Committees are developed to carry out the work of the strategic plan and organizational direction as set by the council. Committee members are appointed by the President with Council approval. The current IGCS Committees are listed below.
The Education Committee will organize, implement, and evaluate a wide range of educational content to meet the diverse membership needs of IGCS members in High, Middle and Low Resource settings.
Ritu Salani, Chair (USA)
Ane Gerda Zahl Eriksson, Vice Chair (Norway)
General Gynecologic Oncology Work Group
Jessica McAlpine (Canada)
Donal Brennan (Ireland)
Leslie Bradford (USA)
Joao Casanova (Portugal)
Georgia Fontes Cintra (Brazil)
Paul Cohen (Australia)
Prafull Ghatage (Canada)
Sean Kehoe (UK)
Ranjit Manchanda (UK)
Olga Matylevich (Belarus)
Ghalleb Montassar (Tunisia)
Asima Mukhopadhyay (India)
David Mutch (USA)
J. Alejandro Rauh-Hain (USA)
Reitan Ribeiro (Brazil)
Sarah Temkin (USA)
Oladapo Yeku (USA)
Palliative Care Work Group
Raimundo Correa (Chile)
Michael Pearl (USA)
Lee-May Chen (USA)
Linda Duska (USA)
AK Goodman (USA)
Carolyn Lefkowits (USA)
Kristina Lindemann (Norway)
Amita Maheshwari (Asia)
Shahana Pervin (Asia)
Michael Quinn (Australia)
Julia Ridley (Canada)
Dicey Scroggins (USA)
Pathology Work Group
Anna Plotkin (Canada)
Joe Rabban (USA)
Blake Gilks (Canada)
Siobhan O’Connor (USA)
Gulisa Turashvili (USA)
Radiation Oncology Work Group
Remi Nout (Netherlands)
Joanne Alfieri (Canada)
Onyinye Balogun (USA)
Maroie Barkati (Canada)
Anuja Jhingran (USA)
Susan Mathews (India)
Mary McCormack (UK)
Kailash Narayan (Australia)
Thomas Samuel Ram (India)
Ghazia Shaikh (UK)
Hannah Simonds (South Africa)
William Small Jr. (USA)
Jamema Swamidas (India)
Surgical Videos Work Group
Vance Broach (USA)
TJ Kim (Korea)
Hung Cheng Lai (Taiwan)
Jiheum Paek (Korea)
Lauren Prescott (USA)
Brooke Schlappe (USA)
The Industry Relations Committee directs and provides oversight in activities related to seeking, developing, and maintaining relationships with companies of interest in gynecologic oncology. The Committee will assist with identifying and developing external relationships with industry colleagues and collaborating with them to determine funding priorities that align with IGCS’ strategic priorities.
2018-2020 Roster
Robert Coleman, Chair (USA)
Thomas Herzog, Chair-Elect (USA)
Walter Gotlieb, Secretary-Treasurer (Canada)
Andreas Obermair, Secretary-Treasurer (Australia)
Ritu Salani, Education Chair (USA)
Brian Slomovitz (USA)
Bradley Monk (USA)
Jonathan Ledermann (UK)
Jalid Sehouli (Germany)
Keichi Fujiwara (Japan)
Audrey Tsunoda (Brazil)
Fernando Maluf (Brazil)
The Mentorship and Training Committee will oversee the Gynecologic Oncology Global Curriculum & Mentorship Program as well as other mentoring initiatives to provide mentees with a path to build relationships with a mentor who will provide support and guidance.
2018-2020 Roster
Kathleen Schmeler, Chair (USA)
Joseph Soon-Yau Ng, Vice-Chair (Singapore)
Linus Chuang (USA)
Tom Randall (USA)
Surbhi Grover (Bostwana)
Andre Lopes (Brazil)
Elvio Silva (USA)
Matthew Schlumbrecht (USA)
Remi Nout (Netherlands)
Vivek Arora (Australia)
The Nominating Committee is responsible for reviewing council applications, deliberating and selecting a slate of candidates for IGCS Council Elections.
2016-2018 Roster
Richard Barakat, Chair (USA)
Michael Quinn, Current President (Australia)
Roberto Angioli, Current President Elect (Italy)
Sarikapan Wilailak (Thailand)
Nomonde Mbatani (Africa)
The members of the Scientific Publications Committee serve as advisors to the Councils of the European Society of Gynecologic Oncology (ESGO) and the International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS) in matters relating to the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer (IJGC), to ensure the publication reflects the values and strategic direction as set by Councils. The Committee will provide advice and input to Councils on proposals and policies related to the Journal as requested or as issues arise.
