Minutes of the 6th Meeting of the IFAO Board

July 4, 2008 Minutes of the 6th Meeting of the IFAO Board San Francisco June 20, 2008 Chairman Prof Peer M Portner, PhD, FACP, FAHA Stanford University School of Medicine E-Mail: pmportner@aol.com Secretary Treasurer Stephen R Ash MD, FACP HemoCleanse Inc E-Mail: sash@hemocleanse.com Board Members 2008-2009 Prof Michael Lysaght, PhD Brown University E-Mail: Michael_Lysaght@brown.edu Prof Takeshi Nakatani, MD, PhD National Cardiovascular Center E-Mail: tnakatan@res.ncvc.go.jp Prof Wayne E Richenbacher, MD University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics E-Mail: wayne-richenbacher@uiowa.edu Prof Heinrich Schima, PhD Institut für Biomedizinische Technik am AKH Wien E-Mail: heinrich.schima@meduniwien.ac.at Prof Yoshiyuki Taenaka, MD National Cardivascular Center, E-Mail: taenaka@ri.ncvc.go.jp Prof Setsuo Takatani, PhD Tokyo Medical and Dental University E-Mail: takatani.ao@tmd.ac.jp Prof Jörg Vienken, PhD Fresenius Medical Care E-Mail: vienken.usingen@t-online.de Prof Beat H Walpoth, MD Geneva University Hospital E-Mail: beat.walpoth@hcuge.ch Extraordinary Board Members Prof Adolfo Leirner M.D Ph.D University of Sao Paulo E-Mail: aaleirn@incor.usp Prof Kyung Sun M.D Ph.D Korea University Medical Center E-Mail: ksunmd@korea.ac.kr Attending: Drs Portner, Ash, Richenbacher, Schima, Taenaka and Vienken Stephen R Ash MD, FACP, Secretary Treasurer and Mr Nels Bergmark, Assistant Secretary Treasurer 3601 Sagamore Parkway N., Suite B Lafayette, IN 47904 USA T: 765 742 4813 #208 F: 765 742 4823 sash@hemocleanse.com Invited Guests: Mrs Portner, Dr Wagner (Program Chairman for ASAIO-IFAO 2009 Meeting) Unable to Attend: Drs Lysaght, Takatani, Nakatani, Leirner, Sun and Walpoth Awards for Contribution to the Science of Artificial Organs The meeting was opened by President Peer Portner On behalf of IFAO awards were presented to Board Members in recognition of their outstanding history of contributions to the science of artificial organs Secretary-Treasurer’s Report The transition has been completed in moving Headquarters of IFAO from Germany to Lafayette, Indiana Accounts have been consolidated and all societies have paid their annual dues for 2007 The financial status of the society is healthy and total funds are increasing; a more detailed report will follow The suggestion was made that IFAO should invoice each continental society as a reminder for dues payment, each year Report on Joint JSAO-IFAO of October 2007 Dr Taenaka prepared an excellent report on the JSAO-IFAO meeting of October 2007, which is attached to these minutes All agreed that the meeting was highly successful, and encouraged excellent international participation Dr Taenaka was congratulated on organizing such a comprehensive scientific and pleasant social program Total attendees were over 1000, and there were 21 exhibitors Awards included the Originality Award to Yokota Takenor, the Burl Osborne Prize to Yamazaki Kenji, and the International Young Investigator Award scholarships to presentors from India, China, Korea, Australia, Poland and Germany Plans for ASAIO-IFAO Congress in Dallas 2009 Dr William Wagner presented plans for the ASAIO-IFAO Congress to be held May 28-30 in Dallas This meeting will be held in conjunction with the Pediatric Circulatory Support meeting (planned by Dr Undar and colleagues) In order to promote a distinct International tone and broad participation during the planning for the Joint Congress, Drs Taenaka and Vienken have been invited to be members of the ASAIO-IFAO program planning committee, and to participate in the committee meetings in June and in September IFAO President Portner indicated that he will invite all IFAO board members to join an IFAO 2009 program committee which should add additional members as appropriate, to actively consider and recommend topics (symposia and invited lectures) of global interest; Dr Akif Undar has agreed to join this committee (representing pediatrics); Drs Taenaka and Vienken will represent this committee on the ASAIO-IFAO program planning committee In keeping with tradition, ASAIO will use IFAO funds to support International Young Investigator Awards to scientists and physicians submitting abstracts from overseas to the meeting Efforts should be made by all continental societies to advertise these fellowships to their society members and to colleagues from all continents Stephen R Ash MD, FACP, Secretary Treasurer and Mr Nels Bergmark, Assistant Secretary Treasurer 3601 Sagamore Parkway N., Suite B Lafayette, IN 47904 USA T: 765 742 4813 #208 F: 765 742 4823 sash@hemocleanse.com Old Business The Board affirmed continued support of the Burl Osborne Pioneer Organ Replacement Hero Award, which is presented to a patient or family that has benefited from artificial organ or transplantation science This award is funded by the Belo Foundation and the recipient is selected by Drs Ivanovich, Starzl and Klinkmann The Board also affirmed continued support for the Burl Osborne Prize for Scientific Merit for the best abstract at the IFAO Congress This award is funded through an account within IFAO comprised of prior donations from the Belo Foundation Any further contributions to the account by members or foundations are welcome At the 2007 Board meeting, ASAIO board members suggested that IFAO might benefit from having an Executive Committee comprised of one member from each continental society, to maintain more frequent communication and consider proposals and agendas for the annual Board meetings In addition to the IFAO Chairman, the Executive Committee would include two Vice-Chairmen (from the societies not represented by the Chairman) and the Secretary Treasurer If this committee did not have authority to conduct business independent of the Board, its formation would fit within guidelines of the current IFAO Constitution No motion was made but representatives of each continental society agreed to discuss this matter among their Board members New Business The location of the 2011 ESAO-IFAO meeting was discussed Alternatives being considered by ESAO include Portugal and Macedonia They will decide a final location in the near future Dr Taenaka informed the Board that Dr Takatani will no longer continue as a Board member The Board wishes to thank Dr Takatani for his long service on the Board of IFAO and his dedication and passion for advances in artificial organs The new Board member designated by JSAO will be Professor Ryuji Tominaga of Kyushu University (e-mail address: tominaga@heart.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp) Congratulations to Dr Tominaga for this appointment Next Meeting of the IFAO Board The next meeting of the IFAO Board will be held during the ASAIO-IFAO meeting in Dallas, May of 2009 The 2010 meeting will most likely be held during the ESAO meeting The meeting of the Board was adjourned after an enjoyable evening Respectfully submitted, Stephen R Ash, MD, FACP ATTACHMENT: Report on the JSAO-IFAO of 2007 Joint Conference, by Dr Taenaka Stephen R Ash MD, FACP, Secretary Treasurer and Mr Nels Bergmark, Assistant Secretary Treasurer 3601 Sagamore Parkway N., Suite B Lafayette, IN 47904 USA T: 765 742 4813 #208 F: 765 742 4823 sash@hemocleanse.com ... 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