Board and Faculty

of the GI Surgery Foundation

Board and Faculty

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 Köln, Germany
  • Dr. Otmar Buyne
    Radboud University Hospital, Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • Prof. Dr. Pierre-Alain Clavien
    University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland
  • Prof. Dr. Friedrich Herbst
    Sigmund Freud University Vienna, Austria
  • Prof. Dr. Daniel Frey
    CZO, Zürich, Switzerland
  • Prof. 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

Faculty Members

  • Prof. Dr. Katharina Beyer
    Dept. Chirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Benjamin Franklin Institut, Berlin
  • Dr. Stephan Bischofberger
    Dept. Chirurgie, Visceral Surgery, Rohrschacherstrasse
  • Prof. Dr. Martin Bolli
    Dept. of Surgery, Clarunis, Basel
  • Prof. Dr. Stefan Breitenstein
    Dept. of Surgery, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur
  • Prof. Dr. Dimitri Christoforidis
    Chirurgia viscerale , EOC Lugano, Lugano
  • Dr. Lana Fourie
    Dept. of Surgery,Cantonal hospital LUKS, Luzern
  • PD Dr. Christian T. Hamel
    Dept. Chirurgie, Kreiskrankenhaus Lörrach, Lörrach
  • PD Dr. Karoline Horisberger
    Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie, University Hospital Mainz, Mainz
  • Dr. Rebecca Kraus
    Dept. of Surgery, KSGR, Chur
  • PD Dr. Marko Krajlevic
    Dept. of Surgery, University Hospital Clarunis, Basel
  • PD Dr. Christian Krieglstein
    Dept. Chirurgie, St. Elisabeth-Krankenhaus, Köln-Hohenlind
  • Dr. Daniel Kjaer
    Dept. Chirurgie, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Aarhus
  • Prof. Dr. Beat Müller
    Dept. Chirurgie, Clarunis, Basel
  • PD Dr. Christian Nebiker
    Dept. Chirurgie, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau
  • Prof. Dr. Christoph Reissfelder
    Dept. Chirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Mannheim, Mannheim
  • Prof. Dr. Tom Mikael Scheinin
    Dept. of Surgery, University Hospital, Helsinki
  • PD Dr. Andreas Shamiyeh
    Dept. of Surgery, Kepler Universitäts Klinikum, Linz
  • Prof. Dr. Gerd Silberhumer
    Dept. of Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Vienna
  • Dr. Sebastian Staubli
    HPB and Liver Transplant, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
  • Prof. Dr. Harry van Goor
    Dept. of Surgery, University Medical Center, Nijmegen
  • PD Dr. Benjamin Weixler
    Dept. of Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur
  • Prof. Dr. Christian Toso
    Dept. Chirurgie, Université de Genève, Genève
  • PD Dr. Diana Vetter
    Dept. Chirurgie, Universitätsspital, Zürich
  • Dr. Caroline Williamsson
    Dept. General Surgery, Skane Uni. Hospital Lund, Lund

Guest Faculty Members

Additional invited Guest Faculty Members 2024 in the following modules are:

Colorectal Advanced Course

  • Prof. Dr. Felix Aigner
    KH Barmherzige Brüder, Graz, Austria
  • Mr. Kamal Aryal
    James Paget Univ. Hospital, Norwich, UK
  • Dr. Cécile De Chaisemartin
    Marseille, France
  • Mr. John T. Jenkins
    London, UK
  • Prof. Dr. Guillome Meurette
    HUG, Genf, Switzerland
  • PD Dr. Heidi Misteli
    Spital Uster, Uster, Switzerland
  • Dr. Andreas Scheiwiller
    Luzerner Kantonsspital, Luzern, Switzerland
  • Dr. Colin Sietses
    Ziekenhuis Gelderse, Vallei, Netherland
  • Dr. Petrousjka van den Tol
    UMC , Amsterdam, Netherland
  • Prof. Dr. Erwin Rieder
    Med. Universitätsklinik, Wien, Austria

Bariatric Advanced Course

  • Dr. Jose Balibrea
    Barcelona, Spain
  • Prof. Dr. Dieter Birk
    Krankenhaus Bietigheim, Bietigheim, Germany
  • Dr. Marloes Emous
    Medical Center, Leeuwarden, Netherland
  • Prof. Dr. Moritz Felsenreich
    Medizinische Universität, Wien, Austria
  • Prof. Dr. Mirko Otto
    Adipositas Zentrum Rhein-Nekar, Mannheim, Germany
  • Prof. Dr. Ralph Peterli
    Clarunis , Basel, Switzerland
  • Dr. Urs Pfefferkorn
    Kantonsspital, Olten, Switzerland
  • Mr. Dimitrios Pournaras
    Bristol, United Kingdom
  • PD Dr. Charlotte Rabl
    Salzburg, Austria
  • Mrs. Paulina Salminen
    Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland

