The President is the highest official in the hierarchy of IAP’s governance model. The President serves one term of two years. The post of President-Elect is filled up first by election/nomination and the incumbent succeeds to the office of President after serving as President-Elect for 2 years. The President provides strategic vision and guidance for furthering the mission of IAP.
1986
A Bettarello, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1988
L Scuro, Verona, Italy
1988-1990
R Tsuchiya, Nagasaki, Japan
1990-1992
H Beger, Ulm, Germany
1992-1994
E P DiMagno, Rochester, USA
1994-1996
C Imrie, Glasgow, UK
1996-1998
T Takeuchi, Tokyo, Japan
1998-2000
A Warshaw, Boston, USA
2000-2002
J Neoptolemos, Liverpool, UK
2002-2004
S Matsuno, Sendai, Japan
2004-2006
P Banks, Boston, USA
2006-2008
M Lerch, Munster, Germany
2008-2010
M Tanaka, Fukuoka, Japan
2010-2012
A Saluja, Minneapolis, USA
2012-2014
P Levy, Paris, France
2014-2016
T Shimosegawa, Sendai, Japan
2016-2018
S Chari, Rochester, USA
2019-2021
Thomas Gress, Marburg, Germany
2021-2022
Yoshifumi Takeyama, Osaka, Japan
2023-2024
Santi S Vege, Rochester, USA
The President-Elect will be elected by the membership at the Business Meeting on the nomination of the Council and will normally succeed the President. The President-Elect will assume the duties of the President in his absence.
The Secretary of the IAP is the most important and nodal officer who sets the agenda of the IAP, ensures its overall smooth functioning, liaisons with sister organizations, and acts as conduit between the organization and external agencies for transacting IAP business. The Secretary will summon all meetings of the Association, be responsible on behalf of the Council for all its arrangements and will keep minutes of the proceedings of the Association, its Council and any committee of which he is ex-officio member. A Secretary is first elected/nominated by the Council and ratified by the members at the Business meeting. The Secretary serves one term for four years and is eligible for re-nomination for a second term. A new Secretary should be elected two years prior to holding office wherever possible and designated as Secretary-Elect.
1984-1990
Professor O Bordalo, Portugal
1990-1996
Professor A Warshaw. USA
1996-2000
Professor P Banks, USA
2000-2008
Professor PG Lankisch, Germany
2008-2016
Professor J Wilson, Australia
2016-
Professor Pramod Garg, India
The Treasurer will be elected by the members at the Business Meeting on the nomination of the Council. The Treasurer will serve for four years but will be eligible for re-election for another term. The Treasurer will be responsible for financial health of the Association, collecting all fees/subscriptions/dues on behalf of the Association, ensuring justified expenditure, investing funds as per the Council’s advice, maintaining accounts and presenting audited accounts at each Business Meeting.
1986-1990
Professor G Cavallini, Italy
1990-1996
Dr P Malfertheiner, Germany
1996-2004
Professor M Buchler, Germany
2007-2014
Professor C Fernandez-Del-Castillo, USA
2014-2021
Professor S Vege, USA
The Editor-in-Chief of Pancrteatology will be elected/nominated by the IAP Council. The Editor-in-Chief will be an ex-officio member of the Council and will serve for the term of his editorship. In agreement with the Publisher the Editor will serve for an initial period of five years. At the proposal of the Executive Committee, the Editor’s term of office can be extended for up to three years.
1986-1996
Professor P Pour, USA
1996-2000
Professor D Bockman, USA
2000-2007
Professor M Singer, France, and Professor C Imrie, UK
2007-2011
Professor R Urrutia, , USA
2012-2018
Professor M Apte, , Australia
2019-
Suresh Chari, USA
Miklos Sahin-Toth, USA
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