ISW 2026 Program

Thursday, 23 April 2026

Time	Session

07:00 08:15	BREAKFAST SESSION BSI Molino Rey B
07:15 08:15	PODIUM PRESENTATIONS ISDS Terrazza Room C																																																																VIDEO SESSION ISDS Jardin																																																																PROGRAM COMMITTEE ISW 2028 ISS/SIC Kenneth D. Boffard Moderator South Africa AlessandroFichera Guest United States Ari K. Leppäniemi Guest Finland Yoshihiro Kakeji Guest Japan Camelias
08:30 10:00	INNOVATIONS IN SURGERY: MYTHS AND FACTS NatanZundel Moderator United States Jardin																																				MEETING ISS/SIC ICOSET Upon invitation only AmitJoshi Guest United States DavidO'Regan Guest Malaysia Kenneth D. Boffard Guest South Africa Monterrey C																																				COST-EFFECTIVENESS AND CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT OF BENIGN BREAST DISORDERS BSI Sharon Wing Wai Chan Moderator Hong Kong, China Molino Rey B																																				CONTROVERSIES IN PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE IATSIC Paal Aksel Naess Moderator Norway Girasoles																																				OPTIMIZING PERI-OPERATIVE OUTCOMES FOR DIGESTIVE SURGERY ISDS / IASMEN MichelGagner Moderator Canada Hermann Kessler Moderator United States Ho-Seong Han Moderator South Korea Terrazza Room C																																				PROFESSIONAL GROWTH, TRANSITION, & RETIREMENT AWS Nancy Lynn Gantt Moderator United States Sachiyo Nomura Moderator Japan Arco Iris																																				FREE PAPERS ISS/SIC Camelias																																				SIMPOSIOS AMCE Chapultepec B																																				SIMPOSIOS AMCE Terrazza Room B																																				FREE PAPERS ENDOCRINE ISS/SIC Gerard M. Doherty Moderator United States Oaxaca A
10:00 10:30	Coffee / Tea Break Exhibition 5th and 7th Floor
10:30 12:00	ANASTOMOTIC LEAKS IN DIGESTIVE SURGERY ISDS / SSAT JamieMurphy Moderator United Kingdom Simon Ying-Kit Law Moderator Hong Kong, China V. LianaTsikitis Moderator United States Terrazza Room C																																								GLOBAL HEALTH: CLOSING THE GAP: INTERNATIONAL BREAST TUMOR BOARD BSI / AWS IpshitaPrakash Moderator Canada KristalynGallagher Moderator United States Molino Rey B																																								FREE PAPERS IATSIC Emma MariePossfelt-Møller Moderator Denmark Hayato Kurihara Moderator Italy Girasoles																																								STANDARDIZING ANAESTHESIA AND SURGERY IN LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS FOR OPTIMAL OUT-COMES ERASNUMCS IASMEN / ISS/SIC Do Joong Park Moderator Korea (Republic of) José IgnacioDíaz-Pizarro Graf Moderator Mexico Jardin																																								THE SCIENCE OF SCARRING ISBI DavidGreenhalgh Moderator United States Arco Iris																																								STANDARDIZATION ACROSS THE GLOBE IMPROVES SURGICAL TEACHING ISS/SIC / ICOSET AdrianAnthony Moderator Australia AlbertoFerreres Moderator Argentina Camelias																																								SIMPOSIOS AMCE Chapultepec B																																								SIMPOSIOS AMCE Terrazza Room B																																								FREE PAPERS ISS/SIC Oaxaca A
12:15 13:15	SPONSORED SESSIONS / EXHIBITION Exhibition 5th and 7th Floor
13:30 15:00	UPDATES IN BARIATRIC SURGERY ISDS / IFSO ItaloBraghetto Moderator Chile JamesMadura Moderator United States Terrazza Room C																																								VISUAL ABSTRACTS BSI ShenaazIsmail Moderator South Africa Susanna Minna CeciliaKauhanen Moderator Finland Molino Rey B																																								UPDATES ON TRAUMA CRITICAL CARE IATSIC Krista L. Kaups Moderator United States Scott K. D'Amours Moderator Australia Girasoles																																								FREE PAPERS ENDOCRINE ISS/SIC Gerard M. Doherty Moderator United States Jardin																																								FREE PAPERS APIMSF Arco Iris																																								FREE PAPERS ISS/SIC Camelias																																								TRABAJOS LIBRES AMCE Chapultepec B																																								TRABAJOS LIBRES AMCE Terrazza Room B																																								CREATION AND INNOVATION IASSS Rajeeka Singh Tak Moderator India SangeunLee Moderator South Africa Daniela Aguilar Santos Chair Mexico Oaxaca A
14:00 15:00	NOVEL THERAPIES BSI Jean-Francois Boileau Moderator Canada Molino Rey B
15:00 15:30	Coffee / Tea Break Exhibition 5th and 7th Floor
15:30 17:00	MANAGEMENT OF GI EMERGENCIES ISDS / FELAC Carlos Cosme Reyes Moderator Mexico Eduardo E. Montalvo Jave Moderator Mexico ItaloBraghetto Moderator Chile Terrazza Room C																																													STUMP THE EXPERTS - CASE PRESENTATIONS BY TRAVEL SCHOLARS BSI Ines Buccimazza Moderator South Africa Adela D. Galvan Cruz Panelist Mexico Christoph Johannes Tausch Panelist Switzerland Gaurav Agarwal Panelist India Jean-Francois Boileau Panelist Canada Molino Rey B																																													SPARKLING GLOBAL FINALE MEXICO CITY - GLOBAL TRAUMA CARE IATSIC Christine Gaarder Moderator Norway FelipeVega-Rivera Moderator Mexico Girasoles																																													ANESTHESIA AND SURGICAL DISPARITIES AROUND THE WORLD: HICS AND LMICS ISS/SIC Kathryn AnnMcQueen Moderator United States Jardin																																													EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES FOR TRAUMA MANAGEMENT IN RURAL, REMOTE AND AUSTERE ENVIRONMENTS APIMSF KamalJayasuriya Moderator Sri Lanka RajKumar Menon Moderator Singapore Kenneth S. W. Mak Panelist Singapore Arco Iris																																													FREE PAPERS ISS/SIC Camelias																																													CLOSING CEREMONY AMCE Chapultepec B																																													SPARTAN SURGEON IASSS CassandraMbanje Moderator United Kingdom JessicaDavies Moderator South Africa Lenyn DanielMontes Sevilla Chair Mexico Oaxaca A
17:15 18:00	SPONSORED SESSIONS / EXHIBITION Exhibition 5th and 7th Floor