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IPEG Leadership

2011-2012 OFFICERS

Executive Committee

PRESIDENT
Carroll M. Harmon, MD, PhD
Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Gordon A. MacKinlay

PRESIDENT - ELECT
Tadashi Iwanaka, M.D., Ph.D.

1ST VICE PRESIDENT
Benno Ure, M.D., Ph.D.

2ND VICE PRESIDENT
Mark L. Wulkan, M.D.

SECRETARY
Maria Marcela Bailez, M.D.

TREASURER
Marc A. Levitt, MD

EDITOR
Daniel J. Ostlie, MD

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

EUROPEAN REPRESENTATIVE
Juergen Schleef, MD

WORLD-AT-LARGE REPRESENTATIVES
Aayed R. Al-Qahtani, MD
Miguel Guelfand, M.D.

PAST - PRESIDENT
Gordon A. MacKinlay, M.D., FRCS


Tokyo, Japan


Hannover, Germany


Atlanta, Georgia, USA


Buenos Aires, Argentina


Cincinnati, Ohio, USA


Kansas City, Missouri, USA


Washington, DC, USA


Treiste, Italy


Riyadh, Saudia Arabia
Santiago, Chile


Edinburgh, Scotland


2011-2012 COMMITTEES

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
Carroll M. Harmon, MD, PhD - Birmingham, 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
Girolamo Mattioli, MD - Genoa, Italy
Azad Najmaldin, MD, FRCS - Leeds, United Kingdom
Rajeev Prasad, MD - Philadelphia, USA
David C. van der Zee, MD, PhD - Utrecht, The Netherlands
Atsuyuki Yamataka, MD - Tokyo, Japan

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
Alp Numanoglu, MD - Rondenbosch, South Africa
Ramesh Santhanakrushnan, MD - Bangalore, India
Klaus Schaarschmidt, Prof - Berlin, Germany
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

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
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
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
Robert C. Kanard, MD - Evanston, 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 
Mark L. Wulkan, MD - Atlanta, USA

Membership Committee

CHAIR Ciro Esposito, MD, PhD - Naples, Italy
CO-CHAIR Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD - Cincinnati, USA
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
Karen A. Diefenbach, MD - New Haven, USA
Peter Thomas Esslinger, MD - Luzern, Switzerland
Wojciech Gorecki, MD - Kraków, Poland
Miguel Guelfand, MD - Santiago, Chile 
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
Marcelo Martinez Ferro, MD - Buenos Aires, Argentina
J. Duncan Phillips, MD - Raleigh, USA
Ashwin Praful Pimpalwar, FRCS - Houston, USA
Todd A. Ponsky, MD - Cleveland Heights, USA
Ravindra H. Ramadwar, MS - Mumbai, India
Lily J. Saldana Gallo, MD - Lima, Peru
Atul J. Sabharwal, MD - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Juergen Schleef, MD - Trieste, Italy
Henri Steyaert, MD - Nice, France

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
CO-CHAIR Holger Till, MD - Leipzig, Germany
Aayed R. Al-Qahtani, MD - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Maria Marcela Bailez, MD - Buenos Aires, Argentina
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
Ciro Esposito, MD, PhD - Naples, Italy
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
Gordon A. MacKinlay, MD, FRCS - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Sean S. Marven, MD - Sheffield, United Kingdom
Philippe Montupet, MD - Jouy en Josas, France
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
Shawn D. St Peter, MD - Kansas City, USA
Benno Ure, MD, PhD - Hannover, Germany
Jean-Stephane Valla, Prof - Nice, France
Philipp O. Szavay, MD - Tuebingen, Germany
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
Saleh Ibrahim Al Nassar, MD - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Craig Albanese, MD - Stanford, 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
Joachim F. Kuebler, MD - Hannover, Germany  
Dave R. Lal, MD - Milwaukee, USA
Merrill C. McHoney, PhD - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
David A. Partrick, MD - Aurora, USA
Lena Perger, MD - Birmingham, USA      
Sherif M.K. Shehata, M.Ch, MD, Ph.D - Tanta, Egypt
Benno Ure, MD, PhD - Hannover, Germany
Martin Van Niekerk, MD - Pretoria, South Africa

Standards and Safety 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

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)