A webinar on World Digestive Health Day – Early onset colorectal cancer.

The meeting is dedicated to an interdisciplinary team of specialists – from surgeons and oncologists to nursing and support staff.

Date: May 28, 2026 (Thursday)

Location: online

Participation in the webinar is free of charge.

Conditions of participation: submission of a completed registration form from the organizer’s website.

Confirmation of registration:

Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

Accepted applications will be confirmed by email/text message containing detailed organizational information.

Cancellation conditions:

Please send your cancellation by email to kontakt@cem-med.pl.

The organizer reserves the right to cancel the meeting, make changes to the program, and change the venue.

Organization Office: Medical Education Center, ul. Bysławska 84, 04-993 Warsaw, tel. 885 881 864

Miguel Fernandes da Conceição Cunha, MD, FEBS-C, is a Portuguese colorectal surgeon based at the Algarve University Hospital Center, Portugal, where he integrates the Reference Center of Rectal Cancer and leads the Proctology Clinic . He is a Fellow of the European Board of Coloproctology (FEBS-C) and completed an ESCP-sponsored fellowship in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery at Hospital del Mar, Barcelona.

Dr. Cunha serves on the Executive Committee of the European Society of Coloproctology as Chair of the Communications Committee and is section Editor of the International Journal of Colorectal Disease. He is Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Algarve and actively involved in surgical education and residency leadership.

His clinical practice is focused on colorectal minimally invasive surgery. His academic work centers on colorectal cancer, quality improvement, and sustainability in surgery. He is currently a PhD candidate in Clinical Research, focusing on “Sustainability in Surgery”. He has authored and co-authored 69 peer-reviewed publications, with an H-index of 26 , and has played a leading role in international collaborative studies.

José Azevedo is a colorectal surgeon who currently works in the Digestive Unit of Champalimaud Foundation in Portugal. His clinical practice is fully dedicated to colorectal cancer treatment. He is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon. The research interests are in colorectal cancer, namely the evaluation of the response to treatment in rectal cancer, early-stage rectal cancer, the use of minimally invasive surgery and the use of new artificial intelligence methods to support surgical clinical practice. He currently runs a program fully dedicated to early onset colorectal cancer patients at CF.