ISW 2026 Program

Tuesday, 21 April 2026

Time	Session

07:00 08:15	BREAKFAST VIDEO SESSION BSI KavithaDaester Moderator Switzerland RobinShaw Dulin Moderator Mexico Molino Rey B																																													EARLY CAREER WRITERS' WORKSHOP WJS 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 A-C
07:15 08:15	NATIONAL DELEGATES MEETING Arco Iris															SHAPING THE FUTURE OF ACADEMIC GLOBAL SURGERY: ACCREDITATION, CAREERS, AND COMMUNITY ISS/SIC / AAGS ChristopherDodgion Chair United States Kristin Long Chair United States Camelias															FREE PAPER SESSION ISBI Girasoles															NUTRITIONAL ADVANCES FOR THE CARE OF THE SURGICAL PATIENT IASMEN / CMNCTN Jorge Chirino Romo Moderator Mexico José IgnacioDíaz-Pizarro Graf Moderator Mexico Jardin															PODIUM PRESENTATIONS ISDS Terrazza Room C															NETWORKING BREAKFAST AWS / AWSF / JAWS Oaxaca A
08:30 10:00	HEPATOPANCREATICO BILIARY SURGERY: TIPS AND TRICKS FROM THE EXPERTS ISDS Eduardo E. Montalvo Jave Moderator Mexico Go Wakabayashi Moderator Japan James Oh Park Moderator United States Terrazza Room C										ADVANCED BREAST CANCER BSI Cheng-Har Yip Moderator Malaysia Molino Rey B										FREE PAPER SESSION IATSIC / AAST DavidZonies Moderator United States KimberlyDavis Moderator United States Girasoles										SURGICAL METABOLISM IN BURN INJURY IASMEN / ISBI DavidGreenhalgh Moderator United States Steven Wolf Moderator United States Jardin										LESSONS LEARNED FROM DIFFERENT WAR ZONES APIMSF / ACS Excelsior AndreasStettbacher Moderator Switzerland Jennifer M.Gurney Moderator United States Arco Iris										STRENGTHENING TRAUMACARE GLOBALLY: THE 20-YEAR IATSIC - WHO COLLABORATION IATSIC / G4 / ISS/SIC AdamGyedu Moderator Ghana Charles N. Mock Moderator United States Christine Gaarder Moderator Norway Lee Wallis Panelist Switzerland Camelias										SIMPOSIOS AMCE Chapultepec B										SIMPOSIOS AMCE Terrazza Room B										VIDEO SESSION ISS/SIC Oaxaca A
09:00 09:30	ISS/SIC POSTER PRIZE EVALUATION Upon invitation only AlessandroFichera Moderator United States Ari K. Leppäniemi Moderator Finland Eduardo E. Montalvo Jave Moderator Mexico Kenneth D. Boffard Moderator South Africa Oaxaca B
10:00 10:30	Coffee / Tea Break Exhibition 5th and 7th Floor
10:30 12:00	ENDOCRINE SURGERY ISS/SIC Gerard M. Doherty Moderator United States Oaxaca A										GI ONCOLOGY MDT - CASE BASED DISCUSSION ISDS Go Wakabayashi Moderator Japan JamieMurphy Moderator United Kingdom Lorenzo E.Ferri Moderator Canada AlessandroFichera Panelist United States Eduardo E. Montalvo Jave Panelist Mexico IswantoSucandy Panelist United States Markvan Berge Henegouwen Panelist Netherlands Simon Ying-Kit Law Panelist Hong Kong, China Tonia M. Young-Fadok Panelist United States Terrazza Room C										DE-ESCALATION STRATEGIES IN BREAST CANCER CARE MANAGEMENT BSI / AWS Christine Laronga Moderator United States Molino Rey B										MAKING IT PRACTICAL – TRAUMA RESUSCITATION BY THE EXPERTS IATSIC Anders Holtan Moderator Norway SandroScarpelini Moderator Brazil Girasoles										JOSÉ F. PATIÑO LECTURE - PRIZE SESSION IASMEN Do Joong Park Moderator Korea (Republic of) Jardin										ETHICAL PUBLISHING IN GLOBAL SURGERY WJS AdamGyedu Moderator Ghana Sherry M.Wren Moderator United States Arco Iris										REAL WORLD CONCERNS FOR GLOBAL SURGERY ISS/SIC Ari K. Leppäniemi Moderator Finland Camelias										SIMPOSIOS AMCE Chapultepec B										SIMPOSIOS AMCE Terrazza Room B
