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OUR MISSION
This Society founded in Mexico City, Mexico on November 24, 1962, shall be known as the International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons.
The purpose of this society shall be to contribute to the progress of Colon and Anorectal Surgery, and to hold congresses and meetings throughout the world in order to interchange scientific knowledge.
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The International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeon Founded in November 1962 by Drs. Harry Bacon, Stuart Ross, and Fidel Ruiz-Moreno, proposed that members of the Society would contribute to the field of Colon and Anorectal Surgery by holding international meetings in order to share their scientific knowledge.
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Has been an international society since its inception and continues to be represented in 80 countries.
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Bestows prestigious honor to members of the Society consisting of a worldwide network of colon and rectal surgeons and professors with an academic interest, and general surgeons with an emphasis on colon and rectal surgery who are affiliated with a university.
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Is cognizant of the varying income levels around the world and wants all members to have the opportunity to attend our meetings by keeping registration fees low.
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Now offers free access to the World Journal of Colorectal Surgery, the ISUCRS official on-line, open access journal to all Society members.
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Welcomes any member of the society to host a future meeting site by completing an application form.
Why join us?
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Networking with world renowned colon and rectal colleagues from over 80 countries with a society founded since 1962.
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Free access to the World Journal of Colon and Rectal Surgery, ISUCRS’ official on-line, open access journal
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Reduced registration fees for ISUCRS’ biennial congress
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Obtain a membership certificate
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Have an opportunity to be regional vice president and participate on the ISUCRS executive board and/or participate in a number of ISUCRS committees.
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Receive 1/2 yearly newsletter with updates about the society and colon and rectal surgery activities.
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Have an opportunity to host ISUCRS’s Biennial Congress in his/her country by completing an application form
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Organize an educational event in association with ISUCRS.
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Have your contact details on ISUCRS’s website including private practice details/website.
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Obtain member-only access to a new enhanced ISUCRS website with free educational information e.g. lecture slides, practice guidelines, live streaming videos (coming in 2019)
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Access to the ISUCRS Membership listing (coming in 2019)

ISUCRS WEBINAR 2021
MASTERCLASS ON
HAEMORRHOIDAL TREATMENT
Sunday 28th April 2021
12:30 - 14:30 GMT
Moderators
Philip F. Caushaj
Vice Chair, Department of Surgery, Hartford Hospital
Professor of Surgery, UConn Medical School
Legion of Honor, Republic of Albania 2016 Senior Examiner, American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery
President, ISUCRS, 2016-2018
Founding President, Albanian Society of Coloproctology 2017 to 2021
President, Albanian American Medical Society 2018 to 2020
Past President: New England Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Pittsburgh Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Pittsburgh Surgical Society
Editor in Chief Emeritus, World Journal of Coloproctology
Legion of Honor, Republic of Albania 2017
Prof Nasser Al Sanea
Professor of Colon & Rectal Surgeon, Alfaisal University.
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center-Riyadh.
Editor-in-Chief, World Journal of Colorectal Surgery
Editor-in-Chief, Annals of Saudi Medicine Program
Prof. Keiji Koda MD, PhD
Chairman of the Department of Surgery,
Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
Director-General, Japan Society of Stoma Continence and Rehabilitation
ISUCRS Associate Director-General
Programme
12.30-12.35 Welcome address - Philip Caushaj, Hartford, USA
12:35-13.55
Rubber Band Ligation - Richard Fortunato, Pittsburgh, USA
Dr Richard Fortunato FACS, FASCRS, FISUCRS
Surgical Lead Physician for Colorectal Disease & Co-chair Pelvic Floor Center, Allegheny Health Network Cancer Institute Co-moderator for the NPARC Rectal Cancer Center of Excellence Tumor Board
ISUCRS Treasurer
Open Haemorroidectomy - Ricardo Escalante, Caracas, Venezuela
Prof Ricardo Escalante
Associate Treasurer ISUCRS
Haemorrhoid artery ligation (THD) - Pascal Giordano, London, UK
Mr Pasquale Giordano MD FRCS FRCSEd
Consultant Surgeon & Honorary Senior Lecturer
Pelvic Floor & Abdominal Wall Service Clinical Lead
Barts Health NHS Trust, Queen Mary University of London
Stapled Haemorroidectomy - Antonio Longo
Prof Antonio Longo
Colorectal Surgeon & Inventor
Sicily, Italy
Haemorrhoid artery ligation without doppler - Pravin Gupta
Dr Pravin J Gupta
Consultant and Director
Fine Morning Hospital and Research Center, Nagpur, India.
The Turkish Experience - Sezai Leventoglu, Ankara, Turkey
Prof Sezai Leventoglu MD
Colorectal Surgeon, Professor of Surgery
Consultant of Endoscopy, Proctology and Stomatherapy Units, Gazi University School of Medicine,
Co Editor, Turkish Journal of Colorectal Disease
Co Editor, Gazi Medical Journal
The Chinese Experience - Chen Wang, Shangai, China
Dr Chen Wang
Department of Anorectal Surgery
Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200030, China
The Balkan Experience - Lida Sosha Mano, Tirana, Albania
Dr .Sc Lindita Shosha Mano MD.PhD
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Consultant Trauma Surgeon,
Head of Colorectal Department, American Hospital
Head of Academic Strategy & Medical Education
American Hospital, Tirana, Albania
13:55 - 14:25 Panel Discussion
Invited Guest:
Prof Dursun Bugra, Istanbul, Turkey
Prof Chuan-Gang Fu, Shanghi, China
Associate Prof Audrius Dulskas, Vilnius, Lithuania
Mr Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, London, UK
14.25 - 14:30 Closing remarks Prof Narimantas Evaldas Samalavicius, Klaipeda, Lithuania, President, ISUCRS
Dear Colleagues,
Following the success of our 30th ISUCRS Biennial 2020 Congress from the 11-14th November 2020 in Yokohama, Japan, ISUCRS invites you to our 31st meeting in Istanbul, Turkey in 2022.
Executive Board Members
2020-2022

