GUSTAVO LEANDRO ROSSI
Gustavo Rossi MD MASCRS is the Vice Chairman of Colon and Rectal Surgery Section at the Department of Surgery of Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina and the Director of the Colorectal Surgery Fellowship Program at the same institution. He is also the Vice Director of the Colorectal Surgery Program at University of Buenos Aires, School of Medicine. He has served and serves as reviewer for many medical journals including Surgical Endoscopy, Diseases of the Colon and Rectum and Techniques in Coloproctology, and he authored/co-authored many peer-reviewed indexed papers in different aspects of the minimally invasive colorectal surgery.
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Wednesday, September 04, 2025
• Angelita Habr-Gama Golden Hall - WTC
14:00-15:30
SESSION: RECTAL CANCER - POST-TREATMENT DECISIONS
Case presentation: almost complete response
Watch and wait: how long to wait?
Local resection is the best choice
Total mesorectal excision: safer
What can and cannot MRI help in assessing response?
ctDNA and response assessment
Moderator: Tiago Leal Ghezzi (RS)
Debater: Raul Cutait (SP)
Debater: Pedro Carlos Basílio (RJ)
Case presentation: almost complete response
Speaker: Gustavo Leandro Rossi (Argentina)
Watch and wait: how long to wait?
Speaker: Andre D’hoore (Belgium)
Local resection is the best choice
Speaker: Guilherme Pagin São Julião (SP)
Total mesorectal excision: safer
Speaker: Rodrigo Gomes da Silva (MG)
What can and cannot MRI help in assessing response?
Speaker: Cinthia Denise Ortega (SP)
ctDNA and response assessment
Speaker: Roberto Carmagnani Pestana (SP)
Speaker: Rodrigo Oliva Perez (SP)
Friday, September 05, 2025
• WTC Theater
14:00-15:30
SESSION: DIVERTICULOSIS AND DIVERTICULITIS
Approach to diverticulitis in young people: what changes?
Recurrent Diverticulitis: How Long Should We Wait?
My Option for Elective Surgical Treatment
Guidelines for the management of complicated diverticulitis with abscess in the stable patient
The role of primary anastomosis in emergency surgery
Laparoscopic drainage: how to do it and when not to do it?
Discussion
Moderator: Gustavo Seva Pereira (SP)
Debater: José Alfredo dos Reis Júnior (SP)
Debater: Euler de Medeiros Azaro Filho (BA)
Approach to diverticulitis in young people: what changes?
Speaker: Joaquim Jose Oliveira Filho (SP)
Recurrent Diverticulitis: How Long Should We Wait?
Speaker: Rocco Ricciardi (United States)
My Option for Elective Surgical Treatment
Speaker: Laila Rashidi (United States)
Guidelines for the management of complicated diverticulitis with abscess in the stable patient
Speaker: Jorge Henrique Reina Neto (SP)
The role of primary anastomosis in emergency surgery
Speaker: Sami Chadi (Canada)
Laparoscopic drainage: how to do it and when not to do it?
Speaker: Gustavo Leandro Rossi (Argentina)
Discussion
Monday, September 06, 2025
• WTC Theater
09:00-10:00
VIDEO SESSION: SESSION: THE BEST VIDEOS OF THE CONFERENCE
Robotic Right Colectomy in a Patient with Bricker Ureteroileostomy: A Video Case Report – Presenter: Matheus Zanelatto Junqueira
Overcoming Technical Difficulties in the Ileal Pouch: Mesenteric Lengthening Maneuvers and “S” Pouch Creation – Presenter: Lucas Faraco Sobrado
Complete Anorectoperineal Reconstruction: Strategies Based on Trauma Type – Presenter: Matheus Emanuel de Brito Castelo Branco
Laser Treatment of Pilonidal Disease Assisted by Fistuloscopy: Direct Visualization and Safe Approach to Pilonidal Tracts – Presenter: Carlos Magno Queiroz da Cunha
Use of Indocyanine Green Fluorescence in Colorectal Surgery: Enhancing Safety in Patients with Endometriosis – Presenter: Marina Ströher
Moderator: Guilherme Pagin São Julião (SP)
Judge: Lucas Soares Gerbasi (SP)
Judge: Gustavo Leandro Rossi (Argentina)
Robotic Right Colectomy in a Patient with Bricker Ureteroileostomy: A Video Case Report – Presenter: Matheus Zanelatto Junqueira
Overcoming Technical Difficulties in the Ileal Pouch: Mesenteric Lengthening Maneuvers and “S” Pouch Creation – Presenter: Lucas Faraco Sobrado
Complete Anorectoperineal Reconstruction: Strategies Based on Trauma Type – Presenter: Matheus Emanuel de Brito Castelo Branco
Laser Treatment of Pilonidal Disease Assisted by Fistuloscopy: Direct Visualization and Safe Approach to Pilonidal Tracts – Presenter: Carlos Magno Queiroz da Cunha
Use of Indocyanine Green Fluorescence in Colorectal Surgery: Enhancing Safety in Patients with Endometriosis – Presenter: Marina Ströher
10:30-12:00
SESSION: CHALLENGES IN EARLY RECTAL CANCER (CASE DISCUSSION)
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)
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