Officers and Council

Officers

President

Ewa Ellis

Karolinska University Hospital,
Sweden

President-Elect

Klearchos Papas

The University of Arizona Health Sciences ,
United States

Immediate
Past President

Dr. Robert A. Fisher

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Ctr, Harvard Medical School,
United States

Secretary-
Treasurer

Dr. Maria Koulmanda

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Ctr, Harvard Medical School,
Unites States

Councilors

Dr. Roberto Gramignoli

Karolinska Institutet,
Sweden

Dr. Toshio Miki

Nihon University,
Japan

Dr. Ragai Ramsis Mitry

King's College London,
United Kingdom

Dr. Giuseppe Orlando

Wake Forest School of Medicine,
United States

Dr. Alejandro Soto-Gutierrez

University of Pittsburgh,
United States

Dr. Peggy Stock

University of Leipzig,
Germany

Founder

Camillo Ricordi, Miami, FL, USA

Honorary Presidents

Paul E. Lacy, St. Louis, MO, USA
Thomas E. Starzl, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
David E.R. Sutherland, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Keith Reemstma, New York, NY, USA
E. Donnall Thomas, Seattle, WA, USA

Past Presidents

2017-2019

Robert A. Fisher, Boston, MA, USA
2015-2017

Anil Dhawan, London, UK
2013-2015

Maria Koulmanda, Boston, MA, USA
2010-2013

Stephen Strom, Stockholm, Sweden
2009-2010

Naoya Kobayashi, Okayama, Japan
2007-2009

Ole Isacson, Belmont, MA, USA
2005-2007

Jacques P. Tremblay, Ste-Foy, QC, Canada

2003-2005

Bernhard J. Hering, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2001-2003

Collin J. Weber, Atlanta, GA, USA
1998-2001

Patrick Aebischer, Lausanne, Switzerland
1996-1998

Paul R. Sanberg, Tampa, FL, USA
1994-1996

David E.R. Sutherland, Minneapolis, MN, USA
1992-1994

Camillo Ricordi, Miami, FL, USA