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Janindra Warusavitarne (Chair)
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Janindra Warusavitarne
Current position
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, St Mark’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom
Medical school
University of Newcastle, Australia. Graduated in 1995.
General surgical and colorectal training
- Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 2003
- EBSQ Coloproctology
Main clinical and research interests
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Fistula in ano
- Intestinal failure
- Pelvic floor disorders
Member of the Education Committee since
2019
Additional information
- PhD University of Sydney 2005
- Secretary for Eligibility, EBSQ
- ESSAT Council Member
- Editorial board member: Techniques in coloproctology and Oncogene
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Cihangir Akyol
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Cihangir Akyol
Current position
Professor of Surgery Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Department of Surgery
Medical School
Gazi University Faculty of Medicine -Ankara-Turkiye
General surgical and colorectal surgery training
Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Department of Surgery and Division of Colorectal Surgery
Main clinical and research interests
- Minimally invasive treatment of colorectal cancer
- Cancer biology
- Advanced therapeutic colonoscopy
- Complex perianal fistula
- Surgical anatomy and cadaveric dissections
- Surgical education
- Virtual reality in surgical education and patient education
Member of the Education Committee since
2023
Additional information
- Chair of Turkish Board of Surgery Examination Commitee
- General Secretary of Turkish Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery Proficiency Committee
- Member of Turkish Board of Colorectal Surgery Examination Commitee
- Member of Ethics Commitee Ankara University Faculty of Medicine
- Professor of Surgery -Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Undergraduate Program (Turkish Program-English Program)
- Director of the Digestive Disease Module - Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Undergradute Program (English Program)
- PhD student of Anatomy- Ankara University Graduate School of Health Sciences Department of Anatomy
- Editorial board member or reviewer in many prestigious national/international journals
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Eloy Espin Basany (ex-officio - Past President)
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Eloy Espin Basany
Current position
Professor of Surgery, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (since 2010)
Main clinical and research interests
- Colorectal cancer
- Pelvic floor
- Anal fistula
- Laparoscopy
Member of the Education Committee since
2013
Additional information
- 2013-2017: General secretary of the ESCP
- 2001: European Board of Coloproctology
- 2008: International Fellow ASCRS
- Author of more than 250 national presentations and 100 international presentations.
- Author or co-author of 34 national and 79 international publications.
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Alaa El-Hussuna
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Alaa El-Hussuna
Current position
Associate professor of surgery, consultant surgeon, Aalborg University Hospital/ Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark
Medical school
Saddam College of Medicine, Baghdad, Iraq (1996)
General surgical and colorectal training
- Consultant surgeon, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark (2016-now)
- Training in colorectal surgery: Aalborg and Randers University Hospitals, Denmark (2016-2019)
- ESCP training fellowship in colorectal surgery, St. Vincent Hospital, Dublin, Ireland (2017)
- Training in general surgery Hvidovre, Hillerød and Herlve University Hospitals in Copenhagen - Denmark (2007-2013)
Main clinical and research interests
- Measuring surgical outcome
- Pre-operative optimization in IBD patients
- The effect of biological treatment on post-operative outcome in patients with IBD
- Surgical stress response
- Chronic stress and development of colorectal cancers
- Perianal fistula in Crohn’s disease
- Surgical wound healing
Member of the Education Committee since
2021
Additional information
- Ph.D Thesis: The effect of pre-operative biological treatment on post-operative outcome in patients with Crohn’s disease (2018)
- Master degree in information technology, IT-University, Copenhagen, Denmark (2003)
- Lead #OpenSourceResearch collaboration
- Lead 2017 ESCP snapshot audit
- Member of expert panel in Danish autoimmune disease association (FAIM)
- Foundation of Danish Collaborative Research Network (2014)
- Member in editorial board: Current Updates in Hepatology and Gastroentrology, SciTz Gastroenterology and SM Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology and many other journals
- Reviewer in many surgical journals: British journal of surgery, colorectal diseases, world journal of gastroenterology, Langenbeck's archives of surgery, International journal of surgery, Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology and reviewer of ESCP-ECCO guidelines
- Invited speaker in many international conferences among them ESCP and ECCO meetings
- Supervisor of many research projects in Copenhagen and Aalborg University Hospitals
- Physician/surgeon in different missions, Doctors without borders (MSF) in Africa 2004-2005
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Caterina Foppa
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Caterina Foppa
Current position
- Colorectal Surgeon at IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy (since March 2019)
- Assistant Professor at Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy (since May 2022)
