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Executive Committee

President, President-Elect, Secretary-General, and the Treasurer form the Executive Committee and are responsible for urgent matters and have authority to address such matters between meetings of the Council of the Society. 

Please contact the Administrative Office ISS/SIC (surgery@iss-sic.com) if you would like to get in touch with our Commitee Members.

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Alessandro Fichera, MD,

USA

President and Congress President ISW 2028

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Ines Buccimazza, MD, South Africa

President-Elect

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Kenneth D. Boffard, MD,

South Africa

Secretary-General

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Avital Harari, MD,

USA

Treasurer

Council

The Council of the Society consists of the President, the President-Elect, the Immediate Past-President, the Secretary-General, the Treasurer, four Councillors-at-large and, one representative of each Integrated Society. The foregoing members of the Council have full voting rights. The Administrative Director is a permanent guest of the Executive Committee meetings, without voting right.

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Alessandro Fichera, MD,

USA

President and Congress President ISW 2028

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Jamie Murphy, MD,

UK

Secretary-General designate

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Sharon WW Chan, MD, Hongkong China

President BSI​​​​​​​​

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John G. Hunter, MD,

USA

Secretary-Treasurer ISS/SIC Foundation (ex-officio)

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Ines Buccimazza, MD, South Africa

President-Elect

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Avital Harari, MD,

USA

Treasurer

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Go Wakabayashi, MD, Japan​

President ISDS

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Peter Vogelbach, MD,

Switzerland

President Foundation for Global Surgical Care (ex-officio)

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Ari K. Leppäniemi, MD,

Finland

Immediate Past-President

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Hayato Kurihara, MD,

Italy​

President IATSIC​​​​

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Angela Jia Jia Teo, MD, Poland​

Co-President IASSS​

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Sherry M. Wren, MD,

USA

World Journal of Surgery WJS, Editor-in-Chief (ex-officio)

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Kenneth D. Boffard, MD,

South Africa

Secretary-General

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Joji Kotani, MD,

Japan​

President IASMEN​​​​​​​​​

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Michael Petrus, MD
UK

Co-President IASSS

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Subcommittees of the Council

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Sulé Burger, MD

South Africa

Councillor-at-Large (2024-2028)

Chair of the Social Media Subcommittee

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Michele Ammendola, MD, Italy​

Councillor-at-Large (2026-2028) Chair of the Surgical Education & Training Subcommittee

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Yoshihiro Kakeji, MD,

Japan

Councillor-at-Large (2024-2028)

Chair of the Scientific Subcommittee

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Shuman Makhadi, MD, South Africa​

Councillor-at-Large (2026-2028) Chair of the Surgical Education & Training Subcommittee

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Pooja Ramakant, MD, India

Councillor-at-Large (2026-2030) Chair of the Membership Subcommittee

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Christopher Dodgion, MD, USA​

Councillor-at-Large (2026-2030) Chair of the Global Affairs Subcommittee

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Officers

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Alessandro Fichera, MD,

USA

President and Congress President ISW 2028

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Avital Harari, MD,

USA

Treasurer

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Ines Buccimazza, MD, South Africa

President-Elect

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Ari K. Leppäniemi, MD,

Finland

Immediate Past-President

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Kenneth D. Boffard, MD,

South Africa

Secretary-General

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Nominating Committee

Further officers may be asked by the President to join the Committee. The Nominating Committee prepares and presents qualified nominations of officers, including the Councillors-at-large to the General Assembly. It also formulates recommendations for new Honorary Fellows and for Prize Winners of the Society.

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Alessandro Fichera, MD,

USA

President and Congress President ISW 2028

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Ines Buccimazza, MD, South Africa

President-Elect

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Ari K. Leppäniemi, MD,

Finland

Immediate Past-President

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Kenneth D. Boffard, MD,

South Africa

Secretary-General

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Nominating Committee

Program Committee

The Program Committee is chaired by the Secretary-General and consists of the members of the Council and the Chair of the Local Organizing Committee. They may invite additional representatives from directly involved societies.

 

The Program Committee is responsible for the planning and the organization of the Scientific Program of the Congress. It selects the papers to be presented, as well as the speakers.

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