PROGRAM DIRECTORS
Maurice K. Chung, MD
Harrith M. Hasson, MD
William E. Kelley, Jr., MD
Charles H. Koh, MD
Raymond J. Lanzafame, MD, MBA
Carl J. Levinson, MD
Elspeth M. McDougall, MD
John E. Morrison, Jr., MD
Farr Nezhat, MD
Gustavo Stringel, MD
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Michael S. Kavic, MD
Liselotte Mettler, Prof Dr Med
GENERAL CHAIR
Paul Alan Wetter, MD
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE / PRELIMINARY FACULTY
Ferdinando Agresta, MD
Sheikh Bakhtiar Ahmad, MD
Omer Alabaz, Prof Dr Med
Christian Alabi, MRCOG
Dinu Florin Albu, Prof Dr Med
Luiz Fernando Albuquerque, MD
Anthony Alfred-Igbokwe, MD
Mohammed F. Al-Kerithy, MD, PhD
Ediz Altinli, Prof Dr Med
Raymundo Anaya, MD
Roberto Angioli, Prof Dr Med
Forgione Antonello, MD, PhD
I. Atilla Aridogan, MD
Palfi Attila, MD
Riccardo Autorino, MD, PhD
Faruq Mohamed Badiuddin, MD
Yildirim Bayazit, MD
Tahar Benhidjeb, Prof Dr Med
Franco Bergamaschi, MD
Bernd Bojahr, MD, PhD
Guglielmo Breda, MD
Viorel Bucuras, MD
Hazarapet Buniatyan, MD
Fadime Didem Can, MD
Michel J. Canis, MD, PhD
Jose Morais Castro, MD
Fausto Catena, MD, PhD
Antonio Celia, MD
Stefanos Chandakas, MD MBA PhD
Ashfaq Hussain Chandio, MBBS
Eboh James Chidozie, MD MBA
Luca Cindolo, MD
Ignazio Massimo/M Civello,
Prof Dr Med
Ladele Adediran Cletus, MBBS
Admar Filho Concon, MD
Hector Consani, MD
Catalin Copaescu, MD, PhD
Leonardo Costatino, MD
Paul G. Curcillo II, MD
Francesco Curto, MD
Alfred Cuschieri, Prof Dr Med
Abri de Bruin, MD
R.L. De Wilde, Prof Dr Med
Jacques Dequesne, MD
Humberto Jimenez Diaz, MD, PhD
Soliman Hamed Elkammash, MD
Mario Falsaperla, Prof Dr Med
Gerald M. Fried, MD
Rania Gabr, MD
Roberto Gallardo, MD
Richaro Gaston, MD
Bhaskar Goolab, Prof Dr Med
Dimitrie Grama, MD
Alain Granier, MD, PhD
Tihomir Grgic, Dr Med
Gaetano Grosso, MD
Thomas P. HuttL, MD, PhD
Christian Alexander Hernandez, MD
Toril Nagelhus Hernes, Prof Dr Med
Maher K. Hussein, MD
Usman Jaffer, MBBS
Karl Walter Jauch, Prof Dr Med
Rassweiler Jens, Prof Dr Med
Eiji Kanehira, MD, PhD
Matthias Kapischke, MD
Andronikos Karasakalides, MD
Suhail Kazim, MD
Joachim Kettenbach, Prof Dr Med
Behnaz Khani Rabati, MD
Doron Kopelman, MD
Colin M. Krueger, MD, PhD, MBA
Muhammad Saeed Kummah, MD
Gyrgy L.z.r, Prof Dr Med
Eylon Lachman, MD
Reinhold Andreas Lang, Dr Med
Leonid Lantsberg, Prof Dr Med
Fabrice Lecuru, MD, PhD
Costantino Leonardo, MD, PhD
Marc J. Lepere, MD
Michael R. Marohn, DO
Giorgio Raffaele Martina, MD
Liselotte Mettler, Prof Dr Med
Eduardo Jose Miranda, MD
Evangelos Misiakos, MD
Waldir Pereira Modotte, Prof Dr Med
Hisham Yousef Mohamad,
Prof Dr Med
Alexander Kaoranu Molokwu, MD
Pedro E. Morales, MD
Philippe Morel, Prof Dr Med
Giuseppe Morgia, Prof Dr Med
Manuel G. Mota, MD
Jose A. Munoz, MD
Ahmed Abdel Fattah Nada,
Prof Dr Med
Khusen B. Narzullaev, MD, PhD
Vincenzo Neri, MD
Alkestie Nicolaou, MD
Giuseppe R. Nigri, MD, PhD
Druzijanic Nikica, MD, PhD
Francisco Alberto Obregon, MD
Abdel Rahman Ahmed Omer, MD, PhD
Alberto Pamsadoro, MD
Dalibor Panuska, MD
Moshe Z. Papa, Prof Dr Med
Basilios Papaziogas, Dr Med
Charilaos C. Pappis, MD, PhD
Jiri Paral, MD, PhD
Vipul Patel, MD
Benjamin Person, MD
Luigi S. Pezzullo, Prof Dr Med
Andrea Polara, MD
Niels Qvist, Prof Dr Med
Noshaba Rafiq, MBBS
Fahimeh Ramezani Tehrani, MD
Munir A. Rathore, MBBS
Bernardo Rocco, MD
Nelson A. Romero-Caballero, MD
Abdulrahim Ali Rouzi, Prof Dr Med
Eduardo N. Saad, MD
Robert Sabbah, Prof Dr Med
Lukas Sakra, MD, PhD
Isam M. A. Salam, Prof Dr Med
Roberto C. Sanseverino, MD
Tushar Satish Samdani, MS
Sudip K. Sarker, MD, PhD
Mohamed A. Sawrabi, MD
