ISW 2026 Program

Wednesday, 22 April 2026

Time	Session

07:00 08:00	BREAKFAST SESSION 371 Room: Chapultepec B (Floor 5)																																																																EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING ISDS 340 Eduardo E.Montalvo Jave Guest Mexico Room: Jardin (Floor 6)																																																																BREAKFAST SESSION 3111 Room: Mathias (Floor 4)																																																																SURGICAL DECISION-MAKING IN EARLY BREAST CANCER BSI 321 Juan EnriqueBargallo Rocha Moderator Mexico Miguel ÁngelLópez Valle Moderator Mexico Room: Molino Rey B (Floor 5)																																																																EARLY CAREER WRITERS' WORKSHOP WJS 3101 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)
07:15 08:15	PERIOPERATIVE SKILLS SUPPORT IN LMICS ISS/SIC / SELF 361 KathrynChu Moderator South Africa NobhojitRoy Moderator Rwanda Room: Camelias (Floor 6)																																																																FREE PAPER SESSION - DIGESTIVE SURGERY ISDS 311 HirotoshiKikuchi Moderator Japan Suzanne S.Gisbertz Moderator Netherlands Room: Terrazza C (Floor 7)																																																																FREE PAPER SESSION - DIGESTIVE SURGERY ISDS 351 Room: Arco Iris (Floor 6)
07:30 08:15	GENERAL ASSEMBLY ISDS MEMBERS ONLY 341 Room: Jardin (Floor 6)
08:30 10:00	SIMULADORES EN CIRUGiA AMCE 3112 TeodoroRomero Hernandez Coordinador Mexico CesarQuirarte Cataño Moderador Mexico AliciaEstrada Castellanos Coordinador Adjunto Mexico Room: Mathias (Floor 4)																																				WHEN THINGS GO AWRY – HOW TO GET OUT OF TROUBLE IN DIGESTIVE SURGERY ISDS 312 ImranHassan Moderator United States ItaloBraghetto Moderator Chile V. LianaTsikitis Moderator United States Room: Terrazza C (Floor 7)																																				PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS UMBERTO VERONESI LECTURE BSI 322 Room: Molino Rey B (Floor 5)																																				UPDATE ON MILITARY AND CONFLICT TRAUMA EDUCATION IATSIC / APIMSF 332 KosalaSomaratne Moderator Sri Lanka MarkBowyer Moderator United States Room: Girasoles (Floor 6)																																				FREE PAPERS - SURGICAL METABOLISM AND NUTRITION/ NUTRITION IN CRITICAL CARE IASMEN 342 Ho-SeongHan Moderator South Korea NaomiNakayama Moderator Japan Room: Jardin (Floor 6)																																				TREATING BURN SCARS ISBI 352 DavidGreenhalgh Moderator United States MarioVelez-Palafox Moderator Mexico Room: Arco Iris (Floor 6)																																				LLOYD M. NYHUS PRIZE SESSION ISS/SIC 362 AlessandroFichera Moderator United States Ari K.Leppäniemi Moderator Finland Kenneth D.Boffard Moderator South Africa Room: Camelias (Floor 6)																																				CIRUGÍA DE HERNIAS COMPLEJA AMCE 372 Roberto AlfonsoEstrada Gomez Coordinador Mexico FernandoCeron Rodriguez Moderador Mexico OlliverNuñez Coordinador Adjunto Mexico Room: Chapultepec B (Floor 5)																																				CIRUGÍA ROBÓTICA II AMCE 382 ItzelVela Sarmiento Coordinador Mexico SamuelKleinfinger Marcuschamer Moderador Mexico Luis GutavoRomagnolo Coordinador Adjunto Mexico Room: Terrazza B (Floor 7)																																				LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: WHAT EVERY JUNIOR SHOULD KNOW IASSS 392 Michael EffahNtiamoah Moderator Ghana Yuki JuliusNg Moderator Malaysia Rocio GuadalupeGonzalez Gonzalez Chair Mexico Room: Oaxaca A (Floor 5)
10:00 10:30	Coffee / Tea Break Exhibition (Floor 5 and 7)
