Executive Board

Fernando D. Dip, MD, FACS

Executive Director

Alexander Vahrmeijer, MD

PRESIDENT

Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden, The Netherlands

Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Secretary / Treasurer

Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, FACS

Past President

Advisory Board

North America

James Basilion, PhD

Director, Case Center for Imaging Research, Case Western Reserve University Medical School
Vice Chairman of Basic Science Research, Department of Radiology, CWRU, SOM
Professor of Radiology, CWRU, SOM
Professor of Pathology, CWRU, SOM
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, CWRU, SOM
Professor of Radiology, CWRU, SOM
Professor Cancer Center, CWRU, SOM
Cleveland, OH, USA

Michael Bouvet, MD

Professor of Surgery
Director of Endocrine Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgery
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, California USA

Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD

The Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
Digestive Disease Institute
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, Florida, USA

Philip S. Low, PhD

Presidential Scholar for Drug Discovery and Ralph C. Corley Distinguished Professor of Chemistry – Biochemistry (Department of Chemistry)
Purdue University
Department of Chemistry
West Lafayette, Indiana USA
Stanford, California USA

Thinzar Min Lwin, MD MS

Assistant Professor, Surgical Oncology
City of Hope National Medical Center
Arcadia, CA USA

Martin I. Newman, MD, FAAPS, FACS

Program Director
Department of Plastic Surgery
Head of Clinical Research
Director of Education, Weston
Director and Coordinator/Academic Advancement Series
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, Florida

Derek Muehrcke, MD, FACS

Chairman, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Flagler Hospital
Jacksonville, Florida USA

Ceana Nezhat MD, FACS, FACOG

Fellowship Director, Nezhat Medical Center
Medical Director of Training & Education and
Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery & Robotics,
Northside Hospital, Atlanta Georgia
Member of ACS Video Based Education Committee
Adjunct Professor of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Emory University
Past President, Society of Reproductive Surgeons
Past President, American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
Editor in Chief, Atlanta Medicine
Atlanta, GA, USA

Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Clinical Professor of Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at CWRU
Chairman, Department of General Surgery
Director, General Surgery Residency Program
Director, The Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, Florida USA

Steven Scott Rothenberg, MD

Chief of Pediatric Surgery
Rocky Mountain Hospital For Children
Professor of Clinical Surgery
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Denver, CO, USA

Jason M. Warram, PhD

Assistant Professor
Departments of Otolaryngology, Surgery, Radiology, & Biomedical Engineering
Associate Scientist – O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama USA

Steven D Wexner, MD, Phd (Hon), FACS, FRCS, FRCS(Ed)

Affiliate Professor Florida Atlantic University College of Medicine
Clinical Professor Florida International University College of Medicine
Director, Digestive Disease Center
Chair, Department of Colorectal Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, Florida, USA

Deborah S. Keller, MS MD

Professor, School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering, Arizona State University
Consultant, Colon and Rectal Surgery
Director, IMPACT (Innovation in Medical and Patient Care Technologies) Program Mayo Clinic and Arizona State Alliance for Healthcare

Seth D. Goldstein, MD, MPhil

Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgeon | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Associate Professor of Surgery | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Program Director | Pediatric Surgery Fellowship, Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center

Europe

Thomas Carus, MD

Chief Physician, Clinic for General and Visceral Surgery
Kliniken Landreis Diepholz
Department of General and Vascular Surgery
Bassum, Germany

Michele Diana, MD

Scientific Director of IRCAD
Professor, University of Strasbourg
Photonics for Health Lab
Strasbourg, France

Sylke Schneider-Koriath, MD

Senior Consultant Department of Visceral Surgery
Specialist for General, Visceral and Bariatric surgery Klinikum Südstadt Rostock
Rostock, Germany

Giuseppe Spinoglio MD, FACS

Chief of Program of Robotic Surgery and Education
FPO Candolo Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment I.R.C.C.S
Turin, Italy

Laurents Stassen, MD, PhD

Professor of GI Surgery
Chief of Surgical Training
Vice Chair of Department of Surgery
Maastricht University Medical Center
Maastricht, The Netherlands

