Faculty

Dr Ibrahim Al Babtain - Saudi Arabia
Dr Al Babtain, is a consultant in general surgery, specialising in trauma and acute care surgery, as well as laparoscopic and abdominal wall reconstruction surgery. He serves as an assistant professor of surgery and is the director of the trauma research programme within the department of surgery at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh.

Prof Lars Aabakken - Norway
Prof Aabakken is head of GI Endoscopy at Oslo University Hospital/Rikshospitalet. He is a consultant doctor and professor of medicine with special interest in gastrointestinal endoscopy, documentation systems and clinical research.   

Dr Andrew de Beaux - UK

Dr Barbora East - Czech Republic

Prof René Fortelny - Austria
Prof Fortelny is an esteemed Austrian general and visceral surgeon, renowned for his expertise in hernia surgery. 

Dr Anita Jacombs - Australia
Dr Jacombs is an Academic Surgeon with specialist interest in Hernia Surgery and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, including acute and elective hernia and abdominal wall surgery. She is a General Surgeon with Fellowship from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and has done specialty training in hernias and abdominal wall reconstruction. 

Dr David Joseph Lourié - United States of America
Dr Lourié is a board-certified American surgeon who began performing laparoscopic surgery over 30 years ago and made his initial reputation in that field, designing and building some of the earliest endosuites in the United States.

Mr Charles Maxwell-Armstrong - United Kingdom
Mr Maxwell-Armstrong has been a consultant general and colorectal surgeon at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust since 2002 and Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham since 2011.

Dr Neena Randhawa - United Kingdom
Dr Randhawa Consultant Colorectal Surgeon based at Newcastle-upon-Tyne NHS Hospital Trust with specialist interest in Robotic Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Intestinal Failure.

Prof Yohann Renard - France
Prof Renard is a Professor of anatomy and a hernia surgeon at Reims Hospital University, France.

Dr Archana Ramaswamy - United States of America

Dr Rajesh Shrivastava - India
Dr Shrivastava is a Robotic, Bariatric, and Laparoscopic Surgeon and the Director of Shreeji Hospital in Bhilad and Valsad, Gujarat. He also serves as an Associate Professor at the Vedanta Institute of Medical Sciences in Dahanu, Maharashtra. Additionally, he is a Hernia Consultant at Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital in Mumbai.