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2012-2013 OFFICERS


Tadashi Iwanaka, MD, PhDExecutive Committee





PRESIDENT
Tadashi Iwanaka, MD, PhD
Tokyo, Japan

PRESIDENT - ELECT
Benno Ure, M.D., Ph.D.

1ST VICE PRESIDENT
Mark L. Wulkan, M.D.

2ND VICE PRESIDENT
Maria Marcela Bailez, M.D.

SECRETARY
Juergen Schleef, M.D.

TREASURER
Marc A. Levitt, MD

EDITOR
Daniel J. Ostlie, MD

AMERICA'S REPRESENTATIVE
Timothy D. Kane, M.D.

EUROPEAN REPRESENTATIVE
David C. van der Zee, M.D., Ph.D.

WORLD-AT-LARGE REPRESENTATIVES
Edward Esteves, M.D.
Aayed R. Al-Qahtani, M.D.

PAST - PRESIDENT
Carroll M. Harmon, M.D., Ph.D.


2012-2013 COMMITTEES

Clinical & Practice Guidelines Committee

CHAIR Henri Steyaert, MD - Nice, France
CO-CHAIR Simon A. Clarke, FRCS - London, United Kingdom
Nicole M Chandler, MD - St Petersburg, USA
Piotr S. Czauderna, MD - Gdansk, Poland
Philip K. Frykman, MD, PhD - Los Angeles, USA 
Earl C. Downey, MD - Salt Lake City, USA              
Michael J. Goretsky, MD - Norfolk, USA                
Munther J. Haddad, MD - London, United Kingdom
Celeste Hollands, MD - Mobile, USA
Michael S. Irish, MD - Des Moines, USA
Saleem Islam, MD - Gainesville, USA
Tadashi Iwanaka, MD, PhD - Tokyo, Japan
Brian D. Kenney, MD - Columbus, USA
Gordon A. MacKinlay, MD, FRCS - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Martin L. Metzelder, MD - Hannover, Germany 
Matthijs W.N. Oomen, MD - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
J. Duncan Phillips, MD - Raleigh, USA
Mary C. Santos, MD - Rochester, USA
Carlos E. Prada Silvy, MD - Caracas, Venezuela
Suzanne M. Yoder, MD - Denver, USA

CME Taskforce Committee
CHAIR Celeste Hollands, MD - Spanish For, USA
CO-CHAIR Joseph Iocono, MD - Lexington, USA
CO-CHAIR Karen Diefenbach, MD - Columbus, USA
Development Committee

CHAIR Steven Rothenberg, MD - Denver, USA
CO-CHAIR Todd A. Ponsky, MD - Cleveland Heights, USA
Maria Marcela Bailez, MD - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Keith E. Georgeson, MD - Spokane, USA
Mohamed E. Hassan, PhD - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
George W. Holcomb III, MD - Kansas City, USA
Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD - Cincinnati, USA
Tadashi Iwanaka, MD, PhD - Tokyo, Japan
Marc A. Levitt, MD - Cincinnati, USA
Rajeev Prasad, MD - Philadelphia, USA
Benno Ure, MD - Hannover, Germany
David C. van der Zee, MD, PhD - Utrecht, The Netherlands
Atsuyuki Yamataka, MD - Tokyo, Japan

EAES Liaison Committee
David Van der Zee, MD - Utrecht, Netherland
Education Committee

CHAIR Milissa A. McKee, MD - New Haven, USA
CO-CHAIR Georges Azzie, MD - Toronto, Canada
Maria Marcela Bailez, MD - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mike K. Chen, MD - Birmingham, USA
Simon A. Clarke, FRCS - London, United Kingdom
Karen A. Diefenbach, MD - New Haven, USA
Sanjeev Dutta, MD, FRCS - Stanford, USA
Peter Thomas Esslinger, MD - Luzern, Switzerland
Justin T. Gerstle, MD - Toronto, Canada
Md. Jafrul Hannan, MS - Chittagong, Bangladesh
Joseph A. Iocono, MD - Lexington, USA
Dave R. Lal, MD - Milwaukee, USA
Pedro-Jose Lopez, MD - Vitacura, Chile
Holly L. Neville, MD - Miami, USA
Ramesh Santhanakrushnan, MD - Bangalore, India
Klaus Schaarschmidt, Prof - Berlin, Germany
Burak Tander, MD - Samsun, Turkey
David C. van der Zee, MD, PhD - Utrecht, The Netherlands
Kenneth K. Wong, MD - Hong Kong, China
Atsuyuki Yamataka, MD - Tokyo, Japan 
Suzanne M. Yoder, MD - Denver, USA
Abdalla Zarroug. MD - Rochester, USA

