Board of Directors
- PD Dr. Walter Brunner
President GI Surgery Foundation
Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Switzerland - Prof. Dr. Dieter Hahnloser
Vicepresident GI Surgery Foundation
CHUV University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland - Prof. Dr. Christiane Bruns
Executive Member GI Surgery Foundation
University Hospital Cologne, Germany - Dr. Otmar Buyne
Radboud University Hospital, Nijmegen, Netherlands - Prof. Dr. Pierre-Alain Clavien
University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland - Prof. Dr. Friedrich Herbst
Hospital KK Barmherzige Brüder, Wien, Austria - Prof. Dr. Daniel Frey
CZO, Zurich, Switzerland - Dr. Ville Sallinen
University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland - Dr. Peter Svenningsen
Nordzealand Hospital, Frederiksberg, Denmark - PD Dr. Peter Vogelbach
Past President GI Surgery Foundation
Cantonal Hospital Chur, Switzerland
Module Directors
- Basic & Intermediate Course
Daniel Frey & Christian Hamel - Colorectal
Walter Brunner & Friedrich Herbst - Bariatric
Ralph Peterli & Urs Pfefferkorn - HPB
Harry van Goor & Stephan Bouwense - Hernia
Walter Brunner - Upper GI
Katharina Beyer & Martin Bolli - Pediatric
Floris Ferenschild - Emergency & Acute Care
Peter Svenningsen & Otmar Buyne - Virtual Reality
Dieter Hahnloser
Faculty Members
- Prof. Dr. Katharina Beyer
Dept. of Surgery, University Hospital Benjamin Franklin Institute Berlin, Germany - Dr. Stephan Bischofberger
Dept. of Surgery, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Switzerland - Prof. Dr. Martin Bolli
Dept. of Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Lucerne, Switzerland - Prof. Dr. Stefan Breitenstein
Dept. of Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Switzerland - Prof. Dr. Dimitri Christoforidis
Chirurgia viscerale, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Svizzera - Dr. Lana Fourie
Dept. of Visceral Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Lucerne, Switzerland - Prof. Dr. Harry van Goor
Dept. of Surgery, University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands - PD Dr. Christian T. Hamel
Dept. of Surgery, District Hospital Lörrach, Germany - PD Dr. Karoline Horisberger
Visceral and transplant surgery, University Hospital Mainz, Germany - Dr. Marko Krajlevic
Dept. of Surgery, University Hospital Clarunis, Basel, Switzerland - Dr. Rebecca Kraus
Dept. of Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Chur, Switzerland - Prof. PD Dr. Christian Krieglstein
Dept. of Surgery, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Köln-Hohenlind, Germany - Dr. Daniel Kjaer
Dept. of Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark - Prof. Dr. Beat Müller
Dept. of Surgery, University Hospital Clarunis, Basel, Switzerland - PD Dr. Christian Nebiker
Dept. of Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Switzerland - Prof. Dr. Christoph Reissfelder
Dept. of Surgery, University Hospital Mannheim, Germany - Prof. Dr. Tom Mikael Scheinin
Dept. of Surgery, University Hospital Helsinki, Finland - PD Dr. Andreas Shamiyeh
Dept. of Surgery, Kepler University Hospital, Linz, Austria - Prof. Dr. Gerd Silberhumer
Dept. of Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Austria - Dr. med. habil. Sebastian Staubli
HPB and Liver Transplant, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust - Prof. Dr. Christian Toso
Dept. of Surgery, University Hospital Geneva, Switzerland - PD Dr. Diana Vetter
Dept. General Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland - Dr. Caroline Williamsson
Dept. General Surgery, Skane Uni. Hospital Lund, Sweden - PD Dr. Benjamin Weixler
Dept. of Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Switzerland
