World Congress Invited Faculty
Joseph F. Amaral, MD, Providence, RI
M. Antozzi, MD, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Keith Apelgren, MD, Lansing, MI
Tracey Arnell, MD, Torrance, CA
Maurice Arregui, MD, Indianapolis, IN
Hans Beger, MD, Ulm, Germany
George Berci, MD, Los Angeles, CA
Ramon Berguer, MD, Martinez, CA
Thomas R. Biehl, MD, Seattle, WA
Desmond H. Birkett, MD, Burlington, MA
H. Jaap Bonjer, MD, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS
Gerhard Buess, MD, Tubingen, GERMANY
Luis E. Burbano, MD, Quito, ECUADOR
Jo Buyske, MD, Philadelphia, PA
Mark Callery, MD, Boston, MA
Guy B. Cadiere, MD, Brussels, BELGIUM
Jorge Cervantes, MD, Mexico City, MEXICO
J. Kenneth Champion, MD, Marietta, GA
Elie Chouillard, MD, Poissy, FRANCE
Alberto Chousleb, MD, MEXICO
Ricardo Cohen, MD, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
Kevin C. Conlon, MD, New York, NY
Manolo Cortez, MD, Quito, ECUADOR
Jane Cranfill, R.N., Lexington, KY
Robert Cravero, MD, Weston, FL
Peter F. Crookes, MD, Los Angeles, CA
Jorge Cueto-Garcia, MD, Huixquilucan,MEXICO
Sir Alfred Cuschieri, MD, Dundee, Scotland, UNITED KINGDOM
Jennifer Daley, MD, MPH, Boston, MA
Bernard Dallemagne, MD, Liege, BELGIUM
Ara Darzi, MD, London, UNITED KINGDOM
Thomas L. Dent, MD, Santa Barbara, CA
Aureo L. DePaula, MD, Goiania, Goias, BRAZIL
Yves-Marie Dion, MD, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
Ellie Dougherty, R.N., New York, NY
J.L. Dulucq, MD, Bordeaux, FRANCE
David W. Easter, MD, San Diego, CA
W. Stephen Eubanks, MD, Durham, NC
Edvaldo Fahel, MD, Salvador, BRAZIL
Edward L. Felix, MD, Fresno, CA
George S. Ferzli, MD, Staten Island, NY
George A. Fielding, AUSTRALIA
Abe Fingerhut, MD, Poissy, France
Samuel R.G. Finlayson, MD, White River Junction, VT
Ruth Fischbach, PhD, New York, NY
Robert J. Fitzgibbons, MD, Omaha, NE
Kenneth A. Forde, MD, New York, NY
Morris E. Franklin, Jr., MD, San Antonio, TX
Gerald M. Fried, MD, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
Michel Gagner, MD, New York, NY
A. Garcia-Ruiz, MD, Mexico City, Mexico
Annetine Gelijns, PhD, New York, NY
Robert Glasgow, MD, Salt Lake City, UT
Hans O. Glise, MD, Molndal, SWEDEN
Carlos R. Gracia, MD, Pleasanton, CA
Frederick L. Greene, MD, Charlotte, NC
Carsten Gutt, MD, GERMANY
Paul Daniel Hansen, MD, Portland, OR
Charles Haynie, MD, Hood River, OR
B. Todd Heniford, MD, Charlotte, NC
Daniel M. Herron, MD, New York, NY
Serafin C. Hilvano, MD, Manilla, Philippines
Michael D. Holzman, MD, Nashville, TN
Santiago Horgan, MD, Chicago, IL
Anita Huisman,R.N., NETHERLANDS
John Hunter, MD, Portland, OR
Cristiano Huscher, MD, Rome, ITALY
Yasuo Idezuki, MD, Tokyo, JAPAN
Christoph Jacobi, MD, Berlin, GERMANY
Jack Jakimowicz, MD, Eindhoven, NETHERLANDS
Glyn G. Jamieson, MD, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
Stephanie Jones, MD, Dallas, TX
Eiji Kanehira, MD, Kanazawa, JAPAN
Hironori Kaneko, MD, Tokyo, JAPAN
Namir Katkhouda, MD, Los Angeles, CA
Trudy Kenyon, R.N., Portland, OR
Leena Khaitan, MD, Nashville, TN
Seigo Kitano, MD, Oita, JAPAN
Ferdinand Kockerling, MD, Hannover, GERMANY
Ralf Kolvenbach, MD, GERMANY
Lukas Kraehenbuehl, MD, SWITZERLAND
Antonio M. Lacy, MD, Barcelona, SPAIN
William S. Laycock, MD, Lebanon, NH
Alan T. Lefor, MD, Los Angeles, CA
Joel LeRoy, MD, Strasbourg, FRANCE
Charles Lightdale, MD, New York, NY
Thom E. Lobe, MD, Memphis, TN
Donald E. Low, MD, Seattle, WA
Christine L. Mackenzie, PhD, Burnaby, B.C., CANADA
Joseph Mamazza, MD, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
Jacques Marescaux, MD, Strasbourg, FRANCE
Jeffrey M. Marks, MD, Mayfield Heights, OH
Fred Moll, MD, Mountain View, CA
Alberto Montori, MD, Rome, ITALY
Nicholas W. Morris, MD, Powell, WY
Jean Mouiel, MD, Nice, FRANCE
Michael S. Nussbaum, MD, Cincinnati, OH
Paul O'Brien, MD, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
Shuichi Ohashi, MD, Osaka, JAPAN
Adrian E. Park, MD, Lexington, KY
Emma J. Patterson, MD, Portland, OR
Jeffrey H. Peters, MD, Los Angeles, CA
Jeffrey L. Ponsky, MD, Cleveland, OH
Eric C. Poulin, MD, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
David W. Rattner, MD, Wellesley, MA
Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, Weston, FL
James Rosser, Jr., MD, New Haven, CT
Steven S. Rothenberg, MD, Denver, CO
Barry A. Salky, MD, New York, NY
Jozsef Sandor, MD, Budapest, HUNGARY
Michael Sarr, MD, Rochester, MN
Philip R. Schauer, MD, Pittsburgh, PA
Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD, Boston, MA
Lee E. Smith, MD, Washington, DC
C. Daniel Smith, MD, Marietta, GA
Nathaniel J. Soper, MD, St. Louis, MO
Cynthia Spry, R.N., New York, NY
Donna Stanbridge, R.N., Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
Hubert J. Stein, MD, Munchen, GERMANY
Greg V. Stiegmann, MD, Denver, CO
Paul Swain, MD, London, UNITED KINGDOM
Lee L. Swanstrom, MD, Portland, OR
Zoltan Szabo, PhD, San Francisco, CA
Mark A. Talamini, MD, Baltimore, MD
Michael Talbot, MD, QC, CANADA
Masao Tanaka, MD, PhD, Fukuoka, JAPAN
L. William Traverso, MD, Seattle, WA
William D. Turnipseed, MD, Madison, WI
Tehemton E. Udwadia, MD, Bombay, INDIA
Go Wakabayashi, MD, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
Yulan Wang, Santa Barbara, CA
Annette Wasliewski, R.N., Hackensack, NJ
David I. Watson, MD, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
Wolfgang Wayand, MD, Linz, AUSTRIA
Eric Glenn Weiss, MD, Weston, FL
Steven D. Wexner, MD, Weston, FL
R. Larry Whelan, MD, New York, NY
W. Douglas Wong, MD, New York, NY
Sherry M. Wren, MD, Palo Alto, CA
Manabu Yamamoto, MD, Tokyo, JAPAN
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