Committees and Councils
As of 8 February 2010
WAO Standing Committees (of the Board)
- Audit and Finance Committee
- Bylaws Committee
- Congress Organizing Committee
- Congress Scientific Program Committee
- Credentials Committee
- Editorial Committee
- Executive Committee
- Nominating Committee
WAO Councils
- Communications Council
- Congress Council
- Education Council
- Emerging Societies Program Council
- Scientific & Clinical Issues Council
- Specialty and Training Council
WAO Semi-Autonomous Governing Bodies
Audit and Finance Committee
Chair: Mario Sánchez-Borges, Venezuela
Richard F. Lockey, USA
Yehia El-Gamal, Egypt
Michael A. Kaliner, USA
Carlos Nunes, Brazil
Ashok Shah, India
Ron Walls, Australia
Bylaws Committee
Chair: Yehia El-Gamal, Egypt
Co-Chair: Stephen T. Holgate, United Kingdom
Anthony Frew, United Kingdom
Edgardo Jares, Argentina
Dennis Ledford, USA
Lanny J. Rosenwasser, USA
Hugo Van Bever, Singapore
Osman Yusuf, Pakistan
Congress Organizing Committee, World Allergy Congress 2011
Chair: Richard F. Lockey, USA
Co-Chair: Noel Rodríguez Peres, México
G. Walter Canonica, Italy
Sandra González-Díaz, México
Tari Haahtela, Finland
Michael A. Kaliner, USA
Richard Lockey, USA
José Antonio Ortega Martell, México
Ruby Pawankar, Japan
Paul C. Potter, South Africa
Lanny J. Rosenwasser, USA
María Isabel Rojo Gutiérrez, México
Scientific Program Committee, World Allergy Congress 2011
Chair: Richard F. Lockey,* USA
Cezmi Akdis,*, Switzerland
Carlos E. Baena-Cagnani, Argentina
Mark Ballow, USA
Thomas B. Casale,* USA
Yehia El-Gamal, Egypt
Stephen T. Holgate, United Kingdom
Marek Kowalski,* Poland
Mario Morais de Almeida, Portugal
Hae-Sim Park, South Korea
Ruby Pawankar,* Japan
Johannes Ring, Germany
Noel Rodriguez Peres, Mexico
Nelson Rosario, Brazil
Lanny J. Rosenwasser,* USA
Hirohisa Saito, Japan
Mario Sánchez-Borges,* Venezuela
*Members of the Steering Committee of the Scientific Program Committee - Thomas B. Casale, Chair, Steering Committee.
Credentials Committee
Chair: Juan Carlos Ivancevich, Argentina
Vice Chair: Michael Blaiss, USA
Hae-Sim Park, South Korea
Elham Hossny, Egypt
Tatyana Slavyanskaya, Russia
Editorial Committee
Chair: Richard F. Lockey, USA
Zenia E. Baz, Lebanon
Stephen T. Holgate, United Kingdom
Dennis Ledford, USA
Xiaoping Lin, China
Rene Maximiliano Gomez, Argentina
Executive Committee
President: Richard F. Lockey, USA
Treasurer: Mario Sánchez-Borges, Venezuela
Secretary-General: Lanny J. Rosenwasser, USA
President-Elect: Ruby Pawankar, Japan
Past-President: G. Walter Canonica, Italy
Nominating Committee
Chair: Richard F. Lockey, USA
G. Walter Canonica, Italy
Ruby Pawankar, Japan
Lanny J. Rosenwasser, USA
Mario Sánchez-Borges, Venezuela
8-10 members, as nominated by Regional Societies, will be decided later.
