International Executive Council
World President-Elect
Thav Thambi-Pillai, MD, FICS
USA
Immediate Past World President
Prof. Aij-Lie Kwan, FICS
Chinese Taipei
World First Vice President
Prof. Karel Novak, FICS
Czech Republic
World Corporate Secretary
Dr. Nelson Mitsui, FICS
Paraguay
World Treasurer
Dr. Elias Tam, FICS
Singapore
Africa Federation Secretary
Prof. Alexandre Kokoua, FICS
Côte d'Ivoire
Asian Federation Secretary
Prof. Hisakazu Yamagishi, FICS
Japan
European Federation Secretary
Prof. Biagio Ravo, FICS
Rome
Latin American Federation Secretary
Dr. Francisco Suarez Anzorena, FICS
Argentina
North American Federation Secretary
Dr. Dixon Santana, FICS
USA
Pacific Federation Secretary
Dr. Fransiscus Arifin, FICS
Indonesia
Members
Prof. Antonio Alarco, FICS
Spain
Dr. Akanimo Essiet, FICS
Nigeria
Dr. Izabela Chudzicka-Strugala, FICS
Poland
Prof. Peter Lim, FICS
Singapore
Prof. Chih-Lung Lin, FICS
Chinese Taipei
Prof. Peter Nussbaumer, FICS
Switzerland
Siva Vithiananthan, MD, FICS
USA
Dr. Juan Barron-Blanco, FICS
Mexico
Past World Presidents
Prof. Georgio Tsoulfas, FICS
Greece
Prof. Yik-Hong Ho, FICS
Australia
Said A. Daee, MD, FICS
USA
Prof. Christopher Chen, FICS
Singapore
Dr. Fidel Ruiz Healy, FICS
Mexico
Prof. Nadey Hakim, FICS
United Kingdom
Raymond A. Dieter, Jr., MD, FICS
USA
Prof. Wilson Pollara, FICS
Brazil
Prof. John Lumley, FICS
United Kingdom
Vice Presidents
Dr. Carlos Arce Aranda, FICS
Paraguay
Dr. Kanak Kanti Barua, FICS
Bangladesh
Dr. Juan Barron Blanco, FICS
Mexico
Dr. Consuelo Cornejo, FICS
Peru
Dr. Ndubuisi Eke, FICS
Nigeria
Dr David Jen, FICS
Singapore
Dr. Cherng-Jye Jeng, FICS
Chinese Taipei
Dr. Senthil Kumar, FICS
India
Dr. Kotaro Maeda, FICS
Japan
Dr. Sri Maliawan, FICS
Indonesia
Dr. Alexander Nwofor, FICS
Nigeria
Mark Perlmutter, MD, FICS
USA
Dr. Jindrich Sebor, FICS
Czech Republic
Dr. Shang-Hang Shen, FICS
China
Dr. Cheuk-Kwan Sun, FICS
Chinese Taipei
Dr. Rojaninan Supakorn, FICS
Thailand
Additional Governors
Domingo Alvear, MD, FICS
USA
Harry Anderson, MD, FICS
USA
Dr. Marco Caricato, FICS
Italy
Dr. Vladimir Cervinka, FICS
Czech Republic
Prof. Chin-Kuo Chen, FICS
Chinese Taipei
Prof. Si-Feng Chen, FICS
China
Dr. Roy Chio, FICS
Singapore
Dr. Yu-Cheng Chou, FICS
Chinese Taipei
Anthony Dardano, MD, FICS
USA
Dr. Jiri Fronek, FICS
Czech Republic
Dr. Albert Gironella, FICS
Philippines
Dr. Jose Herrera, FICS
Argentina
Prof. Chun-Hsiung Huang, FICS
Chinese Taipei
Prof. Shu-Pin Huang, FICS
Chinese Taipei
Prof. Tsann-Long Hwang, FICS
Chinese Taipei
Dr. Tan Kok Kong, FICS
Singapore
Dr. Pierre Lam, FICS
Hong Kong China
Dr. Thomas Li, FICS
Hong Kong China
Dr. P. Lucia, FICS
Philippines
Joshua Mammen, MD, FICS
USA
Dr. Ruby Medina M., FICS
Mexico
Dr. Suresh Nair, FICS
Singapore
Sharique Nazir, MD, FICS
USA
Dr. AIda Lopez Paredes, FICS
Mexico
Dr. Oren Kumar Pillay, FICS
Singapore
Dr. Gloria Pimentel C., FICS
Mexico
Dr. Jorge Feria Rojas, FICS
Mexico
Dr. Maria Liz Sanchez, FICS
Paraguay
Dr. Saumitra Sarkar, FICS
Bangladesh
Prof. M. Yamamoto, FICS
Japan
Representatives at Large
Dr. Rudolf Feer, FICS
Switzerland
Dr. Choo-Aun Neoh, FICS
Chinese Taipei
Dr. Pavel Poczos, FICS
Czech Republic
Prof. Paul Tahalele, FICS
Indonesia
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