Speakers
Bob Bloemendaal MD PhD
Colorectal and General Surgeon
Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis Delft
The Netherlands
President Dutch Hernia Society
Advisory Board member European Hernia Society
Prof. Dr. Frederik Berrevoet
Board member Belgian Section for Abdominal Wall Surgery (BSAWS) and former President
Advisory Board member EHS for Science
Anna von Boetticher
Anna von Boetticher is a German freediver (apnea diver), author, and public speaker.
She is one of the best-known freedivers in Europe and has set several national and international records in the sport. In freediving, athletes dive underwater while holding their breath, without using scuba tanks. Anna started freediving relatively late but quickly became a successful athlete. She set multiple records in different freediving disciplines, including:
- Constant weight with monofin
- Depth disciplines
- Pool disciplines (distance underwater while holding breath)
During her dives she can reach depths of over 80 meters while holding her breath for several minutes.
Photocredits: Slider: Nuno Sá, — Portrait: private
PD Dr. med. Walter Brunner
Senior physician, Department of Surgery, Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons FRCS
Honorary Fellow of the European Board of Surgeons FEBS (Minimal Invasive Surgery; Abdominal Wall Surgery)
Executive Board Member SAHC
Prof. Dr. David Chen
Clinical Director of Lichtenstein Amid Hernia Clinic,
Senior Consultant Department of Surgery UCLA, Los Angeles (USA)
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Dietz
Head of Surgical Department, Cantonal Hospital Olten (Switzerland)
Executive Board Member of Swiss-MIS (Swiss Minimally Invasive Surgery)
Dr. Jonathan Douissard
Gregory Dumanian, MD
Medical Officer, Mesh Suture Inc.
Fernando Ferreira
(Portugal)
Dr. Dietmar Eucker
Senior physician
Dep. f. General and Visceral Surgery
Center of Reference for Hernia Surgery
Kantonsspital Baselland (Switzerland)
F.E.B.S. Abdominal Wall Surgery
Dr. med. Lana Fourie
Leitende Ärztin Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie
Luzerner Kantonsspital (Switzerland)
Dr. Lukas Gantner
Department of Surgery
Clinic of Visceral and Thoracic Surgery
Cantonal Hospital Winterthur, Zurich (Switzerland)
Dr. med. Fabian A. Helfritz, FEBS, FACS
Chefarzt
Klinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie
Bürgerhospital Frankfurt am Main
Facharzt für Chirurgie, Viszeralchirurgie, spezielle Viszeralchirurgie, chirurgische Intensivmedizin, Surgical Oncology (FEBS)
Leiter Hernien Kompetenzzentrum (CAH/DGAV)
Leiter Kompetenzzentrum Minimalinvasive Chirurgie (CAMIC/DGAV)
Dr. Ileana Geogloman
MD, FRCS-EQ, AFAHE
Affiliate lecturer at Cambridge University
ASGBI (Association of Surgeons from Great Britain and Ireland) Regional Representative for East of England)
Chair for Equality and Diversity in the American Hernia Society
Member and Mentor in the Rising Star Academy for EAES (European Association of Endoscopic Surgery)
PD Dr. Henry Hoffmann
ZweiChirurgen – Center for Hernia Surgery and Proctology (Basel – Zurich – Liestal)
Surgical Consultant (F.E.B.S. Abdominal Wall Surgery)
Merian Iselin Klinik, Basel (Switzerland)
President of SAHC (Swiss Association of Hernia Surgery)
Prof. Dr. Philipp Kirchhoff
ZweiChirurgen – Center for Hernia Surgery and Proctology (Basel – Zurich – Liestal)
Merian Iselin Klinik, Basel (Switzerland)
Surgical Consultant (F.E.B.S. Abdominal Wall Surgery, F.E.B.S. Coloproctology)
Dr. Andreas Koch
Senior Surgical Consultant, President of the Ambulatory Surgery Program of the German Society of General and Visceral Surgery (DGAV), Cottbus (Germany)
Dr. Jan F. Kukleta
Honorary President of the Swiss Working Group in Hernia Surgery (SAHC), (Switzerland)
Prof. Dr. Marc-Olivier Sauvain
Médecin chef de service
Chargé de cours UNIL
Spécialiste FMH en chirurgie et chirurgie viscérale
Réseau hospitalier neuchâtelois
David Ross
(UK)
Prof. David Sanders
Royal Devon University Hospital NHS Trust
University of Exeter (UK)
Past President British Hernia Society
Dr. Hector Valenzuela
Surgical Consultant
Hospital Angeles del Carmen
Guadalajara (Mexico)
Dr. Sandra Widjaja Kaufmann
Surgical Consultant Hospital Sursee,
Lucerne Cantonal Hospital (Switzerland)
Prof. Dr. Guido Woeste
Head physician, Department of General and Visceral Surgery
AGAPLESION ELISABETHENSTIFT nonprofit LLC, Darmstadt (Germany)
Marta Wójcik, MD
Deputy Head of the Department of General and Minimally Invasive Surgery
F. Raszeja City Hospital in Poznań (Poland)
Katarina Woxnerud
PhD-candidate, Karolinska Institutet (Rectus Diastasis)
Founder, Hela Kvinnans Klinik: a Stockholm-based clinic specializing in women’s health and abdominal wall rehabilitation
www.mammamage.se