2021-2022 OFFICERS and COMMITTEES

Committee and Chair Nomination Process, Terms of Service, and Additional Considerations

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PRESIDENT Miguel Guelfand, M.D. Santiago, Chile

CEO & Editor Mark Wulkan, M.D. Akron, OH, USA PRESIDENT – ELECT Philipp Szavay, M.D.  Switzerland 1ST VICE PRESIDENT Shawn St. Peter, M.D. Kansas City, MO, USA 2ND VICE PRESIDENT Satoshi Ieiri, M.D. Japan SECRETARY Matthew S. Clifton, M.D. Atlanta, GA, USA TREASURER Katherine A. Barsness, M.D. Chicago, IL, USA  IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Todd Ponsky, M.D. Cleveland, OH, USA IMMEDIATE PAST CEO Daniel Ostlie, M.D. Phoenix, AZ, USA COI CHAIR & AMERICA’S REPRESENTATIVE Samir Pandya, M.D. Dallas, TX, USA  EUROPE’S REPRESENTATIVE Matthijs Oomen, M.D. Amsterdam, The Netherlands WORLD-AT-LARGE REPRESENTATIVES Suad Abul, M.D. Kuwait City, Kuwait Carolina A. Millan, M.D. Buenos Aires, Argentina  Go Miyano, M.D. Tokyo, Japan M.E. CHAPTER REP *non-voting Enaam Raboei, M.D. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia LATAM CHAPTER REP *non-voting Marcelo Martinez-Fero, M.D. Buenos Aires, Argentina COI Co-CHAIR *non-voting Bethany Slater, M.D. Chicago, IL, USA DEVELOPMENT CHAIR *non-voting Steven Rothenberg, M.D. Denver, CO, USA

[/section] [section title=”*Business Strategies Committee“]

Committee Goals/Activity

The Business Strategies Committee reports to the Development Committee and is responsible for developing monetized opportunities to support the budget and mission of IPEG. The Committee develops programs (in-person and virtual) that present educational content (CME and non-CME) in new & emerging technology, innovations, quality & value analysis, supply chain management, as well as connections to industry partners seeking insight from pediatric surgeons.

CHAIR  Holger Till, MD – Graz, Austria
CO-CHAIR  Bethany Slater, MD – Chicago, IL, USA

Katherine Barsness, MD – Chicago, IL, USA
Matthew Clifton, MD – Atlanta, GA, USA
Miguel Guelfand, MD – Santiago, Chile
Carroll M. Harmon, MD – Buffalo, NY, USA
Daniel Ostlie, MD – Phoenix, AZ, USA
Samir Pandya, MD – Dallas, TX, USA
Todd A. Ponsky, MD – Akron, OH, USA
Steven Rothenberg, MD – Denver, CO, USA
Mark Wulkan, MD – Akron, OH, USA

[/section] [section title=”*Calendar of Content Committee“]

Committee Goals/Activity

Tasked to develop internal content (IPEG generated) while overseeing the release of external content to provide an organized and controlled product throughout the year. This includes receiving proposals for courses, webinars and other content after being vetted by regional representative for final suggestions, decisions and date of release.

This committee is separate from the program committee (primarily responsible for the annual meeting). Therefore, this committee needs to organize with foresight how the meeting content folds into the other offerings.

CHAIR  Samir Pandya, MD – Dallas, TX, USA
CO-CHAIR  Matthew Clifton, MD – Atlanta, GA, USA

Hanna Alemayehu, MD – Mobile, AL, USA
Mahmoud El Fiky, MD – Cario, Egypt
Miguel Guelfand, MD – Santiago, Chile
Carolina Millan, MD – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Go Miyano, MD – Tokyo, Japan
Eduardo Perez, MD – Miami, FL, USA
Todd A. Ponsky, MD – Akron, OH, USA
Bethany Slater, MD – Chicago, IL, USA
Philipp Szavay, MD – Lucerne, Switzerland
Sabine Zundel, MD – Lucerne, Switzerland

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CHAIR  Steven Rothenberg, MD – Denver, CO, USA
CO-CHAIR  Carroll M. Harmon, MD, PhD – Buffalo, NY, USA

Todd A. Ponsky, MD – Akron, OH, USA
Philipp O. Szavay, MD – Lucerne, Switzerland
Atsuyuki  Yamataka, MD – Tokyo, Japan

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[section title=”*Digital & Social Media Committee“]

Committee Goals/Activity

The goal of this committee is to make IPEG more creative in how the membership is engaged. This will include community engagement, marketing and advertising. Utilizing social media, the committee will not only provide more information to the membership but demonstrate the potential value to other surgeons who may be interested.