Medical school
- Florence University, Italy (graduated in Medicine and Surgery)
General surgical and colorectal training
- Residency in General Surgery at Florence University Florence Italy (end July 2018)
- PhD in Surgical and Anesthesiology Sciences at Florence University, Florence Italy (end April 2021)
- Training during the residency at the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Stony Brook University, New York, USA
Main clinical and research interests
- Early onset colorectal cancer
- Management of early colorectal cancers, transanal transection and single stapled anastomosis (TTSS)
- New technologies and techniques in colorectal surgery
- Treatment and management of rectal cancer
Member of the Education Committee since
2023
Additional information
PhD in Clinical Sciences (Curriculum Anesthesiology and Surgical Sciences) - Thesis: minimally invasive surgery in the treatment of gastrointestinal and endocrine tumors
Editorial experience:
- Junior Editor, Techniques in Coloproctology (2014-2015)
- Junior Editor, Colorectal Disease (2016-2017)
- Junior Editor, Techniques in Coloproctology (2016-2017)
- Junior Editor, Diseases of Colon and rectum (2018-2021)
- Reviewer’s Guild Member of Diseases of the Colon and Rectum (2019-2020)
ESCP guidelines:
- T1 rectal cancer guideline committee
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Roel Hompes
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Roel Hompes
Current position
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam
Medical school
Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven (2002)
General surgical and colorectal training
- Degree of General Surgery, Catholic University of Leuven (2008)
- Subspecialisation Abdominal Surgery (colorectal/HPB/abdominal wall), Department of Abdominal Surgery, Gasthuisberg, Catholic University of Leuven (2009)
- Clinical and Research Fellowship / Lapco Trainer, Colorectal Department, Oxford, UK (2009-2011)
- Pseudomyxoma/HPB Fellowship, Pseudomyxoma & HPB Unit, Basingstoke, UK (2011-2012)
Main clinical and research interests
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Management of colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, intestinal failure and abdominal wall reconstruction
- Surgical innovation
- Transanal surgery
- Management of locally advanced rectal cancer and organ preserving approaches for rectal cancer
Member of the Education Committee since
2017
Additional information
- Lead Clinician and Member Steering Committee of LOREC TaTME Registry
- Member of ESCP Regional Masterclass Working Group
- Member of UEG Scientific Committee
- Board member of the International Society for Fluorescence Guided Surgery ISFGS - European section
- Member Dutch Society for Fluorescence Guided Surgery
- Regular reviewer for Colorectal Disease, Surgical Endoscopy, Techniques in Coloproctology. Occasional reviewer for British journal of Surgery, Diseases of Colon and Rectum
- Co-PI for IMARI trial, Local PI for RESET trial, Local PI for Color 3 trial, Local PI IntAct trial, PI for Ureter study
- Co-author of 100s of published journal articles
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Beatriz Martín-Pérez
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Beatriz Martín-Pérez
Current position
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon. Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Badajoz, Badajoz (Spain)
Medical school
University of Extremadura, Badajoz (Spain). Graduated in Medicine in 2007
General surgical and colorectal training
General Surgery training:
- Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, (Spain) (2008-2013)
Colorectal Surgery training:
- Center for Colon & Rectal Surgery, Florida Hospital, Orlando (FL) (2014-2015)
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven, Leuven, Belgium (2019)
Main clinical and research interests
- Colorectal cancer
- Transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS and TaTME)
- Minimally Invasive Surgery/Robotic Surgery
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
Additional information
- Colorectal Research Fellow at the Center for Colon & Rectal Surgery, Florida Hospital, Orlando (FL) (2013-2014)
- Emergency Surgery Fellowship at the General Surgery Department. Florida Hospital Florida Hospital, Orlando (FL) (2015-2016)
- U.E.M.S. EBSQ Coloproctology Diploma (2021)
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Klaus Matzel (Chair, European School of Coloproctology)
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Klaus Matzel
Current position
Head of Section Coloproctology Department of Surgery, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, FAU, Germany (since 2008)
Medical school
Graduated at University Erlangen-Nürnberg, FAU, Germany (Graduated in 1985)
General surgical and colorectal training
- 1986-1994: Surgical training, Department of Surgery, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, FAU, Germany
- 1988-1989: Postdoctoral fellowship: Department of Urology, UCSF, University of California, San Francisco, USA
- 2002: U.E.M.S. EBSQ Coloproctology Diploma
Main clinical and research interests
- Colorectal cancer
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Proctology
- Functional disorders of the lower intestinal tract
- Sacral nerve stimulation as treatment for fecal incontinence and constipation
Member of the Education Committee since
2012
Additional information
Habilitation:
1994 Neurostimulation for fecal incontinence
Posts in professional societies:
- 2012-today: Chairman: European Union of Medical Specialists, U.E.M.S. European Board of Surgical Qualification Division Coloproctology
- 2011-today: President: European Union of Medical Specialists, European Board of Surgical Qualification Division Coloproctology, U.E.M.S.
