International Immunocompromised Host Society

Now, more than ever, is the time for Infectious Diseases experts in high risk and vulnerable patient communities to come together and share our experience and knowledge.

Prof Monica Slavin MBBS, FRACP, MD

President, International Immunocompromised Host Society

Head, Department of Infectious Disease Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute

Head, Immunocompromised Host Infection Service Royal Melbourne Hospital

Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne

"To advance the understanding of the interactions between host defense and microbial agents in order to improve prevention and management of human disease in patients with compromised immune function."

ICHS is the premier international, multidisciplinary forum for scientific and clinical interchange to improve understanding and management of the immunocompromised host.

Vice President

Murat Akova, M.D., FESCMID, FIDSA, FECMM

Professor of Medicine Infectious Diseases Department Hacettepe University School of Medicine Ankara, Turkey

Treasurer

Thomas F. Patterson, MD, FACP, FIDSA

Professor of Medicine The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, Texas, USA

Past President

Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, M.D., Sc.D., FACP, PhD (Hon), FIDSA, FECMM

Professor of Medicine and Director of the Mycology Research Program

Texas 4000 Distinguished Endowed Professor For Cancer Research

Deputy Head, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA

President Elect

Hans Hellmuth Hirsch, MD, MSc

Professor, FMH Infectious Diseases, FMH Internal Medicine, FAMH Medical Microbiology University of Basel Basel, Switzerland

International Council

Jose M. Aguado
MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine Universidad Complutense de MadridHead of Infectious Diseases Unit Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre Madrid, Spain

Robin K. Avery
MD, FIDSA

Professor of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins Baltimore, Maryland USA

Matteo Bassetti
MD PHD

Head of Infectious Diseases Santa Maria Misericordia University Hospital

Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases University of Udine Udine, Italy

Roy F. Chemaly
MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA, CMQ

Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas USA

Arnaldo Lopes Colombo
MD

Professor of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases of the Federal University of São Paulo

Head of the Special Mycology Laboratory of the Federal University of São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil

Michael G. Ison
MD, MS

Professor, Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Organ Transplantation Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Medical Director, Transplant & Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases Service Northwestern University Comprehensive Transplant Center Chicago, Illinois, USA

Thomas Lehrnbecher
MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Pediatric Hematologist and Oncologist Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner
M.D., FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA

Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology

Vice-Chair of Medicine for Healthcare Quality

Director of the Laboratory of Mycology Research Division of Infectious Diseases of the McGovern Medical School (formerly UTHealth) Houston, Texas USA

Steven A. Pergam
MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Department of MedicineUniversity of Washington

Associate Member in Clinical Research Division and Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Seattle, Washington, USA