Welcome
2 Day Symposium and Hands-on MIS simulation course
Rescheduled for Spring 2024
Marriott Waterfront Hotel
Seattle, WA USA
About Us
Scientific Sessions
Lectures, videos, and lively discussion on the latest management of babies with EA-TEF for all phases of care.
Hands-on EA-TEF MIS Experience
Whether you're learning the technique for the first time or brushing up on your MIS skills, you will have multiple opportunities to practice MIS repair of EA-TEF in our hands-on lab with both synthetic and animal tissue models. You will also have the opportunity to get your own Symulus EA-TEF simulator and take it home with you!
Accommodations
Stay at our host hotel, the beautiful Seattle Waterfront Marriott right on Puget Sound
HOTEL LINK COMING SOON!
Limited space available
Registration Opens 11/1/2023
Register for the Spring 2024 EA-TEF Symposium this fall
Course Organizers
John Meehan, MD
Spencer Beasley, MD
Spencer Beasley, MD
Pioneer and leader in pediatric robotic surgery as well as MIS neonatal surgery and surgical simulation. Has trained hundreds of surgeons in robotic surgery around the world.
Seattle Children's Hospital
University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
Spencer Beasley, MD
Spencer Beasley, MD
Spencer Beasley, MD
Professor of pediatric surgery and international authority on esophageal atresia. He edited the first textbook on the subject and led a research unit investigating embryogenesis of EA and the VACTERL association.
University of Otago
Christchurch,
New Zealand
Jon Wells, MD
Spencer Beasley, MD
Jon Wells, MD
Regarded as one of the world's leading simulation experts with a wealth of experience in technical skills simulation and research for neonatal thoracoscopic surgery
University of Otago Simulation Centre,
Christchurch,
New Zealand
Ram Nataraja, MD
Ram Nataraja, MD
Ram Nataraja, MD
Director of Surgical Simulation & Monash Children's Simulation, Consultant at the WHO WPRO.
Monash Children's Hospital,
Melbourne, Australia
Rory Jones
Ram Nataraja, MD
Ram Nataraja, MD
Rory has a number of post graduate degrees in engineering and business. Throughout his career, he has lived and worked in different regions around the world and now is an integral part of the Symulus team in both marketing and development of neonatal surgical simulation solutions.
Organizing Institutions
University of Otago
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle Children's Hospital
The University of Otago (Māori: Te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou) is a public research collegiate university based in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Founded in 1869, Otago is New Zealand's oldest University, one of the oldest universities in Oceania, and is ranked in the top 1% of all Universities world-wide.
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle Children’s Hospital is consistently ranked in the top 10 Children's Hospitals in the US.
Through the collaboration of physicians in nearly 60 pediatric subspecialties, Seattle Children's Hospital provides inpatient, outpatient, diagnostic, surgical, rehabilitative, behavioral, emergency and outreach services – regardless of a family’s ability to pay.
Symposium Sponsors
Karl Storz Endoscopy
Karl Storz Endoscopy
Karl Storz Endoscopy
KARL STORZ – the leading endoscope manufacturer – offers systems for human and veterinary medicine as well as for industrial applications. Endoscopes, instruments, devices, and camera systems from KARL STORZ have stood for tradition, advanced technology, and quality for more than 75 years.
Symulus
Karl Storz Endoscopy
Karl Storz Endoscopy
Symulus brings hi-fidelity surgical training to life and is the creator of the EA-TEF model used in this course. Using the latest technology available in our design and production processes, we’re crafting a new approach to surgical training, with state-of-the-art models that enable rapid skills development across multiple surgical disciplines.
Jingle Cross Inc
Karl Storz Endoscopy
Jingle Cross Inc
Jingle Cross is a Washington state based 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization that sponsors events for Children's Hospitals around the world. Jingle Cross became world famous as the main sponsor supporting the globally televised UCI Cyclocross World Cup event in Iowa City , Iowa USA