Scientific Organizing Committee
MAIN ORGANIZERS
Ranjan Sudan
Specialty Interest: Bariatric
President
Durham, USA
Eren Berber
Specialty Interest: Endocrine
Treasurer
Cleveland, USA
Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti
Specialty Interest: HPB, General Surgery
Honorary President
Chicago, USA
Monika Hagen
Specialty Interest: Bariatric
Executive Member
Geneva, Switzerland
CRSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Shen Baiyong
Specialty Interest: HPB
President Elect
Shangai, China
Paolo Pietro Bianchi
Specialty Interest: Colorectal
Vice President
Grosseto, Italy
Andrea Coratti
Specialty Interest: HPB, Colorectal
Board Executive Member
Florence, Italy
Chung Ngai Tang
Specialty Interest: HPB
Past President 2018
Hong Kong, China
Konstantinos Konstantinidis
Specialty Interest: Bariatric, Colorectal
Secretary
Athens, Greece
Antonio Luiz Macedo
Specialty Interest: HPB
Board Executive Member
Sao Paolo, Brazil
Mark Dylewski
Specialty Interest: Thoracic
Past President 2017
Baptist Health, South Florida
Mehran Anvari
Specialty Interest: Surgical Innovations
Honorary Editor
Hamilton, Canada
Scientific Committee
BARIATRIC
Ranjan SUDAN
Duke School of Medicine, Durham, USA
Fernando ELLI
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, USA
Erik WILSON
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, USA
COLORECTAL
Gyu-Seog CHOI
Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
Cesar SANTIAGO
St. Joseph's Hospital, Tampa, USA
Paolo Pietro BIANCHI
Misericordia Hospital, Grosseto, Italy
Luca MORELLI
University of Pisa, Italy
COMPLEX CASE
Chung-Ngai TANG
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong, China
Matthew WALSH
Cleveland Clinic, USA
Eduardo FERNANDES
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
ENDOCRINE
Eren BERBER,
Cleveland Clinic, USA
Laurent BRESLER
University of Nancy, France
HERNIA
Eduardo PARRA-DAVILA
Tenet Florida Physician Services, Palm Beach, USA
Yusef KUDSI
Tufts University School of Medicine, USA
HPB
Pier Cristoforo GIULIANOTTI
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
John MARTINIE
Levine Cancer Institute-Morehead, Charlotte, USA
Bayong SHEN
Ruijin University, Shanghai
INNOVATION
Mehran ANVARI
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
PEDIATRIC
Thom LOBE
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
John MEEHAN
Seattle Children’s Hospital, USA
SIMULATION & EDUCATION/TRAINING
Antonio GANGEMI
University of Illinois at Chicago,USA
Andrea MOGLIA
University of Pisa, Italy
Monika HAGEN
University of Geneva, Switzerland
THORACIC
Farid GARAGOZLOO
University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Bernard J. PARK
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, USA
Mark DYLEWSKI
Baptist Health of South Florida, USA
TRANSPLANTATION
Enrico BENEDETTI
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Jose OBERHOLZER
Charles O. Strickler Transplant Center, Charlotteville, USA
Yao Ming WU
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
UPPER GI
Anusak YIENGPRUKSAWAN
Valley Hospital Institute, USA
Ichiro UYAMA
Fujita Health University, Japan
Graziano PERNAZZA
San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital, Roma, Italy
ABSTRACT COMMITTEE
Ranjan SUDAN
Duke School of Medicine, USA
Mehran ANVARI
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Antonio GANGEMI
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Eduardo FERNANDES
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
General Information
Congress and Hotel Venue
Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club
3001 Cameron Boulevard
Durham, NC 27705
Official Language
The official language is English.
Certificate of Attendance
A Certificate of Attendance for the 11th Annual CRSA Congress can be claimed at the registration desk on the last day of the meeting.
Liability
The Organizing Committee will not be liable for personal accidents, or any loss or damage of private property during the Congress. Participants should make their own arrangements with respect to personal insurance.
Disclaimer
While every attempt will be made to ensure that all aspects of the Congress mentioned will take place as scheduled, the Local Organizing Committee reserves the right to make last minute changes should the need arise.