26th Saudi International Colorectal Diseases Forum
7–9 February 2026 • Ritz Carlton, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Registration Fees
- SR 500 — SSCRS Members (Limited seats)
- SR 700 — Non SSCRS Members (Limited seats)
- SR 300 — Virtual
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Welcome Message
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the Saudi Society of Colon & Rectal Surgery (SSCRS) and the Organizing Committee,
it is our great honor to welcome you to the 26th Saudi International Colorectal Disease Forum,
which will be held at The Ritz Carlton Hotel, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for the first time from 7 to 9 February 2026.
The 2026 forum will have another landmark collaboration between the SSCRS and The International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ISCRUS) aiming to bring together renowned experts, academic leaders, and surgical innovators from around the world as well as our regional experts from GCC and Arabic countries including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Turkey, Germany, Lithuania, France, UK, Canada, USA, Venezuela, and South Korea. The 26th meeting will serve as a global platform for exchanging knowledge, sharing the latest research, and exploring cutting-edge advances that are transforming colorectal surgery and patient care.
The scientific program will focus on Innovation and Technology in Colorectal Surgery, highlighting evidence-based practices, technological breakthroughs, and innovative approaches in colorectal surgery. It will feature keynote lectures, expert panels, live and pre-forum interactive workshops, ensuring a comprehensive and forward-looking learning experience.
The Saudi Society of Colon & Rectal Surgery (SSCRS) is delighted to continue its role in collaboration with several distinguished surgical societies and institutions, reflecting its ongoing commitment to advancing excellence in colorectal practice, research, and education.
We look forward to welcoming you all to Jeddah for an inspiring and memorable event that celebrates innovation, knowledge exchange, and global collaboration in colorectal surgery.
Day One — Saturday, 7 February 2026
| Time | Program | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Registration | |
| 8:30 AM | Opening Ceremony (Quran) | |
| 8:35 AM | Welcome Remarks — Chair of the Saudi-International Colorectal Diseases Forum 2026 | Dr. Ohoud Alamoudi |
| 8:40 AM | Welcome Remarks — President of The Saudi Society of Colon & Rectal Surgery | Prof. Samar Alhomoud |
| 8:45 AM | Award Ceremony & Group Photo | |
| Session 1 — Colorectal Cancer | ||
| Moderators: Prof. Samar Alhmoud, Prof. Ahmad Alzubaidi, Dr. Noura Alhassan | ||
| 9:10 AM | Prof. Alaa Abduljabbar Lecture: Robotic Colorectal Surgery: Future Direction | Prof. Narimantas Samalavicius |
| 9:30 AM | Rectal Cancer Treatment: Past, Present, and Future | Prof. Dursun Bugra |
| 9:45 AM | The Next Frontier: Non-Operative Management — The Rectum and Beyond | Prof. Joseph Nunoo-Mensah |
| 10:00 AM | Is It Time to Rethink TME for Middle-Upper Rectal Cancer? | Dr. Luai Ashari |
| 10:15 AM | Neoadjuvant Radio-Chemotherapy for Rectal Cancer: When to Operate? | Prof. Eddy Cotte |
| 10:30 AM | Surgical Options for LAR in a Difficult Pelvis | Prof. Sender Liberman |
| 10:45 AM | Discussion | |
| 10:55 AM | Coffee Break | |
| Session 2 — Innovation and Technology | ||
| Moderators: Dr. Luai Ashari, Dr. Samer Doughan, Prof. Narimantas Samalavicius | ||
| 11:00 AM | Standardization of laparoscopic and robotic surgery using the Critical Views Concept for Right Hemicolectomy | Prof. Ayman Agha |