10:30 12:00	SESIÓN DE NEGOCIOS AMCE 383 Room: Terrazza B (Floor 7)																																								UPDATES IN UPPER GI SURGERY ISDS / ISDE 313 Lorenzo E.Ferri Moderator Canada MarkVan Berge Henegouwen Moderator Netherlands SachiyoNomura Moderator Japan Room: Terrazza C (Floor 7)																																								ISS/SIC US CHAPTER LECTURE OF THE ACS ISS/SIC / US CHAPTER 323 Annabel E.Barber Introducer United States Room: Molino Rey B (Floor 5)																																								POLYTRAUMA – THE DISEASE IATSIC 333 AdamGyedu Moderator Ghana Zsolt JanosBalogh Moderator Australia Room: Girasoles (Floor 6)																																								NUTRITION IN CRITICAL ILLNESS IASMEN / FELAC 343 Ho-SeongHan Moderator South Korea José IgnacioDíaz-Pizarro Graf Moderator Mexico Room: Jardin (Floor 6)																																								FREE PAPER SESSION - VASCULAR SURGERY ISS/SIC 353 LeonardoGonzález Bustos Moderator Mexico StefanAcosta Moderator Sweden Room: Arco Iris (Floor 6)																																								HOW AN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION COULD BE STRUCTURED ISS/SIC / ICOSET 363 DaraO'Keeffe Moderator Ireland Room: Camelias (Floor 6)																																								THE DIGITAL ERA OF SURGERY IASSS 393 MarieDesonniaux Moderator Belgium Yan BinFong Moderator Malaysia Diego EmilianoMeraz-Brenes Chair Mexico Room: Oaxaca A (Floor 5)																																								FREE PAPER SESSION - BREAST SURGERY BSI 3103 CarlosRobles Vidal Moderator Mexico Christoph JohannesTausch Moderator Switzerland Room: Monterrey A-C (Floor1)
12:15 13:15	GENERAL ASSEMBLY ISS/SIC MEMBERS ONLY 314 AlessandroFichera Speaker United States Ari K.Leppäniemi Speaker Finland Gerard M.Doherty Speaker United States Kenneth D.Boffard Speaker South Africa Eduardo E.Montalvo Jave Guest Mexico InesBuccimazza Guest South Africa Michael G.Sarr Guest United States Room: Terrazza C (Floor 7)
12:30 13:30	TRABAJOS LIBRES AMCE 374 Manuel Maria JoseGallo Reynoso Coordinador Mexico Maria AlejandraRamirez Ramirez Coordinador Adjunto Mexico Room: Chapultepec B (Floor 5)																																																																TRABAJOS LIBRES AMCE 384 AlejandroRodriguez Baez Coordinador Mexico PabloVidal González Coordinador Adjunto Mexico Room: Terrazza B (Floor 7)																																																																TRABAJOS LIBRES AMCE 3114 Erick SaidCastelan Hernandez Coordinador Mexico CarlosLópez Caballero Coordinador Adjunto Mexico Room: Mathias (Floor 4)
13:30 15:00	WORK LUNCH 375 Room: Chapultepec B (Floor 5)																																				WORK LUNCH 3115 Room: Mathias (Floor 4)																																				SIMULATION IN SURGERY ISS/SIC / ICOSET 395 AlbertoFerreres Moderator Argentina AmitJoshi Moderator United States Room: Oaxaca A (Floor 5)																																				ALL YOU WANTED TO KNOW IN UPPER GI SURGERY FELAC 3105 GabrielaMaldonado Pintado Moderator Mexico Juan CarlosMolina Franjola Moderator Chile Room: Monterrey A-C (Floor1)																																				GRASSI - KITAJIMA PRIZE ISDS 315 GoWakabayashi Moderator Japan JamieMurphy Moderator United Kingdom Lorenzo E.Ferri Moderator Canada Room: Terrazza C (Floor 7)																																				SO YOU WANT TO BE A BREAST SURGEON: MEET THE EXPERTS / COUNCIL MEETING BSI 325 Room: Molino Rey B (Floor 5)																																				PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS DONALD TRUNKEY LECTURE IATSIC 335 Room: Girasoles (Floor 6)																																				PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS IASMEN 345 DileepLobo Moderator United Kingdom Room: Jardin (Floor 6)																																				LET'S TALK ABOUT BLENDING IN OR STANDING OUT: A SURGEON'S LIFE AWS / ISS/SIC 355 Gabriela AlejandraBuerba Moderator Mexico KandaceMcguire Moderator United States Room: Arco Iris (Floor 6)																																				GLOBAL SURGERY 2026: UPDATE ON NATIONAL SURGERY, OBSTETRIC AND ANESTHESIA PLANS ISS/SIC 365 Cheng-HarYip Moderator Malaysia Room: Camelias (Floor 6)