CHAIR  Rebecca Rentea, MD – Overland Park, KS, USA
CO-CHAIR  Jessica Zagory, MD – New Orleans, LA, USA

Mariano  Bosich, MD – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Carlos  Colunga, MD – Monterrey, Mexico
Mahmoud Mohamed Assem Elfiky, MD – Cairo, Egypt
Cecilia  Gigena, MD – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Maricarmen Paz Olivos Perez, MD – Santiago, Chile
Samir R. Pandya, MD – Dallas, TX, USA
Todd A. Ponsky, MD – Akron, OH, USA
Natashia  Seemann, MD, MSc – London, ON, Canada
Angela  Shailer, MD – Havana, Cuba
Sameh M Shehata, MD – Alexandria, Egypt
Alberto Felipe Torres, MD – La Serena, Chile
Irving Jose Zamora, MD, MPH – Nashville, TN, USA

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[section title=”*Education Committee“]

Committee Goals/Activity

• Develop and operationalize all educational activities and materials, other than the annual in-person meeting, based on identified practice gaps (IPEG Academy Subcommittee)
• Develop and implement a continuous learning space where interactive case-based webinars/symposia are hosted in rotating time zones to allow for diverse international involvement and to allow real-time access to international pediatric surgery experts (IPEG Academy Subcommittee)
• Develop and promote an integrated web- and app-based curriculum (Curriculum Subcommittee)
• Curate and categorize instructional and procedural videos into a platform that is intuitive, functional, and searchable (Video Content Subcommittee)
• Develop and promote the Society’s endorsed instructional videos (Video Task Force Subcommittee)
• Develop subset education for global pediatric surgery trainees to foster sustainable membership (IPEG Academy Subcommittee)
• Implement mechanism for CME (or international equivalent) with web and app content through partnership with Program Committee (Program Committee Liaison)
• Disseminate new materials and promote app and website integration through partnership with the Social Media Committee (Social Media Liaison)
• Review, approve, and endorse proposals (on behalf of the Society) for related IPEG courses (IPEG Academy Subcommittee)

CHAIR  Jason Fraser, MD – Kansas City, MO, USA
PROJECT LEAD – Neotrainer  Karen A. Diefenbach, MD – Columbus, OH, USA

Suad  Abul, MD – Kuwait City, Kuwait
Chuck Aprahamian, MD – Peoria, IL, USA
Georges  Azzie, MD – Toronto, ON, Canada
Ede  Biró, MD – Pecs, Hungary
Prof. Ali Raza  Brohi, MBBS – Nawabshah, Pakistan
Andre Lima da Cunha, MD – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mahmoud El Fiky, MD – Cairo, Egypt
Alejandra Georgina Falcioni, MD – Caba, Argentina
Carlos  Giné, MD – Barcelona, Spain
Alexey A. Gusev, MD – Moscow, Russian Federation
Phillip  Ham, MD, MS – Buffalo, NY, USA
Angela Hanna, MD – Seattle, WA, USA
Celeste  Hollands, MD – Lubbock, TX, USA
Takahiro  Jimbo, MD – Tsuchiura, Japan
Leslie Knod, MD – Hartford, CT, USA
Hau Le, MD – Madison, WI, USA
Charles M. Leys, MD – Madison, WI, USA
Jonathan  Meisel, MD – Atlanta, GA, USA
Carlos Alberto Melo Hernandez, MD – Cali, Colombia
Martin L. Metzelder, MD – Vienna, Austria
Ivan  Molina, MD – Bogotá, Colombia
Vincent Mortellaro, MD – Birmingham, AL, USA
Nathan Novotny, MD – Irbid, Jordan
Matthijs Oomen, MD – Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Eduardo Perez, MD – Miami, FL, USA
J. Duncan Phillips, MD – Raleigh, NC, USA
Bhaskar N. Rao, MD – Memphis, TN, USA
Giuseppe  Retrosi, MD – Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Drew  Rideout, MD – St Petersburg, FL, USA
Stefan Scholz, MD – Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Angela Shailer, MD – Havana, Cuba
Sameh Shehata, MD – Alexandria, Egypt
Cathy E. Shin, MD – Los Angeles, CA, USA
Bethany Slater, MD – Chicago, IL, USA
Shinya  Takazawa, MD – Shibukawa, Japan
Aydin  Yagmurlu, MD – Ankara, Turkey
Hsien Chen Yang, MD – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Irving Jose Zamora, MD, MPH – Nashville, TN, USA

