GINA Assembly

The GINA Assembly meets twice a year to share information about asthma management, education, and prevention, and strategies for disseminating the GINA management program. The next meeting will be May 15, 2012, in San Francisco, CA, USA.

Download GINA Assembly newsletter, February 2012 (PDF).

Download GINA Assembly meeting minutes, September 2011 (PDF).

Below is a list of the members of the GINA Assembly as of October 2009.

  • ARGENTINA
  • Carlos Baena Cagnani, MD
  • Professor of Pediatrics
  • Catholic University of Córdoba
  • Cordoba, Argentina
  • cebaenac@arnet.com.ar

  • Hugo E. Neffen, MD
  • Clinica Alergia E Immunologie
  • Santa Fe, Argentina
  • hugoneffen@arnet.com.ar

  • AUSTRALIA
  • Dr. Ron Tomlins
  • University of Sydney
  • Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • rtomlins@ozemail.com.au

  • Dr. Smita Shah
  • University of Sydney
  • Westmead Hospital
  • Smita_Shah@wsahs.nsw.gov.au

  • BANGLADESH
  • Prof. Mostafizur Rahman, MD
  • National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital (NIDCH)
  • Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • dirnidch@bangla.net

  • BELGIUM
  • Dr. Renaud Louis
  • Professor of Respiratory Medicine
  • CHU Sart-Tilman LIege LIege, Belgium
  • R.Louis@chu.ulg.ac.be

  • Guy Joos, MD
  • Department of Respiratory Diseases
  • Ghent University Hospital Ghent, Belgium
  • guy.joos@ugent.be

  • BRAZIL
  • Hisbello Campos, MD
  • Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
  • hisbello@globo.com
  • Jose R. Jardim, MD
  • Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • joserjardim@yahoo.com.br

  • BULGARIA
  • Todor A. Popov, MD
  • Medical University Sofia
  • Sofia, Bulgaria
  • tedpop@rtb-mu.com
  • tapop@hotmail.com

  • CAMBODIA
  • Kim Ang, MD
  • National Pedatric Hospital #100
  • Phnom Penh, Cambodia
  • charonay@yahoo.com

  • CANADA
  • Wan-Cheng Tan, MD
  • iCAPTURE Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research
  • Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • wtan@mrl.ubc.ca

  • CARIBBEAN
  • Lexley M. Pinto Pereira, MBBS, MD
  • University of the West Indies
  • Trinidad, West Indies
  • lexleyp@gmail.com

  • CHINA
  • Chunxue Bai, MD, PhD
  • Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University
  • Shanghai, China
  • cxbai@yahoo.com

  • Yu-Zi Chen, MD
  • Children's Hospital of the Capital
  • Beijing, China
  • chenyuzhi@gmail.com

  • Nan San Zhong, MD
  • First Affiliated Hospital
  • Guanghzou, China
  • nanshan@vip.163.com
  • COSTA RICA
  • Manuel Soto-Quiroz, MD
  • Hospital Nacional de Niños
  • University of Costa Rica
  • San José, Costa Rica
  • msotoq@hnn.sa.cr

  • CZECH REPUBLIC
  • Vaclav Spicak, MD
  • Director, Czech Initiative for Asthma
  • Prague, Czech Republic
  • cipa@volny.cz

  • Frantisek Salajka, MD
  • Fakultni nemocnice Hradec Kralove
  • Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
  • salajka@fnhk.cz

  • Petr Pohunek, MD
  • University Hospital Motol
  • Czech Republic
  • Petr.Pohunek@lfmotol-cuni.cz

  • DENMARK
  • Ronald Dahl, MD
  • University Hospital of Aarhus
  • Aarhus, Denmark
  • ronadahl@rm.dk

  • EGYPT
  • Hisham Tarraf, MD Professor of Medicine & Allergy, Cairo University
  • Treasurer, Egyptian Society of Allergy & Immunology
  • Cairo, Egypt
  • tarraf_hisham@hotmail.com
  • FINLAND
  • Tari Haahtela, MD
  • Skin and Allergy Hospital
  • Helsinki University Central Hospital
  • Helsinki, Finland
  • tari.haahtela@hus.fi

  • GEORGIA (Republic of)
  • Professor Amiran Gamkrelidze
  • Tbilisi, Georgia
  • amirang@nilc.org.ge
  • GERMANY
  • Christian Virchow, MD
  • Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin Universitaetsklinikum Rostock Rostock, Germany
  • j.c.virchow@med.uni-rostock.de

