The International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO) announced the following people have been elected to its executive board for the 2017-19 biennium. They took office following the conclusion of the 16th ISPO World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, which was held May 8-11.
From left: The former ISPO president, Hanspal, greets Kohler at the Congress in South Africa.
Photograph courtesy of ISPO.
- President: Friedbert Kohler, MBBS, FAFRM; Australia
- President-elect: Edward Lemaire, PhD; Canada
- Past President: Rajiv Hanspal, FRCP, FRCS; England
- Secretary: Laura Burgess, clinical specialist physiotherapist; England
- Treasurer: Terry Supan, CPO/L, FAAOP, FISPO; United States
- Member: Karen Andrews, MD; United States
- Member Carson Harte; England/Southeast Asia
- Member: Marlo Ortiz, CP(M); Mexico
- Member: Kazuhiro Sakai; Japan
- Member: Claude Tardif, prosthetist/orthotist; Europe/Africa
- Member: Man-Sang Wong; CPO(HK), PhD; Hong Kong (China)