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International Medical Conference Endometriosis 2025:

Endometriosis 2025: Your Mother Should Know, Your Doctor Should Know Better!


DAY I: SCIENCE

Friday, February 28, 2025 (7:30 AM - 5:30 PM ET)

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Time Topic Speaker
07:30 am - 8:00 am Registration
08:00 am - 08:10 am Welcome: Creating Mass Awareness: Why and What Mothers and Others Should Know! Tamer Seckin, MD
Dan Martin, MD
Session: Causes of Endometriosis Molecular Pathways to Explore
08:10 am - 08:30 am We Can Work It Out: Ethical Challenges in Multi-Generational Endometriosis Care Frank Chervenak, MD
08:30 am - 08:50 am Reproductive Justice and Endometriosis: Discrepancies Through Cultures Bruno Van Herendael, MD
08:50 am - 09:10 am Transcriptomic Changes in Superficial Peritoneal Endometriosis Asgi Fazleabas, PhD
09:10 am - 09:30 am Development of endometriosis Dan Martin, MD
09:30 am - 09:40 am Discussion
09:40 am - 09:50 am Break
Session: Familial and Hereditary Penetrance of Endometriosis
09:50 am - 10:10 am The Familial and Hereditary Aspects of Endometriosis (V) Krina Zondervan, MSc, DPhil, FRCOG
10:10 am - 10:30 am What Your Mother and Doctor Can't Yet Know Stacey Missmer, SC.D.
10:30 am - 10:50 am Decade Long Multi-omics Initiative Leading to Revolutionary Discovery Guided by JNK Inhibition Piraye Beim, PhD
10:50 am - 11:10 am Diminished Estrogen Signaling Concordant With Increased Extent of Fibrosis in Ectopic Endometrium Sun-Wei Guo, PhD
11:10 am - 11:20 am Discussion
11:20 am - 11:30 am Break
11:30 am - 12:00 pm Keynote: Adolescent Endometriosis, a Call to Action on Early Detection Ceana Nezhat, MD
12:00 pm - 12:45 pm Lunch  
Session: Science in Endometriosis
12:45 pm - 01:05 pm Decoding Menstrual Transcription: Insights into Endometriosis Ridhi Tariyal, MBA, BS
01:05 pm - 01:25 pm Single Cell Transcriptomics in Microenvironment of Endometriosis Lesions Danielle Luciano, MD
01:25 pm - 01:45 pm The Role of Neutrophils in the Onset of Endometriosis Katherine Burns, PhD
01:45 pm - 02:05 pm Immunology of Endometriosis Hugh Taylor, MD
02:05 pm - 02:15 pm Discussion
02:15 pm - 02:25 pm Break
Session: USG and Early Detection
02:25 pm - 02:45 pm Pelvic Anatomy on Ultrasound and Methodology of Ultrasonographic Exam Anna Stepniewska, MD
02:45 pm - 02:05 pm Peritoneal Endometriosis-Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy (CLE) Technique Fernanda Okita, MD
03:05 pm - 03:25 pm Micro RNA in Endometriosis and Implantation : New Paradigm Wolfgang Küpker, MD, PhD
03:25 pm - 03:35 pm Discussion
03:35 pm - 03:50 pm Break
Session: Science in Endometriosis
03:50 pm - 04:10 pm Mice, or microfluidics? How Multi-omics Analysis Guides Us to Build the Most Useful Models of Endometriosis Patient Linda Griffith, PhD
04:10 pm - 04:30 pm Iron Meets its Match: Endometriosis Cells' Pro-Fibrotic Counterattack Polona Safaric Tepes, PhD
04:30 pm - 04:50 pm A Multidisciplinary Approach to Severe Dysmenorrhea in Young Females (16-24y.o.a.) After App-based Stratification Sylvia Mechsner, MD
04:50 pm - 05:10 pm Transcriptomic Mapping of Endometrium and Endometriosis Semir Beyaz, PhD
05:10 pm - 05:30 pm Discussion - End of the Day
07:00 pm FACULTY DINNER

*The scheduled timing of speakers on the program is subject to change.