  • GREECE
  • Mina Gaga, MD
  • Athens University
  • Athens, Greece
  • minagaga@yahoo.com
  • mgaga@med.uoa.gr

  • Eva Mantzouranis, MD
  • University Hospital
  • Heraklion, Crete, Greece
  • mantzourani@med.uoc.gr
  • HONDURAS
  • Dr. Carlos Aguilar
  • Hospital Honduras Medical Center
  • Tegucigalpa, Honduras
  • carlosaguilar27@hotmail.com
  • HONG KONG (China)
  • G.W. Wong, MD
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
  • wingkinwong@cuhk.edu.hk
  • INDIA
  • Rohini V. Chowgule, MD
  • Lung Care Clinic
  • Mumbai, India
  • drrohini@vsnl.com
  • Dr. R. Narasimhan, MD
  • Dept Respiratory Medicine, SRMI
  • Chairman, Respiratory Research Foundation of India
  • Chennai, India
  • drrnarasimhan@gmail.com

  • Raj B. Singh, MD
  • Apollo Hospital
  • Chennai, India
  • rajbsingh@hotmail.com
  • IRAN
  • Afshin Parsikia, MD, MPH
  • Asthma and Allergy Program
  • Karaj, Iran
  • afparska@yahoo.com
  • Leyla Sedighipour, MD
  • lsedighy@yahoo.com

  • IRELAND
  • Dr. Patrick Manning
  • St. James' Hospital
  • Dublin, Ireland
  • pjmanning@eircom.net

  • ISRAEL
  • Amnon Ariel, MD, MHA, FACCP
  • Israel Society of Pulmonology
  • ariel_ap@clalit.org.il
  • ariel-a@actcom.net.il

  • Meir Raz, MD
  • Rishon Lezion, Israel
  • raz_meir@mac.org.il
  • ITALY
  • Pierluigi Paggiaro, MD
  • University of Pisa
  • Pisa, Italy
  • lpaggiaro@dcap.med.unipi.it

  • JAPAN
  • Motohiro Ebisawa, MD, PhD
  • Sagamihara National Hospital
  • Clinical Research Center for Allergology
  • Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
  • m-ebisawa@sagamihara-hosp.gr.jp

  • Dr. Michiko Haida
  • Hanzomon Hospital
  • Tokyo, Japan
  • m-haida@hanzomon.com
  • Sohei Makino, MD
  • Dokkyo University School of Medicine
  • Mibu, Tochigi, Japan
  • s-makino@dokkyomed.ac.jp

  • Ken Ohta, MD, PhD
  • Keikyo University School of Medicine
  • Tokyo, Japan
  • kenohta@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp

  • KOREA (Republic of)
  • You-Young Kim, MD, PhD
  • Seoul National University
  • College of Medicine
  • Seoul, Korea
  • youyoung@plaza.snu.ac.kr

  • Young-soo Shim, MD
  • Seoul National University Hospital
  • Seoul, Korea
  • ysshim@snu.ac.kr

  • KOSOVO
  • Luljeta Neziri Ahmetaj, MD
  • Prishtina, Kosovo
  • luljetaahmataj@hotmail.com

  • LEBANON
  • Dr. Aziz Koleilat
  • Makassed Hospital
  • Beirut, Lebanon
  • drkoleilat@hotmail.com
  • drkoleilat@yahoo.com

  • LITHUANIA
  • Ar_nas Valiulis, MD, PhD
  • Vilnius City University Hospital
  • Vilnius, Lithuania
  • arval@vmul.lt

  • MALAYSIA
  • Jeyaindran Sinnadurai, MD
  • Hospital Kuala Lumpur
  • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • ddjeya@yahoo.com

  • MEXICO
  • Dr. Carlos Adrian Jiménez
  • San Luis Potosí, México
  • drcarlos_a_jimenez@prodigy.net.mx

  • MONGOLIA
  • Lkhagvaa Battur, MD, PhD
  • Health Sciences University of Mongolia
  • Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  • battur23@yahoo.com
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  • MOROCCO
  • Abdallah El Meziane, MD
  • SMMR
  • Casablanca, Morocco
  • elmeziane01@yahoo.fr

  • THE NETHERLANDS
  • Klaus F. Rabe MD, PhD
  • Leiden University Medical Center
  • Leiden, The Netherlands
  • K.F.Rabe@lumc.nl
  • NEW ZEALAND
  • Professor Richard Beasley
  • Medical Research Institute New Zealand
  • Wellington, New Zealand
  • richard.beasley@mrinz.ac.nz

