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American Association of Neurosciences Nurses

Austrian Neuroscience Nurses Association

Australasian Neuroscience Nurses Association

Belgian Association of Neuroscience Nurses

British Association of Neuroscience Nurses

Canadian Association of Neuroscience Nurses

Croatia Association of Neuroscience Nurses

Danish Association of Neuroscience Nurses

Dutch Association of Neuroscience Nurses

Icelandic Association of Neuroscience Nurses

Society of Indian Neurosciences Nurses (SINN)

Japanese Association of Neuroscience Nurses

Spanish Society of Neurological Nurses

The Swedish Association of Neuroscience Nurses

Movement Disorder Caring Society

Honorary Member

Individual Members

I. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President (2005-2011):     Virginia Prendergast
                                                (American Association of Neuroscience Nurses)
(USA)                                     Barrow Neurological Institute
                                                350 W.Thomas Road
Phoenix, AZ 85013
                                                USA
Tel:     +1 602 406 3082 (W)
+1 480 421 9084 (H)
Fax:    +1 602 406 4969
Email: vprendergast@chw.edu

Vice President (2005-2009): Vicki Evans
                                                (Australasian Neuroscience Nurses Association)
(Australia)                             Clinical Nurse Consultant, Neuroscience
Level 7
                                                Royal North Shore Hospital
                                                Pacific Highway, St.Leonards.
NSW. 2065.  Australia.
Tel:     +61 2 99268724  (W)
            +61 2 94391412 (H)
Fax:    +61 2 94375172  (W)
Email: vevans@nsccahs.health.nsw.gov.au

Treasurer (2005-2009): Virginia Prendergast
                                                (American Association of Neuroscience Nurses)
(USA)                                     Barrow Neurological Institute
                                                350 W.Thomas Road
Phoenix, AZ 85013
                                                USA
Tel:     +1 602 406 3082 (W)
+1 480 421 9084 (H)
Fax:    +1 602 406 4969
Email: vprendergast@chw.edu
Secretary (2007-2011):    Karen March (American Association of Neuroscience Nurses)
(USA)                                     Neuroscience Clinical Nurse Specialist
Clinical Faculty, University of Washington
                                                929 232nd Ln. NE
                                                Sammamish, WA 98074    USA
Tel:     +1 609 721-1251 (mobile)
Email: kmarch@integra-ls.com or ksmarch@aol.com

Executive Director:           JD Meacham
                                                Rice, Washington, USA
                                                Email: jdmeacham1@gotsky.com

 II. WFNN BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2008.

AUSTRALASIA:
Australasian Neuroscience Nurses Association: ANNA
(Australia, New Zealand )

Association Website:        http://www.anna.asn.au

President:                           Tracey Desborough
Nursing Unit Manager- Stroke Unit
Wyong Hospital
PO Box 4200
Lakehaven, NSW, 2259
Australia
Tel: +61 2 43947679 (W)
Fax: +61 2 43947688
Email: president@anna.asn.au

WFNN Delegate:                 Emma Everingham
East Wing
Westmead Private Hospital
PO Box 161
Westmead NSW 2145
Ph: +612 8837 8926
Email: everinghame@ramsayhealth.com.au
Association Address:       ANNA Executive
PO Box 193
Surrey Hills, VIC 3127
Australia
Tel: +61 3 9895 4461
Fax: +61 3 9898 0249
Email : anna@pams.org.au

           
AUSTRIA
Austrian Association of Neurosurgical Nurses

Website:                   none

President:                       Nilsa Fischer
Medical University of Vienna
Department of Neurosurgery
Waehringerguertel 18-20,
                                                Vienna 1090
                                           Austria
                                           Email: nilsa.fischer@akhwien.at

WFNN Delegate:            Nilsa Fischer
Medical University of Vienna
Department of Neurosurgery
Waehringerguertel 18-20
Vienna 1090
Austria
Email: nilsa.fischer@akhwien.at

Association Address:       Email: info@oeanck.a

BELGIUM:
Belgian Association of Neuroscience Nurses

Association Website:        www.bvnv.be

President:                            Winny Depaepe      
Weidestraat 111
8800 Roeselare
Belgium
Tel: +32 51 211271 (H)
Tel: +32 51 233925 (W)
Email: Wdepaepe@hhr.be

WFNN Delegate:                 Winny Depaepe      
Weidestraat 111
8800 Roeselare,
Belgium
Tel: +32 51 211271 (H)
Tel: +32 51 233925 (W)
Email: Winnydepaepe@hotmail.com

Association Address:       none

CANADA:
Canadian Association of Neuroscience Nurses: CANN

Association Website:        http://www.cann.ca

President:                            Debra Beveridge
7 Keddy Rd
Halifax, NS B3N 1L7
Canada
(H) +1 902-477-8587
(W) +1 902-473-2088
Email: dbeveridge@hfx.eastlink.ca
                         
