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New International Editorial Advisory Board Announced


Joint Commission International (JCI) has announced a 30-member International Editorial Advisory Board to inform and help broaden its global publishing program. The Board held its first meeting via teleconference on 23 June 2009.

Among the duties of International Editorial Advisory Board members are:
• Reviewing and providing ongoing feedback regarding JCI publications
• Conveying ideas for books, other products, and periodical stories
• Becoming authors of JCI books and other products or suggesting authors for the same purposes

The International Editorial Advisory Board is listed in the box below.

Joint Commission International Editorial Advisory Board

Sophia ANG Bee Leng, MBBS, MMED (Anaes)
Vice Chairman, Medical Board for Patient Safety and Operations
Singapore National University Health Systems
Singapore

Riham El-Asady, MD, PhD
Division of Health Systems and Services Development
WHO/Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office
Cairo, Egypt

Jiang Baoguo, MD
Professor, Orthopaedist, Vice President
Peking University Health Science Center
Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Hoon Sang Chi, MD
President
Korean Hospital Association
Seoul, Korea

Kwong Ming FOCK, MBBS, M.Med, FRCP, FRACP, FRCP, FAMS
Senior Consultant Gastroenterologist, Changi General Hospital
Board Adviser, SingHealth Board of Directors
Singapore

Helen Glenister PhD, MBA, BSc (HONS) Hon DIP HIC, RN
Director of Commissioning Support, Humana Europe
London, United Kingdom

Jaâfar HEIKEL, MD, MSc, PhD, MBA
Professor of Epidemiology and Health Management, University of Casablanca and Marrakech
CEO, Inisan Group
Casablanca, Morocco

Nagwa El Hosseiny, MD
Professor, Consultant, Internal Medicine
Chairman Quality management and Accreditation Committee
DAR AL FOUAD Hospital
Quality Consultant, Ministry of Health and Population
Cairo, Egypt

Tanya Huehns, DM, MRCP
Patient Safety Strategy Advisor
National Patient Safety Agency
London, United Kingdom

Malik Abdo Ali, MD, MPH
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, National Ribat University
Khartoum, Sudan

Kassem M. Kassak, MPH., PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy
Faculty of Health Sciences
American University of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon

Niek Klazinga, MD, PhD
Health Care Quality Indicator Project
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Paris, France

Mondher Letaief, MD, MPH
Professor of Preventive Medicine
University Hospital of Monastir
Monastir, Tunisia

LEE Chien Earn, MD
Senior Director, Health Performance Group
Singapore Ministry of Health 
Singapore

Beth Lilja, MD
Head of the Danish Society for Patient Safety
Copenhagen, Denmark

Virginia Maripolsky, MSW, BSN, RNC
Assistant CEO, Nursing Affairs
Bangkok Hospital Medical Centre
Bangkok, Thailand

Jorge César Martínez, MD
Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
Director Patient Safety and Preventive Medicine Program
School of Medicine, del Salvador University
Buenos Aires, Argentina

David Marx, MD, PhD
Head, Department of Public Health, 3rd Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague
Advisor, Committee on Customer Safety, European Parliament
Consultant, Joint Commission International

Ziad Memish MD, FRCPC, FACP, CIC, FIDSA
Assistant Deputy Minister for Preventative Medicine, Ministry of Health
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Dato’ Teddric Jon Mohr, DSPN, FACHE
President/Chief Executive Officer
Penang Adventist Hospital
Penang, Malaysia

John Øvretveit, PhD
Medical Management Centre
Karolinska Institutet Medical Management Centre
Stockholm, Sweden

Meng Qingyue, MD, PhD
Professor and Dean, School of Public Health
Shandong University
Jinan, Shandong, China

Osama Samawi, MD
Healthcare Specialist
Anman, Jordan

Ali Nasha`at Ali Sha`ar, MD, MSc
Public Health Consultant
Palestine

Kaveh G. Shojania, MD
Scientist, Ottawa Health Research Institute
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa Hospital–Civic Campus
Ottawa, Canada

Michael Soop, M.D. PhD
Associate Professor, Medical Director
Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare
Stockholm, Sweden

Brian Toft, PhD
Professor of Patient Safety
Applied Research Centre for Health
Coventry University
Coventry, England, United Kingdom

John Wocher, MHA
Executive Vice President, Administration
Director, International Services
Kameda Medical Centre
Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Nellie Yeo, MBA, MN
Chief Quality Officer
National Healthcare Group
Singapore

Özlem Yildirim
Continuous Quality Improvement Manager
Vehbi Koç Foundation American Hospital
Istanbul, Turkey