IFCC eNews Flash Feb 2020 Special Issue: IFCC Treasurer and Secretary elected for period 2021 – 2023

The IFCC Nominations Committee is pleased to announce that Dr David Kinniburgh (CA) has been elected IFCC Secretary, and Dr Alexander Haliassos (GR) has been elected IFCC Treasurer.

We congratulate them both and wish them a fruitful term in the promotion of clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine world-wide.

The elections have been conducted via an electronic system in order to ensure wider participation in this important moment in the IFCC life.

Full details of the ballot may be found from the independent company that conducted the ballot, at following link:

https://secure.electionbuddy.com/results/2QXJJ7X69MQ4

Dr David Kinniburgh has been nominated by the Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists (CSCC) to serve a second term as Secretary of the IFCC Executive Board (EB).

Dr Kinniburgh is the Director of the Alberta Centre for Toxicology at the University of Calgary and a Clinical Professor with the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at the University of Alberta and an Adjunct Associate Professor in Pharmacology and Therapeutics with the University of Calgary. His professional work experience includes hospital, academic and reference laboratories and he has served as both a clinical scientist and a senior administrator.
He is the current Secretary for the IFCC Executive Board, and previously served as the Representative for the IFCC North American Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (NAFCC) for the 2015-2017 term. Among his other roles, he is a Past President of the Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists and served previously as Treasurer. He is President of the Alberta Association of Clinical Laboratory Doctoral Scientists and have served as President of the Alberta Society for Human Toxicology and the Alberta Society of Clinical Chemists.

His past experience and his skills will allow him to make a meaningful contribution to the IFCC Executive Board.

The IFCC is glad to welcome Dr David Kinniburgh as IFCC Secretary on the Board..

Dr Alexander Haliassos has been nominated by the Greek Society of Clinical Chemistry – Clinical Biochemistry (GSCC-CB) to serve as Treasurer of the IFCC Executive Board (EB).

Dr Alexander Haliassos is President and CEO of DIAMEDICA, a Greek reference laboratory specialized in Prenatal Diagnostics based in Athens since 2005. He also acts as Scientific Director of the Greek External Quality Assessment Scheme (ESEAP), a non-profit organization established by the Greek Ministry of Health as a spin-off of the Greek Society of Clinical Chemistry-Clinical biochemistry (GSCC-CB).
Dr Alexander Haliassos is registered as European Clinical Chemist (EurSpLM) and he fulfills many responsibilities in teaching medical students at the National Research Foundation, Institute for Biological Research and Biotechnology in Athens, also directing the core medical laboratory, and including the Blood Bank of the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, the Athens Euroclinic and the Metropolitan Hospital at Athens, and in participating in genetics research. At national level, Dr Haliassos was GSCC-CB Executive Board member (1996-2003), then as GSCC-CB Scientific Secretary (2005-2011); from 2012 until 2017 General Secretary and from 2017 until today President of the same society. At international level, Dr Alexander Haliassos is member of the American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC), and the leading Editor of the website www.labtestsonline.gr.

Dr. Haliassos’s experience and commitment to IFCC and laboratory medicine will allow him to create effective and sustainable financial strategies for the changing opportunities in the new laboratory medicine and healthcare environment.

We congratulate Dr Haliassos on his election as IFCC Treasurer.