Board and Faculty

of the GI Surgery Foundation

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
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