Gerard M. Doherty - International Society of Surgery

Sunday, 19 April 2026

Time	Session

10:00 16:00	COUNCIL MEETING ISS/SIC 9101 AlessandroFichera Facilitator United States April Camilla Roslani Facilitator Malaysia Ari K. Leppäniemi Facilitator Finland Cheng-Har Yip Facilitator Malaysia DavidZonies Facilitator United States Gerard M. Doherty Facilitator United States Ho-Seong Han Facilitator South Korea Ines Buccimazza Facilitator South Africa KellyMcQueen Facilitator United States Kenneth D. Boffard Facilitator South Africa Lorenzo E.Ferri Facilitator Canada Michael G. Sarr Facilitator United States Sherry M.Wren Facilitator United States SuléBurger Facilitator South Africa Yoshihiro Kakeji Facilitator Japan Monterrey A-C

Time

Session

10:00

16:00

COUNCIL MEETING

ISS/SIC

9101

AlessandroFichera Facilitator United States

April Camilla Roslani Facilitator Malaysia

Ari K. Leppäniemi Facilitator Finland

Cheng-Har Yip Facilitator Malaysia

DavidZonies Facilitator United States

Gerard M. Doherty Facilitator United States

Ho-Seong Han Facilitator South Korea

Ines Buccimazza Facilitator South Africa

KellyMcQueen Facilitator United States

Kenneth D. Boffard Facilitator South Africa

Lorenzo E.Ferri Facilitator Canada

Michael G. Sarr Facilitator United States

Sherry M.Wren Facilitator United States

SuléBurger Facilitator South Africa

Yoshihiro Kakeji Facilitator Japan

Monterrey A-C

Monday, 20 April 2026

Time	Session

08:30 10:00	ISW 2026 OPENING SESSION ISS/SIC 111 Kenneth D. Boffard Moderator South Africa Michael G. Sarr Facilitator United States Gerard M. Doherty Guest United States WELCOME ADDRESS 111-1 Kenneth D. Boffard Speaker South Africa WELCOME ADDRESS INTEGRATED SOCIETIES 111-2 Ho-Seong Han Speaker South Korea PRESENTATION OF NEW HONORARY FELLOWS 111-3 PRIZE CEREMONY 111-4 CONVOCATION ISS FELLOWS 111-5 PRESENTATION OF TRAVEL SCHOLARS 111-6 PRESENTATION OF FUTURE SURGEONS PROGRAM 111-7 CLOSING WORDS 111-8 Kenneth D. Boffard Moderator South Africa Terrazza Room B-C
10:30 12:00	ISW 2026 OPENING CEREMONY ISS/SIC 112 Kenneth D. Boffard Moderator South Africa Gerard M. Doherty Guest United States Michael G. Sarr Guest United States ISS/SIC PRESIDENTIAL LECTURE/ADDRESS Ari K. Leppäniemi Speaker Finland MARTIN ALLGÖWER LECTURE: WORLD CHANGING-THINKERS AND INNOVATORS 112-5 Ewen M.Harrison Speaker United Kingdom Terrazza Room B-C

