George Tsoulfas Department of Surgery Aristoteleion University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece Jamal J Hoballah Department of Surgery American University of Beirut Medical Center Hamra, Beirut Lebanon George C. Velmahos Department of Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA USA Yik-Hong Ho Department of Surgery James Cook University Douglas Australia

Global epidemiology of parasitic diseases.- Classification of parasitic diseases.- The role of surgery in treating protozoan parasitic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.- The role of surgery in treating parasitic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract from nematodes.- The role of surgery in treating parasitic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract from cestodes.- The role of surgery in treating parasitic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract from trematodes.- What a surgeon needs to know about the diagnosis and (medical) treatment of hydatid disease.- Management of hepatic echinococcal disease and its complications.- Asymptomatic liver hydatid cysts: is there a role for non-operative management?.- Management of thoracic hydatid disease and its abdominal complications.- Management of extra-hepatic abdominal echinococcal disease and its complications.- Percutaneous treatment of liver hydatid cysts - where is its place in the surgeon's armamentarium?.- The role of surgery in the management of echinococcus multilocularis.- The role of emergency surgery in hydatid liver disease.- Management of cystic echinococcosis complications and dissemination.- Is there a role for minimally invasive surgery in the management of hydatid liver disease.- The role of the WHO in the global management of hydatid disease. Lessons learnt in the field.- Surgical management of parasitic diseases involving the heart.- Surgical management of parasitic diseases involving the lungs.- Surgical management of parasitic diseases involving the brain and peripheral nervous system.- Surgical management of parasitic diseases involving the vascular system.- Surgical management of parasitic diseases involving the urinary system.- Parasitic infestations requiring surgical treatment in a pediatric population.- Parasitic infestations in the immunocompromised host: prevention, diagnosis and management.- Parasitic infestations in pregnancy: surgical challenges and dilemmas.