Fifth Workshop of the European Club for Fetal Surgery (ECFS)

January 8 - 10 2025

Title

Fifth Workshop of the European Club for Fetal Surgery (ECFS)
Subject

Fetal Surgery
Location

Sils im Engadin, Switzerland
More information about the fifth ECFS-workshop will follow at a later date. 

Dear colleagues and friends

 

On behalf of the European Club for Fetal Surgery (ECFS), it is our pleasure to inform you that the registration for the fifth Workshop in Fetal Surgery is NOW OPEN!
 

The meeting will take place from Wednesday, January 8th to Friday, January 10th, 2025, in the alpine beauty of the snow-white Upper Engadin, at the Hotel Waldhaus in Sils, Switzerland.
 

On Wednesday, registration will take place from 12:30 to 14:00 and the scientific meeting will start at 14:00. So you will have enough time to travel to Sils that day. The meeting will end at 13:00 on Friday. The meeting will focus on various topics in the field of fetal anesthesia and fetal surgery. We encourage you to submit abstracts covering all these fields. Abstract submission deadline: September 30th, 2024

 

If there are any questions, please contact us via ecfs@kispi.uzh.ch .

 

We are looking forward to welcoming you at this already traditional meeting in a unique location!

 

On behalf of the organising committee,

sincerely,

Prof. Ueli Moehrlen, MD

 

Prof. Dr. Ueli Moehrlen, MD
Surgeon in Chief
Department of Pediatric Surgery
University Children’s Hospital Zurich 
<div>Prof. Dr. Ueli Moehrlen, MD</div><div>Surgeon in Chief</div><div>Department of Pediatric Surgery</div><div>University Children’s Hospital Zurich </div>
Prof. Dr. Nicole Ochsenbein, MD
Director
Department of Obstetrics
University Hospital Zurich
<div>Prof. Dr. Nicole Ochsenbein, MD</div><div>Director</div><div>Department of Obstetrics</div><div>University Hospital Zurich</div>
Dr. med. Lukas Kandler, MD
Senior attending physician
Department of Anesthesiology
University Hospital Zurich
<div>Dr. med. Lukas Kandler, MD</div><div>Senior attending physician</div><div>Department of Anesthesiology</div><div>University Hospital Zurich<br /></div>
PD Dr. med. Luca Mazzone, MD
Senior attending physician
Department of Pediatric Surgery
University Children’s Hospital Zurich
<div>PD Dr. med. Luca Mazzone, MD</div><div>Senior attending physician</div><div>Department of Pediatric Surgery</div><div>University Children’s Hospital Zurich</div>
PD Dr. med. Ladina Vonzun, MD
Senior attending physician
Department of Obstetrics
University Hospital Zurich
<div>PD Dr. med. Ladina Vonzun, MD</div><div>Senior attending physician</div><div>Department of Obstetrics</div><div>University Hospital Zurich</div>
12:30 - 14:00

required Registration und Lunch Buffet

14:00 - 14:10

required Welcome

14:10 - 18:00

required Panel discussions and free abstracts

required Session 1:

Prenatal Diagnosis/Counseling and Living with Spina Bifida

required Session 2:

Open and Fetoscopic Fetal Spina Bifida Repair

local_cafe Break and Sponsor Presentation

required Session 3:

Anesthesia and fetal monitoring during fetal Surgery and intraoperative medication

required Session 4:

Emergencies during Fetal Surgery / Intraoperative Fetal Medication

From 19:00

restaurant Welcome aperitif and dinner

07:00 - 08:30

required Breakfast

08:30 - 16:00

required Panel discussions and free abstracts

required Session 5:

Postoperative Phase

required Session 6:

Fetal Spina bifida repair in Europe

local_cafe Break and Sponsor Presentation

required Session 7:

Outcome after Fetal Therapy

required Session 8:

Twins

restaurant Lunch and Sponsor Presentation

required Session 9:

EXIT

From 16:00

terrain Outdoor event

From 19:30

restaurant Dinner

07:00 - 08:30

required Breakfast

08:30 - 08:50

people Business meeting

08:50 - 12:00

required Panel discussions and free abstracts

required Session 10

CDH / SCT / Lung malformation

local_cafe Break and Sponsor Presentation

required Session 11:

Cutting Edge/Miscellaneous

12:00 - 13:00

restaurant Closing and lunch buffet

(including some dishes that you can easily take with you on the way)

The program is not yet final and is subject to change.

