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ISAC 2019 Award Winners!
The 2019 ISAC Awards were announced during the 31st ICC - 4th GCCMID.
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The ISAC has 86 Member Societies around the world active in antimicrobial chemotherapy, clinical microbiology and infectious diseases. Click on the appropriate region on our Member Map below to see the societies in your area.
European Member Societies
Albanian Society of Infectious Diseases
President: Dr Arjan Harxhi
Contact person: Dr Arjan Harxhi
Web: http://www.shshi.al/
Association de Chimiothérapie Anti-Infectieuse (ACAI)
President: Prof. J. L. Herrmann
Contact person: Prof. E. Senneville, Secretary
Web: http://www.ricai.fr/
Association of Microbiology in Bosnia and Herzegovina
President: Dr Nijaz Tihic
Contact person: Dr Nijaz Tihic
Web: www.umbih.com
Austrian Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
President: Prof. Robert Krause
Contact person: Andrea Koerner, Secretariat
Web: http://www.oegach.at/
British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
President: Mr Philip Howard
Contact person: Mrs. Tracey Guise, Chief Executive Officer
Web: http://www.bsac.org.uk/
Bulgarian Society of Chemotherapy
President: Prof. Dr Krassimir Metodiev
Contact person: Prof. Dr Krassimir Metodiev
Web: http://www.imab-bg.org/
Chemotherapists Association of Ukraine
President: Prof. Yuriy Feshchenko
Contact person: Prof. Oleksandr Dziublyk, Vice President
Web: http://www.ctau.org.ua/
Croatian Society of Chemotherapy
President: Prof. Bruno Barsic
Contact person: Prof. Bruno Barsic
Croatian Society of Infectious Diseases of the Croatian Medical Association
President: Prof. Bruno Barsic
Contact person: Assist. Prof. Marija Santini, Secretary
Web: https://hdib.hr
Croatian Society for Urogenital & Sexually Transmitted Infections
President: Prof. Visnja Skerk
Contact person: Prof. Visnja Skerk
Cyprus Society of Chemotherapy and Infectious Diseases
President: Prof. George Petrikkos
Contact person: Prof. George Petrikkos
Czech Society for Infectious Disease
President: Dr S. Plíšek
Contact person: Dr Petr Kumpel, Vice President
Web: http://www.infekce.cz
Danish Infectious Disease Society
President: Assoc. Prof. Rikke Krogh-Madsen
Contact person: Assoc. Prof. Lone Hagens Mygind, Secretary
Web: http://www.infmed.dk
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Infektiologie
President: Prof. Dr Gerd Fatkenheuer
Contact person: Ms Monika Ecke, Executive Secretary of the Society
Web: http://www.dgi-net.de/
Deutsche Vereinigung zur Bekampfung der Viruskrankheiten (DVV)
President: Prof. Dr Helmut Fickenscher
Contact person: Ute Helling, Secretary
Web: http://www.dvv-ev.de/
Dutch Working Group International Medical Microbiology (WIMM)
President: Dr Edmee Bowles
Contact person: Edmee Bowles, President
Georgian Society of Paediatric Chemotherapy
President: Prof. Irakli Pavlenishvili
Contact person: Prof. Irakli Pavlenishvili
Hellenic Society for Chemotherapy
President: Prof. Helen Giamarellou
Contact person: Prof. Helen Giamarellou
Web: http://www.eex.org.gr/
Hellenic Society for Microbiology
President: Assoc. Prof. Georgia Vrioni
Contact person: Mrs Memtsa Ioanna
Web: http://www.hms.org.gr/
Hellenic Society for Infectious Diseases
President: Dr P. Gargalianos-Kakolyris
Contact person: Maria Mintzia-Foka, Secretary
Web: http://www.loimoxeis.gr/
Infectionists Scientific Society of Republic Belarus
President: Prof. Valery M. Semenov
Contact person: Prof. Valery M. Semenov
Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Specialty Society of Turkey (EKMUD)