2018-2020 Roster
IGCS Members
Michael Quinn, 2018 Chair (Australia)
Roberto Angioli (Italy)
Hennie Botha (South Africa)
Ritu Salani (USA)
ESGO Members
David Cibula, 2019 Chair (Czech Republic)
Denis Querleu (France)
Cristiana Sessa (Switzerland)
Philippe Morice, ESGO Education Committee Chair (France)
Ex-Officio Members
Uziel Beller, Outgoing IJGC Editor-in-Chief (Israel)
Pedro Ramirez, Incoming IJGC Editor-in-Chief (USA)
Mary Eiken, IGCS CEO (USA)
Renata Brantnerova, ESGO Executive Director
Annual Global Meeting of the International Gynecologic Cancer Society
in collaboration with the FEBRASGO
Rio de Jainero, Brazil
September 19-21, 2019
2019 Executive Committee
Roberto Angioli, Italy
President
Nadeem Abu-Rustum, USA
Scientific Chair
Fernando Maluf, Brazil
Latin America Chair
Jesus De Carvalho, Brazil
Latin America Co-Chair
Audrey Tsunoda, Brazil
Latin America Co-Chair
Agnaldo Lopes da Silva Filho, Brazil
Latin America Co-Chair
Donal Brennan, Ireland
Europe Co-Chair
Jaime Prat, Spain
Europe Co-Chair
Muhieddine Seoud, Lebanon
Africa/Middle East Chair
David Atallah, Lebanon
Africa/Middle East Chair
Mario Leitao, USA
USA/Canada Chair
Andreas Obermair, Australia
Asia/Australia Chair
Giuseppe Curigliano, Italy
Breast Chair
Maurício Magalhães Costa, Brazil
Breast Chair
Michael Untch, Germany
Breast Chair
Africa/Middle East Committee
Ismail Al Badawi, Saudi Arabia
David Atallah, Lebanon
Abdul Aziz Al Obaid, Saudi Arabia
Jamel ben Hassouna, Tunisia
Mazen Bishtawi, Jordan
Walid El Jassar, Kuwait
Karim El Masry, UAE
Amr El Shalakhany, Egypt
Saad Ghazal Aswad, UAE
Mounia Hchish, Tunisia
Isam Lataifeh, Jordan
Nomonde Mbatani, Saudi Arabia
Dominic Richards , Saudi Arabia
Muhieddine Seoud, Lebanon
Cagatay Taskiran, Turkey
Asia/Australia Committee
Andrea Garrett, Australia
Dilyara Kaidarova, Kazakhstan
Rozilla Khan, Pakistan
Lalit Kumar, India
Amita Maheshwari, India
Joe Ng, Singapore
Andres Obermair, Australia
Aikou Okamoto, Japan
Hanoon Pokharel, Nepal
Gatot Purwoto, Indonesia
Bryony Simcock, New Zealand
Shahila Tayib, Malaysia
Sarikapan Wilailak, Thailand
Qi Zhou, China
Europe Committee
Frederic Amant, Netherlands
Annika Auranen, Finland
Pierluigi Benedetti Panici, Italy
Line Bjorge, Norway
Donal Brennan, Ireland
Nicole Concin, Belgium
Emma Crosbie, UK
Henrik Falconer, Sweden
Anouk Gaber Wagener, Austria
Ofer Gemer, Israel
Ane Gerda Zahl Eriksson, Norway
Philipp Harter, Germany
Jan Kotarski, Poland
Christianne Lok, Netherlands
Mirza Mansoor, Denmark
Christian Marth, Austria
Sergey Mavrichev, Belarus
Glenn McCluggage, Northern Ireland
Remi Nout, Netherlands
Francesco Plotti, Italy
Eric Pujade Lauraine, France
Lukas Rob, Czech Republic
Ricardo Sainz de la Cuesta, Spain
Giovanni Scambia, Italy
Jalid Sehouli, Germany
Karl Tamussino, Austria
Alexandra Taylor, London
Willemien van Driel, Netherlands
Diethelm Wallwiener, Germany
Alain Zeimet, Austria
Latin America Committee
Adriana Bermudez, Argentina
Alfredo Borges, Venezuela
David Cantu, Mexico
Raimundo Correa, Chile
Jesus De Carvalho, Brazil
Armando Gutierrez, Costa Rica
Guillermo Herbert, Mexico
Jorge Lasso de la Vega, Panama
Agnaldo Lopes da Silva Filho, Brazil
Aldo Lopez, Peru
Fernando Maluf, Brazil
Gilberto Martinez, Colombia
Miguel Medero, Uruguay
Gonzalo Medina, Bolivia
Renato Moretti, Brazil
Rene Pareja, Colombia
Myriam Perrotta, Argentina
Raul Puente, Chile
Reitan Riberio, Brazil
Alejandro Soderini, Argentina
Pablo Suaya, Uruguay
Audrey Tsunoda, Brazil
Victor Vargas, Mexico
North America Committee
Mariam AlHilli, USA
Linus Chuang, USA
Marcela del Carmen, USA
Walter Gotlieb, Canada
Mario Leitao, USA
Andrea Mariani, USA
Jessica McAlpine, Canada
Ritu Salani, USA
Pamela Soliman, USA
Yukio Sonoda, USA