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On the 29th of October 2006 at the World Stroke Congress in Cape Town, the International Stroke Society and the World Stroke Federation (WSF), the two lead organizations representing stroke globally, merged to form the new body World Stroke |
WSO Immediate Past-President |
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Geoffrey A. Donnan (Australia) |
2006-2008 |
ISS Past-Presidents |
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H.J.M. BARNETT (Canada) |
1989-1992 |
W.-D HEISS (Germany) |
1992-1996 |
Fumio GOTOH (Japan) |
1996-2000 |
James F. TOOLE (USA) |
2000-2004 |
Julien BOGOUSSLAVSKY (Switzerland) |
2004-2005 |
Takenori YAMAGUCHI |
2005-2006 |
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WSF Past-President |
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Antonio CULEBRAS (USA) |
2004-2006 |
WSO Mission
The mission of the World Stroke Organization (WSO) is to provide access to stroke care and to promote research and teaching in this area that will improve the care of stroke victims throughout the world by:1. Promoting prevention and care of persons with stroke and vascular dementia
2. Fostering the best standards of practice
3. Educating, in collaboration with other international, public, and private organizations
4. Facilitating clinical research
The WSO will work to increase visibility and credibility of its activities among stroke clinicians, researchers, other health professionals, international professional and lay organizations, and the general public. This will be accomplished through publications, surveys, campaigns, a website and cooperation with other medical and lay organizations.
WSO Bylaws
Click here to download the WSO Bylaws (PDF format)This document requires Adobe Acrobat Reader click here to download
WSO Officers
PresidentBo Norrving, Sweden
Vice-Presidents
Vladimir Hachinski, Canada
Natan Bornstein, Israel
Immediate Past-President
Geoffrey A. Donnan, Australia
Treasurer
Michael Brainin, Austria
Secretary
Ka Sing Lawrence Wong, Hong Kong
Members at large
Marc Fisher, USA
Yukito Shinohara, Japan
WSO Board of Directors
Representing individual members:Michael Brainin, Austria
Christopher PLH Chen, Singapore
Antonio Culebras, USA
Stephen M. Davis, Australia
Geoffrey A. Donnan, Australia
Marc Fisher, USA
Vladimir Hachinski, Canada
Werner Hacke, Germany
Graeme J. Hankey, Australia
Markku Kaste, Finland
Ming Liu, China
Jean-Louis Mas, France
Masayasu Matsumoto, Japan
Bo Norrving, Sweden
Akira Ogawa, Japan
Jeyaraj Pandian, India
Peter Sandercock, UK
Yongjun Wang, China
Wen Jang Wong, Taiwan
Ka Sing Lawrence Wong, Hong Kong
Non voting members:
Sheila Cristina Ouriques Martins, Brazil
Waleed Khoja, Saudi Arabia
Representing Scientific societies:
Anna Czlonkowska, Central and Eastern European Stroke Society
Martin Grond, German Stroke Society
Padma Sriyani Gunaratne, Sri Lanka Stroke society
Nabil Kitchener, Egyptian Cerebro-Cardio-Vascular Association
Giovanni Regesta, Mediterranean Stroke Society
Yukito Shinohara, Japanese stroke society
Wendy Segrest, American Stroke Association (ASA)
Veronika Skvortsova, National Stroke Association of Russian Federation
Philip A. Teal, Canadian Stroke Consortium
Mohammad Wasay, Pakistan Stroke Society
Representing Stroke support societies:
Jon Barrick, the Stroke Association, UK
Natan Bornstein, the Neeman Association for Stroke Survivors, Israel
Antoine Hakim, Canadian Stroke Network
Erin Lalor, National Stroke Foundation, Australia
Sandra Levy, Stroke Alliance For Europe
M.M. Mehndiratta, Indian Stroke Association
Kazuo Minematsu, Japan Stroke Association
Juhani Sivenius, Finnish Stroke and Dysphasia Association
Ruth Bonita, Stroke Foundation New Zealand Inc
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