President: Prof Dr Canan Agalar
Contact person: Prof Dr Ismail Yasar Avcı, Secretary General
Web: http://www.ekmud.org.tr
International Society of Non-Antibiotics (ISN)
President: Prof. Sujata Dastidar
Contact person: Dr Jette Elisabeth Kristiansen, Secretary General
Web: http://www.non-antibiotics.com/
Inter-Regional Association for Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (Russia)
President: Prof. Roman Kozlov
Contact person: Dr Anatoly Nikulin, Scientific Secretary
Web: http://www.iacmac.ru/iacmac/en/
Italian Society of Chemotherapy
President: Prof. Andrea Novelli
Contact person: Prof. Teresita Mazzei
Web: http://www.chemio.org/
Kosova Society of Chemotherapy and Infection
President: Dr Ilir Tolaj
Contact person:
Lebanese Society for Infectious Diseases & Clinical Microbiology
President: Dr Zahi Helou
Contact person: Maya Zakhour, Secretariat
Web: http://www.digitalscope.me/lsidcm/
Macedonian Microbiological Society
President: Prof. Ana Kaftandzieva
Contact person: Ana Kaftandzieva, Secretary
Mediterranean Society of Chemotherapy and Infection
President: Prof. George Petrikkos
Contact person: Zacharias Kaplanidis, Executive Director
Web: http://medsocchemi.org
Nordic Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (NSCMID)
President: Prof. Magnus Gottfredsson
Contact person: Dr Anders Johansson, Secretary of the Board
Web: http://www.nscmid.org
Norwegian Society of Medical Microbiology (NFMM)
President: Dr Astrid Louise Wester
Contact person: Dr Astrid Louise Wester, NFMM Board leader
Web: http://www.legeforeningen.no/mikrobio
Paul-Ehrlich-Society for Chemotherapy
President: Prof. Tobias Welte
Contact person: Prof. Dr Michael Kresken, Scientific Secretary
Web: http://www.p-e-g.org/
Polish Medical Association, Section of Chemotherapy
President: Prof. Stefan Tyski
Contact person: Dr Wanda Grzybowska
Romanian Society for the Study of Chemotherapeutics
President: Prof. Mihai Nechifor
Contact person: Prof. Mihai Nechifor
Scottish Microbiology Association
President: Dr Andrew Smith
Contact person: Ms Jenny Smith, Honorary Secretary
Web: http://www.sma.scot.nhs.uk
Serbian Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
President: Prof. Mijomir Pelemis
Contact person: Associate Prof. Goran Stevanovic, Society Secretary
Web: http://www.suah.rs/
Slovak Society of Chemotherapy
President: Assoc. Prof. Maria Wagnerova
Contact person: Assoc. Prof. Maria Wagnerova
Slovenian Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
President: Prof. Bojana Beovic
Contact person: Dr Mateja Logar, Secretary
Web: http://www.szpz.info/index.php
Sociedade Portuguesa de Doenças Infecciosas e Microbiologia Clinica
President: Prof. Doctor Fernando Maltez
Contact person: Felismina Costa
Web: http://www.spdimc.org
Spanish Society of Chemotherapy
President: Prof. Jose Barberan
Contact person: Beatriz Sánchez, Secretary
Web: http://www.seq.es
Swiss Society for Infectious Diseases
President: Prof. Nicolas Mülller
Contact person: Mrs Christine Vögtli, Assistant to President
Web: http://www.sginf.ch/
Welsh Microbiological Association
President: Dr Kelly Ward
Contact person: Dr Michael Perry, General Secretary
Web: https://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/home.cfm?orgid=882
Dutch Society for Medical Microbiology (NVMM)
President: Dr A.C.T.M. Vossen
Contact person: Dr Margo Kusters
Web: https://www.nvmm.nl/
North American Member Societies
Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada
President: Dr Todd Hatchette
Contact person: Riccarda Galioto, Executive Director
