King Hussein Cancer Centre, Jordan

During his career life, Dr Al Masri has taken over several positions; as a Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University 1991-1993, then a Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, Department of Surgery at Glasgow Royal infirmary, UK 1993-1995. In 1995 till 2000 he worked as an assistant Professor of Surgery & Surgical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, and Jordan University.

Dr Al Masri is a member in the American College of Surgeons, Jordan Surgical Society, Scientific Committee of General Surgery and Subspecialties, Jordan Medical Council, .Jordan Oncology Society, Jordan Association against Cancer besides being member in the Jordanian National Chapter of MTCC (Mediterranean Task Force for Cancer Control); a program under the sponsorship of CINBO and he is a support to Syria's national cancer strategy, feasibility studies for the Aleppo and Horns cancer center. His main interests are in Breast disease and G.I Malignancy.

International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO), France

Dr Basu is Head of the Early Detection, Prevention and Infections Branch at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO), France. After graduating in Medicine in 1988 he did MD in Gynaecology, post-doctoral training in Gynaecological Oncology and PhD in Clinical Oncology. Before joining IARC in 2015, he was head of the Department of Gynaecological Oncology at the National Cancer Institute in India. Dr Basu is well known for his research that has informed several guidelines and recommendations from the WHO and other international organizations. He has led several projects that led to technology development, such as thermal ablation for cervical precancer, HPV detection technologies, AI-supported detection of cervical neoplasia etc. Dr Basu has significantly contributed to build capacity in delivering quality assured cancer early detection services in several countries across the globe through his CanScreen5 project. He has 302 publications in peer-reviewed journals with more than 9500 citations.

ABS President

Miss Leena Chagla is the President of the Association of Breast Surgery and past-President of the Liverpool and Northwest Society of Surgeons. She heads the breast unit at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals which is actively involved in clinical innovation and trials. She continues to publish regularly in peer reviewed journals.

Leena qualified from Grant Medical College, Mumbai, with a gold medal in Surgery. Whilst in India, she trained at the Sir JJ Hospital and at the Tata Memorial Cancer Centre. Her passion for surgical oncology developed in those formative years.

She is a popular speaker both nationally and internationally and is involved in the development of guidelines for the management of breast cancer. She is passionate about MDT working and she launched the Anti-bullying Campaign (#CoreItOut) for ABS in alliance with RCSEd. She represented ABS on the pathology Big 18 and the organising committee of Symposia Mammographicum.

Leena was instrumental in setting up the International Forum at ABS with a view to sharing good practice globally.  She is committed to improving and standardising Breast cancer care through education and training. She is an Educational Supervisor for the National Oncoplastic Fellow and she is a Professional Clinical Advisor for screening to Public Health England.

Outside of work Leena is a keen sportswoman having played water-polo for Maharashtra, Liverpool and the Northern Counties at the highest level.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Rajiv is a consultant surgeon in the Nightingale & Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention Centre, at Wythenshawe Hospital, which is recognised as one of the largest Breast symptomatic and screening units in the UK. This is a recognised centre of excellence, providing complex oncoplastic breast surgery and leading on new technology. His specialist surgical training, which spanned over 10 years, includes a TIG Oncoplastic fellowship in Manchester, and an International Fellowship (Breast, Endocrine and Melanoma) in Melbourne, Australia.

All India Institute of Medical Sciences

34 Years Experience in Academic surgical Oncology Field. Established High Volume Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Program at  AIIMS & National Cancer Institute, New Delhi. Established Prospective Computerised Breast Cancer Data base Program. Trained more than 200 cancer surgeons in India. Published 250 scientific articles in reputed Journals. Published a Book " Oncoplasty & Reconstruction " as Editor (Springer). Former Head of Surgical oncology AIIMS, New Delhi. Past President of Association of Breast Surgeons of India (ABSI). Past President of Indian association of Surgical Oncology (IASO).

James Paget University Hospital

Sue Down is an Associate Professor at UEA and Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon and Clinical Lead for Breast surgery at the James Paget University Hospital. She Completed her initial surgical training in Manchester, and has a PhD in Cancer Studies at the University of Birmingham. She also Undertook a National TIG Oncoplastic Fellowship and was Chair of the National Breast Trainees Group. In addition to her clinical role, she is Course Director for several award winning Mastership programmes in Specialist Breast Surgery at the University of East Anglia and has broad experience in clinical assessment methods. Sue is the Current Chair of the National Education and Training committee, Association of Breast Surgery, UK.

