Aims of the Committee
The aim is to advise the Board determining the eligibility of Proposed Membership applicants. Plan and implement novel strategies to promote new proposed Membership
Chair: Dr. Massimo Bongiovanni, FIAC
Co-Chair: Dr. Maria Dolores Lozano, Spain
Members:
Dr. Fabiano Mesquita Callegan, Brazil
Dr. Shahid Pervez, Pakistaon
Dr. Wendy Raymond, Australia
Dr. Fernando Schmitt, Portugal
Ex-officio: Dr. Syed Ali, U.S.A.
Chair
Dr. Massimo Bongiovanni, FIAC
Dr. Bongiovanni is head of Cytopathology at SYNLAB Pathology in Lausanne, Switzerland and a member of the Pathology Expert Group, at SYNLAB International. He was appointed as associate professor and head of the Department of Cytopathology at the Institute of Pathology of the University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV, 2014).
He is the author of more than 200 scientific articles and 15 book chapters. He was Vice President of the Swiss Cytology Society (2015-2021) and a member of the Endocrine Tumor Group of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC). He is associate editor of the journal Acta Cytologica and participates in the editorial board of the journal Diagnostic Cytopathology. He is currently co-chair of the scientific committee of the European Federation of Cytology Societies (EFCS).