A Society of Transplant Coordinators World-wide ... Goals of the Society... Who's Who in ITCS? ITCS Board of Directors ICTS Scientific Program Committee ITCS Executive Office   A Society of Transplant Coordinators World-wide ... Prior to the formation of the International Transplant Coordinators Society (ITCS), there was no international body, no umbrella organization, to access expertise in transplant coordination topics around the globe. The ITCS was formed in order to create a structure that could respond to transplant coordination issues at international meetings, a structure similar to what the Transplantation Society provides for physicians, surgeons, immunologists and other related specialities. The ITCS is a society of transplant coordinators, both clinical and procurement coordinators, who provide a major portion of the infrastructure in which organ or tissue donation and transplantation occur. It is the position of the ITCS that Transplant Coordinators can best address the issues facing the field of transplant coordination and, further, that Transplant Coordinators should do and report the research which builds the science upon which this emergent profession is based. Transplant Coordinators world wide are encouraged to join. Membership benefits are expressed by supporting a transplant coordinator organization capable of developing coordinator meetings and/or topics within an international setting. Given its umbrella-like and complementary character, the ITCS is supportive of and encourages membership in transplant coordinators own national societies, such as the Australian Transplant Coordinators Association, the European Transplant Coordinators Organization, the Japanese Transplant Coordinators Organization, the North American Transplant Coordinators Organization, the United Kingdom Transplant Coordinators Association, and other national transplant coordinators organizations. Goals of the Society ... ITCS is committed ... ... to foster communication and collaboration amongst transplant coordinators individually as well as with national and international associations or societies interested in the field of transplantation, transplant coordination and related subjects. ... to provide its membership and the general public information on an international level concerning organ/tissue donation and the benefits of organ and tissue donation. ... to provide professional education to its membership, thereby striving for a recognition of the profession of transplant coordinator through an internationally validated certification procedure. ... to promote research and provide a forum for the presentation of research findings regarding organ and tissue donation, procurement and transplantation.   Who's Who in ITCS? ITCS Board of Directors President: Greg Armstrong, RN, CPTC 23 Burlington St Holland Park Q 4121 Australia E-mail: GRIE_Armstrong@bigpond.com.au Vice President: Seigo Hiraga, MD, PhD President Social Insurance Assoc. Mishima Hospital 2276 Aza-Fujikubo, Yata Mishima, Shizuoka 411-0841 Japan Tel.: +81-559-753 031 Fax: +81-559-733 647 E-mail: hiraga@mishimahp.jp Scientific Program Director: Leo Roels, CPTC Prinsendreef 10 B-3210 Linden Belgium Phone: +32 16 621469 Fax: +32 16 623443 E-mail: info@donoraction.org ITCS Scientific Program Committee • Chair: Leo Roels, Leuven, Belgium • Detlef Boesebeck, Munich, Germany • José Becerra, Caracas, Venezuela • Sophie Cohen, Paris, France • Marie Cummins, London, U.K. • Ed Ferre, Vancouver, Canada • Joann Ford, Vancouver, Canada • Rafael Galindez, Cordoba, Argentina • Kuniko Hagiwara, Sapporo, Japan • Eddy Hernandez, Caracas, Venezuela • Shelly Ho, Hong Kong, China • Joyce Hsu, Taipei, Taiwan • Kerstin Karud, Malmö, Sweden • Osamu Kato, Nagoya, Japan • Dawn Keenan, Australia • Nina Klein, Australia • Sally Kong, Singapore • Jen Lumsdaine, Edinburgh, U.K. • Ralph Maddison, Auckland, New Zealand • Fiona McCurdie, Cape Town, South Africa • Linda Ohler, Bethesda, USA • Jeff Orlowski, Houston, USA • Jessica Raimond, Sydney, Australia • Francine Roggen, Brussels, Belgium • Ramayee Sinnasamy, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia • Judy Tan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia • Martin Torres, Cordoba, Argentina • Maria Yusi, Quezon City, The Phillipines   ITCS Executive Office ITCS Executive Office Linda Trekels Pelgrimstraat 9/5 B-3000 Leuven, Belgium Phone: +32 16 622110 E-mail: itcs@online.be