EAES endorsement in endoscopic surgery for:
– basic & advanced course
– event: congress / meeting / symposium
One of the aims of the EAES Education & Training committee is to ensure that appropriate endoscopic training courses and events are available in Europe for residents in training and certified surgeons who wish to be trained in endoscopic surgery. All European education centres who run courses in endoscopic surgery may apply for EAES endorsement.
You can also apply for an EAES endorsement of an event, such as a congress.
Course
Event
The application will be reviewed by the Education & Training Committee concerning the concepts, faculty and content of the course and or event.
Approved course(s) and events will be published in the EAES newsletter and promoted through social media.
For any questions, please send an email to muriel.van.eck@eaes.eu.
2026
| Course title | Minimal Invasive Techniques for Gynecological Pathology |
| Course dates | 07 – 09 October |
| Director | Dr Bogdana Banescu |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Surgical Training Institute Nicolae Caramfil Street 85A 014142 Bucharest, Romania Contact person: Andreea Virjan Contact email: registration Phone: tel:+40752288019 |
| Course title | Summer European Ultrasound Course for Surgeons |
| Course dates | 14 – 16 October |
| Director | Dr Calin Tiu |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Surgical Training Institute Nicolae Caramfil Street 85A 014142 Bucharest, Romania Contact person: Dr Calin Tiu Contact email: registration Phone: tel:+40722452576 |
| Course title | Minimally Invasive Techniques for Inguinal Hernias |
| Course dates | 22 – 23 October |
| Director | Dr Florin Turcu |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Surgical Training Institute Nicolae Caramfil Street 85A 014142 Bucharest, Romania Contact person: Andreea Virjan Contact email: registration Phone: tel:+40752288019 |
| Course title | Minimal Invasive Techniques for Colorectal Pathology |
| Course dates | 04 – 06 November |
| Director | Dr Victor Tomulescu |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Surgical Training Institute Nicolae Caramfil Street 85A 014142 Bucharest, Romania Contact person: Andreea Virjan Contact email: registration Phone: tel:+40752288019 |
| Course title | Becoming a Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeon – 5th Young IFSO Course and 1st Eastern Europe Editionmally Invasive Techniques for Colorectal Pathology |
| Course dates | 07 – 08 November |
| Director | Prof Catalin Copaescu |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Surgical Training Institute Nicolae Caramfil Street 85A 014142 Bucharest, Romania Contact person: Andreea Virjan Contact email: registration Phone: tel:+40752288019 |
| Course title | Minimally Invasive Techniques for Colorectal Pathology |
| Course dates | 18 – 20 November |
| Director | Dr Victor Tomulescu |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Surgical Training Institute Nicolae Caramfil Street 85A 014142 Bucharest, Romania Contact person: Andreea Virjan Contact email: registration Phone: tel:+40752288019 |
| Course title | Fluorescence-Guided Surgery: From Perfusion Assessment to Precision Surgical Navigation Techniques for Colorectal Pathology |
| Course dates | 19 November |
| Director | Ass. Prof Mahdi Al-Taher |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Conrad Etihad Towers, Abu Dhabi Corniche Street Al Bateen W32 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Contact person: Ass. Prof Mahdi Al-Taher Contact email: registration Phone: tel:00971505439241 |
| Course title | EAES course on Basic Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery |
| Course dates | 21 – 23 November |
| Director | Assoc. Prof Marek Soltes |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Koliba u dobrého pastiera Čremošná 8684 034 06 Ružomberok, Slovak Republic Contact person: Andrea Vidovencova Contact email: registration |
| Course title | Acute care surgery workshop for visceral and gastrointestinal emergencies (other than trauma) |
| Course dates | 23 – 24 November |
| Director | PH. Dr. Dorin Eugen Popa |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Centre for Teaching & Research in Disaster Medicine and Traumatology Johanne Magnus väg 11 583 30 Linköping, Sweden Contact person: Dorin Eugen Popa Contact phone: phone:+46730702892 Contact email: Registration |
2027
| Course title | EAES course on Basic Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery |
| Course dates | 15 – 17 January |
| Director | Assoc. Prof Marek Soltes |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Hotel Janosik Janosikovo nabrezie 1 Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovak Republic Contact person: Andrea Vidovencova Contact email: registration |
| Course title | 5th EAES Course on Basic Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery |
