The Executive Board guides the Society’s scientific, educational and organizational work, bringing together colorectal surgeons from every region of the world.
27Board Members
17Countries
2024–2026Term
Officers
6
Richard Fortunato
President
United States
Joaquim Costa Pereira
Vice President
Portugal
Emre Balık
President Elect
Türkiye
Woo Yong Lee
Imm. Past President
Republic of Korea
Vitaliy Poylin
Secretary General
United States
Joseph Nunoo-Mensah
Treasurer
United Kingdom
Council & Directors
9
Ho-Kyung Chun
Councellor to Past President
Republic of Korea
Narimantas Samalavicius
Chair of Past Presidents Council
Lithuania
Liliana Bordeianou
Director of Educational Committee
United States
Hugo Cuellar
Assoc Secretary General
Mexico
Ricardo Escalante
Assoc Treasurer
Venezuela
Andreas Kaiser
Assoc Director of Educational Committee
United States
Kristry Rumer
Editor in Chief of WCJS
United States
Paul Selvindoss
Chair of Membership Committee
Malaysia
Samar Al-Homoud
2028 Congress Convenor
Saudi Arabia
Members at Large
8
Nasser Al-Sanea
Member at Large
Saudi Arabia
Kushal Mital
Member at Large
India
Ichiro Takemasa
Member at Large
Japan
Seung-Bum Ryoo
Member at Large
Republic of Korea
Goran Stanojevic
Member at Large
Serbia
Julio Del Castillo
Member at Large
Spain
Vasile Bintintan
Member at Large
Romania
Gonzalo Hagerman
Member at Large
MexicoCouncil of Executive Advisors
4
Parvez Sheikh
Council of Executive Advisors
India
Kotaro Maeda
Council of Executive Advisors
Japan
Francis Seow Choen
Council of Executive Advisors
Singapore
Fidel Touma
Council of Executive Advisors
Australia