International Societies and Meetings
Africa (website unknown)
Dr. Thandinkosi Madiba
Madiba@ukzn.ac.za
ArgentinaArgentina Coloproctology Society
www.sacp.org.ar
Dr. Vincente Deranzo - President
Meeting Information: http://www.sacp.org.ar/eventoscientificos.htm
Coloproctology Association of the South
www.acosur.org.ar
Approximately 100 Members
Dr. Marcos Hurvitz, MD - President (2006-2008)
info@acosur.org.ar
Annual Meeting - October 17-18, 2008, Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Australia Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand
www.cssanz.org
Approximately 150 members
President Philip Douglas (Sydney)
Vice President K Chip Farmer (Melbourne)
Honorary Secretary Richard Perry (Christchurch, NZ)
Honorary Treasurer John Lumley (Brisbane)
Councillors Andrew Luck (Adelaide)
Matthew Rickard (Sydney)
Bruce Waxman (Melbourne)
Rodney Woods (Melbourne)
Executive Administrator, Liz Neilson (secretariat@cssanz.org)
CSSANZ Secretariat
Meeting Information: http://www.cssanz.org/news/1/2/12
Austria(Website unknown)
University Professor Dr. Bela Teleky
Bela.teleky@meduniwien.ac.at
BrazilBrazilian Society of Coloproctology (BSCP)
www.sbcp.org.br
Approximately 1200 members
Dr. João de Aguiar Pupo Neto - President (9/2006)
Dr. Renato Pinho - President –Elect
sbcp@sbcp.org.br
Meeting Information: http://www.sbcp.org.br/calendario.shtm
Canada Canadian: CSCRS
www.colon-rectalsurgery.org
Dr. Wesley Stephen
stephenw@hhsc.ca
China
Chinese Association of Colon & Rectal Surgeons
(founded in 2006) More than 800 registered members
Dr. An A Yue (President)
dranayue@hotmail.com
Cheng Hua Luo, MD, PhD
luoch301@gmail.com
ColombiaColombian Society of Coloprotology
(website unknown)
Approximately 70 members
Dr. Juan Dario Puerta
jdpuerta@hotmail.com
Dr. Edilberto Mulett (2006-2008)
emulettv@emtelsa.multi.net.co
Egypt Egyptian Group of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (EGCRS)
http://www.ess-eg.org/pages/groups/colorectal/colorectal.html
Approximately 58 members
Prof. Ahmed Hussein, Chairman (President)
amhussein@dataxprs.com.eg
Prof. Ahmed Abdel Aziz, Moderator
ahabaz@hotmail.com
Prof. Ahmed Farrag, Secretary General
farag2a@yahoo.com
Germany Germany Society for Coloproctology
www.koloproktologie.org
Approximately 500 members
General Secretary:
Prof. Dr. med. Alexander Herold
Enddarm-Zentrum Mannheim
Bismarckplatz 1
D - 68165 Mannheim
Tel + 49 (621) 1234750
Fax + 49 (621) 12347575
Mail a.herold@enddarm-zentrum.de
Net www.enddarm-zentrum.de
Guatemala Guatemalan Association of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
www.accrg.net
President: Dr. John Poole
Vice President: Dr. Luis Lujan
Secretary: Dr. Tito Gomez
Treasurer: Dr. Julio Morales
Vocal: Dr. Carlos Pineda
Meeting Information: http://accrg.net/eventos.htm
India The Association of
http://www.acrsi.org
Approximately 957 members
Parvez Sheikh-Mumbai - President
Meeting Information: http://www.acrsi.org/conference.html
http://www.acrsi.org/instructional_course.html
IrelandThe Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI)
www.acpgbi.org.uk
Prof. John Northover - President
acpgbi@asgbi.org.uk
Meeting Information: http://www.acpgbi.org.uk/othermeet/other.html
Israel Israel Society of
www.iscrs.org
Approximately 130 members
President: Yehiel Ziv, Zerifin
dryziv@gmail.com
Treasurer: Ruben Weil, Petah-Tiqva
Secretary: Shlomo Walfish, Beer-Sheba
Meeting Information: http://www.iscrs.org/reunions1.html