 

[/section] [section title=”*New Innovative Spaces Committee“]

Committee Goals/Activity

While IPEG is focused on the advancement of minimally invasive techniques in children, the society has always broadly encouraged innovative approaches to surgical treatment in children. The charge of NISC is to continually pursue a three-step process to identify developing biomedical advances from which pediatric surgeons and our patients will benefit:

• Environmental Scanning: Using individual experiences and expertise, the Committee should strive to make a broad, inclusive list of contemporary innovations that may affect pediatric surgical care
• Prioritization: Subsequently, committee members should seek consensus amongst themselves regarding which innovations are most likely to affect IPEG membership
• Dissemination: The Committee should seek a venue by which to educate IPEG membership on the highest priority innovations. This could be by way of formal seminar, educational materials, or new collaborative efforts.

CHAIR  Seth Goldstein, MD – Chicago, IL, USA
CO-CHAIR  Gursev Sandlas, MD – Mumbai, Maharashra, Inida

Cristobal Adolfo Abello Munarriz, MD – Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia
Samiksha Bansal, MD – Marietta, GA, USA
Robert  Bergholz, MD – Kiel, Germany
Matias Bruzoni, MD – Stanford, CA, USA
Carlos Andres Colunga Tinajero, MD – Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Ergun  Ergun, MD – Ankara, Turkey
Cecilia Gigena, MD – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Miguel Guelfand, MD – Santiago, Chile
Brian Gulack, MD – Toronto, ON, Canada
Hawkar Kak-Ahmed, MD – Erbil, Iraq
Anatole Kotlovsky, MD – Oryol, Russia
Tarun Kumar, MD – Des Moines, IA, USA
Dave Lal, MD – Milwaukee, IA, USA
Tanmay Motiwala, MD – Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Bernardo Nunez, MD – Barcelona, Spain
Tolu Oyetunji, MD – Kansas City, MO, USA
Samir Pandya, MD – Dallas, TX, USA
Todd A. Ponsky, MD – Akron, OH, USA
Carlos E. Prada, MD – Caracas, DC, Venezuela
Saqib Hamid Qazi, MD – Karachi, Sind, Pakistan
Marla Sacks, MD – Redlands, CA, USA
Bethany Slater, MD – Chicago, IL , USA
Holger Till, MD – Graz, Austria
Baran Tokar, md – Eskisehir, Turkey
Maeve O’Neill Trudeau, MD – Montreal, QC, Canada
Anthony Tsai, MD – Hershey, PA, USA
James Wall, MD – Stanford, CA, USA
Chin-Hung Wei, MD – New Taipei City, Taiwan
Jonathan Wells, MD – Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Yi-Ting (David) Yeh, MD – Taipei, Taiwan
Abdalla Zarroug, MD – Doha, Qatar
Jeffrey L Zitsman, MD – New York, NY, USA

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Committee Goals/Activity

Will be in charge of planning the meetings as before. Virtual meeting and virtual content will be included, although other committees can help with that aspect. This meeting didn’t have the luxury of planning ahead so the Calendar of Content committee will oversee pushing out the content garnered for the purpose of the meeting. Even in the state of a vaccine, we will need to offer robust virtual options for the world to garner the benefit of membership when the travel is unrealistic.

