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Keynote & Invited Speakers CSF 2026

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CAGS Royal College Gallie Lecture

Callisia Clarke, MD, MA, FACS, FSSO

Chief, Associate Professor - Clinical Cancer Center - Froedtert Hospital

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CHPBA Wall Lecture: Minimally Invasive Management of CRLM

Åsmund Avdem Fretland, MD,PhD

Oslo University Hospital, Norway

Affiliations

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CSSO Shibata Lecture

Zara Cooper, MD, MSc, FACS

Affiliations

Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

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Gordon Lecture on IBD

Antonino Spinelli, MD, PhD, FASCRS

Affiliations

Director of the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery

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CAGS William Lecture

Tim Caulfield, BSc,LL.B.,LL.M.,  CM,  FRSC, FCAHS,

Affiliations

Professor in the Faculty of Law and the School of Public Health, and Research Director of the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta.

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CHS Wall Reconstruction Lecture

Shirin Towfigh,MD, FACS, FEBS-AWS

Affiliations

Founder and President of the Beverly Hills Hernia Center

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CAGS Global Surgery 

Michael Mwachiro, MBChB, MPH, FACS, FCS(ECSA)

Affiliations

President of the Surgical Society of Kenya

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CATS Session: President’s Invite Lecture

Ken Milne MD, MSc, MBA, CCFP-EM, FCFP, FRRMS

Affiliations

Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine (Division of Emergency Medicine) and Department of Family Medicine at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry.

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Canada Goes Robotic: Real-world Lessons to Get Started

Melissa E. Hogg, MD MS

Affiliations

Executive Medical Director of Hospital Surgical Operations of Endeavor Health

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Eric Poulin Lecture

Aurora Pryor, MD, MBA, FACS, FASMBS

Affiliations

Professor and Chair of Surgery at Brown University and Surgeon in Chief at Brown University Health

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CACMPA/CAGS - Mindfulness Session

Tara Costello, MA, CMPC

Affiliations

Certified Mental Performance Consultant and professional member of the Canadian Sport Psychology Association and the US Association of Applied Sport Psychology

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ESTS Invite Lecture

René Horsleben Petersen MD PHD

Affiliations

Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet.

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Langer Lecture

Jacob Langer MD

Affiliations

Leads the University of Toronto Department of Surgery Academy of Senior Surgeons Experiencing Transition (ASSET)

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CATS Wellness Session 

Nadine Valk, MPA

Affiliations

A long‑time mindfulness practitioner, she taught in the University of Toronto’s Mindfulness‑Informed End of Life Care Program and integrates mindfulness into her coaching, facilitation, and leadership development work.

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STS Grondon Lecture

John D. Mitchell, MD, FACS

Affiliations

Dr. Mitchell is the Chief of General Thoracic Surgery within the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and holds the Davis Endowed Chair in Thoracic Surgical Oncology at the University of Colorado, Denver, USA.   

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CAT'S Pearson Lecture 

Dennis Wigle, MD, PHD

Affiliations

He has been on staff as a consulting thoracic surgeon at Mayo Clinic Rochester since 2006. He is a full Professor in the Department of Surgery and recently served as Division Chair for Thoracic Surgery from 2014-2023  

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