Erman Aytac

Erman Aytac (Chair and Research Rep)

Erman Aytac

Current positions

Professor, Gastrointestinal Oncology Unit and Chief, Department of Surgery, Acibadem University Atakent Hospital, Istanbul/Türkiye.

Medical school

Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey (graduated in 2006)

General surgical and colorectal training

  • Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey (graduated in 2011)
  • Research/clinical research/clinical fellowship, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA (graduated in 2016)

Main clinical and research interests

  • Colorectal cancer
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Pelvic floor and intestinal motility disorders
  • Minimally invasive and complex abdominopelvic surgery

Additional information

  • Primary and co-investigator in numerous national or international research studies. His studies have received awards from the Eczacıbaşı Scientific Research and Medical Award Fund, the Turkish Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery, and the American College of Surgeons.
  • Involved in numerous national and international medical/surgical meetings as a member of organising committee (including chairperson) and as an invited speaker or presenter.
  • Works as an editorial board member or reviewer in many prestigious national/international journals.

Peter Christensen

Peter Christensen (Global Reach Committee Rep)

Peter Christensen

Current position

Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark, and Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Pelvic Floor Unit, Department of Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark

Medical school

Aarhus University, Denmark (1994)

General surgical and colorectal training

  • 2010: Karolinska Sjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2010: International certified colorectal surgeon by EBQS/Coloproctology
  • 2008-2012: Staff specialist, Department of Surgery P, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
  • 2002-2008: Registrar/senior registrar, Departments of Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital and Randers Hospital, Denmark
  • 1998-2001: Research Fellow, Department of Surgery P, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark

Main clinical and research interests

  • Patient reported outcomes
  • App development for scientific purpose in health
  • Fecal incontinence
  • Sequelae following cancer treatment
  • Pelvic floor rehabilitation
  • Surgery for functional bowel problems
  • Neurogenic bowel dysfunction

Additional information

  • Author or co-author of 61 scientific papers published in international peer reviewed journals (cit. 1.052, H-index: 20),
  • Doctoral thesis (2009) and , PHD thesis (2002), Aarhus University (2002), Denmark
  • Supervisor of three completed PhD thesis, main supervisor of two ongoing Phd studies
  • Referee for several international scientific journals
  • Member of Advisory Boards for Coloplast and Wellspect

Miguel Cunha

Miguel Cunha (SoMe Working Group Chair & Ass. Chair)

Miguel Cunha

Current position

General surgery last year trainee, Algarve Hospital University Centre, Portimão, Portugal. Since January 2014.

Medical school

Master of Medicine at Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal (2006-2011)

General surgical and colorectal training

  • Hospital de Cascais, Lisboa, Portugal
  • Algarve Hospital University Centre, Portimão, Portugal
  • Hospital Curry Cabral, Lisboa Portugal
  • Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain

Main clinical and research interests

  • Collaborative research
  • Colorectal surgery, colorectal cancer
  • Epigenetics
  • Global surgery

Additional information

  • 2008-2009: Member of the Student Association, Head of the Recreational Department
  • 2019: ESCP Fellowship in minimally-invasive oncologic colorectal surgery at Hospital del Mar, Barcelona
  • Since 2019: Executive Member of PT Surg (a Portuguese general surgery collaborative research group)

Twitter handle: @MiguelFCunha86

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Audrius Dulskas (Guidelines Rep)

Audrius Dulskas

Current position

Surgeon, director advisor at National Cancer Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania (since 2014)

Medical school

Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania (graduated in 2009)

General surgical and colorectal training

  • Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania (graduated in 2014)
  • Yonsei University, Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea (graduated in 2016)

Main clinical and research interests

  • Early colorectal cancer treatment
  • Late sequel following cancer treatment
  • Cancer screening

Member of the Communications Committee since

2023

Additional information

  • PhD thesis Changes in anorectal and urogenital function in patients undergoing radical surgery for rectal cancer
  • Member of Research Group (Cohort Studies), Guidelines and Regional Event committee member
  • Editorial board member: Cancer treatment and Research Communications, Frontiers in surgery, Annals of Coloproctology, Lithuanian Surgery, Translation Oncology

