Committees are developed to carry out the work of the strategic plan and organizational direction as set by the council. Committee members are appointed by the President with Council approval. The current IGCS Committees are listed below.
The Education Committee will organize, implement, and evaluate a wide range of educational content to meet the diverse membership needs of IGCS members in High, Middle and Low Resource settings.
Ritu Salani, Chair (USA)
Ane Gerda Zahl Eriksson, Vice Chair (Norway)
General Gynecologic Oncology Work Group
Jessica McAlpine (Canada)
Donal Brennan (Ireland)
Leslie Bradford (USA)
Joao Casanova (Portugal)
Georgia Fontes Cintra (Brazil)
Paul Cohen (Australia)
Prafull Ghatage (Canada)
Sean Kehoe (UK)
Ranjit Manchanda (UK)
Olga Matylevich (Belarus)
Ghalleb Montassar (Tunisia)
Asima Mukhopadhyay (India)
David Mutch (USA)
J. Alejandro Rauh-Hain (USA)
Reitan Ribeiro (Brazil)
Sarah Temkin (USA)
Oladapo Yeku (USA)
Palliative Care Work Group
Raimundo Correa (Chile)
Michael Pearl (USA)
Lee-May Chen (USA)
Linda Duska (USA)
AK Goodman (USA)
Carolyn Lefkowits (USA)
Kristina Lindemann (Norway)
Amita Maheshwari (Asia)
Shahana Pervin (Asia)
Michael Quinn (Australia)
Julia Ridley (Canada)
Dicey Scroggins (USA)
Pathology Work Group
Anna Plotkin (Canada)
Joe Rabban (USA)
Blake Gilks (Canada)
Siobhan O’Connor (USA)
Adrian Suarez (USA)
Gulisa Turashvili (USA)
Rachael van der Griend (New Zealand)
Radiation Oncology Work Group
Remi Nout (Netherlands)
Joanne Alfieri (Canada)
Onyinye Balogun (USA)
Maroie Barkati (Canada)
Anuja Jhingran (USA)
Susan Mathews (India)
Mary McCormack (UK)
Kailash Narayan (Australia)
Thomas Samuel Ram (India)
Ghazia Shaikh (UK)
Hannah Simonds (South Africa)
William Small Jr. (USA)
Jamema Swamidas (India)
Surgical Videos Work Group
Vance Broach (USA)
TJ Kim (Korea)
Hung Cheng Lai (Taiwan)
Jiheum Paek (Korea)
Lauren Prescott (USA)
Brooke Schlappe (USA)
The Industry Relations Committee directs and provides oversight in activities related to seeking, developing, and maintaining relationships with companies of interest in gynecologic oncology. The Committee will assist with identifying and developing external relationships with industry colleagues and collaborating with them to determine funding priorities that align with IGCS’ strategic priorities.
2018-2021 Roster
Robert Coleman, Chair (USA)
Thomas Herzog, Chair-Elect (USA)
Walter Gotlieb, Secretary-Treasurer (Canada)
Andreas Obermair, Secretary-Treasurer (Australia)
Ritu Salani, Education Chair (USA)
Brian Slomovitz (USA)
Bradley Monk (USA)
Jonathan Ledermann (UK)
Jalid Sehouli (Germany)
Keichi Fujiwara (Japan)
Audrey Tsunoda (Brazil)
Fernando Maluf (Brazil)
The Mentorship and Training Committee will oversee the Gynecologic Oncology Global Curriculum & Mentorship Program as well as other mentoring initiatives to provide mentees with a path to build relationships with a mentor who will provide support and guidance.
2018-2021 Roster
Kathleen Schmeler, Chair (USA)
Joseph Soon-Yau Ng, Vice-Chair (Singapore)
Linus Chuang (USA)
Tom Randall (USA)
Surbhi Grover (Bostwana)
Andre Lopes (Brazil)
Elvio Silva (USA)
Matthew Schlumbrecht (USA)
Remi Nout (Netherlands)
Vivek Arora (Australia)
The Nominating Committee is responsible for reviewing council applications, deliberating and selecting a slate of candidates for IGCS Council Elections.
2020 Roster
Michael Quinn, Chair and Past President (Australia)
Roberto Angioli, President (Italy)
Robert Coleman, President Elect (USA)
June Liu (China)
Amita Maheshwari (India)
The next Council election will take place in 2022 and the Nominating Committee will be appointed at the beginning of the year.
The members of the Scientific Publications Committee serve as advisors to the Councils of the European Society of Gynecologic Oncology (ESGO) and the International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS) in matters relating to the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer (IJGC), to ensure the publication reflects the values and strategic direction as set by Councils. The Committee will provide advice and input to Councils on proposals and policies related to the Journal as requested or as issues arise.
2018-2021 Roster
IGCS Members
Michael Quinn, 2018 Chair (Australia)
Roberto Angioli (Italy)
Hennie Botha (South Africa)
Ritu Salani (USA)
ESGO Members
David Cibula, 2019 Chair (Czech Republic)
Denis Querleu (France)
Cristiana Sessa (Switzerland)
Philippe Morice, ESGO Education Committee Chair (France)
Ex-Officio Members
Uziel Beller, Outgoing IJGC Editor-in-Chief (Israel)
Pedro Ramirez, Incoming IJGC Editor-in-Chief (USA)
Mary Eiken, IGCS CEO (USA)
Renata Brantnerova, ESGO Executive Director
2021 Annual Global Meeting of the International Gynecologic Cancer Society
Co-Chair: Ana Oaknin (Spain)
Co-Chair: Matthew Powell (USA)
Angeles Alvarez Secord (USA)
Susana Banerjee (UK)
Paul Cohen (Australia)
Christina Fotopoulou (UK)
Gonzalo Giornelli (Argentina)
Salvatore Gueli Alletti (Italy)
Gustavo Guitman (Brazil)
Saketh Guntupalli (USA)
Anuja Jhingran (USA)
Hee-Seung Kim (Republic of Korea)
Ann Klopp (USA)
Satoru Kyo (Japan)
Mario Leitao (USA)
Sven Mahner (Germany)
Vicky Makker (USA)
Xavier Matias-Guiu (Spain)
Jyoty Mayadev (USA)
Bradley Monk (USA)
Amanda Nickles Fader (USA)
Aikou Okamoto (Japan)
David O’Malley (USA)
Francesco Plotti (Italy)
Leslie Randall (USA)
Isabelle Ray-Coquard (France)
BJ Rimel (USA)
Clare Scott (Australia)
A.G.J. van der Zee (The Netherlands)