In a scenario where the operating room is evolving at an unprecedented speed, the Surgical Center Conference 2026 is consolidating itself as a space that not only updates knowledge, but also promotes significant transformations in professional practice.

Driven by surgical instrument technicians and aimed at the entire surgical community, these workshops seek to strengthen the quality of care, optimize patient safety, and promote the building of more empathetic, coordinated, and committed work teams.

This meeting highlights the professionals who sustain the dynamics of the surgical environment, renewing the commitment to a safe, innovative and profoundly humane practice.

Aimed at technicians and graduates in surgical instrumentation, health professionals linked to the surgical field and students of related careers.

A proposal designed for those who wish to take an active role in improvement processes.

• Dr. Pedro Valdez – Head of the Operating Room
• Jesica Franco, M.A. – Internal Training
• Selene Taborda, M.Sc. – Deputy Head of Instrumentation
• Silvia Saucedo, Licensed Professional - Operating Room Coordinator
• María Inés Ibañes, Head of Instrument Technicians

• Anticipating emerging challenges,
• Incorporate new technologies with ethical and responsible criteria,
• To consolidate their role in patient safety,
• Get involved in the evolution of the operating room of the future.

The Surgical Center Conference 2026 is distinguished by integrating high-value clinical and technical content with a focus on humanization, safety, and professional ethics.

This edition will cover critical areas of particular relevance, including:

cardiovascular surgery
Update on highly complex procedures, such as Ross surgery in adult patients.

Neurosurgery
Pathologies requiring a delicate approach, such as Kleeblattschädel syndrome, delving into the technical challenges and the importance of coordinated surgical work.

3D Prosthetics and Tissue Bank
Current overview of personalized medicine, the use of 3D printed prostheses and the strategic role of the tissue bank in modern surgery.

Ex situ: Liver autotransplantation
The liver technique ex situ It allows the resection of tumors in complex locations through bench surgery and subsequent reimplantation of the organ.

The activity combines surgical experiences, analysis of real-life scenarios, specialized workshops, and spaces for interdisciplinary reflection, with the purpose of strengthening skills and promoting a safe, humane, innovative operating room aligned with the present and future challenges of surgical practice.

Friday, August 7 (half day)

– 13:00 – 13:45 – Accreditation and reception.

– 14:00 – 14:30 – Institutional opening (welcome of authorities).

– 14:30 – 15:00 – Implementation of minimally invasive endoscopic nipple-areola complex preservation mastectomy (e-NSM) – Lic. María Cecilia Crespín – Lic. Griselda Acosta

– 15:00 – 15:30 – Presentation to be confirmed.

– 15:30 – 16:00 – Break.

– 16:00 – 16:30 – Ross surgery as an alternative to aortic valve replacement in adult patients: a surgical instrumentation approach – Lic. Jimena Lagranda and Lic. Susan Maras.

– 16:30 PM – 17:00 PM – Sustainable Operating Room – Dr. Verónica Torres Cerino

– 17:00 PM – 17:30 PM – Neurostimulation in refractory pain – Erica Mansilla, PhD

Closing day

Saturday August 8

– 9:00 – 9:30 – Welcome and Start of the session. Ex situ: Liver autotransplantation – Lic. Sabrina Romero – Tec. Nadia de la Cruz.

– 9:30 – 10:00 – Solidarity mission in Nigeria: assistance, training and cooperation in the treatment of congenital heart disease – Celeste Martinez, Florencia Paredes, Daniel Klinger, and Tomás Ponte

– 10:00 – 10:30 – Tissue Bank: The role of surgical instrumentation from procurement to implantation. Guido Dembovsky, MSc and Celeste Martinez, MSc

– 10:30 – 11:00 – Break.

– 11:00 – 11:30 – Presentation to be confirmed

– 11:30 – 12:00 – High Performance Team and Leadership in the Operating Room – Dr. Marcos Galli.

– 12:00 – 12:30 – Cloverleaf skull: Stepped surgical strategy for the management of a complex craniofacial malformation – Ana Camila Velocci, PhD and Romina Acosta, PhD.

** Preliminary schedule subject to change

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Due to the complex economic situation in Argentina, the tuition fees for our programs and degrees are adjusted periodically. This is to preserve the academic quality that underpins our value proposition and to meet the University's commitments and obligations. These increases will be based on indicators reported by the Central Bank of Argentina.

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