20th annual kuwait
postgraduate
assembly in surgery

15-17 February

Radisson Blu Hotel, AlHashemi Ballroom

CME/CEPD points 18

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Annual Kuwait Post Graduate Assembly in Surgery

Since its inception in 2002 by Prof Mousa Khorsheed, the Annual Kuwait Post Graduate Assembly in Surgery has been at the forefront of local surgical education and development, bring surgeons from various sub-specialities together, with the aim of improving practice and patient care.

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Guest Speakers

Abe Fingerhut (France)

Abe Fingerhut MD, FACS (hon), FRCPS (g), FRCSEd (ad hom) GuangCi Laureate Professor Department of General Surgery Ruijin Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai China and Medical University of Graz, Division

Chetan D. Parmar (UK)

Chetan Parmar MS, DNB, PGDHHM, PGDMLS, NDDY, FRCS, FIFSO Professor of Surgery: University College London Consultant Bariatric and General Surgeon, Director - Surgery & Cancer ICSU, Joint Director - Research & Innovation The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust, London Honorary Consultant: Barts Health NHS Trust, London Honorary Professor: Apollo Hospitals Education and Research Foundation, India

Deena Harji (UK)

Associate Professor of Surgery and NIHR Advanced Fellow at the University of Leeds and a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Flavio Malcher (USA)

Flavio Malcher, MD, MSc, FACS, FEBS-AWS System Chief, Abdominal Core Health Program at Northwell Health, NY Associate Professor at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, NY Board Member of Abdominal Core Health Quality Collaborative President of American Hernia Society Over 60 peer-review publications, 5 edited books and 20 book chapters

Esam Batayyah (KSA)

Director of Fellowship Program - Bariatric and Advanced MIS Al Noor Specialist Hospital, Saudi Arabi

Hassan Shaker (Egypt)

Hassan Shaker Professor of Surgery, Ain Shams University President, Egyptian Society of Lap. Surgery Cairo - Egypt

Jaime Ponce (USA)

Jaime Ponce, MD, FACS, FASMBS, FIFSO, DABS-FPMBS, DABOM President and Medical Director of the Weight Loss Center of Chattanooga PLLC in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Chair of the ASMBS Bariatric Certification Committee Past-President of ASMBS Past-President of the IFSO North American Chapter

Oscar Traynor (Ireland)

Director of International Surgical Training Programmes at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Kenneth Campbell (UK)

Mb ChB, MD, FRCS(Ed) Consultant Colorectal Surgeon Ninewells Hospital & medical School, Dundee Director Lower GI Training, Cuschieri Skills Centre Dundee Institute for Healthcare Simulation, University of Dundee, UK

Faheem Elbassiony (Egypt)

Mohammad Haddad (UAE)

Mohammed Al Hadad, MD, FACS Acting Medical Director Head of Surgical Specialities Head of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Center Consultant Bariatric Surgeon Mubadala Health Professor of Surgery (Adjunct), CMHS, Khalifa University Abu Dhabi, UAE

Natan Zundel (USA)

Natan Zundel MD FACS FASMBS FIFSO MACC Professor of Surgery University at Buffalo, NY. Jackson North Medical Center Miami Beach, FL.

Rana Pullatt (USA)

Rana C Pullatt MD FACS FASMBS DABOM Director Bariatric & Robotic Surgery Division Chief Foregut & Metabolic Surgery Professor of Surgery Medical University of South Carolina Director Bariatric Surgery VISN-7

Kenneth Sharp (USA)

Kenneth W. Sharp, MD, FACS, MAMSE Professor of Surgery Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Vice Chair, Section of Surgical Sciences, Faculty Promotion and Development Chair, Section of Surgical Sciences Promotion Committee Vanderbilt University Medical Center Regent, American College of Surgeons

Steven Stain (USA)

Steven C. Stain, M.D. Professor and Chair Department of Surgery Lahey Hospital & Medical Center UMass Chan Medical School - Lahey

Waddah AlRefaei (USA)

Waddah B. Al-Refaie, MD, FACS Dr. & Mrs. Arnold W. Lempka Endowed Chair and Professor in Surgery Chair of Surgery at Creighton University School of Medicine Chair of Surgery at CHI Health Omaha, NE

Luigi Boni (Italy)

Luigi Boni, MD, FACS Professor of Surgery University of Milan Chief of General & Minimally Invasive Surgery Fondazione IRCCS - Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano

CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE

Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the organising committee, it is with great pleasure that I invite you back to the 19th Annual Kuwait Assembly in Surgery(AKUPAS).
The conference is taking place in the State of Kuwait, which is located at the northwest corner of the Arabian Gulf with Kuwait City, a vibrant cosmopolitan metropolis rich in history and culture.
This year we aim to reaffirm the basics of good practice, emphasize the role of ongoing surgical education and research, provide the practicing surgeon with the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of surgical diseases, along with updates on the most recent consensus for controversial issues.
We strive to offer you a most intensive scientific program and a fruitful discussion by faculty guests from North America, Europe, and the Middle East, as well as an exhibition, which will hold the latest in surgical technology and innovation.
This is the 8th year that the Kuwait Surgical Society is actively participating in the conference.
In the quest to achieve balance and equity Women Surgeons of Kuwait (WSK) have played an integral role in this conference.
We have to acknowledge equally the role of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT) for their continued support for their local chapter in Kuwait.
We hope that you will find the conference and your stay both valuable and enjoyable.

Prof. Mousa Khorsheed – Chairperson

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