Professor of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the Soroka University Medical Center, Director of the PID Unit
Past president of ESPID
Representative of ESPID
Main interests: vaccines, respiratory infections, pneumococcus, antibiotic resistance, acute otitis media and hepatitis A
e-mail: rdagan@bgu.ac.il
Davis Isaacs, Australia, vice-president
Professor in Infectious Diseases, University of Sydney,
Specialist at the Children's Hospital, Westmead (RAHC)
Representative of Australasian SPID
Main interests: neonatal infections, respiratory viral infections, immunisation, nosocomial infections
e-mail: davidI@chw.edu.au
Mieke Hoogkamp-Korstanje, The Netherlands, secretary
Emeritus Professor in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Past-president of ESPID
Representative of ESPID
Main interests: antimicrobial resistance and policy, neonatal infections, infections in immunocompromised patients
e-mail: m.hoogkamp@xs4all.nl
Carla M. Odio, Costa Rica, treasurer
Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Medical Sciences and School of Medicine, University of Costa Rica
Representative of ASPID
Main interests: bacterial meningitis, neonatal infections, immunization of the premature infant, and rational use of antibiotics
e-mail: carmaod@yahoo.com
Adegoke G. Falade, Nigeria, member
Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics, University College
Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
Representative of African PID specialists
Main interest: pulmonolgy.
e-mail: afalade33@hotmail.com
Jim Buttery, Australia, member
Doctor in Infectious Diseases of the Research Institute and Infectious Diseases Unit, Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, director of the Institute for Surveillance of Adverse Events following Vaccination, Victoria, Australia.
Representative of Australasian SPID
Main interests: Clinical Vaccinology and Vaccine safety, Enteric viruses
e-mail: Jim.buttery@rch.org,au
Stanley A. Plotkin, USA, member
Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania;
Medical & Scientific Advisor Aventis Pasteur
Representative of PIDS
Main interests: infectious diseases and vaccines
e-mail: Stanley.Plotkin@sanofipasteur.com
David Prado, Guatemala, member
Professor of Microbiology, "Universidad Francisco Marroquín", Guatemala
Representative of ASPID
Interests: Vaccines, gastrointestinal infections, upper respiratory tract infections
e-mail: drdavidprado@gmail.com
Tan Kah Kee, Malaysia, member
Professor of Pediatrics, Malaysia
President of ASPID
Representative of ASPID
e-mail: kktalk2004@yahoo.com
Usa Thisyakorn, Thailand, member
Professor of Pediatrics, Chulalongkorn Hospital, Bangkok
Representative of ASPID
interests: vaccines, dengue, HIV
e-mail: fmeduty@md.chula.ac.th
Joseph W. St. Geme III, USA, member
Professor and Chairman of Pediatrics and Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology,
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA
Past president of PIDS
Representative of PIDS
Main interests: Bacterial pathogenesis, vaccine development, innate immune mechanisms
e-mail: j.stgeme@duke.edu
