Michael G. Sarr - 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

12:15 13:15	POSTER WALK 7 - GENERAL SURGERY PW07 JamieMurphy Moderator United Kingdom Michael G. Sarr Moderator United States A PROSPECTIVE RESEARCH STUDY ON EXCESS WATER USAGE DUE TO THE CONVENTIONAL SCRUBBING TECHNIQUE IN SOUTH AFRICAN STATE HOSPITALS PW07-01 AlvinDrabile Speaker South Africa COST-SAVING STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE SURGICAL CARE: A SCOPING REVIEW OF EFFICIENCY MODELS AND POTENTIAL APPROACHES PW07-02 BarnabasAlayande Speaker Rwanda SURGICAL CARE DELIVERY IN NEPAL: A QUALITATIVE STUDY PW07-03 ElisabethHansen Speaker United States PORTABLE ENDOSCOPY IN JUNGLE SETTINGS: INITIAL EXPERIENCE FROM A PILOT PROJECT IN RURAL MYANMAR PW07-04 GraceTan Speaker Singapore PERIOPERATIVE OUTCOMES AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG ADULT PATIENTS UNDERGOING LAPAROTOMY FOR NON-TRAUMATIC ACUTE ABDOMEN IN EASTERN ETHIOPIA: A MULTI-CENTER PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY PW07-05 Yoseph SolomonBezabih Speaker Ethiopia RISK FACTORS FOR MORTALITY AMONG VICTIMS OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE IN FOUR LOW TO MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES PW07-06 KathrynChu Speaker South Africa EMPOWERING FRONTLINE SOTA CARE: A PRACTICAL SURGICAL AND EMERGENCY TRAINING INITIATIVE IN EASTERN DR CONGO PW07-07 Neil RobertWetzig Speaker Australia A CLINICAL AUDIT OF GENERAL SURGERY OPERATIVE NOTE DOCUMENTATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A STANDARDIZED TEMPLATE. PW07-08 HritikSavla Speaker India USE OF REBOA FOR POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE: SCOPING REVIEW OF EFFICACY, SAFETY, AND GLOBAL APPLICATION FOR OBSTETRIC CARE PW07-09 ErikGardner Speaker United States ADVANCING ACADEMIC GLOBAL SURGERY: EQUITY METRICS AND ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ACADEMIC GLOBAL SURGERY, 2017–2025 PW07-10 KatayounMadani Speaker United States TRANEXAMIC ACID IN ELECTIVE ABDOMINAL SURGERY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS PW07-11 LeonardoGonzález Bustos Speaker Mexico COST EFFECTIVE REIAIR OF MASSIVE ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECTS USING COMBINED IMMERSING TECHNIQUE PW07-12 MikhailPliss Speaker Russia NATIONAL SURGICAL PLANNING IN NEPAL: USING A QUANTITATIVE SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS TOOL TO GUIDE POLICY DEVELOPMENT PW07-13 NardeenDawood Speaker United States MEDICAL STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCE OF TEACHING AND EXAMINATION OF VASCULAR SURGERY IN SWEDEN PW07-14 MartinMacek Speaker Sweden OPTIMIZING SURGICAL TREATMENT OF HEPATIC ECHINOCOCCOSIS IN ENDEMIC AREAS: EXPERIENCE FROM KYRGYZSTAN PW07-15 TillekBelekov Speaker Kyrgyzstan UNCOVERING THE HIDDEN BURDEN: A COMMUNITY-BASED SURVEY OF NEGLECTED SURGICAL CONDITIONS IN PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA PW07-16 BarnabasAlayande Speaker Rwanda ACADEMIC RESEARCH RETREAT: A NOVEL APPROACH TO MAXIMISE THE RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION EFFORTS OF MEDICAL STUDENTS AND JUNIOR DOCTORS PW07-17 FinnBattleday Speaker New Zealand THE IMPACT OF GENDER DYADS ON SELF-REPORTED OPERATIVE ROLE IN GENERAL SURGERY PW07-18 MarquiseSingleterry Speaker United States VIRTUAL SURGICAL SIMULATION IN GRADUATE ENTRY MEDICAL EDUCATION: A NEEDS-DRIVEN FRAMEWORK PW07-19 TalhahBin-Islam Speaker United Kingdom DETERMINANTS OF PROLONGED HOSPITALIZATION FOLLOWING EMERGENCY LAPAROTOMY IN THE BUEA AND LIMBE REGIONAL HOSPITALS: A FIVE - YEAR RETROSPECTIVE STUDY PW07-20 Ngomba Divine Martin Mokake Speaker Cameroon STRENGTHENING DIABETES FOOT INFECTION DETECTION THROUGH COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IN RURAL EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA PW07-21 KathrynChu Speaker South Africa Exhibition 7th Floor

Time

Session

12:15

13:15

POSTER WALK 7 - GENERAL SURGERY

PW07

JamieMurphy Moderator United Kingdom

Michael G. Sarr Moderator United States

A PROSPECTIVE RESEARCH STUDY ON EXCESS WATER USAGE DUE TO THE CONVENTIONAL SCRUBBING TECHNIQUE IN SOUTH AFRICAN STATE HOSPITALS