| Course dates | 05 – 07 May |
| Director | Assoc. Prof Marek Soltes |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Klaipeda University – STEAM Centre Herkus Mantas Street 84 Klaipeda, Lithuania Contact person: Jonas Jurgaitis Contact email: registration |
Past courses
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| Course title | EAES course on Basic Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery |
| Course dates | 16 – 18 January |
| Director | Assoc. Prof Marek Soltes |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Hotel Janosik Janosikovo nabrezie 1 031 01 040 01 Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovak republic Contact person: Andrea Vidovencova Contact email: registration |
| Course title | Basic Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery |
| Course dates | 09 – 11 February |
| Director | Dr Florin Turcu |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Surgical Training Institute Nicolae Caramfil Street 85A 014142 Bucharest, Romania Contact person: Andreea Virjan Contact email: registration Phone: tel:+40752288019 |
| Course title | Introduction in laparoscopic surgery |
| Course dates | 20 – 22 February |
| Director | Dr Diana Schlanger and Dr Calin Popa |
| Course website | |
| Venue | The Simulation and Practical Skills Center “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca Str. Gh. Marinescu nr.23 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Contact email: registration |
| Course title | Hands-on robotics course – Module 2 |
| Course dates | 24 – 25 February |
| Director | Prof Hans Fuchs & Prof Barbara Seeliger |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Freiburg Training Center Intuitive Guerickestraße 1 79108 Freiburg, Germany Contact email: information & registration |
| Course title | Interventional Techniques in Digestive Endoscopy |
| Course dates | 26 – 27 February |
| Director | Dr Florin Turcu |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Surgical Training Institute Nicolae Caramfil Street 85A 014142 Bucharest, Romania Contact person: Andreea Virjan Contact email: registration Phone: tel:+40752288019 |
| Event title | Surgical AI & Telesurgery Days |
| Event dates | 26 – 28 February 2026 |
| Course website | |
| Venue | ORSI Academy Proefhoevestraat 12 9090 Melle Contact e-mail: Registration |
| Course title | EAES course on Basic Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery |
| Course dates | 12 – 14 March |
| Director | Assoc. Prof Marek Soltes |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Zan Mitrev Clinic Bledski Dogovor 8 Skopje, Macedonia Contact person: Dr Klaudia Gjinoska Contact email: registration |
| Course title | Emergency Surgery Course – ESC |
| Course dates | 16 – 17 March |
| Director | Prof Selman Uranüs |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Medical University of Graz Department of Surgery Auenbruggerplatz 5 A-8036 Graz, Austria Contact person: Rosmarie Suppan Contact email: registration Phone: +43 31638583018 |
| Course title | Laparoscopic suturing Hands-on workshop |
| Course dates | 20 – 28 March |
| Director | Dr Diana Schlanger and Dr Calin Popa |
| Course website | |
| Venue | The Simulation and Practical Skills Center “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca Str. Gh. Marinescu nr.23 Cluj-Napoca, Romania Contact email: registration |
| Course title | EAES course on Basic Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery |
| Course dates | 07 – 09 May |
| Director | Assoc. Prof Marek Soltes |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Klaipeda University Herkaus Manto str. 84 92294 Klaipeda, Lithuania Contact person: Prof Jonas Jurgaitis Contact email: registration |
| Course title | XI EUS & Endo live Symposium, Workshop and IV Pancreatobiliary Endoscopy Workshop |
| Course dates | 08 – 09 May |
| Director | Prof Mateusz Jagielski |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Nicolaus Copernicus Univeristy in Toruń Sw.Jozefa Street 53-59 87-100 Toruń, Poland Contact email: registration |
| Course title | Endolaparoscopy XXVI – Basic hands-on course |
| Course dates | 23 – 24 May |
| Director | Assoc. Prof Wlodzimierz Majewski |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Medical Simulations Centre, Pomeranian Medical University Klonowica st. 50 70-240 Szczecin, Poland Contact email: registration |
| Course title | Surgical Data Science Summer School |
| Course dates | 08 – 12 June |
| Director | Dr Pietro Mascagni |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Institute of Image-Guided Surgery 1 place de l’Hôpital 67091 Strasbourg, France Contact email: registration |
| Event title | MedStar Health International Colorectal Disease Symposium 2026 |
| Event dates | 18 – 19 June 2026 |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Fairmont Washington D.C. Georgetown 2401 M St NW 20037 Washington, DC United States of America Contact e-mail: Registration |