Zoe Garoufalia

Zoe Garoufalia (Programme Committee Rep & Y-ESCP Chair)

Zoe Garoufalia

Current position

Clinical Fellow in Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida, USA (since August 2023)

Medical school

School of Medicine of the Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece (graduated in 2013)

General surgical and colorectal training

  • Transplantation Unit, Laiko University Hospital, Athens, Greece (2014-2015)
  • Second Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Laiko University Hospital, Athens, Greece (2015 -2021)
  • Colorectal Surgery Department, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK (2019 -2020)
  • Colorectal Surgery research fellow in Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida, USA (2021- 2023)

Main clinical and research interests

  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Colorectal cancer
  • Patients’ outcomes
  • Training and accreditation systems

Additional information

  • PhD in Medicine (2023) - Athens Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Past member of the ESCP Research Committee (2020 -2023)
  • Member of the ESCP Social Media Working Group since May 2020
  • Member of the ASCRS Social Media Committee since December 2020 - April 2022
  • Vice-Chair of the ASCRS Communications Committee since February 2023
  • Member of the ESCP Programme Committee since October 2021
  • Member of the ASCRS IBD Committee since 2023
  • Chair of the Y- ESCP since 2023
  • Member of the Social Media Committee of the Greek Society of Coloproctologists since July 2023

Sara Gortazar 2023

Sara Gortázar (Y-ESCP Rep)

Sara Gortázar

Current position

  • Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, University Hospital Getafe, Madrid, Spain (since January 2023)
  • Consultant Surgeon, University Hospital Villalba, Madrid, Spain (since January 2023)

Medical school

La Laguna University, Tenerife, Spain (graduated in 2015)

General surgical and colorectal training

  • General Surgery Residency. University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain (2016-2021)
  • Clinical investigation in Deep Endometriosis. Hospital La Paz Clinical Research Institute for Health Research, Madrid, Spain (2021)
  • Fellowship in Colorectal Surgery. University Hospital Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain (2022)
  • International observership for pelvic exenterations at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia (June-July 2022)

Main clinical and research interests

  • Deep endometriosis
  • Colorectal cancer
  • Pelvic exenteration

Additional information

PhD in 2022: Low anterior resection syndrome in patients after deep endometriosis surgery

Tina van Loon

Tina van Loon 
(Journal Rep)

Tina van Loon

Current position

Fellow of Gastrointestinal, Colorectal and Robotic Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands, since June 2022

Medical school

University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands, graduated in 2013

General surgical and colorectal training

General surgical training:

  • Elisabeth TweeSteden Hospital, Tilburg, the Netherlands (Jan 2014 to June 2018)
  • Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (July 2018 to Sept 2019)

Colorectal/GI training:

  • Pantein Hospital, Boxmeer, The Netherlands (Oct 2019 to Dec 2019)
  • Elisabeth TweeSteden Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands (Jan 2020 – June 2021)
  • Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, The Netherlands - robotic colorectal training (July 2021 to Dec 2021)
  • Elisabeth TweeSteden Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands (Jan 2022 to March 2022)
  • Fellowship colorectal and robotic surgery, current position see above

Main clinical and research interests

Clinical interests:

  • Benign (especially IBD and endometriosis) and malignant colorectal cancer surgery,
  • Robotic colorectal and abdominal wall surgery

Research interests:

  • Use of stomas in colorectal surgery
  • Improvement using pathways in colorectal surgery
  • Perianal fistula treatment

Member of the Communications Committee since

2023

Additional information

  • Y-ESCP member, Member of Diversity Equity and Inclusivity Working Group
  • ESCP Education committee member 2017-2023
  • Dutch Society of ColoRectal Surgery board member 2017-2022
  • EBSQ Colorectal Surgery organising committee since 2016
  • Linkedin: ytvanloon
  • PhD-thesis: STOMA - Challenges in stoma surgery and patient management (2022, University of Maastricht, co-promotor Dr. D.D.E. Zimmerman, promotor prof. dr. L.P.S. Stassen)

