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Belgian Association of Paediatric Surgery

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UPCOMING SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS :

Save The Date:

-Wednesday 8 November 2023: Autumn Congress + Annual General Assembly + Annual Dinner*

at De Abdijhoeve, Abdij van Park 4, 3001 Heverlee

(*please contact a.s.a.p. Lucas.Matthyssens@uzgent.be for reservations & meal preferences)

-Every second Monday evening of the month: BELAPS-ONCO BOARD Teams Meeting !

with Difficult case discussions & Study updates:

(please contact Aurore Pire, Martine Demarche or Lucas Matthyssens for planning and more info!)

...more details soon

STAY HEALTHY , KEEP A SAFE DISTANCE , WASH YOUR HANDS (AS ALWAYS) & GET VACCINATED

& check regularly below for more information !

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BELAPS Aims & Mission statements

What is Paediatric Surgery?

Definitions: "General Surgery in Children" & "Specialised Paediatric Surgery"

The WOFAPS / Kyoto Declaration of Paediatric Surgery (2001)

(Grosfeld JL, WOFAPS. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 2001;36(12):1743 doi: 10,1053/jpsu.2001.28811 PMID: 11733896)

Information for parents - pour parents - voor ouders :

please find here already some info in English (from BAPS, with permission)

et en Français (from SFCP, avec permission)

About Training & Recognition of Paediatric Surgery:

Read here our Open letter & position statement (21.12.2020)

to the Minister of Health and all stakeholders involved in the (training of)

surgery in neonates and children in Belgium:

-Dutch version:

"Voorstel voor Hervorming van de opleiding Heelkunde in België: Vergeet de kleintjes

niet." Urgente Open brief en position statement van de Belgische Vereniging voor

Kinderchirurgie, 21.12.2020

-version Française:

Proposition de réforme de la formation en chirurgie en Belgique: N'oublions pas les

petits." Lettre ouverte urgente et déclaration de position de la Société Belge de

Chirurgie Pédiatrique, 21.12.2020

Lettre_urgente_de_la_BELAPS_sur_Réforme_formation_Chirurgie_20201221.pdf:

SCIENTIFIC PAEDIATRIC SURGICAL MEETINGS:

U P C O M I N G BELAPS Meetings : check here regularly!

The Board of BELAPS will organize exciting (inter)national scientific meetings in the near future :

as soon as we have more information you will find it on our homepage !

2023

Wednesday 8 November 2023: Autumn Congress + Annual General Assembly + Annual Dinner*

With (1) Scientific Sessions (Free papers & Difficult case session) (14:00h-17:30h),

(2) the BELAPS Annual General Assembly (17:45h-18:30h)

and (3) Reception & Dinner* (18:45h-... )

at De Abdijhoeve, Abdij van Park 4, 3001 Heverlee

(*please contact A.S.A.P. Lucas.Matthyssens@uzgent.be for your dinner reservation & meal preferences)

U P C O M I N G (Inter)National Paediatric Surgical Meetings*

2023

December 4-5: 42ème Séminaire de Chirurgie Pédiatrique: Pathologies Malformatives: du diagnostic anténatal à la chirurgie réparatrice. Société Française de Chirurgie Pédiatrique (S.F.C.P.), Reims (FR)

2024

P A S T BELAPS scientific meetings

2023

June 21-23: 69th Annual International Congress of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS), in collaboration with BELAPS, at BMCC, Bruges, Belgium

June 20: BAPS International Training Day, for international trainees in paediatric surgery (all training years), at Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

April 27-28: 24th Belgian Surgical week, at Thermae Palace, Ostend, Belgium,

with a Joint session on Ambulatory surgery in children organised by BAAS & BELAPS,

and the annual BELAPS Scientific Spring meeting

March 16-17: BVK-SBP Annual Congress (Paediatrics), at The Egg, Brussels, Belgium,

with on 17/3/2023 a Parallel subspecialty Joint session on Gastroenterology+Surgery organised by BESPGHAN & BELAPS

2022

November 30: Annual BELAPS Scientific Autumn Meeting & General Assembly, Abdij van Park, Heverlee, Belgium

May 6: Annual BELAPS Scientific Spring Meeting, at the 23rd Belgian Surgical Week (RBSS), Thermae Palace, Ostend, Belgium

March 21: BELAPS Info Meeting "Future of Paediatric Surgical Training in Belgium"