11:30 12:00	PRIZE SESSION Joji Kotani Moderator Japan José IgnacioDíaz-Pizarro Graf Moderator Mexico Jardin
12:15 13:15	SPONSORED SESSIONS / EXHIBITION Exhibition 5th and 7th Floor																																													GREY TURNER LECTURE: LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS: THE MORAL IMPERATIVE IN SURGICAL DECISION-MAKING ISDS Carlos A.Pellegrini Lecturer United States Terrazza Room C
13:30 15:00	GLOBAL HEALTH MEETING ISS/SIC Global Health Kathryn AnnMcQueen Chair United States Monterrey A-C									UPDATES IN HPB SURGERY ISDS Matthew R. Walsh Moderator United States Tan ToCheung Moderator Hong Kong Terrazza Room C									FREE PAPER SESSION BSI Sharon Wing Wai Chan Moderator Hong Kong, China Molino Rey B									BUILDING RESILIENT NETWORKS – THE CORE OF TRAUMA TEAMWORK IATSIC Sergio Batista Moderator Portugal Girasoles									EXCOM MEETING / BUSINESS MEETING IASMEN MEMBERS ONLY Jardin									ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: ARE WE BECOMING OBSOLETE? AWS Danielle SaundersWalsh Moderator United States Arco Iris									CHALLENGE THE EXPERTS: UNCOMMON INJURIES BY COMMON MECHANISMS - HOW DO WE MANAGE IN SRI LANKA? CSSL / ISS/SIC KamalJayasuriya Moderator Sri Lanka Withanage Don Mahanama Gunasekara Moderator Sri Lanka Camelias									TRABAJOS LIBRES AMCE Chapultepec B									TRABAJOS LIBRES AMCE Terrazza Room B									FREE PAPERS ISS/SIC Oaxaca A
15:00 15:30	Coffee / Tea Break Exhibition 5th and 7th Floor
15:30 17:00	BUSINESS MEETING IATSIC MEMBERS ONLY Girasoles										DEBATES ISDS James Oh Park Moderator United States JamieMurphy Moderator United Kingdom Lorenzo E.Ferri Moderator Canada Terrazza Room C										DEBATES BSI Jacqueline Sara Jeruss Moderator United States NereidaEsparza Arias Moderator Mexico Molino Rey B										ERATIC – ERAS GUIDELINES IN TRAUMA AND INTENSIVE CARE – AND NUTRITIONAL CHALLENGES IN ICU? IASMEN / IATSIC Kwang-YeongHow Moderator Singapore Timothy CraigHardcastle Moderator South Africa Jardin										UPDATE IN GLOBAL CHILDREN SURGERY GICS Emmanuel Adoyi Ameh Moderator Nigeria KokilaLakhoo Moderator United Kingdom SimoneAbib Moderator Brazil TahminaBanu Moderator Bangladesh Arco Iris										BEST PRACTICES IN SURGICAL EDUCATION AND ASSESSMENT ISS/SIC / ICOSET AdrianAnthony Moderator Australia DavidO'Regan Moderator Malaysia Camelias										TRABAJOS LIBRES AMCE Chapultepec B										TRABAJOS LIBRES AMCE Terrazza Room B										REGIONAL SURGICAL OUTCOMES MAPPING - THE ANESTHESIA/ SURGERY INTERFACE IASSS / ISS/SIC SuléBurger Moderator South Africa CassandraMbanje Chair United Kingdom Oaxaca A
17:15 18:00	SPONSORED SESSIONS / EXHIBITION Exhibition 5th and 7th Floor