| Time | Topic | Speaker | Moderators |
| 07:30 am - 08:00 am | Registration | ||
| 08:00 am - 08:10 am | Welcome: The Big Nerve and Endometriosis | Tamer Seckin, MD Dan Martin, MD Frank Chervenak, MD |
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| Session I: | |||
| 08:10 am - 08:30 am | Recognition of Endometriosis | Dan Martin, MD | |
| 08:30 am - 08:50 am | Cancer-driver Mutation and Nerve Innervation in Endometriosis | Ie- Ming Shih, | |
| 08:50 am - 09:10 am | Centralization, the brain and the Speculative Role of the Vagus Nerve in Endometriosis (V) | Philippe Koninckx, MD | |
| 09:10 am - 09:30 am | Neurogenic inflammation in peritoneal lesions and clinical consequences | Sylvia Mechsner, MD | |
| 09:30 am - 09:45 am | Discussion | ||
| 09:45 am - 10:00 am | Break | ||
| Session II: | |||
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Neuromodulation of neuro-immune circuits | Stavros Zanos, MD, PhD | |
| 10:20 am - 10:40 am | Spleen neuro-immune interactions and inflammation | Ibrahim T. Mughrabi, MD, PhD | |
| 10:40 am - 11:00 am | Neuroimmune communication drives lesions and pain in endometriosis | Michael S. Rogers PhD | |
| 11:00 am - 11:20 am | Central sensitization driven by neuroinflammation in endometriosis | Kanako Hayashi, PhD. | |
| 11:20 am - 11:40 am | Preclinical Modeling of Endometriosis-Associated Pain: Neural Remodeling and Disease Pathophysiology | Jae-Wook Jeong, PhD | |
| 11:40 am - 11:55 am | Discussion | ||
| 11:55 am - 12:10 pm | Break | ||
| 12:10 pm 12:45 pm |
Keynote: Vagus Nerves in Endometriosis: Role and Therapeutic Potentials | Sun-Wei Guo, PhD | |
| 12:45 pm - 13:30 pm | Lunch | ||
| Session III | |||
| 13:30 pm - 13:50 pm | From Menstrual Effluent to Nociceptors: Neutrophils Triggering Endometriosis Pain | Katherine Burns, PhD | |
| 01:05 pm - 01:25 pm | TBD | - | |
| 02:10 pm - 02:30 pm | Nociception in Endometriosis Lesions: Insights from High Resolution Molecular Mapping and Neuro-Immune networks | Elise Courtois, PhD. | |
| 02:40 pm - 03:00 pm | Multi-omic Analysis of Human Endometrium and Endometriosis | Semir Beyaz, PhD | |
| 03:00 pm - 03:15 pm | Discussion | ||
| 03:15 pm - 03:30 pm | Break | ||
| Session IV: | |||
| 11:20 am - 11:40 am | Adenomyosis and Pain: The Hidden Drivers of Uterine Pain—From Myometrium to Nociceptors | Sun-Wei Guo, PhD | |
| 03:50 pm - 04:10 pm | TBD | - | |
| 04:10 pm - 04:30 pm | TBD | - | |
| 04:30 pm - 04:50 pm | TBD | - | |
| 04:50 pm - 05:00 pm | Discussion | ||
| 05:00 pm - 05:30 pm | End of the Day | Tamer Seckin, MD Dan Martin, MD |
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| 07:00 pm - 10:00 pm | FACULTY DINNER | ||
*The scheduled timing of speakers on the program is subject to change.
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Moderators |
| 07:30 am - 07:50 am | Welcome Day 2 Surgery: Endometriosis 2026: The Big Nerve and Endometriosis | Tamer Seckin, MD Harry Reich, MD |
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| 07:50 am - 08:10 am | TBD | Harry Reich, MD | |
| Session I | |||
| 08:10 am - 08:30 am | The hypothalamus: control of the circle of pain in endometriosis | Serdar Bulun, MD | |
| 08:30 am - 08:50 am | Depression in endometriosis | Hugh Taylor, MD | |
| 08:50 am - 09:10 am | Endometrial Panic: A Psychobiological Phenomenon | Arnold Wilson, PhD | |
| 09:10 am - 09:30 am | Functional brain MRI under different medications in endometriosis patients | Wolfgang Küpker, MD, PhD | |
| 09:30 am - 09:50 am | Imaging Diagnosis for Endometriosis Involving Nerves | Mauricio Abrao, MD | |
| 09:50 am - 10:10 am | Discussion | ||
| 10:10 am - 10:30 am | Break | ||
| Session II | |||
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Beyond Endometriosis: Why Neuropelveological Expertise Is Essential to Understand Pelvic Pain (V) | Marc Possover, MD | |
| 10:50 am - 11:10 am | Why is Endometriosis is a Neurocentric Disease | Tamer Seckin, MD | |
| 11:10 am - 11:30 am | Nerve-Centric Surgical Planning in Endometriosis: From Neuroinflammation to Excision Strategy | Hélder Ferreira MD, PhD, MBA | |
| 11:30 am - 11:50 am | Dealing with endometriosis of pelvic nerves: My way (V) | Horace Roman, MD | |
| 11:50 am - 12:05 pm | Discussion | ||
| 12:05 pm - 12:15 pm | Break | ||
| 12:15 pm 01:00 pm |
Keynote: | Assia Stepanian, MD | |
| 01:00 pm - 01:45 pm | Lunch | ||
| Session III | |||
| 01:45 pm - 02:05 pm | The Endometriosis Pain Paradox: Why Suppressing Estrogen Isn’t Enough | Michael Nimaroff, MD, MBA | |
| 02:05 pm - 02:25 pm | Presentation of 4 case reports with lumbosacral endometriosis and treatment strategies | Sylvia Mechsner, MD | |
| 02:25 pm - 02:45 pm | Presacral Neurectomy in a Nerve‑Centric Era: Selective Denervation for the Right Patient | Ted Lee, MD | |
| 02:45 pm - 03:05 pm | Mind the Nerves: Impact of Deep Endometriosis Surgery on Bladder Function | Fatih Sendag, MD | |
| 03:05 pm - 03:25 pm | Laparoscopic Pudendal Nerve Decompression for Pudendal Neuralgia Refractory to Conservative Management | Liron Bar-el, MD | |
| 03:25 pm - 03:40 pm | Discussion | ||
| 03:40 pm - 03:55 pm | Break | ||
| Session IV | |||
| 03:55 pm - 04:15 pm | Pregnancy in Endometriosis and Adenomyosis: Maternal–Fetal Risks | Anthony Vintzileos, MD | |
| 04:15 pm - 04:35 pm | Egg freezing Or Endometriosis surgery - what should come first ?! | Tomer Singer, MD, MBA | |
| 04:35 pm - 04:55 pm | Modern Advancements in IVF Treatments | Brian Levine, MD | |
| 04:55 pm - 05:15 pm | TBD | Serin Seckin, MD | |
| 05:15 pm - 05:30 pm | Closing Remarks | ||
*The scheduled timing of speakers on the program is subject to change.
