Program
10-12 April, 2025
Uppsala Breast Meeting 2, 2025 | |
How to get it done well! | |
April 10, 2025 | |
13:00-13:30 | Registration (for the meeting and the pre-meeting workshops) |
13:30-14:45 | Workshop session |
14:45-15:15 | Coffee Break |
15:45-17:00 | Workshop session |
The participants will be allocated in two groups and do the workshops sequentially. | |
Workshop 1: Localisation strategies for complex oncoplastic resections (Hands-on with models) Faculty: Michael Alvarado, Peter Barry, Jill Dietz, Andreas Karakatsanis, Eirini Pantiora, Jaime Navia, Ricardo Pardo, Ariel Saracco. Sponsor: Endomag |
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Workshop 2: Intraoperative minimum invasive intact lesion excision for surgeons (Hands-on with models) Faculty: Kristalyn Gallagher, Andreas Karakatsanis, Brett Laven, Nasos Zouzos, Bashar Zeidan. Sponsor: Resitu |
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Free evening | |
April 11, 2025 | |
08:15-08:45 | Registration (meeting only) |
08:45-09:00 | Welcome and housekeeping rules |
09:00-09:30 | Nipple sparing mastectomy with or without reduction of the skin envelope. The technique Speaker: Nicola Rocco |
09:30-10:00 | Optimising prepectoral breast reconstruction with B-Lite implants: a new concept. Speaker: Peter Barry Sponsored session (Polytech) |
10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break |
10:30-11:00 | Flat closure. It is not that easy. Speaker: Jill Dietz |
11:00-11:30 | TIGR Mesh in Implant Based Breast Reconstruction. Speaker: Bashar Zeidan Sponsored talk (Novus Scientific) |
11:30-12:00 | Goldilocks Mastectomy is more than a poor man’s reconstruction. Speaker: Jill Dietz |
12:00-13:00 | LUNCH |
13:00-13:30 | State of evidence: what studies do we need in oncoplastic breast surgery? Speaker: Malin Sund |
13:30-14:00 | From techniques to patients. The pillow and the pillow-case. Andreas Karakatsanis, Giuseppe Catanuto (Oncoplastic assessment, Baseline measurements and how they relate to outcomes, Vascular anatomy of the skin envelope and the mammary gland) |
14:00-14:30 | Coffee Break |
14:30-15:00 | Periareolar and circumareolar approaches. Crescent and Donut mastopexies; Round block and Benelli mastopexies; Parenchymal Rotation. Speaker: Kristalyn Gallagher |
Learning objectives: Surgical planning; how much mobilisation; planning the shape of the specimen to optimise defect closure; keeping it simple; a plan B for re-excision | |
15:00-15:30 | ”Simpler” Mammoplasties (Batwing, reverse batwing, Grisotti, Lateral mammoplasty, J-mammoplasty, V-mammoplasty). Speaker: Ricardo Pardo |
Learning objectives: Surgical planning; Identification of landmarks; Reconstructive principles; re-centring the nipple areola complex; a plan B for re-excision | |
15:30- | Surprise Session Speakers: Michael Alvarado, Giuseppe Catanuto |
19:00 | Dinner (Restaurant Brezza, Skolgatan 31) |
April 12 2025 | |
Third session: Vertical and Wise patterns | |
08:30-09:15 | Preoperative marking- Intraoperative corrections Speaker: Yazan Masannat |
09:15-09:45 | Vascular anatomy of the breast. A tool for all surgeons Speaker: Peter Barry |
09:45-10:15 | Superomedial pedicle-based techniques (Lejour, Hall-Findlay, Wise pattern) Speaker: Amit Agrawal |
10:15-10:45 | Coffee Break |
10:45-11:15 | Inferocentral pedicle-based techniques (SPAIR, Wise pattern) Speaker: Giuseppe Catanuto |
11:15-12:00 | What to do when the defect is outside the resection pattern (Secondary, Extended, Supercharged or no pedicles) Speaker: Andreas Karakatsanis |
12:00-13:00 | LUNCH |
Fourth session: Volume replacement; beyond the hype and towards evidence | |
13:00-13:30 | Fat is your friend. Speaker: Susanna Kauhanen |
13:30-14:00 | Chest wall perforator flaps: What to consider Speaker: Andreas Karakatsanis |
14:00-14:30 | Anterior based chest wall perforator flaps Speaker: Peter Barry |
14:30-15:00 | Coffee Break |
15:00-15:30 | The (in)famous LICAP Speaker: Amit Agrawal |
15:30-16:00 | LTAPs and TDAPs Speaker: Andreas Karakatsanis |
16:00-17:00 | Is any surgery extreme? Case discussions Moderators: Kristalyn Gallagher, Jill Dietz |
17:00 | Closure and remarks |
Contact

Academic Conferences - conference secretariat
E-mail: uppsalabreast@akademikonferens.se
Phone: +46 18 67 15 33 or +46 18-67 10 03
Important dates
Registration will open in January 2025
Conference 10-12 April, 2025
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