APSR Leadership
Officers of the APSR
![]() YoungSoo Shim President and 2009 Congress President |
![]() Mary Sau-Man Ip Secretary General and President-Elect |
![]() Norbert Berend Immediate Past-President |
![]() Shoji Kudoh Treasurer |
![]() Y C Gary Lee Editor-in-Chief |
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee comprises
the Officers,
the Members Representing the Council Members,
the Chair Central of the Congress Committee,
the Representative Heads of the Assemblies, and
the Strategic Planning Committee
the Members Representing the Council Members,
the Chair Central of the Congress Committee,
the Representative Heads of the Assemblies, and
the Strategic Planning Committee
YoungSoo Shim (Chair)
J Patrick Barron
Norbert Berend
Kwun M Fong
Yoshinosuke Fukuchi
Takashi Horie
Mary Sau-Man Ip
Alan James
Shoji Kudoh
Bing Lam
Michiaki Mishima
Yoichi Nakanishi
Masaharu Nishimura
Paul Reynolds
J Paul Seale
Wan-Cheng Tan
Faisal Yunus
Executive Members Representing the Council Members
Masaharu Nishimura (Japan)
Paul Reynolds (Australia)
Mary Sau-Man lp (Hong-Kong)
Faisal Yunus (Indonesia)
Paul Reynolds (Australia)
Mary Sau-Man lp (Hong-Kong)
Faisal Yunus (Indonesia)
Strategic Planning Committee
Norbert Berend (Chairperson)
J Patrick Barron
Yoshinosuke Fukuchi
Takashi Horie
Wan-Cheng Tan
J Paul Seale
YoungSoo Shim
J Patrick Barron
Yoshinosuke Fukuchi
Takashi Horie
Wan-Cheng Tan
J Paul Seale
YoungSoo Shim
Finance Committee
Shoji Kudoh (Chairperson)
YoungSoo Shim
Mary Sau-Man Ip
(plus vacancies for two further members)
YoungSoo Shim
Mary Sau-Man Ip
(plus vacancies for two further members)
Research Committee
Michiaki Mishima (Chairperson)
H Aizawa
Rongchang Chen
Peter Cistulli
Peter Eastwood
James C M Ho
Masaharu Nishimura
Ken W T Tsang
H Aizawa
Rongchang Chen
Peter Cistulli
Peter Eastwood
James C M Ho
Masaharu Nishimura
Ken W T Tsang
Education Committee
Bing Lam (Chairperson)
A Azuma
R Beasley
S Hashimoto
K Takahashi
Yongjian Xu
A Azuma
R Beasley
S Hashimoto
K Takahashi
Yongjian Xu
Central Congress Committee
| Kwun M Fong | Chairperson |
| YoungSoo Shim | President and President of the previous Congress |
| Mary Sau-Man Ip | Secretary General and President-Elect |
| Shoji Kudoh | Treasurer |
| Heads of Assemblies | (as listed below) |
| Michiaki Mishima | Chairperson of the Research Committee |
| Bing Lam | Chairperson of the Education Committee |
| Y C Gary Lee | Representative of the Editorial Office |
| Teresita de Guia | President of the current Congress |
Representative Heads of the Assemblies
| Yoichi Nakanishi | Head Assembly Group 1 |
| Alan James | Head Assembly Group 2 |
Heads of Assemblies
| Christopher Lai | Asthma |
| Fumihiro Asano | Bronchoscopy and Interventional Techniques |
| Takahide Nagase | Cell and Molecular Biology |
| Masaharu Nishimura | COPD |
| Shu Hashimoto | Clinical Allergy & Immunology |
| V K Vijayan | Clinical Respiratory Medicine |
| Hiroshi Kubo | Critical Care Medicine |
| Takashi Nakano | Environmental & Occupational Health and Epidemiology |
| Yoshikazu Inoue | Interstitial Lung Disease |
| Yoichi Nakanishi | Lung Cancer |
| Anne Chang | Pediatric Lung Disease |
| Keishi Kubo | Pulmonary Circulation |
| Young Whan Kim | Respiratory Infections (non-tuberculosis) |
| Tsuneto Akashiba | Respiratory Neurobiology and Sleep |
| Alan James | Respiratory Structure and Function |
| Guy Marks | Tuberculosis |






