- World Congress of Abdominal Wall (World Congress of Hernia WCHS)

Dr. Rajesh Khullar MBBS (AFMC, Pune University), MS (PGI, Chandigarh), FICS, FIAGES, FALS Senior Director - Max Institute of Laparoscopic, Endoscopic & Bariatric Surgery, Max Healthcare, Saket, New Delhi, India President – Asia Pacific Hernia Society (APHS) Past President – Obesity & Metabolic & Surgery Society of India (OSSI), (2015 - 2018) Past President - Hernia Society of India – National Chapter of Asia Pacific Hernia Society, (2016 - 2018) Past Honorary Secretary– Indian Association of Gastrointestinal Endosurgeons (2014 - 2016) Section Editor Hernia – Journal of Minimal Access Surgery Member, Editorial Board– World Journal of Abdominal Wall Hernia

10 October 2024 (Thursday)

Time	Session

17:30 19:00	WCHS 2024 Opening Ceremony Welcome Remarks by Congress Scientific Chair Jaideep Raj Rao Speaker Welcome Remarks by Congress Organising Chair Sujith Wijerathne Speaker Welcome Remarks by Congress President Davide Lomanto Speaker Opening Speech by APHS President Rajesh Khullar Speaker APHS: Looking Forward Pradeep Chowbey Speaker Global Hernia World David Chen Speaker An Anatomy Lesson in the Era of AI Yohann Renard Speaker Honorary Membership Award Group Photo Hall 406 CX

Time

Session

17:30

19:00

WCHS 2024 Opening Ceremony

Welcome Remarks

by Congress Scientific Chair

Jaideep Raj Rao Speaker
Welcome Remarks

by Congress Organising Chair

Sujith Wijerathne Speaker
Welcome Remarks

by Congress President

Davide Lomanto Speaker
Opening Speech

by APHS President

Rajesh Khullar Speaker
APHS: Looking Forward

Pradeep Chowbey Speaker
Global Hernia World

David Chen Speaker
An Anatomy Lesson in the Era of AI

Yohann Renard Speaker
Honorary Membership Award
Group Photo

Hall 406 CX

11 October 2024 (Friday)

Time	Session

12:30 12:45	APHS Presidential Lecture: Hernia Beyond Mesh Rajesh Khullar Speaker Hall 406 CX
13:45 15:15	Symposium 2C - Challenges in Hernia Surgery (Case Based Discussion) Hernia Repair in Renal Failure Deepak Subramanian Speaker Experience from Tailored TAPP Ferdinando Agresta Speaker Groin Hernia Repair After Pelvic Surgery Nozomi Ueno Speaker Complex Hernias in Emergency Situation Aparna Ashish Deshpande Speaker Options for Redo Groin Hernia Repair Rajesh Khullar Speaker Multiple Recurrences in Ventral/Incisional Hernia Marc Miserez Speaker Robotic Fundoplicatio Guo Wei Kim Speaker Q&A Hall 406 D
15:45 17:15	Symposium 3C - Complications in Hernia Surgery Intraoperative Complications During Lap Hernia Gafoor Mubarak Speaker Disasters in Groin Hernia Mandar Gadgil Speaker Disasters in Ventral Hernia Marc Ong Speaker Disasters in Hiatal Hernia Fumiaki Yano Speaker Vascular Injury Premkumar Balachandran Speaker What to Do in Bowel Injury Kirubakaran Malapan Speaker Urethral Injury in Hernia Repair Aung Myint Oo Speaker Mesh Infection After Inguinal Hernia Repair Rajesh Khullar Speaker Q&A Hall 406 D

12 October 2024 (Saturday)

Time	Session

08:30 09:00	Fireside Chat / Meet the Expert 2A Rajesh Khullar Speaker Hall 405 B
16:15 16:30	Closing Ceremony Davide Lomanto Speaker Jaideep Raj Rao Speaker Pradeep Chowbey Speaker Rajesh Khullar Speaker Sean Lee Speaker Sujith Wijerathne Speaker Basini, Stoppa, Cooper Award Prize Giving

9 - 10 October 2024 (Wednesday - Thursday)

Time	Session

10:35 10:55	Inguinal Anatomy: Posterior (Endolaparoscopic) View Rajesh Khullar Speaker
12:30 12:55	TEP repair for Inguinal Hernia Rajesh Khullar Speaker