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Federation Members
Full Federation Member Organizations
American Psychosocial Oncology Society (APOS)
President: Wayne Bardwell, PhD
APOS 2012 Conference
Association of Psychosocial Oncology (POA, Lithuania)
President: Giedre Bulotiene, PhD
Australian Psychosocial Oncology Society (OZPOS)
President: Haryana Dhillon, PhD
Austrian Platform of Psycho-oncology (ÖPPO)
President: Elisabeth Andritsch, PhD
Brazilian Psycho-Oncology Society (SBPO)
President: Dr. Regina Liberato
British Psychosocial Oncology Society (BPOS)
President: Nicholas Hulbert-Williams, PhD
Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA, India)
Executive Director: Shubha Maudgal, PhD
Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology (CAPO)
President: Thomas Hack, PhD
Dutch Society of Psychosocial Oncology (NVPO)
President: Mecheline Helena M Van Der Linden, PhD
French Society of Psycho-Oncology (SFPO)
President: Sarah Dauchy, MD
German Association of Psycho-Social Oncology (DAPO)
President: Dr. Thomas Schopperth
Hellenic Society of Psychosocial Oncology (HSPO, Greece)
President: Dr Gerassimos A Rigatos, MD
Hungarian Psycho-Oncology Society (HPOT)
President: Magda Rohanszky, MD
Israel Psycho-Oncology Society (IPSO)
President: Shlomit Perry, PhD
Italian Society of Psycho-Oncology (SIPO)
President: Luigi Grassi, MD
Japan Psycho-Oncology Society (JPOS)
President: Hideki Ohnishi, MD, PhD
Polish Psycho-oncology Society (PPOS)
President: Krystyna de Walden-Galuszko, MD, PhD
Portuguese Academy of Psycho-Oncology (APPO)
President: Lúcia Monteiro, MD
Portuguese Psycho-Oncology Society (SPPO)
President: Antonio Barbosa, MD
Psycho-oncology Co-operative Research Group (PoCoG, Australia)
Chair: Professor Phyllis Butow
Psycho-oncology Society of Nigeria (POSON) (click to send email)
President: Dr. Chioma Asuzu
Psycho-Social Oncology New Zealand (PONZ)
Co-Chairs: Cheryl Woolley and Don Baken
Romanian Association of Psycho-Oncology (ARPO)
President: M.D. Laura Monica Radu
Spanish Psycho-Oncology Society (SEPO)
President: Maria L Die-Trill, PhD
Swedish Psycho-Oncology Society (SWEDPOS)
President: Pia Dellson, MD
Swiss Society of Psycho-Oncology (SGPO)
President: Brigitta Woessmer, PhD
Taiwan Psycho-Oncology Society (TPOS)
President: Chun-Kai Fang, MD
Turkish Psychosocial Oncology Association (PSOD, Turkey)
President: Sedat Ozkan, MD, PhD
Affiliate member
Centre of Psycho-Oncology for Education and Research (COPER, India)
President: Dr. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Associate members
Latin American Association of Palliative Care (ALCP)
President: Jorge H. Eisenchlas, MD, MSc
South African Oncology Social Work Association (SAOSWA)
President: Clare Louise Manicom, B-Soc, SCI