March 18: Joint Scientific Session of BELAPS & BePICS: "Paediatric Abdominal Emergencies: a Multidisciplinary Approach", joint scientific session at the 50th Annual Congress of BVK-SBP, The Egg, Brussels

2021

December 1: Annual BELAPS Scientific Autumn Meeting II + General Assembly of BELAPS : virtual meeting ONLINE

September 10: Joint Scientific Meeting "BGES+BELAPS" (9A, 14:30-16:00h) & BELAPS Scientific Autumn Meeting I (16:30-18:00h), 2021 Belgian Surgical Week, Antwerp (BE)

June 2: ! ONLINE ! ANNUAL BELAPS Scientific Spring Meeting (15-19h) : virtual meeting ONLINE

March 6: ! ONLINE ! "BELGIAN HERNIA DAY-meeting" of BSAWS, the Belgian Society of Abdominal Wall Surgery, with morning session of pediatric hernia surgery in collaboration with BELAPS (9-13h) : virtual meeting ONLINE

2020

November 25: ! ONLINE ! Annual BELAPS Scientific Autumn Meeting & Annual General Assembly of BELAPS (15-19h) : virtual meeting ONLINE

2019

November 27: SCIENTIFIC AUTUMN MEETING OF BELAPS with international keynote lecture + BELAPS Annual General Assembly + BELAPS Annual Dinner, BRYC, Brussels (BE)

2018

September 26: FIRST JOINT BeNeSwiss INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING of BELAPS, NVKC and the Swiss Society of Paediatric Surgery, the day before the 8th ANNUAL CONGRESS OF ESPES, Hotel Le Plaza, Brussels (BE) more info see this link

March 8: 46th ANNUAL CONGRESS OF BVK/SBP, THE BELGIAN SOCIETY OF PAEDIATRICS (BVK-SBP), Brussels (BE) with a morning joint BVK/SBP-BELAPS session on Abdominal Pain in Children

2017

December 22:BELAPS SCIENTIFIC AUTUMN/WINTER MEETING & 2017 GENERAL ASSEMBLY, at the Brussels Royal Yacht Club (BRYC), Brussels (BE)

May 18: GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COLLEGIUM CHIRURGICUM ON THE REFORM OF SURGICAL TRAINING IN BELGIUM (Belgian Surgical Week, Thermae Palace, Ostend, BE)

April 6-7: FIRST JOINT CONGRESS of BELAPS & THE SWISS SOCIETY of PEDIATRIC SURGERY (SGKC/SSCP) , at Interlaken (CH) see this link

2016

October 22: FIRST JOINT CONGRESS of BELAPS & BESPGHAN: Annual BELAPS Autumn Congress (and General Assembly) , in collaboration with the Belgian Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (BeSPGHaN), Lamot, Mechelen (BE)

July 19-22: 63rd ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS of BAPS, the British Association of Paediatric Surgery,in association with BELAPS and NVKC, the Dutch Society of Paediatric surgery, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam (NL) with Postgraduate Training Day with IPEG-endorsed Workshop on Minimal Invasive Surgery in Children and Newborns

April 23: JOINT MEETING ON PAIN IN CHILDREN, Annual Congress of the Belgian Association for Paediatric Anaesthesiology (BAPA), organized together with the Belgian Paediatric Pain Association (BePPA) & BELAPS, Leuven (BE)

2015

October 23-24: ANNUAL CONGRESS & GENERAL ASSEMBLY of BELAPS, Luxemburg (LU): congress programme;free papers sessions

March 6: ANNUAL SPRING MEETING of BELAPS, Charleroi (BE) : meeting programme

**P A S T Inter/National Paediatric Surgical Meetings**

2023

July 5-7: Joint International Congress of ESPES & IPEG on Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery, at Sorrento (IT)

June 21-23: 69th Annual International Congress of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS), in collaboration with BELAPS, at BMCC, Bruges, Belgium

June 20: BAPS International Training Day, for international trainees in paediatric surgery (all training years), at Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

June 7-10: 24rd Annual Congress of the European Paediatric Surgeon's Association (EUPSA), at Izmir, Turkiye

2022

October 12-15: WORLD CONGRESS of PEDIATRIC SURGERY (WOFAPS), Praha (CZ)

September 29-30: 12th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ESPES, the European Society of Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery, at Barcelona (ESP)

