| 08:00-09:00 |
Registration |
| 08:45-09:00 |
Welcome Address
Panayiotis J. Papagelopoulos (Greece) - Peter Rose (USA) - Pietro Ruggieri (Italy) |
| 09:00-10:30 |
Soft Tissue Tumors
Moderators: George
Agrogiannis (USA), Vassilios Kontogeorgakos (Greece), Doris Wenger (USA)
| 09:00-09:15 |
Classification & Diagnosis of Soft Tissue Tumors
Dionysios Papachristou (Greece) |
| 09:15-09:30 |
Imaging Soft Tissue Tumors
Olympia Papakonstantinou (Greece) |
| 09:30-09:45 |
Work-Up, Biopsy, and Staging of Soft Tissue Tumors
Christos Vottis (Greece) |
| 09:45-10:00 |
Neodjuvant Chemotherapy for Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Gina D’Amato (USA) |
| 10:00-10:15 |
Adjuvant Radiation Therapy for Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Dimitra Michaletou (Greece) |
| 10:15-10:30 |
Discussion |
|
| 10:30-11:00 |
Case Presentations
Moderators: Dionysios Papachristou (Greece), Olympia Papakonstantinou (Greece)
| 10:30-10:40 |
Case 1: PEComa (Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasm) of Talus. CAS-Guided Limb Preservation
Julien Montreuil (Canada) |
| 10:40-10:50 |
Case 2:
Metastatic Synovial Sarcoma of the Gluteal Region
Nikolaos Rigos (Greece)
|
| 10:50-11:00 |
Case 3: Lipomas of the Thigh Apostolos Vlachos (Greece) |
|
| 11:00-11:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:30-12:45 |
Limb Salvage for Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Moderators: Andrea Angelini (Italy), Montreuil Julien (Canada), Dionysios Papachristou (Greece)
| 11:30-11:45 |
Unplanned Excision of Soft Tissue Sarcomas
Vassilios Kontogeorgakos (Greece) |
| 11:45-12:00 |
Soft Tissue Reconstruction after resection of upper extremity and hand tumors
Parthena Deskoulidi (Greece) |
| 12:00-12:15 |
Soft
Tissue Sarcoma of the Lower Extremity: The Rome Experience
Giulio Maccauro (Italy)
|
| 12:15-12:30 |
Soft Tissue Sarcoma of the Lower Extremity: The Amman Experience
Ahmad Shehadeh (Jordan) |
12:30-12:45
|
Discussion |
|
| 12:45-13:15 |
Case Presentations
Moderators: Dionysios Papachristou (Greece), Doris Wenger (USA), Giulio
Maccauro (Italy)
| 12:45-12:55 |
Case 4: Recurrent
Myxofibrosarcoma of the Supraclavicular Region & Neck
Ioannis Tolis (Greece) |
| 12:55-13:05 |
Case 5: Unplanned Excision of an Epithelioid Sarcoma of the Hand
Thekla Antoniadou (Greece) |
| 13:05-13:15 |
Case 6: Unplanned Excision of an Undifferentiated Pleiomorphic Sarcoma of the Arm
Grigoris Rodiftsis (Greece) |
|
| 13:15-14:00 |
Lunch Break |
| 14:00-15:30 |
Bone Tumors
Moderators: Gina D’ Amato (USA), Penelope Korkolopoulou (Greece), Theodoros Kormas (Greece)
| 14:00-14:15 |
Classification & Pathologic Diagnosis of Bone Tumors
George Agrogiannis (Greece) |
| 14:15-14:30 |
Work-Up, Biopsy, and Staging of Bone Tumors
Nikolaos Stavropoulos (Greece) |
| 14:30-14:45 |
Imaging Bone Tumors
Doris Wenger (USA) |
| 14:45-15:00 |
Chemotherapy for Bone Sarcomas (Osteosarcoma- Ewing Sarcoma)
Anastasios Kyriazoglou (USA) VIDEO |
| 15:00-15:15 |
Minimally Invasive Ablation Techniques in Musculoskeletal Oncology
