FACULTY.
Thue Bisgaard​
Denmark
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Thue Bisgaard is Professor of Surgery in Copenhagen and credited with more than 120 publications (50 on hernia-related topics) and 6 book chapters. He is former president of the Danish National Hernia Database (now in the steering committee). Main interests are upper GI, hernia and postoperative outcomes.
David Chen
USA
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Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, is the Director of the Lichtenstein Amid Hernia Institute. Trained by Dr. Parviz Amid and has extensively lectured, published, and is an internationally recognized expert on hernia repair and chronic pain after hernia surgery Focus is on treatment, education, and research for hernia surgery abdominal wall reconstruction, and remedial surgery for chronic pain.
​Henrik Kehlet
Denmark
Henrik Kehlet was Professor of Surgery at Copenhagen University and is now Professor of Perioperative Therapy at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Denmark. Professor Kehlet’s research interests have focused on surgical pathophysiology, acute pain physiology and treatment, the transition from acute to chronic pain, postoperative fatigue and organ dysfunction. These efforts have condensed to form the concept of ‘fast-track surgery’ with the aim of achieving the ‘pain and risk-free operation’
Giampiero Campanelli
Italy
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Pioneer of day surgery for minimal invasive surgery for abdominal hernia. He has developed new approach and surgical methods for reconstruction and repair of the abdominal wall. Chief of the first university center of high specialization for abdominal hernia repair in Italy. Full professor of surgery-university of study of insubria.
Marc Miserez
Belgium
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Professor of Surgery and Head of Clinic in the Department of Abdominal Surgery at the University Hospitals of the Katholieke, Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Specific interest in abdominal wall and pediatric surgery and, and training. Since august 2011 he is European Editor-in-Chief of Hernia, the World Journal of Hernia, and Abdominal Wall Surgery. He is also the Past President of the Belgian Association for Pediatric Surgery BELAPS.
Wolfgang Reinpold
Germany
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Director of the Department of Surgery, Center Gross Sand Hospital and Hernia (Certified Reference Center for Hernia Surgery) of the German Society of Surgery and German Hernia Society (since 2014). President of the German Hernia Society. Main scientific interests. Prevention and treatment of chronic pain in hernia surgery.
​Rudi Roumen
The Netherlands
Dr. Rudi Roumen was educated and trained as surgeon oncologist in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. He started a surgical pain research cooperation with dr. Marc Scheltinga (a vascular surgeon) in Eindhoven/Veldhoven from 2000 on. He co-authored more than 200 PubMed articles and is currently involved in various lines of surgical research including chronic abdominal wall (ACNES) and groin pain syndromes, as well as breast cancer.
Mads Werner​
Denmark
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Senior Consultant Mads U. Werner, MD, PhD, DMSc is an anesthesiologist specialized in management of pain. Main research area is pathophysiology of persistent postsurgical painhas published 120 research publications in peer-reviewed journals and (h-index/i10-index = 26/54; 3,780 citations) and 50 chapters in medical textbooks.