Organization

Presidents

Organizing President of 11th WCES and 21st JSES
Seigo Kitano, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor and Chairman Department of Surgery I
Oita University Faculty of Medicine
Oita, Japan

Honorary President of 11th WCES
Masaki Kitajima, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.(hon), F.A.S.A.(hon)
Vice President
International University of Health and Welfare
Tokyo, Japan

President of IFSES
Tehemton E. Udwadia, M.S., F.R.C.S., F.A.C.S.
Emeritus Professor of Surgery, J.J. Hospital
Head, Department of M.A.S. Hinduja Hospital
Mumbai, India

President of ELSA2008
Takashi Tajiri, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Surgery
Nippon Medical School, Graduate School of Medicine
Tokyo, Japan

Local Organization Committees

Honorary Organizing Committee

Chair: Y. Idezuki
Members: T. Araki
  Y. Hiki
  T. Kakegawa
  H. Katoh
  S. Mori
  S. Nitta
  N. Shimizu
  K. Sugimachi
  T. Tanaka
  H. Tanimura
  T. Yamakawa
Inspectors: M. Okada
  H. Suzuki

General Affairs Committee

Chair: T. Kimura
Members: T. Iwanaka
  T. Kohno
  T. Mori
  S. Ozawa
  H. Tokumura
  O. Tsutsumi
  Y. Yamashita

International Coordination Committee

Chair: Y. Bandai
Members: S. Baba
  E. Kanehira
  S. Kaseda
  H. Kaseki
  Y. Kitagawa
  T. Mori
  I. Uyama
  M. Yamamoto

WCES/JSES/ELSA Coordination Committee

Chair: S. Matsumoto

Finance Committee

Chair: H. Hoshiai

Scientific Program Committee

Chair: N. Tanigawa
Gynecologic Surgery Section
Chair: K. Ikuma
Members: M. Andou
  K. Isaka
  H. Kaseki
  M. Morita
  M. Shiota
  T. Takeshita
  H. Takeuchi
  O. Tsutsumi
Urologic Surgery Section
Chair: S. Ohshima
Members: Y. Hirao
  T. Matsuda
  S. Naito
  K. Nutahara
  Y. Ono
  T. Terachi
Digestive Surgery Section
Chair: F. Konishi
Members: M. Higashino
  M. Inomata
  H. Kashiwagi
  M. Okajima
  J. Okuda
  Y. Sakai
  N. Shiraishi
  I. Uyama
  M. Watanabe
Thoracic Surgery Section
Chair: R. Tsuchiya
Members: M. Iwasaki
  K. Kawahara
  T. Morikawa
Pediatric Surgery Section
Chair: T. Miyano
Members: Y. Morikawa
Orthopedic Surgery Section
Chair: A. Dezawa
Members: T. Hasegawa
  M. Yamagata
  M. Yoshida
Endocrine Surgery Section
Chair: H. E. Takami
Members: S. Maeda
  K. Nakagawa
  K. Shimizu

Social Program Committee

Chair: T. Shirakusa
Members: M. Hashizume
  A. Iwasaki
  T. Morikawa
  H. Osugi
  Y. Yamashita
  K. Yanaga

Sponsorship Committee

Chair: Y. Sumiyama
Members: M. Enomoto
  H. Inoue
  Y. Kokuba
  S. Kudo
  Y. Saida
  K. Sugihara
  J. Tanaka
  M. Watanabe
  S. Yamaguchi
  M. Yamamoto

Public Relations Committee

Chair: Y. Kurokawa
Members: M. Andou
  E. Kanehira
  T. Naitoh
  J. Tanaka
  K. Yoshida

Registration Promotion Committee

Chair: S. Ohashi
Members: N. Shiraishi
  T. Tajiri

On-site Operation and Exhibition Committee

Chair: E. Higashihara
Members: T. Matsuda
  S. Naito
  M. Tanaka

Public Lecture Planning

  T. Tajiri

Secretariat

  N. Shiraishi
  M. Inomata
  M. Ohta
  K. Yasuda