ISW 2026 Program

Wednesday, 22 April 2026

Time	Session

07:00 08:15	BREAKFAST SESSION BSI 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 Victor Michael Zaydfudim Facilitator United States EDITORIAL BOARD-REASONS FOR REJECTION 3101-1 INTEGRITY IN PUBLISHING-AVOIDING ISSUES 3101-2 MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION 3101-3 PEER REVIEW 3101-4 REVISIONS 3101-5 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION 3101-6 Monterrey A-C
07:15 08:15	FREE PAPERS ISDS Arco Iris																																													PERIOPERATIVE SKILLS SUPPORT IN LMICS ISS/SIC / SELF NobohjitRoy Moderator Rwanda TRANSLATING GLOBAL & NATIONAL SURGICAL POLICY INTO TRAINING AND SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS IN ZAMBIA 361-1 EmmanuelMakasa Speaker Zambia STRENGTHENING PERIOPERATIVE NURSING EDUCATION FOR SAFE SURGICAL SYSTEMS AND ENHANCED PATIENT OUTCOMES 361-2 LillianMwape Speaker Zambia TRAINING ANAESTHESIA PROVIDERS FOR PAEDIATRIC AND COMPLEX SURGICAL CARE: CLOSING GAPS FOR EQUITABLE ACCESS 361-3 HazelSonkwe Speaker Zambia PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q&A 361-4 Camelias																																													PODIUM PRESENTATIONS ISDS Terrazza Room C																																													GENERAL ASSEMBLY ISDS Jardin
08:30 10:00	WHEN THINGS GO AWRY – HOW TO GET OUT OF TROUBLE IN DIGESTIVE SURGERY ISDS ItaloBraghetto Moderator Chile V. LianaTsikitis Moderator United States Zhi VenFong Moderator United States AIRWAY INJURY DURING ESOPHAGECTOMY 312-1 Juan CarlosMolina Speaker Chile CBD INJURY DURING CHOLECYSTECTOMY 312-2 Miguel Mercado Speaker Mexico INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS OF BARIATRIC SURGERY 312-3 JamesMadura Speaker United States MAJOR VASCULAR INJURY DURING HPB SURGERY 312-4 Marcelo A.F.Ribeiro Junior Speaker United States URETERIC INJURY DURING COLOIC SURGERY NOVEL WAYS TO IDENTIFY THE URETER 312-5 ChetanBhan Speaker United Kingdom VASCULAR INJURIES IN THE PELVIS LAR 312-6 JamieMurphy Speaker United Kingdom Terrazza Room C																				PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS UMBERTO VERONESI LECTURE BSI PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS BSI 322-1 Ines Buccimazza Speaker South Africa Sharon Wing Wai Chan Introducer Hong Kong, China UMBERTO VERONESI LECTURE 332-2 Rajendra A.Badwe Speaker India Ines Buccimazza Introducer South Africa Molino Rey B																				UPDATE ON MILITARY AND CONFLICT TRAUMA EDUCATION IATSIC / APIMSF Mark Bowyer Moderator United States COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CIVILIAN HOSPITALS AND MILITARY TO KEEP THE SKILLS 332-1 BATLS, IS IT STILL RELEVANT? HOW TO CONSTRUCT A RELEVANT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR CONFLICT 332-2 Mark Bowyer Speaker United States WALKING BLOOD BANKS–TRANSLATION TO CIVILIAN PRACTICE? HOW DO WE PREPARE FOR A CONFLICT?t? 332-3 Jennifer M.Gurney Speaker United States LIMB TRAUMA IN CONFLICT – MANAGEMENT IN THE MODERN ERA 332-4 Edward C.T.H.Tan Speaker Netherlands ACCESS AND ROLE OF ULTRASOUND IN TRAUMA 332-5 Hayato Kurihara Speaker Italy