WFNN Delegate:                 Wilma J. Koopman, RN MScN
Nurse Practitioner/Clinical Nurse Specialist
London Health Sciences Centre
University Campus
Neuromuscular Clinic, Room 10 N18
339 Winderrmere Road
London, ON, N6A5A5
Canada
Tel:     +1 519 657 9602 (H)
+1 519 663 3041 (W)
Fax:    +1 519 663 3328 (W)
Email: Wilma.Koopman@lhsc.on.ca

Association Address:       none

CROATIA:
Croatian Nursing Association In Neurology: CNAN

Association Website:        www.umsthn.hr                   

President:                            Lenka Kopacevic
Clinical Hospital “Sestre milosrdnice”
Vinogradska cesta 29
Zagreb 10000
Croatia
Tel: 00385 1 3787 201                 
Email: lkopacevic@gmail.com
         
WFNN Delegate:                 Lenka Kopacevic
Clinical Hospital “Sestre milosrdnice”
Vinogradska cesta 29
Zagreb 10000
Croatia                            
Tel:  00385 1 3787 201                                           
Email: lkopacevic@gmail.com

Association Address:      Email: umsthn@umsthn.hr        

DENMARK:
Danish Association of Neuroscience Nurses: Dann
(Faglig Sammenslutning Af Neurosygeplejersker)

Association Website:        http://www.dsr.dk/konflikt.html

President:                            Annette Mussmann
Denmark
Tel:     +45 46 35 74 12
Email: redder-mussmann@mail.tele.dk

WFNN Delegate:                 Anita Mayntzhusen
Gammel Mont 17, 3 sal
1117 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Tel:     +45 33 937893 (H)     
Fax:    +45 66 25851411 (M)
Email: anita-nursework@get2net.dk

Association Address:       none

ICELAND:
Icelandic Association of Neuroscience Nurses

Association Website:        none

President:                            Marianne Klinke
Háaleitisbraut 51
Reykjavík  112
Iceland
Email: klinke@simnet.is
                                               
WFNN Delegate:                 Judith Ann Penrod
Rósarimi 5
Reykjavík  112
Iceland
Email: none

Association Address:       Marianne Klinke
Háaleitisbraut 51
Reykjavík  112
Iceland
Email: klinke@simnet.is
           
INDIA:
Society of Indian Neurosciences Nurses: SINN

Association Website:        none

President:                            Dr. Angela Gnanadurai     
23,West Car Street,
Sivakasi-626123
Tamil Nadu
India
Email: anggd04@yahoo.com

WFNN Delegate:                 Dr. Angela Gnanadurai     
23,West Car Street,
Sivakasi-626123
Tamil Nadu
India
Email: anggd04@yahoo.com

Association Address:          Dr. Angela Gnanadurai     
23,West Car Street,
Sivakasi-626123
Tamil Nadu
India
Email: anggd04@yahoo.com

JAPAN:
Japanese Association of Neuroscience Nurses

Association Website:        none

President:                            Ms Mitsue Ishiyama
Chubu Medical Centre for Prolonged Traumatic Brain Dysfunction, Department of Neurosurgery
Kizawa Memorial Hospital, Head of Nursing Department
680 Shimo-kobi, Kobi-cho
Minokamo City, Gifu 505-0034
Japan
Tel:     +81 574 24 2233
Fax:    +81 574 24 2230
Email: ishiyama@kizawa-memorial-hospital.jp

WFNN Delegate:                 Mr Hidetoshi Matsui
                                                Professor Kure University Faculty Nursing
2-10-3 Agaminami
Kure-city, Hiroshima 737-0004
Japan
E-mail: hidemomo@kure-u.ac.jp

Association Address:       Japanese Association of Neuroscience Nurses
Kyoei-gakuen Junier Colloge
4158, Uchimaki
Kasukabe-city, Saitama-pre 344-0051
Japan
Tel:     +81 48 755 2946
Fax:    +81 48 755 2946

  SPAIN:
Spanish Society of Neurogical Nursing
Sociedad Espanola De Enfermeria Neurologica

Association Website:        http://www.sedene.com/

President:                            Jordi Pujiula Mas?
E-mail: pujihtrueta@hotmail.com

WFNN Delegate:                 Jordi Pujiula i Mas?
E-mail: pujihtrueta@hotmail.com

Association Address:       Sociedad Española de Enfermería Neurológica
C/ Diputaci A, 238 planta 3a
Barcelona 08007
Spain
Tel:     93.482.71 58  
Fax:    93.482.71.58
E-mail: sedene@ultramarexpress.com

