4th Annual Advances in Colorectal Oncology

This three day conference will provide attendees with up-to-date information on the biology, diagnosis, and treatment of colorectal cancer. In addition to lectures, the conference will include opportunities for interactive exchange of ideas between participants and faculty.

Registration discount available for both symposiums (please see details below). 

Thursday, November 7
Advances in Robotic Colorectal and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Hosted by MSK & MD Anderson Cancer Center

The symposium will include live and recorded demonstrations of surgical techniques, detailed step-by-step analysis of surgical procedures, and presentations by experts on the latest advances in the use of robotic technology for minimally invasive surgical treatment of colorectal cancer.

This symposium is intended for colon and rectal surgeons, hepatopancreatobiliary surgeons, general surgeons, surgical oncologists, fellows, residents, PAs, NPs, RNs, and anyone interested in learning about robotic surgery.

Learning Objectives 

• Understand the requirements for a successful advanced robotic program.
• Become familiar with different approaches to minimally invasive transabdominal and transrectal colorectal procedures.
• Become familiar with advanced hepatobiliary surgical techniques.
• Review the principles of complete mesenteric excision in colorectal cancer.

Friday-Saturday, November 8-9
Regional Therapy for Advanced and Metastatic Colorectal and Appendiceal Cancers

International thought leaders will present the latest advances in regional and systemic treatment strategies for metastatic colorectal and appendiceal cancers. Research discoveries are opening up opportunities for greater personalization of treatment. A challenge facing oncology care teams and healthcare systems is the identification and timely integration of important treatment innovations developed at specialty centers into day-to-day clinical practice in the community setting, closer to where patients live. A central goal of this CME course is to provide busy specialists (oncologists, surgeons, interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, radiologists, pathologists) with clinically relevant, cutting-edge knowledge that will help them translate those innovations into best practices, as is being done at various member institutions of the MSK Cancer Alliance.

The second day of the conference will follow a case-based format using real-life clinical scenarios. The moderator of each multidisciplinary panel of international experts will incorporate audience responses in examining key decision points and guiding targeted commentary on presentations by the panelists.

This symposium will help medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, interventional radiologists, colorectal/hepatopancreatobiliary/oncologic surgeons, gastroenterologists, pathologists, and other oncology care team members acquire clinically relevant, cutting-edge knowledge and translate it into best practices.

Learning Objectives

• Update the learner on the progress made in the management of stage IV colorectal cancer.
• Increase the learner’s ability to integrate the various aspects of metastatic colorectal cancer management including timing of surgery, selection of modality for locoregional control, and use of systemic and regional therapies for the metastatic disease.
• Increase the learner’s familiarity with genomic predictors of response to therapy.
• Bring participants up to date with the use of immunotherapy and targeted therapy for metastatic disease.
• Review the results of the most important clinical trials in stage IV colorectal cancer.

Call for Abstracts

Participants are invited to submit an abstract for presentation at the poster session. Abstracts will be selected on the basis of scientific merit and presentation quality. Three travel grants will be awarded: Attendings’ Choice Award, Best Resident/Fellow Award and People’s Choice Award. To submit an abstract for this course, please click on the 'Abstracts' link above. A discounted rate is available for authors of accepted posters. Information will be included in your acceptance email. Submission Deadline Extended: October 31, 2019.

1. Understand the requirements for a successful advanced robotic program.
2. Become familiar with different approaches to minimally invasive transabdominal and transrectal colorectal procedures.
3. Become familiar with advanced hepatobiliary surgical techniques.
4. Review the principles of complete mesenteric excision in colorectal cancer.
5. Update the learner on the progress made in the management of stage IV colorectal cancer.
6. Increase the learner’s ability to integrate the various aspects of metastatic colorectal cancer management including timing of surgery, selection of modality for locoregional control, and use of systemic and regional therapies for the metastatic disease.
7. Increase the learner’s familiarity with genomic predictors of response to therapy.
8. Bring participants up to date with the use of immunotherapy and targeted therapy for metastatic disease.
9. Review the results of the most important clinical trials in stage IV colorectal cancer.

*Industry professionals may attend MSK CME activities for their own education. Marketing, sales, and promotion of products and services is strictly prohibited at MSK CME activities. The ACCME defines a commercial interest as “any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical service directly to patients to be commercial interests. Please click here for more information or email [email protected] if you have additional questions.

Course registration includes continental breakfast, lunch, and refreshment breaks. Please contact [email protected] at least one week prior to the course if you have any special dietary requests or require any specific accommodations.

Registration Discounts/Promotions

• MSK CME offers a discounted rate for MSK Alumni, MSK Cancer Alliance and Cancer Care Partners. If you are a member of one of these groups, please contact [email protected] for more information.
• MSK employee registration is complimentary. However, you must complete course registration in order to attend this course. If you are registered for this course and are unable to attend, please email [email protected].

Please note: after your payment has been processed, no further promotional discount adjustments will be made to your registration.

Cancellation Policy

If you cancel your participation in this course, your registration fee, less a $75 administrative fee, will be refunded when email notification is received by the MSK Office of Continuing Medical Education (MSK CME) at least 7 days prior to the first day of the course ([email protected]).

Cancellations or no-shows after this date are not eligible for a refund. MSK CME reserves the right to cancel or postpone any course due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event we must cancel or postpone this course, we will refund the registration fee in full, but are not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees incurred by airline/travel/lodging agencies. At any time, you may substitute another registrant in your place after contacting MSK CME with the relevant information.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AMA Credit Designation Statement

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 19.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Advances in Robotic Colorectal and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Hosted by MSK & Mayo Clinic

Course Directors

Regional Therapy for Advanced and Metastatic Colorectal and Appendiceal Cancers

Memorial Sloan Kettering Course Directors

Julio Garcia-Aguilar, MD, PhD Benno C. Schmidt Chair in Surgical Oncology Chief, Colorectal Service Director, Colorectal Cancer Research Center Department of Surgery Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College Garrett M. Nash, MD, MPH  Vice Chair for Quality and Safety Department of Surgery

Andrea Cercek, MD Assistant Attending  Department of Medicine  Rona D. Yaeger, MD  Assistant Attending Medical Oncology

Advances in Robotic Colorectal and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Hosted by MSK & Mayo Clinic

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Course Faculty 

Brian Bednarski, MD
Assistant Professor
Associate Program Director, 
Complex General Surgical Oncology Fellowship

Matthew Tillman, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgical Oncology

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Course Faculty 

Regional Therapy for Advanced and Metastatic Colorectal and Appendiceal Cancers

Invited Course Faculty

 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Course Faculty 

Faculty Disclosures (All Faculty)

Memorial Sloan Kettering gratefully acknowledges the following organizations for providing educational grants for this live activity:

Bristol-Myers Squibb
Cook Medical
Ethicon
Intuitive Surgical
Olympus Corporation of the Americas
ThermaSolutions, Inc.