Committees
International Scientific Committee (ISC)
Executive Leadership
- Motoshi Wada, Japan – Congress Chair
- Taizo Hibi, Japan – Scientific Program Chair
- Tomoaki Kato, USA – IIRTA President
Committee Members (Alphabetical by Last Name)
- Yaron Avitzur, Canada
- Christina Belza, Canada
- Cathy Cawley, UK
- Brooke Chapman, Australia
- Helen Evans, New Zealand
- Masato Fujiki, USA
- Anna Gold, Canada
- Gabriel Gondolesi, USA
- Liara M. Gonzalez, USA
- Jonathan Hind, Australia
- Kishore Iyer, USA
- Palle Bekker Jeppesen, Denmark
- Francisca Joly, France
- Beverly Kosmach-Park, USA
- Alexander Kroemer, USA
- Pablo Lobos, Argentina
- Mihai Oltean, Sweden
- Lisa Sharkey, UAE
- Robert Venick, USA
- Lisa Vokes, UK
- Joshua Weiner, USA
Local Organizing Committee (LOC)
Executive Leadership
- Motoshi Wada, MD, PhD, FACS, Tohoku University – Congress Chair
- Taizo Hibi, MD, PhD, FACS, Tokyo Saiseikai Central Hospital – Scientific Program Chair & Co-Chair
- Etsuko Soeda, RN, PhD, Keio University – AHP Lead & Co-Chair
Committee Members (Alphabetical by Last Name)
- Katsuhiro Arai, Pediatric Gastroenterologist
- Yoshiyuki Ihara, Pediatric Surgeon
- Satomi Ichimaru, Registered Dietitian
- Hiroshi Kitamura, Veterinary Scientist
- Takeshi Kimura, Pediatric Gastroenterologist
- Eiji Kobayashi, Experimental Surgeon
- Hidenobu Kojima, Transplant Surgeon
- Hironori Kudo, Pediatric Surgeon
- Takahiro Kudo, Pediatric Gastroenterologist
- Hajime Matsushima, Transplant Surgeon
- Muneyuki Matsumura, Transplant Surgeon
- Toshiharu Matsuura, Pediatric Surgeon
- Mayako Morii, Pediatric Surgeon
- Mitsuru Muto, Pediatric Surgeon
- Nobuhiro Nakamoto, Gastroenterologist
- Megumi Nakamura, Pediatric Surgeon
- Eri Ogawa, Pediatric Surgeon
- Yasuhiro Ogura, Transplant Surgeon
- Hideaki Okajima, Pediatric Surgeon
- Tatsuya Okamoto, Pediatric Surgeon
- Hiroomi Okuyama, Pediatric Surgeon
- Shigeru Ono, Pediatric Surgeon
- Seisuke Sakamoto, Transplant Surgeon
- Toshiro Sato, Stem Cell Biologist
- Shinya Sugimoto, Gastroenterologist
- Hideaki Tanaka, Pediatric Surgeon
- Yuko Tazuke, Pediatric Surgeon
- Kazuhiro Watanabe, GI Surgeon
- Shintaro Yagi, Transplant Surgeon
- Yohei Yamada, Pediatric Surgeon