SWEDEN:
Swedish Association of Neuroscience Nurses

Associate Website:             www.nneurossk.se

President:                              Gerd Eahlstrom
Kungsgatan 2D
Jonkoping
Sweden
Email: gerd.ahlstrom@hhj.hj.se

WFNN Delegate: Gerd Eahlstrom
Kungsgatan 2D
Jonkoping
Sweden
Email: gerd.ahlstrom@hhj.hj.se

Association Address: none

Movement Disorder Caring Society
Vårdföreningen Movement Disorders

Association Website:        www.vfmd.se
           
President:                            Arja Höglund RN MSc
Karolinska University Hospital
SE-141 86 Stockholm
Sweden
Tel:     +46 8 585 819 08
Fax:    +46 8 585 820 90
Email:  Arja.Hoglund@karolinska.se

WFNN Delegate:                 Peter Hagell, RN PhD
Department of Health Sciences
Lund University
PO Box 157
Lund SE-221 00
Sweden
Tel: + 46 46 222 1937 (w)
Fax: +46 46 222 1934 (w)
Email: Peter.Hagell@med.lu.se

Association Address:       Vårdföreningen Movement Disorders
Box 750 53
SE-400 36 Göteborg
Sweden
Email: info@vfmd.se

THE NETHERLANDS:
Dutch Association of Neuroscience Nurses

Association Website:        none

President:                            Paul Bours
Manager Zorg Clusterbestuur
Universitair Medisch Centrum Neuosensorisch Cluster
Postbus 9101
6500 HB Nijmegen
Reinier Postlaan 4
The Netherlands
Tel:     + 31 24 361 5200 (W)
            + 31 24 48 557 8094 (H)
Fax:    + 31 24 3616856 (W)
Email: p.bours@nsccb.umcn.nl

WFNN Delegate:                 Paul van Keeken
UMC Nijmegen, Department of Rehabilitation 898
PO Box 9101
6500 HB Nijmegen
The Netherlands
Tel:     +31 24 361 5298 (W)
            +31 24 344 9540 (H)
Fax:    +31 24 361 0326 (W)
Email:   p.vankeeken@neuro.umcn.nl

Association Address:       none

UNITED KINGDOM:
British Association of Neuroscience Nurses
(England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales)

Association Website:        www.bann.org.uk

President:                            Anne Preece
U.K.
Email: Anne.Preece@uhb.nhs.uk

WFNN Delegate:                 Kate McArdle
148 Poplar Grove
Kennington
Oxford OX1 5QS]
U.K.
Tel:     +44 1865 326632 (H)
            +44 1865 224918 (W)
Fax:    +44 1865 224917 (W)
Email:   all.mcardle@btconnect.com

Association Address:       none

USA
American Association of Neurosciences Nurses

Association Website:        http://www.aann.org

President:                            Kathy Baker
736 McArthur Street
Greensburg, PA 15601-3408
Email: bakerkh@comcast.net

WFNN Delegate:                 Christi DeLemos
University of California Davis
Department of Neurological Surgery
4860 Y Street, Suite 3740
Sacramento, CA 95817
Email: cddrn@yahoo.com

Association Address:       AANN
Att. Stacy Sochacki, Executive Director
4700 West Lake Ave.
Glenview, IL  60025
USA
Tel:     +1 847 375-4757
Fax:    +1 877-734-8677
E-mail:   ssochacki@connect2amc.com
Email:    info@aann.org

III. HONORARY MEMBER

Agnes Marshall Walker
1445 Wagon Train Dr SE
Albuquerque, NM  87123
USA
Tel:     +1 505 299 2201
Email: agnesmneuro@mymailstation.com

IV. INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS

Muhammad Nurul Islam,Rn.
Department Of Neurosurgery,Ward# 11,Level#3, Mag Osmani Medical College Hospital,Sylhet 3100
Bangladesh
Email: islambd2000@yahoo.com

Ambannibe Jerome Akeneck
B.P 526 Bamenga (Foncha Street)
Bamenda, North West Province 00237
Republic of Cameroon
Email: adorphans@yahoo.co.uk

Adeline Bih Ngafor Niba
Mbengwi Road-Bamenda
Bamenda, North West Province 00237
Republic of Cameroon
Email: bihngafora@yahoo.fr

Asongwe Ignatius Forsuh
District Service of Public Health Ndop
Ndop, North West Province
Cameroon
Email: asforsuh@yahoo.com

Chen Yuan
Neurosurgery ICU, Xuanwu Hospital,
No.45 Changchun Street, Xuanwu District,
Beijing 100053
China
Email: cherrychenyuan7@sina.com

Dan Jinxiu
Neurosurgery Department of Xuanwu Hospital
Changchun Street No.45, Xuanwu District
Beijing 100053
China
Email: danjinxiu@sina.com