July 13-15: 68th International Annual Congress of BAPS, Birmingham (UK)

June 29-July 2: 23rd Annual Congress of EUPSA, Tel Aviv (ISR)

2021

November 29-30: 40ème Séminaire d'Enseignement du Collège de Chirurgie Pédiatrique et de la Société Française de Chirurgie Pédiatrique (SFCP) , organisé par la Société Francophone d'Urologie Pédiatrique et de l'Adolescent (SFUPA): "L'endo-urologie pédiatrique: actualités et perspectives", à Marseille (FR)

October 11-13: 77ème CONGRES ANNUEL DE LA SFCP, la Société Française de Chirurgie Pédiatrique : virtual meeting 100% digital & ONLINE

September 15-17: 11th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF ESPES, the European Society of Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery, at Lugano (CH)

September 1-4: ! HYBRID MEETING ! 22nd ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF EUPSA, the European Paediatric Surgeons' Association, Athens (GR) & ONLINE

July 7-9: ! ONLINE ! 68th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF BAPS, the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons - virtual meeting ONLINE

2020

September 18: ! ONLINE ! 10th ANNUAL CONGRESS OF ESPES, the European Society of Paediatric Endoscopic Surgeons, E-Congress ONLINE

2019

September 11-13: 9th ANNUAL CONGRESS OF ESPE S, the European Society of Paediatric Endoscopic Surgeons, Vicenza (IT)

June 13-15: 20th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS of EUPSA, the European Paediatric Surgeons' Association, Beograd (SRB)

February 21-23: ESHRE course: "Gynecological Pathologies in Adolescence", Alicante (ESP), more information see here

2018

November 15-20: 50th ANNUAL WORLD CONGRESS OF SIOP / IPSO, THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETIES OF PAEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY AND PAEDIATRIC SURGICAL ONCOLOGY, Kyoto (JPN)

October 20: ANNUAL FALL MEETING OF BESPGHAN, the Belgian Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition: "What's New On the Paediatric Oesophagus", STAM Ghent (BE) see here

September 27-28: 8th ANNUAL CONGRESS OF ESPES, THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF PAEDIATRIC ENDOSCOPIC SURGEONS, Brussels (BE) more info see this link

July 18-20: 65th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF BAPS, THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC SURGERY, Liverpool (UK)

June 20-23: 19th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS of EUPSA, the European Paediatric Surgeons' Association, Paris (FR)

2017

October 11-13: 74th CONGRESS OF SFCP, THE FRENCH SOCIETY OF PAEDIATRIC SURGERY, Nice (FR)

October 5-7: 49th ANNUAL MEETING OF CAPS, THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC SURGEONS, Banff, Alberta (CDN)

September 27-29: 7th ANNUAL CONGRESS OF ESPES, THE EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF PAEDIATRIC ENDOSCOPIC SURGEONS, Wroclaw (POL)

July 19-21: 26th ANNUAL CONGRESS OF IPEG, THE INTERNATIONAL PEDIATRIC ENDOSCOPY GROUP & 64th ANNUAL CONGRESS OF BAPS, THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF PAEDIATRIC SURGERY, London (UK)

June 22-23: ADVANCED COURSE ON LAPAROSCOPIC NEONATAL SURGERY, Naples (IT)

May 22: 5° SYMPOSIUM INTERNATIONAL D'ETHIQUE CLINIQUE CHEZ LE NOUVEAU-NE & L'ENFANT: Transplantation & don d' organes autour de la naissance, Charleroi (BE) more info: tel +32(0)71-921323

May 17-20: 18th EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF PAEDIATRIC SURGERY OF EUPSA, THE EUROPEAN PAEDIATRIC SURGEONS' ASSOCIATION, Limasol (CYP)

May 4-7: 2017 ANNUAL MEETING OF APSA, THE AMERICAN PEDIATRIC SURGICAL ASSOCIATION, Hollywood, Florida (USA)

April 6-8: FIRST INTERNATIONAL MEETING of PEDIATRIC AIRWAY TEAMS - INPAT, Genoa & Cinque Terre (IT)

February 14: RENCONTRES DE PERINATALOGIE: L'urgence en périnatalité, Brussels (BE) more info: Jasmine.Fleurquin@erasme.ulb.ac.be

February 9-10: BAPS PAEDIATRIC SURGERY ONCOLOGY COURSE, Oxford (UK)

