Best practices in CAWR: Case review and panel discussion with hernia repair experts from France and the United States

April 28, 2022 | 6:00 p.m. Central European Time (CET) | 12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Join our panel discussion with renowned hernia repair surgeons from France and the US! The panel will share perspectives on three patient cases (parastomal hernia, component separation, and loss of domain) and discuss tips and tricks for hernia surgery.

French Surgeons

Guillaume Passot, MD, PhD

General Surgeon with experience on different fields such as Liver metastasis
Somatic mutation in colorectal cancer, Surgical Oncology, Peritoneal Carciomatosis and HIPEC,
Therapy Anti-angiogénesis at CHU Lyon Sud, France.

Pablo Ortega-Deballon ,MD, PhD

Doctor of Medicine, University Doctor, HDR at François Mitterrand University Hospital.
Other specialties: Visceral and Digestive Surgery, General Surgery, Cancer Surgery

Benoit Romain, MD, PhD

General and Visceral surgeon
Scholarship from the National Academy of Surgery in 2008, and many other trainings

Yohann Renard, MD, PhD

PhD, associate professor at University of Reims, France
Expertise in Anatomy and Hernia Surgery
Specialties: General, Visceral and Digestive Surgery

American Surgeons

Stephen J. Kovach III, MD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery
Associate Professor of Surgery
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Eric M. Pauli, MD, FACS, FASGE

Professor of Surgery
Director of Endoscopic Surgery
Chief, Division of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, PA

J. Scott Roth, MD, FACS

Professor of Surgery Chief, Division of General, Endocrine and Metabolic
Surgery Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Program Chief of Surgery, UK
Good Samaritan Hospital University of Kentucky Medical Center Lexington, KY