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Outdoors Meeting

ISTAP Board of Directors

OPEN
Regional Director Latin America - Portuguese

OPEN

Dr Ray Samuriwo
President

Dr Ray Samuriwo

United Kingdom

Steven Smet
President-Elect

Steven Smet

Clinical Nurse Specialist in Wound Care

Belgium

Cinthia Viana Bandeira Da Silva
Treasurer

Cinthia Viana Bandeira Da Silva

RN, ETN, MSc, PhD Candidate

Brazil

Dr. Emmy Nokaneng
Secretary

Dr. Emmy Nokaneng

B Sc. B Ch D. PG Dip Odont. M Ch D

South Africa

OPEN
Treasurer

OPEN

Prof. Karen Ousey
Immediate Past President

Prof. Karen Ousey

PhD, MA, PGDE, RN

United Kingdom

Johlene Sander
Regional Director Africa

Johlene Sander

RN, CWON, CWS

South Africa

Prof. Dr. Harikrishna KR Nair
Regional Director Asia

Prof. Dr. Harikrishna KR Nair

S.I.S, KMN, MD, FRCPI, FCWCS, OSH(NIOSH), OHD(DOH), CMIA(MAL), CHM(USA), ESWT (Austria, Germany), FMSWCP, ICW

Malaysia

Nicole Flannery
Regional Director Australia/New Zealand

Nicole Flannery

RN, Master of Nurse Practitioner

Australia

Anika Fourie
Regional Director Europe

Anika Fourie

RN, M.Sc., IIWCC, PhD candidate

Belgium

Dr. Mily Constanza Moreno Ramos
Regional Director Latin America - Spanish

Dr. Mily Constanza Moreno Ramos

PhD, MsC, ETN, RN

Columbia

OPEN
Regional Director Middle East

OPEN

Mary Hill
Regional Director North America - Canada

Mary Hill

RN, BScN, MN, NSWOC, WOCC(C)

Canada

Dr. Laura Swoboda
Regional Director North America - USA

Dr. Laura Swoboda

DNP, APRN, FNP-C, FNP-BC, CWOCN-AP, WOCNF

USA

Dr. Jeannie Donnelly
Regional Director United Kingdom

Dr. Jeannie Donnelly

PhD., Dip. Wound Healing & Tissue Repair, B.Sc. (Hon's) Health Studies, RN, ONC

United Kingdom

Our Workstreams

Global Community Engagement

Chair: Samantha Holloway

  • Julia Bresnai-Harris

  • Steven Smet

  • Troy Curtis

  • Cathy Harley

  • Prof. Dr. Harikrishna KR Nair

Workstreams
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