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SSIEM reflections 2004–2010: the growing stature of our society
Author(s) -
Jakobs Cornelis
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of inherited metabolic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1573-2665
pISSN - 0141-8955
DOI - 10.1007/s10545-010-9218-z
Subject(s) - short stature , human genetics , idiopathic short stature , metabolic disease , medicine , pediatrics , endocrinology , biology , genetics , growth hormone , gene , hormone
Following my term as a regular council member (1999–2004) and president of the annual Society for the Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism (SSIEM) symposium in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in 2004, I was elected chairman of our society in 2004. This position was previously held by John Walter, who ended his successful term. Continuity on council was assured with the retention of secretary Mick Henderson, treasurer Graham Shortland, and the Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease (JIMD) chief editor Guy Besley remaining on council for at least an additional year, and this continuity was further assured since I understood issues and processes from my previous years on council. Additional council members at that time were Nenad Blau, Ubaldo Caruso, Mick Champion, Philip Lee, Eli Anne Kvittingen, Jean-Marie Saudubray, and Isabel Tavares de Almeida. Mick Henderson left council in 2005 and was replaced by Philip Lee, and Graham Shortland was replaced by Maureen Cleary in 2006. The year 2008 was a difficult period, with two key members leaving council. We were saddened to hear of the serious illness that led to the resignation of Philip Lee; we have been inspired by the way he has fought his illness. We also had to bid a—hopefully temporary—farewell to Maureen Cleary who moved to Singapore and was unable to continue as treasurer. Subsequently, Philip and Maureen were replaced by Philip Mayne (secretary) and Jim Bonham (treasurer), both of whom are still on council. During my tenure as chair, we lost our valuable and longstanding Norwegian colleague, Eli Anne Kvittingen, who regretfully died in 2005. Other council members who left during that time after finishing their term(s) were Ubaldo Caruso,Mick Champion, and Jean-Marie Saudubray, and they were subsequently replaced by Jaume Campistol, Peter Clayton, Marjorie Dixon (as representative of the dieticians), Jutta Gaertner, and Victor Kozich, all of whom remain on council.