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European Chapter

We are dedicated to the global advancement of fluorescence image-guided surgery through clinical practice, education, and the promotion of basic and clinical research.

Through our annual conference, webinars, social media, and continuous educational efforts, ISFGS is committed to providing educational programs around the globe.

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European Chapter Board

Alex Vahrmeijer MD, PhD

PRESIDENT

Surgical Oncologist and HPB Surgeon. Group Leader GreenLight Leiden

Manish Chand MD, PhD

Secretary

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

Ugo Marchese, MD

Treasurer

Department of Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic and Endocrine Surgery, Cochin Hospital, Assistance
publique-hôpitaux de Paris, University of Paris, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014, Paris,
France.

Luigi Boni, MD, FACS

PAST-PRESIDENT

Professor of Surgery University of Milan. Chief of General & Minimally Invasive Surgery. Fondazione IRCCS – Ca’ Granda – Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico. University of Milan Milan, Italy

Vassilis Pitsinis MD, FRCS, PhD, EBSQ

NHS Tayside · Breast Unit

Eric Vibert, MD, PhD, HDR

Centre Hépato-Biliaire, Hôpital Paul Brousse
Villejuif, France

Michele Diana, MD

Scientific Director of IRCAD. 
Professor, University of Strasbourg , France

Thomas Carus, MD

Chief Surgeon. Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Hamburg, Germany

Sylke Schneider-Koriath, MD

General, Visceral and Bariatric surgery Klinikum Südstadt. Rostock, Germany

Giuseppe Spinoglio MD, FACS

FPO Candolo Institute I.R.C.C.S. Turin, Italy

Laurents Stassen, MD, PhD

Professor of GI Surgery. Department of Surgery. Maastricht University The Netherlands

Rutger Schols, MD PhD FEBOPRAS

Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery
Maastricht University Medical Center

Daniel Rosenthal, MD

Head, Spine Section. Hochtaunuskliniken. Bad Homburg, Germany

Stefano Giuliani  MD, PhD

Division of Specialist Neonatal and Paediatric Surgery. Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. London, UK

Harald Krentel, MD

Director, Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecological Oncology,Bethesda Hospital Duisburg, Germany

Panagiotis Lainas MD PhD

Department of Surgery, Metropolitan Hospital, Athens, Greece

Delia Cortex Guiral MD PhD FACS ECPSO

Surgical Oncologist. European Certification on Peritoneal Surface Oncology. 
Consultant Peritoneal Surface Malignancies
Colorectal SurgeonKing Khalid University Hospital Saudi
Arabia
IVOQA director (Oncologic Advanced Surgery Viamed Institute), Madrid

Imma Gomez Gavara, MD

Consultant Surgeon
HBP and Transplantation
Vall d'Hebron Hospital, Barcelona Campus
Barcelona, Spain

Dr. J.R. van der Vorst, MD, PhD

Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon. Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Dr. Stijn Keereweer, M.D., Ph.D.

Otorhinolaryngologist, Head and Neck Surgeon. Associate Professor. Erasmus MC Cancer Institute. Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Mrs. Clare Schilling MBBS BDS FRCS(OMFS) PhD

Head and Neck Surgeon. Honorary Associate Professor. Head and Neck Academic Centre. Division of Surgery and Interventional Science. University College London

Past President

Luigi Boni, MD, FACS

President

Professor of Surgery University of Milan. Chief of General & Minimally Invasive Surgery. Fondazione IRCCS – Ca’ Granda – Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico. University of Milan Milan, Italy

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