Oxford University

Toral Gathani is an Associate Professor in the Cancer Epidemiology Unit of the Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford and Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Marmara University School of Medicine

Prof. Bahadir M. Gulluoglu works at Marmara University School of Medicine, Department of General Surgery since 1991 and he is currently a full-time professor (tenured) at the same institution since 2009. He formerly served as the Vice-Coordinator and Head-Coordinator for clinical graduate medical education at Marmara University. Prof. Gulluoglu has been a member of his university's Institutional Review Board since 2011. He also serves as a faculty member at Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology, Targu Mures, Romania and the University of Kragujevac, Serbia. Prof. Gulluoglu is the co-founder of Marmara University Hospital, Breast Center, a member of the Breast Centres Network. Prof. Gulluoglu also works as a core faculty member at the European Academy of Senology (EAoS), the International Breast Ultrasonography School (IBUS), the European School of Oncology (ESO) and MANOSMED Mediterranean University of Mastology. He holds honorary fellowships from both the European Board of General Surgery and Breast Surgery. Besides, he works as a member of the BRESO (European Breast Surgical Oncology Certification) Structure Working Group. Prof. Gulluoglu is currently the academic leader of SENATURK (Senology Academy-Turkiye) and country coordinator of the Oncoplastic Breast Consortium (OPBC), Basel, Switzerland. He formerly served at the UEMS Breast Surgery Division of the European Board of Surgery and Senologic International Society (SIS) as deputy secretary, the Committee for National Breast Cancer Screening at the Turkish Ministry of Health as the chair and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Resource-Stratified Guideline Advisory Group as a panel member. Besides, Prof. Gulluoglu is an honorary member of the Bulgarian Surgical Society, the Romanian Society for Breast Surgery and Oncology and the Association of Breast Surgeons of India (ABSI). He is the founding executive member of the Turkish Society of Breast Surgery and the institutional research coordinator of the EORTC Breast Cancer Group. He is also the program chair of SENATURK’s International “Multidisciplinary Breast Health Care & Advanced Breast Cancer Surgery” Fellowship Program in Istanbul. Prof. Gulluoglu is the co-chair of the International Istanbul Breast Cancer Conference (Breastanbul) and (Turkish) National Health Quality Forum (USKAF). He is the convenor of Istanbul Reconstructive Breast Cancer Surgery (IREBS), Breast Surgical Ultrasound (SENUS), Breast Cancer Surgery Essentials (BRESSENTIAL) Workshops and Board of Directors member at biannual Breastics24h virtual meetings. Prof. Gulluoglu currently serves as the associate editor at Breast Care (Karger).

Luton and Dunstable University Hospital

Ruth James is a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon at the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital. She is a member of the International Committee of the ABS.

COSECSA

Professor Muguti is a past President of the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA). He is the Professor of Surgery and Professorial Chair in the Department of Surgical Sciences at the University of Zimbabwe. He is also an Adjunct Clinical Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine, USA and Medical Director of The Avenues Clinic in Harare. He trained in Zimbabwe, Edinburgh, U. K. and Sydney, Australia. He did a Fellowship in Hepatobiliary Surgery at Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney. His clinical and research interests are in general surgery and plastic and reconstructive surgery. He established the Plastic Surgery training programme in Zimbabwe and has contributed substantially to the development of plastic and reconstructive surgery in the COSECSA region in his role as the first long serving Programme Director in the College.

 He has worked as a Consultant Surgeon in Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom and has been Clinical Tutor at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, U.K. Professor Muguti has served as a Commissioner on the Zimbabwe Health Review Commission and Foundation President of the Surgical Society of Zimbabwe. He is past Editor-in-Chief of the Central African Journal of Medicine.