ANAESTHESIA CHALLENGES IN PENETRATING CHEST INJURIES 332-6 Girasoles																				FREE PAPERS - SURGICAL METABOLISM AND NUTRITION/ NUTRITION IN CRITICAL CARE IASMEN Ho-Seong Han Moderator South Korea NaomiNakayama Moderator Japan Jardin																				TREATING BURN SCARS ISBI DavidGreenhalgh Moderator United States MarioVelez-Palafox Moderator Mexico MASSAGE FOR HYPERTROPHIC SCARS 352-1 AndreaMc Kittrick Speaker Australia TREATING SCAR CONTRACTURES 352-2 OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF SCAR CONTRACTURES 352-3 MarioVelez-Palafox Speaker Mexico USE OF KINESIO TAPE FOR BURN SCARS 352-4 Arco Iris																				LLOYD M. NYHUS PRIZE SESSION ISS/SIC AlessandroFichera Moderator United States Ari K. Leppäniemi Moderator Finland Kenneth D. Boffard Moderator South Africa Camelias																				SIMPOSIOS AMCE Chapultepec B																				SIMPOSIOS AMCE Terrazza Room B																				FROM BASICS TO DIGITAL: WHAT EVERY JUNIOR DOCTOR SHOULD KNOW IN SURGERY IASSS Michael EffahNtiamoah Moderator Ghana Yuki JuliusNg Moderator Malaysia Rocio GuadalupeGonzalez Gonzalez Chair Mexico BASICS IN SURGERY: WHAT EVERY JUNIOR DOCTOR SHOULD KNOW 392-1 Milton Valencia Speaker Mexico DIGITAL SURGERY: WHAT EVERY JUNIOR DOCTOR SHOULD KNOW (SIMULATION LEARNING) 392-2 José Manuel Muñoz Speaker Mexico DATA SCIENCE AND PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS IN SURGICAL DECISION-MAKING 392-3 Oaxaca A
10:00 10:30	Coffee / Tea Break Exhibition 5th and 7th Floor
10:30 12:00	UPDATES IN UPPER GI SURGERY ISDS / ISDE Lorenzo E.Ferri Moderator Canada Markvan Berge Henegouwen Moderator Netherlands Sachiyo Nomura Moderator Japan CURRENT PARADIGM IN MANAGEMENT OF LOCALLY ADVANCED ESOPHAGEAL CANCER 313-1 Lorenzo E.Ferri Speaker Canada T4B ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA: PRACTICAL APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT OF BORDERLINE RESECTABLE CANCERS 313-2 HirotoshiKikuchi Speaker Japan MODERN MANAGEMENT OF GASTRO-ESOPHAGEAL JUNCTIONAL CANCERS: MULTIMODAL THERAPY AND SURGICAL APPROACH 313-3 Suzanne S.Gisbertz Speaker Netherlands LIMITED METASTASES FROM GASTRO ESOPHAGEAL CANCER: A SURGICAL DISEASE? 313-4 SherazMarkar Speaker United Kingdom OPTIMIZING PERI-OPERATIVE OUTCOMES FOR THE ESOPHAGEAL CANCER PATIENT 313-5 Wayne Hofstetter Speaker United States Terrazza Room C																		ISS/SIC US CHAPTER LECTURE OF THE ACS ISS/SIC / US CHAPTER Christine Gaarder Speaker Norway Terrazza Room C																		POLYTRAUMA – THE DISEASE IATSIC AdamGyedu Moderator Ghana Zsolt Janos Balogh Moderator Australia DEFINITION, DIESEASE STATUS, PREVALENCE AND GLOBAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INCLUDING 333-1 Zsolt Janos Balogh Speaker Australia ACUTE DISEASE MECHANISM AND POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES TO TREAT THE CAUSE 333-2 SusanRowell Speaker United States CASE DISCUSSION SEVERE PELVIC INJURY HIC VS LMIC 333-3 CASE DISCUSSION SEVERE PELVIC INJURY LMIC 333-4 AlbertoGarcia Marin Speaker Colombia OPPORTUNITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ADVOCACY 333-5 NOTHING BEATS