- 2008-today: Advisory Board German Society of Coloproctology
- 2003-2011: Secretary: European Union of Medical Specialists, U.E.M.S. European Board of Surgical Qualification Division Coloproctology
Editorial board member:
- Until 2012: Colorectal Disease
- Until 2013: Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
- Since 2014: Hamdan Medical Journal
Honorary membership in professional societies:
- American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (Honorary Fellow)
- Society of Coloproctology of Serbia and Montenegro (Honorary Member)
Academic and clinical positions:
- 2008: today Head Section Coloproctology Department of Surgery, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, FAU, Germany
- 2002: today Associate Professor Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, FAU, Germany
- 1998: today Chief, General and Visceral Surgery Department of Surgery, University Erlangen-Nürnberg, FAU, Germany
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Monica Millan
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Monica Millan
Current position
Consultant surgeon, Coloproctology Unit, Department of General and Digestive Surgery, La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain (since 2019)
Medical school
University of Valencia Medical School, Valencia, Spain (graduated in 1996)
General surgical and colorectal training
- General surgical training: Arnau de Vilanova Hospital, Valencia, Spain
- Colorectal training: Clinical Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA (2005-2006)
Main clinical and research interests
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Colorectal cancer and elderly patients
- Complex proctology
Member of the Education Committee since
2019
Additional information
Dr Monica Millan is currently one of the staff surgeons in the Colorectal Surgery Unit at La Fe University Hospital in Valencia, Spain. She obtained her PhD degree (2005) from the University of Valencia, Spain. After completing a clinical fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA, she worked as a staff surgeon in Bellvitge University Hospital in Barcelona, Spain for eight years, and as chief of the Coloproctology Unit, in Joan XXIII University Hospital and as associate Clinical Professor of Surgery in the Rovira i Virgili University in Tarragona, Spain. She has also received several travel scholarships including an ESCP Fellowship in St Mark's Hospital (2013).
She is a co-author of over 70 publications in index journals, an International Fellow of the American Society of Colorectal Surgeons (ASCRS), and currently participates as an examiner for the EBSQ Coloproctology examination.
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Inés Rubio-Pérez (Communications Committee Rep)
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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
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Kapil Sahnan
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Kapil Sahnan
Current position
Consultant Surgeon at St Mark's Hospital, London and an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Surgery & Cancer, at Imperial College London.
General surgical and colorectal training
He has trained as a surgeon in Oxford, Bristol, London and completed an ESCP/Intuitive accredited fellowship in robotic surgery at the Val D'Hebron Hospital, Barcelona.
Main clinical and research interests
He specialises in inflammatory bowel disease, complex proctology and robotic surgery.
He completed his PhD at Imperial College London in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Through this, he developed specific expertise in the analysis of big datasets, clinical trial methodology, patient and public involvement in research and healthcare technology.
Member of the Education Committee since
2023
Additional information
He has >100 peer review publications and has an international profile as an academic and educator.
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Yegor Tryliskyy (Y-ESCP Rep)
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Yegor Tryliskyy
Current position
Specialty Registrar (ST5) in General and Colorectal Surgery - Great Western Hospital, Severn Deanery, England (since 2022)
Medical school
Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine (graduated in 2012)
General surgical and colorectal training
- Higher Surgical Trainee - Severn Deanery (2020 to present)
- Specialty Registrar - Worthing Hospital, West Sussex, England, UK (2019-20)
- International Fellow - Worthing Hospital, West Sussex, England, UK (2017-19)
- Research Fellow - Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Kyiv, Ukraine (2015-17)
- Doctor-Intern- Shupyk National Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Kyiv, Ukraine (2012-15)
Main clinical and research interests
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Abdominal wall
- Medical Education
Member of the Education Committee since
2022
Additional information
- Tutor of the University of Edinburgh
- Faculty of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Ad-hoc systematic reviewer of the Guidelines subcommittee of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgery
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Marko Zelic
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Marko Zelic
Current position
- Professor of Surgery, Rijeka University Medical Faculty, Chair of department of surgery
- Head of department of Abdominal Surgery, University Hospital Rijeka, Croatia
Medical School
Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka, Croatia
General surgical and colorectal training
Department of Abdominal Surgery, University Hospital Rijeka, Croatia
Main clinical and research interest
- Laparoscopic colorectal surgery
- Oncologic surgery
- Education in colorectal and minimally invasive surgery
- Complex proctology
- Functional disorders of the gastrointestinal tract
- ERAS and perioperative stress in colorectal and abdominal surgery
- Translational research of colorectal cancer
Member of the Education Committee since
2023
Additional information
- Specialist in general surgery
- Sub specialization in abdominal surgery and in oncologic surgery
- President of Croatian Society of Digestive Surgery
- PhD thesis: “Influence of preoperative oral feeding on stress response in perioperative period”
- Head of the advanced regional laparoscopic colorectal surgery course
- Principal investigator in project: Translational research in residual surgical material” at University hospital Rijeka Croatia
- Principal investigator in project: “Spatial omics for profiling of colorectal cancer heterogeneity, identification of biomarkers, microbiota characterization and translation into personalized therapy“ Medical Faculty Rijeka, Croatia
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