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: 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)
Breast Cancer Work Group
Chair: Bahriye Aktas (Germany)
Nursing Work Group
Co-Chair: Christine Donovan (USA)
Co-Chair: Noriko Fujiwara (Japan)
Co-Chair: Anne Mellon (Australia)
Palliative Care Work Group
Chair: Raimundo Correa, MD (Chile)
Vice Chair: Peter Grant, MD (Australia)
Pathology Work Group
Chair: Adrian Suarez (USA)
Radiation Oncology Work Group
Chair: Hannah Simonds (South Africa)
Vice Chair: Susan Mathews (India)
Surgical Videos Work Group
Chair: Reitan Ribeiro (Brazil)
Vice Chair: Carrie Langstraat (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 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.
Chair: Joseph Soon-Yau Ng, Chair (Singapore)
Immediate Past Chair: Kathleen Schmeler (USA)
Chair-Elect: Linus Chuang (USA)
Chair-Elect: Tom Randall (USA)
New Fellow Work Group
Co-Chair: Andre Lopes (Brazil)
Co-Chair: Paula Lee (USA)
ECHO Work Group
Co-Chair: Linda Van Le (USA)
Co-Chair: Annekathyrn Goodman (USA)
Annual Review of Curriculum Work Group
Co-Chair: Michael Pearl (USA)
Co-Chair: John Coulter (Ireland)
Quarterly Reports Work Group
Co-Chair: Ram Eitan (Israel)
Co-Chair: Jonathan Herod (Qatar)
Exam Readiness Work Group
Chair: Vivek Aurora (Australia)
Site Expansion Work Group
Co-Chair: Tri Dinh (USA
Co-Chair: Hextan Ngan (Hong Kong)
International Mentor and Local Supervisor Work Group
Co-Chair: Rene Pareja (Colombia)
Co-Chair: Matt Schlumbrecht (USA)
2023 Nominating 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: Dr. Robert Coleman (USA)
President: Dr. Keiichi Fujiwara (Japan)
Vice President: Dr. Anuja Jhingran (USA)
Board Member: Dr. Rhonda Farrell (Australia)
Board Member: Dr. Mario Leitao (USA)
President-Elect: Dr. Greta Dreyer (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.
2023 Annual Meeting of the International Gynecologic Cancer Society
Co-Chairs: Suk-Joon Chang (Korea), Christina Fotopoulou (UK)
Tsukasa Baba, Japan
Taskiran Cagatay, Turkey
Myong Cheol Lim, Korea
Dennis Chi, USA
Ane Gerda Zahl Eriksson, Norway
Noriko Fujiwara, Japan
John Hays, USA
Cathy Hughes, UK
Jonathan Ledermann, UK
Yoo Young Lee, Korea
Jung-Yun Lee, Korea
Arb-aroon Lertkhachonsuk, Thailand
Jihong Liu, China
Iain McNeish, UK
Mansoor Mirza, Denmark
EunJi Nam, Korea
Ana Oaknin, Spain
Andreas Obermair, Australia
Aikou Okamoto, Japan
Rene Pareja, Colombia
Jeong-Yeol Park, Korea
Pedro Ramirez, USA
Jalid Sehouli, Germany
Sudha Sundar, UK
David Tan, Singapore
Yang Xiang, China
Dongling Zou, China