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Wonca World Secretariat in Singapore  
Chief Executive Officer
Dr Alfred Loh
ceo@wonca.com.sg
Administrative Manager
Ms Yvonne Chung
admin@wonca.com.sg
Accounts Executive
Ms Gillian Tan
admin@wonca.com.sg
   
   
Wonca Executive Committee 2010 – 2013
President
Prof Richard Roberts (USA)
President@wonca.net
President-Elect Prof Michael Kidd (Australia) PresidentElect@wonca.net
Immediate Past President Prof Chris van Weel (Netherlands) PastPresident@wonca.net
Executive Member at Large & Honorary Treasurer Dr Francine Lemire (Canada) HonTreasurer@wonca.net
Executive Member at Large & WHO Liaison Person Dr Iona Heath (United Kingdom) IHeath.MemberAtLarge@wonca.net
Executive Member at Large Dr Wesley Schmidt (Paraguay) WSchmidt.MemberAtLarge@wonca.net
Regional President, Wonca Africa Dr Sylvester Osinowo (Nigeria) Reg.PresidentAFRICA@wonca.net
Regional President, Wonca Asia Pacific Dr Donald Li (Hong Kong, China) Reg.PresidentAPR@wonca.net
Regional President, Wonca East Mediterranean: Prof Nabil Kurashi (Saudi Arabia) Reg.PresidentEMR@wonca.net
Regional President, Wonca Europe: Dr Anthony Mathie (United Kingdom) Reg.PresidentEurope@wonca.net
Regional President, Wonca Iberoamericana-CIMF: Prof Liliana Arias-Castillo (Colombia) Reg.PresidentIBEROAM@wonca.net
Regional President, Wonca North America: Dr Dan Ostergaard (USA) Reg.PresidentNORTHAM@wonca.net
Regional President, Wonca South Asia: Dr P. Wijegoonewardene (Sri Lanka) Reg.PresidentSAR@wonca.net
   

WONCA STATUTORY COMMITTEES
(2010 - 2013 Triennium)
     
1. NOMINATING AND AWARDS COMMITTEE
Chair: Professor Michael Kidd (Australia) Michael.Kidd@flinders.edu.au
Members: Dr Ada Videlei (Venezuela) aevt4078@telcel.net.ve avedilei@gmail.com
  Dr Antony Omolo (Nigeria) agpmpnpresident@yahoo.com, draomolola@yahoo.com
  Prof Meng-Chih Lee (Taiwan) mcl@csmu.edu.tw
  Prof Nandani de Silva (Sri Lanka) desilva@slt.lk
     
2. FINANCE COMMITTEE
Chair: Dr Francine Lemire (Canada) fl@cfpc.ca, flemire@cfpc.ca
Members: Dr Arno Timmermans (Netherlands) A.Timmermans@nhg.org
  Dr Chris Mitchell (Australia) chris.mitchell@racgp.org.au
The Regional Honorary Treasurers, where applicable, are ex-officio members of the Finance Committee:
  Dr Muriel Fallala (Zimbabwe / Wonca Africa) galen@gator.co.zw
  Dr Soraya “Queenie” Abubakar (Philippines / Wonca Asia Pacific) soraya_abubakar@yahoo.com
  Dr Carl Steylaerts (Belgium / Wonca Europe) Carl.Steylaerts@skynet.be
  Dr Marina Almenas (Puerto Rico / Wonca Iberoamericana-CIMF) lbamedical@onelinkpr.net
  Dr Mohammed Tarawneh (Jordan/ Wonca East Mediterranean) tarawnehmd@yahoo.com
     
3. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Chair: Dr Iona Heath (United Kingdom) iona.heath22@yahoo.co.uk
Members: Prof J Metsemakers (Netherlands) Job.Metsemakers@HAG.unimaas.nl
  Prof Adolfo Rubinstein (Argentina) adolfo.rubinstein@hospitalitaliano.org.ar
  Dr Grace Azik (Lebanon) gabirizk@yahoo.com
  Dr Aziz Khan Tank (Pakistan) doctoraziz7@yahoo.com
  Dr Paul Obiegu (Nigeria) npobiegbu@yahoo.com
  Dr Jose Miguel Bueno (Spain) jmbuenoortiz@telefonica.net
The Regional Presidents would be ex-officio members.
     
