Anterior Resection and Anastomotic Leak

Dr. Richard J. Heald CBE, FRCS, FACS – Chairman of the Colorectal Cancer Programme, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal and; Founder of the Pelican Cancer Foundation, Basingstoke Hospital, UK Colorectal Surgery

Dr. Manish Chand MBBS, BSc, FRCS, FASCRS, MBA, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, AIS; Professor of Surgery, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and Director of Advanced MIS Programme, University College London, UK Colorectal Surgery

Dr. Anthony MacLean MD, FRCSC, FASCRS Colon and Rectal Surgeon Foothills Medical Center Chief, Section of General Surgery Calgary Zone; Clinical Professor Department of Surgery University of Calgary, Canada Colorectal Surgery

Dr. Gabriela Möslein F-EBS, F-ASCRS (Hon), Program Chair, ESCP European Society of Coloproctology; Chair EHTG, European Hereditary Tumor Group; Professor of Surgery and Department Head, Center for Hereditary Tumours, Ev. Krankenhaus Bethesda, University of Düsseldorf, Germany Colorectal Surgery

Dr. Hongwei Yao MD, PhD, General Secretary, Chinese Society of Colorectal Surgery (CNSCRS) Chairman, Chinese Society of TaTME Surgeons (CSTAS) Study chair, Chinese Colorectal Cancer surgery Database (CCCD) Study chair, Chinese TaTME Registry Collaborative (CTRC) Gastroenterology