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Organizers

Organisation
The International Surgical Week ISW 2026 – the World’s Congress of Surgery – is the 51st Congress of the International Society of Surgery ISS/SIC. It brings together ISS/SIC, its Integrated Societies (IATSIC, IASMEN, BSI, and ISDS), Associated Societies, and Participating Societies.

ISW 2026 is organized in partnership with the 34th International Congress of the Mexican Association of Endoscopic Surgery (AMCE).

Congress Presidents
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Ari Leppäniemi, Finland, President ISS/SIC and ISW 2026 Congress President

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Eduardo E. Montalvo Javé, Mexico, Congress President AMCE & LOC President

Congress Vice Presidents
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Scott D'Amours, Australia IATSIC

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Steven Wolf, USA IASMEN

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Owen Ung, Australia BSI

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Jamie Murphy, UK ISDS

Samuel Shuchleib Chaba

Samuel Shuchleib, Mexico AMCE

Scientific Program Committees
International Society of Surgery / Société Internationale de Chirurgie (ISS/SIC) - Council
Ari L

Ari K. Leppäniemi, Finland President

Alessandro F

Alessandro Fichera, USA President Elect

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Cheng-Har Yip, Malaysia Immediate Past President

Boffard Ken

Kenneth D. Boffard, South Africa Secretary-General

Doherty Gerard

Gerard M. Doherty, USA Treasurer General

Sule Burger(3)

Sule Burger, South Africa Councillor-at-Large Social Media

Yoshihiro Kakeji(3)

Yoshihiro Kakeji, Japan Councillor-at-Large Scientific Program

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April C. Roslani, Malaysia Councillor-at-Large Membership

Kelly McQueen(2)

Kelly McQueen, USA Councillor-at-Large Global Affairs

David Zonies

David Zonies, USA President IATSIC

Han Ho-Seong

Ho-Seong Han, South Korea President IASMEN

Ines Buccimazza

Ines Buccimazza, South Africa President BSI

Lorenzo Ferri

Lorenzo Ferri, Canada President ISDS

Sarr Mike

Michael G. Sarr, USA Secretary-Treasurer ISS Foundation (ex officio)

Vogelbach Peter

Peter Vogelbach, Switzerland President Foundation for Global Surgical Care (ex officio)

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Sherry M. Wren, USA Editor in Chief WJS (ex-officio)

Local Organizing Committee ISW 2026
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Eduardo E. Montalvo Javé, Congress President AMCE & President of LOC

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Alejandro Rossano Garcia AMCE Director of the Scientific Committee

ISW2026 LOC Photos(9)

Adolfo Cuendis Velázquez AMCE Member LOC ISW 2026

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Tomás Escalante Tattersfield AMCE Member LOC ISW 2026

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Mauricio Sierra Salazar AMCE Member LOC ISW 2026

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Enrique Stoopen Margain AMCE Member LOC ISW 2026

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María Fernanda Torres Ruíz AMCE Member LOC ISW 2026

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Itzel Vela Sarmiento Member LOC ISW 2026

ISW2026 LOC Photos(4)

Carlos Zerrweck López Member LOC ISW 2026

Miguel Santana Dominguez

Miguel D. Santana  Domínguez AMCE Member LOC ISW 2026

Marco Garcia Puig

Marco Antonio García Puig AMCE Member LOC ISW 2026

Organizing Societies

Integrated Societies of ISS/SIC and their Representatives in the Program Committee

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Christine Gaarder, Norway

David Zonies, USA

Timothy Hardcastle, South Africa

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Jacqueline Jeruss, USA

Ipshita Prakash, Canada

Enrique Bargallo, Mexico

Alberto Sahagun, Mexico

Ines Buccimazza, South Africa

Kavitha Däster, Switzerland

Susanna Kauhanen, Finnland

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Do Joong Park, South Korea

Ho-Seong Han, South Korea

Naomi Nakayama, Japan

José Ignacio Díaz-Pizarro Graf, Mexico

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Lorenzo Ferri, Canada

James Oh Park, USA

Liana Tsikitis, USA

Italo Braghetto, Chile

Minoru Tanabe, Japan

Eduardo Montalvo, Mexico

Hirotoshi Kikuchi, Japan

Associated Societies of ISS/SIC and their Representatives in the Program Committee

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Kamal Jayasuriya, Sri Lanka

  

 

 

Participating Societies and their Program Representatives   

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Ronald Stewart, USA

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Horst-Peter Becker, Germany

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Matthew Tadlock, USA

Jennifer M. Gurney

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Tahmina Banu, Bangladesh

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Beth H. Sutton, USA

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Christine Laronga, USA

Danielle Walsh, USA

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​Federación Latinoamericana de Cirugía

Natan Zundel, USA

Felipe Cantú, Mexico

Estuardo Behrens, USA

José Rodriguez, Mexico

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Sulé Burger, South Africa

Yuki Julius Ng, Malaysia

Rocio Gonzalez, Mexico

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David Greenhalgh, USA​​

  

 

 

Guest Societies and their Program Representatives   

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Christopher Dodgion, USA 

Kristin Long, USA 

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Emilie J. Calvello Hynes, Switzerland

Contact Us

Congress Organizing & Scientific Office:

International Society of Surgery ISS/SIC

Seefeldstrasse 104, 8008 Zurich,
Switzerland

surgery@iss-sic.com

Congress Organizing Office & Sponsorship:

Asociación Mexicana de Cirugía Endoscópica

Calle General Cano No. 165, Col. San Miguel, Chapultepec. CP: 11850, CDMX

informacion@amce.org.mx

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