ESSO Governance - explore our organisational structure
Our organisational structure is designed to support our mission and ensure effective leadership and governance. Explore our structure to learn more about our leadership and key committees. The supreme governing body of ESSO is the General Assembly which convenes once a year during the ESSO Congress.
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Colorectal
President
Geerard Beets
Chair, Department of Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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HPB
Soft Tissue Sarcoma
President-Elect
Hassan Malik
Consultant Hepatobiliary Surgeon and Clinical Lead for Digestive Surgery, Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool, UK
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Breast
Past-President
Isabel-Teresa Rubio
Head, Breast Surgical Oncology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Madrid, Spain; Professor of Surgery, University of Navarra, Madrid, Spain
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HPB
Board Member - Treasurer
Michel Rivoire
Head, Surgical Oncology Department, Centre Léon Bérard, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France
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GI
Clinical Research
Board Member - Secretary, RA Co-Chair
Wim Ceelen
Professor of Surgical Oncology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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HPB
ETC Chair
Stefan Stättner
Head, Academic Hepatobiliary Centre, Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Kepler University Hospital GmbH / Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
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Breast
Board Member, BRESO Chair
Giuseppe Catanuto
Consultant Oncoplastic Surgeon, Humanitas Istituto Clinico Catanese, Misterbianco, Catania, Italy
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Soft Tissue Sarcoma Surgery
Board Member
Marco Fiore
Surgical Oncologist, Sarcoma Service, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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GI
Board Member, RA Co-Chair
Laura Lorenzon
Surgical Oncologist, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Breast
Robotics
Board Member
Jim S Khan
Consultant Colorectal & Laparoscopic Surgeon, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, Portsmouth, United Kingdom; Professor of Surgery, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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Breast
Board Member
Ashutosh Kothari
Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon, Chair Breast Tumour Group and Breast MDT, Guy’s & St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Thyroid
Board Member - Young ESSO Chair
Nada Santrac
General Surgeon, Surgical Oncology Clinic, Institute for Oncology and Radiology of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia; Assistant Professor, Medical School, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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Sarcoma
Melanoma
Board Member
Yvonne Schrage
Surgical Oncologist, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek/Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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