IFSSH

International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand

Member Societies

ARGENTINA

Argentina Association for Surgery of the Hand
Asociacion Argentina de Cirugia de la Mano

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Eduardo Zancolli,
Cervino 4679, 5,
Buenos Aires. 1425.
Argentina.

eduardozancolli@gmail.com

Secretariat

Sarimento 1758 3° PISO C. A. B. A,
Buenos Aires,
Argentina.

aacmcarla@gmail.com

Society website: www.aacmyrms.org

AUSTRALIA

Australian Hand Surgery Society

IFSSH Delegate

Dr Roland Hicks
Newcastle, Australia

rolandhicks@optusnet.com.au

Secretariat

Dr Tracey Richter

Society website: www.ahss.org.au

AUSTRIA

Austrian Society for Surgery of the Hand
Österreichische Gesellschaft für Handchirurgie

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Rohit Arora,
University Clinic Innsbruck,  Department for Trauma Surgery, Hand & Elbow Surgery Orthopaedic Hospital. 

rohit.arora@tirol-kliniken.at

Secretariat

Österr. Ges. f. Handchirurgie c/o AKH Wien
Waehringer Guertel 18-20/LSt. 16A
A-1090 Wien, Austria

office@handchirurgen.at

Society website: www.handchirurgen.at

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Abu Saleh M. Monirul Alam,
Flat 10/A, 1, Ring Road,
Shyamoli, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh.

asmmalam@yahoo.com

Society website: www.bdssh.org

BELGIUM

Belgian Hand Group

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Filip Stockmans
Leuven, Belgium
Belgium.

Filip.Stockmans@kuleuven-kortrijk.be

Secretariat

Secretariat Hand group
Kennedy Laan 4, 8500 Kortrijk,
Belgium.

vanhaeckejeroen@yahoo.com

Society website: belgianhandgroup.be/board/

BOLIVIA

Bolivian Association for Surgery of the Hand

Asociación Boliviana de Cirugía de la Mano (ABOCIMA)

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Juan Carlos Suárez López,
Calle Republiquetas Nº230
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

jc_suarezlopez@yahoo.com

Secretariat

Calle Republiquetas Nº230 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Telephone: + (591) 72135953

sbolotsc@hotmail.com

BRAZIL

Brazilian Society for Surgery of the Hand
Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia da Mao

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Milton Bernardes Pignataro
Porto Alegre RS Brazil

pignataro@ymail.com

Secretariat

Dr. Samuel Ribak

ribaksamuel@yahoo.com.br

Society website: www.cirurgiadamao.org.br

BULGARIA

Bulgarian Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Kalin Dimitrov

drkalo@gmail.com

Society website: www.bssh.eu

Canada

Canadian Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. David Tang,
4714 – 1796 Summer Street,
Halifax, Nova Scotia. B3H 3A7.
Canada

cssh.sccm@gmail.com

Society website: www.cssh-sccm.com

Chile

Chilean Society for Surgery of the Hand and Microsurgery
Sociedad Chilena de Mano y Microcirugia

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Sebastian von Unger,
Santiago, Chile

svonunger@gmail.com

Secretariat

Sociedad Chilena de Cirugia de Mano y Microcirugia

socimanochile@gmail.com

Society website: schot@schot.cl

Association of Chinese-speaking Hand Surgeons United

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Jin Bo Tang

jinbotang@yahoo.com

Society website: http://acu.handsurgery.cn

Colombia

Colombian Association for Surgery of the Hand
Asociación Colombiana de Cirugia de la Mano

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Carlos Eduardo Torres Fuentes
Bogota, Colombia

drtorresplastic@yahoo.com

Secretariat

Jessica Natalia Chavez Quiroga
Calle 134 No. 7B – 83 - Bogota, Colombia
Telephone: + 57 3183626686 – 57 321 373 9442

secretaria@asocimano.org 

Society website: www.asocimano.org

Czech
Republic

Czech Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Ales Fibir
Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

ales.fibir@gmail.com

Secretariat

Dr. Ales Nejedly 
Clinic of Plastic Surgery,  Srobarova 50,
100 34 Prague 10, Czech Republic. 

a.nejedly@volny.cz 

Society website: www.handsurgery.cz

Denmark

Danish Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Lars Soelberg Vadstrup
Hellerup, Denmark

lars.soelberg.vadstrup@regionh.dk

Society website: www.ortopaedi.dk

Dominican
Republic

Dominican Republic Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Otoniel Diaz C

otonieldiazc@gmail.com

Secretariat

Dr. Marcos Nunez,

m.nunez1@unibe.edu.do  

Ecuador

Ecuadorian Society of Hand Surgery
Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Cirugia de la Mano (ECUMANO)

