International Society of Surgery (ISS)

Société Internationale de Chirurgie (SIC)

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ISW 2026 Program

Wednesday, 22 April 2026

Time Session
07:00
08:15
BREAKFAST SESSION
BSI
Molino Rey B
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
  • BSI
    325-4
Molino Rey B
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS DONALD TRUNKEY LECTURE
IATSIC
Girasoles
IASMEN
Joji Kotani Moderator Japan
  • OPTIMAL WAYS TO IMPROVE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY
    345-1
    Ho-Seong Han Speaker South Korea
Jardin
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
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
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
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
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
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
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