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

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