Dursun Bugra
Vice President
Turkey
Joseph Nunoo-Mensah
President Elect
UK
Narimantas Samalavicius
President Elect
Lithuania
Woo Yong Lee
Secretary General
South Korea
Richard Fortunato
Treasurer
USA
Kotaro Maeda
Counselor to the President
Japan
Philip F. Caushaj
Chair of the Council of Past Presidents
USA

Suk-Hwan Lee
Member at Large
South Korea

Anders Mellgren
Member at Large
USA
Keji Koda
Member at Large
Japan

Chuan-Gang Fu
Member at Large
China

Feza Remzi
Director of Int’l Advisory Committee
USA

Audrius Dulskas
Associate Secretary General
Lithuania

Ricardo Escalante
Associate Treasurer
Venezuela

Joaquim Costa Pereira
Associate Director of Int’l Advisory Committee
Portugal

Nasser Al-Sanea
Editor in Chief WJCR
Saudi Arabia


Ho-Kyung Chun
Past President 2018-2020)
South Korea
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Niranjan Agarwal
Member at Large
India

Mustafa Oncel
Member at Large
Turkey

Enio Oliveira
Member at Large
Brazil

Khaled Madbouly
Member at Large
Egypt
As a member of ISUCRS you join an active network of coloproctology professionals and can take advantage of numerous benefits (see below).
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Networking with world renowned colon and rectal colleagues from over 80 countries with a society founded since 1962.
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Free access to the World Journal of Colon and Rectal Surgery, ISUCRS’ official on-line, open access journal. The unique format allows rapid publication of articles of any length, with color pictures and even video clips. The journal will enable members to keep abreast of all pertinent topics with a just a click of a button.
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Obtain member-only access to a new enhanced ISUCRS website with free educational information e.g. lecture slides, practice guidelines, live streaming videos (coming in 2019)
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Reduced registration fees for ISUCRS’ biennial congress.
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Have an opportunity to be regional vice president and participate on the ISUCRS executive board and/or participate in a number of ISUCRS committees.
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Have an opportunity to host ISUCRS’s Biennial Congress in his/her country by completing an application form
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Organize an educational event in association with ISUCRS. ISUCRS will be willing to advise on how to make for a successful event, advertise your meeting on its website and an emailed advert campaign.
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Receive quarterly newsletter with updates about the society and colon and rectal surgery activities.
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Obtain a membership certificate
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Have your contact details on ISUCRS’s website including private practice details/website.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR FELLOWSHIP IN THE SOCIETY:
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Be a doctor of medicine.
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Be a surgeon practicing highly creditable major colon and rectal surgery.
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Have affiliation with a medical school or have academic interest.
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Be certified by the General Surgery or Colon and Rectal Surgery Board of the country in which the candidate resides. If such a Board does not exist, the candidate should have training in surgery that would qualify him/her to take such Boards.
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Be a member of the candidate’s national College of Surgeons or its equivalent as determined by the Executive Board of this Society.
APPLICANT REVIEW CYCLE DATES:
Applications are reviewed twice a year in January and July.
Deadline for complete applications for January review period is December 31st.
Deadline for complete applications for July review period is June 30th.
MEMBERSHIP DUES STRUCTURE
The dues structure is a two-tier system based on the per capita income of each country.
To find the tier group for your country, please click here to view the list.
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Active 1 Members pay annual dues of $150 USD per year.
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Active 2 Members pay annual dues of $100 USD per year.
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Fellows, Residents & Retired Surgeons pay annual dues of $75 USD per year.
Annual dues invoices are on the calendar year and payable in January of each year.
THREE EASY STEPS FOR APPLICATION SUBMISSION:
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APPLICATION FORM: You have two options for completing the application form. The easiest and more preferable option is to complete the online application form below.
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CIRRICULUM VITAE: Submit one (1) copy of your most current CV.
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APPLICATION FEE: Include $50 application fee (Suspended until 1st March 2019). Payment can be made at time of application or will be included in your 1st year dues if your application is accepted. Checks (USD only) made payable to ISUCRS may be mailed.
Mailing Address:
ISUCRS
109 Partin Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
USA
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MEMBERSHIP PLEASE CONTACT:
Tolu Salako
ISUCRS Membership Director
Dear Colleague
Thank for visiting this NEW ISUCRS members only site which will be live from January 2019
To gain access to the rest of these members only pages you must be an active member of ISUCRS during the year commencing January.
Click HERE to obtain membership information.
From January 2019 this NEW ISUCRS members site will have information on:
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Access to the ISUCRS Membership listing (coming in 2019) including contacts email etc.
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Every 1/4 we aim to provide free educational information e.g. lectures (videos - See sample below), webinar conference, live streaming videos etc..
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Journal club with recommended readings from selected articles from leading coloproctology over the last 1/4
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Provide an application for ISUCRS to support an educational event hosted by yourself/, colleagues, hospital or colorectal society
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Blog site
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Young colorectal surgeon's group
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Access to having up to 10 free pictures from the 2018 ISUCRS London 2018 Biennial congress
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and lots more...
Kind regards
Ho-Kyung Chun
ISUCRS President
SAMPLE LECTURE VIDEOS