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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
Congress Vice Presidents
Scientific Program Committees
International Society of Surgery / Société Internationale de Chirurgie (ISS/SIC) - Council
Local Organizing Committee 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

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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

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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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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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Matthew Tadlock, USA

Jennifer M. Gurney

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Beth H. Sutton, USA

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Christine Laronga, USA

Danielle Walsh, USA

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Tahmina Banu, Bangladesh

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David Greenhalgh, USA

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Guest Societies and their Program Representatives   

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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