IASP Officers and Councilors

The IASP Council (Board of Directors) consists of the five Executive Officers and the Councilors. Only Officers and Councilors have the right to vote.

Executive Officers

IASP has five Executive Officers who are nominated and elected by the members and serve terms of two years. These officers, who make up the Executive Committee, hold the positions of President, President-Elect, Immediate Past-President, Secretary, and Treasurer. The Executive Committee is part of the IASP Council.

President: Eija Anneli Kalso, MD, DMedSci (Finland)
President-Elect: Fernando Cervero, MD, PhD, DSc (Canada)
Past President: G. F. Gebhart, PhD (USA)
Secretary: Judith A. Paice, PhD, RN, FAAN (USA)
Treasurer: M. Catherine Bushnell, PhD (Canada)

Councilors

IASP has 16 Councilors who are nominated and elected by the members and serve terms of six years. Councilors are representative of the international and multidisciplinary scope of IASP. The year in parentheses indicates when a councilor's term will end.

Jane C. Ballantyne, MD, FRCA (USA) (2016)
Ralf Baron, Dr med (Germany) (2016)
José Castro-Lopes, MD, PhD (Portugal) (2016)
Maged El-Ansary, MD (Egypt) (2014)
Cynthia Goh, PBM, MB BS, PhD, FAChPM, FAMS, FRCPE, FRCP (Singapore) (2014)
Celeste M. Johnston, RN, DeD, FCAHS (Canada) (2014)
Michael Nicholas, PhD (Australia) (2016)
Germán Ochoa, MD (Colombia) (2014)
Irene Tracey, PhD (UK) (2014)
Hiroshi Ueda, PhD (Japan) (2016)