Officers and committees

OFFICERS 2020/2021

PRESIDENT

Helena Brisby, MD, PhD
Gothenburg, Sweden

SECRETARY

Jeff Lotz, MD, PhD
San Francisco, CA, USA

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Mamoru Kawakami
Japan

SECOND PAST PRESIDENT

Tom Oxland
Canada

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT

Scott Blumenthal
USA

SECOND VICE PRESIDENT

Tim Yoon
USA

TREASURER

Dino Samartzis
USA

REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES 2020/2021

Africa	Vacant
Asia/Pacific	Jason Cheung (2018-2021) - Outgoing 2021
Canada	Steve Brown (2019-2022)
Europe	Cornelia Neidlinger-Wilke (2019-2022)
United Kingdom	Alison McGregor (2020-2023)
Japan	Kotaro Nishida (2019-2022)
Eastern U.S.	Kristin Archer (2020-2023)
Central U.S.	Aseem Sharma (2019-2022)
Western U.S.	Aaron Fields (2018-2021) - Outgoing 2021

COMMITTEES 2020/2021

ISSLS Prize Committee 2020/2021

Björn Rydevik, Chairman
Helena Brisby – President
Scott Blumenthal – First Vice President
Mamoru Kawakami – Immediate Past President
Jeffrey Lotz – Secretary
Kazuhisa Takahashi

ISSLS Program Committee

Seiji Ohtori (Outgoing 2021)
Yong Hai
Paul Hodges

ISSLS Membership Committee

Michele Battié (Outgoing 2021)
Fabio Zaina
Masahiro Kanayama

Fellowship Committee

Hirotaka Haro (Outgoing 2021)
Grace O’Connell
Bradley Weiner

Lifetime Achievement Committee

Jeffrey Lotz – Secretary (Chair)
Helena Brisby – President
Mamoru Kawakami – Immediate Past President
Hans-Joachim Wilke – Member (2020-2023)
Max Aebi – Former Winner (2019-2022)
Robert Fraser – Former Winner (2019-2022)

ISSLS Research Grant Committee

Jeffrey Lotz – Secretary (Chair)
Helena Brisby – President
Scott Blumenthal – 1st Vice President
Tim Yoon – 2nd Vice President
Scientific Representatives

Nominating Committee 2020

Mamoru Kawakami – Past President (Chair)
Jeffrey Lotz (Secretary)
Serena Hu
Shin-ichi Konno
Dino Samartzis

Scientific Representatives

James Iatridis (Outgoing 2021)
Christopher Colloca
Christy Tomkins-Lane

For information about past Officers and Committees please look here.