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Governing Council

The WEO Governing Council includes the members of the Executive Committee, Committee Chairs, and Presidents of WEO’s zones.

Executive Committee 2026-2028

President
Asadur Jorge Tchekmedyian (Uruguay)
President-Elect
Philip Chiu (Hong Kong SAR)
Past President
Lars Aabakken (Norway)
Secretary General
Claudio Iglesias (Uruguay)
Treasurer
Jorge Orillac (Panama)

Zone Presidents

President A-PSDE
Seigo Kitano (Japan)
President ESGE
Cesare Hassan (Italy)
President SIED
Carmelo Blasco (Paraguay)

Committee Chairs 2026-2028

AI Committee Chair
Masashi Misawa (Japan)
Alumni Committee Chair
Dario Ligresti (Italy)
Colorectal Cancer Screening Committee Chair
Uri Ladabaum (USA)
Education Committee Chair
Fernando Fluxá (Chile)
Outreach Committee Chair
Purnima Bhat (Australia)
Pancreato-Biliary Committee Chair
Dong-Wan Seo (South Korea)
Research Committee Chair
Enrique Pérez-Cuadrado Robles (Spain)
Standards of Practice Committee Chair
Miguel Areia (Portugal)
Super Minimally Invasive Interventions Committee Co-Chair
Enqiang Linghu (China)
Super Minimally Invasive Interventions Committee Co-Chair
Rong Long (China)
Upper GI Cancer Committee Chair
Vitor Arantes (Brazil)