Committees of the ISS/SIC
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Council of the Society
Executive Committee
Officers
Nominating Committee
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Program Committee
Scientific Subcommittee
Global Affairs Subcommittee
Membership Subcommittee
Social Media Subcommittee
Executive Committee
President, President-Elect, Secretary-General, and the Treasurer form the Executive Committee and are responsible for urgent matters and have authority to address such matters between meetings of the Council of the Society. Please contact the Administrative Office ISS/SIC (surgery@iss-sic.com) if you would like to get in touch with our Commitee Members.
Cheng-Har Yip, MD, Malaysia
President and Congress President ISW 2024
Ari K. Leppäniemi, MD,
Finland
President-Elect
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Kenneth D. Boffard, MD,
South Africa
Secretary-General
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Gerard M. Doherty, MD,
USA
Treasurer
Council
The Council of the Society consists of the President, the President-Elect, the Immediate Past-President, the Secretary-General, the Treasurer, four Councillors-at-large and, one representative of each Integrated Society. The foregoing members of the Council have full voting rights. The Administrative Director is a permanent guest of the Executive Committee meetings, without voting right.
Cheng-Har Yip, MD, Malaysia
President and Congress President ISW 2024
Gerard M. Doherty, MD,
USA
Treasurer
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Hisham Abdullah, MD, Malaysia
Councillor-at-Large (2023-2024) Chair of the Global Affairs Subcommittee
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Owen A. Ung, MD, Australia
President BSI
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Peter Vogelbach, MD,
Switzerland
President Foundation for Global Surgical Care (ex-oficio)
Ari K. Leppäniemi, MD
Finland
President-Elect
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Hiroyuki Konno, MD,
Japan
Councillor-at-Large (2019-2024)
Chair of the Scientific Subcommittee
Jan Zedenius, MD, Sweden
President IAES
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Jamie Murphy, MD, UK
President ISDS
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Sherry M. Wren, MD,
USA
World Journal of Surgery WJS, Editor-in-Chief (ex-oficio)
John G. Hunter, MD
USA
Immediate Past-President
Albert Tuchmann, MD
Austria
Councillor-at-Large (2019-2024)
Chair of the Social Media Subcommittee
Scott K. D'Amours, MD, Australia
President IATSIC
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Miliard Derbew, MD, Ethiopia
President ASAP
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Kenneth D. Boffard, MD,
South Africa
Secretary-General
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April Camilla Roslani, MD, Malaysia
Councillor-at-Large (2022-2026) Chair of the Membership Subcommittee
Steven Wolf, MD, USA
President IASMEN
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Michael G. Sarr, MD,
USA
Secretary-Treasurer ISS/SIC Foundation (ex-officio)
Officers
Cheng-Har Yip, MD, Malaysia
President and Congress President ISW 2024
Gerard M. Doherty, MD,
USA
Treasurer
John G. Hunter, MD,
USA
Immediate Past-President
Ari K. Leppäniemi, MD,
Finland
President-Elect
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Kenneth D. Boffard, MD,
South Africa
Secretary-General
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Nominating Committee
Further officers may be asked by the President to join the Committee. The Nominating Committee prepares and presents qualified nominations of officers, including the Councillors-at-large to the General Assembly. It also formulates recommendations for new Honorary Fellows and for Prize Winners of the Society.
Cheng-Har Yip, MD, Malaysia
President and Congress President ISW 2024
John G. Hunter, MD,
USA
Immediate Past-President
Ari K. Leppäniemi, MD,
Finland
President-Elect
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Kenneth D. Boffard, MD,
South Africa
Secretary-General
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Members at large:
Sherry M. Wren, MD
Adam Gyedu, MD
Program Committee
The Program Committee is chaired by the Secretary-General and consists of the members of the Council and the Chair of the Local Organizing Committee. They may invite additional representatives from directly involved societies.
The Program Committee is responsible for the planning and the organization of the Scientific Program of the Congress. It selects the papers to be presented, as well as the speakers.