Founders Council and Committees
GOVERNANCE
Founders Council
The FC consists of members of the Clinical Engineering field from around the world representing themselves as individuals who see the need for a unique and uniform international representation for the field. FC membership consists of the following individuals:
Yadin David
USA / Interim President of GCEA
Global Clinical Engineering Journal Editor-in-Chief and former Director of BE Department of Texas Children's Hospital.
Wayne Morse
USA / FOUNDERS COUNCIL MEMBER
Founding member of ACCE, former owner of Morse Medical, Operative, and Bellegrove Medical.
Calil Saide
BRA / FOUNDERS COUNCIL MEMBER
Former BE Professor at Universidade Estadual de Campinas and Coordinator of CE Course at UNICAMP.
Keiko Fukuta
JAP / FOUNDERS COUNCIL MEMBER
Former CE at Sanei Cordio and MC Healthcare and current member of the Medical Device Unit at WHO.
Tom Judd
USA / FOUNDERS COUNCIL MEMBER
WHO STAG MEDEV member, Past Board Chair IFMBE CED, and former CE National Project Director at Kaiser Permanente.
Shauna Mullally
CAN / FOUNDERS COUNCIL MEMBER
Experienced Clinical Engineer and Collaborator of the IFMBE Clinical Engineering Division.
Nicolas Pallikarakis
GRE / FOUNDERS COUNCIL MEMBER
Experienced Clinical Engineer and Collaborator of the IFMBE Clinical Engineering Division.
Mladen Poluta
ZAF / FOUNDERS COUNCIL MEMBER
Director of Health Technology at the West Cape Department of Health.
James Wear
USA / FOUNDERS COUNCIL MEMBER
Experienced Clinical Engineer and Collaborator of the IFMBE Clinical Engineering Division.
Stefano Bergamasco
ITA / FOUNDERS COUNCIL MEMBER
AIIC Board Member, Health Technology Consultant, and CEO of MedTech Projects.
Daniel Clark
UK / FOUNDERS COUNCIL MEMBER
Head of CE Department of Nottingham University Hospitals and Professor at Nottingham University.
Li Bin
CHI / FOUNDERS COUNCIL MEMBER
Director of Operation Supporting Dept. of Shanghai 6th People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University & Director of Quality Control Centre of Management of Medical Device in Shanghai
Kallirroi Stavrianou
Project Manager & Secretariat
Committees
GCEA Committees provide an international forum for exchanging ideas among representatives of GCEA’s member organizations. The exchange generates suggestions and recommendations useful for the global clinical engineering field. Furthermore, discussion of challenges and efforts made to address them, make the Committees' work unique for the global Clinical Engineering field. The Committees also are responsible to develop and establish the Alliance’s organizational procedures that facilitate proper representation of the Committee membership and smooth protocol for the implementation of the GCEA mission. Subject matter experts who wish to volunteer to serve on one of the committees can submit their request accompanied by their CVs. For more information on the GCEA Committees, click here.
GOVERNANCE
Transitional Period
During the transitional period between the public announcement about the establishment of the Global Clinical Engineering Alliance (GCEA) and the first election of GCEA officers, the administration of GCEA shall be governed by the Founders’ Council.
The Transitional Period has been extended until November 2023 when it is expected that the results of the First Election of the officers for the Global Clinical Engineering Alliance will be announced.
The candidates for this First Election shall occupy the positions of President, President-elect, Treasurer, and Secretary. The Immediate “Past President” shall be appointed by the Founders’ Council.
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