Web: http://www.ammi.ca/
Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists
President: Dr Kerry LaPlante
Contact person: Elizabeth Schumacher, Executive Director
Web: https://sidp.org/
South American Member Societies
Argentine Society of Infectious Diseases
President: Prof. Lautaro de Vedia
Contact person: Alejandra Sayago, Secretary
Web: http://www.sadi.org.ar
Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
President: Prof. Sergio Cimerman
Contact person: Prof. Sergio Cimerman
Web: http://www.infectologia.org.br/
Chilean Society of Infectious Diseases
President: Dr Monica R. Lafourcade
Contact person: Dalma Domic Tomicic, Executive Secretary
Web: http://www.sochinf.cl
Colombian Association of Infectious Diseases (ACIN)
President: Dr Pio Lopez
Contact person: Sonia Jeannette Guerrero Lozano, Manager
Web: http://www.acin.org
Cuban Society of Microbiology and Parasitology
President: Dr María G. Guzmán
Contact person: Dr Angel A. Escobedo Carbonell, Vice-President
Web: http://instituciones.sld.cu/microparacuba/
Panamerican Society of Infectious Diseases (API)
President: Silvio Vega
Contact person: Dr Maria Eugenia Gutierrez Pimentel, General Secretary
Web: http://www.apinfectologia.com
African Member Societies
Egyptian Society of Parasitology
President: Prof. Abdel Hameed Abdel Tawab Sabry
Contact person: Dr Tosson A. Morsy, Secretary General
Web: http://www.parasitology.eg.net/
Federation of Infectious Diseases Societies of Southern Africa
President: Dr Nelesh Govender
Contact person: Ms Lea Lourens, Administrator
Web: http://www.fidssa.co.za/
Société Tunisienne de Pathologie Infectieuse (STPI)
President: Dr Rim Abdelmalek
Contact person: Dr Wissem Hachfi, Secretary General
Web: http://www.infectiologie.org.tn/
Asia-Pacific Member Societies
Arab Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antimicrobials
President: Prof. Dr Fatma A. Amer
Contact person: Prof. Dr Fatma A. Amer
Asia-Pacific Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infection
President: Prof. Paul Anantharajah Tambyah
Contact person: Prof. Paul Anantharajah Tambyah
Web: http://www.apscmi.org/
Asia-Pacific Society for Medical Virology
President: Prof. L. M. Huang
Contact person: Prof. L. M. Huang
Asian Association of UTI and STD (AAUS)
President: Prof. Shingo Yamamoto
Contact person: Prof. Lee Seungju, Secretary General
Web: http://aaus.info
Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases
President: Assoc. Prof. Joshua Davis
Contact person: Marilena Salvo, Senior Executive Officer
Web: http://www.asid.net.au/
Australian Society for Antimicrobials
President: Prof. Ben Howden
Contact person: Prof. Geoffrey Coombs, President-Elect
Web: http://www.asainc.net.au/
Australian Society for Microbiology
President: Prof. Roy Robins-Browne
Contact person: Prof. Jonathan Iredell, Convenor National Antimicrobials Special Interest Group
Web: http://www.theasm.org.au/
Bangladesh Association for the Advancement of Tropical Medicine (BAATM)
President: Prof. M.A. Faiz
Contact person: Dr Fazle Rabbi Chowdhury, Consultant, Medicine
Web: http://www.baatm.org/
Chinese Pharmacological Society
President: Prof. Qing Yan
Contact person: Prof. Yonghong Xiao
Web: http://www.cnphars.org
Global Chinese Association of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
President: Prof. Ying-Chun Xu
Contact person: Prof. Ying-Chun Xu
Web: http://www.gcacmid.org/
Hong Kong Society for Microbiology and Infection
President: Dr Wing Hong Seto
Contact person: Dr Bosco Lam, Honarary Secretary
Web: http://www.fmshk.org/fmshk.php?id=20&mid=95
Infection Control Society of Taiwan
