Officials

Secretaries, Editors, Press Officers and Legal Advisors


WMA Secretary General
Louis H. BAUER. USA 1947-1961
Heinz LORD, Germany 1961
H. S. GEAR, South Africa 1961-1965
A. Z. ROMUALDEZ, Philippines 1965-1973
Sir W. REFSHAUGE, Australia 1973-1976
André WYNEN, Belgium 1976-1993
Ian T. FIELD, U.K. 1994-1997
Delon HUMAN, South Africa 1997-2004
Otmar KLOIBER, Germany 2005-
Executive editors of the World Medical Journal
Morris FISHBEIN, USA 1948-1953
(Hon. Editor, World Medical Bulletin)
Austin SMITH, USA 1953-1959
Stanley GILDER, Scotland 1959-1973
Anthony WINK, UK 1973-1986
Ivan GILLIBRAND, UK 1986-2003
Alan ROWE, UK 2004-2007 (Co-Editor from 2008-2021)
Elmar DOPPELFELD, Germany 2004-2021 (Co-Editor)
Peteris APINIS, Latvia 2008-2021 (Editor-in-Chief)
Maira SUDRABA, Latvia 2008- (Assistant Editor)
Helena CHAMPMAN, USA 2022- (Editor-in-Chief)
Press relations officers
Nobody before 1981
Eric CYPRES, Belgium 1981-1983
Nobody in 1984
Toni RUBIN, Belgium 1985-1994
Nigel DUNCAN, UK 1994-
Legal Advisor (General Counsel)
Henri Anrys 1976-1995
Sharon Ostrowski, USA 1995-2006
Leah Wapner, Israel 2006-2007
Annabel Seebohm, Germany 2007-2016
Leah Wapner, Israel 2016
Marie Colegrave-Juge, France 2016-2022
Mervi Kattelus, Finland 2022-