4. BYLAWS AND REGULATIONS COMMITTEE
Chair: Dr Tony Mathie,(United Kingdom) Tony.Mathie@merseydeanery.nhs.uk, Mathie46@hotmail.co.uk
Members: Dr Daniel Thuraiappah (Malaysia) thuraia@pop.jaring.my
  Dr Dora Bernal (Colombia) dorabernal56@yahoo.com.mx
     
5. PUBLICATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE
Chair: Dr Liliana Arias Castillo (Colombia) lilac@larcas.com
Members: Dr Marina Almenas (Puerto Rico / Wonca Iberoamericana-CIMF) lbamedical@onelinkpr.net
  Dr Ramnik Parekh (India) ramnik.parekh@gmail.com
  Dr Alexandre Gouveia (Portugal) alexandre.gouveia@me.com
  Dr Pauline Williams-Green (Jamaica) pauline@colis.com
  Dr Oraib Alsmadi (Jordan) oraibsmadi@yahoo.com
  Dr Karen Flegg, Editor, Wonca News karen.flegg@optusnet.com.au
  and editors of Wonca regional journals are official observers in the Committee.  
     
6. WORLD CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Chair: Dr Dan Ostergaard USA dosterga@aafp.org
Members: Dr Muriel Fallala Zimbabwe galen@gator.co.zw
  Dr Naomi Harris Australia nhar34@hotmail.com
  Prof Igor Svab Slovenia igor.svab@mf.uni-lj.si
  Prof Nabil Kurashi Saudi Arabia dr_nabil_kurashi@yahoo.com
  Dr Gustavo Gusso Brazil gustavo.gusso@ig.com.br
  Dr Pratap Prasad Nepal pnp@healthnet.org.np
     
7. ORGANIZATIONAL EQUITY
Chair: Dr Wesley Schmidt Paraguay wschmidt47@gmail.com
Members: Prof Cheryl Levitt Canada clevitt@mcmaster.ca
  Dr Atai Omoruto Uganda ataiomo@yahoo.co.uk
  Prof Amanda Howe United Kingdom amanda.howe@uea.ac.uk
  Dr Muhammad Arshad Malik Pakistan ps.malik@yahoo.com
  Dr Sonia Roache-Barker Trinidad & Tobago sroache113@gmail.com
  Prof Nandani de Silva Sri Lanka desilva@slt.lk
     

WONCA WORKING PARTIES  
1. Wonca International Classification Committee WICC  
Chair, Dr Michael Klinkman, USA mklinkma@med.umich.edu
   
2. Working Party on Quality in Family Medicine  
Chair: Daniel Thuraiappah thuraia@pop.jaring.my
   
3. Wonca Working Party on Rural Practice  
Chair: Professor Ian Couper, South Africa Ian.Couper@wits.ac.za
   
4. Wonca Working Party on Informatics  
Chair: Professor Peter Schattner, Australia peter.schattner@med.monash.edu.au
   
5. Wonca Working Party on Women and Family Medicine  
Chair: Prof Amanda Barnard, Australia amanda.barnard@anu.edu.au
   
6. Wonca Working Party on Research  
Chair: Dr Waris Qidwai, Pakistan waris.qidwai@aku.edu
   
7. Wonca Working Party on Education  
Chair: Dr Allyn Walsh, Canada Walsha@mcmaster.ca
   
8. Wonca Working Party on Mental Health  
Chair: Dr Gabriel Ivbijaro, United Kingdom GABLUC@aol.com
   
9. Wonca Working Party on Ethical Issues  
Chair: Professor Manfred Maier, Austria manfred.maier@meduniwien.ac.at
   
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIG)
1. SIG on the Environment  
Convenor: Dr Alan Abelsohn, Canada alan.abelsohn@utoronto.ca
   
2. SIG on Travel Medicine  
Convenor: Dr Garth Brink, South Africa gkb@brink.za.net
   
3. SIG on Elderly Care  
Convenor: Prof Hakan Yaman, Turkey hakanyaman@akdeniz.edu.tr
   
4. SIG on Cancer and Palliative care  
Convenor: Prof David Weller, United Kingdom david.weller@ed.ac.uk
   
5. SIG on Systems and Complexities in Health  
Convenor: Dr Joachim Sturmberg, Australia jp.sturmberg@gmail.com


WONCA COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OFFICIAL OBSERVERS,
WORLD COUNCIL MEETING, 16 - 18 May 2010, CANCUN, MEXICO



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
       

1

Prof Chris van Weel

President

Voting Member

2

Prof Richard Roberts

President-Elect

Voting Member

3

Dr Alfred Loh

CEO

(non voting)

