The WEO Governing Council is comprised of the members of the Executive Committee, Standing Committee Chairs and the Presidents of WEO’s zones.
Executive Committee 2020-2022
President:
Fabian Emura (Colombia)
President-Elect:
Hisao Tajiri (Japan)
Past President:
Jean-Francois Rey (France)
Secretary General:
Douglas Faigel (USA)
Treasurer:
Dong-Wan Seo (Rep. of Korea)
Zone presidents
President A-PSDE
Seigo Kitano (Japan)
President ESGE
Helmut Messmann (Germany)
President SIED
Fernando Fluxa (Chile)
Standing Committee Chairs 2020-2022
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Evelien Dekker (Netherlands)
Documentation & Standardization
Thomas de Lange (Norway)
Documentation & Standardization
Koji Matsuda (Japan)
Education
Douglas Faigel (USA)
Research
Krish Ragunath (Australia)
Surgical Endoscopy: Philip Chiu (Hong Kong)
Standards of Practice & Publications
Tibor Gyökeres (Hungary)
Stomach and Duodenal Diseases
Mitsuhiro Fujishiro (Japan)