: Luis Gustavo Capochin Romagnolo (SP)
Adjourn & Announcements
Presenter: Daniel de Barcellos Azambuja (RS)
Friday, September 05, 2025
Angelita Habr-Gama Golden Hall - WTC
11:00-12:30
SURGERY WORKSHOP: SURGERY WORKSHOP - CROHN'S DISEASE
7 min Video X 3 min Discussion
Minimally invasive ileocecal resection
Enteroplasty
Manual Kono-S anastomosis in detail
Transabdominal Proctectomy in Crohn’s Disease: Principles and Technique
Transanal Endoscopic Proctectomy in Crohn’s Disease
Management of ileal pouch complications
Minimally invasive ileoanal anastomosis options
Approach to ano-recto-perineal Crohn's disease
7 min Video X 3 min Discussion
Moderator: Marcelo Rodrigues Borba (SP)
Debater: Rogério Serafim Parra (SP)
Debater: Eron Fábio Miranda (PR)
Minimally invasive ileocecal resection
Speaker: Alexandra Damasio Todescatto (PR)
Enteroplasty
Speaker: Arceu Scanavini Neto (SP)
Manual Kono-S anastomosis in detail
Speaker: Victor Edmond Seid (SP)
Transabdominal Proctectomy in Crohn’s Disease: Principles and Technique
Speaker: Fernanda Bellotti Formiga (SP)
Transanal Endoscopic Proctectomy in Crohn’s Disease
Speaker: Roel Hompes (Netherlands)
Management of ileal pouch complications
Speaker: Willem Bemelman (Netherlands)
Minimally invasive ileoanal anastomosis options
Speaker: Paulo Gustavo Kotze (PR)
Approach to ano-recto-perineal Crohn's disease
Speaker: Phillip Fleshner (United States)
Monday, September 06, 2025
Angelita Habr-Gama Golden Hall - WTC
13:30-15:00
SESSION: CONTROVERSIES IN COLON CANCER
Clinical Case Presentation: Right-Sided Colon Cancer
Do we know the difference between D2 and D3 dissection in practice?
Extended lymphadenectomy is the new gold standard
Extended lymphadenectomy in video-assisted right colectomy
Robotic approach to T4 tumors
Teaching Advanced Colorectal Surgery – Where Are We and Where Are We Going?
Discussion
Moderator: Sarhan Sydney Saad (SP)
Debater: Nicolas Rotholtz (Argentina)
Debater: Mauricio Jose de Matos e Silva (PE)
Clinical Case Presentation: Right-Sided Colon Cancer
Speaker: Juan Carlos Patron Uriburu (Argentina)
Do we know the difference between D2 and D3 dissection in practice?
Speaker: Roel Hompes (Netherlands)
Extended lymphadenectomy is the new gold standard
Speaker: Sami Chadi (Canada)
Extended lymphadenectomy in video-assisted right colectomy
Speaker: Luis Gustavo Capochin Romagnolo (SP)
Robotic approach to T4 tumors
Speaker: Laila Rashidi (United States)
Teaching Advanced Colorectal Surgery – Where Are We and Where Are We Going?
Speaker: Miguel Angelo Pedroso (SP)
Discussion
WTC Theater
10:30-12:00
SESSION: CHALLENGES IN EARLY RECTAL CANCER (CASE DISCUSSION)
1. Local resection with finding of adverse factor in pathology 2. Synchronous tumor of rectum and colon D 3. Early rectal tumor in advanced age 4. Rectal tumor for endoscopic treatment
Moderator: Rodrigo Oliva Perez (SP)
Panelist: Roel Hompes (Netherlands)
Panelist: Daniel Damin (RS)
Panelist: Gustavo Leandro Rossi (Argentina)
Panelist: Carlos Augusto Rodrigues Véo (SP)
Panelist: Nicolas Rotholtz (Argentina)
1. Local resection with finding of adverse factor in pathology 2. Synchronous tumor of rectum and colon D 3. Early rectal tumor in advanced age 4. Rectal tumor for endoscopic treatment