| Course title | EAES course MASTERCLASS I How I Do It in Abdominal Wall Surgery and Hiatal Hernia Surgery |
| Course dates | 23 June |
| Director | Dr Vasilleios Drakopoulos |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Athens/ NIMTS Hospital Auditorium Monis Petraki 10-12, P.C.: 11521, Athens, Greece Contact person: Dr Fotis Archontovasilis Contact email: registration |
| Course title | EAES course MASTERCLASS II How I Do It in Bariatric-Metabolic Surgery and in Laparoscopic/Robotic Endocrine Surgery |
| Course dates | 23 June |
| Director | Dr Vasilleios Drakopoulos |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Athens/ NIMTS Hospital Auditorium Monis Petraki 10-12, P.C.: 11521, Athens, Greece Contact person: Dr Fotis Archontovasilis Contact email: registration |
| Course title | EAES course MASTERCLASS III How I Do It in Modern Colorectal Surgery: Laparoscopic and Robotic approach on Basic Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery |
| Course dates | 23 June |
| Director | Dr Vasilleios Drakopoulos |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Athens/ NIMTS Hospital Auditorium Monis Petraki 10-12, P.C.: 11521, Athens, Greece Contact person: Dr Fotis Archontovasilis Contact email: registration |
| Course title | EAES course on Basic Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery |
| Course dates | 27 – 29 June |
| Director | Assoc. Prof Marek Soltes |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Vedeckotechnicky park Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci Slechtitelu 813/21 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic Contact person: Andrea Vidovencova Contact email: registration |
| Course title | Basic Laparoscopic and Suturing Skills Workshop |
| Course dates | 31 August – 01 September |
| Director | PH. Dr Dorin Eugen Popa |
| Course website | |
Venue | Clinicum Training Centre Linköping, Sweden Region Östergötland Clinicum Ingång 50, Plan 12 Universitetssjukhuset 581 85 Linköping, Sweden Contact person: PH. Dr Dorin Eugen Popa Contact email: registration |
| Course title | EAES course on Basic Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery |
| Course dates | 03 – 05 September |
| Director | Assoc. Prof Marek Soltés |
| Course website | |
Venue | University of Montenegro Faculty of Medicine Krusevac bb 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro Contact person: Dr Miljan Zindovic Contact email: registration |
| Event title | SafeSurg: Workshop on AI for Safe Surgery |
| Event dates | 27 – September – 01 October |
| Course website | |
| Venue | IHU Strasbourg, University Strasbourg 67000 Strasbourg, France Contact e-mail: Registration |
| Course title | Basic Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery |
| Course dates | 28 – 30 September |
| Director | Dr Florin Turcu |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Surgical Training Institute Nicolae Caramfil Street 85A 014142 Bucharest, Romania Contact person: Andreea Virjan Contact email: registration Phone: tel:+40752288019 |
| Course title | EAES course on Basic Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery |
| Course dates | 01 – 03 October |
| Director | Assoc. Prof Marek Soltes |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Zan Mitrev Clinic Bledski Dogovor 8 Skopje, Macedonia Contact person: Klaudi Gjinoska Contact email: registration |
| Course title | Hands-on robotics course – Module 2 |
| Course dates | 05 – 06 October |
| Director | Prof Hans Fuchs & Prof Barbara Seeliger |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Freiburg Training Center Intuitive Guerickestraße 1 79108 Freiburg, Germany Contact email: information & registration |
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| Course title | Abdominal wall hands on course |
| Course dates | Thursday 23 January 2025 |
| Course website | |
| Venue | ORSI Academy Proefhoevestraat 12 9090 Gent (Melle) Contact phone: +31 40 2525288 Contact e-mail: Registration@eaes.eu |
| Course title | Colorectal hands on course |
| Course dates | Saturday 25 January 2025 |
| Course website | |
| Venue | ORSI Academy Proefhoevestraat 12 9090 Gent (Melle) Contact phone: +31 40 2525288 Contact e-mail: Registration@eaes.eu |
| Course title | Upper GI hands on course |
| Course dates | Saturday 25 January 2025 |
| Course website | |
| Venue | ORSI Academy Proefhoevestraat 12 9090 Gent (Melle) Contact phone: +31 40 2525288 Contact e-mail: Registration@eaes.eu |
| Course title | Basic Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery |
| Course dates | 27 – 29 January |
| Director | Dr Florin Turcu |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Surgical Training Institute Nicolae Caramfil Street 85A 014142 Bucharest, Romania Contact person: Andreea Virjan Constantinescu Contact email: registration & secretariat Phone: tel:+40752288019 |
