Summer School of Experimental Surgery

Dr. Alexandre Hermann Christos Anthis
Dept. of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich

Prof. Dr. med. Pierre-Alain Clavien
Klinik für Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie, Universitätsspital Zürich

Prof. Dr. med. Uta Dahmen
Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Gefäßchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Jena

Prof. Dr. Inge Herrmann
Dept. of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich

Dr. M. M. A. Monique Verstegen Ph.D.
Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Vaclav Liska, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Teaching Hospital Pilsen, Charles University

Jan Benes, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Anaesthesiology
Head of Department of Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation
Department of Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation, Faculty of Medicine and Teaching Hospital Pilsen, Charles University

Lucie Bludovska
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Jan Bruha, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Teaching Hospital Pilsen, Charles University

Lenka Cervenkova, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Martin Fasko
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Ondrej Fiala, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Oncology
Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Teaching Hospital Pilsen, Charles University

Zuzana Fiserova
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Bc. Petra Havlickova
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Kari Hemminki, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Oncology
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Zdeňka Hlavatá
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Petr Hosek, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Jaroslav Hrabak, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Miroslav Jirik, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Department of Cybernetics, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Olexandra Khrustalova
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Milena Kralickova, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Histology and Embryology, Rector of the Charles University
Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Pavel Krystl, M.D.
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Lenka Kuberkova
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Daniel Lehner
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Ing. Maria Stefania Massaro
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Ilya Matsviayonak
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Hynek Mirka, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Radiology
Department of Imaging Methods, Faculty of Medicine and Teaching Hospital Pilsen, Charles University

Vladimira Moulisova, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Hana Nochevkina
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Yehor Pankratiev
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Robert Polak, M.D.
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Tomas Polenda
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Eduard Rohan, M.Sc., D.Sc.
Professor of Mechanics
Department of Mechanics, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Univesity of West Bohemia

Jachym Rosendorf, M.D., Ph.D.
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Sima Sarcevic, M.D.
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Jan Sevcik, M.D.
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Jitka Skrabalova, M.Sc.,M.A.
Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Pavel Soucek, M.Sc., CSc
Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University
Center of Toxicology and Health Safety, National Institute of Public Health, Prague

Milan Stengl, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology, Head of Department of Physiology
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Anna Strobachova
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Martin Strouhal
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

David Volak
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Ondrej Vycital, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Teaching Hospital Pilsen, Charles University

Daniel Vydra
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

Eliska Zaengerova
Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen, Charles University

The programme of SSES 2025 will be very similar to that of SSES 2024, which is shown below and can be downloaded here in PDF. The 2025 programme will be published here as soon as it ready.

The programme of WWVS 2020 can be downloaded in PDF by clicking here.

SSES 2025: 30 June to 11 July 2025 in Pilsen, Czech Republic  |  Application is now closed.

Dear Students,

Let me briefly introduce you to the goals of our Summer International School of Experimental Surgery and Winter Workshop of Visceral Surgery. Courses of this type are rare in the context of European higher education, and that is why I believe the SSES and WWVS will greatly contribute to the increase and expansion of curricula of students with a strong interest in surgical experimental work.

The Summer School of Experimental Surgery is open to (pre-graduate) medical students of third or higher year of study, it lasts two weeks and aims not only to demonstrate experimental surgery in practical exercises, but also to introduce you to the possibilities, limits and boundaries of the field. Considerable time and space is devoted to methods that can partially replace our experimental work or enhance it with an extra dimension – such as software modeling, working with cell cultures, etc. The curriculum also includes perioperative care of experimental animals, anesthesia, surgical techniques, preparation of animal models, experimental radiology, evaluation of the experiment (histological, biochemical, statistical methods, etc). Great emphasis is also put on the ethical aspects of experimental surgical procedures with regard to the principle of the 3R's (reduction, refinement, replacement).

The Winter Workshop of Visceral Surgery is a more intensive course for medical residents and veterinarians up to 2 years after graduation. Theoretical lectures are focused solely on surgery in greater detail and, adequately to the greater previous experience of the students, basic surgical techniques are briefly reviewed rather than taught from the ground up. The focus of the workshop is on practical training, summing up to a total of more than 24 hours at the operating theatre over the course of one week.

We are looking forward to seeing you at SSES or WWVS!

On behalf of the Preparatory Committee
Prof. Vaclav Liska, M.D., Ph.D.

3 November 2013
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1 November 2013
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25 October 2013
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