FISPGHAN History
FISPGHAN Former Presidents
2000 - 2004
Stefano Guandalini, M.D.
Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago, and the founder of the University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center.
2000 - 2004
2004 - 2008
Emeritus Professor Geoff Cleghorn
Deputy Head of the School of Medicine, Director International of the School of Medicine and Professor of Peditrics University of Queenslands
2008 - 2012
Professor Mei Hwei Chang
Distinguished Chair Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the College of Medicine, National Taiwan University (NTU) in Taiwan.
2008 - 2012
2012 - 20116
Kathleen Schwarz, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics Emerita Johns Hopkins; Associate Physician Diplomate, UCSD/Rady Children’s
2016 - 2021
Prof. Dr. Berthold Koletzko
Professor of Pediatrics at LMU – University of Munich, Germany and head, Div. Metabolic & Nutritional Medicine, Hauner Children’s Hospital, Univ. of Munich.
2016 - 2021
2021 - 2024
Marina Orsi, M.D.
Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Emeritus Head of the Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Service at the Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires
WCPGHAN
2000
1st WCPGHAN Boston
Harlan Winter, President
Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 5-9 August, 2000.
2000
2004
2nd WCPGHAN Paris
Olivier Goulet, President
Paris, France. 3-7 July 2004
2008
3rd WCPGHAN Iguassu Falls
Ulysses Fegundes Neto, President
Iguassu Falls, Brasil. 16-20 August 2008
2008
2012
4th WCPGHAN Taipei
Yen Hsuan Ni, President
Taipei, Taiwan. 14-18 November, 2012
2016
5th WCPGHAN Montreal
Ernest Seidman & Claude Roy, Presidents
Montreal, Canada. 5-8 October, 2016
2016
2021
6th WCPGHAN Vienna
Christina Almuthe Hauer, President
Vienna, Austria. 2-5 June 2021
2024
7th WCPGHAN Buenos Aires
Daniel D´Agostino, President
Buenos Aires, Argentina. 4-7 December 2024
2024
Society President
2000 - 2002
NASPGHAN
Richard Coletti
2000 - 2002
2000 - 2002
2006 - 2010
ESPGHAN
Deidre Kelly
2019 - 2022
2005 - 2008
LASPGHAN
Carlos Velasco Benítez
2005 - 2008
2005 - 2008
2010 - 2012
APPSPGHAN
Jeong-Kee Seo
2010 - 2012
2014 - 2016
NASPGHAN
Carlos Di Lorenzo
2014 - 2016
2014 - 2016
2019 - 2022
ESPGHAN
Sanja Kolacek
2019 - 2022
2024 - 2025
LASPGHAN
Rodrigo Vázquez Frías
2024 - 2025
2024 - 2025