CHAIR  Bethany Slater, MD – Chicago, IL, USA
CHAIR  Eduardo Perez, MD – Miami, FL, USA
CO-CHAIR  Samir R. Pandya, MD – Dallas, TX, USA
CO-CHAIR  Rebecca Rentea, MD – Kansas City, MO, USA
CO-CHAIR  Aixa Reusmann, MD – Buenos Aires, Argentina
CO-CHAIR  Sabine Zundel, MD – Lucerne, Switzerland

Katherine A. Barsness, MD – Chicago, IL, USA
Casey M. Calkins, MD – Milwaukee, WI, USA
Nicole M. Chandler, MD – St Petersburg, FL, USA
Karen A. Diefenbach, MD – Columbus, OH, USA
Jason D. Fraser, MD – Kansas City, MO, USA
Anna Gunnarsdottir, MD, PhD – Stockholm, Sweden
Satoshi Ieiri, MD – Kagoshima, Japan
Romeo C. Ignacio, MD – San Diego, CA, USA
David Juang, MD – Kansas City, MO, USA
Dave R. Lal, MD – Milwaukee, WI, USA
Michael J. Leinwand, MD – Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Charles M. Leys, MD – Madison, WI, USA
Aaron Michael Lipskar, MD – New Hyde Park, NY, USA
Nathan Michael Novotny, MD – Irbid, Jordan
Lena Perger, MD – Albuquerque, NM, USA
Drew Rideout, MD – St Petersburg, FL, USA
Atul J. Sabharwal, MD – Glasgow, UK
Avraham Schlager, MD – Akron, OH, USA
Sohail R Shah, MD, MSHA – Houston, TX, USA
Sameh M Shehata, MD – Alexandria, Egypt

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[section title=”*Publications Committee“]

Works with JLAST Pediatric Editorial Board

CHAIR  Mark L. Wulkan, MD – Atlanta, GA, USA
CO-CHAIR  Satoshi  Ieiri, MD – Kagoshima, Japan

Maria Marcela Bailez, MD – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ralph C. Cohen, MD – Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Ciro Esposito, MD, PhD – Naples, Italy
Miguel Guelfand, MD – Santiago, Chile
Munther J. Haddad, MD – London, UK
Carroll M. Harmon, MD, PhD – Buffalo, NY, USA
George W. Holcomb III, MD – Kansas City, MO, USA
Celeste Hollands, MD – Lubbock, TX, USA
Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD – Aurora, CO, USA
Saleem Islam, MD – Gainesville, FL, USA
Timothy D. Kane, MD – Washington, DC, USA
Yury Kozlov, MD – Irkutsk, Russia
Charles M. Leys, MD – Madison, WI, USA
Marcelo Martinez-Ferro, MD – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Go Miyano, MD – Tokyo, Japan
Daniel J. Ostlie, MD – Phoenix, AZ, USA
Steven Rothenberg, MD – Denver, CO, USA
Charles L. Snyder, MD – Kansas City, MO, USA
Shawn D. St Peter, MD – Kansas City, MO, USA
Philipp O. Szavay, MD – Lucerne, Switzerland
Holger Till, MD – Graz, Austria
Atsuyuki Yamataka, MD – Tokyo, Japan
CK. Yeung, MD – Hong Kong, China

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[section title=”*Research Committee“]

Committee Goals/ Activity

• Identifies research studies for membership participation and collects data on these studies with the intent to publish in peer-reviewed journals.
• Serves as a clearinghouse for surveys to be sent to the membership, which may lead to publications in journals.
• Distributes selected articles of interest to IPEG membership every quarter.
• Reviews eligible candidates for the Basic Science Award at the annual IPEG congress and selects a recipient.
• Reviews applications for the Research Grant Award and selects a recipient.

CHAIR  Lena Perger, MD – Albuquerque, NM, USA
CO-CHAIR  Stefan Scholz, MD – Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Adam C. Alder, MD – Dallas, TX, USA
Hanna Alemayehu, MD – Mobile, AL, USA
Alexey A. Gusev, MD – Moscow, Russian Federation
Emilia Veronica Gutierrez, MD – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Carroll M. Harmon, MD, PhD – Buffalo, NY, USA
Dave R. Lal, MD – Milwaukee, WI, USA
Justin Lee, MD – Phoenix, AZ, USA
Go Miyano, MD – Tokyo, Japan
Oliver J. Muensterer, MD – Munich, Germany
Shun Onishi, MD, PhD – Kagoshima, Japan
Tolu Oyetunji, MD, MPH – Kansas City, MO, USA
Maurizio Pacilli, MBBS, MD(Res) – Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Andrei Radulescu, MD, PhD – Loma Linda, CA, USA
David H. Rothstein, MD – Buffalo, NY, USA
Bradley J. Segura, MD – Inver Grove Heights, MO, USA
Angela Shailer, MD – Havana, Cuba
Sherif M.K. Shehata, MCh, MD, PhD – Tanta, Egypt
Luzia  Toselli, MD – Buenos Aires, Argentina

