Committees/Organizer

Advisory board

Aris Antsaklis, Athens, Greece
Giulio Bevilacqua, Parma, Italy
Nadia Berkane, Paris, France
Diana Bianchi, Boston, USA
Xavier Carbonell-Estrany, Barcelona, Spain
Frank A. Chervenak, New York, USA
Jan Deprest, Leuven, Belgium
Gian Carlo di Renzo, Perugia, Italy
Anne Greenough, London, United Kingdom
Anton Mikhailov, St. Petersburg, Russia
Ritsuko K. Pooh, Zentsuji City Kagawa, Japan
Roberto Romero, Detroit, USA
Cihat Sen, Istanbul, Turkey
Philipp Steer, London, United Kingdom
Liliana Voto, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Victor Yu, Clayton, Australia

Organizing committee

Thorsten Braun, Berlin, Germany
Christoph Bührer, Berlin, Germany
Rabih Chaoui, Berlin, Germany
Ludwig A. Gortner, Homburg/Saar, Germany
Kurt Hecher, Hamburg, Germany
Wolfgang Henrich, Berlin, Germany
Walter Jonat, Kiel, Germany
Rolf Kreienberg, Ulm, Germany
Christian Poets, Tübingen, Germany
Ekkehard Schleußner, Jena, Germany
Stephan Schmidt, Marburg, Germany
Christian P. Speer, Würzburg, Germany
Klaus Vetter, Berlin, Germany

Co-operation partners

• European Association of Perinatal Medicine
  
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin
  
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe
  
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Perinatale Medizin
• Gesellschaft für Neonatologie und Pädiatrische Intensivpflege e.V.
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Pränatal- und Geburtsmedizin
  
• Deutscher Hebammenverband e.V.
  

Organizer

World Association of Perinatal Medicine (WAPM)

WAPM is a non-profit making association which brings together individuals and groups to promote the science of perinatal medicine for the benefit of maternal, fetal and neonatal patients throughout the world.

The concept of the WAPM was born during the 11th European Congress which took place in Rome (Italy) in 1988. The first congress was held under the name of the FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PERINATAL MEDICINE, from the 5th to the 8th of November 1991 in Tokyo, Japan. The World Association decided to hold the World Congress every two years and interim congresses in between, particularly in developing countries with the collaboration of local perinatal societies.

The WAPM promotes research in all aspects of perinatal medicine, in order to attain a higher level of physical and mental health for women, mothers and their fetal patients and children by improving the quality and provision of perinatal care throughout the world. Through its activities, WAPM contributes to the improvement of professional standards, proposing guidelines for auditing, evaluation and clinical care in perinatal medicine. To achieve these main goals, WAPM fosters collaboration between the various disciplines interested in perinatal care as well as friendship between individuals from throughout the world.

The WAPM works with other societies and scientific groups promoting the maternal, fetal and neonatal care. Four of them form the “INTERNATIONAL PERINATAL MEDICINE GROUP”.

They are:

• International Academy of Perinatal Medicine (IAPM)
  
• International Society of The Fetus as a Patient
  
• Ian Donald Inter – University School of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  
• Matres Mundi International
  

President
Frank A. Chervenak, USA

Past president
Manuel R. G. Carrapato, Portugal

President elect
Xavier Carbonell Estrany, Spain

Vice presidents
Aris Antsaklis, Greece
Kypros Nicolaides, Great Britain
Hiroshi Nishida, Japan

Secretary general
Milan Stanojevic, Croatia

Treasurer
Bernat Serra, Spain

Deputy secretaries
Zehra N. Kavak, Turkey
Valeria Varadi, Hungary
Daniel Skupski, USA

Editor-in-chief of the journal
Joachim W. Dudenhausen, Germany

International committee
Badreldeen Ahmed, Qatar
Ana Bianchi, Uruguay
Robert Brent, USA
Gian Carlo di Renzo, Italy
Tony Duan, China
Moshe Mazor, Israel
Charles Mejinge, Tanzania
Eberhard Merz, Germany
Anton Mikhailov, Russia
Gianni Monni, Italy
Marta Szymankiewicz, Poland
Daniel Skupski, USA
Radu Vladareanu, Romania
Yves Ville, France
Corazon Yabes – Almirante, Philippines

Scientific committee
Roberto Romero, USA

Educational committee
Coordinator: Asim Kurjak, Croatia

Ethics committee
Coordinator: Joseph G. Schenker, Israel

Committee for developing countries
Coordinator: Abdullah Adra, Lebanon

Solidarity committee
Coordinator: Jose Maria Carrera, Spain

History committee
Coordinator: Kazuo Maeda, Japan

Patient safety committee
Amos Grunebaum, USA