Addresses of IMIA Member Societies

American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)

http://www.amia.org

IMIA Representative:

James Cimino

Professor of Medicine and Director of the Informatics Institute

University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) School of Medicine

Argentine Association of Medical Informatics

Asociación Argentina de Informática Médica (AAIM)

http://www.aaim.org.ar

IMIA Representative and President:

Alan David March, MD

Universidad del Salvador

Buenos Aires

Argentina

Tel: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Association for Medical and Bio-Informatics Singapore (AMBIS)

http://www.ambis.org.sg

IMIA Representative and President:

Dr. Adam Chee

Chief Advocacy Office

BinaryyHealthCare (BNHC)

VBox 889312

Singapore 919191

E-mail: [e-mail]

Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH)

https://digitalhealth.org.au

IMIA Representative and President:

Dr. Louise Schaper

CEO

E-mail: [e-mail]

Austrian Working Group Medical Informatics and eHealth of the Austrian Computer Society (OCG) and the Austrian Society for Biomedical Engineering (ÖGBMT)

Arbeitskreis Medizinische Informatik (AKMI) der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Biomedizinische Technik (ÖGBMT) und der Österreichischen Computergesellschaft (ÖCG)

https://www.ocg.at/en/node/357

IMIA Representative:

Prof. Dr. Elske Ammenwerth

Professor, Institute for Health Information Systems

University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology

Tirol, Austria

Tel: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Belgian Medical Informatics Association

https://www.bmia.be/en/home/

IMIA Representative:

Dr. Etienne De Clercq

Université Catholique de Louvain

1200 Brussels, Belgium

Tel: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Brazilian Society of Health Informatics

Sociedade Brasileira de Informática em Saúde - SBIS

http://www.sbis.org.br

IMIA Representative and President:

Luis Gustavo Gasparini Kiatake

E-mail:[e-mail]

British Computer Society (BCS Health)

http://www.bcs.org/category/6044

IMIA Representative:

Dr. Philip Scott

Senior Lecturer in Information Systems

School of Computing, University of Portsmouth

E-mail: [e-mail]

Bukinabe Society of Medical Informatics and E-Health (SOBIMES)

http://sobimes.org/

IMIA Representative:

Dr. Seydou Barro

President SOBIMES

Nazi BONI Unviversity

Babo-Dioulasso, Burkina

E-mail: [e-mail]

Burundi Health Informatics Association

Association Burundaise d'Informatique Medicale (ABIM) Burundi Health Informatics Association (BHIA)

IMIA Representative:

Dr. Frank Verbeke

Tel: [phone]

or [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Cameroonian Health Informatics Society (CAHIS)

Société Camerounaise d'Informatique Médicale (SOCIM)

http://www.socim.cm

IMIA Representative:

Mr. Ghislain B. Kouematchoua Tchuitcheu

President & CEO

Koegni-eHealth Innovation for Development

Hamburg, Germany

E-mail: [e-mail]

Chilean Health Informatics Society

Asociación Chilena de Informática en Salud (ACHISA)

http://www.achisa.cl/

IMIA Representative and President:

Dr. Emma Chávez

Concepción, Chile

E-mail: [e-mail]

Colombian Association of Health Informatics

Asociación Colombiana de Informática en Salud (ACIESA)

IMIA Representative and Chairman:

Dr. Carlos Arteta Molina

Calle 163 a 13 b 60 Tower E 5th Floor

Bogota

Colombia

E-mail: [e-mail]

Croatian Society for Medical Informatics (CSMI)

Hrvatsko drustvo za medicinsku informatiku

http://www.hdmi.hr

IMIA Representative and Treasurer:

Dr. Mira Hercigonja-Szekeres

Lecturer

Hrvatsko Zagorje Polytechnic

Krapina, Croatia

Tel: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Czech Society of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Informatics

Ceska spolecnost biomedicinskeho inzenyrstvi a lekarske informatiky

http://www.cls.cz/

IMIA Representative:

Dr. Libor Seidl

E-mail: [e-mail]

Danish Society for Digital Health (DSDS)

https://www.dsds-dk.dk/

IMIA Representative and Vice President:

Christian Nøhr

Professor, University of Southern Denmark

E-mail: [e-mail]

Digital Health Canada

https://digitalhealthcanada.com/

IMIA Representative:

Dr. Andre Kushniruk PhD, FACMI, FCAHS, FIAHIS

Director and Professor

School of Health Information Science

University of Victoria

P.O. Box 1700 STN CSC

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8W 2Y2

E-mail: [e-mail]

eHealth Association of Pakistan (eHAP)

http://www.ehap.net.pk

IMIA Representative:

Dr. Hammad Durrani

General Secretary-eHAP

Manager Research, eHealth

Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan

Tel: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

eHealth Development Association (eHDA)

http://www.ehda.org.jo

IMIA Representative and President:

