PCC 2025

9th Portsmouth Colorectal Congress

11th – 14th June 2025

Registration Open

Scientific Programme

The programme

Welcome to the 9th Portsmouth Colorectal Congress

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Portsmouth Colorectal Team, it is my pleasure to invite you to attend the 9^th Portsmouth Colorectal Congress

We are excited to continue our mission in connecting the key experts to meet and discuss the role of robotic and minimally invasive approaches in colorectal surgery. The principles, applications, and controversies of TME, CME, and beyond will be discussed through state-of-the-art lectures from world-renowned experts and live operating from Portsmouth Theatres. Three robotic and laparoscopic cases will be shown every day with guest participation in live commenting. The congress will be preceded by a course on surgical navigation and followed by hands-on courses on robotic, laparoscopic, and advanced proctology.

We look forward to meeting you in Portsmouth.
Where Robotic Surgeons Meet!

Yours faithfully,

Prof Jim Khan
Convenor PCC2025

Date

11-14th June 2025

Scientific program
Wednesday to Friday

Courses
Saturday

Venue

Kings Conference Centre

Hedge End, United Kingdom

Guest Faculty

Michel Adamina

HFR Fribourg – Cantonal Hospital, Fribourg

CHE

Oroog Ali

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, Gateshead

GBR

Oktar Asoglu

Acibadem Maslak Hospital, Istanbul

TUR

Nicolas Avellaneda

CEMIC, Buenos Aires

ARG

Geerard Beets

Maastricht UMC+, Maastricht

NDL

Phil Berrington

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Portsmouth

GBR

Chetan Bhan

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London

GBR

Paolo Pietro Bianchi

San Paolo Hospital, Milan

ITA

Walter Brunner

Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen

CHE

Kenneth Campbell

Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee

GBR

Fausto Catena

University of Bologna, Bologna

ITA

Valerio Celentano

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London

GBR

Anoop Chauhan

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Portsmouth

GBR

Ester Consten

University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen

NDL

Peter Coyne

Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle

GBR

Nicola de’Angelis

University of Ferrara, Ferrara

FRA

Francesco Di Fabio

Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke

GBR

Afsana Elanko

Royal Society of Medicine, London

GBR

Charlie Evans

University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry

GBR

Nader Francis

The Griffin Institute, London

GBR

Paul Gibbs

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Portsmouth

GBR

Talvinder Gill

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, Stockton-on-Tees

GBR

Marcos Gomez-Ruiz

Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain

ESP

Athur Harikrishnan

Sheffield Teaching Hospital, Sheffield

GBR

Deena Harji

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester

GBR

Peter Hertz

University of Southern Denmark, Odense

DEN

Werner Hohenberger

University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen

DEU

Roel Hompes

Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam

NDL

Ian Jenkins

St Mark’s Hospital, London

GBR

Tsuyoshi Konishi

MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston

USA

Craig Lynch

Sydney Adventist Hospital, Sydney

AUS

Sushil Maslekar

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds

GBR

Andrew Miles

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Winchester

GBR

Marco Milone

University of Naples Federico II, Naples

ITA

Tim Mitchell

President Royal College of Surgeons of England

GBR

Isacco Montroni

Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Milan

ITA

Per Nilsson

Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm

SWE

Mahir Ozmen

President Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA)

TUR

In Ja Park

Editor in Chief, Annals of Coloproctology

KOR

Corrado Pedrazzani

University of Verona, Verona

ITA

Micaela Piccoli

Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena, Modena

ITA

Frederic Ris

Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Genève

CHE

Philippe Rouanet

Institut du Cancer de Montpellier Val d’Aurelle, Montpellier

FRA

Tilman Schlick

Vice President Medical Affairs and Medical Officer at Intuitive, Dusseldorf

DEU

Lars Thomas Seeberg

Oslo University Hospital, Oslo

NOR

Irshad Shaikh

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich

GBR

Adnan Sheikh

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Lancashire

GBR

Giuseppe Sica

Policlinico Universitario Tor Vergata, Rome

ITA

Anke Smits

St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein

NDL

Antonino Spinelli

Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan

ITA

Patricia Tejedor

University Hospital ‘Gregorio Marañón’, Madrid

ESP

Prem Thambi

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, Stockton-on-Tees

GBR

Mike Thompson

NHS England, Portsmouth

GBR

Matthew Tutton

Colchester Hospital, Colchester

GBR

Bert Van den Bossche

AZORG Ziekenhuis, Aalst

BEL

Subash Vasudevan

Colchester Hospital, Colchester

GBR

Ioannis Virlos

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, Derby

GBR

Xishan Wang

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Peking

CHN

Malcolm West

University Hospital Southampton, Southampton

GBR

Nicholas West

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds

GBR

Nuha Yassin

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham

GBR

Marek Zawadzki

Wroclaw Medical University, Wrocław

POL

Khadija Zouari

University Hospital of Monastir, Monastir

TUN

Journal Support

Editor-in-Chief: Prof In Ja Park, MD, PhD

Impact Factor: 3.0

Annals of Coloproctology (ACP) is the official journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology (KSCP), the Asia Pacific Federation of Coloproctology (APFCP), and the Unitary Italian Society of Colon-Proctology-ETS (SIUCP-ETS). Published bimonthly, ACP features peer-reviewed original research, reviews, guidelines, and other content in coloproctology. It is indexed in PubMed, Scopus, Embase, DOAJ, and other major databases, and is supported by the Korea Research Foundation and the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies.

Agreement: The top 3 abstracts will be offered the opportunity to publish their final papers free of publication fees, pending successful peer review.

Editor-in-Chief: Prof Andrew Gumbs MD, MSc, FACS

This is the first journal focused on AI surgery with rigorous peer review and selection of high quality articles for publication.

Artificial Intelligence Surgery (AIS) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal focused on the integration of AI in all surgical fields. It publishes research on smart technologies, robotics, image guidance, radiomics, 3D printing, and surgical data science—across both minimally invasive and open procedures. AIS accepts original research, reviews, and commentaries, including work on ethical issues and global AI surgery centres. It is indexed in ESCI, Scopus, Dimensions, Lens, and J-Gate.

Agreement: The best 3 abstracts on AI will be offered the opportunity to publish their final papers free of publication fees, pending successful peer review. All others will have the opportunity to submit at a reduced fee of $500.