Board Members 2010-2011

Terms beginning Jan 1, 2010
List Updated May, 2010

Voting Members Indicated by Preceding Asterisk *

Board Officers

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; 765-742-4813 #208  Email: sash@hemocleanse.com

Assistant Secretary Treasurer: Mr. Nels Bergmark Email: nberg@hemocleanse.com

JSAO Board Members

*Prof. Takeshi Nakatani, MD, Ph.D. (2006)Director, Department of Organ Transplantation, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1, Fujishiro-dai, SuitaOsaka, 565-8565, JAPAN Email: tnakatan@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, Japan Email: taenaka@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 Email: tominaga@heart.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp

ESAO Board Members

*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, Switzerland Email: beat.walpoth@hcuge.ch
Prof. Birgit Glasmacher, PhD (2010), Secretary General ESAO, Secretary Society for Cryobiology, Professor and Chair of Process Engineering, Institute for Multiphase Processes & Center for Biomedical Engineering, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover, Callinstraße 36 | D – 30167 Hannover, Germany Email: glasmacher@ifv.uni-hannover.de

Ex-Officio as Congress Chairperson for 2011 ESAO-IFAO in Porto, Portugal Prof. Rui L. Reis 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 Email: rgreis@dep.uminho.pt

ASAIO Board Members

*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, Ph.D. (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 Email: wagnerwr@upmc.edu
Prof. William L. Holman, MD (2010), Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007 Email: 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, Coordinator of Ethics Committee Review Board of UNIFESP/EPM. São Paulo, since December, 14, 1998. Head of renal transplant division Hospital do Rim e Hipertensão – Fundação Oswaldo Ramos. São Paulo. President of Council of Brazilian Society of Organ Transplant – ABTO – São Paulo, since 2004.Hospital do Rim e Hipertensão – Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Borges Lagoa, 960 – São Paulo – Brazil – 04038-002 Email: 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, Korea Email: ksunmd@korea.ac.kr