WFPICCS CONGRESS 2026
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Board of directors

Jeffrey Burns

President

Jeffrey Burns
MD, MPH

President

Boston, USA

Jacqueline Ong Soo May

President-elect

Jacqueline Ong Soo May
MB BChir, M Med, MRCPCH

President-elect

Singapore

Alexandra Ferguson

PT Secretary

Alexandra Ferguson

PT Secretary
Advanced Physiotherapist Acute - Critical Care Queensland Children’s Hospital (QCH)

Brisbane, Australia

Orsola Gawronski

VP - Nursing

Orsola Gawronski
RN, MSN, PhD

VP - Nursing

Rome, Italy

Arun Bansal

Treasurer

Arun Bansal
MD, MRCPCH, MAMS, FICCM, FIAP, FRCPCH, FCCM, FAMS

Treasurer

Chandigarh, India

Brenda Morrow

Immediate past president

Brenda Morrow
PhD; BSc Physiotherapy; PG Dip Health Research Ethics

Immediate past president

Cape Town, South Africa

Africa & Middle East

Marie-Charlyne Fatima Kilba

Marie-Charlyne Fatima Kilba
BSc, MBChB, Cert. Critical Care, MPhil, FGCPS

Pediatric Intensivist
Head, PICU and Department of Child Health Greater Accra Regional Hospital

Accra, Ghana

Kuban Naidoo

Kuban Naidoo
MBBCh, DCH, FCPaed, MMED, CertCritCare Senior Pediatric Intensivist

Department of Critical Care
Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital

Soweto, South Africa

Asia

Hiroshi Kurosawa

Hiroshi Kurosawa
MD

Hyogo prefectural Kobe Children’s Hospital

Kobe, Japan

Arun Bansal

Treasurer

Arun Bansal
MD, MRCPCH, MAMS, FICCM, FIAP, FRCPCH, FCCM, FAMS

Treasurer

Chandigarh, India

Jacqueline Ong Soo May

President-elect

Jacqueline Ong Soo May
MB BChir, M Med, MRCPCH

President-elect

Singapore

Hwa Jin Cho

Hwa Jin Cho
MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Pediatric Cardiology Department of Pediatrics Chonnam National University Hospital

South Korea

Europe

Neil Spenceley

Neil Spenceley
MD

Director of PICU and Anaesthesia Royal Children's Hospital

Glasgow, UK

Orsola Gawronski

Orsola Gawronski
RN, MSN, PhD

VP - Nursing

Rome, Italy

Pierre Tissières

Pierre Tissières
MD, DSc

AP-HP Paris Saclay
University, Bicêtre Hospital

Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

Latin America

Cintia Johnston

Cintia Johnston
RRT, MsC, PhD

Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil

Manuel Enrique Soriano Aguilar

Manuel Enrique Soriano Aguilar
MD

Pediatric Intensivist
Head of Pediatric Intensive Care ABC Medical Center

Mexico City, Mexico

Lorena Acevedo

Lorena Acevedo
MD, MPH

Department of Pediatrics and Intensive Care
Fundación Cardioinfantil-Instituto de Cardiología
Universidad de la Sabana

Bogotá, Colombia

North America

Charlene Pringle

Charlene Pringle
MSN, CPNP-AC/PC, FCCM

Nurse Practitioner and Director Of Clinical Research
MD-PEDS-Critical Care Division UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital

Gainesville, FL, USA

Mary Lihinie deAlmeida

Mary Lihinie deAlmeida
MD, FAAP

Critical Care Medicine Physician and Assistant Professor
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Emory
University School of Medicine Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Atlanta, GA, USA

Jeffrey Burns

Jeffrey Burns
MD, MPH

Chief & Shapiro Endowed Chair of Critical Care Medicine
Boston Children’s Hospital Professor of Anaesthesia & Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School

Boston, USA

Oceania

Johnny Millar

Johnny Millar
MBChB PhD MRCP FRACP FCICM

Royal Children’s Hospital

Melbourne, Australia

Alexandra Ferguson

Ali Ferguson

PT Secretary
Advanced Physiotherapist Acute - Critical Care Queensland Children’s Hospital (QCH)

Brisbane, Australia

Amy Johansen

Amy Johansen,
CNC

PICU
The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia