| Time | Topic | Speaker | Chairs |
| 07:30 am - 08:00 am | Registration | ||
| 08:00 am - 08:10 am | Welcome: Day 1 Science Endometriosis 2026: The Big Nerve and Endometriosis |
Frank Chervenak, MD | |
| Session I: | Dan Martin, MD Elise Courtois, PhD. |
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| 08:10 am - 08:30 am | Why is Endometriosis is a Nerve-centric Disease | Tamer Seckin MD | |
| 08:30 am - 08:50 am | Neurogenic inflammation in peritoneal lesions and clinical consequences | Sylvia Mechsner, MD | |
| 08:50 am - 09:10 am | Neuroimmune communication drives lesions and pain in endometriosis | Michael Rogers PhD | |
| 09:10 am - 09:30 am | Nociception in Endometriosis Lesions: Insights from High Resolution Molecular Mapping and Neuro-Immune networks | Elise Courtois, PhD. | |
| 09:30 am - 09:45 am | Discussion | ||
| 09:45 am - 10:00 am | Break | ||
| Session II: | Semir Beyaz, PhD Michael Nimaroff, MD, MBA |
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| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Spleen neuro-immune interactions and inflammation | Ibrahim T. Mughrabi, MD, PhD | |
| 10:20 am - 10:40 am | Neuromodulation of neuro-immune circuits | Stavros Zanos, MD, PhD | |
| 10:40 am - 11:00 am | Central sensitization driven by neuroinflammation in endometriosis | Kanako Hayashi, PhD. | |
| 11:00 am - 11:20 am | Preclinical Modeling of Endometriosis-Associated Pain: Neural Remodeling and Disease Pathophysiology | Jae Wook Jeong, PhD | |
| 11:20 am - 11:35 am | Discussion | ||
| 11:35 am - 11:50 am | Break | ||
| 11:50 am 12:35 pm |
Keynote: Vagus Nerves in Endometriosis: Role and Therapeutic Potentials |
Sun-Wei Guo, PhD | Tamer Seckin, MD Stavros Zanos, MD PhD |
| 12:35 pm - 01:30 pm | Lunch Break & Talk: Cat Bohannon | ||
| Session III | Adi Katz, MD Sylvia Mechsner, MD |
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| 01:30 pm - 01:50 pm | Recognition of Endometriosis | Dan Martin, MD | |
| 01:50 pm - 02:10 pm | The Endometriosis Pain Paradox: Why Suppressing Estrogen isn't Enough | Michael Nimaroff, MD, MBA | |
| 02:10 pm - 02:30 pm | Centralization, Neuroplasticity, and the Speculative Role of the Vagus Nerve in Endometriosis (V) | Philippe Koninckx, MD | |
| 02:30 pm - 02:50 pm | Egg freezing Or Endometriosis surgery - what should come first ?! | Tomer Singer, MD, MBA | |
| 02:50 pm - 03:10 pm | Multi-omic Analysis of Human Endometrium and Endometriosis | Semir Beyaz, PhD | |
| 03:10 pm - 03:25 pm | Discussion | ||
| 03:25 pm - 03:40 pm | Break | ||
| Session IV: | Michael S. Rogers, PhD Katherine Burns, PhD |
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| 03:40 am - 04:00 am | From Menstrual Effluent to Nociceptors: Neutrophils Triggering Endometriosis Pain | Katherine Burns, PhD | |
| 04:00 pm - 04:20 pm | Functional brain MRI under different medications in endometriosis patients | Wolfgang Küpker, MD, PhD | |
| 04:20 pm - 04:40 pm | Endometrial Panic: A Psychobiological Phenomenon | Arnold Wilson, PhD | |
| 04:40 pm - 05:00 pm | Nerve Centricity in Endometriosis: Microscopic Evidence and Mechanistic Pathways | Ayse Ayhan, MD, PhD | |
| 05:00 pm - 05:30 pm | Q/A and Discussion | Tamer Seckin, MD Dan Martin, MD |
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| 07:00 pm - 10:00 pm | FACULTY DINNER | ||
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Chairs |
| 08:00 am - 08:10 am | Welcome Day 2 Surgery: Endometriosis 2026: The Big Nerve and Endometriosis |
Harry Reich, MD | Harry Reich, MD Jeannine Ann Villella, DO |
| 08:10 am - 08:20 am | Cancer-driver Mutation and Nerve Innervation in Endometriosis | Ie Ming Shih, MD | |
| 08:20 am - 08:30 am | The Dark Side of the Endometrioma: Ovarian Cancer | Jeannine Ann Villella, DO | |
| Session I | Ted Lee, MD Hugh Taylor, MD |
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| 08:30 am - 08:50 am | The Silent War Within: Neurocentric Endometriosis with AI Touch | Tamer Seckin, MD | |
| 08:50 am - 09:10 am | Nerve-Centric Surgical Planning in Endometriosis: From Neuroinflammation to Excision Strategy | Hélder Ferreira MD | |
| 09:10 am - 09:30 am | Endometriosis Is a Nerve Disease—So Why Are We Still Treating It Like a Gynecologic One? | Nash Moawad, MD | |
| 09:30 am - 09:50 am | The hypothalamus: control of the circle of pain in endometriosis | Serdar Bulun, MD | |
| 09:50 am - 10:05 am | Discussion | ||
| 10:05 am - 10:20 am | Break | ||
| Session II | Nash Moawad, MD Fatih Sendag, MD |
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| 10:20 am - 10:40 am | Beyond Endometriosis: Why Neuropelveological Expertise Is Essential to Understand Pelvic Pain (V) | Marc Possover, MD | |
| 10:40 am - 11:00 am | Presentation of 4 case reports with lumbosacral endometriosis and treatment strategies | Sylvia Mechsner, MD | |
| 11:00 am - 11:20 am | Laparoscopic Pudendal Nerve Decompression for Pudendal Neuralgia Refractory to Conservative Management | Liron Bar-el, MD | |
| 11:20 am - 11:40 am | Adenomyosis and Pain: The Hidden Drivers of Uterine Pain—From Myometrium to Nociceptors | Sun-Wei Guo, PhD | |
| 11:40 am - 11:55 am | Discussion | ||
| 11:55 am - 12:10 pm | Break | ||
| 12:10 pm 12:55 pm |
Keynote: Advancing Reproductive Outcome in Endometriosis and Adenomyosis: From Classification to AI and Fundamental Research. |
Assia Stepanian, MD | Dan Martin MD |
| 12:55 pm - 01:40 pm | Lunch |
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| Session III | Mauricio Abrao, MD Hélder Ferreira, MD |
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| 01:40 pm - 02:00 pm | Imaging Diagnosis for Endometriosis Involving Nerves | Mauricio Abrao, MD | |
| 02:00 pm - 02:20 pm | Depression in endometriosis | Hugh Taylor, MD | |
| 02:20 pm - 02:40 pm | Presacral Neurectomy in a Nerve‑Centric Era: Selective Denervation for the Right Patient | Ted Lee, MD | |
| 02:40 pm - 03:00 pm | Dealing with endometriosis of pelvic nerves: My way (V) | Horace Roman, MD | |
| 03:00 pm - 03:20 pm | Mind the Nerves: Impact of Deep Endometriosis Surgery on Bladder Function | Fatih Sendag, MD | |
| 03:20 pm - 03:35 pm | Discussion | ||
| 03:35 pm - 03:50 pm | Break | ||
| Session IV | Liron Bar-el, MD Serin Seckin, MD |
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| 03:50 pm - 04:10 pm | Pregnancy in Endometriosis and Adenomyosis: Maternal–Fetal Risks | Anthony Vintzileos, MD | |
| 04:10 pm - 04:30 pm | Endometriosis Like Pain without Endometriosis: The Venous Diagnosis Surgeons Miss | Ana Sierra, MD | |
| 04:30 pm - 04:50 pm | Modern Advancements in IVF Treatments | Brian Levine, MD | |