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[section title=”*Simulation and Training“]

Committee Goals/Activity

• To create an accessible useful program focused on healthcare and education needs
• Reinforce knowledge and technical skill for IPEG members
• To implement cutting-edge educational techniques
• To increase the number of active IPEG members and encourage global participation

CHAIR  Maximiliano Maricic, MD – Buenos Aires, Argentina
CO-CHAIR  Carolina Millan, MD – Buenos Aires, Argentina

Maria Marcela Bailez, MD – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Kathy Barsness, MD – Chicago, IL, USA
Kagiso Batka-Makwinja, MD – Pretoria, South Africa
Alejandra Georgina Falcioni, MD – Caba, Argentina
Carlos Gine, MD – Barcelona, Spain
Tetsuya Ishimaru, MD – Salitama, Japan
Go Miyano, MD – Tokyo, Japan
Maricarmen Paz Olivos Perez, MD – Santiago, Chile
Eduardo Perez, MD – Miami, FL, USA
Fernando Rabinovich, MD – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gursev Sandlas, MD – Mumbai, India
Angela Shailer, MD – Havana, Cuba
Holger Till, MD – Graz, Austria
Maria Soledad Valverde, MD – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jonathan Wells, MD – Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Hsien Yang, MD – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sabine Zundel, MD – Lucerne, Switzerland

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[section title=”*Technology, Entrepreneurship and Commercialization Committee“]

Committee Goals/Activity

• Education:
  • The committee will be responsible for developing and delivering relevant educational sessions at the annual IPEG meeting.
  • The committee with be responsible for developing and delivering relevant educational sessions and online content that will occur throughout the year.

• Enablement:
  • The committee will be responsible for developing resources that enable IPEG members to participate in the development of novel heath technologies.
  • The committee will develop and enforce a code of conduct to protect the sharing of novel ideas among members and outside entities.

• Investment:
  • The committee will work with the IPEG executive leadership to understand options for an investment fund to support new technology development.

CHAIR  James Wall, MD – Stanford, CA, USA
CO-CHAIR  Baran Tokar, MD – Eskisehir, Turkey

Cristobal Adolfo Abello Munarriz, MD – Barranquilla, Mexico
Maria Marcela Bailez, MD – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Francois Luks, MD- Providence, RI, USA
Marcelo Martinez-Ferro, MD – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Marc Michalsky, MD – Columbus, OH, USA
Samir Pandya, MD – Dallas, TX, USA
Eduardo Perez, MD – Miami, FL, USA
Todd A. Ponsky, MD – Akron, OH, USA
Fernando Rabinovich, MD – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Steven Rothenberg, MD – Denver, CO, USA
Gursev Sandlas, MD – Mumbai, Maharashra, India
Anthony Tsai, MD – Hershey, PA, USA
Maria Soledad Valverde, MD – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jonathan Wells, MD – Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

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[[section title=”IPEG Past-Presidents“]

Todd Ponsky, MD		(2021)
Holger Till, MD		(2020)
Aayed Al-Qahtani, MD		(2019)
Dan Ostlie, MD		(2018)
David Van der Zee, MD		(2017)
Maria Marcela Bailez, MD		(2016)
Mark Wulkan, MD		(2015)
Benno Ure, MD, PhD		(2014)
Tadashi Iwanaka, MD, PhD	retired	(2013)
Carroll M. Harmon, MD, PhD		(2012)
Gordon A. MacKinlay, MD	retired	(2011)
Marcelo Martinez-Ferro, MD		(2010)
George W. Holcomb III, MD		(2009)
Jean-Stephane Valla, MD	retired	(2008)
Atsuyuki Yamataka, MD		(2007)
Keith Georgeson, MD		(2006)
Klaas (N) M.A. Bax, MD	retired	(2005)
C. K. Yeung, MD		(2004)
Craig Albanese, MD	retired	(2003)
Vincenzo Jasonni, MD	retired	(2002)
Peter Borzi, MD		(2001)
Steven Rothenberg, MD		(2000)
Hock L Tan, MD		(1998)
Takeshi Miyano, MD	retired	(1997)
Steven Rubin, MD	retired	(1996)
Gunter-Heinrich Willital, MD	retired	(1995)

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