| 11:15 AM | Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Colorectal Surgery | Dr. Suhail Alturkistani |
| 11:30 AM | When Technology Fails in Colorectal Surgery | Prof. Emre Balik |
| 11:45 AM | ctDNA: Importance in Colorectal Cancer | Dr. Marwan Alhajeili |
| 12:00 PM | Discussion | |
| 12:15 PM | Lunch Break | |
| Session 3 — Peritoneal Disease | ||
| Moderators: Dr. Hussein Alkhdhur, Dr. Ali Alsaffar, Prof. Eddy Cotte | ||
| 1:15 PM | PIPAC or HIPEC: What to Choose? | Dr. Mohammed Alyami |
| 1:30 PM | Living After Pelvic Exenteration | Dr. Raha Alahmadi |
| 1:45 PM | Rectal Cancer: The RESET Trial | Prof. Eddy Cotte |
| 2:00 PM | Complete Mesocolon Excision for the Right Colon Cancer: Is it a Must? | Prof. Dursun Bugra |
| 2:15 PM | Risk Assessment of Lateral Pelvic Lymph Nodes Dissection and Therapeutic Implications | Dr. Ahmad Uraiqat |
| 2:30 PM | Re-do Cytoreductive Surgery: When Is It Worth It? | Prof. Haile Mahteme |
| 2:45 PM | Discussion | |
| Session 4 — Training and Beyond | ||
| Moderators: Dr. Shimaa Alkhaldi, Prof. Isam Juma, Dr. Maryam Alhashmi | ||
| 3:00 PM | The Academic Colorectal Surgeon: Mentorship and Leadership | Dr. Bayan Bokhari |
| 3:15 PM | Simulation-Based Education: Building Competence Before the OR | Dr. Abdulrahman Alotaibi |
| 3:30 PM | Mentorship Beyond the Operating Room | Prof. Sender Liberman |
| 3:45 PM | Fellowship Training in the Era of Robotics and AI | Prof. Byung Soh Min |
| 4:00 PM | Discussion | |
| 4:15 PM | Coffee Break | |
| Session 5 — Consultant Corner on Management and Alternatives to Surgical Problems | ||
| Chairs: Dr. Aisha Abdulrahman, Dr. Khaled Alresini, Dr. Ohoud Alamoudi | ||
| 4:30 PM | Panel: Dr. Abdullah Alhaddad, Prof. Dursun Bugra, Prof. Eddy Cotte, Prof. Isam Juma, Prof. Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, Dr. Majed Alrudayni, Dr. Mohd Hosni Abunada, Dr. Noura Alhassan, Prof. Omar Alobaid, Dr. Sara Albastaki, Prof. Sender Liberman | Panel |
| 5:30 PM | End of Day One | |
Day Two — Sunday, 8 February 2026
| Time | Program | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Registration | |
| Session 1 — Challenges in Colorectal | ||
| Moderators: Dr. Khalifa Almulhim, Dr. Murtadha Alqubtan, Prof. Dursun Bugra | ||
| 8:30 AM | Stapling Misadventures: Prevention & Management | Dr. Esra Salman |
| 8:45 AM | DICA Classification: New View for Diverticular Disease | Prof. Ricardo Escalante |
| 9:00 AM | Staple Line Bleeding: What to Do? | Prof. Ayman Abdelhafiz |
| 9:15 AM | Bridging the Divide: Transitioning Paediatric to Adult Surgical Care in Colorectal Disease | Dr. Nahla Arab |
| 9:30 AM | Discussion | |
| 9:45 AM | Coffee Break | |
| Session 2 — IBD | ||
| Moderators: Dr. Mohammed Widinly, Dr. Abdullah Alhaddad, Prof. Ayman Abdelhafiz | ||
| 10:00 AM | Ulcerative Colitis Surgery: Ongoing Controversies | Dr. Abdulaziz Saleem |
| 10:15 AM | Timing is Everything: Optimizing Surgical Decisions in Crohn’s Disease | Dr. Sami Judeeba |
| 10:30 AM | Surgery in IBD: Ready or Not? | Dr. Ali Farsi |
| 10:45 AM | Anti-TNF and Biologics: Do They Really Increase Surgical Morbidity | Dr. Mariam Mukhtar |
| 11:00 AM | Complex Enterocutaneous Fistulizing Crohn’s: What to Do? | Dr. Ali Alsaffar Dr. Nora Alsharqawi |
| 11:15 AM | Discussion | |
| Session 3 — Proctology | ||
| Moderators: Dr. Aisha Abdulrhman, Prof. Emre Balik, Dr. Sara Albastaki | ||
| 11:30 AM | Biological in Anal Fistula | Prof. Ahmad Alzubaidi |
| 11:45 AM | Why Does Anal Fistula Surgery Fail? Lessons from Recurrence and Non-Healing | Prof. Joseph Nunoo-Mensah |
