ISW 2026 Program

Monday, 20 April 2026

Time	Session

07:00 08:15	EARLY CAREER WRITERS' WORKSHOP WJS 1101 AdamGyedu Facilitator Ghana Dileep Lobo 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 Michael Zaydfudim Facilitator United States Monterrey B-C
08:30 10:00	CIRUGiA DE HERNIAS (AMH): CIRUGIA LAPARO ENDOSCÓPICA PARA DEFECTOS DE PARED ABDOMINAL:MODA O NECESIDAD? AMCE 1112 Mathias																												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 Terrazza Room B-C																												CIRUGÍA BARIÁTRICA AMCE/CMCOE 172 CarlosZerrweck Lopez Coordinador México JUAN ANTONIO LOPEZ CORVALA Moderador Mexico JOSE GUADALUPE VILLAREAL Coordinador Adjunto Mexico Chapultepec B
10:00 10:30	Coffee / Tea Break Exhibition 5th and 7th Floor
10:30 12:00	ISW 2026 OPENING CEREMONY ISS/SIC 112 Kenneth D. Boffard Moderator South Africa Eduardo E. Montalvo Jave Guest Mexico Gerard M. Doherty Guest United States Michael G. Sarr Guest United States Terrazza Room B-C
12:15 13:15	POSTER WALK 1 - DIGESTIVE SURGERY ISDS PW01 JamieMurphy Moderator United Kingdom Lorenzo E.Ferri Moderator Canada Exhibition 7th Floor																					POSTER WALK 2 - DIGESTIVE SURGERY ISDS PW02 AlessandroFichera Moderator United States Exhibition 7th Floor																					POSTER WALK 3 - GENERAL SURGERY ISS/SIC PW03 Avital Harari Moderator United States Exhibition 7th Floor																					EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING WJS 1106 AlbertoGarcia Marin Guest Colombia Monterrey B-C
12:30 13:30	TRABAJOS LIBRES AMCE 174 Chapultepec B																					TRABAJOS LIBRES AMCE 1114 Mathias																					TRABAJOS LIBRES AMCE Oaxaca A																					TRABAJOS LIBRES AMCE 185 Terrazza Room B
13:30 15:00	UPPER GI SURGERY: TIPS AND TRICKS FROM THE EXPERTS ISDS 115 HirotoshiKikuchi Moderator Japan Masashi Yoshida Moderator Japan SherazMarkar Moderator United Kingdom Terrazza Room C												YOUNG BREAST CANCER 1 BSI 125 Ines Buccimazza Moderator South Africa Juan EnriqueBargallo Rocha Moderator Mexico Molino Rey B												DISASTER PREPAREDNESS – ARE WE PREPARED? IATSIC 135 AmitGupta Moderator India DavidZonies Moderator United States SharonHenry Moderator United States Girasoles												STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURE IASMEN 145 Dileep Lobo Moderator United Kingdom Do Joong Park Moderator South Korea Jardin												MANAGEMENT OF BURNS ISBI / AWS 155 DavidGreenhalgh Moderator United States LaurenNosanov Moderator United States Arco Iris												GLOBAL POLICTICS AND GLOBAL FUNDING FOR SURGICAL INITIATIVES ISS/SIC / G4 165 Miliard BeyeneDerbew Moderator Ethiopia Neil RobertWetzig Moderator Australia Camelias												FREE PAPER SESSION GENERAL SURGERY ISS/SIC 195 Albert Tuchmann Moderator Austria Oaxaca A
15:00 16:30	SIMULADORES EN CIRUGiA AMCE 176 Chapultepec B																					Coffee / Tea Break Exhibition 5th and 7th Floor																					ONCOLOGiA: CANCER DEL TRACTO GASTROINTESTNAL SUPERIOR AMCE 1116 Alejandro Alfaro Goldaracena Moderador Mexico Mathias																					ViA BILIAR HiGADO AMCE 186 NicholasVauthey Conferencia Magistral United States Eduardo E. Montalvo Jave Coordinador Mexico AlejandroRossano Garcia Coordinador Adjunto Mexico Terrazza Room B
15:30 17:00	COLORECTAL SURGERY: TIPS AND TRICKS FROM THE EXPERTS ISDS 116 Imran Hassan Moderator United States Tonia M. Young-Fadok Moderator United States V. LianaTsikitis Moderator United States Terrazza Room C														YOUNG BREAST CANCER 2 BSI 126 Alberto Sahagun Moderator Mexico Jacqueline Sara Jeruss Moderator United States Molino Rey B														THE SILVER TSUNAMI – ARE WE PREPARED? IATSIC 136 ElminSteyn Moderator South Africa Girasoles														SURGICAL METABOLISM AND NUTRITION IN ASIA IASMEN / ASSMN 146 Ho-Seong Han Moderator South Korea Ming-TsanLin Moderator Taiwan, Province of China Jardin														PREEMPTIVE BURN TREATMENT TO REDUCE SCARRING ISBI 156 AnthonyPapp Moderator Canada DavidGreenhalgh Moderator United States Arco Iris														DATA-DRIVEN QUALITY INITIATIVES IN LMIC'S ISS/SIC / G4 166 AntonioRamos de la Medina Moderator Mexico Neil RobertWetzig Moderator Australia Camelias
16:30 18:00	CIRUGiA ROBOTICA 3 AMCE 177 Chapultepec B																												CERO EVENTOS, CIEN POR CIENTO CONVICCION: ESTRATEGIAS GLOBALES PARA UNA COLEECISTECTOMIA SEGURA (AMCE) AMCE 1117 Mathias																												INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL EN CIRUGiA (AMCE) AMCE 187 Terrazza Room B