IPC Committees & Working Groups
BOARD COMMITTEES
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chair: Hervé Bachelez, President, France
Members
Claudia de la Cruz, Secretary, Chile
Christy Langan, CEO, United States
Bruce Strober, Vice President/President-Elect and Treasurer, United States
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Chair: Bruce Strober, Vice President/President-Elect and Treasurer, United States
Members
Hervé Bachelez, France
Joel Gelfand, United States
Christy Langan, CEO, United States
Ricardo Romiti, Brazil
GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
Chair: Claudia de la Cruz, Secretary, Chile
Members
Mahira El Sayed, Egypt
Johann Gudjonsson, United States
Lluis Puig, Spain
Christy Langan, CEO, United States
PROGRAM COMMITTEES & WORKING GROUPS
DISEASE SEVERITY WORKING GROUP
Co-chair: Lone Skov, Denmark
Members
Matthias Augustin, Germany
Andy Blauvelt, United States
Cristina Echeverría, Argentina
Marcus Schmitt-Egenolf, Sweden
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EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Chair: Johann Gudjonsson, United States
Co-chair: Nicole Ward, United States
Members
Alexander Egeberg, Denmark
Jason Hawkes, United States
Matías Maskin, Argentina
Tiago Torres, Portugal
Helen Young, United Kingdom
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES TASK FORCE
Chair: Joel Gelfand, United States
Members
Hervé Bachelez, France
André Carvahlo, Brazil
Mahira El-Sayed, Egypt
Lluís Puig, Spain
Catherine Smith, United Kingdom
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Chair: Joel Gelfand, United States
Co-chair: Elise Kleyn, United Kingdom
Members
Marc Bourcier, Canada
Kelly Cordoro, United States
Paolo Gisondi, Italy
Colin Theng, Singapore
Fernando Valenzuela, Chile
LATIN AMERICA WORKING GROUP
Co-chairs:
Claudia de la Cruz, Chile
Cristina Echeverría, Argentina
Ricardo Romiti, Brazil
Members
Councilors
André Vicente Esteves de Carvalho, Brazil
Edgardo Chouela, Argentina
César Gonzalez, Colombia
Angela Londoño, Colombia
Matías Maskin, Argentina
Nancy Podoswa, Mexico
Enrique Rivas, Guatemala
Fernando Valenzuela, Chile
IPC Fellows and Fellow Alumni
Daniela Armijo, Chile (2018)
Romina Contreras, Paraguay (2019)
Lucas Galimany, Chile (2022)
Leandro Leite, Brazil (2022)
Natalia Merino, Peru (2022)
Jaquelini Barboza da Silva, Brazil (2021)
PEDIATRIC BEST-EVIDENCE REVIEW
Chair: Amy Paller, United States
Members
Kelly Cordoro, United States
Siew Eng Choon, Malaysia
Helen McAteer, United Kingdom (Patient Association)
Ruth Murphy, United Kingdom
Tamar Nijsten, Netherlands
Marieke Seyger, Netherlands
Matthew Stoll, United States
PUSTULAR PSORIASIS WORKING GROUP
Chair: Siew Eng Choon, Malaysia
Co-chair: Hervé Bachelez, France
Members
Jonathan Barker, United Kingdom
Francesca Capon, United Kingdom
Claudia de la Cruz, Chile
Johann Gudjonsson, United States
Akimichi Morita, Japan
Ricardo Romiti, Brazil
TELEMEDICINE WORKING GROUP
Chair: Alexander Navarini, Switzerland
Co-chair: Joel Gelfand, United States
Members
April Armstrong, United States
Andrea Chiricozzi, Italy
Vahid Diamei, Switzerland
Mohamed El-Komy, Egypt
Christophe Hsu, Switzerland
SKIN OF COLOR WORKING GROUP
Chair: Mahira El Sayed, Egypt
Co-chair: Murlidhar Rajagopalan, India
Members
Andrew Alexis, United States
Nejib Doss, Tunisia
Chris Griffiths, United Kingdom
Mark Lebwohl, United States
Angela Londoño, Colombia
Junko Takashita, United States
Vermén Verallo-Rowell, Philippines