Board / Organizers
Executive Board
Kris C. P. Vissers, MD, PhD, FIPP, President – The Netherlands 
Craig T. Hartrick, MD, DABPM, FIPP, President-Elect – USA  
Philippe Mavrocordatos, MD, FIPP, Honorary Secretary – Switzerland  
Muhammad H. Ather, MBBS, DA, FFARCSI, FRCA, FIPP, FFPMRCA, Honorary Treasurer – UK  
Richard L. Rauck, MD FIPP, Immediate Past President – USA   
Ricardo Ruiz-López, MD, FIPP, Founder and Past President – Spain  
Serdar Erdine, MD, FIPP, Founder and Past President – Turkey  
Gabor B. Racz, MD, DABIPP, FIPP, Founder and Past President – USA  
Athina Vadalouca, MD, PhD, FIPP, Chair, Advisory Board – Greece  
Jan Van Zundert, MD, PhD, FIPP, Chair, Board of Sections – Belgium  
Peter S. Staats, MD, MBA ,FIPP, Chair, Board of Examination – USA 
Dianne L. Willard, Executive Officer – USA 
Section Chairs
Javier de Andres Ares, MD, FIPP - Iberian 
Anwar Arshad, MD, FIPP - Malaysia  
Massimo Barbieri, MD, FIPP – Italy  
Meir Bennun, MD, FIPP – Israel  
Honorio T. Benzon, MD, DABPM, FIPP – USA  
Frantz J. Cólimon, MD, FIPP – Colombia  
Peter G. Courtney, MBBS, FIPP - Australia  
Fabricio Dias Assis, MD, FIPP – Brazil  
Juan Carlos Flores, MD, FIPP – Latin America  
Pankaj N. Surange, MBBS, MD, FIPP - India  
Pauline Du Plessis, MD, FRCA, FIPP – Africa  
Dominic Hegarty, BSc BMedSc, MB MSc, PhD, FCARSCI, FFPMCOA, FIPP - Ireland 
Magdi Ramzi Iskander, MD, FFARCS, FIPP – Middle East  
Edvin Koshi, MD, FRCA, FIPP – Canada  
Sang Chul Lee, MD, PhD, FIPP – NE Asia  
Martin Marianowicz, MD, FIPP – Central-Eastern Europe  
Philippe Mavrocordatos, MD, FIPP – Switzerland  
Patrick R. McGowan, MBChB, FRCA, FIPP, FFPMRCA – UK  
Nuri Süleyman Özyalçın, MD, FIPP - Turkey  
Edit Racz, MD, FIPP - Hungary  
José R. Rodríguez Hernández, MD, FIPP – Puerto Rico  
Mehran Kouchek, MD, FIPP - Iran  
Irene K. Kouroukli, MD, PhD, FIPP – Mediterranean  
Jan Van Zundert, MD, PhD, FIPP – Benelux, Belgium 
Frank J.P.M. Huygen, MD, PhD, FIPP – Benelux, Netherlands 
Alex Sow Nam Yeo, MD, PhD, FIPP – SE Asia
In Memoriam
|  | P. Prithvi Raj, MD, FFARCS, DABPM, FIPP (September 13, 1931 – February 27, 2016) WIP Founder and Past President | 
|  | James E. Heavner, DVM, PhD, FIPP (Hon) (April 25, 1944 - May 18, 2016) | 
Board of Examination
Chair
Peter S. Staats, MD MBA FIPP
Liaison to WIP
Richard Rauck, MD FIPP
Registrar
Monique Steegers, MD PhD FIPP
Vice-Chair for CIPS
Michael Gofeld, MD FIPP CIPS
Vice-Chair for FIPP
Frank Huygen, MD PhD FIPP
Vice-Chair for Training & Certification
Eric Wilson, Mb BCh FIPP
Directors
Fabricio Dias Assis, MD FIPP 
Nicholas Chua Hai Liang, MD FIPP 
An Liong Liem, MD FIPP 
Milan Stojanovic, MD FIPP
Psychometrician
Gerald A. Rosen, MA EdD
Congress Organizers
Program Director
Gabor B. Racz, MD, FIPP
Co-Director
James E. Heavner, DVM, PhD, FIPP (Hon)
Local Arrangement Committee
Chair
Edit Racz, MD, FIPP 
Agnes Stogicza, MD, FIPP, CIPS 
Lorand Eross, MD, PhD, FIPP
Scientific Planning Committee
Adnan Al-Kaisy, MD, FIPP 
Fabricio Dias Asssis, MD, FIPP 
Richardo Ruiz-López, MD, FIPP 
Sang Chul Lee, MD, FIPP
Ultrasound
Agnes Stogicza, MD, FIPP, CIPS 
Michael Gofeld, MD, FIPP, CIPS
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