Alexander Vahrmeijer, MD

Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden, The Netherlands

Eric Vibert, MD, PhD, HDR

Paul Brousse Hospital, Villejuif, France
Centre Hépato-Biliaire, Hôpital Paul Brousse
Villejuif, France

Rutger Schols, MD PhD FEBOPRAS

Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, University Hospital Brussels, Belgium
Professor of Plastic Surgery, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium

Anna Dupree, MD

Associate Professor and Thoracic and Visceral Surgeon
Department of General, Visceral, and Thoracic Surgery
University Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany

Manish Chand MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery. Director of Advanced MIS Programme. UCL, Lomdon UK

Middle East

Ory Wiesel, MD

Director of Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery
The Baruch-Padeh Medical Center of the North
Poriya, Israel
The Faculty of Medicine in Galilee
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Israel

Asia / Australia

Takeaki Ishizawa, MD, PhD, FACS

Hepato-biliary-pancreatic Surgery Division,
Department of Surgery
Graduate School of Medicine
Osaka Metropolitan University
Tokyo, Japan

Norihiro Kokudo, MD, PhD, FACS

School of Medicine
University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan

Yasuteru Urano, PhD

Professor
Lab. of Chemistry & Biology
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Lab. of Chemical Biology & Molecular Imaging
Graduate School of Medicine
The University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan

Catherine Teh MD, FPCS, FRCS(Ed)

Philippines
Makati Medical Center and St Luke’s Medical Center

Latin America

Ana Carrasquilla Zurita

Cirugía Bariñatrica. Costa Rica

Alberto Rancati

Argentina

Homero Rodriguez

Panamá

Fernando Dip

Argentina

Diego Sinagra

Argentina

Board Of Governors

Takeaki Ishizawa, MD, PhD, FACS

Hepato-biliary-pancreatic Surgery Division,
Department of Surgery
Graduate School of Medicine
The University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan

Fernando Dip, MD

Hospital de Clinicas Buenos Aires
University of Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cleveland, OH, USA

Norihiro Kokudo, MD, PhD, FACS

School of Medicine
University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan

Michael Bouvet, MD

Professor of Surgery
Director of Endocrine Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgery
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, California USA

Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD

The Bariatric and Metabolic Institute
Digestive Disease Institute
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, Florida, USA

Executive Board

Fernando D. Dip, MD, FACS

Alexander Vahrmeijer, MD

Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, FACS

Advisory Board

North America

James Basilion, PhD

Michael Bouvet, MD

Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD

Philip S. Low, PhD

Thinzar Min Lwin, MD MS

Martin I. Newman, MD, FAAPS, FACS

Derek Muehrcke, MD, FACS

Ceana Nezhat MD, FACS, FACOG

Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS

Steven Scott Rothenberg, MD

Jason M. Warram, PhD

Steven D Wexner, MD, Phd (Hon), FACS, FRCS, FRCS(Ed)

Deborah S. Keller, MS MD

Seth D. Goldstein, MD, MPhil

Europe

Thomas Carus, MD

Michele Diana, MD

Sylke Schneider-Koriath, MD

Giuseppe Spinoglio MD, FACS

Laurents Stassen, MD, PhD

Alexander Vahrmeijer, MD

Eric Vibert, MD, PhD, HDR

Rutger Schols, MD PhD FEBOPRAS

Anna Dupree, MD

Manish Chand MD, PhD

Middle East

Ory Wiesel, MD

Asia / Australia

Takeaki Ishizawa, MD, PhD, FACS

Norihiro Kokudo, MD, PhD, FACS

Yasuteru Urano, PhD

Catherine Teh MD, FPCS, FRCS(Ed)

Latin America

Ana Carrasquilla Zurita

Alberto Rancati

Homero Rodriguez

Fernando Dip

Diego Sinagra

Board Of Governors

Takeaki Ishizawa, MD, PhD, FACS

Fernando Dip, MD

Norihiro Kokudo, MD, PhD, FACS

Michael Bouvet, MD

Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD

Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS

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