Basic course
From Saturday April 11 2026 - Thursday April 16 2026
Suited for residents in their first three years of training in surgery, urology, gynaecology, or pediatric surgery.
Theoretical parts are combined with practical parts. Basic training in open surgery and Laparoscopic Surgery used in different GI-tract conditions. Additionally, topics like decision making, how to deal with or avoid complications. etc. are addressed in panel discussions and joint sessions.
Open surgery:
Suture- and anastomosis techniques in the GI-tract with focus on small/large intestine and stomach.
Laparoscopic surgery:
Learning basic laparoscopic techniques.
Module directors
- PD Dr. Christian T. Hamel
Dept. of Surgery, District Hospital Lörrach, Germany - Prof. Dr. Daniel Frey
Kantonsspital Baden, Switzerland
Faculty
- 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 Bouwense
MUMC, Maastricht, Netherlands - 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 - Dr. Floris Ferenschild
Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands - Dr. Olav Flemmen
Skien, Norway - Prof. Dr. Elmar Haiden
Universitätklinikum Tulln, Tulln, Austria - 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. Daniel Kjaer
Dept. of Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark - Dr. Marie Klein
Kantonsspital St.Gallen KSSG - 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 - 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. Felix Nickel
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany - Prof. Dr. Ralph Peterli
University Hospital Clarunis, Basel, Switzerland - Dr. Urs Pfefferkorn
Cantonal Hospital, Olten, Switzerland
- Prof. Dr. Christoph Reissfelder
Dept. of Surgery, University Hospital Mannheim, Germany - Prof. Dr. Tom Mikael Scheinin
Dept. of Surgery, University Hospital Helsinki, Finland - Dr. Romano Schneider
University Hospital Clarunis, Basel, Switzerland - PD Dr. Gabriel Seifert
University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany - 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. Harry van Goor
Dept. of Surgery, University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands - PD Dr. Benjamin Weixler
Dept. of Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Switzerland
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