Tuesday, 21 April 2026

Time	Session

10:30 12:00	THYROID NODULE & CANCER CASE PRESENTATIONS ISS/SIC Endocrine Surgery 293 Gerard M. Doherty Moderator United States CASE PRESENTATIONS 293-1 Gerard M. Doherty Speaker United States THYROID PANEL 293-2 Avital Harari Speaker United States Brian R.Untch Speaker United States JenniferRosen Speaker United States Oaxaca A
12:15 13:15	POSTER WALK 6 - ENDOCRINE SURGERY ISS/SIC Endocrine Surgery PW06 Gerard M. Doherty Moderator United States THE RELIABILITY OF TC-99M SESTAMIBI SCINTIGRAPHY BASED ON PATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS IN 210 PATIENTS WITH PARATHYROID ADENOMA: A RETROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY PW06-01 AngelikiChorti Speaker Greece FUNCTIONAL AND ANATOMICAL CHANGES IN TRACHEAL DYNAMICS AFTER TOTAL THYROIDECTOMY FOR LARGE MULTINODULAR GOITER: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY PW06-02 AngelikiChorti Speaker Greece FREE SURGICAL MARGIN IN A TUMOR OF THE TAIL OF THE PÁNCREAS PW06-03 Cristian De Jesús García Aguilar Speaker Mexico PANCREATIC NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS: RESULTS OF THE LAST DECADE PW06-04 HaridimosMarkogiannakis Speaker Greece HISTOPATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS OF THYROIDECTOMIES IN A GREEK ACADEMIC ENDOCRINE SURGERY UNIT: RESULTS OF A 15-YEAR PERIOD PW06-05 HaridimosMarkogiannakis Speaker Greece LAPAROSCOPIC ADRENALECTOMY FOR BIG ADRENAL TUMORS PW06-06 HaridimosMarkogiannakis Speaker Greece CONCOMITANT THYROID DISEASES IN PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM PATIENTS SUBMITTED TO PARATHYROIDECTOMY PW06-07 HaridimosMarkogiannakis Speaker Greece VAGAL NERVE SCHWANNOMA IN A YOUNG MALE PATIENT MISDIAGNOSED AS A THYROID NODULE PW06-08 HaridimosMarkogiannakis Speaker Greece A DECADE OF LIGASURE THYROIDECTOMY IN A NIGERIAN TERTIARY HOSPITAL: TRENDS AND OUTCOMES PW06-09 OlalekanOlasehinde Speaker Nigeria IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL FEATURES OF MALIGNANT AND MULTIFOCAL PARATHYROID PATHOLOGIES PW06-10 RomansUljanovs Speaker Latvia CHARACTERISTIC OF ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE. ONE CLINICAL SINGLE EXPERIENCE PW06-11 SiavashŚwieczkowski- Feiz Speaker Poland PRIMARY HYDATID CYST OF THE THYROID GLAND: A RARE CASE REPORT PW06-12 Youssef F.Y. Saad Speaker Namibia Exhibition 7th Floor

Wednesday, 22 April 2026

Time	Session

12:15 13:15	GENERAL ASSEMBLY ISS/SIC MEMBERS ONLY 314 Ari K. Leppäniemi Speaker Finland Gerard M. Doherty Speaker United States Kenneth D. Boffard Speaker South Africa Michael G. Sarr Guest United States Yoshihiro Kakeji Guest Japan Terrazza Room C
15:30 17:00	FREE PAPER SESSION ENDOCRINE SURGERY ISS/SIC Endocrine Surgery 396 Gerard M. Doherty Moderator United States LEFT NON-RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE ASSOCIATED WITH IPSILATERAL THYROID LOBE HYPOTROPHY: RARE CASE PRESENTATION 396-01 AdolfoFuentes Sánchez Speaker Mexico NECK SURGERIES IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE 396-02 Konstantinos AZorbas Speaker United States MAGNITUDE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH DELAYED DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST CANCER IN HAWASSA UNIVERSITY COMPREHENSIVE SPECIALIZED HOSPITAL ONCOLOGY CENTER, 2024 396-03 BereketAkako Speaker Ethiopia NEAR-INFRARED MAPPING OF RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE BY FLUORENSCENCE-GUIDED SURGERY USING INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY 396-04 AndriiDinets Speaker Ukraine INCIDENCE, PROGNOSTIC AND PREDICTIVE SIGNIFICANCE OF PROGRAMMED DEATH LIGAND-1 (PD-L1) IN THYROID CARCINOMA OF FOLLICULAR CELL ORIGIN 396-05 AnjaliMishra Speaker India ASSESSING MANAGEMENT AND OUTCOMES IN TOXIC GOITER: A MULTICENTRE RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY FROM SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA 396-06 Alazar BerheAregawi Speaker Ethiopia PARATHYROIDECTOMIES USING INTRAOPERATIVE SESTAMIBI RADIONUCLIDE LOCALIZATION IN NON- LOCALIZING PARATHYROID ADENOMA BY SESTAMIBI IMAGING 396-07 CarolineLiu Speaker United States DELAYS IN SURGICAL REFERRAL AND TREATMENT OF ENDOCRINE DISEASES: A MIXED-METHODS ANALYSIS OF COMMUNICATION AND SYSTEM-LEVEL BARRIERS 396-08 StellaKim Speaker United States Oaxaca A

