SUS Welcomes Sister Society Guests at 2020 ASC
The SUS was once again pleased to welcome our sister society guests to the 2020 Academic Surgical Congress, which took place February 4-6, 2020 in Orlando, Florida. Ever year, both award winners and society leaders travel from Japan, South Africa, and Europe. We greatly appreciate their taking the time to participate in our Congress. The SUS leaders plan to visit these societies throughout the year to attend their Annual Meetings. 2 SUS resident award winners plan to present at the SARS and ESSR Annual Meetings.
Surgical Research Society of Southern Africa (SRS of SA)
SRS of Southern Africa President: Daniel Montwedi, Professor and Head of Department Kalafong/Chief Specialist/Senior Lecturer, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Sceales Antrobus Awardee Representative: Tanya Augustine, BSc, BScHons, MSc, PhD, Senior Lecturer, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Society of Academic and Research Surgery (SARS)
SARS Council Member (and former President): Professor Frank Smith, BSc, MB,ChB(Birm), FRCSEng, FRCSEd, FRCSGlas, MD, Professor of Vascular Surgery and Surgical Education, University of Bristol
Patey Prize Winner: Jun S. Cho, MBBCh MRCS, Clinical Research Fellow, Academic Department of Vascular Surgery, St Thomas’ Hospital, London
European Society for Surgical Research (ESSR)
ESSR President: Konstantinos Vakalopoulos, MD, PhD, President, European Society for Surgical Research (ESSR), Geneva University Hospitals, Hand and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Unit, Orthopedic Surgery Department, Geneva, Switzerland
Brendel Prize Winner: Roland Fejes, University of Szeged, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (SRS-RACS)
SRS-RACS Representative: Professor Wendy Brown MBBS(hons) PhD FRACS FACS, Head, Monash University Department of Surgery, Director, Oesophago-Gastric-Bariatric Unit The Alfred Director, Centre of Obesity Research and Education (CORE), Clinical Lead, Bariatric Surgery Registry
Japan Surgical Society (JSS)
JSS Representative- Chair of International Committee, Japan Surgical Society Chairman: Takao Ohki, MD, PhD, Professor and Chief, Department of Vascular Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine
Highest Scoring Abstract: Morihiro Katsura, MD, MPH, Okinawa Chubu Hospital, General Surgery, Uruma, Okinawa, Japan
