Organization
International Council of Coloproctology
The committees consist of an Executive which carries out the administrative functions, including the collection and collation of data, an (advisory) Council, and Members representing national colorectal societies and regional associations.
Executive
Chairman: Graham Newstead
Vice Chair: Richard Billingham
President ASCRS (ex-officio): Steven Wexner
Immediate Past President ASCRS: David Beck
President-Elect ASCRS: Alan Thorson
Advisor: Stanley Goldberg
Council 2011-2012
Maher Abbas, MD
Suraj Alva, MD
Raul Cutait, MD
Mark Helbraun, MD
Alexander Herold, MD
Hermann Kessler, MD
Poh-Koon Koh, MD
Fumio Konishi, MD
Sanath Kumar, MD
Eduardo Londono-Schimmer, MD
Klaus Matzel, MD
John Monson, MD
Lars Pahlman, MD
Professor Freddy Penninckx, MD
Andrew Renwick, MD
Fidel Ruiz-Healy, MD
Michael Spencer, MD
Yehiel Ziv, MD
Contacts:
- Dr Graham Newstead: grahamnewstead@sydneycolorectal.com.au or new@bigpond.net.au
- ASCRS headquarters office: ascrs@fascrs.org




