ISW 2026 Program

Monday, 20 April 2026

Time	Session

07:00 08:15	EARLY CAREER WRITERS' WORKSHOP WJS 1101 AdamGyedu Facilitator Ghana DileepLobo Facilitator United Kingdom GeorgeRakovich Facilitator Canada RowanParks Facilitator United Kingdom SamanthaDavies Facilitator United States Savio George Alberto Da PiedadeBarreto Facilitator Australia Sherry M.Wren Facilitator United States Timothy CraigHardcastle Facilitator South Africa Victor MichaelZaydfudim Facilitator United States Room: Monterrey B-C (Floor1)
07:30 08:00	OPENING REHEARSAL Upon invitation only AlessandroFichera Guest United States Ari K.Leppäniemi Guest Finland Eduardo E.Montalvo Jave Guest Mexico JamieMurphy Guest United Kingdom John G.Hunter Guest United States Kenneth D.Boffard Guest South Africa Michael G.Sarr Guest United States Room: Terrazza B-C (Floor 7)
08:30 10:00	CIRUGíA LAPAROENDOSCÓPICA PARA DEFECTOS DE PARED ABDOMINAL:MODA O NECESIDAD? AMCE 1112 OlliverNuñez Coordinador Mexico JorgeCueto Moderador Mexico Roberto AlfonsoEstrada Gomez Coordinador Adjunto Mexico Room: Mathias (Floor 4)																				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 Room: Terrazza B-C (Floor 7)																				CIRUGÍA BARIÁTRICA AMCE / CMCOEM 172 CarlosZerrweck Lopez Coordinador Juan AntonioLopez Corvala Moderador Mexico JoseGuadalupe Villareal Coordinador Adjunto Mexico Room: Chapultepec B (Floor 5)
10:00 10:30	Coffee / Tea Break Exhibition (Floor 5 and 7)
10:30 12:00	ISW 2026 OPENING CEREMONY ISS/SIC 112 Kenneth D.Boffard Master of Ceremony South Africa María FernandaTorres-Ruiz Master of Ceremony Mexico Room: Terrazza B-C (Floor 7)
12:00 12:30	OPENING EXHIBITION AlessandroFichera Facilitator United States Ari K.Leppäniemi Facilitator Finland Kenneth D.Boffard Facilitator South Africa Exhibition (Floor 7)
12:15 13:15	POSTER WALK 1 - DIGESTIVE SURGERY ISDS PW01 JamieMurphy Moderator United Kingdom Lorenzo E.Ferri Moderator Canada Exhibition (Floor 7) Poster Board 1															POSTER WALK 2 - DIGESTIVE SURGERY ISDS PW02 ChetanBhan Moderator United Kingdom V. LianaTsikitis Moderator United States Exhibition (Floor 7) Poster Board 4															POSTER WALK 3 - GENERAL SURGERY ISS/SIC PW03 AvitalHarari Moderator United States SuléBurger Moderator South Africa Exhibition (Floor 7) Poster Board 5															EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING WJS (UPON INVITATION ONLY) 1104 Room: Monterrey B-C (Floor1)
12:30 13:30	TRABAJOS LIBRES AMCE 174 Quintin HectorGonzalez Coordinador Mexico Room: Chapultepec B (Floor 5)																														TRABAJOS LIBRES AMCE 1114 Claudia PatriciaCarvallo Guevara Coordinador Mexico VicenteAlarcon Acosta Coordinador Adjunto Mexico Room: Mathias (Floor 4)
13:30 14:30	WORK LUNCH 175 Room: Chapultepec B (Floor 5)						WORK LUNCH 1115 Room: Mathias (Floor 4)						WORK LUNCH 1105 Room: Monterrey B-C (Floor1)						UPPER GI SURGERY: TIPS AND TRICKS FROM THE EXPERTS ISDS 115 HirotoshiKikuchi Moderator Japan MasashiYoshida Moderator Japan SherazMarkar Moderator United Kingdom Room: Terrazza C (Floor 7)						YOUNG BREAST CANCER 1 BSI 125 InesBuccimazza Moderator South Africa Juan EnriqueBargallo Rocha Moderator Mexico Room: Molino Rey B (Floor 5)						DISASTER PREPAREDNESS – ARE WE PREPARED? IATSIC 135 