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. Daniel Frey
Kantonsspital Baden, Switzerland - Prof. Dr. Friedrich Herbst
Hospital KK Barmherzige Brüder, Wien, Austria - 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 - PD Dr. Caroline Williamson
Dept. General Surgery, Skane Uni. Hospital Lund, Sweden
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 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 - Dr. Felix Nickel
University Heidelberg, 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
Additional invited Guest Faculty Members 2026 in the following modules are:
Colorectal Advanced Course
- Mr. Kamal Aryal
James Paget University Hospital, Norwich, UK - Prof. Joep Knol
Belgium - 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. Colin Sietses
Ziekenhuis Gelderse, Vallei, Netherlands - MD Adele Sayers
United Kingdom - Prof. Dr. Jurriaan Tuynman
Amsterdam, Netherlands - Dr. Cécile De Chaisemartin
Marseille, France
Hernia Advanced Course
- Mr. Kamal Aryal
James Paget University Hospital, Norwich, UK - Prof. Dr. Ulrich Dietz
Cantonal Hospital Solothurn, Switzerland - Dr. Dietmar Eucker
Switzerland - 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. Walther Tabarelli
Liechtenstein - Dr. Felix Grieder
Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Switzerland - PD Dr. Henry Hoffmann
Zweichirurgen Center, Basel, Switzerland - Dr. Jonathan Douissard
Geneva, Switzerland - PD Dr. Gernot Köhler
Rorbach, Austria
Bariatric Advanced Course
- 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 - 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
- Mr. Dimitrios Pournaras
Bristol, United Kingdom - Dr. Jan Willem Van den Berg
University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherlands - Prof. Dr. Burkhard von Rahden
University Hospital, Salzburg, Austria
HPB Advanced Course
- Dr. Maxim Dewulf
MUMC, Maastricht, Netherlands - Dr. Jan Philipp Jonas
University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland - PD Dr. Philip Müller
Basel, Switzerland - MD Malin Sternby Eilard
Göteborg, Sweden - PD Dr. Ignazio Tarantino
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Pediatric Surgery Advanced Course
- Prof. Dr. Ivo de Blaauw
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 - Assoc. Prof. Kristina Hagelsteen
Lund, Sweden - Dr. Alexander Mack
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Emergency & Acute Care Surgery
- MD Dimitrios Damaskos
United Kingdom - MD Luke Evans
United Kingdom - Dr. Johan Lock
Germany - Dr. Romain Seppey
Switzerland - Dr. Matti Tolonen
Finland - Prof. Dr. Tobias Zingg
Switzerland
Basic and Intermediate Course
- 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 - Dr. Felix Nickel
University Heidelberg, 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
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