Dr Najeeb Al-Shorbaji

E-mail: [e-mail]

Emirates Health Informatics Society - Emirates Medical Association (EHIS)

http://www.ehis.ae

IMIA Representative:

Dr. Osama Elhassan

Vice-Chair of Emirates Health Informatics Society

Dubai Health Authority (Head of eHealth)

Dubai, UAE

E-mail:[e-mail]

Finnish Social and Health Informatics Association (FinnSHIA)

Sosiaali - ja terveydenhuollon tietojenkäsittely-yhdistys ry ry

http://www.stty.org

IMIA Representative:

Dr. Laura-Maria Peltonen

Clinical Lecturer

Department of Nursing Science

University of Turku

French Medical Informatics Association (AIM)

Association Française d'Informatique Médicale

http://www.france-aim.org

IMIA Representative:

Pr. Anita Burgun

Paris Descartes University

Paris, France

E-mail: [e-mail]

German Association for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik, Biometrie und Epidemiologie (GMDS) e.V.

http://www.gmds.de

IMIA Representative:

Prof. Dr. Thomas M. Deserno

Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics (PLRI) of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School

D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany

E-Mail: [e-mail]

Ghana Health Informatics Association

IMIA Representative and Chair:

Dr. Wisdom Atiwoto

c/o Health Informatics Unit

Department of Biostatistics

School of Public Health

College of Health Sciences

University of Ghana

P.O. Box LG 13

Legon, Accra, GhanaAccra, Ghana

E-mail: [e-mail]

Greek Biomedical and Health Informatics Association

http://www.gbhia.com

IMIA Representative and President:

Prof. John Mantas

GBHIA

Papadiamantopoulou 123

Athens 11527, Greece

Tel: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Health Informatics New Zealand

http://www.hinz.org.nz

IMIA Representative:

Dr. Inga Hunter

E-mail: [e-mail]

Health Informatics Society of Sri Lanka

http://www.hissl.org

IMIA Representative and President:

Prof. Vajira H. W. Dissanayake

Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine

University of Colombo, 00800, Sri Lanka

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland

Cumann Riomheolais Sláinte

http://www.hisi.ie

IMIA Representative and Secretary:

Ms. Mary Sharp

Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

Tel: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Health Informatics Society of Nigeria (HISN)

www.his.org.ng

IMIA Representative:

Olamidipupo Solomon Ajigboye

Vice President (Bioinformatics)

Ontologist/Semantic Engineer, European Bioinformatics Institute, London

Hong Kong Society for Medical Informatics

http://www.hksmi.org

IMIA Representative and President:

Dr. Chun Por Wong

3/F 68-70 Lockhart Road

Wanchai, Hong Kong, China

Tel: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Indian Association for Medical Informatics (IAMI)

http://www.iami.org.in

IMIA Representative:

Dr. Khalid Moidu

E-mail: [e-mail]

Iranian Medical Informatics Association

http://www.IrMIA.org

IMIA Representative and President:

Dr. Ramin Moghaddam

Director, Medical Informatics Department

Iranian Social Security Organization

Tehran, Iran

E-mail: [e-mail]

Japan Association for Medical Informatics

http://jami.jp/english/

IMIA Representative:

Mr. Ken Toyoda

President

HCI Healthcare Innovation

Tokyo, Japan

Tel: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

John von Neumann Computer Society (Hungary)

Neumann János Számítógéptudományi Társaság

http://www.njszt.hu

IMIA Representative:

Prof. György Kozmann

Head, Dept. Information Systems

University of Pannonia

Budapest, Hungary

E-mail: [e-mail]

Kenya Health Informatics Association (KeHIA)

http://www.kehia.org

IMIA Representative and President:

Mr Tom Oluoch

Tel: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Korean Society of Medical Informatics (KOSMI)

http://www.kosmi.org

IMIA Representative:

Dr. Hyeoun-Ae Park

Professor, Biostatistics & Health Informatics

College of Nursing

Seoul National University

Seoul, Korea

E-mail: [e-mail]

Medical Informatics Association of Malawi (MIAM)

IMIA Representative and President:

Mr. Boster Sibande

Medical Informatics Association of Malawi

Lilongwe, Malawi

E-mail: [e-mail]

Moroccan Society of Medical Informatics and Health (SMIMS)

Société Marocaine d'Informatique Medicale & Santé

http://smims.ma/

IMIA Representative and President:

Mohammed Bennani Othmani

Professor and Head of Medical Informatics Laboratory

Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy

University Hassan II

Casablanca, Morocco

Email: [e-mail]

Norwegian Society for Medical Informatics

Norsk Helse-IT (NorHIT)

https://event.dnd.no/norhit/

IMIA Representative and President:

Jannie de Grijs

Business Director Healthcare

EVRY Norway

Oslo, Norway

E-mail: [e-mail]

Philippine Medical Informatics Society (PMIS)

http://www.philmedinfo.org/

IMIA Representative:

Dr. Alvin Marcelo

Director UP Manila National Telehealth Center

Manila, Philippines

Tel: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Romanian Society of Medical Informatics

Societatea Romana de Informatica Medicala

http://medinfo.umft.ro/rsmi/

IMIA Representative and President:

Prof. Dr. George I. Mihalas

Professor

Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Timisoara, Romania

E-mail [e-mail]

Slovenian Medical Informatics Society (SIMIA)

Slovensko drustvo za medicinsko informatiko (SDMI)

http://www.sdmi.si

IMIA Representative:

Amdrej Orel

Marand d.o.o.

