Faculty 2020 – Virtual European Colorectal Congress 2020

Michel Adamina

Prof. Dr. med.

Chefarzt Klinik für Viszeral- und Thoraxchirurgie
Leiter Chirurgie des Kolons, Rektums, und Anus

Facharzt für Chirurgie
Schwerpunkttitel Viszeralchirurgie FMH
Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
FEBS EBSQ Coloproctology
EMBA HSG General Management

Luca Antonio Aldrighetti IT-Milan

Luca Antonio Aldrighetti

Eva Angenete SE-Göteborg

Eva Angenete

M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Consultant Surgeon
Head of department of Surgery
Institute of Clinical Sciences
Sahlgrenska Academy
University of Gothenburg, SE

Eva Angenete is professor of Surgery at Sahlgrenska University Hospital and Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Her clinical work is focused on rectal cancer, locally recurrent rectal cancer and anal cancer. Her research includes colorectal cancer and anal cancer with a focus on surgical treatment, quality of life and health economy. She works in a research group SSORG - The Scandinavian Surgical Outcomes Research Group and has been a part of the group since the beginning in 2009. The goal is to reach expedient accrual in clinical studies, and thus have better control of confounders. Through well established routines an external validity is ascertained.

Willem Bemelman NL-Amsterdam

Willem Bemelman

Prof., MD, PhD

University of Amsterdam
Division of Surgical Specialism, Departement of Surgery, Academic Medical Center-AMC
Amsterdam, NL

Marja A. Boermeester NL-Amsterdam

Marja A. Boermeester

Professor of Surgery

Clinical Epidemiologist, Department of Surgery, Location AMC | room G4-132.1 | Meibergdreef 9, 1105AZ Amsterdam, NL

Markus W. Büchler DE-Heidelberg

Markus W. Büchler

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.

Zentrumssprecher (Chirurgische Klinik (Zentrum))
Ärztlicher Direktor (Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie), Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, DE

Christianne Buskens NL-Amsterdam

Christianne Buskens

Richard Cohen UK-London

Richard Cohen

Christopher Cunningham UK-Oxford

Christopher Cunningham

Professor
BSc, MBChB, MD, FRCS Ed

Giovanni Dapri BE-Brussels

Giovanni Dapri

Jacqueline de Jong CH-Interlaken – NL-Amersfoort

Jacqueline de Jong

Quentin Denost FR-Bordeaux

Quentin Denost

MD, PhD

Chirurgie colorectale et pelvienne
CHU Bordeaux, France

Nicolò de Manzini IT-Trieste

Nicolò de Manzini

André D'Hoore BE-Leuven

André D'Hoore

Prof., MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery, Chair Department of Abdominal Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven
Leuven, BE

Omar D Faiz UK-London

Omar D Faiz

Professor

BSc, MBBS, FRCS(GenSurg), MS
Clinical Director & Consultant Colorectal Surgeon
St Mark's Hospital & Academic Institute
Professor of Practice (Colorectal Surgery)
Imperial College

Nicola Fearnhead UK-Cambridge

Nicola Fearnhead

René H. Fortelny AT-Wien

René H. Fortelny

Univ.-Prof.Dr. René H. Fortelny, F.E.B.S.
Past Präsident der Österr.Herniengesellschaft
Leiter des zertifizierten Hernienzentrums
Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Tumorchirurgie
Klinik Ottakring
1160 Wien/Österreich

Dieter Hahnloser CH-Lausanne

Dieter Hahnloser

Alexander Herold DE-Mannheim

Alexander Herold

Prof. Dr. Alexander Herold
Dt. End- und Dickdarm-Zentrum Mannheim
Bismarckplatz 1
D - 68165 Mannheim

Mohammed Abu Hilal IT-Brescia

Mohammed Abu Hilal

Professor, MD FRCS FACS EBSQ (HPB) Phd DocEurp

Chair of the Department of Surgery, Head of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic and Minimally invasive Surgery, Poliambulanza Foundation Hospital
Via Bissolati- Brescia – Italy

Professor of HPB and Minimally Invasive Surgery
Southampton University

Torbjörn Holm SE-Stockholm

Torbjörn Holm

MD, PhD

Professor
Center of Digestive Diseases, Division of Coloproctology, Karolinska University
Stockholm, SE

Roel Hompes NL-Amsterdam

Roel Hompes

Dr.