Dimitris Filippiadis (Greece) |
| 15:15-15:30 |
Discussion |
|
| 15:30-15:50 |
Case Presentations
Moderators: Penelope Korkolopoulou (Greece), Ahmad Shehadeh (Jordan), Christos Vottis (Greece)
| 15:30-15:40 |
Case 7: Recurrent GCT of Bone of the Proximal Humerus. Subchondral bone grafting
Joseph Benevenia (USA)
|
| 15:40-15:50 |
Case 8: GCT of the Lumbar Spine
Alexandros Zikopoulos (Greece) |
|
| 15:50-16:50 |
Plenary Lectures
Moderator: Peter Rose (USA)
| 15:50-16:20 |
Limb sparing surgery. A journey from machines to molecules
Peter Choong (Australia) |
| 16:20-16:50 |
What’s new in WHO 2026 classification of soft tissue and bone tumors
Penelope Korkolopoulou (Greece) |
|
| 16:50-17:00 |
Opening Ceremony
Minister of Education
Konstantinos Vlasis
Ministry of Health
Adonis Georgiadis Chief Executive, 2nd Regional Health Authority of Piraeus and Aegean Islands
Christos Roilos |
| 17:00-17:20 |
Presentation of Spetses Island
Mayor of Spetses |
| 17:20-17:40 |
Historical
Lecture: History of Sacropelvic Tumors at Mayo Clinic
Franklin H. Sim (USA) |
| 17:20-17:40 |
Honorary Lecture: Maps
and Medicine. Cartography and Medical Historical Accounts
Panayotis Soucacos (Greece) |
| 20:00 |
Welcome Reception at Poseidonion Grand Hotel |
| 09:00-10:10 |
Limb Salvage Surgery for Bone Tumors
Moderators: Patricia Bonilla Huertas (Panama), Valerae Lewis (USA), Andreas Mavrogenis (Greece)
| 09:00-09:15 |
Innovations in Musculoskeletal Oncology
Pietro Ruggieri (Italy) |
| 09:15- 09:30 |
Oncologic Precision Through 3D Planning: Integrating LAB3D into “Complex" Resections
Eduardo Ortiz Cruz (Spain) |
| 09:30-09:45 |
Shoulder Girdle - Proximal Humerus Resection & Reconstruction
Ioannis Trikoupis (Greece) |
| 09:45-10:00 |
Elbow - Distal Humerus – Proximal Ulna Resection & Reconstruction
Vasileios Kontogeorgakos (Greece) |
| 10:00-10:10 |
Discussion |
|
| 10:10-10:50 |
Case Presentations
Moderators: Penelope Korkolopoulou (Greece), Doris Wenger (USA), Kyriakos
Papavasileiou (Greece)
| 10:10-10:20 |
Case 9: Oligometastatic Melanoma at the Distal Humerus & Elbow
Joseph Benevenia (USA) |
| 10:20-10:30 |
Case 10: Florid Reactive Periostitis of the Middle Phalanx of the Ring Finger
Eleni Ntouvali (Greece) |
| 10:30-10:40 |
Case 11: Synovial Sarcoma of the Elbow.
Extra-articular Resection and Megaprosthetic Reconstruction
Sotiris
Sokorelos (Greece) |
| 10:40-10:50 |
Case 12: Ewing’s Sarcoma of the Talus; long-term follow up
Panagiotis Gavriil (Greece) |
|
| 10:50-11:20 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:20-13:05 |
Limb Salvage Surgery for Bone Tumors
Moderators: Ahmed Aoude (Canada), Joseph Benevenia (USA), Christos
Zampakidis (Greece)
| 11:20-11:35 |
Proximal Femur - Total Femur
Andreas Mavrogenis (Greece) |
| 11:35-11:50 |
Distal Femur
Kyriakos Papavasileiou (Greece) |
| 11:50-12:05 |
Proximal Tibia – Ankle
Andrea Angelini (Italy) |
| 12:05-12:20 |
Pediatric Sarcoma Reconstructions. Do You Know the Name of Your Pediatrics
Orthopedic Surgeon and Your Plastic Surgeon?
