IFMBE Nominees for Open Positions – 2025 Elections
Officers (2025 – 2028)
Virginia Laura BALLARIN
VICE-PRESIDENT
National University of Mar del
Plata,
Argentina
Metin AKAY
VICE-PRESIDENT
University of Houston, USA
Prof. Leandro PECCHIA
SECRETARY-GENERAL
University Campus Biomedico, Italy
Prof. Maria Fernanda Cabrera Umpiérrez
TREASURER
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Admin Council Members
Ordinary Members
Fabiola MARTINEZ
Clinical Engineering Division Chair
Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico
Giuseppe FICO
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Piotr LADYZYNSKI
Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering,
Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Raye YEOW
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Panicos A KYRIACOU
Ex-Officio Members (2022 – 2025)
Ernesto IADANZA
CoS Chair
University of Siena, Italy
Regional Group Representatives (2022 – 2025)
Region 1 | Asian-Pacific
Hairong ZHENG
Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology,
Chinese Academy of Science, China
Yasuyuki SHIRAISHI
Tohoku University, Japan
Region 2 | Europe
Giuseppe FICO
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Jari HYTTINEN
Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Region 3 | Latin-America
Luis Roberto Barriere AVALOS
Biomedical Society of El Salvador
Region 4 | North-America
Y. RACHEL ZHANG
Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society (CMBES)
Region 5 | Africa
Hon. Symon Kamunyi MBAKAH
Association of Medical Engineering of Kenya (AMEK)
CED Board (2025 – 2028)
Alessio LUSCHI
University of Florence, Italy
Andrew IBEY
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Canada
Aris DERMITZAKIS
Institute of Biomedical Technology (INBIT), Greece
Baterdene MYATAV
Mongolian Society of Biomedical Engineering
Bin LI
Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital Lingang Campus, China
Millicent ALOOH
Association of Medical Engineering of Kenya (AMEK)
Fernando BALLINA
National University Arturo Jauretche, Argentina
Lizzie REYNOLDS
Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM)
Lucio Flavio de Magalhaes BRITO
Pontificial Catholic University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Marie-Ange JANVIER
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Canada
David Alberto Palomo TORRES
Anáhuac Mayab University, Mexico
DHD Board (2025 – 2028)
Akinori UENO
Tokyo Denki University, Japan
Alessio LUSCHI
University of Florence, Italy
Andrew IBEY
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Canada
Annarose GITAU
Association of Medical Engineering of Kenya (AMEK)
Jorge HENRIQUES
University of Coimbra
Mark NYSSEN
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Marie-Ange JANVIER
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Canada
Marni Azira MARKOM
University of Malaya, Malaysia
Martha Zequera DIAZ
Universidad Javeriana, Colombia
Noraisyah Mohamed SHAH
University of Malaya, Malaysia
Panicos A KYRIACOU
City University of London, UK
Paulo DE CARVALHO
University of Coimbra, Portugal
Sandra Milena Perez BUITRAGO
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Peru
Virginia Laura BALLARIN
National University of Mar del Plata, Argentina
HTAD Board (2025 – 2028)
Biziya ENKHJARGAL
Etugen Medical University, Mongolia
Fatimah IBRAHIM
University of Malaya, Malaysia
Martha Zequera DIAZ
Universidad Javeriana, Colombia
Nashrul Fazli Mohd NASIR
University of Malaya, Malaysia
Oriana CIANI
Bocconi University, Italy
Salome Wangari MWAURA
Association of Medical Engineering of Kenya (AMEK)
William B. DEBEKEME
Association of Biomedical Engineers and Technologists of Nigeria (NABET)
Past Admin Councils