Italy Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery (SICCR)
www.siccr.org
GOVERNING COUNCIL
Honorary President: Mario Pescatori ucpclub@virgilio.it
President: Gian Andrea Binda gian.andrea.binda@galliera.it
Vice-president: Antonino Pulvirenti D'Urso: apulv@libero.it
President Elect: Filippo La Torre filippo.latorre@uniroma1.it
Secretary: Aldo Infantino ainfantino@libero.it
Treasurer: Antonio Amato sgrja@tin.it
MEMBERS
Luigi Basso lgbasso@yahoo.it
Giuseppe Casula casula@unica.it
Claudio Fucini claudio.fucini@unifi.it
Ezio Ganio ganio.ezio@yahoo.it
Claudio Mattana claudio.mattana@rm.unicatt.it
Marcella Rinaldi rinaldi@clichiru.uniba.it
Santoro Giulio Aniello gasantoro@ulss.tv.it
SICCR Secretariat (Italian Society of Colo-Rectal Surgery)
Marina Fiorino
Email: marinafiorino@libero.it
presidenza@siccr.org
Meeting Information: www.seleneweb.com
Japan Japan Society of Coloproctology (JSCP)
http://www.coloproctology.gr.jp/index_e.html
Professor Morito Maruta – President (Chairman)
Jsc2006@cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp
Dr. Hiroshi Nakano – Secretary
colorectalsurgery@fujita-hu.ac.jp
Meeting Information: http://www.coloproctology.gr.jp/e_doc/Announcement.html
Latin America Latin American Association of Coloproctology
http://www.alacp.org/associad.htm
Dr. Luis E. Villasana Roldós – President
Dr. Ahmed Guzmán Guerrero – Vice President
Dr. Francisco F. Llorente Llano - Secretary General
Lithuania Lithuanian Society of Coloproctologists
www.kmu.lt/LKD/default.htm
Approximately 80 members
Narimantas Evaldas Samalavicius, MD, PhD – President
narimantass@yahoo.com
Meetings: Triennial, May 3-4, 2008 in Vilnius , Lithuania
Malaysia Malaysian Society of Colorectal Surgeons (MSCRS)
www.colorectalmy.org
Approximately 19 members
Dr. Samuel KS Tay (Founding President) Term ends 2007
samtay@pc.jaring.my
Dr. Akhtar Qureshi (Vice President / President Elect) 2 year term
akhtarq@hotmail.com
Hon Secretary Dr. Lu Ping Yan
Hon Treasurer Dr. Retna Rasa
Council Member Dr. Wan Khamizar
Council Member Dr Fitzgerald Henry
Ms. Kong (Secretariat)
acadmed@po.jaring.my
Meeting Information: http://www.colorectalmy.org/events.htm
Mexico Mexican Society of
www.smcrc.org.mx
Approximately 227 members
Dr. José Martín Arroyo Cazarez - President (2006-2008)
jmarroyoc@prodigy.net.mx
Dr. Manuel Centeno Flores – Vice President (2006-2008)
smcrc@starnet.net.mx
Dr. Fidel Ruiz Healy - Chair of International Relations 2006-2008
smcrc@smcrc.org.mx
2008 Annual Meeting – March 26-29
Meeting Information: http://www.smcrc.org.mx/congreso.html
Mongolia Mongolian Society of Coloproctology (MSCP)
(unknown website)
Dr. S. Sanjaabyamba
No e-mail address
Norway Norwegian Society for Gastrointestinal Surgery (NSGS)
(unknown website)
No national society; colorectal section in NSGS
Dr. Erik Carlsen
Erik.Carlsen@ulleval.no
Prof. Helge Myrvold (other contact)
Helge.Myrvold@medisin.ntnu.no
Republic of Korea (South)Korean Society of Coloproctology (KSCP)
http://www.colon.or.kr
Approximately 1,229 members
Jon Kyun Lee – President
Ok Suk Bae – President-elect
Prof. Jae-Gahb Park (other contact)
jgpark@plaza.snu.ac.kr
Singapore Society for Colorectal Surgeons of Singapore
http://www.scrs.org.sg/medi_page/site_web_scrs/common_page.asp?pg=1
Approximately 30 members
President: Dr. Richard Sim
Secretary: Dr. Tang Choong Leong
Treasurer: Dr. Dean Koh Chi Siong
Meeting Information:
http://www.scrs.org.sg/medi_page/site_web_scrs/common_page.asp?pg=9
South African Colorectal Society