  • NICARAGUA
  • Dr. Jorge Cuadra
  • Department of Physiology and Internal Medicine
  • Nicaragua
  • jacuadra@ibw.com.ni

  • NORWAY
  • Dr. Frode Gallefoss
  • Vest-Agder Central Hospital
  • Kristiansand, Norway
  • frode.gallefoss@sshf.no
  • PAKISTAN
  • Javaid A. Khan, MD
  • The Aga Khan University Hospital
  • Karachi, Pakistan
  • javaid.khan@aku.edu

  • Dr. Mohammad Osman Yusuf
  • The Allergy & Asthma Clinics
  • Islamabad, Pakistan
  • osman_allergy@yahoo.com

  • POLAND
  • Ewa Nizankowska-Mogilnicka, MD
  • University School of Medicine
  • Krakow, Poland
  • ewa.nizankowska@mp.pl

  • PORTUGAL
  • Professor Bugalho de Almeida
  • National Asthma Program Leader
  • Bugalho.Almeida@hsm.min-saude.pt

  • ROMANIA
  • Mihaltan Florin, MD
  • Romanian Respiratory Society
  • Institute of Pneumology
  • Bucharest, Romania
  • mihaltan@starnets.ro

  • Dragos Bumbacea, MD
  • Marius Nasta Institute of Pulmonology
  • Carol Davila Univ Medicine/Pharmacy
  • d.bumbacea@gmail.com

  • RUSSIA
  • Alexander Chuchalin, MD
  • Pulmonology Ressearch Institute
  • Moscow, Russia
  • chuchalin@inbox.ru

  • RWANDA
  • Jean Sauveur Uwitonze
  • Rwanda Initiative for Asthma

  • SERBIA
  • Vesna Petrovic, MD
  • Professor of Internal Medicine
  • JUDAH- Association for Asthma and COPD
  • vesna.petrovic@kcs.ac.yu

  • SLOVAK REPUBLIC
  • Ladislav Chovan, MD, PhD
  • Slovak Pneumological and Phthisiological Society
  • Bratislava, Slovak Republic
  • chovan@nextra.sk

  • SOUTH AFRICA
  • Professor Gillian Ainslie
  • Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
  • and
  • UCT Lung Institute, Groote Schuur
  • South Africa
  • Gillian.Ainslie@uct.ac.za

  • Heather Zar, MD
  • Cape Town, South Africa
  • Hzars@ICH.uct.ac.za

  • SPAIN
  • Dr. Vicente Plaza
  • Hospital de Sant Pau
  • Barcelona, Spain
  • vplaza@santpau.es

  • Joaquín Sastre, MD
  • Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
  • Madrid, Spain
  • jsastre@fjd.es

  • SWITZERLAND
  • Jorg Daniel Leuppi, MD
  • University Hospital
  • Basel, Switzerland
  • jleuppi@uhbs.ch

  • SYRIA
  • Dr. Yousser Mohammad
  • Tishreen University School of Medicine
  • Lattakia, Syria
  • mohamyou@scs-net.org

  • TAIWAN
  • Sow-Hsong Kuo, MD
  • National Taiwan University Hospital
  • Taipei, Taiwan ROC
  • shkuo@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw

  • THAILAND
  • Suchai Charoenratanakul, MD
  • Siriraj Hospital
  • Bangkok, Thailand
  • siscr@mucc.mahidol.ac.th

  • TUNISIA
  • Ali Ben Kheder, MD
  • Abderrahmane Mami Hospital
  • Ariana, Tunisia
  • ali.benkhder@rns.tn

  • TURKEY
  • Professor Haluk Turktas
  • Gazi University
  • Ankara, Turkey
  • haluktur@superonline.com

  • UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
  • Dr. Mohammad Osman Yusuf
  • Belhoul European Hospital
  • Dubai, UAE
  • osman@asthmauae.com

  • UNITED KINGDOM
  • Dr. Mark Levy
  • Kenton Bridge Medical Centre
  • Kenton, United Kingdom
  • marklevy@animalswild.co.uk

  • URUGUAY
  • Gustavo J. Rodrigo, MD
  • ALAT Representative
  • gurodrig@adinet.com.uy

  • VIETNAM
  • Professor Nguygen Nang An
  • Bachmai Un. Hospital
  • Hanoi, Vietnam
  • nguyenan3531@yahoo.com

  • Le Thi Tuyet Lan, MD, PhD
  • University of Pharmacy and Medicine
  • Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • tuyetlanyds@gmail.com

Page last updated: May 2009.

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