

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
Christine Gaarder, Norway
David Zonies, USA
Timothy Hardcastle, South Africa
Jacqueline Jeruss, USA
Ipshita Prakash, Canada
Enrique Bargallo, Mexico
Alberto Sahagun, Mexico
Ines Buccimazza, South Africa
Kavitha Däster, Switzerland
Do Joong Park, South Korea
Ho-Seong Han, South Korea
Naomi Nakayama, Japan
José Ignacio Díaz-Pizarro Graf, Mexico
Associated Societies of ISS/SIC and their Representatives in the Program Committee
Participating Societies and their Program Representatives
Natan Zundel, USA
Felipe Cantú, Mexico
Estuardo Behrens, USA
José Rodriguez, Mexico
Sulé Burger, South Africa
Yuki Julius Ng, Malaysia
Rocio Gonzalez, Mexico
Guest Societies and their Program Representatives