History
This association was founded in 1977 as the International Society for Artificial Organs (ISAO). In 2003 it was decided to transition beginning January 1st, 2004 from a Society based on individual members into the International Federation for Artificial Organs (IFAO).
The IFAO is based on Societies as members, with 3 founding member societies, the American Society for Artificial Organs (ASAIO), the European Society for Artificial Organs (ESAO) and the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs (JSAO).d
In 2008 the IFAO moved its website from the prior society-based isao-society.org to a new website (http://www.ifao-society.org) that reflected the organization’s move to a federation. And then in July of 2010, the Federation acquired the IFAO.org domain name, and established its new website here, with ambitious new goals from the latest international meeting.
PRESIDENTS of ISAO (1977 – 2003) and IFAO (from 2004 on)
| INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR ARTIFICIAL ORGANS (ISAO) | |
| 1977 – 1978 | Willem J. Kolff, USA |
| 1978-1980 | J. P. Merrill, USA |
| 1980 – 1982 | Horst Klinkmann, Germany |
| 1982 – 1984 | Horst Klinkmann, Germany |
| 1984 – 1986 | Jean L. Funck-Brentano, France |
| 1986 – 1988 | Eli Friedman, USA |
| 1988 – 1990 | Yukihiko Nosè, USA |
| 1990 – 1992 | Hans Jürgen Gurland, Germany |
| 1992 – 1994 | K. Atsumi, Japan |
| 1994 – 1996 | T. M. S. Chang, USA |
| 1996 – 1998 | Peter Ivanovich, USA |
| 1998 – 2000 | Alex M. Davison, UK |
| 2000 – 2002 | Shin-Ichi Nitta, Japan |
| 2002 – 2003 | Robert Bartlett, USA |
| INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR ARTIFICIAL ORGANS (IFAO) | |
| 2004 – 2005 | Sergio Stefoni, Italy |
| 2006 – 2007 | Yoshiyuki Taenaka, Japan |
| 2008 – Feb 2009 | Peer Portner, USA |
| Feb 2009 – Oct. 2009 | Michael Lysaght, USA |
| Oct. 2009 – 2011 | Joerg Vienken, Germany |
| 2012 – 2013 | Ryuji Tominaga, Japan |
| 2014 – June 2015 | Kurt Dasse, USA |
| June 2015 – 2017 | Bernd Stegmayr, Sweden |
| 2018-2019 | Toru Masuzawa, Japan |
2020-2021 Peter Wearden, USA
2022-2023 Heinrich Schima, Austria
2024-2025 Minoru Ono, Japan
ISAO Congresses
- 1977 Tokyo
Congress President Prof. Inoh - 1979 New York City
- 1981 Paris
- 1983 Kyoto
Congress President Prof. Tatsumi - 1985 Chicago
- 1987 Munich
Congress President Prof. Hans Jürgen Gurland - 1989 Sapporo
Congress President Prof. Kazuo Ota - 1991 Montreal
Congress President Prof. T. M. S. Chang - 1993 Amsterdam
Congress President Prof. Ruud Harley - 1995 Taipei
Congress President Prof. Lee - 1997 Providence
Congress President Prof. Pierre Galetti – Prof. Micheal Lysaght - 1999 Edinburgh
Congress Prersident Prof. Alex. M Davison - 2001 Osaka
Congress President Prof. Hikaru Matsuda - 2003 Washington DC
Co-Congress President Prof. Peer Portner
IFAO Congresses
- 2005, Oct. 5 – 8, Bologna,
Congress President Prof. Sergio Stefoni - 2007, Oct. 28 – 31, Osaka
Congress President Prof. Yoshiyuki Taenaka - 2009, May 28-30, Dallas
Program Chair Prof. William Wagner - 2011, Oct 9-12, Porto
Program Chair Prof. Rui Reis. - 2013, Sep 27-29, Yokohama
Congress President Prof. Shunei Kyo - 2015, June 24-27, Chicago
Program Chair Prof. Jonathan Haft - 2017, Sep 5-9, Vienna
Congress President Prof. Heinrich Schima - 2019, Nov 13-15, Osaka
Congress Chairs Prof. Yoshiki Sawa and Prof. Koichi Toda - 2021, June 9-12, Washington, D.C.
- 2023, Aug 29 – Sept 1, Bergamo, Italy
- Congress President Prof. Andrea Remuzzi