AmitGupta Moderator India DavidZonies Moderator United States SharonHenry Moderator United States Room: Girasoles (Floor 6)						STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE IASMEN 145 DileepLobo Moderator United Kingdom Do-JoongPark Moderator South Korea Room: Jardin (Floor 6)						MANAGEMENT OF BURNS ISBI / AWS 155 DavidGreenhalgh Moderator United States LaurenNosanov Moderator United States Room: Arco Iris (Floor 6)						GLOBAL POLITICS AND GLOBAL FUNDING FOR SURGICAL INITIATIVES ISS/SIC / G4 165 Miliard BeyeneDerbew Moderator Ethiopia Neil RobertWetzig Moderator Australia Room: Camelias (Floor 6)						FREE PAPER SESSION - GENERAL SURGERY ISS/SIC 195 AlbertTuchmann Moderator Austria RondiKauffmann Moderator United States Room: Oaxaca A (Floor 5)
14:30 16:00	ONCOLOGiA: CANCER DEL TRACTO GASTROINTESTNAL SUPERIOR AMCE 1116 Alberto MitsuoLeon Takahashi Coordinador Mexico AlejandroAlfaro G Moderador Mexico EnriqueLanzarini Coordinador Adjunto Chile Room: Mathias (Floor 4)																				HIGADO, PANCREAS Y VIA BILIAR: PERSPECTIVA INTERNACIONAL AMCE / SAGES / SSAT / ITS / AHPBA 186 Eduardo E.Montalvo Jave Coordinador Mexico AlbertoChousleb Kalach Moderador Mexico AlejandroRossano Garcia Coordinador Adjunto Mexico Room: Terrazza B (Floor 7)																				INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL EN CIRUGiA AMCE 176 PabloVidal González Coordinador Mexico LuisGonzalez y Gonzalez Moderador Mexico EnriqueStoopen Margain Coordinador Adjunto Mexico Room: Chapultepec B (Floor 5)
15:00 15:30	Coffee / Tea Break Exhibition (Floor 5 and 7)
15:30 17:00	COLORECTAL SURGERY: TIPS AND TRICKS FROM THE EXPERTS ISDS 116 ImranHassan Moderator United States V. LianaTsikitis Moderator United States Room: Terrazza C (Floor 7)										YOUNG BREAST CANCER 2 BSI 126 AlbertoSahagun Moderator Mexico Jacqueline SaraJeruss Moderator United States Room: Molino Rey B (Floor 5)										THE SILVER TSUNAMI – ARE WE PREPARED? IATSIC 136 Rochelle A.Dicker Moderator United States Ronald V.Maier Moderator United States Room: Girasoles (Floor 6)										SURGICAL METABOLISM AND NUTRITION IN ASIA IASMEN / ASSMN 146 Ho-SeongHan Moderator South Korea TakashiKamei Moderator Japan Room: Jardin (Floor 6)										PREEMPTIVE BURN TREATMENT TO REDUCE SCARRING ISBI 156 AnthonyPapp Moderator Canada DavidGreenhalgh Moderator United States Room: Arco Iris (Floor 6)										DATA-DRIVEN QUALITY INITIATIVES IN LMIC'S ISS/SIC / G4 166 AntonioRamos De La Medina Moderator Mexico Neil RobertWetzig Moderator Australia Room: Camelias (Floor 6)
16:00 17:30	CERO EVENTOS, CIEN PER CIENTO CONVICCIÓN: ESTRATEGIAS GLOBALES PARA UNA COLECISTECTOMÍA SEGURA AMCE 177 Eduardo FranciscoMoreno Paquetin Coordinador Mexico OscarVillazon Davico Moderador Mexico VicenteGonzalez Ruiz Coordinador Adjunto Mexico Room: Chapultepec B (Floor 5)																				FEDERACIÓN LATINOAMERICANA DE CIRUGÍA FELAC / AMCE 1117 ItaloBraghetto Coordinador Chile Eduardo E.Montalvo Jave Moderador Mexico David Alfredo Ortega Checa Coordinador Adjunto Peru Room: Mathias (Floor 4)																				CIRUGiA ROBOTICA I AMCE 187 JesusMontoya Ramirez Coordinador Mexico FernandoSerrano Berry Moderador Mexico Raul HirammSanchez Gomez Coordinador Adjunto Mexico Room: Terrazza B (Floor 7)