Endoscopic-Surgeons-ELSA-Society-Asia

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Executive
Committee

5 members are dedicating their passion and time to the cause of ELSA association

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Board of
Governors

47 Asian Key Leaders in MIS representing 27 countries. They are the governing body of ELSA

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Past
Presidents

The ELSA Leadership is composed of genuinely passionate individuals
since 1993.

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ELSA
Committees

ELSA has 3 committees composed of 5 committee members. Each committee is as dedicated as ever.

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Honorary
Members

ELSA has 11 Honorary Members that contributes to ELSA successful vision in Asia
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Hall of Fame

ELSA would like to recognize the life time achievement of certain members that dedicated their time to our association.
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS

(2023-2025)

Mahir Ozmen, President
Iman Sofii,
Vice-President
Davide Lomanto ,
Secretary General
Kazunori Kasama,
Treasurer
Asim Shabbir,
Editor-in-Chief
Sarimah Suleiman (Emma), Administrative Secretary

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Advisory Board

Philip Chiu, Hong Kong
Vimal K, Malaysia
A. A Buenafe, Philippines
Treasurer-ELSA-Society-Asia
B. Sutedja, Indonesia
Rolf Hartung, UAE

Adjunct Governors

Country Name
Australia Craig Lynch
Azerbaijan Gurbankhan Muslumov
Bangladesh Towhidul Alam
Bangladesh Sarder A Nayeem
Brunei Kenneth Y Y Kok
Cambodia Lem Dara
China Zang Lu
China Minhua Zheng
Hong Kong Kevin Yau
Hong Kong George Yang
India Sunil D Popat
India Dr L.P. Thangavelu
Indonesia Barlian Sutedja
Indonesia Errawan Wiradisuria
Japan Yuko  Kitagawa
Country Name
Korea Jun-Gi Kim
Korea Ho-Seong Han
Laos Phouvong Vongphakdy
Macau Cheuck-seen Edward Lai
Macau On-teng Lei
Malaysia Satkunan M. Gnanapthy
Malaysia Gafoor Mubarak
Myanmar Moe Moe Tin
Myanmar Mark Satkunan
Nepal Shailesh Adhikary
Nepal Rakesh Gupta
Oman Yahya Alazri
Oman Salah Aljabri
Pakistan Ehsan Ur Rehman
Pakistan Abdul Aziz Laghari
Philippines Macky Faylona
Country Name
Philippines Raymond Ong
Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Dohayan
Saudi Arabia Omar Alobied
Singapore Jaideepraj Rao
Singapore Asim Shabbir
Sri Lanka Samarasekera Nandadeva
Taiwan Kuo-Hsin Chen
Taiwan William T. Chen
Turkey Mahir Ozmen
Thailand Vitoon Chinswangwatanakul
Thailand Suphakarn T
UAE Al Jaziri Ahmad
UAE Basim Al-khalafi
Uzbekistan Jamshied Shamsiev
Vietnam Tran Binh Giang
Vietnam Le Quan Anh Tuan
Country Name
Hong Kong Shannon Melissa Chan
Japan Akiko Umezawa
Myanmar Moe Moe Tin
Oman Hind Khalifa Al Majrafi
Philippines Marilou B. Fuentes
Taiwan Ming-Yin Mina Shen
Thailand Kanokkan Tepmalai
Bangladesh Salma Sultana
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HONORARY MEMBERS (2023-2025)

Prof. Seigo Kitano,
Oita, Japan
Prof. E Targarona,
Barcelona, Spain
Arthur Li ,
Hong Kong
Sir Alfred Cuschieri,
Dundee, Scotland
Prof. Abe Fingerhut,
Paris, France
Prof. Tatsuo Yamakawa,
Tokyo , Japan
Prof. Tehemton E. Udwadia,
Mumbai, India
Prof. Sydney Chung, Hong Kong
Prof. Serafin C Hilvano,
Manila, Philippines
Prof. Mario Morino, Turin, Italy
Prof. Michael L Brunt,
USA
Prof. George Hanna, UK

ELSA LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT/HALL OF FAME

⁠Michael KW Li, Hong Kong, BOG
Prof. Seigo Kitano,
Oita, Japan
⁠Jasmi Ali Yaakub, Malaysia
⁠Pradeep Chowbey, India
C. Palanivelu , India
Zheng Min Hua , China
Davide Lomanto , Singapore
Treasurer-ELSA-Society-Asia
Barlian Sutedja, Indonesia
Humayun Kabir Chowdhury, Bangladesh BOG
⁠Rolf Ulrich Hartung, Dubai (BOG)

PAST PRESIDENTS

Prof. Philip Chiu , 2021/2023
Dr. Suthep U , 2019/2021
Dr. Allen Buenafe, 2017/2019
Prof. Hong-Ji Kim, 2015/2017
Prof. Jin-Tung Liang, 2013/2015
Secretary-General-ELSA-Asia
Prof. Davide Lomanto, 2011/2013
Dr. Zheng Min Hua, 2009/2011
Dr. K. Ravindranath, 2007/2008
Dr. Samuel Kwok, 2005/2006
Dr Ali Yaakub Jasmi, 2003/2004
Dr Serafin Hilvano, 2001/2002
Prof Michael Li, 1999/2000
Prof Tehemton Udwadia, 1997/19
Dr Peter Goh,
1995/1996
Dr Mohan Chellapa,
1994
Dr Sydney Chung,
1993

ELSA COMMITTEES (2023-2025)

Congress Committee Chairs

Vimal K - Chair, Congress
P. Chiu, Technology & Innovation
A. Shabbir, Editor-in-Chief
S. Malik, Information & Communication
A. Buenafe, Outreach Program

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