Election of New Board Members of IFMBE CE and HCTA DIVISIONS

Four new Board Members of the Clinical Engineering (CE) Division will be elected at the General Assembly in Sydney, Australia in August 2003.

Each member society is entitled to nominate candidates for the election. These nominations are considered by the Nominating Committee who will - in conjunction with the Board of Clinical Engineering Division - select candidates from the list of individuals nominated by their countries, and prepare the slate to be included on the ballot at the General Assembly.

When selecting nominees, the national societies have to make sure that those persons are willing to serve.

So that an informed decision can be made by the General Assembly when voting, the IFMBE community must have some information on the nominees. Therefore, the secretaries of the national societies were sent the appropriate forms and requests for this information.

Present synthesis of the Clinical Engineering Board:

The following members are completing their terms and should be replaced in August 2003:

Dr. Joseph D. Bronzino
Dr. Guan-Liang Chang
Dr. Per Loubjerg
Dr. Noriaki Ono

The following members were elected in 2000 and their term ends in 2006:

Dr. Adriana Velazquez de Peynetti, Mexico
Mr. Enrico Nunziata, Italy
Mr. Frank Painter. USA
Mr. Ernesto Rodriguez Denis, Cuba
Mr Roger Schmitt, Germany

The following members are co-opted by IFMBE/AC without specific time term:

Prof. Nicolas Pallikarakis (in 1997)
Dr. Joseph F. Dyro (in 1997)
Mr. Peter Heimann (in 2000)

Consequently, there are positions for 4 new members for a six year term in the division. As such, the national secretaries of the member societies are kindly requested to send their proposals for these posts. Nominations are welcome until June 15th 2003 and MUST be sent to the IFMBE Secretary General.

Three new Board Members of the Health Care Technology Assessment (HCTA) Division will also be elected at the General Assembly in Sydney, Australia in August 2003.

As with the CE Division, each member Society is entitled to nominate candidates for the election. These nominations are considered by the Nominating Committee who will - in conjunction with the Board of Health Care Technology Assessment Division - select candidates from the list of individual nominated by their countries and prepare the slate to be included on the ballot at the General Assembly.

When selecting nominees, the national societies have to make sure that those persons are willing to serve.

So that an informed decision can be made by the General Assembly when voting, the IFMBE community must have some information on the nominees. As a result the secretaries of the national societies were sent the appropriate forms and requests for this information.

Present synthesis of the Health Care Technology Assessment Board:

The following members are completing their terms and should be replaced in August 2003:

Prof. Marcello Bracale
Prof. Helmut Hutten
Prof. Samuel Sideman
Dr. Richard M. Tremewan

Consequently, there are positions for 4 new members for a six year term in the Board of Division HCTA. As such, the national secretaries of the member societies are kindly requested to send their proposals for these positions. Nominations are welcome until June 15th 2003 and MUST be sent to the IFMBE Secretary General.