Jan F. KUKLETA, MD, FMCH visceral surgeon in private practice in Zurich, Switzerland. 50 years of surgery, learning and educating. Early adopter of MIS and new technologies. Founder of “Lapcenter” – simulation training centre for MIS in Zurich. Member of SGC, SGVC, ALTC, EAES, EHS, DHG, AHS, SLS, APHS, SAHC, IEHS and AMEHS. Founding member and current president of the Swiss Association for Hernia Surgery. Member of the working groups of European Hernia Society Guidelines for treatment of groin hernias, the Guidelines for endoscopic hernia treatment of the International Endoscopic Hernia Society, Guidelines for laparoscopic treatment of ventral and incisional abdominal wall hernias (IEHS), EAES Consensus development conference on endoscopic repair of groin hernias. Part of Hernia Surge group that developed common (world) guidelines. Honorary member of German Hernia Society, Chinese College of Surgeons, Hernia Society of Indonesia, Romanian Hernia Society, Hernia Society of Chile, life member of APHS Nr. 0003.