Membership Committee

In ESSO’s continuing efforts to provide outstanding services to our members we have created a new committee to facilitate two-way communication between the ESSO Board and the ESSO members.

The Membership Executive Committee is composed of the Membership Advisory Committee Chair, the ESSO Treasurer, Prof. Domenico M. D'Ugo, the ESSO Honorary Secretary, Prof. Marjut Liedenhuis and 3 representatives from the Membership Advisory Committee, namely:  Prof. J.H.W. de Wilt, Prof. Pompiliu Piso and Prof. Wojciech Wysocki

The Membership Advisory Committee is composed of representatives from all of the affiliated socieites of ESSO, 2 representatives from the individual members of ESSO, the ESSO Treasurer, the ESSO Honorary Secretary and the EYSAC Past Chair:

Chair: Mr Hassan Malik

• Dr. Anton Barchuk, Department of Development and Public Affairs, Petrov Research Insititute of Oncoloft, Russia
• Dr. Cristian Bordea, Individual Members representative, Vice President of the Romania Society of Breast Surgery, Romania
• Dr. Pedro Bretcha-Boix, Vice-President, Spanish Society of Surgical Oncology, Spain
• Prof. Felipe Coimbra, President, Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology, Brazil
• Dr. Ho-Kyung Chun, President, Korean Society of Surgical Oncology, Korea
• Prof. J.H.W. de Wilt, President, Dutch Socisty of Surgical Oncology, The Netherlands
• Dr. Paolo Delrio, President Elect, Italian Society of Surgical Oncology, Italy
• Prof. Radan Džodić, President, Serbian Society of Surgical Oncology, Serbia
• Prof. Waheed Gareer, The Egyptian Society of Surgical Oncology, Egypt
• Prof. Haim Gutman, President, Israeli Society of Surgical Oncology, Israel
• Prof. Daniela Kandioler, Board member, Austrian Society of Surgical Oncology, Austria
• Ms Olena Kolesnik, President, Ukrainian Society of Surgical Oncology, Ukraine
• Dr. Konstantinos G. Lasithiotakis, Hellenic Society of Surgical Oncolgy, Greece
• Prof. Dr. György Lázár, President, Hungarian Surgical Society, Hungary
• Mr. Hassan Malik, Secretary, British Association of Surgical Oncology, UK
• Dr. Ida Negreiros, Individual Members representative, Head of CUF Hospital Breast unit, Portugal
• Dr. Per J. Nilsson, Executive, European Society of Coloprotology
• Prof. Pompiliu Piso, Individual Members representative, Hospital Barmherzige Brueder, Germany
• Dr. Kurt Van der Speeten, Board member, Belgian Society of Surgical Oncology, Belgium
• Prof. Jean-Luc Verhaege, Treasurer, French Society of Surgical Oncology, France
• Prof. Wojciech Wysocki, Board member, Polish Society of Surgical Oncology, Poland
• Prof. Janez Zgajnar, Slovenian Society of Surgical Oncology, Slovenia

The Role and Responsibilities of the Membership Advisory Committe: Inform, Share & Engage

• Facilitate the two-way communication between the ESSO Board and the membership
• Communicate and advise on members’ needs and expectations, potential new or increased benefits for members
• National representatives to ensure appropriate communication and added value of ESSO within their society
• Identify how and where affiliated member societies could be more involved in ESSO activities (incl. oncopolicy)
• Contribute to the development of the membership section of the ESSO website
• Foster communication on ESSO oncopolicy activities at national level through the national affiliated societies