Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO COORDINATE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE VARIOUS SOCIETIES FOR SURGERY OF THE HAND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, AND IN THIS WAY INCREASE AND SPREAD KNOWLEDGE OF SURGERY OF THE HAND.
THE FEDERATION CONDUCTS A MAJOR SCIENTIFIC EVENT EVERY THREE YEARS (THE "CONGRESS"). THE CONGRESS INCLUDES SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS AND A FULL SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM INCLUDING LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS. ATTENDEES INCLUDE MEMBERS OF THE FEDERATION'S MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS AND TRAINEE SURGEONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. IN 2019, THIS CONGRESS WAS HELD IN BERLIN, GERMANY (JUNE 17TH - JUNE 21ST) AND WAS RUN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LOCAL SOCIETY. A COMBINED ATTENDANCE OF SURGEONS AND THERAPISTS TOTALLED OVER 4,000 DELEGATES FROM 92 COUNTRIES. THE NEXT SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS WILL BE HELD IN LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, IN JUNE 2022.
THE FEDERATION SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCE OF HAND SURGERY WORLDWIDE BY MAKING GRANTS TO OTHER NOT-FOR-PROFIT HAND SURGERY SOCIETIES TO FUND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND ACTIVITIES LIKELY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF HAND SURGERY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. IN 2019 THE IFSSH SPONSORED NUMEROUS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES, INCLUDING SUPPORT FOR THE 2ND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SURGERY OF THE SPASTIC UPPER LIMB, (VENICE, ITALY); CONGRESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS FOR THOSE FROM DEVELOPING NATIONS TO ATTEND THE 2019 IFSSH CONGRESS IN BERLIN AND A SIMILAR SCHEME WAS PROVIDED TO THE ORGANISERS OF THE ASIAN-PACIFIC CONGRESS (HELD IN MELBOURNE IN MARCH 2020). FURTHER FUNDING WAS PROVIDED TO THE ASIAN-PACIFIC CONGRESS TO SUPPORT THE INAUGURAL IFSSH HAROLD KLEINERT VISITING PROFESSORSHIP. PAYMENT WAS MADE WITHIN 2019 TO THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SOCIETIES FOR HAND THERAPY FOR EDUCATIONAL SPONSORSHIP DETERMINED IN 2018. IN LATE 2019, THE COMMITTEE FOR EDUCATIONAL SPONSORSHIP DESIGNATED FUTURE FUNDING TO A HAND SURGERY WORKSHOP IN KENYA, WHICH WAS RUN IN JANUARY 2020, AND TO A COMBINED COLOMBIAN-VENEZUELAN HAND SURGERY MEETING TO BE CONDUCTED IN LATE 2020.
THE FEDERATION PUBLISHES AN EZINE (E-MAGAZINE) WHICH INCLUDES SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES CONTRIBUTED BY VARIOUS INDIVIDUAL SURGEONS, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, PROFESSORS AND OTHERS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Michael Tonkin | PAST PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Jin Bo Tang | MEMBER AT LARGE | 1 | $0 |
| Dave Warwick | HISTORIAN | 1 | $0 |
| Raja Sabapathy | MEMBER AT LARGE/SECRETARY GENERAL-ELECT | 1 | $0 |
| Goo Hyun Baek | SECRETARY GENERAL ELECT/SECRETARY GENERAL | 1 | $0 |
| Dan Nagle | SECRETARY GENERAL/PRESIDENT-ELECT | 1 | $0 |
| Marc Garcia Elias | PRESIDENT-ELECT/PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Zsolt Szabo | PRESIDENT/IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
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