In 2016 he was invited to deliver the annual Rowan Nicks lecture at the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and was awarded the College Medal.  He was awarded the Honorary FRCS(Eng) by the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1998. More recently he was the featured Guest Speaker at the ReSurge International 2023 Transformations Gala in San Francisco, USA and was awarded the Donald R Laub Humanitarian Award for his successful leadership as President of the College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) and for the key role he played in the development of plastic and reconstructive surgery in Zimbabwe and the COSECSA region. In September 2023 he was awarded the Zimbabwe Medical Association Lifetime Achievement Award for services to medicine. Professor Muguti has been the main driving force in the establishment of the University of Zimbabwe International Centre for Surgical Simulation (UZICSS). The Centre which was established as a collaboration between the University of Zimbabwe and Karl Storz, Endoskope, Germany was designed as the training hub for minimally invasive surgery in Zimbabwe and Sub-Saharan Africa. He is well published in both general surgery and plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital

Dr Bahaty Riogi is a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon in Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital in Western Kenya. She did her training in General Surgery at Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi and her Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Fellowship at St Helens and Knowsley NHS Hospital under the International Surgical Training Program (ISTP) at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2020. She also holds a masters in surgery in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery from University of East Anglia under a scholarship from the Association of Breast Surgery. 

She’s the lead for breast services in Kisii County and the breast MDT in her region. She has passion for improving access to breast services in Kenya and works closely with patient survivor groups and the community. She has participated in several collaborative projects to improve awareness in breast cancer and increase oncology training among healthcare workers in Kenya. She’s currently leading the establishment of a cancer registry in her region.

Amy is currently a TIG fellow. She has an interest in Global Health and contributes to a number of projects in East Africa that aim to improve Breast Cancer outcomes. She is the creator of the website bobresource.com, a collaborative online platform for Breast Cancer practitioners.

IPGMER & SSKM Hospitals, Kolkata

Diptendra K Sarkar is a Professor of Surgery and chief of the Breast Surgery and Research Unit at IPGMER, Kolkata, India. In 1999 he received the B Rammurthi award (from the National Board of Examinations for securing the highest position in India. He was awarded the prestigious GB Ong award by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh for topping in FRCS exam in 2000. He is a Past President of the Association of Breast Surgeons of India and Immediate Past President of ASIWB chapter.He is presently the Editor in Chief of the Annals of Breast Diseases and Associate Editor of Annals of Medical Science and Research.
He has been bestowed with the prestigious Fellowship of Faculty of Surgical trainers of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He is an examiner with the RCSEd and served as an Internation Surgical Advisor and Tutor for the College.
He received the Hauck Visiting Professorship of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA. 
He is a member of the working group committee on Breast Cancer screening in India and has been the international resource person for early diagnosis in breast cancer for Bangladesh. He served as a member of the Governing Council of Association of Surgeons of India between 2012 and 2019.He is the resource person of “ Breast cancer screening program” in West Bengal. He is an expert for ICMR , ABSI and ASOMA for National Breast Cancer Guideline
His areas of interest include research in prognostic markers and locally advanced breast cancer. He has written more than 80 peer-reviewed articles and contributed to 3 book chapters. Prof Sarkar has delivered more than 300 invited talks(Plenary talks at ABS, UK and ASBS, Bangladesh).  His basic research on cox-2 receptors and role of aspirin has been highly acclaimed internationally. Oncoplasty in LABC , the major problem in most developing countries, is another area in which he has been working with various innovations. He is presently engaged in innovative surgical techniques for axilla.
He has been an examiner for UG and PG courses(MS DNB MRCS) for almost a decade. He is guide for PhD and post Doctorate program with various universities and has been the Principal Investigator of various projects run by DST and WHO-IARC ( portable Ultrasound Device).

National Cancer Institute, Cairo University

Dr. Omar Z. Youssef is currently working as full professor of surgical oncology in the national cancer institute (NCI), Cairo University.
He is the past president of Breast Surgery International (BSI) an integrated society of the international society of surgery.
He was trained as a fellow of plastic surgery in the department of reconstructive surgery in the European institute of oncology (EIO), Milan, Italy. Then, he worked as a senior resident of surgery in Institut Gustave-Roussy in Paris, France.
His subspecialty is oncoplastic and reconstructive breast surgery, with main research area in locally advanced breast cancer, breast oncoplastic and reconstructive surgery. His main academic activities include teaching and training young surgeons in breast surgery, and the clinical management of breast cancer in LMIC.
He has also extended his experience in some African countries.
He has several publications on breast oncoplastic and reconstructive surgery and has been invited and presented talks in these specialties in many international conferences.
He has successfully organized 6 successive workshops in breast oncoplastic and reconstructive surgery in Cairo during the last 7 years in collaboration with the European School of Oncology and a well-known international faculty from UK, France and Italy.
He is a member of the editorial board of several regional and international medical journals.