Apply to Become a National Delegate for the IASSS

 

The International Association of Student Surgical Societies (IASSS) is the official, pre-specialist affiliated society of the International Society of Surgery (ISS-SIC).

We represent a community of aspiring surgical care physicians (including surgical, anaesthetic and allied health professionals) at various stages of training. Our organisation is comprised of students, junior doctors, trainees and residents from across the globe.

The IASSS team aims to foster a pre-specialist passion for surgical care and to cultivate a passion for safe, equitable, accessible surgical care for all.

We are hoping to connect with more surgical enthusiasts by recruiting national delegates (ND) from each region in the following regions: Africa, Asia, Oceania, Europe, Middle East, North America and South America.

Each region has an appointed chapter lead who will look after the national delegates of the associated region.

This role involves the following responsibilities and duties:

  • Identifying student surgical societies at universities in your country
  • Encouraging student surgical societies to sign up as members of the IASSS, if they have not already done so
  • Creating a collaborative network of all student surgical societies in your country
  • Identifying universities in your country that do not have student surgical societies 
  • Exploring the need for these universities to establish student surgical societies and guiding them to do so

If you are successful in your application to become an ND you will be assuming the role until December 2024. All positions will be open from January 2024 till August 2024.

If you are interested in applying, fill in this form.

If you would like more information, contact our president at [email protected]

2024 National Delegates by Region

Africa

Chapter Lead: Lorraine Sebopelo

 

National Delegates:

 

Botswana: Zina Khona

Burundi: Ineza Nsabiyumva Fine

Cameroon: Nathan Kengo

Egypt: Samaa Hassan

Ethiopia: Biruk Bekele

Ghana: Odalis Dede Ogum

Namibia: Michael Petrus

Nigeria: Tofunmi Adegoke

Rwanda: Regis Ishimwe

South Africa: Philip Hoffman

Sudan: Awab Khalafalla

Uganda: Richard Buule

Zambia: Mwape Chisanga

Asia

Chapter Lead: Eesha Shah

 

National Delegates:

 

Armenia: Sheezah Khan

Azerbaijan: Simge Kiran

China: Pushkar Bhure

India: Shraddha Gupta

Indonesia: Hanif Ardiansyah Sulistya

Kyrgyzstan: Vishnu Vardhan Rao Polla

Malaysia: Zeyi Ong

Nepal: Susmin Karki

Pakistan: Muhammad Saad Choudhry

Philippines: Abhirami Babu

Uzbekistan: Manas Nair

Europe

Chapter Lead: Marie Desonniaux

 

National Delegates:

 

Belgium: Marie Desonniaux

Georgia: Farhad Islam

Italy: Emily Apostolidou

Netherlands: Anne Hoekman

Romania: Julia Augusta Guimarães Dourado

Russia: Priyanjali Sharma

Turkey: Ali Emir Hamitoğlu

Serbia: Aleksandar Jovanović

North Macedonia: Gloria Gjorgova

Ukraine: Manu Sharan Srivastava

United Kingdom: Bella Milan-Chhatrisha

Middle East

Chapter Lead:

 

National Delegates:

 

Bahrain: Yusuf Ahmed

Jordan: Raneem Frihat

Lebanon: Zahi Hamdan

Saudi Arabia: Maha Awan

State of Palestine: Asil Abualrob

North America

Chapter Lead: Rami Abd-Rabu

 

National Delegates:

 

United States: Tyler Perleberg

Oceania

Chapter Lead: Angad Chauhan

 

National Delegates:

 

New Zealand: Angad Chauhan

South America

Chapter Lead: Alejandra Huaco

 

National Delegates:

 

Brazil: Billy McBenedict

Peru: Alejandra Huaco

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