ISTM Leadership
The ISTM Executive Board
The ISTM Executive Board works to promote and protect the interests of ISTM members and stakeholders to advance travel medicine internationally.
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Anne McCarthy
President
Canada -
Éric Caumes
President-Elect
France -
Gerard Flaherty
Past President
Ireland -
Brian Stowe
Secretary-Treasurer (Non-Voting)
Canada -
Yen Bui
Counselor
Canada -
Christina Coyle
Counselor
United States of America -
Dipti Patel
Counselor
United Kingdom -
Nahoko Sato
Counselor
Japan -
Missy Zagroba
Executive Director (Non-Voting)
United States of America
The ISTM Publication Editors
The Journal of Travel Medicine transports you to the challenging areas of your field with up-to-date research and original, peer-reviewed articles.
Travel Medicine News aims to encourage a lively, timely, and informative exchange of information between ISTM members in the form of news, views and notices.
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Annelies Wilder-Smith
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Travel Medicine
Switzerland
The ISTM Committee Chairs
ISTM Committees are chartered and tasked by the Executive Board following Operational Guidelines specified in the ISTM Bylaws and Rules and Regulations.
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Aisha Khatib
Co-Chair, Professional Education Committee
Canada -
Andrea Rossanese
Co-Chair, Examination Committee
Italy -
Benjamin Wyler
Co-Chair, Research & Awards Committee
United States of America -
Brian Aw
Chair, Examination Committee
Canada -
Carsten Schade Larsen
Co-Chair, Development and Planning Committee
Denmark -
Charles D. Ericsson
Chair, Special Recognitions Committee
United States of America -
Darvin Scott Smith
Chair, Professional Education Committee
United States of America -
Eugene Yeung
Co-Chair, Publications Oversight Committee
Canada -
Gail Rosselot
Chair, Continuing Professional Development Committee
United States of America -
Jenny Visser
Chair, Membership Committee
New Zealand -
Leland Yee
Chair, Development and Planning Committee
United States of America -
Luis Furuya Kanamori
Co-Chair, Research & Awards Committee
Australia -
Made Indra Wijaya
Co-Chair, Publications Oversight Committee
Indonesia -
Phyllis Kozarsky
Co-Chair: US CDC Liaison
United States of America -
Prativa Pandey
Special Recognitions Committee
Nepal -
Robert Steffen
Chair, Liaison Committee
Switzerland
The ISTM Professional Group Chairs
ISTM Professional Groups are self-organized groups of 50 or more non-physician members with a common professional degree (e.g. nursing, pharmacy). All healthcare professionals, including physicians with sub-specializations, are eligible to form Interest Groups.
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Bhawani Khadka
Co-Chair: Nursing
Nepal -
John Byron
Chair, Primary Travel Doctor
New Zealand -
Sherilyn Houle
Chair, Pharmacist
Canada -
Stacey Ler
Co-Chair, Primary Travel Doctor
Australia -
Tara Lombardo
Chair, Nursing
Canada
The ISTM Interest Group Chairs
ISTM Interest Groups are self-organized groups of 25 or more members with a common professional interest usually pertaining to a single sub-group of travelers or a single issue affecting large groups of travelers.
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Andrea Farnham
Chair, Technology Interest Group
Switzerland -
Catherine Ebelke
Co-Chair Student Travel Abroad
United States of America -
Harunor Rashid
Chair, Mass Gathering Medicine Interest Group
Australia -
Howard Backer
Co-Chair, Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
United States of America -
Jenny Sisson
Chair, Travel for Work
Australia -
Jenny Visser
Chair, Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
New Zealand -
Joanne Grey
Chair, Sustainable Travel
Australia -
Joyce Ighedosa
Co-Chair, Psychological Health of Travelers
United States of America -
Julie Richards
Co-Chair, Student Travel Abroad
United States of America -
Leah Kern
Co-Chair, Pediatrics
United States of America -
Maureen MacConnell
Chair, Psychological Health of Travelers
United States of America -
Natalie Prevatt
Co-Chair, Pediatrics
United Kingdom -
Olivier Aoun
Chair, Military Travel
France -
Sapha Barkati
Chair, Migrant and Refugee Health
Canada