INTERNATIONAL SURGICAL WEEK / ISW2011

Organizations

Hosted by:

	International Society of Surgery (ISS) Société Internationale de Chirurgie (SIC)

Integrated Societies and their Representatives:

	International Association of Endocrine Surgeons (IAES) Leigh W. Delbridge (Australia) - Geoffrey B. Thompson (USA)

	International Association for Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care (IATSIC) C. William Schwab (USA) - Erwin R. Thal (USA)

	International Association for SurgicalMetabolism and Nutrition (IASMEN) Olle Ljungqvist (Sweden) - José E. Aguilar-Nascimento (Brazil)

	Breast Surgery International (BSI) Jay K. Harness (USA) - Gaurav Agarwal (India)

	International Society for Digestive Surgery (ISDS) Masaki Kitajima (Japan) - Tonia Young-Fadok (USA) - Go Wakabayashi (Japan)

Participating Societies and their Representatives:

AAST	American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Andrew B. Peitzman (USA) - C. William Schwab (USA)

APIMSF	The Ambroise Paré International Military Surgery Forum François Pons (France) - Norman M. Rich (USA)

AWS	Association of Women Surgeons Patricia Numann (USA) - Hilary A. Sanfey (USA)

EAES	European Association for Endoscopic Surgery Abe Fingerhut (France)

ELSA	Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia Min Hua Zheng (China)

FELAC	Federación Latinoamericana de Cirugía Italo Braghetto (Chile) - Samuel Shuchleib (Mexico)

IFSES	International Federation of Societies of Endoscopic Surgeons Alberto Chousleb (Mexico) - Jacques Périssat (France) - Tatsuo Yamakawa (Japan)

ISBI	International Society for Burn Injuries Basil A. Pruitt, Jr. (USA) - Richard L. Gamelli (USA)

JAWS	Japan Association of Women Surgeons Yasuko Tomita (Japan)

JBCS	The Japanese Breast Cancer Society Tadashi Ikeda (Japan)

JEAS	Japanese Association of Endocrine Surgeons Hiroshi Takami (Japan)

JSACS	Japanese Society for the Acute Care Surgery Yasuhiro Otomo (Japan)

JSES	Japanese Sciety for Endoscopic Surgery Seigo Kitano (Japan)

JSGS	The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery Kenichi Sugihara (Japan)

JSPS	The Japanese Society of Pediatric Surgeons Tadashi Iwanaka (Japan)

JSS	Japan Surgical Society Susumu Satomi (Japan)

JSSMN	Japanese Society for Surgical Metabolism and Nutrition Katsuyoshi Hatakeyama (Japan)

WOFAPS	World Federation of Associations of Pediatric Surgeons Jay L. Grosfeld (USA)

	ISS/SIC Executive Committee:
	President ISS/SIC & Congress President:
	Kenneth Boffard (South Africa)
	President elect ISS/SIC:
	Göran Akerström (Sweden)
	Immediate Past President ISS/SIC:
	Michael G. Sarr (USA)
	Secretary General ISS/SIC:
	Jean-Claude Givel (Switzerland)
	General Treasurer:
	Sats S. Pillay (South Africa)
	Editor in Chief WJS:
	John G. Hunter (USA)
	Councilors:
	Abdel-Hadi S.T. Al-Briezat (Jordan)
	Dionysios Voros (Greece)
	Nopadol Wora-Urai (Thailand)
	Tatsuo Yamakawa (Japan)
	IAES Representative:
	Leigh W. Delbridge (Australia)
	IATSIC Representative:
	C. William Schwab (USA)
	IASMEN Representative:
	Olle Ljungqvist (Sweden)
	BSI Representative:
	Jay K. Harness (USA)
	ISDS Representative:
	Masaki Kitajima (Japan)

	Organizing Committee:
	Congress President:
	Kenneth Boffard (South Africa)
	Congress Vice Presidents:
	Akimasa Nakao, ISS/SIC (Japan)
	Gerard M. Doherty, IAES (USA)
	lan D. Civil, IATSIC (New Zealand)
	Dan L. Waitzberg, IASMEN (Brazil)
	Kerstin Sandelin, BSI (Sweden)
	Chung-Mau Lo, ISDS (China)
	Local Organizing Committee:
	Honorary President:
	Masaki Kitajima (International University of Health and Welfare, Japan)
	President:
	Masahiko Watanabe (Kitasato University, Japan)
	Vice-President:
	Seigo Kitano (Oita University School of Medicine, Japan)
	Honorary Members:
	Yoshiki Hiki (Kitasato University, Japan)
	Yasuo Idezuki (Minami-Senju Hospital, Japan)
	Teruo Kakegawa (International Goodwill Hospital, Japan)
	Tatsuo Yamakawa (Teikyo University Hospital, Mizonokuchi, Japan)
	Secretary General/Representative, Japan Chapter of ISS/SIC:
	Yuko Kitagawa (Keio University School of Medicine, Japan)
	Secretariat:
	Natsuya Katada (Kitasato University, Japan)