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.
Chair: Daniela Luvero, MD (Italy)
Gynecologic Oncologist, University Campus Bio Medico of Rome
Vice Chair: Rosalind Glasspool, MD (UK)
Medical Oncologist, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and University of Glasgow
Mukhtasar Alkali (Nigeria)
Coordinator II at Medicaid Cancer Foundation
Monitoring & Evaluation Officer on the Kebbi State Cervical Cancer Secondary Prevention Pilot Program
Geetu Bhandoria, MD (India)
Gynecologic Oncologist & Obstetrician, Indian Armed Forces
Nicoletta Cerana (Italy)
President, ACTO - Alliance Against Ovarian Cancer
Michele Collins (USA)
Board Member, Kaleidoscope of Hope Ovarian Cancer Foundation
Ovarian Cancer Survivor
Diane Crawford (USA)
Founder and Executive Director, The Crawford Crew
Cervical Cancer Survivor
Noriko Fujiwara, MS, RN, CRN-BC, OCNS, CCRP (Japan)
Research Nurse & Oncology Nurse, IMSUT Hospital of the Institute of Medical Science,
The University of Tokyo, Japan
Milicent Kagonga (Kenya)
Founder, Symbol of Hope Warriors
HPV Vaccine Ambassador
Cervical Cancer Survivor
Adrienne Moore (USA)
Research Coordinator, University of Washington, Seattle
Respiratory Therapist
Patient Adviser & Ambassador, Endometrial Cancer Action Network African Americans (ECANA)
Endometrial Cancer Survivor
Nefa-Tari Moore (USA)
Outreach & Uterine Cancer Coordinator, SHARE Cancer Support
Two-time Uterine Cancer Survivor & Ovarian Cancer Survivor
Maggie Nicholas-Alexander (USA)
Senior Director of Gynecologic Cancer Patient Support and Education, SHARE Cancer Support
Angélica Nogueira-Rodrigues, MD, PhD (Brazil)
Oncologist
Founder, Brazilian Group of Gynecology Oncology, EVA Group
Director, Brazilian Society of Medical Oncology
Researcher and Professor at Federal University, MG Brazil
Sandra Rosati (Italy)
President, Un Lago di Donne per la Prevenzione Oncologica
Cancer Survivor
Abhishek Shankar, MD (India)
Radiation Oncologist
Secretary, Indian Society of Clinical Oncology
Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Oncology, AIIMS, New Delhi
Eva-Maria Strömsholm, MS, RN (Finland)
Co-Founder & Vice Chair, Gynecological Cancer Patients in Finland
Practical Nurse, Rare Ovarian Cancer Survivor
Chair: Ritu Salani (USA)
Vice Chair: Paul Cohen (Australia)
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)
Adrian Suarez (USA)
Gulisa Turashvili (USA)
Rachael van der Griend (New Zealand)
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 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.
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.
Robert Coleman, Chair (USA)
Thomas Herzog, Chair-Elect (USA)
Walter Gotlieb (Canada)
Andreas Obermair (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.
Joseph Soon-Yau Ng, Chair (Singapore)
Kathleen Schmeler, Immediate Past Chair (USA)
Linus Chuang (USA)
Tom Randall (USA)
Surbhi Grover (Bostwana)
Andre Lopes (Brazil)
Elvio Silva (USA)
Matthew Schlumbrecht (USA)
Remi Nout (Netherlands)
Vivek Arora (Australia)
2022 Nominating Committee Roster
Chair/Past President: Roberto Angioli (Italy)
Current President: Robert Coleman (USA)
President Elect: Keiichi Fujiwara (Japan)*
Alexander Popov (Russia)
Muhieddine Seoud (United Arab Emirates)
Vanna Zanagnolo (Italy)
*The President-Elect only sits on the committee to observe the process and will not vote or provide commentary regarding candidates or the final slate.
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.
2018-2021 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
2022 Annual Meeting of the International Gynecologic Cancer Society
Co-Chair: Brian Slomovitz (USA)
Co-Chair: Audrey Tsunoda (Brazil)
Glauco Baiocchi (Brazil)
Richard Berkowitz (USA)
Geetu Bhandoria (India)
Jubilee Brown (USA)
Raleigh Butler (Bahamas)
David Cantu (Mexico)
Anca Chelariu-Raicu (Germany)
Linus Chuang (USA)
Georgia Cintra (Brazil)
Allan Covens (Canada)
Graciela del Molin (Brazil)
Andreas DuBois (Germany)
Ramez Eskander (USA)
Amanda Nickles Fader (USA)
Rhonda Farrell (Australia)
Christina Fotopoulou (UK)
Michael Frumovitz (USA)
David Gaffney (USA)
David Gershenson (USA)
Lilian Gien (Canada)
Thomas Herzog (USA)
Arthur Hsu (Taiwan)
Kevin Holcomb (USA
Christhardt Kohler (Germany)
Fernando Maluf (Brazil)
Jessica McAlpine (Canada)
Bradley Monk (USA)
Navya Nair (USA)
Farr Nezhat (USA)
Angelica Nogueira (Brazil)
Florencia Noll (Argentina)
Alex Olawayie (USA)
Maaike Oonk (Netherlands)
Rene Pareja (Colombia)
Marie Plante (Canada)
Bhavana Pothuri (USA)
Ida Ismail Pratt (UK)
Shailesh Puntambekar (India)
Reitan Ribeiro (Brazil)
Mila Salcedo (Brazil)
Kathleen Schmeler (USA)
Alexey Shevchuk (Russia)
Anil Sood (USA)
Cagatay Taskiran (Turkey)
Yoshito Terai (Japan)
Krishnansu Tewari (USA)
Xiaohua Wu (China)