ISW 2026 Program

Thursday, 23 April 2026

Time	Session

07:00 08:15	BREAKFAST SESSION BSI 421 Molino Rey B
07:15 08:15	FREE PAPER SESSION ISDS 411 SachiyoNomura Moderator Japan Terrazza Room C																																																																VIDEO SESSION DIGESTIVE SURGERY ISDS 441 MathieuRousseau Moderator Canada Tan ToCheung Moderator Hong Kong Jardin																																																																PROGRAM COMMITTEE ISW 2028 ISS/SIC 461 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 442 NatanZundel Moderator United States Jardin																					COST-EFFECTIVENESS AND CONTEMPORARY MANAGEMENT OF BENIGN BREAST DISORDERS BSI 422 GregorioQuintero Beuló Moderator Mexico Sharon Wing Wai Chan Moderator Hong Kong, China Molino Rey B																					CONTROVERSIES IN PEDIATRIC TRAUMA CARE IATSIC 432 Paal Aksel Naess Moderator Norway Girasoles																					OPTIMIZING PERI-OPERATIVE OUTCOMES FOR DIGESTIVE SURGERY ISDS / IASMEN 412 MichelGagner Moderator Canada Hermann Kessler Moderator United States Ho-Seong Han Moderator South Korea Terrazza Room C																					PROFESSIONAL GROWTH, TRANSITION, & RETIREMENT AWS 452 Nancy Lynn Gantt Moderator United States SachiyoNomura Moderator Japan Arco Iris																					FREE PAPER SESSION CARDIO / TRANSPLANTATION ISS/SIC 462 Emmanuel Adoyi Ameh Moderator Nigeria Camelias																					CMCG AMCE 372 Chapultepec B																					AMERICAN COLLEGE AMCE 482 Terrazza Room B																					FREE PAPER SESSION ENDOCRINE SURGERY ISS/SIC 492 Gaurav Agarwal Moderator India Gerard M. Doherty Moderator United States Oaxaca A																					ALACE COMPLICATIONES TORACICAS Y ABDOMINALES SEVERAS AMCE 4112 Mathias
10:00 10:30	Coffee / Tea Break Exhibition 5th and 7th Floor
10:30 12:00	ANASTOMOTIC LEAKS IN DIGESTIVE SURGERY ISDS / SSAT 413 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 423 IpshitaPrakash Moderator Canada KristalynGallagher Moderator United States Molino Rey B																					FREE PAPER SESSION - TRAUMA SURGERY IATSIC 433 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 443 Do Joong Park Moderator South Korea José IgnacioDíaz-Pizarro Graf Moderator Mexico Jardin																					THE SCIENCE OF SCARRING ISBI 453 DavidGreenhalgh Moderator United States JeffreyShupp Moderator United States Arco Iris																					STANDARDIZATION ACROSS THE GLOBE IMPROVES SURGICAL TEACHING ISS/SIC / ICOSET 463 AdrianAnthony Moderator Australia AlbertoFerreres Moderator Argentina Camelias																					AESCULAP AMCE 373 Chapultepec B																					AMHPB AMCE 483 Terrazza Room B																					FREE PAPER SESSION PEDIATRIC SURGERY ISS/SIC 493 SachiyoNomura Moderator Japan Oaxaca A																					AMEB AMCE 4113 Mathias
12:15 13:15	SPONSORED SESSIONS / EXHIBITION Exhibition 5th and 7th Floor
12:30 14:00	ALACE CIRUGIA DE HIATO Y CIRUGIA DEL CANCER DE LA UNION GASTROESOFAGICA Y ESTOMAGO AMCE 484 Terrazza Room B																																																																COLEGIO Y SOCIEDAD MEXICANA DE CIRUGÍA PEDIÁTRICA, A.C. AMCE 3114 Mathias
13:30 15:00	UPDATES IN BARIATRIC SURGERY ISDS / IFSO 415 ItaloBraghetto Moderator Chile JamesMadura Moderator United States Terrazza Room C																																			VISUAL ABSTRACTS BSI 425 ShenaazIsmail Moderator South Africa Susanna Minna CeciliaKauhanen Moderator Finland Cheng-Har Yip Judge Malaysia Ines Buccimazza Judge South Africa Juan EnriqueBargallo Rocha Judge Mexico Molino Rey B																																			CONTROVERSIES IN TRAUMA CRITICAL CARE IATSIC 435 Krista L. Kaups Moderator United States Scott K. D'Amours Moderator Australia Girasoles																																			FREE PAPERS APIMSF 455 Arco Iris																																			FREE PAPER SESSION GLOBAL SURGERY ISS/SIC 465 ChristopherDodgion Moderator United States Camelias																																			CREATION AND INNOVATION IASSS 495 Rajeeka Singh Tak Moderator India SangeunLee Moderator South Africa Kirtana Ponnuswamy Chair United Kingdom Oaxaca A
14:00 15:00	NOVEL THERAPIES BSI 426 Jean-Francois Boileau Moderator Canada Molino Rey B																																																																CLAUSURA AMCE AMCE 486 Terrazza Room B
15:00 15:30	Coffee / Tea Break Exhibition 5th and 7th Floor
15:30 17:00	MANAGEMENT OF GI EMERGENCIES ISDS / FELAC 416 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 427 Ines Buccimazza Moderator South Africa Jaime Corona Rivera Moderator Mexico Adela D. Galvan Cruz Panelist Mexico Christoph Johannes Tausch Panelist Switzerland Jean-Francois Boileau Panelist Canada Molino Rey B																														SPARKLING GLOBAL FINALE MEXICO CITY - GLOBAL TRAUMA CARE IATSIC 436 Christine Gaarder Moderator Norway FelipeVega-Rivera Moderator Mexico Girasoles																														ANESTHESIA AND SURGICAL DISPARITIES AROUND THE WORLD: HICS AND LMICS ISS/SIC 446 KellyMcQueen Moderator United States Jardin																														EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES FOR TRAUMA MANAGEMENT IN RURAL, REMOTE AND AUSTERE ENVIRONMENTS APIMSF 456 KamalJayasuriya Moderator Sri Lanka RajKumar Menon Moderator Singapore Kenneth S. W. Mak Panelist Singapore Arco Iris																														FREE PAPER SESSION GENERAL SURGERY ISS/SIC 466 Jana Betsy A. MacLeod Moderator Kenya Camelias																														SPARTAN SURGEON IASSS 496 CassandraMbanje Moderator United Kingdom JessicaDavies Moderator South Africa TebogoSekgarametso Chair South Africa Oaxaca A
17:15 18:00	SPONSORED SESSIONS / EXHIBITION Exhibition 5th and 7th Floor