Li Bin
Changchun Street, No.45, Xuanwu District
Beijing 100054
China
Email: danjinxiu@sina.com

Lu Yao
Neurosurgery ICU, Xuanwu Hospital
Changchun Street, No.45, Xuanwu District
Beijing 100053
China
Email: cherryblizzard@sina.com

Meng Leilei
Neurosurgery Department of Xuanwu Hospital
Changchun Street, No.45, Xuanwu District
Beijing 100053
China
Email: mengleilei0404@sohu.com

Shangbj Baoyun
Neurosurgery Department of Xuanwu Hospital,
Changchun Street, No.45, Xuanwu District
Beijing 100053
China
Email: ss200681@sina.com

Wang Jun
No.45 Chuangchunjie, Xuanwu District
Beijing 100053
China
Email: wangj229@126.com

Wang Xiaoping
Neurosurgery Department of Xuanwu Hospital
Changchun Street No.45, Xuanwu District
Beijing 100053
China
Email: bpwxp@sohu.com

Andres Camargo-Sanchez
Carrera 31 # 4A-64 piso 2
Bogota D.C.
Cundinamarca, 11001000
Colombia
Email: acamargos@unal.edu.co

Elizabeth Padilla Puentes
Ave Porvenir #607
E/ Dolores y Concepcion, Lawton
Ciudad de la Habana, CP 10 500
Cuba
Email: bvidalm@infomed.sld.cu; Elizabeth Padilla [lisypp1968@yahoo.es]

Lazaro Rassiel Parreno Pailla
Calle 222 edif. 104, apto E/5 e/31 y 35. Rpto
La Coronela. La Lisa
Ciudad de la habana, 13500
Cuba
Email: lachito1987@yahoo.com

Esther Ruiz Bofill
Centro Internacional de Restauracion Neurologica
Ave 25 No. 15805 entre 158 y 160
Ciudad de la Habana
Cuba

Edelys Pubillones Valdivia
25 No 15805 Cubanacán Playa
Ciudad Habana
Cuba

Pille Latt
Department of Neurology, Tartu University Hospital
L. Puusepa 2
EE 2400 Tartu
Estonia

Susann Schultka
Hamburger Landstr.
13 Rumohr
Schleswig-Holstein 24254
Germany
Email: schultkas@nch.uni-kiel.de

Adriana Sofianidou
Riga Fereou 34
Thessaloniki, 57019
Greece
Email: sofandrian@yahoo.com

Martinopoulou Theodora
Florinis 15
56625 Sykies
Thessaloniki
Greece

Wilhelmina Esi Agbelesechie
Department of Neurosurgery
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital
PO Box 77
Korle Bu, Accra
Ghana, West Africa

Alexander Abrefah
Department of Neurosurgery
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital
PO Box 77
Korle Bu, Accra
Ghana, West Africa

Eun Ju Choi
388-1 Pungnap-2dong, Songpa-gu
Hanyang University
Seoul, 138-736
Korea
Email: sue20@hanmail.net

Juleny Hernandez Torres
AV. Batallon Ligero De Toluca #84
Mexico City 09230
Mexico
Email: nyleyus@yahoo.com

Samira Chaib
Laboratory of Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Behavior Avenue
My abdellah P.O Box 2390
Marrakesh 40000
Morocco
Email: chaib.samira@yahoo.fr

Gabriel Adina Gherman
Timisuara Avenue
BLG 4, Sc 1 Ap 4 Sect 6
Bucharest, 77309
Rumania

Nutthita Petchprapai
Boromrajonani College of Nursing Bangkok
2/1 Phraya Thaird
Rajathavi, Bangkok 10400
Thailand
Email: nutthita@gmail.com

Kah Keow LEE
77 Maude Road
Singapore, 208353
Singapore                            
Email: kah_keow_lee@nni.com.sg

Jacob Hepziba
Apt Blk 115, #05-1615, Jalan Bukit Merah,
Singapore 160115
Singapore
Email: j.hepziba@gmail.com

Ian Rummery
Woodlea
Alarm Forest, STHL 1ZZ
Saint Helena Island
South Atlantic Ocean
Email: ian.belinda@helanta.sh

Monica Edberg
Sandstensvägen 9
Uppsala, 75267
Sweden
Email: monica.edberg@akademiska.se

Majid Khakizadeh
P.O. Box 213105
Dubai, U.A.E.
Email: mjdkhakizadeh@yahoo.com

Alupo Martha
Kampala, 256
Uganda
E-mail: marthaalupo@yahoo.com

Amy Vierhile
18 Charing Cross
Fairport, NY 14450
USA
Email: amy_vierhile@urmc.rochester.edu