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Congress President

Masaki Kitajima, Yokohama, Japan

Congress Vice Presidents

Leigh W. Delbridge, St. Leonards, Australia (ISS/SIC)
Tatsuo Yamakawa, Tokyo, Japan (ISS/SIC)
Paolo Miccoli, Pisa, Italy (IAES)
Ronald V. Maier, Seattle, USA (IATSIC)
Peter B. Soeters, Maastricht, Netherlands (IASMEN)
Polly Cheung, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR (BSI)

Scientific Program Committees

International Society of Surgery / Société Internationale de Chirurgie (ISS/SIC)

President ISS/SIC & Congress President Masaki Kitajima, Yokohama, Japan
President elect ISS/SIC Michael G. Sarr, Rochester, USA
Immediate Past President ISS/SIC J. Rüdiger Siewert, Munich, Germany
Secretary General ISS/SIC Felix Harder, Basel, Switzerland
General Treasurer ISS/SIC Kenneth D. Boffard, Johannesburg, South Africa
Editor in Chief WJS John G. Hunter, Portland, USA
Councilor Attila Csendes, Santiago, Chile
Councilor Gaurav Agarwal, Lucknow, India
Councilor Jorge Cervantes, Mexico City, Mexico
Councilor, Chairman Electronic Media Emanuele Lezoche, Rome, Italy
IAES Representative Henning Dralle, Halle, Germany
IATSIC Representative Ari K. Leppäniemi, Helsinki, Finland
IASMEN Representative Kenneth C.H. Fearon, Edinburgh, UK
BSI Representative Raimund Jakesz, Vienna, Austria

Integrated Societies and their Representatives

IAES The International Association of Endocrine Surgeons
Henning Dralle, Germany - Gerard M. Doherty, USA
IATSIC The International Association for Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care
Ari K. Leppäniemi, Finland - Ian D. Civil, Australia - Erwin R. Thal, USA
IASMEN The International Association for Surgical Metabolism and Nutrition
Kenneth C.H. Fearon, UK - Dan L. Waitzberg, Brazil
BSI Breast Surgery International
Raimund Jakesz, Austria - Gaurav Agarwal, India

Participating Societies and their Representatives in the Program Committee of ISW 2007

AAST American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
C. William Schwab, USA
APIMSF The Ambroise Paré International Military Surgery Forum
Horst-Peter Becker, Germany - David G. Burris, USA
AQC Association Québécoise de Chirurgie
Richard Ratelle, Canada
CAPS Canadian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
Salam Yazbeck, Canada - Jean-Martin Laberge, Canada
EAES European Association for Endoscopic Surgery
Gerhard F. Buess, Germany - Mario Morino, Italy
FELAC Federación Latinoamericana de Cirugía
Jorge Cervantes, Mexico
ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross
François Irmay, Switzerland
IFSES International Federation of Societies of Endoscopic Surgeons
Tehemton E. Udwadia, India - Jacques Périssat, France
ISBI International Society for Burn Injuries
Basil A. Pruitt, Jr., USA
ISDE International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus
André Duranceau, Canada - Mark K. Ferguson, USA
ISDS International Society for Digestive Surgery
Chung-Mau Lo, Hong Kong SAR - Gerald Fried, Canada
TAC Trauma Association of Canada
Fred Brenneman, Canada
WOFAPS World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons
Jay L. Grosfeld, USA

Local Organizing Committee

Co-Presidents LOC
Gilles D. Beauchamp
Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
Montréal, Canada
René Lafrenière
Foothills Med Centre
Calgary, Canada

Members LOC
Sarah Bouchard
Hôpital Sainte-Justine
Montréal, Canada
Réal Lapointe
Hôpital St-Luc du CHUM
Montréal, Canada
Michel Dagenais
Hôpital St-Luc du CHUM
Montréal, Canada
Jean-François Latulippe
Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
Montréal, Canada
Ronald Denis
Hôpital Sacré-Coeur
Montréal, Canada
Sarkis H. Meterissian
Royal Victoria Hospital
Montréal, Canada
Pierre Dubé
Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont
Montréal, Canada
Richard Ratelle
Hôpital St-Luc du CHUM
Montréal, Canada
Gerald Fried
Hôpital Général de Montréal
Montréal, Canada
Salam Yazbeck
Hôpital Sainte-Justine
Montréal, Canada

 

 
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