Committees of the ISS/SIC

Council of the Society

Executive Committee

Officers

Nominating Committee

Program Committee

Scientific Subcommittee

Global Affairs Subcommittee

Membership Subcommittee

Social Media Subcommittee

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.

Ari K. Leppäniemi, MD, Finland

President and Congress President ISW 2026

Alessandro Fichera, MD,

USA

President-Elect

Kenneth D. Boffard, MD,

South Africa

Secretary-General

Gerard M. Doherty, 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.

Council

Ari K. Leppäniemi, MD

Finland

President and Congress President ISW 2026

Gerard M. Doherty, MD,

USA

Treasurer

Kelly McQueen, MD, USA

Councillor-at-Large (2024-2026) Chair of the Global Affairs Subcommittee

Lorenzo Ferri, MD, Canada

President ISDS

Alessandro Fichera, MD

USA

President-Elect

Sulé Burger, MD

South Africa

Councillor-at-Large (2024-2028)

Chair of the Social Media Subcommittee

David Zonies, MD, USA

President IATSIC

Michael G. Sarr, MD,

USA

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

Cheng-Har Yip, MD

Malaysia

Immediate Past-President

Yoshihiro Kakeji, MD,

Japan

Councillor-at-Large (2024-2028)

Chair of the Scientific Subcommittee

Ho-Seong Han, MD, South Korea

President IASMEN

Peter Vogelbach, MD,

Switzerland

President Foundation for Global Surgical Care (ex-oficio)

Kenneth D. Boffard, MD,

South Africa

Secretary-General

April Camilla Roslani, MD, Malaysia

Councillor-at-Large (2022-2026) Chair of the Membership Subcommittee

Ines Buccimazza, MD, South Africa

President BSI

Sherry M. Wren, MD,

USA

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

Officers

Ari K. Leppäniemi, MD,

Finland

President and Congress President ISW 2026

Gerard M. Doherty, MD,

USA

Treasurer

Alessandro Fichera, MD,

USA

President-Elect

Cheng-Har Yip, MD, Malaysia

Immediate Past-President

Kenneth D. Boffard, MD,

South Africa

Secretary-General

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.

Ari K. Leppäniemi, MD,

Finland

President and Congress President ISW 2026

Alessandro Fichera, MD,

USA

President-Elect

Cheng-Har Yip, MD, Malaysia

Immediate Past-President

Kenneth D. Boffard, MD,

South Africa

Secretary-General

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.