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Committees of the ISS/SIC

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Council of the Society

Executive Committee

Officers

Nominating Committee

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Program Committee

Scientific Subcommittee

Global Affairs Subcommittee

Membership Subcommittee

Social Media Subcommittee

Executive Committee

Executive Committee

President, President-Elect, Secretary-General, and the Treasurer form the Executive Committee and are responsible for urgent matters and have authority to address such matters between meetings of the Council of the Society. Please contact the Administrative Office ISS/SIC (surgery@iss-sic.com) if you would like to get in touch with our Commitee Members.

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Cheng-Har Yip, MD, Malaysia

President and Congress President ISW 2024

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Ari K. Leppäniemi, MD,

Finland

President-Elect

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Kenneth D. Boffard, MD,

South Africa

Secretary-General

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Gerard M. Doherty, MD,

USA

Treasurer

Council

The Council of the Society consists of the President, the President-Elect, the Immediate Past-President, the Secretary-General, the Treasurer, four Councillors-at-large and, one representative of each Integrated Society. The foregoing members of the Council have full voting rights. The Administrative Director is a permanent guest of the Executive Committee meetings, without voting right.

Council
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Cheng-Har Yip, MD, Malaysia

President and Congress President ISW 2024

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Gerard M. Doherty, MD,

USA

Treasurer

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Hisham Abdullah, MD, Malaysia

Councillor-at-Large (2023-2024) Chair of the Global Affairs Subcommittee

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Owen A. Ung, MD, Australia

President BSI

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Peter Vogelbach, MD,

Switzerland

President Foundation for Global Surgical Care (ex-oficio)

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Ari K. Leppäniemi, MD

Finland

President-Elect

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Hiroyuki Konno, MD,

Japan

Councillor-at-Large (2019-2024)

Chair of the Scientific Subcommittee

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Jan Zedenius, MD, Sweden

President IAES

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Jamie Murphy, MD, UK

President ISDS

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Sherry M. Wren, MD,

USA

World Journal of Surgery WJS, Editor-in-Chief (ex-oficio)

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John G. Hunter, MD

USA

Immediate Past-President

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Albert Tuchmann, MD

Austria

Councillor-at-Large (2019-2024)

Chair of the Social Media Subcommittee

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Scott K. D'Amours, MD, Australia

President IATSIC

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Miliard Derbew, MD, Ethiopia

President ASAP

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Kenneth D. Boffard, MD,

South Africa

Secretary-General

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April Camilla Roslani, MD, Malaysia

Councillor-at-Large (2022-2026) Chair of the Membership Subcommittee

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Steven Wolf, MD, USA

President IASMEN

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Michael G. Sarr, MD,

USA

Secretary-Treasurer ISS/SIC Foundation (ex-officio)

Officers

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Cheng-Har Yip, MD, Malaysia

President and Congress President ISW 2024

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Gerard M. Doherty, MD,

USA

Treasurer

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John G. Hunter, MD,

USA

Immediate Past-President

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Ari K. Leppäniemi, MD,

Finland

President-Elect

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Kenneth D. Boffard, MD,

South Africa

Secretary-General

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Nominating Committee

Nominating Committee

Further officers may be asked by the President to join the Committee. The Nominating Committee prepares and presents qualified nominations of officers, including the Councillors-at-large to the General Assembly. It also formulates recommendations for new Honorary Fellows and for Prize Winners of the Society.

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Cheng-Har Yip, MD, Malaysia

President and Congress President ISW 2024

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John G. Hunter, MD,

USA

Immediate Past-President

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Ari K. Leppäniemi, MD,

Finland

President-Elect

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Kenneth D. Boffard, MD,

South Africa

Secretary-General

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Members at large:

Sherry M. Wren, MD
Adam Gyedu, MD
 

Program Committee

The Program Committee is chaired by the Secretary-General and consists of the members of the Council and the Chair of the Local Organizing Committee. They may invite additional representatives from directly involved societies.

 

The Program Committee is responsible for the planning and the organization of the Scientific Program of the Congress. It selects the papers to be presented, as well as the speakers.

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