Communications Council
Chair: Marek Kowalski, Poland
Vice Chair: Motohiro Ebisawa, Japan
Luis Caraballo, Columbia
Carlos Cristi, Argentina
Paul Greenberger, USA
Filipe Inacio, Portugal
Juan Carlos Ivancevich, Argentina
Fusun Klapaklioglu, Turkey
Amir Latiff, Malaysia
Paul Potter, South Africa
Lanny J. Rosenwasser, USA
Revaz Sepiashvili, Georgia
Mimi L.K. Tang, Australia
Lianglu Wang, China
Fares Zaitoun, Lebanon
Myron Zitt, USA
Congress Council
Chair: Hae-Sim Park, South Korea
Vice Chair: Ignacio Ansotegui, Italy
Ioana Agache, Romania
G. Walter Canonica, Italy
Renata Cocco, Argentina
Linda Cox, USA
Luigi Fontana, Italy
Takeshi Fukuda, Japan
Jorge Máspero, Argentina
John Oppenheimer, USA
Ruby Pawankar, Japan
Harald Renz, Germany
Menachem Rottem, Israel
Dana Wallace, USA
Ho Joo Yun, South Korea
Education Council
Chair: Stephen T. Holgate, United Kingdom
Vice Chair: Ruby Pawankar, Japan
Sami Bahna, USA
Michael Blaiss, USA
Maria A. Buzman, Chile
Ivan Cherrez-Ojeda, Ecuador
Mary Beth Fasano, USA
Takao Fujisawa, Japan
Amir Hamzah Latiff, Malaysia
Juan Carlos Ivancevich, Argentina
Omer Kalayci, Turkey
Marek Kowalski, Poland
Fancesco Marcucci, Italy
Hee-Bom Moon, South Korea
Tatiana Slavyanskaya, Russia
GLORIA™ Advisory Board
Members of the 2010-2011 Board of Directors
Chair: Richard F. Lockey, USA
Mario Sánchez-Borges, Venezuela
Lanny J. Rosenwasser, USA
Ruby Pawankar, Japan
G. Walter Canonica, Italy
Michael Kaliner, USA
Ignacio Ansotegui, Spain
Michael Blaiss, USA
Thomas B. Casale, USA
Motohiro Ebisawa, Japan
Yehia El-Gamal, Egypt
Sandra González-Díaz, Mexico
Tari Haahtela, Finland
Stephen T. Holgate, United Kingdom
Juan Carlos Ivancevich, Argentina
Marek Kowalski, Poland
Hae-Sim Park, South Korea
Paul C. Potter, South Africa
Tatiana Slavyanskaya, Russia
Myron Zitt, USA
US GLORIA™ Advisory Committee
USA members of the 2010-2011 Board of Directors:
Chair: Richard F. Lockey
Michael Blaiss
Thomas Casale
Lanny J. Rosenwasser
Michael A. Kaliner
Myron Zitt
To Be Decided: 6 members to be appointed at the discretion of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)
World Allergy Forum Advisory Board
Chair: Richard F. Lockey, USA
Vice Chair: Ruby Pawankar, Japan
Mark Ballow, USA
G. Walter Canonica, Italy
Motohiro Ebisawa, Japan
Sandra González-Díaz, Mexico
Jan Lotvall, Sweden
Nelson Rosario, Brazil
Emerging Societies Program Council
Chair: Myron Zitt, USA
Co-Chair: Carlos E. Baena-Cagnani, Argentina
Co-Chair: Sandra Gonzáles, Díaz, Mexico
Co-Chair: Ruby Pawankar, Japan
Mathia Balo-Banga, Hungary
Pantipa Chatchatree, Thailand
Lawrence DuBuske, USA
Kamal Maurice Hanna, Egypt
Marek Kowalski, Poland
Hae-Sim Park, South Korea
Angelo Passaleva, Italy
Mario Sánchez-Borges, Venezuela
Tatiana Slavyanskaya, Russia
Jiu-Yao Wang, Taiwan
Scientific & Clinical Issues Council
Chair: Tari Haahtela, Finland
Vice-Chair: G. Walter Canonica, Italy
Claus Bachert, Germany
Michael Blaiss, USA
Thomas Casale, USA
Álvaro Cruz, Brazil
Yehia El-Gamal, Egypt
Kenji Izuhara, Japan
Young Koo Jee, South Korea
Petr Kucera, Czech
Amir Latiff, Malaysia
Hae-Sim Park, South Korea
John Warner, United Kingdom
Mario Zernotti, Argentina
Special Committee on Anaphylaxis
Chair: Estelle Simons, USA
Individual members to be posted later
Special Committee on Food Allergy
Chair: Alessandro Fiocchi, Italy
Individual members to be posted later
More information about this committee
Special Committee on Evidence Based Medicine
Chair: Holger Schunemann, Canada
Individual members to be posted later
More information about this committee
Special Committee on Clinical Trials
Chair: Sergio Bonini, Italy
Individual members to be posted later
Special Committee on Drug Allergy
Chair: Pascal Demoly, France
Individual members to be posted later
Special Committee on Immunotherapy
Co-Chair: Dennis Ledford, USA
Co-Chair: Gianni Passalacqua, Italy
Individual members to be posted later
Special Committee on Asthma
Chair: Stephen T. Holgate, United Kingdom
Individual members to be posted later
Special Committee on Climate Change
Chair: Gennaro D'Amato, Italy
Individual members to be posted later
Specialty & Training Council
Chair: Paul Potter, South Africa
Vice-Chair: Sergio Del Giacco, Italy
Letit Ardusso, Argentina
Claus Bachert, Germany
Fernan Caballero Fonseca, Venezuela
Jose Gereda, Peru
Stephen T. Holgate, United Kingdom
Michael A. Kaliner, USA
Connie Katelaris, Australia
Bryan L. Martin, USA
Makoto Nagata, Japan
Ilja Striz, Czech Republic
John Warner, United Kingdom
Myron Zitt, USA
Ethics Committee
Chair: Lanny J. Rosenwasser, USA
Co-Chair: Yehia El-Gamal, Egypt
Ron Dahl, Denmark
WAO Journal Editorial Board
Lanny J. Rosenwasser, Editor-in-Chief
For list of WAO Journal Editorial Board members, click here
Web Editorial Board
Web Editor-in-Chief: Juan Carlos Ivancevich, Argentina
For list of WAO Journal Editorial Board members, click here
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