Dear friends

Greetings from IAGES Central Office IAGES has now become one of the largest academic forums in the global stage of Minimal Access Surgery with close to 10000 members. Teaching, training and knowledge sharing are the key attributes of our association. FIAGES (Fellowship in Essential laparoscopic Surgery), EFIAGES (Fellowship in Basic flexible endoscopy) FALS (Fellowship in advanced laparoscopic Surgery in 7 subspecialties namely Upper GI, HPB, Colorectal surgery, Bariatric surgery, Robotic surgery, Hernia and Oncology) FAGIE ( Fellowship in advanced gastrointestinal endoscopy in 4 subspecialties namely Colonoscopy, ERCP, Therapeutic Upper GI and 3rd space endoscopy) are the regular fellowship courses held periodically in various institutions across our country

Thanks to Dr.Ashish Vashistha and his team @ Max Healthcare; we are pleased to bring FALS Hernia to our capital city.

FALS Hernia is the advanced MAS course in the art and science of herniology with key lectures, panel discussions and live operative workshop to fine-tune our cognitive and technical skills. There will also be special emphasis on role of robotic surgery in the management of hernia. This will be followed by assessment module with 100 questions MCQ and Viva for all fellowship candidates joining as examination category.

All surgeons with more than 2 years of experience in this chosen specialty after MS/DNB are eligible to take up this fellowship course. Successful fellowship candidates will be conferred FALS Hernia (Fellowship of IAGES) during the convocation on 4th February 2024 Chennai. Please note IAGES membership and registration to IAGES 2024 Chennai are prerequisites to obtain fellowship certification. We look forward to welcome you to Delhi for this academic feast and festival

We convey our heartfelt wishes to team FALS Hernia @ Max Super specialty hospital, Saket, for a memorable and successful scientific program.

Affectionately yours

Dr. Easwarmoorthy President, IAGES