Jubljana

Slovenia

E-mail: [e-mail]

Society for Medical Informatics of Bosnia and Herzegovina

http://www.bhsmi.ba

IMIA Representative and President:

Prof. Dr. Izet Masic

Director

Medical Faculty

Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tel: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

South African Health Informatics Association (SAHIA)

http://www.sahia.org.za

IMIA Representative:

Dr. Lyn A. Hanmer

Division Manager: Health Informatics R&D Co-ordination

eHealth Research & Innovation Platform

Medical Research Council

Tygerberg, Western Cape, South Africa

E-mail: [e-mail]

Spanish Society of Health Informatics

Sociedad Española de Informática de la Salud (SEIS)

http://www.seis.es

IMIA Representative:

Carlos Luis Parra-Calderón

E-mail: [e-mail]

Swedish Federation for Medical Informatics (SFMI)

Svensk Förenig för Medicinsk Informatik

http://www.sfmi.se

IMIA Representative:

Associate Professor Maria Hägglund

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Women's and Children's Health, and the MedTech Science and Innovation Center

Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

E-mail: [e-mail]

Swiss Society for Medical Informatics

Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Medizinische Informatik – Société Suisse d'Informatique Médicale

http://www.sgmi-ssim.ch

IMIA Representative:

Dr.Christian Lovis

E-mail: [e-mail]

Taiwan Association for Medical Informatics (TAMI)

IMIA Representative:

Prof. Yu-Chuan (Jack) Li

Professor and Vice-President

Taipei Medical University

Taipei Taiwan

E-mail: [e-mail]

Thai Medical Informatics Association

http://www.tmi.or.th/

IMIA Representative:

Dr. Boonchai Kijsanayotin,

Medical Informatics Officer

Ministry of Public Health

Nonthaburi, Thailand

Tel: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

The Israeli Association for Medical Informatics (ILAMI)

IMIA Representative and Chair:

Dr. Batami Sadan

CEO

Vaica Medical Ltd

Tel-Aviv, Israel

E-mail: [e-mail]

The Mali Society of Biomedical and Health Information (SOMIBS)

Société Malienne d'Informatique Biomédicale et de Santé (SOMIBS)

http://www.keneya.net

IMIA Representative:

Dr. Cheikh Oumar Bagayoko

Coordinator, RAFT

Université du Mali

Bamako, Mali

E-mail: [e-mail]

The Saudi Association for Health Informatics (SAHI)

http://www.sahi.org.sa

IMIA Representative and President:

Dr. Riyad A. Al-Shammari

E-mail: [e-mail]

Togolese Association of Medical Informatics and Telemedicine (ATIM-TELEMED)

IMIA Representative and President:

Mr. Koumaada Walimba Badombena-Wanta

President

ATIM-TELEMED

Lome, Togo

E-mail: [e-mail]

Turkish Medical Informatics Association (TURKMIA)

Tip Bilisimi Dernegi

http://www.turkmia.org

IMIA Representative:

K. Hakan Gülkesen MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medical Informatics

Akdeniz University, Antalya

E-mail: [e-mail]

Ukrainian Association for Computer Medicine (UACM)

http://www.uacm.kharkov.ua

IMIA Representative and Senior VP & Chairman of UACM Board:

Prof. Oleg Yu. Mayorov

Head, Faculty of the Clinical Informatics and IT in Healthcare Management

Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education

Kharkiv, Ukraine

E-mail: [e-mail]

Venezuelan Association of Computer Science in Health (AVIS)

http://www.avis.org.ve

IMIA Representative and President:

Prof. Dr. Osman Arguello

President, Technology, Health and Creativity CA

CTreasurer of IMIA LAC; Coordinator of the Regional Information System Health from Tachira State

Maracaibo, Estado Zulia Venezuela

E-mail: [e-mail]

VMBI, Society for Healthcare Informatics, The Netherlands

http://www.vmbi.nl

IMIA Representative:

Dr. Ronald Cornet

Dept. of Medical Informatics

Academic Medical Center

University of Amsterdam

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

E-mail: [e-mail]

No conflict of interest has been declared by the author(s).

Publication History

Article published online:
03 September 2021