Course Director
Yuri Novitsky, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Director, Columbia Comprehensive Hernia Center
Chief, Division of Abdominal Wall Surgery Department of Surgery
New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York, NY
Invited Speakers
Vedra A. Augenstein
MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Carolinas Medical Center
Conrad Ballecer
MD, FACS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Creighton University SOM Phoenix
Igor Belyansky
MD
Director of Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Program Chief of General Surgery
Anne Arundel Medical Center
David Chen
MD, FACS
Professor of Clinical Surgery, Director Lichtenstein-Amid Hernia Clinic
UCLA Division of General Surgery
Victoria Consalvo
MSN, AGPCNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner | Hernia Center | Division of Abdominal Wall Surgery
Columbia University Medical Center
Jorge Daes
MD, FACS
Academic Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Clinica Iberoamerica
Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros
MD
Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Chief of the Department of Plastic Surgery
National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition
John Fischer
MD, FACS
Founding Partner
Southwest Surgical Associates
Philip George
MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Columbia University Division of Abdominal Wall Surgery
Department of Surgery at Columbia University
Todd Heniford
MD, FACS
Director - Endeavor Comprehensive Abdominal Health and Hernia Center
Endeavor Health
Brian Jacob
MD, FACS
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Andreas Koch
MD, FACS
Day Surgery and Hernia Center
Heidi Miller
MD, MPH, FACS
MaineHealth Maine Medical Center
Filip Muysoms
MD, PhD
Past President of the European Hernia Society
Maria Middelares
Yuri Novitsky
MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Director of Columbia Hernia Center
New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Sean Orenstein
MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
OHSU
Eric M. Pauli
MD, FACS, FASGE, FEBS-AWR
David L. Nahrwold Professor of Surgery, Director of Abdominal Wall Surgery
Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Dina Podolsky
MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Co-Director of Columbia Hernia Center
New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Leandro Totti
MD
Assistant Professor
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Hector Valenzuela
MD
Director of AWR and Diastasis Center Hospital Angeles Andares
Hospital Ángeles Anadares
Marco Zoccali
MD, FACS
Columbia University Irving Medical Center