| 12:00 PM | AIN Guidelines: What is New? | Dr. Samer Doughan |
| 12:15 PM | Laser Fistulotomy: Where Do We Stand? | Dr. Maryam Alhashmi |
| 12:30 PM | PNS excision, EPSIT, and RAF: Single-center experience | Dr. Manar Nassr |
| 12:45 PM | Discussion | |
| 1:00 PM | Lunch Break | |
| Session 4 — Pelvic Floor Diseases | ||
| Moderators: Dr. Reem Alharbi, Dr. Ohoud Alamoudi, Prof. Ricardo Escalante | ||
| 2:00 PM | Surgical Management of External Rectal Prolapse and High-Grade Internal Intussusception | Prof. Joseph Nunoo-Mensah |
| 2:15 PM | Fecal Incontinence in a Normal Anal Sphincter | Dr. Ahmed Badrek |
| 2:30 PM | Low Anterior Resection Syndrome: Incidence and Treatment | Prof. Ricardo Escalante |
| 2:45 PM | Discussion | |
| 3:00 PM | Coffee Break | |
| Session 5 — Technical Trips and Tricks: Video Session | ||
| Moderators: Dr. Ahmed Elhadi, Dr. Roger Gerjy, Prof. Joseph Nunoo-Mensah | ||
| 3:10 PM | Delorme Procedure for Rectal Prolapse | Prof. Dursun Bugra |
| 3:20 PM | CME for Right Colon Cancer | Prof. Emre Balik |
| 3:30 PM | Robotic Transverse Colon Resection with Intracorporeal Anastomosis | Prof. Ayman Agha |
| 3:40 PM | Robotic TME: Tips and Tricks | Prof. Byung Soh Min |
| 3:50 PM | Use of Hugo Robotic in Colorectal Surgery | Dr. Khaled Alresini |
| 4:00 PM | Graciloplasty for Fecal Incontinence for Atresia Ani (in Adulthood) | Prof. Narimantas Samalavicius |
| 4:10 PM | Coffee Break | |
| 4:15 PM | General Assembly (Members Only) | |
| 5:15 PM | End of Day Two | |
Day Three — Monday, 9 February 2026
| Time | Program | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Registration | |
| Session 1 — GCC Experience | ||
| Moderators: Dr. Majed Alrudayni, Dr. Mohammed Widinly, Dr. Sara Albastaki | ||
| 8:30 AM | Ileal Pouch Outcome: Single-Center Experience | Prof. Samar Alhomoud |
| 8:45 AM | IBD-Associated Dysplasia and Cancer: Is Segmental Resection the New Standard? | Dr. Abdullah Alhaddad |
| 9:00 AM | The “Trap” of Near-Complete Response | Prof. Isam Juma |
| 9:15 AM | Is Immunotherapy a Game-Changer in Advanced Colon Cancer? | Dr. Mohd Hosni Abunada |
| 9:30 AM | Robotic Rectal Cancer Surgery: Where do we Stand? | Dr. Roger Gerjy |
| 9:45 AM | Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis (DIE) of the Rectum: Resection vs Conservative Approach | Dr. Murtadha Alqubtan |
| 10:00 AM | Discussion | |
| 10:15 AM | Coffee Break | |
| Session 2 — Improving Patient Outcome | ||
| Moderators: Dr. Abdulrahman Alotaibi, Dr. Ahmad Uraiqat, Prof. Ayman Agha | ||
| 10:30 AM | Early Ileostomy Takedown After Surgery for Rectal Cancer | Prof. Narimantas Samalavicius |
| 10:45 AM | Faster Fast Track | Prof. Omar Alobaid |
| 11:00 AM | ERAS 2.0: Same Day Discharge for Colorectal Resection | Dr. Ahmed Elhadi |
| 11:15 AM | Rehabilitation After Colorectal Cancer Surgery | Dr. Nadim Malibary |
| 11:30 AM | Adapting to Life After Stoma Creation | Ms. Eisiah Abbas |
| 11:45 AM | Discussion | |
| Session 3 — Colorectal Debates | ||
| Moderators: Prof. Omar Alobaid, Dr. Mohd Hosni Abunada, Prof. Narimantas Samalavicius | ||
| 12:00 PM | Diverticulitis – Enough Already! Just Take the Colon O-U-T!: FOR | Prof. Joseph Nunoo-Mensah |
| 12:15 PM | Diverticulitis – Enough Already! Just Take the Colon O-U-T!: AGAINST | Prof. Dursun Bugra |
| 12:30 PM | TNT, Therapy Paradigm Shift, or Passing the Trend? FOR | Dr. Marwan Alhajeili |
| 12:45 PM | TNT, Therapy Paradigm Shift, or Passing the Trend? AGAINST | Prof. Emre Balik |
| 1:00 PM | Closing Remarks | Dr. Ohoud Alamoudi |
| 1:15 PM | End of Forum / Lunch Break | |