| 04:50 pm - 05:10 pm | Targeting Neuropharmacology of Endometriosis-Associated Pain | Alina Sharinn, MD | |
| 05:10 pm - 05:20 pm | Final Remarks | ||
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Chairs |
| 07:30 am - 08:00 am | Registration | ||
| 08:00 am - 08:10 am | Welcome: Day 1 Science Endometriosis 2026: The Big Nerve and Endometriosis |
Frank Chervenak, MD | |
| Session I: | Dan Martin, MD Elise Courtois, PhD. |
||
| 08:10 am - 08:30 am | Why is Endometriosis is a Nerve-centric Disease | Tamer Seckin MD | |
| 08:30 am - 08:50 am | Neurogenic inflammation in peritoneal lesions and clinical consequences | Sylvia Mechsner, MD | |
| 08:50 am - 09:10 am | Neuroimmune communication drives lesions and pain in endometriosis | Michael Rogers PhD | |
| 09:10 am - 09:30 am | Nociception in Endometriosis Lesions: Insights from High Resolution Molecular Mapping and Neuro-Immune networks | Elise Courtois, PhD. | |
| 09:30 am - 09:45 am | Discussion | ||
| 09:45 am - 10:00 am | Break | ||
| Session II: | Semir Beyaz, PhD Michael Nimaroff, MD, MBA |
||
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Spleen neuro-immune interactions and inflammation | Ibrahim T. Mughrabi, MD, PhD | |
| 10:20 am - 10:40 am | Neuromodulation of neuro-immune circuits | Stavros Zanos, MD, PhD | |
| 10:40 am - 11:00 am | Central sensitization driven by neuroinflammation in endometriosis | Kanako Hayashi, PhD. | |
| 11:00 am - 11:20 am | Preclinical Modeling of Endometriosis-Associated Pain: Neural Remodeling and Disease Pathophysiology | Jae Wook Jeong, PhD | |
| 11:20 am - 11:35 am | Discussion | ||
| 11:35 am - 11:50 am | Break | ||
| 11:50 am 12:35 pm |
Keynote: Vagus Nerves in Endometriosis: Role and Therapeutic Potentials |
Sun-Wei Guo, PhD | Tamer Seckin, MD Stavros Zanos, MD PhD |
| 12:35 pm - 01:30 pm | Lunch Break & Talk: Cat Bohannon | ||
| Session III | Adi Katz, MD Sylvia Mechsner, MD |
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| 01:30 pm - 01:50 pm | Recognition of Endometriosis | Dan Martin, MD | |
| 01:50 pm - 02:10 pm | The Endometriosis Pain Paradox: Why Suppressing Estrogen isn't Enough | Michael Nimaroff, MD, MBA | |
| 02:10 pm - 02:30 pm | Centralization, Neuroplasticity, and the Speculative Role of the Vagus Nerve in Endometriosis (V) | Philippe Koninckx, MD | |
| 02:30 pm - 02:50 pm | Egg freezing Or Endometriosis surgery - what should come first ?! | Tomer Singer, MD, MBA | |
| 02:50 pm - 03:10 pm | Multi-omic Analysis of Human Endometrium and Endometriosis | Semir Beyaz, PhD | |
| 03:10 pm - 03:25 pm | Discussion | ||
| 03:25 pm - 03:40 pm | Break | ||
| Session IV: | Michael S. Rogers, PhD Katherine Burns, PhD |
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| 03:40 am - 04:00 am | From Menstrual Effluent to Nociceptors: Neutrophils Triggering Endometriosis Pain | Katherine Burns, PhD | |
| 04:00 pm - 04:20 pm | Functional brain MRI under different medications in endometriosis patients | Wolfgang Küpker, MD, PhD | |
| 04:20 pm - 04:40 pm | Endometrial Panic: A Psychobiological Phenomenon | Arnold Wilson, PhD | |
| 04:40 pm - 05:00 pm | Nerve Centricity in Endometriosis: Microscopic Evidence and Mechanistic Pathways | Ayse Ayhan, MD, PhD | |
| 05:00 pm - 05:30 pm | Q/A and Discussion | Tamer Seckin, MD Dan Martin, MD |
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| 07:00 pm - 10:00 pm | FACULTY DINNER | ||