4

Prof Michael Kidd

Member at Large & Honorary Treasurer

Voting Member

5

Dr Iona Heath

Member at Large

Voting Member

6

Dr Javier Dominguez del Olmo

Member at Large

Voting Member

7

Prof Khaya Mfenyana

Regional President, Wonca Africa

Voting Member

8

Dr Donald Li

Regional President, Wonca Asia Pacific

Voting Member

9

Prof Igor Svab

Regional President, Wonca Europe

Voting Member

10

Prof Adolfo Rubinstein

Regional President, Wonca Iberoamericana-CIMF

Voting Member

11

A/Prof Alain Montegut

Regional President, Wonca North America

APOLOGIES

12

Dr Preethi Wijegoonewardene

Regional President, Wonca South Asia

Voting Member

13

Prof Nabil Kurashi

Regional President, Wonca East Mediterranean

Voting Member

14

Dr Dan Ostergaard

Chair, Bylaws and Regulations Committee

Voting Member

15

Dr Geoff Martin

Chair, Publications and Communications Committee

Voting Member

 
FULL MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS
VOTING MEMBERS/OBSERVERS

       
1 ANDORRA Andorran Society of Primary Care Doctors APOLOGIES
2 ARGENTINA Argentine Federation of Family and General Medicine Prof Adolfo Rubinstein
3 ARMENIA Armenian Association of Family Physicians APOLOGIES
4 AUSTRALIA Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Dr Chris Mitchell,
Dr Naomi Harris
5 AUSTRIA Austrian Society of General Practice/Family Medicine Dr Ilse Hellemann,
6 BAHRAIN Bahrain Family Physicians Association APOLOGIES - PROXY to LEBANON
7 BANGLADESH Bangladesh College of General Practitioners APOLOGIES
8 BELGIUM Belgian Society of General Practitioners/Family Physicians Dr Carl Steylaerts,
9 BOLIVIA Bolivian Society of Family Medicine Dr Javier Caballero Rendon
10 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Association of Family Medicine Specialists & Residents APOLOGIES
11 BRAZIL Brazilian Society of Family and Community Medicine Dr Gustavo D F Gusso,
12 CANADA College of Family Physicians of Canada Dr Francine Lemire,
13 CHILE Scientific Society of Family and General Medicine of Chile Dr Oscar Fernández,
14 CHINA Chinese Society of General Practice Prof Zhu Shan Zhu
15 COLOMBIA Colombian Society of Family Medicine Dr. Dora Patricia Bernal
16 COSTA RICA Costa Rican Association of Specialists in Family and Community Medicine Dr Hector Araya Zamora
17 CROATIA Croatian Association of Family Medicine Dr Dragomir Petric,
18 CUBA Cuban Society of Family Medicine Dr Eduardo Almeny
19 CYPRUS Cyprus Medical Association of General Practitioners APOLOGIES
20 CZECH REPUBLIC Czech Society of General Practice Dr. Bohumil Seifert
21 DENMARK Danish College of General Practitioners Dr Roar Maagaard
22 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Dominican Republic Society of Family Medicine Dr Lucina Mercedes Llaugel
23 ECUADOR Ecuador Society of Family Medicine Dr Galo Sanchez
24 EGYPT Egyptian Society for Improving Family Health APOLOGIES - PROXY TO JORDAN
25 EL SALVADOR Salvadorean Family Physicians Association Dr Eugenia Machon
26 ESTONIA Estonian Society of Family Doctors APOLOGIES
27 FIJI Fiji College of General Practitioners Dr Abdul Wahid Khan
28 FINLAND Finnish Association for General Practice Dr Paula Vainiomaki
Dr Suvi Vainiomaki
29 FRANCE National College of Teachers of General Practice Professor Bernard Gay
30 FRANCE French Society of General Medicine APOLOGIES
31 GEORGIA Georgia Family Medicine Association APOLOGIES
32 GERMANY German College of General Practitioners and Family Physicians APOLOGIES
33 GHANA West African College of Physicians Ghana Chapter Faculty of Family Medicine Dr Henry Lawson
34 GREECE Greek Association of General Practitioners Dr Bodossakis Merkouris
Dr Antonios Batikas
35 HONG KONG Hong Kong College of Family Physicians Dr Gene Tsoi
36 ICELAND The Icelandic College of Family Physicians APOLOGIES
37 INDIA Federation of Family Physicians' Associations of India Dr Ramnik Parekh
38 INDIA Indian Academy of General Practice APOLOGIES
39 INDONESIA Indonesian Association of Family Physicians APOLOGIES -PROXY TO MALAYSIA
40 IRAQ Iraqi Family Physicians Society APOLOGIES
41 IRELAND Irish College of General Practitioners APOLOGIES
42 ISRAEL Israel Association of Family Physicians APOLOGIES
43 ITALY Center of Study and Research in General Practice CSeRMEG Dr Giorgio Visentin
44 ITALY Scientific Interdisciplinary Association of Family and Community Medicine (AsSIMeFAC) Dr Ernesto Mola
45 JAMAICA Caribbean College of Family Physicians Dr Pauline Williams-Green
Dr Sonia Roache
46 JAPAN Japanese Academy of Primary Care Physicians APOLOGIES