Markus Schoer, Prof Dr Med
Sergio Schettini, MD
Luigi Schips, MD
Daniel S. Seidman, Prof Dr Med
Muhammad Yusaf Shah, MBSS
Hassan Z. Shaker, Prof Dr Med
Kourosh Shamimi, Prof Dr Med
Fabrizio Signore, MD
Gintaras Simutis, MD, PhD
Ornella Sizzi, MD
Luiz Henrique Sousa, MD
Vicente Spinelli, MD
Petr Stadler, MD, PhD
Michael M. Stark, Prof Dr Med
Maximilian Stehr, Prof Dr Med
Igor C. Stipancic, Prof Dr Med
Eugen Tarcoveanu, Prof Dr Med
Eiman R. Tawheed, MD
Garri Tchartchian, MD
Katerina Theodoropoulou, MD
John Thiel, MD
Calin I. Tiu, MD, PhD
Baki Topal, Prof Dr Med
Dezso Toth, MD
Georgios Tsoulfas, MD
Ilan Tur-Kaspa, MD
Paolo Ubiali, MD
Cihat Unlu, Prof Dr Med
Ali Uzunkoy, Prof Dr Med
Rafael Valle, MD
Hans J.J. van Beek, MD, PhD
Bruno J. van Herendael, Prof Dr Med
Alin Vasilescu, MD
Rosario Vecchio, Prof Dr Med
Amir Vejdan, Dr Med
Dragen Vidovic, MD
Jozef Vracko, MD, PhD
Eelco Wassenaar, MD
Antoine A. Watrelot, Prof Dr Med
Jean-Christophe Weber, Prof Dr Med
Bulent Yaycioglu, MD
Gazi Yildirim, MD
Boris Yoffe, MD
Abby Yusuf, MD
The EuroAmerican MultiSpecialty Summit IV of Laparoscopy and
Minimally Invasive Surgery Preliminary Faculty and Organizing Committee
Members represent the following:
COUNTRIES
Argentina
Armenia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Colombia
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
El Salvador
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iran
Ireland Republic
Israel
Italy
Kuwait
Lebanon
Lithuania
Mexico
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Norway
Pakistan
Portugal
Romania
Saudi Arabia
Scotland
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
South Africa
Sudan
Sultanate of Oman
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
The Netherlands
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
USA
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
ORGANIZATIONS
Adana Numune Hospital
ARCE
Argentine Society of Surgery
Asociacion Nicaraguense de Cirugia General (ANCG)
Association Suisse Romande de Chirurgie Coelioscopique
British Society Of Gynaecological Endoscopy and European Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy
Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome
Club Coelio
Croatian Association of Endoscopic Surgery
Cukurova University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery
Egyptian Society of Laparoscopic Surgery
Emirates Society of Laparoendscopic Surgeons
European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE)
German Society of Gynecological Endoscopy
Gynaecological Endoscopic Platform
Gynecologic Endoscopy Department
Hellenic Society of Endoscopic Surgery
International Society of Sympathetic Surgery
Israeli Society of Endoscopic Surgery
Italian Endourological Association
Italian Society of Young Surgeons
Mediterranean Society for Reproductive Medicine
Mexico Surgeons for Gynecologic Endoscopy
Romanian Group
Royal Belgian Society and its Sections
Sociedade Portuguesa De Cirurgia Minimamente Invasiva
Turkish Cukurova Delegation
Turkish Society of Endoscopic-Laparoscopic and Minimal Invasive Surgery
This Summit, held every two years, with delegations of leading laparoscopists representing organizations and countries in Europe and the Americas provides a meaningful educational and cultural exchange with thought leaders in minimally invasive surgery. A similar Summit is held on alternate years for Pacific Rim countries. Summits are also open to surgeons in all specialties wishing to learn about current trends. Plan on attending this year’s extraordinary event at Disney’s Contemporary Resort, Orlando, Florida, USA.