Eduardo Jose Ortiz Cruz (Spain) |
| 12:20-12:35 |
Expandable Prostheses
Rodanthi Margariti (Greece) |
| 12:35-12:50 |
Periprosthetic Infections. Mayo Clinic Experience
Virk Abinash (USA) |
| 12:50-13:05 |
Discussion |
|
| 13:05-13:25 |
Case Presentations
Moderators: George Agrogiannis (Greece), Virk
Abinash (USA), Rodanthi
Margariti (Greece)
| 13:05-13:15 |
Case 13: Osteosarcoma of the Proximal Tibia.
Late Infection of Proximal Tibia Megaprosthesis
Dimitra
Papagelopoulos (Greece) |
| 13:15-13:25 |
Case 14: Osteosarcoma of Distal Femur. Early
Infection after Tumor Resection & Reconstruction
Vasileios
Karampikas (Greece) |
|
| 13:25-14:25 |
Lunch Break |
| 14:25-15:55 |
Pelvic and Spine Tumors
Moderators: Vasilios Kontogeorgakos (Greece), Panagiotis Papagelopoulos (Greece), Pietro Ruggieri (Italy)
| 14:25-14:40 |
Surgical Management of Pelvic Sarcomas in Children and Adolescents with and without Reconstruction
Valerae Lewis (USA) |
| 14:40-14:55 |
Reconstruction of the Pelvis Following Sarcoma Resection in Adults
Francis Hornicek (USA) |
| 14:55-15:10 |
Pelvic Reconstruction using 3D-printed implants
Joseph Benevenia (USA) |
| 15:10-15:25 |
Primary Tumors of the Spine and Sacrum
Peter Rose (USA) |
| 15:25-15:40 |
Spine and Sacrum tumors, resection considerations and reconstruction options
Ahmed Aoude (Canada) |
| 15:40-15:55 |
Discussion |
|
| 15:55-16:35 |
Case Presentations
Moderators: Andreas
Mavrogenis (Greece), Adyb Khal (Romania), Kyriakos Papavasileiou (Greece)
| 15:55-16:05 |
Case 15: Chondrosarcoma of Sacroiliac Joint R1 + 5 resection
Joseph Benevenia (USA) |
| 16:05-16:15 |
Case 16: Management of previously treated Hip arthritis and incidental chondrosarcoma
Valerae Lewis (USA) |
| 16:15-16:25 |
Case 17: Pelvic Ewing’s Sarcoma- Managing hip arthritis
Peter Choong (Australia) |
| 16:25-16:35 |
Case 18: Sacrectomy for Sacral Tumors with or Without Lumbopelvic Fixation: Impact of Resection Level on Functional Outcomes
Mirkazemi Masoud (Iran) |
|
| 16:35-17:50 |
Metastatic Bone Disease
Moderators: Vasilios Apostolopoulos (Czech Republic), Michael O'Reilly (USA), Dundar
Sabah (Turkey)
| 16:35-16:50 |
Metastatic
Tumors of the spine
George Sapkas (Greece) |
| 16:50-17:05 |
Radiation
therapy for bone tumors
Safia Ahmed (USA) |
| 17:05-17:20 |
Immunotherapy in Bone Metastases
Gina D’Amato (USA) |
| 17:20-17:35 |
Osteoplasty for Metastatic Disease of the Spine
Dimitris Filippiadis (Greece) |
| 17:35-17:50 |
Discussion |
|
| 17:50-18:20 |
Case Presentations
Moderators: George Agrogiannis (Greece), Anthony Bozzo (Canada), Nikolaos
Stavropoulos (Greece)
| 17:50-18:00 |
Case 19: Metastatic Adenocarcinoma at the Elbow associated with Pathological Fracture
Joseph Benevenia (USA) |
| 18:00-18:10 |
Case 20: Metastatic Ewing’s Sarcoma
Bonilla Huertas Patricia (Panama) |
| 18:10-18:20 |
Case 21: Unplanned Fixation of a Pathologic Distal Femur Fracture: Oncologic Reconstruction and Subsequent Failure
Rezeart Dalipi (North Macedonia) |
|
Saturday, July 11th, 2026
| 09:00-10:30 |
Megaprosthetic Infections
Moderators: Rezeart Dalipi (North Macedonia), Eduardo
Ortiz Cruz (Spain), Ioannis Trikoupis (Greece)
| 09:00-09:15 |
Megaprosthetic Infections
Panayiotis Papagelopoulos (Greece) |
| 09:15-09:30 |
A nightmare scenario: Previous sacropelvic resection with positive margins, infected bone and soft tissue defect
Levent Eralp (Turkey) |
| 09:30-09:45 |
Investigating
the rate of infection in tumoral distal femur and proximal tibia
prostheses with and without local antibiotic prophylaxis therapy
(2018-2024)
Masoud Mirkazemi (Iran) |
| 09:45-10:00 |
Infected Distal Femoral Megaprosthesis: Remove, Revise, or Salvage?
