DavidZonies - 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

13:30 15:00	DISASTER PREPAREDNESS – ARE WE PREPARED? IATSIC 135 AmitGupta Moderator India DavidZonies Moderator United States SharonHenry Moderator United States PERIOPERATIVE CARE IN MASS CASUALTIES' EVENT: HOW TO PREPARE? 135-1 Maeyane Stephens Moeng Speaker South Africa CAN HIC LEARN FOR LMIC WHEN THE HEAT IS ON, HOW TO DEAL WITH LESS 135-2 FelipeVega-Rivera Speaker Mexico WHAT SHOULD WE ALL KNOW ABOUT WAR SURGERY? 135-3 Jennifer M.Gurney Speaker United States WHAT HAPPENS TO THE TRAUMA SERVICE IF YOU NEED TO EVACUATE YOUR HOSPITAL? 135-4 Li Tserng Teo Speaker Singapore HOW DO WE SECURE SURGICAL COMPETENCE AND SKILLS IN COUNTRIES WITH LIMITED CASES IN NEED OF SURGERY? 135-5 Christine Gaarder Speaker Norway Girasoles

Time

Session

13:30

15:00

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS – ARE WE PREPARED?

IATSIC

135

AmitGupta Moderator India

DavidZonies Moderator United States

SharonHenry Moderator United States

PERIOPERATIVE CARE IN MASS CASUALTIES' EVENT: HOW TO PREPARE?

135-1

Maeyane Stephens Moeng Speaker South Africa
CAN HIC LEARN FOR LMIC WHEN THE HEAT IS ON, HOW TO DEAL WITH LESS

135-2

FelipeVega-Rivera Speaker Mexico
WHAT SHOULD WE ALL KNOW ABOUT WAR SURGERY?

135-3

Jennifer M.Gurney Speaker United States
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE TRAUMA SERVICE IF YOU NEED TO EVACUATE YOUR HOSPITAL?

135-4

Li Tserng Teo Speaker Singapore
HOW DO WE SECURE SURGICAL COMPETENCE AND SKILLS IN COUNTRIES WITH LIMITED CASES IN NEED OF SURGERY?

