Workshop President:
Prof. dr. George Dindelegan

Workshop Director:
Assoc. Prof. dr. Vasile Bintintan

Organizing Committee:
President: Assoc. Prof. dr. Florin Zaharie
Members: dr. David Andras, dr. Emil Mois, dr. Vlad Fagarasan, dr. Calin Popa, dr. Diana Schlager, dr. Ciprian Cucoreanu, dr. Raluca Ailioaie, dr. Alex Ene, dr. Ionut Golea, dr. Georgiana Fagarasan.

 

  • December 12th, 2025 ׀ Hands-on Workshop

Registration: https://forms.office.com/e/9fpnVzc6q7
Venue: Center for Experimental Medicine, UMF Cluj-Napoca
6 units for open/laparoscopic suturing techniques
2 units for transanal endoscopic excision

  • December 13th, 2025 ׀ Webinar International

Registration: https://forms.office.com/e/JatdMLzSyY
Venue: Amfiteatru Clinica Chirurgie I, 3-5 Clinicilor, Cluj-Napoca
For online participation:
https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/34811263999153?p=93Sk8saSGZ5IV1498g

 

Contact e-mail: flaviab@umfcluj.ro, office@srcoloproctologie.ro

 

Hands-on Workshop
December 12th, 2025 ׀ Center for Experimental Medicine, UMF Cluj-Napoca

14:00 – 18:00 Activities

  • Theory corner
    • Presentation of anastomotic techniques
    • Presentation of transanal excision techniques
    • Interactive discussion
  • Suturing on ex vivo biologic tissues
    • Ileocolic anastomoses: open/laparoscopic
    • Colorectal anastomoses: open/laparoscopic
  • Transanal surgery training
    • Full-thickness bowel wall excision/suturing
    • Mucosal excision with submucosal dissection

 

Webinar International
December 13th, 2025 ׀ Amfiteatru Clinica Chirurgie I

Faculty:

  • Prof. dr. Erman Aytac, Head, 2nd Department of General Surgery; Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital; Chair, Department of General Surgery, School of Medicine, Istanbul Arel University, Istanbul-Turkey;
  • Prof. dr. Hans de Wilt, Division Head and Professor of Surgical Oncology at the Radboud University Medical Center, Netherland;
  • Prof. dr. Nicolo de Manzzini, Director of Surgery at Cattinara Hospital in Trieste and Head of the Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences at the University of Trieste, Italy;
  • Dr. Joseph Nunhoo-Mensah, B Med Sci (Hons), BM BS, FRCS, FASCRS, FISUCRS, LLM Department Head at King’s College Hospital, Past President of the International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons, UK;
  • dr. Dr. Salih Boga, Gastroenterologist, Head, Advanced Endoscopy Unit, Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital; School of Medicine, Istanbul Arel University, Istanbul-Turkey;
  • Prof. dr. Leyla Ozer, Oncologist, Memorial Bahçelievler Hospital; School of Medicine, Istanbul Arel University, Istanbul-Turkey;
  • Assoc. Prof. dr Florin Grama, Spitalul Clinic Coltea, Bucuresti;
  • Assoc. Prof. dr Diana Feier, UMF Cluj Napoca, Spitalul Clinic Judetean de Urgenta Cluj;
  • Assoc. Prof. dr Florin Zaharie, UMF Cluj Napoca, Clinica Chirurgie III;
  • Assoc. Prof. dr Vasile Bintintan, UMF Cluj Napoca, Clinica Chirurgie I.

Panel: Prof. dr. Erman Aytac, Prof. dr. George Dindelegan, Assoc. Prof. dr. Florin Grama, Assoc. Prof. dr. Vasile Bintintan, Assoc. Prof. dr. Florin Zaharie, Assoc. Prof. dr. Diana Feier, Prof. Dr. Romeo Chira, Prof. dr. dr. Salih Boga, dr. Emil Mois, dr. David Andras.

 

AGENDA

08:50 Welcome

09:00 MRI for accurate staging of rectal cancer
Diana Feier

09:20 Advanced Endoscopic Diagnosis & Management Premalignant Lesions and Early Colorectal Cancer
Salih Boga

09:40 Operative management of rectal cancer
Vasile Bintintan (Laparoscopic), Erman Aytac (Robotic)

10:00 Non-operative management of rectal cancer
Hans de Wilt (ONLINE)

10:30 Salvage surgery for recurrence after watch-and-wait for rectal cancer
Joseph Nunhoo-Mensah (ONLINE)

11:00 Total neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer. One type may not fit all
Leyla Ozer (ONLINE)

11:30 Clinical cases rectal cancer – interactive discussions

PANEL

12:00 Lunch break

12:30 Operative management of colonic cancer
Florin Zaharie

13:00 Complications in colorectal surgery: how to prevent and treat them
Nicolo Manzinni (ONLINE)

13:30 Intraoperative incidents and complications in colorectal surgery
Florin Grama

14:00 Clinical cases colonic cancer – interactive discussions
PANEL

15:00 Closing ceremony