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AFRICA
Industry and health economy representatives (in
alphabetical order)
Iraj Abedian (Pan-African Capital Holdings, South Africa)
Francois Bonnici (director, Bertha Centre for Social Innovation
and Entrepreneurship, South Africa)
Lenias Hwenda (chief executive officer, Medicines for Africa,
Zimbabwe/Switzerland)
Sidhant Jena (chief executive officer, Jana Care, USA)
Samukeliso Dube (chief medical officer, Royal Philips,
Netherlands)
Jacques Kpodonu (author, Global Health Innovations, USA/
Ghana)
Salah Malek (president, Middle East and Africa, Getinge,
United Arab Emirates)
Markus Stirner-Schilling (VP Marketing and Academy, Europe,
Middle East and Africa, Getinge, Germany)
PatriceMatchaba (global head corporate responsibility, Novartis,
Switzerland)
Lee Chuen Neng (Biomedical Institute for Global Health
Research and Technology, Singapore)
Michael P Phalen (executive president, MedSurg Boston
Scientific, USA)
Tim Ring (chairman and chief executive officer, CR Bard Inc,
USA)
Kathryn Gleason (co-founder, TeamFund Inc)
Devi Prassad Shetty (NH Group, India)
Alistair Simpson (general manager cardiac surgery, LivaNova,
United Kingdom)
Raenette Taljaard [Economic Research of South Africa (ERSA),
South Africa]
Helmut Straubinger (ex-chief executive officer, Jena Valve; chief
executive officer, Tricares, Germany)
Barry Wilson (former president, Medtronic International)
For major journals and publications (in alphabetical
order)
Friedhelm Beyersdorf (editor in chief,
European Journal of
Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
, Germany)
Sampath Kumar (editor in chief,
Asian Cardiovascular and
Thoracic Annals,
India)
Dan Ncayiyana (past editor in chief,
South African Medical
Journal
, South Africa)
JP van Niekerk (past editor in chief,
South African Medical
Journal
, South Africa)
G Alexander Patterson (editor in chief,
The Annals of Thoracic
Surgery
, USA)
Marko Turina [past editor in chief,
European Journal of Cardio-
Thoracic Surgery
; past editor in chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Network (CTSNet) and
Multimedia Manual of Cardio-
Thoracic Surgery
, Switzerland]
David Williams (past editor in chief,
Biomaterials
, USA)
Other signatory delegates to the Cape Town
Dialogue (in alphabetical order)
Elena Aikawa (USA)
Masanori Aikawa (USA)
Henning Rud Andersen (Denmark)
Manuel Antunes (Portugal)
Eduardo Becerra (Chile)
Solomon Benatar (South Africa/Canada)
Richard Bianco (USA)
Bojan Biocina (Croatia)
Carlijn Bouten (Netherlands)
Abdelmalek Bouzid (Algeria)
Luke Brewster (USA)
Johan Brink (South Africa)
Taweesak Chotivatanapong (Thailand)
Patrick Commerford (South Africa)
David Cooper (USA)
John Curci (USA)
Manfred Deutsch (Austria)
Richard Daly (USA)
Frederick C de Beer (USA)
Norberto de Vega (Spain)
Howard Eisen (USA)
Max Emmert (Switzerland)
Giuseppe Faggian (Italy)
Volkmar Falk (Germany)
Ted Feldman (USA)
Giovanni Ferrari (USA)
Teddy Fischlein (Germany)
Robert Frater (USA)
Glen Gaudette (USA)
Gino Gerosa (Italy)
Bernard Gersh (USA)
Allan Glanville (Australia)
Craig Goergen (USA)
Claudia Goettsch (Germany)
Mervyn Gotsman (Israel)
Martin Grabenwoeger (Austria)
Andrea Griesmacher (Austria)
Christian Hagl (Germany)
Ulf Hedin (Sweden)
Simon Hoerstrup (Switzerland)
Saeid Hosseini (Iran)
Joshua Hutcheson (USA)
Willie Koen (South Africa)
Gennadiy Khubulava (Russia)
Robin Kleinloog (South Africa)
Walter Klepetko (Austria)
Michael Knaut (Germany)
Theodoros Kofidis (Singapore)
Guenther Laufer (Austria)
Nicolas l’Heureux (France)
Georg Lutter (Germany)
Simon Maltais (USA)
Simon Matskeplishvili (Russia)
Jo Meinhart (Austria)
Ana Olga Mocumbi (Mozambique)
Elmi Muller (South Africa)
Mathias Mueller (Austria)
Paul Mohacsi (Switzerland)
Ivan Netuka (Czech Republic)
Mpiko Ntsekhe (South Africa)
Minoru Ono (Japan)
Otmar Pachinger (Austria)
Timothy Pennel (South Africa)
Olga Plattner (Austria)
Bruno Podesser (Austria)
Darshan Reddy (South Africa)