Emerging Technologies Committee

CHAIR Katherine A. Barsness, MD - Chicago, USA
CO-CHAIR Kenneth K. Wong, MD - Hong Kong, China
Jeremy T. Aidlen, MD - Providence, USA
Craig Albanese, MD - Stanford, USA
Sean Barnett. MD - Cincinnati, USA
Mike K. Chen, MD - Birmingham, USA
James M. DeCou, MD - Grand Rapids, USA
James D. Geiger, MD - Ann Arbor, USA
B. Haluk Guvenc, MD - Istanbul, Turkey
Andre Hebra, MD - Charleston, USA
Celeste Hollands, MD - Mobile, USA
David Juang, MD - Kansas City, USA
Peter Kim, MD - Toronto, Canada
Keith A. Kuenzler, MD - New York, USA
David A. Lanning, MD - Richmond, USA
John J. Meehan, MD - Seattle, USA
Oliver J. Muensterer, MD - New York, USA
Samir R. Pandya, MD - Atlanta, USA
Michael V. Tirabassi, MD - Portland, USA
Baran Tokar, MD - Eskisehir, Turkey
Andrew L. Wong, MD - Calgary, Canada
Tetsuya Ishimaru, MD - Tokyo, Japan
Mark L. Wulkan, MD - Atlanta, USA

Information Technology Committee

CHAIR Oliver J. Muensterer, MD - New York, USA
CO-CHAIR Manuel Lopez, MD - Saint Etienne, France
Anthony Chung-ning Chin, MD - Chicago, USA
Andre Hebra, MD - Charleston, USA
George W. Holcomb III, MD - Kansas City, USA
Saleem Islam, MD - Gainesville, USA
Nam Xuan Nguyen, MD - Los Angeles, USA
Paul H. Noh, MD - Cincinnati, USA
Samir R. Pandya, MD - Atlanta, USA
Robert L. Parry, MD - Akron, USA
Dariusz Patkowski, MD - Wroclaw, Poland
Todd A. Ponsky, MD - Cleveland Heights, USA
Heriberto L. Solano, MD - Calexico, USA
Satoshi Ieiri, MD -  Fukuoka. Japan
Mark L. Wulkan, MD - Atlanta, USA

Membership Committee

CHAIR Ciro Esposito, MD, PhD - Naples, Italy
Aayed R. Al-Qahtani, MD - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Mansour A.J. Ali, MD - Doha, Qatar
Maria Marcela Bailez, MD - Buenos Aires, Argentina

Milind R. Chitnis, MD - East London, South Africa
Peter Thomas Esslinger, MD - Luzern, Switzerland
Edward Esteves, MD - Goiania, Brazil
Wojciech Gorecki, MD - Kraków, Poland
Alexey A. Gusev, MD - Moscow, Russia
Carlos García-Hernández, MD - Mexico City, Mexico
Tadashi Iwanaka, MD, PhD - Tokyo, Japan
Timothy D. Kane, MD - Washington, USA
Long Li, MD - Beijing, China
Marcelo Martinez Ferro, MD - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ashwin Praful Pimpalwar, FRCS - Houston, USA
Ravindra H. Ramadwar, MS - Mumbai, India
Lily J. Saldana Gallo, MD - Lima, Peru
Osamu Segawa, MD - Tokyo, Japan
Atul J. Sabharwal, MD - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Juergen Schleef, MD - Trieste, Italy
Henri Steyaert, MD - Nice, France
David Van der Zee, MD - Utrecht, Netherlanads