Thursday, 23 April 2026

Time	Session

08:30 10:00	FREE PAPER SESSION ENDOCRINE SURGERY ISS/SIC 492 Gaurav Agarwal Moderator India Gerard M. Doherty Moderator United States COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE MONITORING EFFICACY USING PAIRED INTRAMUSCULAR NEEDLE ELECTRODES IN THE LATERAL CRICOARYTENOID MUSCLE VERSUS INTRA-LARYNGEAL ELECTRODES DURING THYROID SURGERY 492-01 KristinaVabalayte Speaker Russia SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE WITH LAPAROSCOPIC ADRENALECTOMY AND OPEN SURGERY ON A PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS OF ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE 492-02 SiavashŚwieczkowski- Feiz Speaker Poland PERCUTANEOUS THERMAL ABLATION OF THYROID NODULES USING 12MIN SOPHROHYPNOSIS INDUCTION 492-03 Pierre YvesMarcy Speaker France MICROSCOPIC POSITIVE SURGICAL MARGINS PREDICT RECURRENCE ONLY IN NODE-NEGATIVE PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA 492-04 HyungjuKwon Speaker South Korea WHAT IS THE INCIDENCE OF CAP IN PARATHYROID ADENOMAS? 492-06 AngelikiChorti Speaker Greece CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF ADRENALECTOMY IN A RESOURCE-LIMITED SETTING: PREDICTORS OF COMPLICATIONS AND SURGICAL CHALLENGES 492-07 Alameen Abdullah MohammedAlnoor Speaker Yemen PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA "THE GREAT IMITATOR". A CASE REPORT 492-08 Maria CamilaCastañeda Fuentes Speaker Colombia Oaxaca A

Time

Session

08:30

10:00

FREE PAPER SESSION ENDOCRINE SURGERY

ISS/SIC

492

Gaurav Agarwal Moderator India

Gerard M. Doherty Moderator United States

COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE MONITORING EFFICACY USING PAIRED INTRAMUSCULAR NEEDLE ELECTRODES IN THE LATERAL CRICOARYTENOID MUSCLE VERSUS INTRA-LARYNGEAL ELECTRODES DURING THYROID SURGERY

492-01

KristinaVabalayte Speaker Russia
SINGLE CENTER EXPERIENCE WITH LAPAROSCOPIC ADRENALECTOMY AND OPEN SURGERY ON A PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS OF ADRENAL HEMORRHAGE

492-02

SiavashŚwieczkowski- Feiz Speaker Poland
PERCUTANEOUS THERMAL ABLATION OF THYROID NODULES USING 12MIN SOPHROHYPNOSIS INDUCTION

492-03

Pierre YvesMarcy Speaker France
MICROSCOPIC POSITIVE SURGICAL MARGINS PREDICT RECURRENCE ONLY IN NODE-NEGATIVE PAPILLARY THYROID CARCINOMA

492-04

HyungjuKwon Speaker South Korea
WHAT IS THE INCIDENCE OF CAP IN PARATHYROID ADENOMAS?

492-06

AngelikiChorti Speaker Greece
CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF ADRENALECTOMY IN A RESOURCE-LIMITED SETTING: PREDICTORS OF COMPLICATIONS AND SURGICAL CHALLENGES

492-07

Alameen Abdullah MohammedAlnoor Speaker Yemen
PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA "THE GREAT IMITATOR". A CASE REPORT

492-08

Maria CamilaCastañeda Fuentes Speaker Colombia

Oaxaca A

International Society of Surgery (ISS)

Société Internationale de Chirurgie (SIC)

Gerard M. Doherty United States

Sunday, 19 April 2026

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Thursday, 23 April 2026