Board Members of IFAO 2010-2011
Terms beginning Jan 1, 2010
(with first year of service as Board Member, * voting members)
List Updated May, 2010
Chairman
*Prof. Jörg Vienken Ph.D. (2006 Board Member, Chairman 2010-2011)
Vice-Chairman
*Professor Ryuji Tominaga MD (2008 Board Member, Vice-Chairman 2010-2011)
Secretary Treasurer
Stephen R. Ash MD, FACP (2004 Board Member, 2008 Sec-Treas), Chairman of the Board, HemoCleanse Inc., 3601 Sagamore Parkway North, Suite B, Lafayette, IN 47904, USA; E-Mail: sash@hemocleanse.com
Assistant Secretary Treasurer
Mr. Nels Bergmark nberg@hemocleanse.com Board Members:
JSAO
*Prof. Takeshi Nakatani, MD, Ph.D. (2006)Director, Department of Organ Transplantation, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1, Fujishiro-dai, SuitaOsaka, 565-8565, JAPANtnakatan@res.ncvc.go.jp
*Prof. Yoshiyuki Taenaka MD (2006 Board Member, President 2006-2007) National Cardiovascular Center,Dept. Artificial Organ Research5-7-1 Fujishiro-dai, SuitaOsaka 5658565, Japantaenaka@ri.ncvc.go.jp
*Professor Ryuji Tominaga MD (2008 Board Member, Vice-Chairman 2010-2011), Professor and Chairman Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu University Hospital, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka Japan, 812-8582 tominaga@heart.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
ESAO
*Prof. Jörg Vienken Ph.D. (2006 Board Member, President 2010), Fresenius Medical Care, Else-Kröner-Str. 161352, Bad Homburg, Germanyvienken.usingen@t-online.de
*Prof. Beat H. Walpoth MD (2006), Cardiovascular Research, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery,Geneva University Hospital, 1211 GENEVA, Switzerlandbeat.walpoth@hcuge.ch
*Prof. Birgit Glasmacher, PhD (2010), Secretary General ESAO, Secretary Society for CryobiologyProfessor and Chair of Process Engineering, Institute for Multiphase Processes & Center for Biomedical Engineering, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Callinstraße 36 | D - 30167 HannoverGermany, glasmacher@ifv.uni-hannover.de
Prof. Rui L. Reis (Ex-Officio as Congress Chairperson for 2011 ESAO-IFAO in Porto, Portugal), Associate Professor at the Dept. of Polymer Eng., University of MinhoDirector of the 3B’s Research Group – Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics.AvePark, Zona Industrial da Gandra, S. Cláudio do Barco
4806-909 Caldas das Taipas – Guimarães, Portugal, rgreis@dep.uminho.pt
ASAIO
*Wayne E Richenbacher, MD (2008), Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics,
200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, wayne-richenbacher@uiowa.edu
*Prof. William R. Wagner (2010), Program Chair, 2009 ASAIO-IFAO Conference, Deputy Director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Professor of Surgery, Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering Director of Thrombosis Research for the Artificial Heart and Lung Program.University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, wagnerwr@upmc.edu
*Prof. William L. Holman (2010), Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, wholman@uab.edu
Extraordinary Board Members:
Prof. José Osmar Medina Pestana (2010) (representing South America), Professor of Nephrology in the Department of Medicine - Escola Paulista de Medicina – UNIFESP – São Paulo, Hospital do Rim e Hipertensão – Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Borges Lagoa, 960 – São Paulo – Brazil – 04038-002, medina@hrim.com.br
Prof. Kyung Sun MD, Ph.D. (2006) (representing Asia), Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Korea University Medical Center, #126-1, Anam-Dong 5-Ga, Sungbuk-Gu, Seoul 136-705, KoreaE-Mail: ksunmd@korea.ac.kr