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Chairs |
| 08:00 am - 08:10 am | Welcome Day 2 Surgery: Endometriosis 2026: The Big Nerve and Endometriosis |
Harry Reich, MD | Harry Reich, MD Jeannine Ann Villella, DO |
| 08:10 am - 08:20 am | Cancer-driver Mutation and Nerve Innervation in Endometriosis | Ie Ming Shih, MD | |
| 08:20 am - 08:30 am | The Dark Side of the Endometrioma: Ovarian Cancer | Jeannine Ann Villella, DO | |
| Session I | Ted Lee, MD Hugh Taylor, MD |
||
| 08:30 am - 08:50 am | The Silent War Within: Neurocentric Endometriosis with AI Touch | Tamer Seckin, MD | |
| 08:50 am - 09:10 am | Nerve-Centric Surgical Planning in Endometriosis: From Neuroinflammation to Excision Strategy | Hélder Ferreira MD | |
| 09:10 am - 09:30 am | Endometriosis Is a Nerve Disease—So Why Are We Still Treating It Like a Gynecologic One? | Nash Moawad, MD | |
| 09:30 am - 09:50 am | The hypothalamus: control of the circle of pain in endometriosis | Serdar Bulun, MD | |
| 09:50 am - 10:05 am | Discussion | ||
| 10:05 am - 10:20 am | Break | ||
| Session II | Nash Moawad, MD Fatih Sendag, MD |
||
| 10:20 am - 10:40 am | Beyond Endometriosis: Why Neuropelveological Expertise Is Essential to Understand Pelvic Pain (V) | Marc Possover, MD | |
| 10:40 am - 11:00 am | Presentation of 4 case reports with lumbosacral endometriosis and treatment strategies | Sylvia Mechsner, MD | |
| 11:00 am - 11:20 am | Laparoscopic Pudendal Nerve Decompression for Pudendal Neuralgia Refractory to Conservative Management | Liron Bar-el, MD | |
| 11:20 am - 11:40 am | Adenomyosis and Pain: The Hidden Drivers of Uterine Pain—From Myometrium to Nociceptors | Sun-Wei Guo, PhD | |
| 11:40 am - 11:55 am | Discussion | ||
| 11:55 am - 12:10 pm | Break | ||
| 12:10 pm 12:55 pm |
Keynote: Advancing Reproductive Outcome in Endometriosis and Adenomyosis: From Classification to AI and Fundamental Research. |
Assia Stepanian, MD | Dan Martin MD |
| 12:55 pm - 01:40 pm | Lunch |
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| Session III | Mauricio Abrao, MD Hélder Ferreira, MD |
||
| 01:40 pm - 02:00 pm | Imaging Diagnosis for Endometriosis Involving Nerves | Mauricio Abrao, MD | |
| 02:00 pm - 02:20 pm | Depression in endometriosis | Hugh Taylor, MD | |
| 02:20 pm - 02:40 pm | Presacral Neurectomy in a Nerve‑Centric Era: Selective Denervation for the Right Patient | Ted Lee, MD | |
| 02:40 pm - 03:00 pm | Dealing with endometriosis of pelvic nerves: My way (V) | Horace Roman, MD | |
| 03:00 pm - 03:20 pm | Mind the Nerves: Impact of Deep Endometriosis Surgery on Bladder Function | Fatih Sendag, MD | |
| 03:20 pm - 03:35 pm | Discussion | ||
| 03:35 pm - 03:50 pm | Break | ||
| Session IV | Liron Bar-el, MD Serin Seckin, MD |
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| 03:50 pm - 04:10 pm | Pregnancy in Endometriosis and Adenomyosis: Maternal–Fetal Risks | Anthony Vintzileos, MD | |
| 04:10 pm - 04:30 pm | Endometriosis Like Pain without Endometriosis: The Venous Diagnosis Surgeons Miss | Ana Sierra, MD | |
| 04:30 pm - 04:50 pm | Modern Advancements in IVF Treatments | Brian Levine, MD | |
| 04:50 pm - 05:10 pm | Targeting Neuropharmacology of Endometriosis-Associated Pain | Alina Sharinn, MD | |
| 05:10 pm - 05:20 pm | Final Remarks | ||