January 27: UMons TRAUMA & PECTUS COURSE, Mons (BE) more info: france.brohee@hap.be

January 20: INTESTINAL FAILURE & TRANSPLANTATION SYMPOSIUM , Leuven (BE) more info: tim.vanuytsel@uzleuven.be

2016

November 25-26: 51. AKADEMIE FUER KINDERCHIRURGIE (AKIC), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinderchirurgie, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendchirugie und Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Kinderchirurgie, Luzern (CH)

November 14-16: 9th EUROPEAN PEDIATRIC COLORECTAL & PELVIC RECONSTRUCTION SYMPOSIUM, Paris (FR)

November 9-10: CHILDREN'S ADVANCED TRAUMA (CAT) COURSE, Sheffield (UK)

November 2-4: 16th ANNUAL CONGRESS of BAPES, the British Association of Paediatric Endoscopic Surgeons, Manchester (UK)

October 12-15: IPEG-ENDORSED CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPEAN MEETING ON NEONATAL & PAEDIATRIC MIS: Hands-On Course & International Symposium, Graz (AU)

October 8-11: 2nd WORLD CONGRESS of PEDIATRIC SURGERY (WOFAPS), WashingtonDC (USA)

September 28-30: 6th ANNUAL CONGRESS of ESPES, the European Society of Paediatric Endoscopic Surgery, in collaboration with GECI & SIVI, Madrid (ESP)

September 22-24: 48th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MEETING of CAPS, the Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgery, Vancouver (CDN)

September 21-23: 73rd ANNUAL CONGRESS of SFC P, the French Society of Paediatric Surgery, Toulouse (FR)

September 8-10: 29th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PEDIATRIC SURGICAL RESEARCH (ISPSR), Frankfurt / Main (GER)

June 15-18: 17th ANNUAL EUROPEAN CONGRESS of PAEDIATRIC SURGERY, EUPSA, the European Paediatric Surgeons' Association, Milano (IT)

June 9: Meeting of the GRIP, national multidisciplinary Working Group on Pediatric Intestinal Failure, Brussels (BE)

May 24-28: 25th ANNUAL IPEG CONGRESS FOR ENDOSURGERY IN CHILDREN, International Pediatric Endosurgery Group, Fukuoka (JPN)

May 14-17: 47th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS of APSA, the American Pediatric Surgical Association, in collaboration with IPSO, San Diego (USA)

May 10: INTERNATIONAL MEETIING ON ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA: "10 years CRACMO", CHRU Lille (FR)

April 24-28: 49th ANNUAL INTERNATIO NAL CONGRESS of PAPS, the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons, Hawaii (USA)

March 19: SECOND BELGIAN HERNIA DAYorganised by BSAWS, the Belgian Section of Abdominal Wall Surgery, with a special session on "Hernia in paediatric patients". Yvoir, CHU Mont-Godinne (BE)

March 3: Meeting of the GRIP, national multidisciplinary Working Group on Pediatric Intestinal Failure, UZ Gasthuisberg, Leuven (BE)

January 31-February 3: 45th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM PEDIATRIC SURGERY, Obergurgl (AU)

January 22-23: 34ème SÉMINAIRE DE CHIRURGIE PÉDIATRIQUE (SFCP): "La Vidéochirurgie en Urologie Pédiatrique" , Colmar (FR)

2015

December 3: Meeting of the GRIP, national multidisciplinary Working Group on Pediatric Intestinal Failure, Brussels (BE)

November 6-7: 24ème RÉUNION DU GECI, Dijon (FR)

November 5-7: 8th INTERNATIONAL PAEDIATRIC COLORECTAL WORKSHOP, Nijmegen (NL)

October 8-11: 47th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS of SIOP, the International Society for Pediatric Oncology, Cape Town (RSA)

September 21: "MINI-INVASIVE SURGERY IN MINI PEOPLE (PEDIATRICS)", an international symposium and BGES monday evening session on minimal invasive surgery in neonates and children, Ghent (BE)

September 17-19: 47th ANNUAL MEETING of CAPS, the Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgeons, Niagara Falls (CDN), 17-19 sep 2015

September 16-18: 72ème CONGRÈS ANNUEL de la SFCP, Société Française de Chirurgie Pédiatrique, Lille (FR)

June 17-20: 16th EUROPEAN CONGRESS of PAEDIATRIC SURGERY (EUPSA), Ljubljana (SLO)