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Fidel Cayón ,
Av. Mariana de Jesus OE7-02 y Nuño de Valderrama,
Edificio Citimed, Of 511, Centro de Especialidades Ortopédicas CEO,
Quito, Ecuador.

int-delegate@ecumano.org

Secretariat

Av. Mariana de Jesus OE7-02 y Nuño de Valderrama,
Edificio Citimed, Of 511, Centro de Especialidades Ortopédicas CEO,
Quito, Ecuador.

secretaria@ecumano.org 

Society website: www.ecumano.org

Egypt

Egyptian Society for Surgery of the Hand and Microsurgery

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Nash Naam, 
901 Medical Park Drive, Suite 100, 
Effingham, IL 62401.

drnaam@handdocs.com

Secretariat

Dr. A. Hakim A. Massoud,
11 Ahmed Farrh St, West Heliopolis. 11351,
Cairo, Egypt.

Mass321@hotmail.com 

Finland

Finnish Society for Surgery of the Hand
Suomen Käsikirurgiyhdistys

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Pasi Paavilainen,
Tampere, Finland

pasi.paavilainen@fimnet.fi

Secretariat

Dr. Tove Palmgren-Soppela,
Helsinki University Hospital, Department of Surgery,
Finland.

secretary@fssh.fi 

Society website: www.fssh.fi

France

French Society for Surgery of the Hand
Société Française de la Chirurgie de la Main

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Aram Gazarian,
Lyon, France

aram.gazarian@chu-lyon.fr

Secretariat

Juliette Chort, 
Secretariat SFCM, CCOM - SOS Main - Pr. Liverneaux,
10, avenue Achille Baumann,
67400 - Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France
Telephone : +33 6 38 95 58 32

secretariat@sfcm.fr 

Society website: www.sfcm.fr

Georgia

Georgian Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. David Zakradze
Tbilisi, Georgia

dr.zakradze@gmail.com

Secretariat

Georgian Society for Surgery of the Hand,
27b. Vazha-pshavela ave, 0160, Tbilisi, Georgia
Telephone : +99 55519 40280

georgianssh@gmail.com 

Germany

German Society for Hand Surgery 
Deutsche Gesellschaftfür Handchirurgie (DGH)

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Jörg van Schoonhoven
Bad Neustadt/Saale,
Germany

joerg.vanschoonhoven@campus-nes.de

Secretariat

Mrs Kirsten Meyer
Deutsche GesellschaftfürHandchirurgie
Strasse des 17.Juni 106-108
10623 Berlin, Germany
+ 49 30 340 60 36 66

sekretariat@dg-h.de 

Society website: www.dg-h.de

Greece

Hellenic Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Zoe Dailiana
Athens, Greece

dailiana@otenet.gr

Secretariat

Alexandra Koutsi
Athens, Greece

alexandraqc@gmail.com

Society website: www.microhand.gr

Guatemala

Guatemalan Society of Hand Surgery
Asociación Guatemalteca de Cirugia de la Mano

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Juan Carlos Gonzales

car_gonza19@yahoo.fr

Society

Dra. M. Victoria Choquin Sales

victoriachoquin@hotmail.com

Hong Kong

Hong Kong Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Koo Siu Cheong Jeffrey Justin Tai Po,
New Territories,
Hong Kong SAR.

jjsckoo@gmail.com

Secretariat

Ms. Kammy Law,
General office, Room 505,
Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology,
5/F Professorial Block, Queen Mary Hospital,
Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong.

hksshsecretariat@gmail.com

Society website: www.hkssh.org

Hungary

Hungarian Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Zsolt Szabo,
3526 Miskolc,  Blaskovics str. 14,
Hungary.

activhand@gmail.com

Secretariat

3501 Miskolc,
Szentpeteri k.72-76 Traumatology Department,
Hungary. 

titkar@kezsebesz.hu

India

Indian Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Anil K. Bhat,
Manipal, India

anil.bhat@manipal.edu

Secretariat

drahire@hotmail.com / Society Email secretary@issh.org

Society website: www.issh.org

Indonesia

Indonesian Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Theddeus O.H. Prasetyono
ICTEC, Cipto Mangunkusumumo Hospital/ Universitas Indonesia
Gedung CMU 2, the 2nd floor
Jl. Diponegoro 71
Jakarta, Indonesia

teddyohp@yahoo.com

Iran

Iranian Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Aziz Ahmadi
Alexandria. VA. USA

azizahmadi@yahoo.com

Secretariat

Iranian Society of Hand Surgery
Apt # 4, No.1, Kaveh Alley,  Nirouye Entezami St. Khodami St.  Vanak Square, Tehran, Iran.
Telephone: 00982188665228

anjomanedast@gmail.com

Society website: www.issh.ir

Israel

Israeli Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Shai Luria
Dept. of Orthopedic Surgery,
Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center,
Kiryat Hadassah, POB 12000,
Jerusalem 91120, Israel

shail@hadassah.org.il

Secretariat

Ph: 972 - 2 - 6779554
Fax: 972 - 2- 6779561

Society website: www.issh.org.il

Italy

Italian Society for Surgery of the Hand (SICM)

