Biliary Touch Course
Biliary Touch is a course for those who want to have a close contact with Hepatic, Pancreatic and Biliary Surgery, specially with Cholecystectomy and Choledocoscopy techniques.
This is a course for year 1 to 4 Surgical Residents (General and Pediatric Surgery) and General Surgeons.
BiT is the 4th step of the FT Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) Program.
The objectives of the Biliary Touch Course are:
1 - have a full contact with the most important topics in Hepatobiliary Minimally Invasive Surgery
2 - Anatomy, indications, procedures, complications, outcomes
3 - Instruments, devices, etc
4 - learn and simulate Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Choledocoscopy techniques on the First Trainer

Would you like to participate?
We organize 1 or 2 editions of the BILIARY TOUCH Course yearly, in collaboration with:
- Hospital de Leiria
- ULSAM - Hospital de Vila Real
- CHTMAD - Hospital de Vila Real, Vila Real
among other events that we may collaborate with.
To know more and register please go to www.lap-school.com, create your account (free of charge) and register on the course (a fee applies but there are discounts for First Touch participants with the Support of Medtronic).
BILIARY TOUCH Team

Ricardo Marinho, MD 🇵🇹
Centro Hospitalar de Leiria
Hospital de Leiria
Leiria, Portugal
FTacademy Scientific Director
First and Biliary Touch Coordinator
Braga Surgical Week Coordinator

Mario Rui Gonçalves, MD, FEBS AWS, FACS 🇵🇹
Fellow of the European Board of Surgery
Fellow of the American of Surgeons
Hospital de Braga, EPE
Braga, Portugal
FTacademy General Director
Basic, First, Second, Hernia, Robotic and Advanced Touch Coordinator
Braga Surgical Week Coordinator

Mario Rui Gonçalves, MD, FEBS AWS, FACS 🇵🇹
Fellow of the European Board of Surgery
Fellow of the American of Surgeons
Hospital de Braga, EPE
Braga, Portugal
FTacademy General Director
Basic, First, Second, Hernia, Robotic and Advanced Touch Coordinator
Braga Surgical Week Coordinator

Mario Rui Gonçalves, MD, FEBS AWS, FACS 🇵🇹
Fellow of the European Board of Surgery
Fellow of the American of Surgeons
Hospital de Braga, EPE
Braga, Portugal
FTacademy General Director
Basic, First, Second, Hernia, Robotic and Advanced Touch Coordinator
Braga Surgical Week Coordinator

Mario Rui Gonçalves, MD, FEBS AWS, FACS 🇵🇹
Fellow of the European Board of Surgery
Fellow of the American of Surgeons
Hospital de Braga, EPE
Braga, Portugal
FTacademy General Director
Basic, First, Second, Hernia, Robotic and Advanced Touch Coordinator
Braga Surgical Week Coordinator
Sponsorship

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