47 JORDAN Jordan Society of Family Medicine (JSFM) Dr Oraib Alsmadi
Dr Mohammed Tarawneh
48 KAZAKHSTAN Kazakhstan Association of Family Physicians APOLOGIES
49 KENYA Kenya Association of Family Physicians APOLOGIES
50 KOREA The Korean Academy of Family Medicine Dr Kyung-Hee Cho,
Dr Jungkwong Lee, Dr Byung-Wook Yoo
51 KYRGYZSTAN Association of Family Group Practices APOLOGIES
52 LEBANON Lebanese Society of Family Medicine Dr Grace Abirizk
53 LESOTHO Lesotho Medical Association APOLOGIES- PROXY to STFM, USA
54 LITHUANIA College of General Practitioners of Lithuania APOLOGIES
55 LUXEMBOURG Luxemburgish Scientific Society for General Practice APOLOGIES
56 MACAU Macau Association of General Practitioners APOLOGIES
57 MALAYSIA Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia Dr Sutha Nanthan,
Dr Daniel Thuraiappah, Dr Inderjit Singh Ludher
58 MALTA Malta College of Family Doctors APOLOGIES
59 MEXICO Mexican College of Family Medicine Dr. Miguel Angel Luna,
Dr Rosa del Carmen Avila Ramirez
60 MONGOLIA Mongolian Association of Family Clinics APOLOGIES
61 MYANMAR General Practitioners' Society, Myanmar Dr Tin Myo Han
62 NEPAL General Practitioners' Association of Nepal Dr Pratap Prasad
63 NETHERLANDS Dutch College of General Practitioners Dr A E Timmermans
Prof Job Metsemakers
64 NEW ZEALAND Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners Dr Tony Townsend
Prof Les Toop
65 NICARAGUA Nicaraguan Association of Family Medicine APOLOGIES
66 NIGERIA Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria Dr Sylvester Tola Osinowo
Dr Anthony Omolola, Dr Segun Bammeke
67 NORWAY Norwegian College of General Practice Dr Gisle Roksund,
68 OMAN Oman Family and Community Medicine Society APOLOGIES- PROXY to Nabil Kurashi, Regional President, East Mediterranean Region
69 PAKISTAN College of Family Medicine Pakistan Dr Aziz Khan Tank,
Dr Muhammad Arshad Malik
70 PANAMA Panamanian Association of Family Medicine Dra. Cecilia Llorach
Dr Julio Rodriguez
71 PARAGUAY Paraguayan Society of Family Medicine Dr Wesley Schmidt,
Dr Juan Gimenez
72 PERU Peruvian Society of Family Medicine Dr Leo Mamani
73 PHILIPPINES Philippine Academy of Family Physicians Dr Soraya Abubakar,
Prof Zorayda Leopando
74 POLAND College of Family Physicians in Poland Tomasz Tomasik
75 PORTUGAL Portuguese Association of General Practitioners Dr Joao Sequeira Carlos,
Dr Alexandre Gouveia
76 ROMANIA Romanian National Society of Family Medicine/General Practice APOLOGIES
77 RUSSIAN FEDERATION All Russian Fund- Association of General Practitioners of Russian Federation APOLOGIES
78 SAUDI ARABIA Saudi Society of Family and Community Medicine Prof. Sameeh M Al-Almaie,
Prof Nabil Kurashi, Prof Kasim Al-Dawood, Dr Abdullah Al-Sherif
79 SERBIA Serbian Medical Association/ Section of General Practice Dr Mirjana Mojkovic,
80 SINGAPORE College of Family Physicians, Singapore
APOLOGIES - PROXY TO HONG KONG
81 SLOVENIA Slovenian Family Medicine Society Prof Janko Kersnik
Dr Zalika Klemenc-Ketis
82 SOUTH AFRICA South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care APOLOGIES - PROXY TO Khaya Mfenyana, Regional President, Wonca Africa Region
83 SPAIN Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine Dr Jose Miguel Bueno Ortiz
Dr Josep Basora Gallisa
84 SRI LANKA College of General Practitioners of Sri Lanka Prof Nandani de Silva
85 SWEDEN Swedish Association of General Practice APOLOGIES
86 SWITZERLAND Swiss Society of General Medicine Dr. Bruno Kissling,
87 TAIWAN Chinese Taipei Association of Family Medicine Dr Tai-Yuan Chiu
Dr Shih-Tzu Tsai, Prof Meng-Chih Lee
Dr Bih-Jeng Chang
88 THAILAND The General Practitioners/Family Physicians Association, Thailand APOLOGIES
89 TURKEY Turkish Association of Family Physicians APOLOGIES- PROXY TO GREECE
90 UGANDA Ugandan Association of Family Physicians Dr Atai Omoruto
91 UKRAINE Ukranian Association of Family Medicine APOLOGIES
92 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Emirates Medical Association, The Family Medicine Section APOLOGIES- PROXY TO SAUDI ARABIA
93 UNITED KINGDOM Royal College of General Practitioners Dr Tony Mathie
94 URUGUAY Uruguayan Society of Family Medicine
APOLOGIES- PROXY TO URUGUAY
95 USA Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Dr Brian Jack
Ms Stacy Brungardt
96 USA American Academy of Family Physicians Dr Lori J Heim
Dr Douglas Henley
97 VENEZUELA Sociedad Venezolana de Medicina Familiar Dr César Brandt Toro,
98 VIETNAM Vietnam Association of Family Physicians APOLOGIES
99 ZIMBABWE College of Primary Care Physicians of Zimbabwe Dr Muriel S Fallala
       
