Incorporating the 69th Congress of the Association of Polish Surgeons (APS)
Organizers
The 47th World Congress of Surgery 2017 was a landmark event in the field of surgery, bringing together almost 1,800 participants to exchange science and advance the field through the dissemination of knowledge as well as by facilitating the exchange of ideas on a formal and informal basis that allow for the advancement of patient care.
Scientific Committees
International Society of Surgery (ISS)
Société Internationale de Chirurgie (SIC)
President ISS/SIC & Congress President
Andrew G. Hill, Auckland, New Zealand
President elect ISS/SIC
John Hunter, Portland, USA
Immediate Past President ISS/SIC
Marco G. Patti, Chapel Hill, USA
Secretary General ISS/SIC
Kenneth D. Boffard, Johannesburg, South Africa
General Treasurer ISS/SIC
Anders O. Bergenfelz, Lund, Sweden
Editor in Chief WJS
Julie Ann Sosa, Durham, USA
Councilor
Hisham Abdullah, Putrajaya, Malaysia
Councilor
Italo Braghetto, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Councilor
Seigo Kitano, Yufu, Japan
Councilor
Rowan W. Parks, Edinburgh, UK
IAES Representative
Gerard M. Doherty, Boston, USA
IATSIC Representative
Christine Gaarder, Oslo, Norway
IASMEN Representative
Takashi Higashiguchi, Mie, Japan
BSI Representative
Omar Z. Youssef, Cairo, Egypt
ISDS Representative
Hiroyuki Konno, Shizuoka, Japan
ASAP Representative
Kathleen M. Casey, New Port, USA
Collective Member Societies of ISS/SIC
and their Program Representatives in
the Program Committee of WCS 2019
IAES
The International Association of Endocrine Surgeons
Janice L. Pasieka, Canada / Gerard M. Doherty, USA
www.iaes-endocrine-surgeons.com
IATSIC
The International Association for Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care
Christine Gaarder, Norway
IASMEN
The International Association for Surgical Metabolism and Nutrition
Steven E. Wolf, USA / Takashi Higashiguchi, Japan
BSI
Breast Surgery International
Sharon Wing Wai Chan, Hong Kong / Omar Youssef, Egypt
ISDS
International Society for Digestive Surgery
Alessandro Fichera, USA / Hiroyuki Konno, Japan
ASAP
Alliance for Surgery and Anesthesia Presence
Russel Gruen, Singapore / Kathleen M. Casey, USA
WCS Partner Societies
and their Representatives in the
Program Committee of WCS 2019
AAS Association for Academic Surgery
Melina R. Kibbe, USA / Adil H. Haider, USA
AAST American Association for the Surgery of Trauma
Michael F. Rotondo, USA
ACS American College of Surgeons
Peter Angelos, USA / Kathleen M. Casey, USA
APIMSF The Ambroise Paré International
Military Surgery Forum
Kenan Yusif-zade , Azerbaijan / Norman M. Rich, USA
AWS Association of Women Surgeons
Christine Laronga, USA
FELAC Federación Latinoamericana de Cirugía
Italo Braghetto, Chile / Natan Zundel, Colombia
IASSS International Association of Student Surgical Societies
Sulé Burger, South Africa / Alex Scott, South Africa
ISBI International Society for Burn Injuries
David N. Herndon, USA / Basil A. Pruitt Jr., USA
Local Participating Societies
APS Association of Polish Surgeons
Krzysztof Paśnik, Warszawa
www.tchp.pl
PSSO Polish Society of Surgical Oncology
Wojciech Wysocki, Krakow
Local Organizing Committee
Adam Dziki - Łódź (LOC President)
Krzysztof Paśnik - Warszawa
Tomasz Banasiewicz - Poznań
Marcin Barczyński – Kraków
Andrzej Budzyński - Kraków
Marek Dobosz - Gdańsk
Marek Jackowski - Toruń
Wojciech Kielan - Wrocław
Stanisław Kłęk - Kraków
Zbigniew Lorenc - Katowice
Andrzej Matyja - Kraków
Maciej Michalik - Olsztyn
Piotr Richter - Kraków
Wiesław Tarnowski - Warszawa
Grzegorz Wallner - Lublin
Krzysztof Zieniewicz - Warszawa
Congress Secretariat WCS 2019
c/o MCI Geneva Office
9, rue du Pré-Bouvier
1242, Satigny, Geneva
Switzerland
Phone: +41 22 33 99 596
Email: wcs@mci-group.com
Registration/Hotel enquiries, Email: wcsreghot@mci-group.com
Scientific Secretariat WCS 2019
c/o ISS/SIC
Seefeldstrasse 88
8008 Zurich
Switzerland
Phone: +41 44 533 76 50
Fax: +41 44 533 76 59
E-mail: surgery@iss-sic.com
Web: www.iss-sic.com