 

DAY II: SURGERY

Saturday, March 1, 2025 (7:30 AM - 5:00 PM ET)

Time Topic Speaker
7:30 am - 8:00 am Networking & Registration  
Session: Endometriosis For all: Anatomy -DIE- Peritoneal Profibrotic Disease
08:00 am - 08:20 am What is Ahead of Us for Surgery? Harry Reich, MD
08:20 am - 08:40 am Understanding Peritoneal Endometriosis - Towards New Medical Treatment Andrew Horne, MD
08:40 am - 09:00 am Anatomy for Precision Endometriosis Surgery (V) Shaheen Khazali, MD
09:00 am - 09:20 am Progressive, Regressive, or Persistent Endometriosis/Multiorgan Surgery Including Thoracic Endometriosis Tamer Seckin, MD
09:20 am - 09:40 am Tailoring Surgical Strategy of Bowel Endometriosis: Preoperative Accurate Imaging Help the Surgeon to Take the Most Conservative Choice (V) Mario Malzoni, MD
Alessandra Di Giovanni, MD
09:40 am - 09:50 am Discussion
09:50 am - 10:00 am Break
Session
10:00 am - 10:20 am Violence in Adolescence: Sexual Abuse, Incest, and Their Possible Role in Symptoms Suggestive of Endometriosis (V) Michel Canis, MD, PhD
10:20 am - 10:40 am Endometriosis Should Be Updated for the Limitations of Trial Evidence, the Multivariability of Decisions, Collective Experience, Heuristics, and Bayesian Thinking (V) Philippe Koninckx, MD, PhD
10:40 am - 11:00 am Ovulatory Menses and Endometriosis Serdar Bulun, MD
11:00 am - 11:20 am Robotic Surgery in Endometriosis Surgery: Is It Worthwhile? Horace Roman, MD, PhD
11:20 am - 11:40 am Adenomyosis-induced Heavy Menstrual Bleeding: Its Pathophysiology and Possible Intervention Sun-Wei Guo, PhD
11:40 am - 12:00 pm Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Keynote: A Neo-evolutionary Approach to the Secondary Prevention of Adenomyosis and Endometriosis Paolo Vercellini, MD
12:30 pm - 01:15 pm Lunch  
Session: Facts and its Unintended Consequences of Endo Surgery - Complications!
01:15 pm - 01:35 pm Review of Recent Increased Risk of Endometriosis and Ovarian Cancer: How Real Is It? Farr Nezhat, MD
01:35 pm - 01:55 pm Urinary Endometriosis-How Does Location and Size Impact Treatment Ted Lee, MD
01:55 pm - 02:15 pm Pain Perception in Young Women With Dysmenorrhea: Observations in a Novel Multiprofessional Treatment Setting Sylvia Mechsner, MD
02:15 pm - 02:35 pm Nature of Panic in Endometriosis Patients Arnold Wilson, PhD
02:35 pm - 02:45 pm Discussion
02:45 pm - 03:00 pm Break
Session:
03:00 pm - 03:20 pm Between Too Much and Too Less: Extramucosal and Lateral Excision in Colorectal Endometriosis Elvira Bratila, MD, PhD
03:20 pm - 03:40 pm Mastering the Maze: Navigating the Challenges of Neuropelvic Surgery in Endometriosis A. Taner Usta, MD
03:40 pm - 04:00 pm How I Became an Endometriosis Surgeon: My Journey and Insights Juan Salgado-Morales, MD
04:00 pm - 04:20 pm Expected and Unexpected Complications ; What Patients and Families Should Know? Tamer Seckin, MD
04:20 pm - 04:30 pm Discussion
04:30 pm - 05:00 pm Closing Remarks

*The scheduled timing of speakers on the program is subject to change.