Congress Committee
Congress Committee
The ESSO Congress Committee is composed of the President, President-Elect, Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer, ETC Chair, ETC Co-chair, EYSAC Chair, a lead for each tumour site track and a Congress national/local chair if different from any of the above. An advisory council is established every year to assist the Congress Committee in the development of the scientific programme.
The composition of the ESSO 42 Congress Committee is as follows:

Isabel-Teresa Rubio
ESSO President; Director, Breast Surgical Unit, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, SpainRead more

Domenico M. D'Ugo
ESSO Past-President; Professor of Surgery at Catholic University of Rome, “A.Gemelli” Medical School, ItalyRead more

Hassan Malik
ESSO Honorary Secretary; Consultant Hepatobiliary Surgeon and Clinical lead for digestive surgery, University Hospital Aintree, UKRead more


Michel Rivoire
ESSO Honorary Treasurer; Head of the Surgical Oncology Department, Centre Léon Bérard, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, FranceRead more

Geerard Beets
ESSO President-Elect; Chair, Department of Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsRead more

Andreas Brandl
EYSAC Past Chair; Surgical Oncologist, Digestive Unit, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, DERead more

Alessandro Gronchi
ESSO Board Member; Chair Sarcoma Service, Department of Surgery, Fondazione IRCCS Instituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, ItalyRead more

Pompiliu Piso
ESSO Board Member; Chair Surgical Oncology Society, Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, GermanyRead more

Carmela Caballero
EYSAC Chair; General Surgery, Breast International Group, Brussels, BelgiumRead more

Stefan Stättner
ETC Chair; Board Member; Head of Department of General, Visceral and Vascular Surgery, Salzkammergutklinküm OÖG, Johannes Kepler University / Vöcklabruk, AustriaRead more