The 75th General Meeting of the Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery in WAKAYAMA

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Welcome Message from the Congress President

President of the 75th General Meeting of
the Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery

Hiroki Yamaue

We used to hold the 75th General Meeting of JSGS in Wakayama city on July, 2020, however the meeting would postpone to the date of December 15, 16, 17, 2020 due to the pandemic situation of COVID-19.
The memorable Tokyo Olympic 2020 is postponed to the summer of 2021, and this decision is also depend on the pandemic influence of COVID-19. The postponement of 75th JSGS meeting has a lot of load for the members of JSGS and related surgeons because of the heavy duty for cure and care of the infected patients.
However, I herein promise that 75th JSGS meeting will have a strong power to overcome the COVID-19 and improve the ability of surgeons by the tight alignment of the JSGS members.

Wakayama Medical University (WMU) has been found in February 1945 during the 2nd World War, and our University will have a 75th anniversary in 2020, and this is a first opportunity to hold the JSGS annual meeting in Wakayama city. The attending members might have some trouble for traveling and accommodation in Wakayama city, however we would like to do our best for hosting all of the JSGS members in December 2020. We would expect that a lot of members participate to the 75th annual meeting of JSGS in Wakayama city.

Wakayama is a prefecture that Seisyu Hanaoka, pioneer of modern surgery in Japan, had performed a breast cancer surgery first in the world under general anesthesia using Mandarage, and the Founding philosophy of WMU has assumed the spirits of Seisyu. Indeed, the Mandarage is a motif of the emblem of WMU.

The main theme of 75th annual meeting of JSGS is; Katsubutsu Kyuri, Production of evidences by integration of Art and Science in the surgical field. Katsubutsu Kyuri is a most important philosophy of Seisyu, and the meaning is that observing the patients extensively results understanding the patients, and producing the medical evidence. The excellent surgical procedures based on the solid evidence have real benefits for patients. To produce surgical evidence, integration of excellent surgical procedures (Art) and clinical research with high quality (Science).

The Japanese Society of Gastroenterological Surgery (JSGS) has three major missions; (1) Training of young surgeons to be certificated experts, (2) Development of new surgical techniques, and (3) Producing surgical evidences. Achieving three missions, the Japanese surgeons should become a real leader and contribute to the world health, therefore I selected Katsubutus Kyuri as the main theme of the 75th JSGS meeting.
I sincerely hope that a lot of surgeons would participate the 75th meeting and discuss to the direction of future surgical science.
We are looking forward to seeing you in Wakayama after convergence of COVID-19.

Hiroki Yamaue

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