President: Dr Feng-Yee Chang
Contact person: M. C. Chan, Secretary General
Web: https://www.nics.org.tw
Infectious Disease Association of Thailand
President: Assistant Prof. Kumthorn Malathum
Contact person: Rachada, Secretary
Web: http://www.idthai.org/
Infectious Diseases Society of Taiwan
President: Dr Li-Min Huang
Contact person: Dr Szu-Min Hsieh, Secretary General
Web: http://www.idsroc.org.tw/
Israeli Society for Infectious Diseases
President: Prof. Miriam Weinberger
Contact person: Dr Michal Stein, Secretary
Iranian Society of Microbiology
President: Prof. Dr Mohammad Mehdi Feizabadi
Contact person: Prof. Dr Mohammad Mehdi Feizabadi
Web: http://www.ism.ir/
Japanese Society for Chemotherapy
President: Prof. Hiroshi Kiyota
Contact person: Prof. Hiroki Ohge, Secretariat
Web: http://www.chemotherapy.or.jp/
Emirates Infectious Diseases Society
President: Dr Abdulla Mahmood Mohammad Ustadi
Contact person: Dr Laila Al Dabal, General Secretary
Korean Association of Urogenital Tract Infection and Inflammation (KAUTII)
President: Prof. Young Ho Kim
Contact person: Prof. Hoon Choi, Secretary General
Web: http://www.uti.or.kr
Korean Society for Antimicrobial Therapy (Seoul)
President: Prof. Jung Hyun Choi
Contact person: Prof. Dong Gun Lee, Secretary General
Web: http://www.ksat.or.kr
Korean Society for Clinical Microbiology
President: Dr Chulhun L. Chang
Contact person: Dr Sunjoo Kim, Board of International Relationships
Web: http://kscm.or.kr/xe/index_e
Malaysian Society of Infectious Diseases and Chemotherapy
President: Prof. Zamberi Sekawi
Contact person: Assoc. Prof. Ariza Adnan, Secretary
Web: http://www.msidc.com.my/
Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Society of Pakistan
President: Dr Bushra Jamil
Contact person: Luqman Mahmood, Administration Secretary
Web: www.mmidsp.com
New Zealand Microbiological Society
President: Associate Prof. Mike Taylor
Contact person: Dr Helen Withers, Secretary
Web: http://www.nzms.org.nz/
Paediatric Infectious Disease Society of Thailand
President: Prof. Tawee Chotpitayasunondh
Contact person: Dr Weerawan Hattasingh, Secretary General
Web: http://www.pidst.or.th/
Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
President: Dr Mario M. Panaligan
Contact person: Rose D. Santos, Secretariat
Web: http://www.psmid.org.ph/
Singapore Society for Microbiology & Biotechnology
President: Assoc. Prof. Lee Yuan Kun
Contact person: Dave Ow Siak Wei, Secretary
Web: http://www.ssmb.org.sg/
Society of Infectious Diseases, Chinese Medical Association
President: Dr Jinlin Hou
Contact person: Dr Yonghong Xiao, Society Member
Web: http://www.infectcma.org.cn
Society of Infectious Diseases (Singapore)
President: Dr David Lye
Contact person: Dr Seow Yen Tan (Secretary); Ms Noraini Ibrahim (Secretariat)
Web: http://www.sids.org.sg/
Taiwan Society of Microbiology
President: Prof. Lee-Jene Teng
Contact person: Dr. Chun-Hsing Liao, Secretary General
Web: http://www.tsm.org.tw/
Saudi Society for Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
President: Prof. Huda Abdelkareem Bukharie
Contact person: Prof. Huda Abdelkareem Bukharie, President
Web: http://saudimmid.com/
Turkish Society of Hospital Infections and Control
President: Prof. Emin Halis Akalin
Contact person: Prof. Serhat Unal, Secretary General
Turkish Society of Chemotherapy
President: Prof. Dr Gökhan Demir
Contact person: Prof. Dr Gökhan Demir, President
Turkish Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ANKEM)
President: Prof. Dr Bülent Gurler
Contact person: Prof. Dr Derya Aydin, Executive Board Member
