Council of regents profile

Dr. Gail Darling, professor of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Toronto, has been named the Chair of the Council of Regents. Dr. Peter Goldstraw, president of the IASLC Board of Directors, says Dr. Darling has proved to be a highly effective member of the Council. Please visit the Regent Profile page to read a profile of Dr. Darling.

council of regents

The IASLC has developed a network of Regents around the world to constitute a Council of Regents. Regents are

responsible for a country or group of countries within a geographical region. The Regents have been appointed by the board to ensure effective communication between IASLC and the members, and potential members, of the IASLC in the country or countries for which they have responsibility. Please contact the Regent in your area to learn more about educational opportunities or ways you can become more involved. For general information on the Regent program, please contact kristin.richeimer@iaslc.org.

Region Photo Name/Title

North America (Canada)		Chair of the Council of Regents Profile of Chair Gail E Darling MD FRCSC FACS Professor Thoracic Surgery Kress Family Chair in Esophageal Cancer University of Toronto Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network Toronto, Ontario Canada Contact: gail.darling@uhn.on.ca Benefits to Membership
Australia		Assoc/Prof Nick Pavlakis MBBS MMed Phd FRACP Royal North Shore Hospital (Sydney University) St Leonards (Sydney), NSW, Australia Contact: nick.pavlakis@sydney.edu.au Message to Region Benefits of Membership Current work
Brazil		Mauro Zamboni, MD, FCCP, MsSc Pulmonologist, Coordinator of Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Group National Cancer Institute Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Contact: mauro.zamboni@gmail.com Message to Region Benefits of Membership Current work
Central America and Mexico		Jaime de la Garza, MD Medical Oncologist National Cancer Institute Mexico City, Mexico Contact: jdelagarza1@prodigy.net.mx Message to Region Current work
China		Yi-Long Wu, Professor Guangdon Lung Cancer Institute Guangdong General Hospital Guangzhou, PR China Contact: syylwu@live.cn Current work
Europe		Rudolph Huber Medical Oncology Munich, Germany Contact: huber@med.uni-muenchen.de
Europe		Lucio Crino Medical Oncology Perugia, Italy Contact: lcrino@aunipg.it
Europe		Dr. Paul De Leyn Head of the Department of Thoracic Surgery University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium Contact:paul.deleyn@uz.kuleuven.ac.be Message to Region
Europe Europe (Central)		Cecile le Pechoux Radiology Oncology Paris, France Contact: Cecile.lepechoux@igr.fr Gyula Ostorus Pulmonology Budapest, Hugary Contact: ostorosgyula@freemail.hu Message to Region Benefits of Membership Current Work
Gulf States and Arabia		Professor Khaled Alkattan, FRCS Consultant thoracic surgery in King Faisal Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Professor and Dean of college of medicine at Alfaisal University, Riyadh Alfaisal University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Contact: kkattan@alfaisal.edu Message to Region Benefits to Membership Current work
Indian Sub-continent		Purvish M. Parikh, MD, DNB, FICP, PhD, ECMO, CPI, MBA Indian Cooperative Oncology Network Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Contact: Purvish1@gmail.com Message to Region Benefits to Membership Current work
Japan		Norihiko Ikeda, MD, PhD Department of Surgery, Tokyo Medical University Tokyo, Japan Contact: ikeda@wd5.so-net.ne.jp Benefits to Membership
Japan		Shuji Sakai, M.D., Ph.D. Dept. of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan Contact: Sakai@shs.kyushu-u.as.jp
Korea		Jong Ho Park, M.D., Ph.D. Chief Thoracic Surgeon and Director of the Cancer Center Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Seoul, Korea Contact: jhpark@kcch.re.kr Message to Region Benefits to Membership Current work Video
Scandinavia		Erik Jakobsen, MD, MPM Chief Surgeon, Dept. of Thoracic Surgery Manager of the Danish Lung Cancer Registry Odense University Hospital, Odense Denmark Contact: erik.jakobsen@ouh.regionsyddandmark.dk Message to Region Benefits to Membership Current work
Southeast Asia		Dato' D Mohamed Ibrahim A Wahid DPMP, MB Bch (WALES),DMRT(UK),Am(MAL) Medical Director / Consultant Clinical Oncologist Beacon International Specialist Centre Selangor, Malaysia Contact: ibrahim.wahid@gmail.com
Southern Africa		Anthony Linegar MBChB, FCS SA(Cardiothor),PhD. University Free State Cape Town, South Africa Contact: al@thoracicsurgery.co.za
Spanish South America		Eduardo Richardet, MD PHD Professor - FLASCA President Instituto Oncológico Córdoba Córdoba - Argentina Contact: erichardet@ionc.com.ar Message to Region Beneficial aspects to Membership Current work
Turkey		Prof. Dr. Deniz Yalman Ege University School of Medicine Department of Radiation Oncology Izmir, TURKEY Contact: deniz.yalman@ege.edu.tr Message to Region Current work
United Kingdom and Ireland		Dr Richard Booton PhD MRCP The University of Manchester Manchester, UK Contact: richard.booton@uhsm.nhs.uk Message to Region Benefits to Membership Current work
North America		Heather A. Wakelee, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Oncology Stanford University Stanford, CA, USA Contact: hwakelee@stanford.edu Message to Region Benefits to Membership
North America		Charles Powell Pulmonary Medicine Mt. Sinai Hospital Chicago, IL Contact: charles.powell@mssm.edu
North America		Brian Lally Radiation Oncology Miller School of Medicine Miami, FL Contact: blally@med.miami.edu
North America		Gerard A. Silvestri, M.D., M.S. Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina, USA Contact: Silvestr@musc.edu Message to Region Benefits to Membership