8:30-9:00 Registration at Hotel Arena
9:00-9:10 Course Introduction
Corstiaan Breugem
Moderated by Emma Paes
9:10-9:30 Nasolabial anatomy
Karl Jacobs
PART ONE: FOCUSING ON LIP REPAIR
9:30 – How do I do my complete unilateral lip closure?
David Chong
Raymond Tse
10:10 – How do I do my incomplete unilateral lip closure?
Daniela Tanikawa
Discussion
11:00 – COFFEE BREAK
PART TWO: FOCUSING ON THE NOSE
Moderated by Peter Don Griot
11:15 – How do I do my nose repair?
David Chong
Raymond Tse
Daniela Tanikawa
Discussion
12:35 – LUNCH
Moderated by Daniela Tanikawa
13:15 – Advantages and disadvantages of the vomer flap
Corstiaan Breugem
Discussion
13:45 – Measurement of cleft lip results (CARS)
Peter Don Griot
Discussion
PART ONE: FOCUSING ON LIP REPAIR
Moderated by David Chong
14:15 – Preoperative taping of the lip
Daniela Tanikawa
14:30 – Nasoalveolar moulding
Maria Costanza Meazzini
Discussion
15:05 – COFFEE BREAK
15:20 – How do I do my complete bilateral lip closure?
David Chong
Raymond Tse
15:50 – How do I do my incomplete bilateral lip closure?
Daniela Tanikawa
Discussion
PART TWO: FOCUSING ON THE NOSE
Moderated by Peter Don Griot
16:25 – How do I do my bilateral nose repair?
Daniela Tanikawa
Raymond Tse
16:55 – How do I do my incomplete bilateral nose repair?
David Chong
Discussion
19:30 – Dinner in Amsterdam included in registration
9:00 – Introduction to day two and quiz
Corstiaan Breugem
Moderated by Peter Don Griot
9:10 – Unilateral incomplete cleft lip/nose surgery
David Chong
9:15 – Unilateral complete cleft lip/nose surgery
Corstiaan Breugem
9:20 – Bilateral incomplete cleft lip/nose surgery
Raymond Tse
9:25 – Bilateral complete cleft lip/nose surgery
Daniela Tanikawa
Discussion
9:50 COFFEE BREAK
10:00 – General introduction to cadaver dissection
Utrecht lab
10:15 Anatomy
Karl Jacobs
10:45 Cadaver dissection of the nose
12:00 – LUNCH
13:00 – Cadaver dissection of the lip
15:30 – Course evaluation
Corstiaan Breugem
Accredited by:
The The art and science behind primary cleft lip/nose surgery, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Netherlands 27/10/2026 – 28/10/2026, has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 12.0 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications.
Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