HPB Advanced Course

  • Prof. Dr. Stefan Bouwense
    MUMC, Maastricht, Netherland
  • Dr. Maxim Dewulf
    MUMC, Maastricht, Netherland
  • Dr. Jan Philipp Jonas
    Universitätsspital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
  • Dr. Felix Nickel
    Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Hernia Advanced Course

  • Dr. Katrin Bermoser
  • Prof. Dr. Ulrich Dietz
    Kantonsspital Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland
  • Prof. Dr. René Fortelny
    Sigmund Freud PrivatUniversität , Wien, Austria
  • Prof. Dr. Miguel Ángel García-Ureña
    Universitario Henares, Madrid, Spain
  • Dr. med. Felix Grieder
    Kantonsspital Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
  • PD Dr. Henry Hoffmann
    Zweichirurgen Zentrum, Basel, Switzerland
  • Prof. Dr. Erwin Rieder
    Med. Universitätsklinik, Wien,Austria
  • Dr. Alexis Theodorou
    Aretaieio University Hospital, Athens, Greece

Upper GI Advanced Course

  • Dr. Urs Pfefferkorn
    Kantonsspital, Olten, Switzerland
  • Mr. Dimitrios Pournaras
    Bristol, United Kingdom
  • Dr. Jan Willem Van den Berg
    University Medical Center, Utrecht, Netherland
  • Prof. Dr. Burkhard von Rahden
    Universitätsklinikum Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

Pediatric Surgery Advanced Course

  • Ivo de Blaauw
    Netherland
  • Dr. Floris T.J. Ferenschild
    Nijmegen, Netherland
  • Dr. Jan-Hendrik Goseman
    Medizinische Universität, Leipzig, Germany
  • Prof. Dr. Stefan Holland Cunz
    Universitätskinderspital, Basel, Switzerland
  • Prof. Dr. Kristiina Kyrklund
    Helsinki, Finland
  • Dr. Alessio Pini Prato
    Alessandria, Italy
  • Dr. Carlos Reck
    Wien, Austria
  • Mr. Michael Stanton
    University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
  • Dr. Alejandra Villanova
    Spain

Basic and Intermediate Course

  • Dr. Luca Benigno
    GZO, Wetzikon, Switzerland
  • Mr. Simon Bernth-Andersen
    Dronning Ingrids Hospital, Nuuk, Greenland
  • Dr. Susanne Blank
    Universitätklinikum Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
  • Dr. Karin Brunner
    Kantonsspital, Chur, Switzerland
  • Dr. Karolin Dallago
    Kantonsspital, Chur, Switzerland
  • Dr. Alexander Damanakis
    Universitätsspital Köln, Köln, Germany
  • Dr. Davide Frasca
    St. Elisabeth KH Köln-Hohenlinde, Köln, Germany
  • Dr. Benjamin Glaser
    Klinik Donaustadt, Wien, Austria
  • Dr. Elmar Haiden
    Universitätsklinik, Tulln, Austria
  • Dr. Pernilla Hansdotter Andersson
    Skane University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
  • Dr. Nikolaus Hartig
    KH Barmherzige Brüder, Wien, Austria
  • Dr. Timo Heikkinen
    Helsinki, Finland
  • Dr. Frederik Hvid-Jensen
    Aarhus, Denmark
  • Dr. Martina Jeremiasen
    Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
  • Dr. Viktor Justin
    Klinik Donaustadt, Wien, Austria
  • Dr. Ingo Klein
    Kantonsspital , Chur, Switzerland
  • Dr. Klas Linderborg
    Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
  • Dr. Johanna Louhimo
    Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
  • Dr. Rosa Ryt-Hansen
    Køge, Denmark
  • Dr. Gabriel Seifert
    Freiburg, Germany
  • Dr. Thomas Sattler
    Kantonsspital , Aarau, Switzerland
  • Dr. Jan Schirnhofer
    St. John of God, Salzburg, Austria
  • Dr. Marcel André Schneider
    Universitätsspital, Zürich, Switzerland
  • Dr. Matthias Stute
    St. Elisabeth KH Köln-Hohenlinde, Köln, Germany
  • Dr. Stephanie Taha
    Basel, Switzerland
  • Dr. Jes Sefland Vogt
    Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark

Course Organisation

Course Organiser

  • PD Dr. Walter Brunner
    Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- , Endokrin- und Transplantationschirurgie
    Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland
  • Dr. Lana Fourie
    Viszeralchirurgie
    Universitätsklinik, Basel, Switzerland
  • PD Dr. Marko Kraljevic
    Viszeralchirurgie
    Universitätsklinik, Basel, Switzerland
  • Dr. 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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