MEMBERS OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE INK (CREATED IN 1996)

Dr Socorro De Leon-Mendoza (Chairperson & President)

  • Kangaroo Mother Care Foundation Phil., Inc.
  • Email: secretariat@kangaroomothercareph.org
  • Webpage: http://www.kangaroomothercareph.org

Dr Nathalie Charpak (Secretary)

  • Pediatrician
  • Director Kangaroo Foundation
  • Scientific Coordinator, KMC Program, San Ignacio Teaching Hospital, Javeriana University
  • Email: ncharpak@gmail.com
  • Webpage: http://fundacioncanguro.co/

Dr Keka Pallas

Dr Mantoa Mokrachane

  • Pediatrician
  • Unit of Undergraduate Medical Education, Faculty of Health Sciences
  • University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Email: mantoa.mokhachane@wits.ac.za

Susan M. Ludington, RN, CNM, CKC, PhD. FAAN

  • Professor and Walters Professor of Pediatric Nursing
  • Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University
  • 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland OH 44106-4904
  • Email: sml15@case.edu,sml15@cwru.edu,

Dr Juan Gabriel Ruiz-Pelaez, MD, MMedSci

  • Professor, Division of Medical and Population Health Sciences Research
  • Department of Translational Medicine
  • Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
  • Florida International University
  • Email: jruizpel@fiu.edu

Pr Réjean Tessier, PhD

Dr Ochi Ibe

  • Pediatrician, Deputy Project Director at ICF
  • Maryland, Estados Unido
  • Email: ochi_ibe@yahoo.com

Dr Nils Bergman

  • MB ChB, MPH, MDUniversity of Cape Town
  • South Africa
  • Email: nils@kangaroomothercare.com

Dr Ornella Lincetto

  • Ex member of World Health Organization, WHO Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child and
  • Adolescent Health (MCA)
  • Skills and Expertise: Neonatology Evidence Based Practice Implementation
  • Email: ornelince@gmail.com

Dr Rekha Udani

  • Ex HOD & Prof Neonatology, Prof. Emeritus & KMC Coordinator
  • KEM Hosp.& Seth G S Medical College,Mumbai, India
  • Email: rekha.udani@gmail.com

Dr Adriano Cattaneo

  • Retired epidemiologist living in Trieste, Department of Epidemiology, IRCCS Ospedale Infantile
  • Burlo Garofolo, Italy.
  • Email: adriano.cattaneo@gmail.com

Dr Suman Rao

  • Professor, Department of Neonatology
  • Consultant, Dept. of MCA, WHO HQ
  • Institute St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore
  • Email: raosumanv@gmail.com

Dr Zeni Carvalho Lamy

  • Pediatrician and Neonatologist
  • Doctorate in Child and Women’s Health
  • Department of Public Health
  • Graduate Program in Collective Health
  • Federal University of Maranhão

Dr Shashi Vani

  • Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics including Neonotology
  • Consultant Pediatrician and Neonatologist
  • Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Gujarat
  • Chairperson of KMC foundation