International Commission on Medical Sciences

President: B.P.Mansourian,

WHO (ret.) Switzerland

Vice President: S. M. Mahfouz,

Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

A. Wojtczak,

Institute for International Medical Education, NY, USA

Members: A. P.R. Aluwihare,

Department of Surgery, University of Peradeniya, Kandy, Sri Lanka

A. A. Arata,

USAID, Alexandria, Virginia, USA

G. W. Brauer ,

Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

Assen Jablensky ,

The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

Arminee Kazanjian ,

University of British Columbia, Canada

R. Kitney ,

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK

M. R.G. Manciaux ,

Public Health, Nancy University, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France

Alberto Pellegrini ,

Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

K.Sorour,

Cairo University, Egypt

J. Szczerban,

Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Tomris Türmen,

WHO, Turkey

Y. L. G. Verhasselt,

Geografisch Instituut, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Medical Sciences

1. The Theory and Practice of Medicine

Pierre Boutros Mansourian, Research Policy and Cooperation, World Health Organization(WHO), Switzerland

Modern Medical Practices:A Commentary

Guy J. Lavoipierre, World Health Organization, Australia

Reflections on the Scientific Method in Medicine

Rodolfo J. Stusser, Ministry of Public Health, National Research Centers of Havana University, Cuba

The Role of Technology in Medicine

Pierre Boutros Mansourian, Research Policy and Cooperation, World Health Organization(WHO), Switzerland

Primary Care Medicine

Pierre Boutros Mansourian, Research Policy and Cooperation, World Health Organization(WHO), Switzerland

2. Medicine and Public Health

Michel R.G. Manciaux, School of Public Health, Nancy University, France

Public Health - An Evolving Concept

Lennart Kohler, Nordic School of Public Health, Sweden

Public Health Systems in Today's World

Public health Survelliance

Laura R. Johnson, Emory University School of Medicine, USA

David L. Heymann, Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Switzerland

Environment and Public Health

P. Hartemann, Universite H. Poincare, France

Poverty and Health

Colin, Université de Montréal, Canada

Sensitizing future decision-makers to Public Health

J. Rochon, Canada

Maternal and Child Health and Public Health

Mark A. Belsey, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland, USA

Ethical Issues in Public Health

G. Terrenoire, France

Michel R.G. Manciaux, School of Public Health, Nancy University, France

3. Geographic Medicine

Yola L. G. Verhasselt, Geografisch Instituut, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium

The Geography of Health Care Systems

Kathleen Wilson, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Canada

David R. Phillips, Department of Politics and Sociology, Lingnan University, China

Mark W. Rosenberg, Department of Geography, Queen’s University, Canada

Disparties in Health : A Reflection of the Worlds Globalisation and Fragmentation

Jeanne-Marie Arnat-Roze, Department  of Geography, Paris 12 University, France

Environmental Change and Vector-Borne Diseases: The Contribution of Remote Sensing and Spatial Analyses

Eric F. Lambin, Department of Geography, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases: A Case Study in Argentina

Susana Isabel Curto, CIE - National Academy of Medicine, Argentina

4. Medicine and Economic Environment

Reiner Leidl, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Health Economics and Management, Munich School of Management, Munich, Germany

5. Medical Heuristics and Knowledge based System

Bruce McArthur Sayers, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK

6. Understanding Health Metrics: The role of Meta Analysis

C.A. Murray, University of Washington , Seattle,, USA

7. Medical Specialities

Andrzej M. Wojtczak, Institute for International Medical Education, USA

Adult Congenital Heart Disease,a Challenged Population

Khalid Aly Sorour,  Egypt

An Inroduction to Nephrology

Halim Sargios Ghali,

Advances and Prospects in Gastroenterology

Witold Bartnik, Dept of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical Center for Postgraduate Education, Poland

Oncology

Stjernsward,

8. Overview of Pathology and Its Related Disciplines

Soheir Mahmoud Mahfouz, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

The Pathobiology of Bilharzia-Associated Bladder Cancer

Nadia Mahmoud Mokhtar, Dept of Pathology, National Cancer Institute NCI, Cairo University, Egypt

Hussein Khaled, Dept of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Institute NCI, Cairo University, Egypt

Nabil El Bolkainy, Dept of Pathology, National Cancer Institute NCI, Cairo University, Egypt

Abdul Rahman Zekri, Dept of Cancer Biology at National Cancer Institute NCI, Cairo University,

