Dear SIOP Asia Members,

Please see below several important updates.

INTRODUCING SIOP ASIA AMBASSADORS

The SIOP Asia Executive Board has approved 32 Ambassadors. Ambassadors support membership growth, engagement, and networking across Asia and in particular within their home countries. They facilitate communication, information exchange, discussions and in-person informal networking among members and other paediatric oncology professionals. The Ambassadors lead on synergies between SIOP and the national paediatric oncology societies in their countries. Congratulations to our Ambassadors!

  • Armenia: Dr. Lilit Sargsyan
  • Azerbaijan: Dr. Naila Mammadova
  • Bangladesh: Dr. Morshed Amirul and Dr. MD Anwarul Karim
  • Cambodia: Dr. Lyvannak Sam
  • China: Dr. Zhibao Lv, Dr. Xiaojun Xu and Dr. Yizhuo Zhang
  • India: Dr. Manas Kalra, Dr. Pritam Singha Roy and Dr. Vinay Munikoty Venkatesh
  • Indonesia: Dr. Nur Sari, Dr. Eddy Supriyadi and Dr. Ludi Dhyani Rahmartani
  • Japan: Dr. Nao Yoshida, Dr. Akihiro Yoneda and Dr. Atsushi Manabe
  • Jordan: Dr. Iyad Sultan
  • Lebanon: Dr. Roula Farah
  • Nepal: Dr. Krishna Sagar Sharma and Dr. Ritu Lamichhane
  • Pakistan: Dr. Farrah Bashir, Dr. Alia Ahmad and Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad
  • Palestine: Dr. Khadra Salami
  • Philippines: Dr. Rania Bahjin and Dr. Trixy Chu
  • Russia: Dr. Garik Sagoyan, Dr. Nikolay Grachev and Dr. Ilya Kazantsev
  • Syria: Dr. Ghada Sousan and Dr. Oumaya Fawaz
  • Vietnam: Dr. Hoa Nguyen

Please take a few minutes to read their bios here: https://siop-online.org/country-ambassadors/

ROLLING APPLICATIONS: COUNTRY AMBASSADORS FOR SELECT COUNTRIES IN ASIA

Please review the full information, Terms of Preference and application form here: https://siop-online.org/news/applications-welcome-siop-asia-country-ambassadors/

The Board invites applications from the following countries where we still don’t have Ambassadors: Bahrain, Bhutan, Brunei, Georgia, Hong Kong, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen.

SIOP ANNUAL CONGRESS 2025 in the NETHERLANDS

We received a record number of abstracts and a looking forward to welcoming you in Amsterdam. Please register: https://siop-congress.org/

 

Warmly,

SIOP Asia Executive Board:

  • Gevorg Tamamyan, President
  • Hiba Al-Tarrah, Representative for Young Professionals in Asia
  • Hiroki Hori, Immediate Past President
  • Huanmin Wang, Representative for WPRO Region
  • Kirill Kirgizov, Representative for EURO region
  • Nisreen Amayiri, Representative for Asian Women in Paediatric Oncology
  • Nita Radhakrishnan, Representative for SEARO Region
  • Rawad Rihani, Representative for ESARO Region
  • Shruti Kakkar, Representative for Low-Resourced Countries in Asia
  • Tsetsegsaikhan Batmunkh, LOC Chair for SIOP Asia 2026 Congress in Mongolia
  • Yan Yin Lim, Representative for Asian Nurses in Paediatric Oncology