History
March 28th, 2008 by Admin
This association was founded in 1977 as the International Society for Artificial Organs (ISAO). In 2003 it was decided to transition beginning January 1st, 2004 from a Society based on individual members into the International Federation for Artificial Organs (IFAO).
The IFAO is based on Societies as members, with 3 founding member societies, the American Society for Artificial Organs (ASAIO), the European Society for Artificial Organs (ESAO) and the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs (JSAO).
In 2008 the IFAO moved its website from the prior society-based isao-society.org to this new website (http://www.ifao-society.org) that reflects the organization’s move to a federation.
PRESIDENTS of ISAO (1977 - 2003) and IFAO (from 2004 on)
| INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ARTIFICIAL ORGANS (ISAO) | |
| 1977 - 1978 | Willem J. Kolff, USA |
| August, 1st, 78 - July 31st, 80 | J. P. Merrill, USA |
| August, 1st, 80 - July 31st, 82 | Horst Klinkmann, Germany |
| August, 1st, 82 - July 31st, 84 | Horst Klinkmann, Germany |
| August, 1st, 84 - July 31st, 86 | Jean L. Funck-Brentano, France |
| August, 1st, 86 - July 31st, 88 | Eli Friedman, USA |
| August, 1st, 88 - July 31st, 90 | Yukihiko Nosè, USA |
| August, 1st, 90 - July 31st, 92 | Hans Jürgen Gurland, Germany |
| Aug. 1st, 92 - July 31st, 94 | K. Atsumi, Japan |
| Aug. 1st, 94 - July 31st, 96 | T. M. S. Chang, USA |
| Aug. 1st, 96 - July 31st, 98 | Peter Ivanovich, USA |
| Aug. 1st, 98 - July 31st, 00 | Alex M. Davison, UK |
| Aug. 1st, 00 - July 31st, 02 | Shin-Ichi Nitta, Japan |
| Aug. 1st, 02 - Dec. 31st, 03 | Robert Bartlett, USA |
| INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR ARTIFICIAL ORGANS (IFAO) | |
| Jan. 1st, 04 - Dec. 31st, 05 | Sergio Stefoni, Italy |
| Jan. 1st, 06 - Dec. 31st, 07 | Yoshiyuki Taenaka, Japan |
| Jan. 1st, 08 - Feb. 9th, 09 | Peer Portner, USA |
| Feb. 9th, 09 - Oct. 24th,09 Oct. 24th, 09 - Present | Michael Lysaght, USA Joerg Vienken, Germany |
ISAO Congresses
- 1977
- 1979
- 1981
- 1983
- 1985
- 1987 Munich,
Congress President Prof. Hans Jürgen Gurland - 1989 Sapporo,
Congress President Prof. - 8th ISAO Congress: Aug 19th - Aug 22nd, 1991 Montreal,
Congress President Prof. T. M. S. Chang - 9th ISAO Congress: Sep 28th - Oct 2nd, 1993 Amsterdam,
Congress President Prof. Ruud Harley - 10th ISAO Congress: Nov 14th - Nov 18th, 1995 Taipei,
Congress President Prof. Lee - 11th ISAO Congress: Jun 28th - July 1st, 1997 Providence,
Congress President Prof. Pierre Galetti - Prof. Micheal Lysaght - 12th ISAO Congress: Aug 2st - Aug 5th, 1999 Edinburgh,
Congress Prersident Prof. Alex. M Davison - 13th ISAO Congress: Nov 5th - Nov 8th, 2001 Osaka,
Congress President Prof. Yoshinori Mitamura - 14th Joint ISAO-ASAIO Congress: 2003 Washington,
Co-Congress President Prof. Peer Portner - 1st Joint IFAO-ESAO Congress: Oct. 5th - Oct. 8th, 2005 Bologna,
Congress President Prof. Sergio Stefoni - 2nd Joint IFAO-JSAO Congress: Oct. 28 - Oct. 31st, 2007, Osaka
Congress President Prof. Yoshiyuki Taenaka - 3rd Joint IFAO-ASAIO Congress: May 28-30, 2009, Dallas
Program Chair Prof. William Wagner