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Andrea Atzei,

andreatzei@gmail.com

Secretariat

segreteria@sicm.it

Society website: www.sicm.it

Japan

Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Ryosuke Kakinoki

rkakinoki@med.kindai.ac.jp

Secretariat

office@jssh.or.jp

Korea

Korea Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Goo Hyun Baek,
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital, 28 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, 
Seoul 110-744. Korea.
ghbaek@snu.ac.kr

Kuwait

Kuwait Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Husam Bashee,r
P. O. Box 12057,
Shamiya 71651.
dr.basheer@yahoo.com

Latvia

Latvian Association for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Martins Kapickis
Riga, Latvia

kapickis@dr.com

Secretariat

registratura@mcl.lv

Society website: www.lash.org.lv

Lithuania

Lithuanian Society for Surgery of the Hand
Lietuvos plastakos chirurgijos ir reabilitacijos draugija:
"Manus Lithuania"

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Darius Jauniskis,
Zygimantu 3, Vilnius, Lithuania.

jauniskis@gmail.com

Secretariat

Zygumantu 3,
Vilnius, Lithuania.
njakutis@gmail.com

Malaysia

Malaysian Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Mohd Iskandar Mohd Amin
Pantai Hospital, Kuala Lumpur.

driskandaramin@gmail.com

Secretariat

Jeniece Yong
secretariat@mssh.org.my

Society website: www.mssh.org.my

Mexico

Asociacion Mexicana de Cirugia de Mano A.C.
Mexican Association for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. J. Emmanuel Ruiz Aguilar
Carreterta Nacional 6501 Suite 601
La Estanzuela Monterrey
Mexico 64988
eruiz@doctor.com

Society website: www.amcirugiadelamano.org

Mexico

Sociedad Mexicana De Cirugia De La Mano Y Microcirugia S.C.
Mexican Society of Hand Surgery and Microsurgery

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Alejandro Espinosa Gutierrez

espinosalejandro@gmail.com

Secretariat

Dr. Eduardo Hernandez Mendez-Villamil
ortopediaymano@gmail.com

Society website: http://smcmym.org

Netherlands

The Netherlands Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Anne JH Vochteloo
al Borne
The Netherlands.

a.vochteloo@ocon.nl

Society website: www.handchirurgie.nl/

New Zealand

New Zealand Hand Surgery Society

IFSSH Delegate

Dr Robert Rowan
Wellington
New Zealand
Robert.rowan70@gmail.com

Norway

Norwegian Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Rasmus Thorkildsen
rthorkil@ous-hf.no

Society website: www.handkirurgi.no

Philippines

Association of Hand Surgeons of the Philippines

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Nats Orillaza
nsorillaza@up.edu.ph

Secretariat

Dr. Emmanuel Estrella
estee96@yahoo.com

Peru

Peruvian Association of Hand Surgery and Microsurgery (APCMM)

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Bruno Pietrapiana
Lima, Peru
bpietrapiana@gmail.com

Secretariat

Alvaro Mena
Clinica Delgado, Ca. Gral.
Borgoño, Miraflores 15074, Peru
alvaromena25@gmail.com

Poland

Polish Society for Surgery of the Hand
Polskie Towarzystwo Chirurgii Reki

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Ireneusz Walaszek
IFSSH@ptchr.pl

Society website: www.ptchr.pl

Portugal

Portuguese Society for Surgery of the Hand
Sociedade Portugesa da Cirurgia da Mao

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. José Alexandre Marques

josealexmarques@hotmail.com

Society website: spocma.pt

Puerto Rico

Society for Surgery of the Hand in Puerto Rico
Sociedad de Cirugia de la Mano de Puerto Rico

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Amarilis Silva,
PO Box 697, Humacao, PR 00792.

