Board and Faculty
Board of Directors
- Dr. med. Walter Brunner
Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- , Endokrin- und Transplantationschirurgie
Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland - Prof. Dr. med. Christiane Bruns
Klinik für Allgemein-, Thorax- und Tumorchirurgie
Uniklinik Köln, Germany - Prof. Dr. med. Pierre-Alain Clavien
Privatklinik Bethanien
Zürich, Switzerland - PD Dr. med. Daniel M. Frey
GZO Spital Wetzikon, Switzerland - Prof. Dr. med. Dieter Hahnloser
Service du chirurgie viscérale
CHUV Lausanne, Switzerland - Prof. Dr. med. Friedrich Herbst
Abteilung für Chirurgie
Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder, Wien, Austria - Dr. med. Odd Mjaland
Department of Surgery
Sörlandet Sykehus, Kristiansand, Norway - Dr. Peter Svenningsen
Department of Surgery
Nordsjællands Hospital, Kopenhagen, Denmark - Prof. Dr. med. Harry van Goor
Department of Surgery
Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands - PD Dr. med. Peter Vogelbach
Departement Chirurgie
Kantonsspital Chur, Switzerland
Faculty Members
- Prof. Dr.med. Katharina Beyer
Klinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Germany - PD Dr. med. Martin Bolli
Universitäres Bauchzentrum Basel, Switzerland - Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Breitenstein
Departement Chirurgie
Kantonsspital Winterthur, Switzerland - Dr. Otmar Buyne
Dept. of Surgery
Radboud University Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands - Prof. Dr. med. Dimitri Christoforidis
Department of Surgery
Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Switzerland - Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Fichtner-Feigl
Klinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie
Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Germany - PD Dr. med. Christian T. Hamel
Klinik für Viszeral- und Allgemeinchirurgie
Lörrach, Germany - PD Dr. med. Karoline Horisberger
Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie
Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Germany - Dr. med. Daniel W. Kjaer
Department of Surgery
Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark - Dr. med. Rebecca Kraus
Departement Chirurgie
Kantonsspital Graubünden, Chur, Switzerland - Prof. Dr. med. Christian F. Krieglstein
Chirurgische Klinik St. Elisabeth-Krankenhaus Köln, Germany - Prof. Dr. med. Beat Müller
Viszeralchirurgie
Universitätsklinik, Basel, Switzerland - PD Dr. med. Christian Nebiker
Klinik für Chirurgie
Kantonsspital Aarau, Switzerland - Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Reissfelder
Dept. Chirurgie
Universitätsklinikum, Mannheim, Germany - Adj. Prof. Dr. Ville Sallinen
Department of Surgery
Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland - PD Dr. med. Andreas Shamyieh
Klinik für Allgmein- und Viszeralchirurgie
Kepler Universtitätsklinikum, Linz, Austria - Prof. Dr. med. Gerd Silberhumer
Department of General Surgery
Medical University of Vienna, Austria - Prof. Dr. med. Tom Mikael Scheinin
Department of Surgery
Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland - Dr. med. Sebastian Staubli
Department of Surgery
Royal Free Hospital London, United Kingdom - Prof. Dr med. Christian Toso
Département Chirurgie Viscérale
Hôpital Universitaires Genève, Genève, Switzerland - PD Dr. med. Benjamin Weixler
Klinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Germany - PhD Dr. Caroline Williamsson
Department of Surgery, Lund University Hospital, Sweden
Guest Faculty Members
Colorectal and Hernia Advanced Course
- Mr. Kamal Aryal
Nordwich, United Kingdom - Dr. med. Katrin Bermoser
Hall, Austria - Dr. med. Stephan Bischofberger
St. Gallen, Switzerland - Dr. Knut Borch
Tromsø, Norway - Dr. med. Bernhard Dauser
Wien, Austria - Dr. med. Cécile De Chaisemartin
Marseille, France - Prof. Dr. med. Ulrich Dietz
Solothurn, Switzerland - Dr. Floris Ferenschild
Nijmegen, The Netherlands - Prof. Dr. med. René Fortelny
Wien, Austria - Prof. Dr. Miguel Garcia Urena
Madrid, Spain - Dr. med. Felix Grieder
Winterthur, Switzerland - PD Dr. med. Henry Hoffmann
Basel, Switzerland - Mr. Ian Jenkins
London, United Kingdom - Dr. Konstantinos Manes
Athens, Greece - PD Dr. med. Heidi Misteli
Uster, Switzerland - Prof. Dr. med. Guillome Meurette
Genf, Switzerland - Dr. med. Christine Maurus
Sion, Switzerland - Prof. Dr. Yohann Renard
Reims, France - Prof. Dr. med. Erwin Rieder
Wien, Austria - Dr. med. Andreas Scheiwiller
Luzern, Switzerland - Dr. Colin Sietses
Barneveld, The Netherlands - Dr. med. Walther Tabarelli
Vaduz, Liechtenstein - Dr. med. Peter Tschann
Feldkirch, Austria - Dr. Petrousjka van den Tol
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Bariatric Advanced Course
- Dr. Jose Balibrea
Barcelona, Spain - Prof. Dr. med. Dieter Birk
Bietigheim, Germany - Dr. Marloes Emous
Leeuwarden, The Netherlands - Prof. Dr. med. Mirko Otto
Mannheim, Germany - Prof. Dr. Ralph Peterli
Basel, Switzerland - Dr. Urs Pfefferkorn
Olten, Switzerland - PD Dr. med. Charlotte Rabl
Salzburg, Austria - Prof. Dr. Paulina Salminen
Turku, Finland
Upper GI Advanced Course
- Dr. Pfefferkorn Urs
Olten, Switzerland - Dr. Jan Willem Van den Berg
Utrecht, The Netherlands - Prof. Dr. med. Burkhard von Rahden
Salzburg, Austria - Dr. med. Markus Müller
Frauenfeld, Switzerland
HPB Advanced Course
- Prof. Dr. Frederik Berrevoet
Ghent, The Netherlands - Prof. Dr. Stefan Bouwense
Maastricht, The Netherlands - Dr. Maxim Dewulf
Maastricht, The Netherlands - Dr. med. Matteo Müller
Zürich, Switzerland - Dr. med. Felix Nickel
Heidelberg, Germany - PD Dr. med. Stefan Stättner
Vöcklabruck, Austria
Course Organisation
Course Organiser
- Dr. med. Walter Brunner
Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- , Endokrin- und Transplantationschirurgie
Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland - PD Dr. med. Benjamin Weixler
Klinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Germany - Dr. med. Sebastian Staubli
HPB and Liver Transplantation Service
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom - Dr. med. Lana Fourie
Viszeralchirurgie
Universitätsklinik, Basel, Switzerland - Dr. med. Marko Kraljevic
Viszeralchirurgie
Universitätsklinik, Basel, 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