Egyptian Society of Surgeons (ESS) 39th Annual Summer Meeting, 23 – 25 September 2021

39th Annual Summer Meeting was held virtually on 23rd – 25th September 2021.

The IFSC was delighted to be invited to contribute to this excellent meeting. 

Our President welcomed attendees and provided an update on the activities of the IFSC during the Opening Ceremony on 23 September.

IFSC was pleased to facilitate our Chair, Education and Research Committee, Prof. Jacob S Dreyer (Fanus) to give a Plenary Lecture entitled “Operating theatre ethics and professionalism during the Covid-19 pandemic“.

Other IFSC Faculty guest speakers provided lectures on the following topics:

Surgical site infection and antimicrobial stewardship
Matthew Dryden

Genomics: the new future in precision oncology
Stephan Dreyer

When NOT to do a laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Jeyakumar Apollos

Adding vascular insult to Covid lung injury
Lal Senaratne

Maximally invasive surgery – surgical management of advanced and recurrent rectal cancer
Micheal Duff