ASSOCIATE MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS (NON-VOTING)
       
1 AUSTRALIA Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine APOLOGIES
2 BANGLADESH Bangladesh Academy of Family Physicians APOLOGIES
3 CANADA Section of Teachers & Section of Researchers, CFPC Dr Allyn Walsh
4 ITALY Italian Academy of Family Physicians APOLOGIES
5 LATVIA Rural Family Doctors Association of Latvia APOLOGIES
6 NIGERIA Society of Family Physicians of Nigeria APOLOGIES
7 NIGERIA Faculty of Family Medicine, National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria Dr Ehimatie Obazee
Dr Paul Dienye
8 PAKISTAN Pakistan Society of Family Physicians, Lahore Dr Tariq Aziz
9 PHILIPPINES Foundation for Family Medicine Educators, Inc APOLOGIES
10 ROMANIA National Centre for Studies in Family Medicine APOLOGIES
11 SLOVAK REPUBLIC Slovak Society of General Practice APOLOGIES
12 USA American Board of Family Medicine Dr James Puffer
Dr Craig Czarsty
       
ORGANIZATIONS IN COLLABORATIVE RELATIONS (NON -VOTING)
       
1 BELARUS The Belarussian Association of General Practitioners APOLOGIES
2 BELGIUM The Network: TUFH Prof Jan de Maseneer
3 BRAZIL Brazilian Society of Family Medicine APOLOGIES
4 HUNGARY International Association of Agricultural Medicine & Rural Health APOLOGIES
5 ITALY International Society of Doctors for the Environment Dr Giorgio Visentin
6 KENYA Institute of Family Medicine of Kenya Trust APOLOGIES
7 NETHERLANDS European General Practice Research Network EGPRN APOLOGIES
8 SLOVENIA European Academy of Teachers in General Practice EURACT APOLOGIES
9 UNITED KINGDOM International Primary Care Respiratory Group Care APOLOGIES
10 USA North American Primary Care Research Group, NAPCRG APOLOGIES
       
CHAIRS OF WORKING PARTIES AND SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (NON-VOTING)
       
1 Australia Chair, Working Party on Women And Family Medicine Prof Amanda Barnard
Prof Amanda Howe
2 South Africa Chair, Working Party on Rural Practive Prof Ian Couper
3 United Kingdom Chair, Working Party on Mental Health Dr Gabriel Ivbijaro
4 Canada Convenor, SIG on the Environment Dr Alan Abelsohn
5 Austria Convenor, SIG on Ethics Prof Manfred Maier
       
OTHER OBSERVERS (NON VOTING)
       
1 USA Dr Robert Higgins (USA) Past President (1998 - 2001)  
2 USA Dr Marc Rivo (USA)
Editor, Wonca News
 
3 Singapore Ms Yvonne Chung
Administrative Manager
 
4 Singapore Ms Gillian Tan
Accounts Executive
 
5 Australia Dr Vasantha Preetham
Direct Member
 
6 Slovak Republic Dr Peter Liptak
Direct Member
 
7 Slovak Republic Dr Peter Pekarovic
Direct Member
 
8 USA Dr Jeffry Markuns,
Boston University,
Wonca Academic Member
 
       


 
 
 
 

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