2026 Symposium on Optical Surgical Navigation

Registration
Registration is required to attend. If you are unavailable to participate on the event date or would like to receive access to the webinar recording on demand, please register at the virtual attendance link below.

To attend in person, please complete the form below. Space is limited, and food will be provided based on the number of registrations.

7:30 am - 8:15 am
Welcome Breakfast

8:15 am - 8:20 am
Opening remarks by Mary Hawn, Chair of Surgery, Stanford Medicine

8:20 am - 10:00 am (includes 10 minutes for speaker introductions)
Session 1 - Imaging Strategies
Moderators: Thinzar Lwin (City of Hope) and Jim Delikatny (UPenn)
8:20-8:40am: Summer Gibbs (OHSU)
Nerve-Specific Imaging Enable Precision Surgery
8:40-9:00am: William Goodyer (Stanford)
Preclinical Optimization and Validation of Illuminode: A Novel Optical Imaging Tool to Visualize the Cardiac Conduction System To Prevent Surgical Damage
9:00-9:20am: Oliver Bruns (National Center for Tumor Diseases, Germany)
Macroscopic Raman and Fluorescence Imaging in the Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) for surgical applications
9:20-9:40am: Brian Pogue (Dartmouth)
Hypoxia Imaging & Sensing In Vivo with Endogenous Protoporphyrin IX

9:40-10am: Panel discussion

10:00-10:20 am - Coffee Break

10:20 am - 12:00 pm (includes 10 minutes for speaker introductions)
Session 2 - Imaging Strategies
Moderators: Anita Mahadevan-Jansen (Vanderbilt) and Fay Nicolson (Harvard)
10:20-10:40am: Sophie Hernot (Free University Brussels, Belgium)
“Enhancing Optical Navigation with Nanobody-Based Contrast Agents and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging”
10:40-11:00am: Eric Henderson (Dartmouth)
“Moving Beyond Cancer: Co-Leveraging Physiological and Optical Phenomena for Better Surgical Decision-Making”
11:00-11:20am: Dimitrios Gorpas (Technical University Munich, Germany)
Fluorescence molecular endoscopy for esophageal cancer early detection
11:20-11:40am: Jim Basilion (Case Western)
Theranostic use of protease probes for FIGS and PTT
11:40-12 pm Panel discussion

12-1 pm - Lunch Break

1:00 pm - 2:40 pm (includes 10 minutes for speaker introductions)
Session 3 - Hardware Development and Industry
Moderators: Nynke van den Berg (Telix Pharmaceuticals) and John Fengler (Stryker)
1:00-1:20pm: Ethan LaRochelle (Quel Imaging)
Accelerating clincial translation: non-animal models for imaging system characterization to surgical training
1:20-1:40pm: Connor Barth (Trace Bioscience)
Nerve Trace - near-infrared nerve imaging for safer surgery
1:40-2:00pm: Clint Bahler (Indiana University)
Near-infrared fluorescent imaging for prostatectomy guidance: Folate and PSMA targeted surgery.
2:00-2:20pm: Justin Baba (Vanderbilt, Yaya Scientific)
Development of non-contact, label free real-time intraoperative tissue identification technology
2:20-2:40pm: Panel discussion

2:40-3:00 pm - Snack Break

3:00 pm - 5:10 pm (includes 10 minutes for speaker introductions)
Session 4 - Clinical Trials
Moderators: George Poultsides (Stanford) and Stephan Rogalla (Stanford)
3:00-3:20pm: Max Witjes (University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands)
Clinical challenges in fluorescence guided surgery in Head & Neck cancer
3:20-3:40pm: Ferdinand Knieling (University of Erlangen, Germany)
Bridging Physics and Pediatrics: Advanced Imaging Modalities Beyond Conventional Ultrasound
3:40-4:00pm: Michelle Bradbury (Cornell)
Next-Generation Imaging Tools in Surgical Oncology: Integrating Multiplex Fluorescence, Tumor Profiling, and AI-Driven Guidance
4:20-4:40pm: Eben Rosenthal (Vanderbilt)
Overview of surgical imaging in head and neck cancer
4:40-5:00pm: panel discussion
5:00-5:10 pm: Closing Remarks

5:10 pm: networking with drinks and snacks


 
For virtual attendance registration: https://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_g4Sf8zCBRrmxTUOewFNBxA