Orginal Webcast Date: September 15th – 17th 2020
ANNOUNCEMENT
We are delighted to announce that we will host the very first Virtual International Hernia Symposium from 15 – 17 September, 2020.
The symposium will be broadcasted on the BD Educational platform:
The event is divided into three main cornerstones. The first day we will kick off with Abdominal Wall Reconstruction. The second day will have great presentations and discussions on Hiatal Hernia Repair and on day three we will be expanding on the topic of Hernia Prevention.
We are thrilled to have you partake in our first-ever Virtual International Hernia Symposium. Please see the agenda below and let us know if you have any questions.
We look forward to welcoming you into the Virtual IHS.
EMEA Marketing Team
On-Demand Videos

IHS Day 1: On-Demand- Session Including Presentations and Discussions

IHS Day 2: On-Demand- Session Including Presentations and Discussions

IHS Day 3: On-Demand- Session Including Presentations and Discussions
PRESENTERS
CHAIRSpecialty: General Surgery
Head of abdominal and general surgery at Imelda Hospital, Bonheiden, Belgium
CO-CHAIRSSpecialty: General Surgery
Full-Professor at the University of Milano Medical School and Chief of the Department of Surgery at IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, ItalySpecialty: General Surgery
Chairman, Department of General, Bariatric, Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgery, Athens Medical CenterSpecialty: General Surgery
Professor of Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsPRESENTERSSpecialty: General and Digestive Surgery
Head of the General, Digestive and Laparoscopic Surgery Unit of the “Quirón – Sagrado Corazón” Hospital Seville, SpainSpecialty: General Surgery
Head of General Surgery Unit in Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Modena, Modena, ItalySpecialty: Minimally Invasive Surgery, CAWR
Director of the Clinic for Surgery – Visceral & Vascular Surgery Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Berlin, GermanySpecialty: General Surgery
General Surgeon at St Helens & Knowsley NHS Trust General Surgeon at Fairfield Independent Hospital Crank, St Helens, UKSpecialty: Plastic Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery at PPMC & HUP & PAH Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaSpecialty: General, Thoracic and cardiovascular Surgery
Head of the Department of Abdominal Surgery, AZ Maria Middelares Ghent, BelgiumSpecialty: General Surgery
Senior Consultant Surgeon – Department of General and Emergency Surgery at IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, ItalySpecialty: General Surgery
Professor of Surgery, University Hospital of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, AustriaSpecialty: General Surgery
Head Upper-GI Surgery, Department of Surgery and Transplantation, University Hospital of Zurich, SwitzerlandSpecialty: General, Minimally invasive, Robotic and Bariatric Surgery
Professor of Surgery Baylor College of Medicine Chief, Division of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USSpecialty: General, Minimal Invasive and Gastrointestinal Surgery
Gastrointestinal Surgeon, Alrijne Hospital, Leiden, The NetherlandsSpecialty: General Surgery
Professor, Department of Surgery Deputy Director, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Pittsburgh, USSpecialty: ANIOS Surgery
ANIOS Surgeon, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The NetherlandsSpecialty: General Surgery
Head of the Abdominal Wall Surgery Unit, University Hospital Vall d’Hebrón, Barcelona, SpainSpecialty: General Surgery
Medical Director, Department of General and Specialist Surgery, Polyclinic Federico II Naples, Italy
Specialty: General, Visceral and Oncological Surgery
Chief Resident of the 2nd Dept. of Surgery, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna, Austria







