{"id":30,"date":"2010-07-20T07:51:19","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T07:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ifao.org\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T03:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T07:11:28","slug":"board-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ifao.org\/?page_id=30","title":{"rendered":"Board Members"},"content":{"rendered":"

IFAO Board Members\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Years of Service as Board Member in Parentheses (Maximum)
\n<\/em>\u00a0Terms Begin January 1
\n*Voting Members<\/p>\n

Officers<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Chairman<\/strong> (2025-2027): Prof. Kiyotaka Fukamachi, MD, PhD. <\/strong>Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.<\/p>\n

Vice-Chairman<\/strong> (2024-2025):\u00a0 TBA by ASAIO<\/strong><\/p>\n

Secretary-Treasurer<\/strong> (2024-2027): Dr. Libera Fresiello, PhD.<\/strong>University of Twente, The Netherlands.<\/p>\n

JSAO Board Members<\/strong><\/h3>\n

* Prof. Akihiro C. Yamashita, PhD <\/strong>(2021 – 2026<\/em>).\u00a0 Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan.<\/p>\n

*Prof.\u00a0<\/b>Tomohiro Nishinaka, MD, PhD <\/strong>(2026-2031). Tokyo Women’s Medical University<\/p>\n

* Prof. Akira Shiose, MD, PhD<\/strong> (2026-2031). Kyushu University<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

ESAO Board Members<\/strong><\/h3>\n

*<\/strong> Prof. Dimitrios Stamatialis<\/strong>, PhD<\/strong> (2021-2026). University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.<\/p>\n

* Prof. Ulrich Steinseifer, PhD<\/strong> (2025-2030). RWTH Aachen University,\u00a0 Germany.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0* Prof. Tom Verbelen, MD, PhD <\/strong>(2026-2031). KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.<\/p>\n

ASAIO Board Members<\/strong><\/h3>\n

*<\/strong>\u00a0Prof. Pramod Bonde, MD, PhD <\/strong>(2023-2028). Yale, School of Medicine, New Haven, USA.<\/p>\n

*<\/strong>\u00a0Prof. Cristiano Amarelli, MD <\/strong>(2023-2028). Ospedali dei Colli, Naples, Italy<\/p>\n

*<\/strong> Prof. Jamshid H. Karimov, MD, PhD <\/b>(2026-2031). Cardiovascular Innovation and Research Group, Cleveland, USA<\/p>\n

\u00a0Editor of Artificial Organs, the official publication of IFAO\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  • Vakhtang Tchantchaleishvili, M.D<\/strong>, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    IFAO Board Members\u00a0 Years of Service as Board Member in Parentheses (Maximum) \u00a0Terms Begin January 1 *Voting Members Officers Chairman (2025-2027): Prof. Kiyotaka Fukamachi, MD, PhD. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. Vice-Chairman (2024-2025):\u00a0 TBA by ASAIO Secretary-Treasurer (2024-2027): Dr. Libera Fresiello, PhD.University of Twente, The Netherlands. JSAO Board Members * Prof. Akihiro C. Yamashita, PhD (2021 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7DsiI-u","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifao.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifao.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifao.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifao.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifao.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/ifao.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":963,"href":"https:\/\/ifao.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/963"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifao.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifao.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}