About the Medical and Scientific Evidence Working Group 

The purpose of the medical and scientific working group is to strengthen the effectiveness and coordination of the Association’s activities through a global network of clinicians, healthcare workers and industry experts.
Members of the working group can collaborate on projects, share research with one another, streamlining the research and development being undertaken by our members, as well as encourage innovative thinking

The working group is chaired by a lead and a deputy lead, and each subgroup has a lead and a deputy lead. The WG and subgroup executive committee are re-elected every two years.

Lead: Prof. Adel Helmy (Associate Professor Neurosurgery, University of Cambridge Consultant Neurosurgeon, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust)

Co-lead: Prof. Mark Cohen (Dean, Carle Illinois College of Medicine and Senior Vice President and Chief Academic Officer of Carle Health)

Subgroups 

Medical and Scientific Evidence Working Group

- Prof. Alfred Wei-Chieh Kow (Head of Division, Division of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery, National University Hospital): Subgroup for liver surgery

- Dr. Darshan Bakshi (Co-Chief, Interventional Radiology, Clinical Assistant Professor - University of Calgary, Medical Director - Diagnostic Imaging Peter Lougheed Hospital Calgary Canada): Subgroup for Interventional Radiology

- Prof. Asif Raza (Honorary Associate Professor, Plymouth Medical and Dental School, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Imperial College, London, Consultant Urological Surgeon): Urological Subgroup

- Prof. Dirk Weyhe (Director of University Hospital for Visceral Surgery at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg; PIUS-Hospital, Oldenburg): research & clinical evaluation studies