PREVENTION – THE YELLOW MAY MOVEMENT 333-6 Girasoles																		NUTRITION IN CRITICAL ILLNESS IASMEN / FELAC Ho-Seong Han Moderator South Korea NatanZundel Moderator United States NUTRITIONAL THERAPY FOR THE CRITICALLY-ILL POST-BARIATRIC SURGERY PATIENT 343-1 NUTRITION IN MORBID OBESITY 343-2 HOW TO DETERMINE PROTEIN DOSE FOR CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS? 343-3 KensukeNakamura Speaker Japan ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE 343-4 Dileep Lobo Speaker United Kingdom Jardin																		FREE PAPERS ISS/SIC Arco Iris																		HOW AN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION COULD BE STRUCTURED ISS/SIC / ICOSET April Camilla Roslani Moderator Malaysia DaraO'Keeffe Moderator Ireland STRUCTURES AND GOVERNANCE OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 363-1 AmitJoshi Speaker United States HISTORY OF ICOSET— MISSION AND VISION 363-2 AdrianAnthony Speaker Australia INTERNATIONAL SURGICAL EDUCATION ACROSS THE DEVELOPMENT SPECTRUM 363-3 PANEL DISCUSSION WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM THE FLOOR 363-4 Camelias																		SIMPOSIOS AMCE Chapultepec B																		SIMPOSIOS AMCE Terrazza Room B																		THE DIGITAL ERA OF SURGERY IASSS Michael Petrus Moderator United Kingdom Yan BinFong Moderator Malaysia Aarón Rico Chair Mexico SELF: SCALING PROCEDURAL SILLS TRAINING TO THE POINT OF CARE 393-1 Catherine Mohr Speaker United States AI & MACHINE LEARNING, CYBERSECURITY AND DATA PRIVACY IN SURGICAL CARE 392-2 JamesPope Speaker United Kingdom Yuki JuliusNg Speaker Malaysia Oaxaca A																		FREE PAPER SESSION BSI CarlosRobles Vidal Moderator Mexico Christoph Johannes Tausch Moderator Switzerland Monterrey A-C
12:15 13:15	GENERAL ASSEMBLY ISS/SIC MEMBERS ONLY 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
13:30 15:00	SIMULATION IN SURGERY ISS/SIC / ICOSET AlbertoFerreres Moderator Argentina AmitJoshi Moderator United States OVERVIEW OF THE USE OF SIMULATION IN EDUCATION 366-1 DavidO'Regan Speaker Malaysia HOW CAN WE LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY AND SIMULATION TO TEACH BETTER? 366-2 DaraO'Keeffe Speaker Ireland DEBATE ON SURGEONS OF THE FUTURE WILL BE EITHER ROBOTIC OR OPEN SURGEONS – FOR: APRIL ROSLANI, AGAINST: DAVID O’REGAN 366-3 April Camilla Roslani Speaker Malaysia DavidO'Regan Speaker Malaysia PANEL DISCUSSION WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FROM THE FLOOR 366-4 Oaxaca A																		ALL YOU WANTED TO KNOW IN UPPER GI SURGERY Estuardo Behrens Moderator Guatemala Sergio O.Aparicio Moderator Bolivia, Plurinational State of GERD, HIATAL HERNIA AND BARRETT: WHEN SURGERY CLEARLY OUTPERFORM MODERN MEDICAL MANAGEMENT? 3105-1 OBESITY + GERD: FUNDOPLICATION VS. GASTRIC BYPASS ROUX-EN-Y VS. GASTRIC SLEEVE? 