15:00 15:30	Coffee / Tea Break Exhibition (Floor 5 and 7)																																																																CIRUGIA ROBOTICA III AMCE 376 MoisesOrtiz Fernandez Conferencia Magistral Mexico AlejandroDiaz Giron Gidi Moderador Mexico JafetHernandez Zavala Coordinador Adjunto Mexico Room: Chapultepec B (Floor 5)																																																																OBESIDAD AMCE 386 Jose SergioVerboonen Sotelo Coordinador Mexico Julio CesarZavala Castillo Moderador Mexico FelipeCantú Garza Coordinador Adjunto United States Room: Terrazza B (Floor 7)																																																																CIRUGÍA EN SEPSIS ABDOMINAL ALACE 3116 Manuel WilfridoHidalgo Barraza Coordinador Mexico Otto JaimeMontoya Tobar Moderador Mexico HéctorMedrano Coordinador Adjunto Peru Room: Mathias (Floor 4)
15:30 17:00	YOUNG SURGEONS (TRAVEL SCHOLARS / FSP) IASSS 3106 CassandraMbanje Facilitator United Kingdom Michael G.Sarr Facilitator United States SuléBurger Facilitator South Africa Room: Monterrey A-C (Floor1)																																													EMERGENT TECHNOLOGIES IN SURGERY ISDS 316 James OhPark Moderator United States Juan CarlosMolina Franjola Moderator Chile SherazMarkar Moderator United Kingdom Room: Terrazza C (Floor 7)																																													RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY PLASTIC SURGEONS AND BREASTSURGEONS BSI 326 DanielaTellez Palacios Moderator Mexico GauravAgarwal Moderator India Room: Molino Rey B (Floor 5)																																													THE MOST RECENT TRAUMA GUIDELINES – DO WE NEED TO BE UPDATED? IATSIC 336 HenriqueAlexandrino Moderator Portugal KatherineMartin Moderator Australia Room: Girasoles (Floor 6)																																													THE FUTURE OF SURGICAL METABOLISM AND NUTRITION IASMEN 346 DileepLobo Moderator United Kingdom JorgeChirino Romo Moderator Mexico Room: Jardin (Floor 6)																																													DIFFICULT DISCUSSIONS IN SURGERY AWS 356 Cheng-HarYip Moderator Malaysia SimoneBetchen Moderator United States Room: Arco Iris (Floor 6)																																													FREE PAPER SESSION - SURGICAL EDUCATION / AI / ROBOTIC ISS/SIC 366 Russell L.Gruen Moderator Australia Yuki JuliusNg Moderator Malaysia Room: Camelias (Floor 6)																																													FREE PAPER SESSION - ENDOCRINE SURGERY ISS/SIC Endocrine Surgery 396 Gerard M.Doherty Moderator United States Room: Oaxaca A (Floor 5)
16:30 17:30	BUSINESS MEETING BSI MEMBERS ONLY 326 Room: Molino Rey B (Floor 5)
17:15 18:15	VIDEO SESSION DIGESTIVE SURGERY ISDS 357 Konstantinos AZorbas Moderator United States MicheleAmmendola Moderator Italy Pauli AnteroPuolakkainen Moderator Finland Room: Arco Iris (Floor 6)																																																																VIDEO SESSION DIGESTIVE SURGERY ISDS 367 Alexander SenderLiberman Moderator Canada MathieuRousseau Moderator Canada Room: Camelias (Floor 6)																																																																BUSINESS MEETING IATSIC MEMBERS ONLY 337 DavidZonies Facilitator United States ChristineGaarder Guest Norway HayatoKurihara Guest Italy Timothy CraigHardcastle Guest South Africa Room: Girasoles (Floor 6)