International Advisory Board & Abstract Review Committee

Name Country, City Position
George Abouna USA, Philadelphia MESOT, Founder & President
1990-1992
Abdel Hadi
Al-Breizat		 Jordan, Amman MESOT, Councillor
Adnan Alfey Saudi Arabia, Riyadh MESOT, Councillor
Mustafa
Al-Mousawi		 Kuwait, Kuwait City MESOT, Past President
Ali Alobaidli UAE, Abu Dhabi MESOT 2012 Congress Organizer
Mona Alrukhaimi UAE, Dubaï MESOT 2012 Congress Organizer
Lina Assad Syria, Damascus Syrian Agency for Organ Transplantation, Director
Khaled Ayed Tunisia, Tunis MESOT, Councillor 1998-2004
Adel  Bakr Egypt, Mansoura MESOT, Councillor
Antoine Barbari Lebanon, Beirut MESOT, Vice President
Benoit Barrou France, Paris SFT, General Secretary
Rabiaa Bayahia Morocco, Rabat Moroccan Society of Nephrology, President
Hédi Ben Maiz Tunisia, Tunis French Academy of Medicine, Corresponding Member
Ramdani Benyounes Morocco, Casablanca Head Nephrologist, Ibn Rochd Hospital
Karim Boudjemaa France, Rennes Head Surgeon, Liver Transplantation
Jeremy R. Chapman Australia, Sydney TTS, President
Bernard Charpentier France, Tours ESOT, President 2005-2007
Mohamed Chebil Tunisia, Tunis CNPTO, Director 
Francis Delmonico USA, Boston TTS, Director of Medical Affairs
Rania Dirani Syria, Damascus MESOT, Councillor
Ehtuish Fradj Ehtuish Libya, Tripoli Libyan Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, President
Mohamed Aziz
El-Matri		 Tunisia, Tunis MESOT, President 1994-1996
Ibrahim El-Nono Yemen, Sana’a MESOT, Councillor
Iradj Fazel Iran, Teheran MESOT, President 1992-1994
Issam Francis Kuwait, Kuwait City Pathologist, Faculty of Medicine
John Fung USA, Cleveland TTS, Secretary
Ahad Ghods Iran, Teheran MESOT, President 1998-2000
Denis Glotz France, Paris SFT, Council member
Mehmet Haberal Turkey, Ankara MESOT, Founder & President
1988-1990
Nadey S Hakim United Kingdom, London International College of Surgeons,
Past President
Bernardo Rodriguez Iturbe Venezuela, Maracaibo ISN,  President
Hamdi Karakayali Turkey, Ankara MESOT, Treasurer
Georges Kyriakides Cyprus, Nicosia Paraskevaidion Surgical and Transplant Institute, Director
Yvon Lebranchu France, Paris SFT, Past President
Christophe Legendre France, Paris SFT, Council member
Joren Madsen USA, Boston AST,  President
Rui Maio Portugal, Lisbon ETCO, President
Seyed Ali Malekhosseini  Iran, Shiraz MESOT 2008 Congress, President
Marwan Masri Lebanon, Beirut MESOT, President Elect
Nabil Mohsen Oman, Muscat MESOT, Fellowship Committee
Georges Mourad  France, Montpellier SFT, President
Anwar Naqvi Pakistan, Karachi MESOT, President  
Luc Noël Switzerland, Geneva WHO, Coordinator
Nurhan Ozdemir Turkey, Ankara MESOT, Councillor
Rutger Ploeg The Netherlands, Groningen ESOT, President
Tahar Rayane Algeria, Algiers Algerian Society of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, President  
Adibul Hasan Rizvi Pakistan, Karachi MESOT, President 2000-2002
Eric Rondeau France, Paris Head Nephrologist, Tenon Hospital
Bassam Saeed Syria, Damascus MESOT, Secretary
Mohamed Sayegh USA, Boston Schuster Transplantation Research Center, Director
Faissal Shaheen Saudi Arabia, Riyadh MESOT, President 2004-2006
Nasser Simforoosh Iran, Teheran MESOT,  Councillor
Kim Solez Canada, Edmonton Alberta University, Director Experimental Pathology
Jean Paul Squifflet Belgium, Liege SFT, Vice President
Antoine Stephan Lebanon, Beirut MESOT, President 2002-2004
Yves Vanrenterghem Leuven, Belgium TTS, Councillor
Kathryn Wood United Kingdom, Oxford TTS, President 2004-2006

SFT: French Society of Transplantation; MESOT: The Middle East society for Organ Transplantation
TTS: The Transplantation Society; AST: The American Society of Transplantation
ETCO: The European Transplant Coordinators Organization;
ESOT: The European Society for Organ Transplantation; WHO: The Word Health Organization
CNPTO: Tunisian National Centre for the Promotion of Organ Transplantation