3105-2 FelipeCantú Speaker United States TRICKS AND PEARLS IN HIATAL HERNIA REPAIR: HOW TO AVOID RECURRENCE. IS IT USEFUL TO REINFORCE THE CRURA WITH BIOLOGICAL MESH? 3105-3 COMPLICATIONS AFTER GASTRIC SURGERY 3105-4 Sergio O.Aparicio Speaker Bolivia, Plurinational State of Monterrey A-C																		GRASSI - KITAJIMA PRIZE ISDS Go Wakabayashi Moderator Japan JamieMurphy Moderator United Kingdom Lorenzo E.Ferri Moderator Canada Terrazza Room C																		SO YOU WANT TO BE A BREAST SURGEON: MEET THE EXPERTS / COUNCIL MEETING BSI SO YOU WANT TO BE A BREAST SURGEON: MEET THE EXPERTS BSI 325-1 Ines Buccimazza Panelist South Africa Jacqueline Sara Jeruss Panelist United States KavithaDaester Panelist Switzerland Owen Allan Ung Panelist Australia Pooja Ramakant Panelist India Susanna Minna CeciliaKauhanen Panelist Finland WHY BECOME A BREAST SURGEON? BSI 325-2 KavithaDaester Speaker Switzerland PANEL DISCUSSION 325-3 COUNCIL MEETING BSI 325-4 Molino Rey B																		PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS DONALD TRUNKEY LECTURE IATSIC Girasoles																		PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS IASMEN Joji Kotani Moderator Japan OPTIMAL WAYS TO IMPROVE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY 345-1 Ho-Seong Han Speaker South Korea Jardin																		LET'S TALK ABOUT BLENDING IN OR STANDING OUT: A SURGEON'S LIFE AWS / ISS/SIC Chantal Reyna Moderator United States PaulaFerrada Moderator United States HOW TO BECOME A SURGEON IN AN LMIC (TRAINING PATHWAYS, COSTS OF CERTIFICATIONS) 355-1 AgnetaOdera Speaker Kenya SUPPORTING LACTATING WOMEN SURGEONS / TRAINEES (TIME TO PUMP, LACTATION ROOMS, REFRIGERATORS) 355-2 DevonFreudenberger Speaker United States MANAGING CHILDREN AS A PHYSICIAN PARENT 355-3 ZipporahGathuya Speaker Kenya TEAM SPORT: CRITICAL ROLE OF ANESTHESIA IN THE PERIOPERATIVE WORKFOCE 355-4 HazelSonkwe Speaker Zambia GLOBAL USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR COMMUNICATING, CONNECTING AND BUILDING EACH OTHER UP 355-5 PaulaFerrada Speaker United States Arco Iris																		GLOBAL SURGERY 2026: UPDATE ON NATIONAL SURGERY, OBSTETRIC AND ANESTHESIA PLANS ISS/SIC Cheng-Har Yip Moderator Malaysia THE PASHeF INITIATIVE: ITS IMPACT ON NSOAP'S IN AFRICA 365-1 AbebeBekele Speaker Rwanda HOSPITAL PADRINO MODEL AND FUTURE EXPANSION 365-2 REIMAGINING GLOBAL SURGERY: ADVANCING INCLUSIVE, LOCALLY LED PATHWAYS FOR EQUITABLE SURGICAL SYSTEMS IN LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS 365-3 EmmanuelMakasa Speaker Zambia TBD 365-4 SarojSharma Speaker Nepal Camelias																		TRABAJOS LIBRES AMCE Chapultepec B																		TRABAJOS LIBRES AMCE Terrazza Room B
15:00 15:30	Coffee / Tea Break Exhibition 5th and 7th Floor
15:30 17:00	YOUNG SURGEONS (TRAVEL SCHOLARS / FSP) CassandraMbanje Facilitator United Kingdom Michael G. Sarr Facilitator United States SuléBurger Facilitator South Africa Monterrey A-C																				EMERGENT TECHNOLOGIES IN SURGERY ISDS James Oh Park Moderator United States JamieMurphy Moderator United Kingdom SherazMarkar Moderator United Kingdom NOVEL ROBOTIC PLATFORMS 316-1 James Oh Park Speaker United States AI IN SURGERY 316-2 JesusTapia Speaker Mexico AI AND EXTENDED REALITY: TRANSFORMING SURGICAL EDUCATION 316-3 Gerald M.Fried Speaker Canada NAVIGATION 316-4 MAGNETIC SURGERY 316-5 MichelGagner Speaker Canada FLUORESCENCE GUIDED UPPER GI SURGERY