Additional invited Guest Faculty Members 2025 in the following modules are:
Colorectal Advanced Course
- Mr. Kamal Aryal
James Paget University Hospital, Norwich, UK - Prof. Joep Knol
Belgium - Prof. Dr. Bala Ram Malla
Nepal - Dr. Dinos Manes
Greece - Mr. Ian Jenkins
United Kingdom - Miss Lisa Massey
United Kingdom - Dr. Christine Maurus
Switzerland - Prof. Dr. Guillome Meurette
HUG, Geneva, Switzerland - PD Dr. Heidi Misteli
Hospital, Uster, Switzerland - Dr. Walther Tabarelli
Liechtenstein - Dr. Peter Tschann
Austria - Dr. Andreas Scheiwiller
Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland - Dr. Moritz Sparn
HOCH Health Ostschweiz, St. Gallen, Switzerland - Dr. Colin Sietses
Ziekenhuis Gelderse, Vallei, Netherlands - Dr. Petrousjka van den Tol
UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hernia Advanced Course
- Mr. Kamal Aryal
James Paget University Hospital, Norwich, UK - Prof. Dr. Ulrich Dietz
Cantonal Hospital Solothurn, Switzerland - Dr. Dietmar Eucker
Switzerland - Prof. Dr. Bala Ram Malla
Nepal - Dr. Dinos Manes
Greece - Miss Lisa Massey
United Kingdom - Dr. Christine Maurus
Switzerland - Dr. Björn Mück
Germany - Prof. Dr. René Fortelny
Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria - MD Adele Sayers
United Kingdom - Dr. Moritz Sparn
HOCH Health Ostschweiz, St. Gallen, Switzerland - Dr. Walther Tabarelli
Liechtenstein - Dr. Peter Tschann
Austria - Dr. Mette Willaume
Denmark - Dr. Felix Grieder
Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Switzerland - PD Dr. Henry Hoffmann
Zweichirurgen Center, Basel, Switzerland
Bariatric Advanced Course
- Dr. Jose Balibrea
Barcelona, Spain - Prof. Dr. Dieter Birk
Hospital Bietigheim, Germany - Dr. Marloes Emous
Medical Center, Leeuwarden, Netherlands - Prof. Dr. Moritz Felsenreich
Medical University, Vienna, Austria - Prof. Dr. Mirko Otto
Adipositas Center Rhein-Nekar, Mannheim, Germany - Prof. Dr. Ralph Peterli
University Hospital Clarunis, Basel, Switzerland - Dr. Urs Pfefferkorn
Cantonal Hospital, Olten, Switzerland - Mr. Dimitrios Pournaras
Bristol, United Kingdom - PD Dr. Charlotte Rabl
Salzburg, Austria - Prof. Dr. Paulina Salminen
Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
Upper GI Advanced Course
- Dr. Urs Pfefferkorn
Cantonal Hospital, Olten, Switzerland - Mr. Dimitrios Pournaras
Bristol, United Kingdom - PD Dr. Sabine Gabor
Austria - Dr. Jan Willem Van den Berg
University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands - Prof. Dr. Burkhard von Rahden
University Hospital, Salzburg, Austria
HPB Advanced Course
- Prof. Dr. Stefan Bouwense
MUMC, Maastricht, Netherlands - Dr. Maxim Dewulf
MUMC, Maastricht, Netherlands - PD Dr. Sabine Gabor
Austria - Dr. Jan Philipp Jonas
University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland - Dr. Felix Nickel
University Heidelberg, Germany
Pediatric Surgery Advanced Course
- Prof. Dr. Ivo de Blaauw
Netherlands - Dr. Floris T.J. Ferenschild
Nijmegen, Netherlands - Dr. Jan-Hendrik Goseman
Medical University, Leipzig, Germany - Prof. Dr. Stefan Holland Cunz
University Children's Hospital, Basel, Switzerland - Dr. Alessio Pini Prato
Alessandria, Italy - MD Michael Stanton
University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom - Prof. Dr. Martin Metzelder
Austria
Emergency & Acute Care Surgery
- MD Dimitrios Damaskos
United Kingdom - MD Luke Evans
United Kingdom - Dr. Johan Lock
Germany - Dr. Anders Peter Skovsen
Denmark - Dr. Romain Seppey
Switzerland - Dr. Matti Tolonen
Finland - Prof. Dr. Tobias Zingg
Switzerland
Basic and Intermediate Course
- Dr. med. Karin Baumann
Cantonal Hospital Graubünden KSGR, Chur, Switzerland - Dr. med. Simon Bernth-Andersen
Dronning Ingrids Hospital, Nuuk, Geenland - Dr. med. Christoph Bichler
