In Honor and Recognition to

Prof. Dr. Erich Saling
Prof. Dr. Kazuo Maeda
Prof. Dr. Roberto Caldeyro Barcia

Honorary President

Prof. Dr. José Carlos Cuadro

Prof. Dr. José Luis Peña

Committees

WAPM Council

President

Frank A. Chervenak, USA

Past President

Manuel R.G. Carrapato, Portugal

President Elect

Xavier Carbonell, Spain

Vice Presidents

Aris Antsaklis, Greece

Kypros Nicolaides, Great Britain

Hiroshi Nishida, Japan

Secretary General

Milan Stanojevic, Croatia

Treasurer

Bernat Serra, Spain

Deputy Secretaries

Zehra N. Kavak, Turkey

Valeria Varadi, Hungary

Dan Skupski, USA

Editor – in – Chief of the Journal

Joachim W. Dudenhausen, Germany

International Committee

Badreldeen Ahmed, Qatar

Ana Bianchi, Uruguay

Robert Brent, USA

Gian Carlo di Renzo, Italy

Tony Duan, China

Moshe Mazor, Israel

Charles Mejinge, Tanzania

Eberhard Merz, Germany

Anton Mikhailov, Russia

Gianni Monni, Italy

Marta Szymankiewicz, Poland

Parsel Skupski, USA

Radu Vladareanu, Romania

Yves Ville, France

Corazon Yabes – Almirante, Philippines

Scientific Committee

Roberto Romero, USA

Educational Committee

Coordinator: Asim Kurjak, Croatia

Ethics Committee

Coordinator: Joseph G. Schenker, Israel

Committee for Developing Countries

Coordinator: Abdullah Adra, Lebanon

Solidarity Committee

Coordinator: Jose Maria Carrera, Spain

History Committee

Coordinator: Kazuo Maeda, Japan

Patient Safety Committee

Amos Grunebaum, USA


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

President

Justo Alonso

Vice - President

Raúl Bustos

Secretary

Daniel Borbonet

Pro Secretary

Leonel Briozzo

Treasurer

Eduardo Mayans

Pro Treasurer

Julio de Fuentes

AUPER

Coralito Lopez

SGU

Washington Lauría

SUP

Gonzalo Giambruno

SOGIU

Carlos Leoni

SUNPI

María Jose Cancela

CLAP

Ricardo Fescina

PUBLIC RELATION &
DIFUSION COMMITTEE

President

Gonzalo Etcheverry

Secretary

Fabián Rodriguez

Maria José Cancela
Ana Lain
Alma Martínez
Estrella Medina


FINANCIAL COMMITTE

President

Eduardo Mayans

Secretary

Julio de Fuentes

Edgardo Castillo
Mario Manzanares

LOCAL COMMITTEE -
Punta del Este, Maldonado

Washington Hernández
Alejandro Laborde
Antonio Lustemberg
Eduardo Pérez
Emilio Speker
Elizabeth Tobler

REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTE

President

Ana Bianchi

Secretary

Bremen de Mucio

Secretary

Guillermo Pose

Secretary

Fernando Silvera

Secretary

Claudio Sosa

Members

Ruver Berazategui
Raúl Bustos
José Luis Díaz Rossello
Cristina Hernández
Miguel Martell
Raúl Medina
José E. Pons
Roberto Quadrelli
Ricardo Schwartz

IN HONOR AND RECOGNITION TO

Prof. Dr. Erich Saling

Prof. Dr. Kazuo Maeda

Prof. Dr. Roberto Caldeyro Barcia