| Event title | International Colorectal Disease Symposium |
| Course dates | 13 – 15 February |
| Event website | |
| Venue | Marriott Harbor Beach Resort 3030 Holiday Dr, 33316 Fort Lauderdale, USA Contact email: registration |
| Course title | Introduction in Laparoscopic surgery |
| Course dates | 21 – 23 February |
| Director | Dr. Călin Popa |
| Course website | |
| Venue | The Simulation and Practical Skills Center at the “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Marinescu street, no 23, 400337 Cluj-Napoca Romania Contact person: Diana Schlanger Contact email: information & registration |
| Course title | Interventional Techniques in Digestive Endoscopy |
| Course dates | 27 – 28 February |
| Director | Prof Catalin Copaescu |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Surgical Training Institute 85A Nicolae Caramfil Street 014142 Bucharest, Romania Contact person: Andreea Constantinescu Contact email: registration & information Phone: tel: +40752288019 |
| Event title | Surgical AI & Telesurgery Days |
| Event dates | 27 February – 01 March |
| Event website | |
| Venue | Oude Vismijn Sint-Veerleplein 5 9000 Ghent, Belgium Contact phone: +32 9 334 69 26 Contact e-mail: surgical.ai@orsi.be |
| Course title | Emergency Surgery Course |
| Course dates | 17 – 18 March |
| Director | Prof Selman Uranüs |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Medical University of Graz Department of Surgery Auenbruggerplatz 5 A-8036 Graz, Austria Contact person: Rosmarie Suppan Contact email: registration & information Phone: +43 31638583018 |
| Course title | EAES course on suturing in laparoscopic surgery |
| Course dates | 21 – 22 March |
| Director | Prof Marek Soltes |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Congress hotel Centrum Juzna trieda 2/A 04001 Kosice, Slovak republic Contact person: Andrea Vidovencova Contact email: registration |
| Course title | EAES Advanced Laparoscopic Upper GI Surgery Course |
| Course dates | 22 – 25 April |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Surgical Skills Centre, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School Surgical Skills Centre, Level 5 DD1 9SY Dundee, United Kingdom Contact person: Susan Young Contact email: registration & secretariat Phone: +441382383412 |
| Course title | Introduction in laparoscopic surgery – Module 1 |
| Course dates | 02 – 03 May |
| Director | Dr. Călin Popa |
| Course website | |
| Venue | The Simulation and Practical Skills Center at the “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Marinescu street, no 23, 400337 Cluj-Napoca Romania Contact person: Diana Schlanger Contact email: centrulsergiuduca@gmail.com & secretariat Phone: +40743300045 |
| Course title | EAES course on Basic Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery |
| Course dates | 08 – 10 May |
| Director | Prof Marek Soltes |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Klaipeda university Herkaus Manto 84 04001 Klaipeda, Lithuania Contact person: Andrea Vidovencova Contact email: registration |
| Course title | X National EUS & Endo live Symposium, Workshop and III Pancreatobiliary Endoscopy Workshop |
| Course dates | 09 – 10 May |
| Director | Prof Mateusz Jagielski |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Nicolaus Copernicus Univeristy in Toruń Sw.Jozefa Street 53-59 87-100 Toruń, Poland Contact email: registration |
| Course title | EAES Advanced Laparoscopic Lower GI Surgery Course |
| Course dates | 12 – 15 May |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Surgical Skills Centre, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School Surgical Skills Centre, Level 5 DD1 9SY Dundee, United Kingdom Contact person: Susan Young Contact email: registration & secretariat Phone: +441382383412 |
| Course title | Basic Endolaparoscopic skills hands-on course edition XXV |
| Course dates | 24 – 25 May |
| Director | Prof. Wlodzimierz D. Majewski |
| Course website | PUM |
| Venue | Medical Simulations Center, Pomeranian Medical University (PMU) 8.40. room 2 (ground floor) Klonowica st. 50 71-240 Szczecin – Poland Contact email: wdmajewski@poczta.wp.pl Secretary: + 48 605 924 492 |
| Event title | 16th National Congress of Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgery |
| Course dates | 29 May – 1 June |
| Event website | |
| Venue | Crowne Plaza Hotel Michalakopoulou Street, 50 Athens 11528, Greece Contact email: registration |
| Course title | Introduction in laparoscopic surgery – Module 2 |
| Course dates | 30 – 31 May |
| Director | Dr. Călin Popa |
| Course website | |
| Venue | The Simulation and Practical Skills Center at the “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Marinescu street, no 23, 400337 Cluj-Napoca Romania Contact person: Diana Schlanger Contact email: centrulsergiuduca@gmail.com & secretariat Phone: +40743300045 |