PW07-01

AlvinDrabile Speaker South Africa
COST-SAVING STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE SURGICAL CARE: A SCOPING REVIEW OF EFFICIENCY MODELS AND POTENTIAL APPROACHES

PW07-02

BarnabasAlayande Speaker Rwanda
SURGICAL CARE DELIVERY IN NEPAL: A QUALITATIVE STUDY

PW07-03

ElisabethHansen Speaker United States
PORTABLE ENDOSCOPY IN JUNGLE SETTINGS: INITIAL EXPERIENCE FROM A PILOT PROJECT IN RURAL MYANMAR

PW07-04

GraceTan Speaker Singapore
PERIOPERATIVE OUTCOMES AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG ADULT PATIENTS UNDERGOING LAPAROTOMY FOR NON-TRAUMATIC ACUTE ABDOMEN IN EASTERN ETHIOPIA: A MULTI-CENTER PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY

PW07-05

Yoseph SolomonBezabih Speaker Ethiopia
RISK FACTORS FOR MORTALITY AMONG VICTIMS OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE IN FOUR LOW TO MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES

PW07-06

KathrynChu Speaker South Africa
EMPOWERING FRONTLINE SOTA CARE: A PRACTICAL SURGICAL AND EMERGENCY TRAINING INITIATIVE IN EASTERN DR CONGO

PW07-07

Neil RobertWetzig Speaker Australia
A CLINICAL AUDIT OF GENERAL SURGERY OPERATIVE NOTE DOCUMENTATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A STANDARDIZED TEMPLATE.

PW07-08

HritikSavla Speaker India
USE OF REBOA FOR POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE: SCOPING REVIEW OF EFFICACY, SAFETY, AND GLOBAL APPLICATION FOR OBSTETRIC CARE

PW07-09

ErikGardner Speaker United States
ADVANCING ACADEMIC GLOBAL SURGERY: EQUITY METRICS AND ORGANIZATIONAL IMPACT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ACADEMIC GLOBAL SURGERY, 2017–2025

PW07-10

KatayounMadani Speaker United States
TRANEXAMIC ACID IN ELECTIVE ABDOMINAL SURGERY: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

PW07-11

LeonardoGonzález Bustos Speaker Mexico
COST EFFECTIVE REIAIR OF MASSIVE ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECTS USING COMBINED IMMERSING TECHNIQUE

PW07-12

MikhailPliss Speaker Russia
NATIONAL SURGICAL PLANNING IN NEPAL: USING A QUANTITATIVE SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS TOOL TO GUIDE POLICY DEVELOPMENT

PW07-13

NardeenDawood Speaker United States
MEDICAL STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCE OF TEACHING AND EXAMINATION OF VASCULAR SURGERY IN SWEDEN

PW07-14

MartinMacek Speaker Sweden
OPTIMIZING SURGICAL TREATMENT OF HEPATIC ECHINOCOCCOSIS IN ENDEMIC AREAS: EXPERIENCE FROM KYRGYZSTAN

PW07-15

TillekBelekov Speaker Kyrgyzstan
UNCOVERING THE HIDDEN BURDEN: A COMMUNITY-BASED SURVEY OF NEGLECTED SURGICAL CONDITIONS IN PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA

PW07-16

BarnabasAlayande Speaker Rwanda
ACADEMIC RESEARCH RETREAT: A NOVEL APPROACH TO MAXIMISE THE RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION EFFORTS OF MEDICAL STUDENTS AND JUNIOR DOCTORS

PW07-17

FinnBattleday Speaker New Zealand
THE IMPACT OF GENDER DYADS ON SELF-REPORTED OPERATIVE ROLE IN GENERAL SURGERY

PW07-18

MarquiseSingleterry Speaker United States
VIRTUAL SURGICAL SIMULATION IN GRADUATE ENTRY MEDICAL EDUCATION: A NEEDS-DRIVEN FRAMEWORK

PW07-19

TalhahBin-Islam Speaker United Kingdom
DETERMINANTS OF PROLONGED HOSPITALIZATION FOLLOWING EMERGENCY LAPAROTOMY IN THE BUEA AND LIMBE REGIONAL HOSPITALS: A FIVE - YEAR RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

PW07-20

Ngomba Divine Martin Mokake Speaker Cameroon
STRENGTHENING DIABETES FOOT INFECTION DETECTION THROUGH COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IN RURAL EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA

PW07-21

KathrynChu Speaker South Africa

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	YOUNG SURGEONS (TRAVEL SCHOLARS / FSP) 3106 CassandraMbanje Facilitator United Kingdom Michael G. Sarr Facilitator United States SuléBurger Facilitator South Africa Monterrey A-C

International Society of Surgery (ISS)

Société Internationale de Chirurgie (SIC)

Michael G. Sarr United States

Sunday, 19 April 2026

Monday, 20 April 2026

Tuesday, 21 April 2026

Wednesday, 22 April 2026