Bilharziasis: A Granulomatous Parastic Disorder with Grave Implications

Maha Mahmoud Akl, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Department of Pathology, Egypt

Recent Advances in the Diagnosis of Breast Masses

Al Ahmed Fouad El Hindawy,

The Pathology of Breast Cancer

Adel Mohammed Aly, Sudan

9. Family Medicine and Health

Tomris Turmen, WHO, Turkey

10. Social Dimensions of Medicine

Arminee Kazanjian, Dept. of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, Canada

11. Complementary and Alternative Medicine(CAM)

Y. Maruyama, Department of Traditional Medicines, WHO,

12. Medical Informatics and Telematics at the Threshold of the 21st Century

Lun Kwok Chan

The Past and Future Impacts of Health/Medical Informatics on HealthCare Delivery

Denis J. Protti, School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Canada

Technical Dimensions of Medical Informatics and Telematics

Benjamin Jung

Human Aspects of Healthcare Information Systems

Andre Kushniruk

The Societal and Ethical Dimensions of Medical Informatics and Telematics

Gerhard W. Brauer, School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Canada

13. Engineering in Medicine

R. Kitney,  UK

Medical Imaging and Visualisation

R. Kitney, UK

Medical Information Systems

Forbes Dewey, MIT, USA

Modelling -Physiological/Clinical(Human Physiome Project

Bruce Smaill,

Peter Hunter, Department of Engineering Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Tissue Engineering

Robert M. Nerem, Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Biomechanics

Kim Parker,

Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology

Drew Endy, MIT, USA

Denis Noble, University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford University, UK

Materials

Molly Stevens, Imperial, ex MIT, Duncan Dowson, ,

Robotics

Brian Davies, Australia

Ara Darzi, St.Marys,

Measurements

Nigel Lovell

Nanobiotechnology

Carmelina Ruggiero, University of Genoa,

14. Ecology, Environment and Disease

Andrew A. Arata, USAID, USA

House Dust Mites

Nadia Aly El-Dib

15. Food Safety, Medicine and Health

Fritz K. Kaferstein, International Food Safety Consultant, Switzerland

Food Safety - Its Role in Health and Development: The problems related to our food supply

Fritz K. Kaferstein, International Food Safety Consultant, Switzerland

Gerry Moy, Food Safety Program, World Health Organization, Switzerland

Yasmine Motarjemi, Nestle S.A., Switzerland

Consumer Perceptions of Food Safety

Janneke de Jonge, Wageningen University,

Lynn Frewer, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

Ellen van Kleef, Wageningen University, The Netherlands

The need for an International Approach: The role of FAO and WHO

Kazuaki Miyagishima

Jorgen Schlundt

Safe Food at the Family/Household Level - The Responsibility of Consumers

Food Safety at the National Level - The Role of Governments

R. Ellard, A. Reilly,

The Role of FAO & WHO in Assisting Developing Countries to Improve their Food Safety Systems

Ezzeddine Boutrif, Division of Food and Nutrition, Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Italy

Jorgen Schlundt

16. Infectious Diseases: Old and New Threats

David L. Heymann, Communicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Switzerland

17. Radiological and Nuclear Science in Medicine

Constantin Sayegh

18. Advances and Prospects in Surgery

Jerzy Szczerban, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

Synopsis of Cardiac Surgery Today for the General Practitioner

Mohammed M.I. Ahmed-Nasr,

The Current Status and the perspectives of the Vascular Surgery

Piotr Andziak, Dept of General and Vascular Surgery, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland

Advances in Surgical Oncology

Alberto Montori

Progress in Pediatric Surgery- Selected Advances in Life Saving Procedures in Pediatric Surgery

Piotr J. Kalicinski, Dept of Pediatric Surgery and Organ Transplantation, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Poland

Advance and Current Progress in Liver Surgery

Marek Krawczyk,

Advances in Organ Transplantation

Wojciech Riwinski,

The latrogenic Bile Ducts Injury - A Major Clinical Mishap

K. Zieniewicz,

19. Social Participation in R&D: The Citizens Consensus Conferences

Alberto Pellegrini Filho, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Financing Health Research: New Trends and Modalities

Andres De Francisco,

The Best Existing Evidence to Improve Efficiency and Security in Health Care

Alvaro Nagib Atallah,

20. Culture, Civilization and Globalization in Medicine and Health

Pierre Boutros Mansourian, Research Policy and Cooperation, World Health Organization(WHO), Switzerland