Dear Colleagues,

It is a great pleasure to invite you to the XIX International Congress on Colorectal Surgery, which is to be held in person, in the period 5th-7th October 2025, in the city of Varna, Bulgaria.

We will have the opportunity to meet in person and exchange valuable experience gained over the recent years, accumulated in this dynamically developing environment. This year’s congress will focus on Artificial Inteligence and robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery, personalised medicine and genetic research on colorectal cancer. Issues related to inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract will also be a part of the discussions.

For another year in a row congress will be unique and will stand out with the opportunity for your lectures to be personally filmed by a professional team within the event and, subject to your consent, to be published in the only virtual surgery academy in Bulgaria – GI Surgery Academy. You are welcome to share your surgical and therapeutic experience, expanding the scope of content in the virtual library of the platform, and we are committed to making it accessible and visible to the international surgical community..

Kind regards,
Your colleague from Varna, Bulgaria
Prof. Krasimir Ivanov, MD,PhD, DSc
Chairman of the Organising Committee of the Congress