LYMPHADENECTOMY 316-6 Suzanne S.Gisbertz Speaker Netherlands Terrazza Room C																				RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY PLASTIC SURGEONS AND BREASTSURGEONS BSI Daniela Tellez Palacios Moderator Mexico Gaurav Agarwal Moderator India DELAYED BREAST RECONSTRUCTION 326-1 Susanna Minna CeciliaKauhanen Speaker Finland POST-LUMPECTOMY DEFECTS 326-2 BREAST IMPLANT-ASSOCIATED ANAPLASTIC LARGE CELLL LYMPHOMA 326-3 Ashutosh Kothari Speaker United Kingdom SALVAGE FOLLOWING BREAST RECONSTRUCTION 326-4 IsabellaKarat Speaker United Kingdom Molino Rey B																				THE MOST RECENT TRAUMA GUIDELINES – DO WE NEED TO BE UPDATED? IATSIC Henrique Alexandrino Moderator Portugal VASCULAR TRAUMA – SEVERAL GUIDELINES AND DO THEY AGREE? 336-1 Jørgen JoakimJørgensen Speaker Norway VTE PROPHYLAXIS AND MANAGEMENT IN TRAUMA 336-2 TRAUMA IN THE ELDERLY – GETTING OUR ACT TOGETHER 336-3 Ari K. Leppäniemi Speaker Finland REBOA – THE CROWD DIVIDER 336-4 SURGICAL RIB FIXATION – WHEN IS IT REALLY INDICATED? 336-5 Katherine Martin Speaker Australia HOW DO WE SECURE VALIDITY ON DIFFERENT RESOURCE SETTINGS? 336-6 LaceyLaGrone Speaker United States Girasoles																				THE FUTURE OF SURGICAL METABOLISM AND NUTRITION IASMEN Dileep Lobo Moderator United Kingdom Jorge Chirino Romo Moderator Mexico CANCER METABOLISM 346-1 NaomiNakayama Speaker Japan OPTIMAL NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT IN AI ERA 346-2 Kwang-YeongHow Speaker Singapore FUTURE OF NST FOR SURGICAL PATIENTS 346-3 RyojiFukushima Speaker Japan FUTURE OF ERAS 346-4 Do Joong Park Speaker Korea (Republic of) INFLAMMATION, NUTRITION AND SURGERY 346-5 Jorge Chirino Romo Speaker Mexico Jardin																				DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS IN SURGERY AWS Cheng-Har Yip Moderator Malaysia SimoneBetchen Moderator United States WHEN PATIENTS PERCEIVE TOXICITY OF TREATMENT OUTWEIGHS BENEFIT OF TREATMENT 356-1 Susan Pories Speaker United States DISCUSS WHEN LIMITED RESOURCES AND PATIENT FACTORS (CO-MORBIDITIES, SMOKING, OBESITY, SUPPORT) IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO PERFORM SURGERY AS DESIRED 356-2 FernandaLAGE LIMA DANTAS Speaker Brazil HOW TO DISCUSS PATIENT GOALS TO TAILOR TREATMENT AT END OF LIFE OR PALLIATIVE CARE 356-3 April Camilla Roslani Speaker Malaysia ETHICS - MANAGING A PATIENT WHO IS VULNERABLE (NOT COMPETENT, DOESN'T HAVE CAPACITY, NOT TRAINED SUCH AS CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL DEFECTS IN LMIC 356-4 AgnetaOdera Speaker Kenya THE SURGEON'S VOICE: LEVERAGING NARRATIVE MEDICINE FOR POWERFUL ADVOCACY AND DEEPER PATIENT UNDERSTANDING 356-5 CorneliaGriggs Speaker United States Arco Iris																				GENERAL ASSEMBLY AMCE MEMBERS ONLY Chapultepec B																				FREE PAPERS ENDOCRINE ISS/SIC Oaxaca A																				FREE PAPERS ISS/SIC Oaxaca A
16:30 17:30	BUSINESS MEETING BSI MEMBERS ONLY Molino Rey B
17:15 18:15	VIDEO SESSION ISDS Arco Iris																																																																SPONSORED SESSIONS / EXHIBITION Exhibition 5th and 7th Floor
18:15 19:15	VIDEO SESSION ISDS Terrazza Room C