President: Dr. Paul Goldberg
paulgold@iafrica.com
Spain Spanish Association of Coloproctology
www.aecp-es.org
Dr. Eduardo Garcia Granero -President
eggranero@telefonica.net
Dr. Eloy Espin Basany (other contact)
eespin@vhebron.net
Meeting Information: http://aecp-es.org/eventos.htm
Sweden Swedish Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery (SSCRS)
(unknown website)
Dr. Per-Olof Nystrom – President
per.olof.nystrom@mtk.us.lio.se
Dr. Lars Pahlman (Secty – Internat’l spokesman)
lars.pahlman@surgsci.uu.se
TaiwanSociety of Colon & Rectal Surgeons, Taiwan (SCRST)
www.crs.org.tw
Approximately 256 members
Hwei-Ming Wang – President (12/06)
whm@vghtc.gov.tw
Dr. Tzu-Chi Hsu (other contact)
tzuchi@ms2.mmh.org.tw
ThailandThai Colorectal Surgeon Society
Dr. Parinya Thavichaigarn - President
Dr. Prayuth Sirivongs - Secretary
prayuth1965@yahoo.com
Turkey Turkish Association of Colorectal Surgery
http://www.turkishcolorectal.com/anamenu.htm
Dr. Kemal Alemdaroglu
kalemdar@istanbul.edu.tr
Meeting Information: http://www.turkishcolorectal.com/indexs.htm
The Society of Ostomy Surgery
Approximately 138 members
Dr. Omer Alabaz –President
Dr. Emin Erkocak – President-elect
Professor Dr. Mehmet Oguz – President
United Kingdom Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI)
www.acpgbi.org.uk
Professor John Northover – President
acpgbi@asgbi.org.uk
Meeting Information: http://www.acpgbi.org.uk/othermeet/other.html
United States The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
www.fascrs.org
W. Douglas Wong – President
Stella Zedalis (Administrator)
ascrs@fascrs.org
Associations
Asian Federation of Coloproctology (AFCP)http://www.congre.co.jp/afcp2007/data/message.html
President: Fumio Konishi, M.D.
Prof. Jae Gahb Park
jgpark@plaza.snu.ac.kr
Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
The ASEAN Society of Colorectal Surgeons (ASCS)
Meeting Information: www.ascs2007.com
Professor Dr. Ahmed Hussin– President
Professor Dr. Ahmed Abd El-Aziz – Moderator
Professor Dr. Ahmed Farag – General Secretary
farag2a@yahoo.com
Congress Meeting- June 25-28, 2008, Sharm El-Sheikh
Eurasian Colorectal Technologies Association (ECTA)www.eurasianecta.org/home.html
Email: info@eurasianecta.org
Honorary President: Mario Pescatori
President: Francis Seow Choen
Vice-Presidents: Parvez Sheikh and Tomas Skricka
Secretary: Pier Paolo Dal Monte
Councillors:
Pier Paolo Dal Monte
Paola De Nardi
Manuel Devesa
Robin Phillips
Peter Tsarkov
Micha Rabau
Zong Guang Zhou
Tsuneo Fukushima
Meeting Information: http://www.eurasianecta.org/ecta_congresses.html
European Federation for Colorectal Cancerwww.efrcancer.org
President: Bela Teleky Prof., MD, FRCS
Vice President: Friedrich Herbst Prof., MD
Secretary General: Irene Kuhrer Ass. Prof., MD
Vice Secretary General: Judith Karner-Hanusch Prof., MD, FRCS
Meeting Information: http://www.efrcancer.org/2_0_0_0_0_s_1/Meetings-/
European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP)www.escp.eu.com
President: Prof. Lars Pahlman
President Elect: Prof. Andrew Shorthouse
President in Waiting: Dr. Tomas. Skricka
Secretary: Prof. Anders Mellgren
Treasurer: Mr. Mike Parker
Program Committee Chairman: Prof. R. John Nicholls
Journal Representative: Prof. Jajib Haboubi
Meeting Information: http://www.escp.eu.com/events/index.php
Mediterranean Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery (MSCP)(No website available at this time)
Dr. Pavle Kosorok (Pres)
pavle.kosorok@guest.ames.si