Romania

Romanian Society for Hand Surgery

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Alexandru Georgescu,
Spitalul Clinic de Recuperare, Viilor Str., No. 46-50,
Ciuj-Napoca, 3400, Romania.
geordv@hotmail.com

Russia

Russian Hand Surgery Society

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Igor Golubev
iog305@mail.ru

Singapore

Singapore Society for Hand Surgery (SSHS)

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Sreedharan Sechachalam
Singapore

sreedharan_sechachalam@ttsh.com.sg

Secretariat

Singapore Society for Hand Surgery
Sengkang Central Post Office, P.O. Box 907
Singapore 915409

secretariat@sshs.sg

Society website: www.sshs.sg

Slovak
Republic

Slovak Society for Hand Surgery

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Teodor Kluka
tkluka@fnlp.sk /klukova.anna@zoznam.sk

South Africa

South African Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Lyndon Grant Biddulph
Johannesburg, South Africa

grantbiddulph@gmail.com

Secretariat

Andi Askew
sahandsociety@gmail.com

Society website: www.sassh.co.za

Spain

Spanish Society for Surgery of the Hand
Sociedad Española de Cirugía de la Mano (SECMA)

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Higinio Ayala Gutiérrez
Santander, Spain.

drayala@drhiginioayala.com

Secretariat

Santa Isabel 51,
28012 Madrid,
Spain

secma@secma.es

Society website: www.secma.es

Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr Melanie Amarasooriya
Bandaranayake Mawath, Katubedda, Sri Lanka

melaniea@uom.lk

Secretariat

Himasha Wijethilaka
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Telephone: +9411 74 60 735

officecoordinatorsloa@gmail.com

Sweden

Swedish Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Simon Farnebo
Linköping Sweden

simon.farnebo@gmail.com

Secretariat

Maria Wilcke
Stockholm, Sweden

Maria.Wilcke@sll.se

Society website: www.handkirurgi.se

Switzerland

Swiss Society of Hand Surgery

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Esther Vögelin,
Hand Surgery and Surgery of Peripheral Nerves,
Inselspital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, CH-3010 Bern,  Switzerland. 

esther.voegelin@insel.ch

Secretariat

SGH –Geschaftsstelle,
Switzerland. 
sekretariat@swisshandsurgery.ch

Society website: www.swisshandsurgery.ch

Taiwan

Taiwan Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Prof. Fu Yin-Chih
Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC.

microfu@kmu.edu.tw

Secretariat

Ms. Anita YJ Weng / Ms. Nancy YP Hou
tssh2008@gmail.com

Society website: www.handsurgery.com.tw

Thailand

Thai Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Chairoj Uerpairojkit
Bangkok, Thailand

chairoj-hand@hotmail.com

Secretariat

Dr. Navapong Anantavorasakul
Bangkok, Thailand

navapong.ortho@gmail.com

Society website: www.thaissh.org/home.php

Turkey

Turkish Hand Society

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Ozgun Baris Gunturk
Izmir, Turkey

ozgungunturk@gmail.com

Secretariat

Rezzan Tıras
Ankara, Turkey

turkhand@gmail.com

United Arab Emirates

Emirates Hand Surgery Society

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Khalid Abdulla Alawadi
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

drkhalid72@yahoo.com

Secretariat

Dr Nebojsa Jovanovic
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

nebojsajov@gmail.com

Society website: www.ehssociety.org

United Kingdom

British Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Ms. Gill Smith,
C/- the BSSH Secretariat,
The Royal College of Surgeons of England,
38-43 Lincoln’s Inn Field,
London, WC2A 3PE,
United Kingdom.

gill4smith69@hotmail.com

Secretariat

The Royal College of Surgeons of England,
38-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields,
London, WC2A 3PE,
United Kingdom.

Society website: www.bssh.ac.uk

Uruguay

Society for Surgery of the Hand of Uruguay
Sociedad Cirugia de la Mano del Uruguay

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Matias Craviotto,
Montevideo, Uruguay.

drcraviotto@clinicademano.com.uy

United
States of
America

American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS)

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. David Ruch,
Durham, North Carolina

d.ruch@duke.edu

Secretariat

Ms. Sarah Neece,
500 Cummings Center, Suite 4550,
Beverly, MA 01915, USA.

contact@handsurgery.org

Society website: www.handsurgery.org

United
States of
America

American Society for Surgery of the Hand

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Julie Katarincic
Providence, Rhode Island,
USA.

julie_katarincic@brown.edu

Secretariat

American Society for Surgery of the Hand
822 W. Washington Blvd,
Chicago, IL 60607 USA.

info@assh.org

Society website: www.assh.org

Venezuela

Venezuelan Society for Surgery of the Hand and Upper Limb Reconstructive
Sociedad Venezolana de Cirugía de la Mano y Reconstructiva del Miembro Superior

IFSSH Delegate

Dr. Igor R. Indriago González,
Centro Salud Caracas. San Bernardino. Caracas, 1010.
Venezuela.

sovcim@gmail.com

Secretariat

C/- Society President: D José G. Vicari Méndez
Centro Médico Docente La Trinidad
Caracas 1080-A. Venezuela.

socvencirugiamano@gmail.com
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