Sils im Engadin (red dot) is located in the Swiss canton of Graubuenden (area marked in gray), 10 km southwest of St. Moritz.

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Airports

 

Arriving by train from Zurich, Switzerland

 

Arriving by train from Milano, Italy

 

Arriving by car from Zurich, Switzerland

  • via Zurich – Chur – Julier Pass in 3 hours
  • alternative route to avoid the Julier Pass:
    at Landquart, just before Chur, turn left in the direction of Klosters and the Vereina tunnel. Take the Vereina car transport there. After the tunnel it is 55 km to Sils. From Zurich approx. 3 ½ hours.

 

Arriving by car from Milano, Italy

  • Milano – Lecco – Chiavenna – Maloja Pass (Milan – Sils Maria approx. 2 ¾ hours).
TWIN OR DOUBLE ROOMS:
Room Prices in CHF    Extra night in CHF
from 10 Jan 2025 
2A-Best
36-44m2 		 556.- 632.-
2B-Standard
27-31 m2		 488.- 540.-

SINGLE ROOMS:
Room Prices in CHF Extra night in CHF
from 10 Jan 2025
1A-Best
19-23 m2		 309.- 340.-
1B-Standard
18-21 m2		 258.- 286.-
1C-Small
14-16 m2		 194.- extension currently not
possible in this category

The above special prices are per room / per night and include breakfast from the buffet, service, taxes, service charge and VAT.

 

Participants of the ECFS workshop can book rooms at these preferential rates from Sunday, 5 January (on request and subject to availability). However, the prices for any extension nights from 10 January 2025 cannot be offered at the same preferential conditions.

 

FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN:
Children under 2 years: free
Children from 2 up to and including 5 years: CHF 30.-
Children from 6 up to and including 12 years: CHF 55.-
Children from 13 years: CHF 80.-

Rates for children in the parent’s room per night and child in Swiss francs, including breakfast buffet, all taxes and service charge. If you prefer a separate room for the children (with connecting door to the parents’ room), we charge CHF 225.- in addition to the above rates for children per night. 
 
For room reservation please contact the Hotel Waldhaus directly and mention the ECFS workshop for the above mentioned special rates: 

www.waldhaus-sils.ch

Email: mail@waldhaus-sils.ch

Phone: +41 81 838 51 00

    

Cancellation policy:

  • Cancellation up to November 15th, 2024:  free of charge

  • Cancellation from November 16th, 2024: 100% of the total costs

1 waldhaus sils aussenansicht winter 25 foto gian giovanoli
21 waldhaus sils halle 13 foto nina baisch

Swiss Society for Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine (SSAPM):

08.01.2025 4 credits 
09.01.2025 8 credits
10.01.2025   4 credits
Total  16 credits

Swiss Society of Pediatric Surgery (SGKC):

08.01.2025 3 credits 
09.01.2025 6 credits
10.01.2025   3 credits
Total  12 credits

Swiss Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (SGGG):

08.01.2025 4 credits 
09.01.2025 8 credits
10.01.2025   4 credits
Total  16 credits

REGISTRATION FORM

 

Early registration rates:
Participant: 880.- CHF
Trainee / Midwife / Nurse / Paramedical person:  450.- CHF
Accompanying person: 480.- CHF
Online participation only: 450.- CHF
Registration rates after December 1st, 2024:
Participant: 930.- CHF
Trainee / Midwife / Nurse / Paramedical person:  500.- CHF
Accompanying person: 530.- CHF
Online participation only: 500.- CHF

Registration rated include:

  • conference registration
  • all meals except breakfast (breakfast is included in hotel room booking)
  • transfer from St. Moritz train station
  • social activities

 

AFTER ONLINE REGISTRATION: 

At the beginning of November 2024 you will receive a pay link from Hotel Waldhaus by email for the payment of the Workshop registration and the hotel room.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION FORM

 

Deadline call for abstracts: new deadline: November 15th, 2024


Notification of abstract acceptance: second half of November, 2024

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Local organising committee:

Ueli Moehrlen, Nicole Ochsenbein, Luca Mazzone, Ladina Vonzun, Lukas Kandler

ECFS SECRETARIAT

Prof. Ueli Moehrlen, MD
University Children’s Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
ecfs@kispi.uzh.ch
www.ecfs.ch