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 Treasurer, the Secretary, a representative from the ETC, the Chief Operating Officer, and up to 2 representatives of the Membership Advisory Committee.

The Membership Advisory Committee is composed of a representative from each affiliated society and up to 3 representatives from the individual membership. The Membership Advisory Committee advises the Membership Executive Committee.

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