Leadership and Organization

Led by Experience – Supported by the German Hernia Society

The congress will be organized under the patronage of the German Hernia Society (DHG) in close collaboration with the European Hernia Society (EHS).

Congress President

Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Köckerling

Scientific Steering Board (SSB)

Board of the DHG & Wing Congresses
Young Surgeons Representative

Track Commitees

Groin Hernia Surgery
Prof. Dr. Christian Möbius
Dr. Ralph Lorenz
Dr. Frank Sinning
Dr. Andreas Koch
Primary Ventral Hernias
Dr. Caroline Reiche
Martin Wiese
Dr. Isabel Wieber
Dr. Nathalie Meiers-Rische
Domantas Juodis
Incisional and Complex Hernia
Dr. Wolfgang Reinpold
Prof. Dr. Hartwig Riediger
Prof. Dr. Guido Woeste
Prof. Dr. Robert Schwab
Core Integrity: Rectus Diastasis, Hernia & Functional Repair
Dr. Halil Dag
Dr. Cigdem Berger
Sa-Ra Li
Hiatal, and Diaphragmatic Hernias
Prof. Dr. Jessica Leers
Prof. Dr. Dieter Birk
Prof. Dr. Frank A. Granderath
Complications, Pain, Registry & Outcomes Research
Dr. Guido Baschleben
Dr. Bernd Stechemesser
Claudia Simone Seefeldt
Dr. Fabian Hellfritz
Mesh Science, Biomaterials & Translational Research
PD Dr. Christoph Paasch
Thomas Mones
Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kalinowski
Innovation, Robotics, AI & Future Technologies
Dr. Björn Mück
Prof. Dr. Henning Niebuhr
Michael Svoboda
Prof. Dr. Dirk Weyhe
Education, Training, Simulation
Dr. Ulla Volmer
Dr. Andreas Kuthe
Dr. Sandra Groß
Dr. Sebastian Schaaf
Robert Vogel
Prof. Dr. Hans Fuchs
Next generation hernia
Iva Todorova
Saskia Urbani
Dr. Lara Flaig
Dr. Isabel Syben
Sören Arand
Structured Live & Semi-Live Surgical Platforms
Dr. Konstantinos Zarras
Frank Heinzelmann
PD Dr. Alexander Buia
Health Systems, Real-World Practice & Reimbursement
Dr. Bernhard Lammers
Prof. Dr. Thasler
Prof. Dr. Jörg-Peter Ritz
Global Surgery, Outreach & Access to Care
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Timmermann
Green & Sustainable Surgery
Dr. Adrien Kiehle
Dr. Rudolf Goller
PD Dr. Joachim Conze

Professional Congress Organizer:

In cooperation with: