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ISN 2003 Elections Results announced at General Assembly in Berlin
At the recent World Congress of Nephrology (WCN 2003) in Berlin, Germany, the results of the 2003 ISN Elections of Directors and Officers were officially announced. We would like to thank all our members for the great interest in this year’s elections and for the high participation in the elections. ISN congratulates and is pleased to welcome the following new Councillors:
In addition and according to ISN’s Constitution, Claudio Ronco (Italy) and Emmanuel Burdmann (Brazil) were appointed to replace the two ISN Council representatives who will serve on the ISN Executive Committee. For a full listing of the ISN Councillors for the term 2003-2005, please
click here As for the Executive Committee Members, ISN is pleased to announce that: Jan Weening (The Netherlands) took over the Presidential duties from Robert Atkins. William Couser’s (USA) accession from Vice President to President-Elect was ratified by the ISN Council. Eberhardt Ritz (Germany) was nominated by the ISN Executive Committee, approved by the ISN Council and ratified by the General Assembly as ISN’s new Vice President. Eric Neilson (USA) was nominated by the ISN Executive Committee, approved by the ISN Council and ratified by the General Assembly as ISN’s new Treasurer. Norbert Lameire (Belgium) and Miguel Riella (Brazil) were appointed by ISN’s President, Jan Weening, as Council representatives to the ISN Executive Committee. For a full listing of the ISN Executive Committee for the term 2003-2005, please
click here We would like to take this opportunity to thank the other nominees, who regrettably were not elected for their willingness and interest to stand as candidates and serve the ISN in an official function. We would also like to thank the following outgoing ISN Councillors and Executive Committee Members for their commitment and dedicated service to the ISN: Councilors –
Josephine Briggs (United States) Anthony Clarkson (Australia) Carl Mogensen (Denmark) Claudio Ponticelli (Italy) Andrew Rees (United Kingdom) Eberhard Ritz (Germany) Hideto Sakai (Japan) Visith Sitprija (Thailand) Executive Committee Members – Thomas Andreoli (United States) – Immediate Past President William Mitch (USA) – Treasurer Heini Murer (Switzerland) – Member Jared Grantham (United States) – Member Dr. Rashad Barsoum
Secretary General International Society of Nephrology
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