Simona Karapandzevska (North Macedonia) |
| 10:00-10:15 |
Economic Burden in musculoskeletal tumor patient
Eirini Vasiliki Kormentza (Greece) |
| 10:15-10:30 |
Discussion |
|
| 10:30-11:20 |
Case Presentations
Moderators: Penelope Korkolopoulou (Greece), Doris Wenger (USA), Husein Βekir (Turkey)
| 10:30-10:40 |
Case 22: Looking beyond the appearances: A diagnostic challenge in Blood- filled cyst!
Ahmad Shehadeh (Jordan) |
| 10:30-10:40 |
Case 23: Recurrent Desmoid Tumor of the Popliteal Fossa
Dimitra
Melissaridou (Greece) |
| 10:40-10:50 |
Case 24: Myxoid Liposarcoma of the Posterior Thigh
Konstantinos Zachos (Greece) |
| 10:50-11:00 |
Case 25: Soft tissue mass of the thigh
Orestis
Konstantas (Greece)
|
| 11:10-11:20 |
Case 26: Unplanned Chondrosarcoma Resection after ORIF of Pathological Fracture of the Femur
Efthalia Maleka (Greece) |
|
| 11:20-11:50 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:50-13:50 |
Megaprosthetic Reconstruction for Non-neoplastic Conditions
Moderators: Theodoros Kormas (Greece), Christos Vottis (Greece)
| 11:50-12:05 |
Preoperative Workup for Revision Joint Replacement
Thomas Kostakos (Greece) |
| 12:05-12:20 |
Limb Salvage After Failed Shoulder and Elbow Reconstruction
Georgios Panagopoulos (Greece) |
| 12:20-12:35 |
Limb Salvage After Failed Hip (Acetabulum) Reconstruction
Panayiotis Megaloikonomos (Greece) |
| 12:35-12:50 |
Cup Gage for Acetabulum Reconstruction after failed THA
George Babis (Greece) |
| 12:50-13:05 |
Limb Salvage after failed Hip (Femur) reconstruction
Dundar Sabah (Turkey) |
| 13:05-13:20 |
Limb Salvage After Failed Knee Reconstruction
Nikolaos Stavropoulos (Greece) |
| 13:20-13:35 |
Complications of total femur replacement
Vasileios Apostolopoulos (Czech Republic) |
| 13:35-13:50 |
Discussion |
|
| 13:50-15:15 |
Biological and Microsurgical Reconstructions
Moderators: Konstantinos Benetatos (Greece), Levent Eralp (Turkey), Rodanthi Margariti (Greece)
| 13:50-14:05 |
Microsurgical Reconstruction with Free Osseous and Osseo-Cutaneous Flaps using VSP and 3d Printing Technology for Pre-Op Modeling and Patient Specific Instrumentation - Cutting Guides
Konstantinos Benetatos (Greece) |
| 14:05-14:20 | Is
Shoulder Arthrodesis with a Vascularized Fibular Graft Functionally
Worthwhile After Tumor Resection of the Proximal Humerus?
Adyb Khal (Romania) |
| 14:20-14:35 |
Biologic reconstruction with Extracorporeal Radiation and Reimplantation for Diaphyseal Osteosarcoma
Anthony Bozzo (Canada) |
| 14:35-14:50 |
Long-term Follow-up of Vascularized Fibular Epiphyseal Transfers in Children Following Oncological Resections
Adyb Khal (Romania) |
| 14:50-15:05 |
Point-of-Care Orthopedic Oncology Device Development
Ioannis I. Mavrodontis (Greece)
|
| 15:05-15:15 |
Discussion |
|
| 15:15 |
Closing Remarks |