16th European Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction Meeting

Welcome to epcm 2025 in Stockholm, Sweden, 22-24 October, 2025

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

It is a great pleasure to invite you to the 16th European Pediatric Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction Meeting to be organized at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden from 22nd to 24th of October 2025.

The meeting aims to bring together leading specialists in the field of pediatric colorectal and pelvic reconstructive surgery (pediatric surgeons, urologists, gynecologists, and gastroenterologists) from all over the world to exchange knowledge and ideas on all aspects of this field. The ultimate goal is to improve the quality of surgical care of patients with Hirschsprung disease, anorectal malformations, functional constipation, and fecal incontinence. The Scientific Committee will create a multidisciplinary programme with hands-on workshops, lectures and expert panels where prestigious experts will discuss controversial aspects of the specialty.

Karolinska Institutet is one of the world’s leading medical universities. Our vision is to advance knowledge about life and strive towards better health for all. The Karolinska Institutet accounts for the single largest share of all academic medical research conducted in Sweden and offers the countries broadest range of education in medicine and health sciences. The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska selects the Nobel laureates in Physiology and Medicine.

Tomas Wester, Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Marc Levitt, Chief, Division of Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction, Children’s National Hospital and Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, The George Washington School of Medicine, Washington DC

Ivo de Blaauw, Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Local organizing committee