Frederic Ris

Frederic Ris (Membership Committee Chair)

Frederic Ris

Current position

Professor of Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals and medical school, Geneva, Switzerland

Medical school

Geneva University and medical school, Geneva, Switzerland (graduated in 1999)

General surgical and colorectal training

  • Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Lachen Hospital, Lachen, Switzerland
  • St Luc Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
  • Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, United Kingdom

Main clinical and research interests

  • Colon and rectal cancer
  • Pelvic floor disorders and proctology
  • Fluorescence imaging
  • Teaching surgery

Additional information

  • Swiss ESCP National Representative since 2016
  • Member of editorial board of Techniques in Coloproctology
  • President of the ASRCC, French Swiss Laparoscopic Association
  • Member of the committee of the Swiss Visceral Surgical Society
  • Member of the Swiss Surgical Society, ESA, SALTC, ESSO, among others
  • Supporting any coloproctology activity in Switzerland

Inés Rubio-Pérez

Inés Rubio-Pérez (Education Committee Rep)

Inés Rubio-Pérez

Current position

Jr Consultant/Attending Surgeon, Colorectal Surgery Unit, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, 2012 to date.

Medical school

  • Degree in Medicine and Surgery at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 2000-2006
  • Elective Undergraduate Observership in the Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Upper Limb Orthopaedic Firm, University College Hospital, London, UK, July 2005

General surgical and colorectal training

  • Residency training (general surgery): Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, May 2007-May 2012
  • Postgraduate Teaching Term and Clinical Observership, St Mark's Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, London, October-December 2011
  • A&E surgeon (on-call, general surgery), Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Leganés, Madrid, August 2012- January 2014
  • Honorary Clinical Fellow/Observer in Oxford University Hospitals (John Radcliffe and Churchill), Oxford, March-May 2017
  • ESCP Observership, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, March-April 2019

Main clinical and research interests

  • Main areas of interest are colorectal cancer and colorectal functional disorders, especially pelvic floor and SNS therapy.
  • Research in the fields of colorectal surgery and infectious diseases, with a special interest in surgical infections and postoperative complications.
  • Actively involved in education and innovation, organising educational events for students and residents and participating as speaker in different congresses and courses.
  • Active member in national and international societies and engaged with scientific social media.
  • Collaborator and advocate for patient support association for faecal incontinence (ASIA) in Spain and hospital coordinator for national patient safety programmes.

Member of the Education Committee since

2019

Additional information

  • PhD Thesis: Study of clinical profiles and risk factors of multi-resistant Gram- negative infections in General Surgery patients, November, 2015, Distinction 'Cum laude'
  • Recorder and Education Committee Coordinator, European Surgical Infection Society (SIS-E)
  • Community member, WHO GIEESC (Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care)
  • Spanish Surgical Society (AEC): Secretary of the Surgical Infection chapter
  • Clinical Collaborator (Associate Professor), Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
  • Editorial Board Member, Surgical Infections Journal

Twitter: @InesRPsurg
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/inesrubioperez
Publications: www.researchgate.net/profile/Ines_Rubio-Perez

 Carolynne Vaizey

Carolynne Vaizey
(ex-officio / ESCP Secretary)

Carolynne Vaizey

Current position

  • Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and Co-Medical Director, St Mark’s, The National Bowel Hospital, London
  • Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London

Medical school

University of Cape Town

General surgical and colorectal training

  • Johannesburg General Hospital, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
  • St Mark’s the National Bowel Hospital London
  • The Middlesex and University College Hospitals, UCL, London

Main clinical and research interests

  • Intestinal Failure
  • Faecal incontinence
  • Proctology

Member of the Communications Committee since

2022

Additional information

  • Chair of The Pelvic Floor Society, UK
  • Chair of the Intestinal Failure Subcommittee, ACPGBI
ESCP Affiliates