Medical Univ. Vienna, Wien, Austria - Dr. med. Martin Bosch
Cantonal Hospital Glarus AG, Gerichtshausstrasse 10, GlarMed, Glarus, Switzerland - Dr. med. Lars Bundgaard
Vejle Sygehus Hospital, Vejle, Denmark - Dr. med. Karoline Dallago
Cantonal Hospital Graubünden KSGR, Chur, Switzerland - Dr. med. Diana Daume
LUKS, Luzern, Switzerland - Dr. med. Olav Johannes Flemmen
Skien, Norway - Dr. med. Hans Fuchs
Uniklinik Köln, Köln , Germany - Dr. med. Felix Grieder
KSW, Winterhur, Switzerland - Prof. Dr. med. Elmar Haiden
Universitätklinikum Tulln, Tulln, Austria - Dr. med. Pernilla Hansdotter-Andersson
Skane University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden - Dr. med. Timo Heikkinen
Helsinki University Central Hospital Huch, Helsinki, Finland - Dr. med. Stefan Heinrich
University Hospital Mainz, Mainz, Germany - Dr. med. Frederik Hvid-Jensen
Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark - Dr. med. Orestis Ioannidis
Exohi, Thessaloniki, Greece - Dr. med. Jonas Jan Philipp
University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland - Dr. med. Julia Jedamzik
Medical Univ. Vienna, Wien, Austria - Dr. med. Jonas Jurt
- Chuv, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Dr. med. Aude Lehnen
HUG, Genf, Switzerland - Dr. med. Klas Lindeborg
Helsinki University Central Hospital Huch, Helsinki, Finland - Dr. med. Johanna Louhimo
Helsinki University Central Hospital Huch, Helsinki, Finland - Dr. med. Marte T. Skoglund
Sykehuset Levanger, Levanger, Norway - Dr. med. Julia Mühlhäusser
LUKS, Luzern, Switzerland - Dr. med. Matteo Müller
University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland - Dr. med. Phillip Müller
University Hospital Clarunis Basel, Basel, Switzerland - Dr. med. Monia Passalacqua
University Hospital Mainz, Mainz, Germany - Dr. med. Wael Rayya
Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin Institut, Berlin, Germany - Dr. med. Dirk Scheller
St. Elisabeth Krankenhaus Köln-Hohenlind, Köln , Germany - Dr. med. Jes Sefland Vogt
Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark - PD Dr. med. Gabriel Seifert
University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany - Dr. med. Steffen Seyfried
University Hospital Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany - Dr. med. Swantje Malinka
Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin Institut, Berlin, Germany - Dr. med. Stephanie Taha-Mehlitz
University Hospital Clarunis Basel, Basel, Switzerland - Dr. med. Johannes Toti
EOC Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland - Dr. med. Caroline Vilhav
Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Vallda, Sweden - Dr. med. Thomas Weiss
- Kreiskrankenhaus Lörrach, Lörrach, Germany
- Dr. med. Bernhard Widmann
Austria - Dr. med. Yang Cui
University Hospital, Mannheim, Germany - Dr. med. Lucius Zumbühl
Cantonal Hospital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
Course Organiser
- PD Dr. Walter Brunner
Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- , Endokrin- und Transplantationschirurgie
Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland - Dr. Lana Fourie
Viszeralchirurgie
Kantonsspital Luzern, Switzerland - PD Dr. Marko Kraljevic
Viszeralchirurgie
Universitätsklinik, Basel, Switzerland - Dr. med. habil. Sebastian Staubli
HPB and Liver Transplantation Service
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom - PD Dr. Benjamin Weixler
Klinik für Viszeral- und Thoraxchirurgie
Kantonsspital, Winterthur, Switzerland
Course Secretary
- Jérôme Ammann (Course Coordinator)
AK-Medizin feat. "cut-away" Ammann
Münchwilen, Switzerland - Brigitte Ammann (Course Administrator)
AK-Medizin - Marianne Bertschi (Course Administrator)
Lupsingen, Switzerland - Niko Vogelbach