Program Committee

CHAIR Todd A. Ponsky, MD - Cleveland Heights, USA
CO-CHAIR Miguel Guelfand, MD - Santiago, Chile
CO-CHAIR John J. Meehan, MD - Seattle, USA
Aayed R. Al-Qahtani, MD - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Maria Marcela Bailez, MD - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ciro Esposito, MD - Naples, Italy
Alan W. Flake, MD - Philadelphia, USA
James D. Geiger, MD - Ann Arbor, USA
Keith E. Georgeson, MD - Spokane, USA
Anna Gunnarsdóttir, MD - Lund, Sweden
Munther J. Haddad, MD - London, United Kingdom
Carroll M. Harmon, MD, PhD - Birmingham, USA
Ronald B. Hirschl, MD, FACS - Ann Arbor, USA
George W. Holcomb III, MD - Kansas City, USA
Celeste Hollands, MD - Spanish Fort, USA
Satoshi Ieiri, MD - Fukuoka, Japan
Saleem Islam, MD - Gainesville, USA
Tadashi Iwanaka, MD, PhD - Tokyo, Japan
Pablo Laje, MD - Philadelphia, USA
Marc A. Levitt, MD - Cincinnati, USA
Long Li, MD - Beijing, China
Sean S. Marven, MD - Sheffield, United Kingdom
Philippe Montupet, MD - Jouy en Josas, France
Hiroo Uchida, MD - Saitama, Japan
Oliver J. Muensterer, MD - New York, USA
Olivier Reinberg, MD - Lausanne, Switzerland
Fred Rescorla, MD - Indianapolis, USA
Steven Rothenberg, MD - Denver, USA
Atul J. Sabharwal, MD - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Benno Ure, MD, PhD - Hannover, Germany
Jean-Stephane Valla, Prof - Nice, France
Kenneth Wang, MD - Hong Kong, China
Philipp O. Szavay, MD - Tuebingen, Germany
Mark Wulkan, MD - Atlanta, USA
C.K. Yeung, MD - Hong Kong, China

Research Committee

CHAIR Shawn D. St Peter, MD - Kansas City, USA              
CO-CHAIR Pablo Laje, MD - Philadelphia, USA
Joanne E. Baerg, MD - Loma Linda, USA
Douglas Clyde Barnhart, MD - Salt Lake City, USA             
Katherine A. Barsness, MD - Chicago, USA
Brendan T. Campbell, MD - Hartford, USA
Jens Dingemann, MD - Hannover, Germany
Edward Esteves, MD - Goiania, Brazil     
Alexey A. Gusev, MD - Moscow, Russia
Carroll M. Harmon, MD, PhD - Birmingham, USA              
David Juang, MD - Kansas City, USA
Timothy D. Kane, MD - Washington, USA
Martin Lacher, MD - Hannover, Germany
Dave R. Lal, MD - Milwaukee, USA
Merrill C. McHoney, PhD - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Go Miyano, MD - Tokyo, Japan
Thanh Liem Nguyen, MD - Hanoi, Vietnam
David A. Partrick, MD - Aurora, USA
Lena Perger, MD - Birmingham, USA
Elizabeth Renaud, MD - Bronx, NY, USA      
Sherif M.K. Shehata, M.Ch, MD, Ph.D - Tanta, Egypt
Martin Van Niekerk, MD - Pretoria, South Africa

IPEG PAST-PRESIDENTS
Gordon A. MacKinlay, MD, FRCS   (2011)
Marcelo Martinez Ferro, MD   (2010)
George W. Holcomb III, MD        (2009)
Jean-Stephane Valla, MD   (2008)
Atsuyuki Yamataka, MD   (2007)
Keith Georgeson, MD   (2006)
Klaas (N) M.A. Bax, MD   (2005)
C. K. Yeung, MD   (2004)
Craig Albanese, MD   (2003)
Vincenzo Jasonni, MD   (2002)
Peter Borzi, MD   (2001)
Steven Rothenberg, MD   (2000)
Juergen Waldschmidt, MD   (1999)
Hock L. Tan, MD   (1998)
Takeshi Miyano, MD   (1997)
Steven Rubin, MD   (1996)
Gunter-Heinrich Willital, MD   (1995)