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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: Rosalind Glasspool, MD (UK)
Vice Chair: Abhishek Shankar, MD (India)
Mukhtasar Alkali (Nigeria)
Geetu Bhandoria, MD (India)
Nicoletta Cerana (Italy)
Michele Collins (USA)
Diane Crawford (USA)
Noriko Fujiwara, MS, RN, CRN-BC, OCNS, CCRP (Japan)
Milicent Kagonga (Kenya)
Adrienne Moore (USA)
Nefa-Tari Moore (USA)
Maggie Nicholas-Alexander (USA)
Angélica Nogueira-Rodrigues, MD, PhD (Brazil)
Sandra Rosati (Italy)
Eva-Maria Strömsholm, MS, RN (Finland)
Chair: Paul Cohen (Australia)
Vice Chair: Michael Pearl (USA)
Immediate Past Chair: Ritu Salani (USA)
Advances & Updates Work Group
Co-Chair: Floor Backes (USA)
Co-Chair: Wendel Naumann (USA)
Nursing Work Group
Co-Chair: Christine Donovan (USA)
Co-Chair: Noriko Fujiwara (Japan)
Co-Chair: Anne Mellon (Australia)
Palliative Care Work Group
Chair: Peter Grant, MD (Australia)
Vice Chair: Anisa Mburu, MD (Kenya)
Pathology Work Group
Chair: Adrian Suarez (USA)
Radiation Oncology Work Group
Chair: Pearly Khaw (Australia)
Surgical Videos Work Group
Chair: Reitan Ribeiro (Brazil)
Vice Chair: Carrie Langstraat (USA)
Preinvasive Disease Program Work Group
Co-Chair: Maximillian Klar, Germany
Co-Chair: Alan Waxman, USA
Chair: Joseph Soon-Yau Ng, Chair (Singapore)
Immediate Past Chair: Kathleen Schmeler (USA)
Chair-Elect: Linus Chuang (USA)
Chair-Elect: Tom Randall (USA)
Annual Review of Curriculum Work Group
Co-Chair: Michael Pearl (USA)
Co-Chair: John Coulter (Ireland)
ECHO Work Group
Co-Chair: Linda Van Le (USA)
Co-Chair: Annekathyrn Goodman (USA)
Final Exam Committee
Al Covens (Canada)
New Fellow Work Group
Co-Chair: Andre Lopes (Brazil)
Co-Chair: Paula Lee (USA)
Preinvasive Disease Program Work Group
Mila Salcedo (USA)
Ida Ismail-Pratt (UK)
Quarterly Reports Work Group
Co-Chair: Ram Eitan (Israel)
Co-Chair: Jonathan Herod (Qatar)
Research Publication and Presentations
Asima Mukhopadhyay (India)
Michael A. Steller (USA)
Site Expansion Work Group
Co-Chair: Tri Dinh (USA
Co-Chair: Hextan Ngan (Hong Kong)
2024 Nominations & Awards Committee Roster
Our bylaws specify that the Nominating Committee consists of the Past President (chair), current President, Vice President, President-Elect* and two members of the IGCS Board of Directors (appointed by the Chair and approved by the Board).
Chair/Past President: Robert Coleman, MD (USA)
President: Keiichi Fujiwara, MD, PhD (Japan)
Vice President: Anuja Jhingran, MD (USA)
Board Member: Ros Glasspool, MD (UK)
Board Member: Heleen Van Beekhuizen, MD (Netherlands)
President-Elect: Greta Dreyer, MD (South Africa)*
*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.
Co-Chair: Greta Dreyer (South Africa)
Co-Chair: David Atallah (Lebanon)
Waleed Al Jassar (Kuwait)
Adu Appiah-Kubi (Ghana)
Mohamed Aymen Ferjaoui (Tunisia)
Samson Chisele (Zambia)
Bethel Dereje Gulelat (Ethiopia)
Monia Hechiche (Tunisia)
Martin Origa (Uganda)
Muhieddine Seoud (United Arab Emirates)
Alicia Sherriff (South Africa)
2024 Annual Meeting of the International Gynecologic Cancer Society
Co-Chairs:
Mansoor Mirza, Denmark
Sudha Sundar, UK
Michael Pearl, Ex-Officio Co-Chair, USA
Gynecologic Oncology
Isaac Adewole, Nigeria
Carlos Andrade, Brazil
Rose Anorlu, Nigeria
Donal Brennan, Ireland
Katherine Fuh, USA
Lilian Gien, Canada
Murat Gutelkin, Turkey
Dong Hoon Suh, Korea
Amita Maheshwari, India
Frederic Marmé, Germany
Basel Refky, Egypt
Sarikapan Wilailak, Thailand
Toon Van Gorp, Belgium
Xiaohua Wu, China
Medical Oncology
Michael Birrer, USA
Dearbhaille Collins, Ireland
Don Dizon, USA
Antonio Gonzales, Spain
Charlie Gourley, UK
Jørn Herrstedt, Denmark
Alexandra Leary, France
Stephanie Lheureux, Canada
Amit Oza, Canada
Roisin O’Cearbhaill, USA
Pathology
Raji Ganesan, UK
Ricardo Lastra, USA
Stephanie Skala, USA
Radiation Oncology
Junzo Chino, USA
Supriya Chopra, India
Alexandra Taylor, UK
Palliative Care
Kristina Lindemann, Norway
Early Career
Geetu Bhandoria, India
Florencia Noll, Argentina
Nursing
Sarah Belton, Ireland
Noriko Fujiwara, Japan
Advisors
Suk-Joon Chang, Korea
Christina Fotopoulou, UK