| Course title | EAES course on Basic Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery |
| Course dates | 27 – 29 June |
| Director | Prof Marek Soltes |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Vedeckotechnický park Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci Slechtitelu 813/21 77900 Olomouc Holice, Czech republic Contact person: Andrea Vidovencova Contact email: registration |
| Course title | Basic Laparoscopic and Suturing Skills Workshop |
| Course dates | 08 – 09 September |
| Director | PH. Dr. Dorin Eugen Popa |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Center for Catastrophes in Medicine (KMC) Johannes Magnus väg 11 58330 Linköping, Sweden Contact person: PH. Dr. Dorin Eugen Popa Contact email: registration Phone: +46 730 702 892 |
| Course title | Basic Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery |
| Course dates | 29 September – 01 October |
| Director | Assoc. Prof Marek Soltes |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Surgical Training Institute Nicolae Caramfil Street 85A 014142 Bucharest, Romania Contact person: Andreea Virjan Contact email: registration Phone: +40752288019 |
| Course title | Minimally Invasive Techniques for Inguinal Hernias |
| Course dates | 02 – 03 October |
| Director | Dr Florin Turcu |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Surgical Training Institute Nicolae Caramfil Street 85A 014142 Bucharest, Romania Contact person: Andreea Virjan Contact email: registration Phone: +40752288019 |
| Course title | Minimal Invasive Techniques for Gynecological Pathology |
| Course dates | 22 – 24 October |
| Director | Prof Catalin Copaescu |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Surgical Training Institute 85A Nicolae Caramfil Street 014142 Bucharest, Romania Contact person: Andreea Constantinescu Contact email: registration Phone: tel: +40752288019 |
| Course title | Basic Laparoscopy |
| Course dates | 04 – 07 November |
| Director | Prof.Dr.med Lubomir Martinek |
| Course website | |
| Venue | University Hospital Ostrava, Simulation Centre of the University of Ostrava Hotel Department of Surgery listopadu 1790/5 739 32 Ostrava, Czech Republic Contact person: Monika Ulmannova Contact phone: +420 597 375 052 Contact email: registration |
| Course title | Minimal Invasive Techniques for Colorectal Pathology |
| Course dates | 05 – 07 November |
| Director | Dr Victor Tomulescu |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Surgical Training Institute Nicolae Caramfil 85A 014142 Bucharest, Romania Contact email: registration Phone: tel: +40752288019 |
| Course title | EAES Laparoscopic Lower GI Surgery Course |
| Course dates | 10 – 13 November |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Surgical Skills Centre, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School Surgical Skills Centre, Level 5 DD1 9SY Dundee, United Kingdom Contact person: Susan Young Contact email: registration & secretariat Phone: +441382383412 |
| Course title | ICG Guided Surgery |
| Course dates | 20 – 21 November |
| Director | Prof Victor Tomulescu |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Surgical Training Institute Nicolae Caramfil Street 85A 014142 Bucharest, Romania Contact person: Andreea Virjan Constantinescu Contact email: registration Phone: tel:+40752288019 |
| Course title | EAES course on Basic Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery |
| Course dates | 21 – 23 November |
| Director | Assoc. Prof Marek Soltes |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Hotel Centrum Juzna Trieda 2A 040 01 Kosice, Slovak republic Contact person: Andrea Vidovencova Contact email: registration |
| Course title | Acute care surgery workshop for visceral and gastrointestinal emergencies (other than trauma) |
| Course dates | 24 – 25 November |
| Director | PH. Dr. Dorin Eugen Popa |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Center for Catastrophes in Medicine (KMC) Johannes Magnus väg 11 58330 Linköping, Sweden Contact person: PH. Dr. Dorin Eugen Popa Contact email: registration Phone: +46 730 702 892 |
| Course title | EAES course on Basic Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery |
| Course dates | 28 – 30 November |
| Director | Assoc. Prof Marek Soltes |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Hotel Stupka Tale 100 97701 Horna Lehota, Slovak republic Contact person: Andrea Vidovencova Contact email: registration |
| Course title | EAES Laparoscopic Upper GI Surgery Course |
| Course dates | 15 – 18 December |
| Course website | |
| Venue | Surgical Skills Centre, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School Surgical Skills Centre, Level 5 DD1 9SY Dundee, United Kingdom Contact person: Susan Young Contact email: registration & secretariat Phone: +441382383412 |
