About Us

About WCHS 2024

In the ongoing globalization, the idea to organize a Congress in which Societies, Hernia Groups and Participants from all over the World can share knowledge, experience, technique and camaraderie was born naturally and with enthusiasm without borders and constraints. In the last decades, the Hernia Community grew worldwide, the number of Experts and Passionate increased in all Continents and will be a great honor for us to have colleagues from all over the World to join us for celebrate this milestone gathering in Singapore. The Congress will have an interactive Scientific Programme where colleagues from every part of the World will shear their experience, technique and reality towards providing and learning from each other on how to improve our patient’s care, experience and satisfaction. Singapore, a city that is a melting point of culture, food, tradition and races with one of the highest quality of life index and high technology adoption rate, we are ready to host you.

Singapore will welcome you starting at one of the top world airport with its majestic dome of the Jewel and its Rain Vortex. The city attraction continues with the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Botanical Garden, the iconic Marina Bay Sand, multi-winner awards Gardens by the Bay a sanctuary for nature lovers, where the Nature of the world is reproduced in the Flower Dome and Floral Fantasy while at night a Garden Rhapsody enlighten the SuperTree Grove and many more to visit.

Organizing Committee

Davide Lomanto
Congress President

Jaideep Raj Rao
Chairman

Asim Shabbir
Treasurer

Sean Lee
Secretary

Sujith Wijerathne
Scientific Chair

Sean Lee
Deputy Scientific Chair

International Scientific Committee

  • Anil Sharma (India)
  • Carlos Eduardo Domene (Brazil)
  • Cesare Stabilini (Italy)
  • Conrad Ballecer (United States of America)
  • David Chen (United States of America)
  • Ji Zhenling (China)
  • Jose Macario Faylona (Belgium)
  • Kirubakaran Malapan (Malaysia)
  • Kiyotaka Imamura (Japan)
  • Marc Miserez (Belgium)
  • Marc Wejie Ong (Singapore)
  • Premkumar Balachandran (India)
  • Ramana Balasubramaniam (Australia)
  • Rene Fortelny (Austria)
  • Sarfaraz J Baig (India)
  • Sergio Roll (Brazil)
  • Takeyuki Misawa (Japan)
  • Vedra Augenstein (United States of America)
  • Victor Radu (Romania)
  • Vimal K. Vasudeavan (Malaysia)
  • Wolfgang Reinpold (Germany)

Local Committee Members

  • Aung Myint Oo
  • Clement Loh
  • Danson Yeo
  • Daryl Chia
  • Jun Liang Teh
  • Koh Fangju Beatrice
  • Lin Jin Lin
  • Lydia Tan
  • Lynette Loo Mee Ann
  • Marc Weijie Ong
  • Marco Faria Correa
  • Tiffany Lye Jian Ying
  • Yap Yan Lin

Advisory Board

  • Abu Rauff
  • Bernard Lim
  • Cheah Wei Keat
  • Edward Cheong
  • Guo Wei Kim
  • Jeremy Tan Tian Hui
  • Jerry Goo Tiong Thye
  • June Lee
  • Ng Chee Yung
  • Ngoi Sing Shang
  • Tan Tse Kuang Charles
  • Tan Wee Boon
  • Wong Soong Kuan
  • Wong Wai Keong