Colorectal Surgeon, Departement of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, NL

Isabelle Kaelin Gambirasio CH-Geneve

Isabelle Kaelin Gambirasio

Debby Keller US-Columbia NY

Debby Keller

Jim Khan UK-Portsmouth

Jim Khan

Jim Khan is a specialist colorectal & minimal access surgeon, currently appointed as a consultant surgeon at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust and Hon Associate Professor at Anglia Ruskin University. His training included senior registrar at Basingstoke with Prof Heald, the National Laparoscopic Fellowship at Colchester (UK) with Prof Motson and a travelling clinical fellowship at Mayo Clinic Rochester (US). He also travelled to Korea for training in Robotic colorectal surgery with Prof Kim. At Portsmouth he is actively involved in medical education and clinical training on a variety of basic and advanced laparoscopic and robotic skills courses.

Mr Khan has been a national trainer in laparoscopic colorectal surgery and European proctor and trainer in robotic colorectal surgery. His research interests include Clinical research in robotic colorectal cancer surgery, complete mesocolic excision for colon cancer, Quality of life and functional outcomes after low anterior resection, training in laparoscopic & robotic colorectal surgery and natural orifice specimen extraction (NOSES). He has published and presented widely at national and international meetings and is member of core working groups in robotic surgery at the RCS, ACPGBI, ALSGBI, ESCP and ASCRS

Jim S Khan
MSc, PhD, FCPS (Surg), FRCS (Glasg), FRCS (Surg) FASCRS
Consultant Colorectal, Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeon
Hon Associate Professor of Surgery, Anglia Ruskin University
Clinical Lead Robotic Surgery, Director Victory Institute of Minimal Access Surgery (VIMARS),
Program Director TME fellowship, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth,
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, UK

Neil Mortensen UK-Oxford

Neil Mortensen

Simon NG Hong Kong

Simon NG

Ronan O'Connell IE-Dublin

Ronan O'Connell

P. Ronan O’Connell, MD, FRCSI, FRCPS Glas (Hon) , FRCS Edin (Hon), FRCS Eng (Hon), FASA (Hon), FCSHK (Hon)

President Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
President Elect European Surgical Association
Emeritus Professor of Surgery, University College Dublin

Roberto Persiani IT-Rom

Roberto Persiani

Associate Professor, Minimally-Invasive Surgical Oncology Unit, Fondazioni Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli - IRCCS, Catholic University of Rom
IT-Rom

Andrea Pietrabissa IT-Pavia

Andrea Pietrabissa

Prof. Andrea Pietrabissa, MD, FACS

Director, Department of Surgery
University of Pavia – Italy
President of EAES

Daniel Pohl CH-Zurich

Daniel Pohl

PD Dr. med. Daniel Pohl
University Hospital Zurich
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Head Functional Diagnostics Center
Raemistr. 100, 8091 Zurich – CH

Treasurer, European Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility
Past-President and Treasurer, Swiss Society of Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Phil Quirke UK-Leeds

Phil Quirke

BM, PhD, FRCPath, FMedSci

Professor and Head of Pathology and Tumour Biology
St James University Hospital
Leeds, UK

Frédéric Ris CH-Geneva

Frédéric Ris

Joan Robert-Yap CH-Geneva

Joan Robert-Yap

Dr. Joan Robert-Yap, Medical Consultant
Unit of Proctology and Pelvic Floor Disorders,
Department of Visceral Surgery
University of Geneva Hospital
Geneva, Switzerland

Bruno Roche CH-Geneva

Bruno Roche

Bruno Roche is 67 years old. He was head of proctoperineal unit in Geneva University hospital from 2001 to 2018. Actually, he works in private practice and is still consultant at the university. He made his medical studies in Lyon became specialist in surgery in 1986. From 1988, he was in Geneva University and developed a great interest in procto perineology. He is teaching in Switzerland, and many other European countries as well as in Dubaï.

Invited speaker in almost 600 international conferences, he published more than 150 research papers and book chapters on proctologic and perineal diseases. He is author of DVD with 24 personal surgical techniques. His last studies are focused on levator ani diseases.

Ex rugby player he considers adversity as a good power to improve. He likes life, humor and poesy.