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IPEG Meeting Leaders

Program Chairman: Marc A. Levitt, MD – Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Associate Program Chairman: Jürgen Schleef, MD – Trieste, ITALY

Pediatric Fellows Course Chairman: Timothy Kane, MD – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Pediatric Fellows Course Associate Chairman: Holger Till, MD – Munich, GERMANY

The 3rd International Symposim on Robotically-Assisted Pediatric Surgery Course Co-Directors:
Michael Irish, MD – Des Moines, Iowa, USA
John Meehan, MD – Iowa City, Iowa, USA

Challenging Mystery Cases Panel Chairman: Carroll Harmon, MD – Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Challenges In Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Panel Chairman: Thomas Inge, MD – Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Challenges of Innovation Panel Chairman: Tom Krummel, MD – Stanford, California, USA

Challenges of Investigation Panel Chairman: John Morton, MD – Palo Alto, California, USA

Colorectal Symposium Chairman: Jacob Langer, MD – Toronto, Ontario, CANADA

Executive Committee:

President – Keith E. Georgeson, MD – Birmingham, Alabama, USA
President Elect – Atsuyuki Yamataka, MD – Tokyo, JAPAN
Vice President – Jean-Stéphane Valla, MD – Nice, FRANCE
Vice President – George W. Holcomb III, MD – Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Secretary – Marcelo H. Martinez Ferro, MD – Olivos, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
Treasurer – Thomas H. Inge, MD – Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Journal Editor : Thom E. Lobe, MD – Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Asia/Africa Representative: Behrouz Banieghbal, MD – Cresta, Johannesburg, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
European Representative: Gordon A. MacKinlay, MD – Edinburgh, Scotland, UNITED KINGDOM
Americas Representative: Marc A. Levitt, MD – Cincinatti, Ohio, USA (*Chairman)

Program Committee

Craig T. Albanese, MD – Stanford, California, USA
Ciro Esposito, MD – Naples, ITALY
Keith E. Georgeson, MD – Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Munther J. Haddad, MD – London, UNITED KINGDOM
Carroll M. Harmon, MD – Birmingham, Alabama, USA
George W. Holcomb III, MD – Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Thomas H. Inge, MD – Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Marc A. Levitt, MD – Cincinatti, Ohio, USA (*Chairman)
Thom E. Lobe, MD – Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Marcelo H. Martinez Ferro, MD – Olivos, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
Girolamo Mattioli, MD – Genoa, ITALY
Jürgen Schleef, MD – Trieste, ITALY
Henri Steyaert, MD – Nice, FRANCE
Jean-Stéphane Valla, MD – Nice, FRANCE
David van der Zee, MD – Utrecht, The NETHERLAND
John H.T. Waldhausen, MD – Seattle, Washington, USA