135-5

Christine Gaarder Speaker Norway

Girasoles

Tuesday, 21 April 2026

Time	Session

08:30 10:00	FREE PAPER SESSION - TRAUMA SURGERY IATSIC / AAST 232 DavidZonies Moderator United States KimberlyDavis Moderator United States ACCURACY OF FAST PERFORMED BY SURGICAL RESIDENTS IN BLUNT ABDOMINAL TRAUMA: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY IN A TERTIARY PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL 232-01 Nor-Aiza Isnain Speaker Philippines EVALUATION OF A BASIC PREHOSPITAL TRAUMA TRAINING COURSE FOR VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS IN LIMA, PERU 232-02 AllisonDentice Speaker United States GLOBAL VARIATION IN PATIENT FACTORS, INTERVENTIONS, AND POST-OPERATIVE OUTCOMES FOR THOSE UNDERGOING TRAUMA LAPAROTOMY: AN INTERNATIONAL PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL COHORT STUDY 232-03 MichaelBath Speaker United Kingdom EVALUATION OF THE REHABILITATION OF POST-ICU PATIENTS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR INTEGRATING MOBILE HEALTH SOLUTIONS FOR FOLLOW-UP 232-04 Mefire AlainChichom Speaker Cameroon IMPACT OF N-ACETYLCYSTEINE USE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF TRAUMATIC LOWER EXTREMITY VASCULAR INJURY - A PILOT RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIAL. 232-05 Dinesh KumarBagaria Speaker India INEQUALITY IN EXPERIENTIAL QUALITY OF CARE FOR INJURED PATIENTS ACROSS FOUR LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES 232-06 LeilaGhalichi Speaker United Kingdom EVALUATION OF SHIFTS IN VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF TRAUMA CARE TOPICS FOLLOWING A STRUCTURED EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION IN LIMA, PERU 232-07 AllisonDentice Speaker United States Girasoles
12:15 13:15	POSTER WALK 5 - TRAUMA SURGERY IATSIC PW05 DavidZonies Moderator United States Hayato Kurihara Moderator Italy ROLE OF INFLAMMATORY AND NEURONAL CSF BIOMARKERS IN PREDICTING THE ONSET OF INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY PW05-01 Julio AugustoPalma Zapata Speaker Mexico GUNSHOT INJURIES IN THE WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DATABASE PW05-02 KathrynChu Speaker South Africa NON-INVASIVE PHYSICAL PLASMA APPLICATION AS AN ADJUVANT TREATMENT OF EPIFAST IN SUPERFICIAL AND DEEP SECOND-DEGREE BURNS PW05-03 PabloRodriguez Ferreyra Speaker Mexico MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF PROGNOSTIC FACTORS OF OUTCOME IN EMERGENCY DAMAGE CONTROL SURGERY WITH OPEN ABDOMEN FOR INTRA-ABDOMINAL INFECTION PW05-04 FrancescoPrete Speaker Italy A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE COMBAT APPLICATION TOURNIQUET (CAT) AND THE FIRST 15 WRAPPING TOURNIQUET (FWRAT): EFFECTIVENESS AND USABILITY IN UNTRAINED LAYPERSONS. PW05-05 SaskiaAmmer Speaker Netherlands IMPACT OF STANDARDIZED PROFORMAS ON QUALITY OF PATIENTS’ HANDOVER IN TRAUMA CARE PW05-06 SejalGrover Speaker India CRANIAL GUNSHOT WOUNDS IN ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MANAGEMENT AND OUTCOMES AT A LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER PW05-07 AmberHannah Speaker United States FROM BRAIN STIMULATION TO FUNCTIONAL RESTORATION: EVALUATING RTMS AND TDCS IN POST-STROKE MOTOR RECOVERY TRAJECTORIES PW05-08 Julio AugustoPalma Zapata Speaker Mexico WHEN AGE MEETS IMPACT: EXPLORING HIGH-GRADE LIVER TRAUMA IN OLDER ADULTS PW05-09 KatherineRusso Speaker United States ABDOMINAL SOLID ORGAN EMBOLIZATION IN TRAUMA: A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT FROM A HIGH-COMPLEXITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN COLOMBIA PW05-10 AlbertoGarcia Marin Speaker Colombia PLANNED AND UNPLANNED REOPERATIONS AFTER THORACOTOMY FOR PENETRATING TRAUMA. LESSONS LEARNED AFTER 15 YEARS. PW05-11 AlbertoGarcia Marin Speaker Colombia LAPAROSCOPY FOR MANAGEMENT OF GUNSHOT INJURIES IN COMBAT PATIENTS AT THE LEVEL OF ROLE 2 DEPLOYED FIELD HOSPITAL IN ONGOING WAR IN UKRAINE PW05-12 AndriiDinets Speaker Ukraine REDUCE, REPAIR, RESTORE – A CASE SERIES OF CHEST WALL RECONSTRUCTION IN THORACIC TRAUMA AT A LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTRE IN INDIA. PW05-13 Mahalakshmi Manoharan Speaker India IDENTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS OF SEVERELY INJURED TRAUMA PATIENTS IN ETHIOPIA: A 3-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW PW05-14 NicholeStarr Speaker United States EVALUATION OF INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (ICU) ADMISSION CRITERIA AND DETERMINANTS OF PATIENT OUTCOMES AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY IN FOUR HOSPITALS IN CAMEROON PW05-15 Mefire AlainChichom Speaker Cameroon IMPACT OF FASCIAL APPROXIMATION DURING POST TRAUMA LAPAROTOMY VENTRAL HERNIA REPAIR ON LONG TERM OUTCOMES PW05-16 Dinesh KumarBagaria Speaker India THE UNRECOGNIZED NEGLECTED DISEASE AND THE LACK OF EDUCATION IN PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE IN THE MEXICAN SURGICAL CURRICULUM. PW05-17 ItzamaraMartain Speaker Mexico IS THE MANAGEMENT, COMPLICATIONS AND OUTCOMES OF PATIENTS WITH BLUNT AND PENETRATING LIVER INJURIES OF THE SAME AAST GRADE CATEGORIES COMPARABLE? A 4-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS AT A TERTIARY CENTRE IN THE WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA PW05-18 LuckyMurangi Speaker South Africa PROTHROMBIN COMPLEX CONCENTRATE VS FROZEN PLASMA FOR COAGULOPATHIC BLEEDING IN CARDIAC SURGERY : A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW META-ANALYSIS PW05-19 Samuel Ghislain JuniorFodop Speaker Cameroon TRAUMATIC INTERCOSTAL LUNG HERNIATION AFTER BLUNT THORACIC INJURY PW05-20 Yu RouPuar Speaker Singapore Exhibition 7th Floor

Wednesday, 22 April 2026

Time	Session

13:30 15:00	PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS DONALD TRUNKEY LECTURE IATSIC 335 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS IATSIC 335-1 DavidZonies Speaker United States DONALD TRUNKEY LECTURE: STRENGTHENING CARE FOR THE INJURED GLOBALLY: SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES IATSIC 335-2 Charles N. Mock Lecturer United States Girasoles
17:15 18:15	BUSINESS MEETING IATSIC MEMBERS ONLY 337 DavidZonies Facilitator United States Girasoles

International Society of Surgery (ISS)

Société Internationale de Chirurgie (SIC)

DavidZonies United States

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