INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL for STANDARDIZATION in HAEMATOLOGY
About
ABOUT ICSH
The International Council for Standardization in Haematology (ICSH) was initiated as a standardization committee by the European Society of Haematology (ESH) in 1963 and officially constituted by the International Society of Hematology (ISH) and the ESH in Stockholm in 1964.
The ICSH is a not-for-profit non-governmental organisation that aims to achieve reliable and reproducible results in laboratory analysis in the field of diagnostic haematology. UK Registered Company Number: 10940331. UK Registered Charity Number: 1178359. Registered address: 2-4 Packhorse Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom SL9 7QE
The ICSH coordinates Working Groups of experts to examine laboratory methods and instruments for haematological analyses, to deliberate on issues of standardization and to stimulate and coordinate scientific work as necessary towards the development of international standardization materials and guidelines.
MANAGEMENT BOARD
CHAIR
Professor Wendy Erber, MD (Syd), DPhil (Oxf), FRCPA, FRCPath
The University of Western Australia and PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Perth, Australia
VICE-CHAIR HAEMOSTASIS
Dr Steve Kitchen, PhD, FIBMS
Sheffield Haemophilia and Thrombosis Centre, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, UK
TREASURER
Dr Ian Mackie, BSc PhD FRCPath
Emeritus Reader in Haemostasis and Thrombosis Research Haematology Dept
University College London
SCIENTIFIC SECRETARY
Dr Amrom Obstfeld, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Member
Associate Professor Cornelis Harteveld, PhD
Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
Member
Mr Richard McCafferty MSc, FIBMS, FACSLM
Department of Haematology, St James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Member
Dr Michelle Grant
Director of Hematology and Coagulation, Geisinger Diagnostic Medicine Institute, Danville, PA, USA
Member
Dr Jin-Yeong Han
Dept of Laboratory Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
Member
Dr Ben Hedley
Clinical Scientist, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, London Ontario, Canada.
Member
Dr Simon Davidson
Honorary Lecturer Department of Medicine, UCL London, UK
WHO Liaison (Ex Officio)
Professor Gina Zini, MD
Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
ICSH Executive Officer
Mr Terry Fawcett
Email
Telephone Int +61 417 549 927
Telephone UK +44 7852 545084
ICSH Information Officer
Mr Steve Weston
HAEMOSTASIS ADVISORY GROUP
Dr Steve Kitchen (UK), ICSH Vice-Chair, Haemostasis
Mr Robert C. Gosselin (USA)
Dr Piet Meijer (NL)
Dr Ian Mackie (UK)
ICSH COLLABORATIONS & ASSOCIATIONS
ISLH LIAISON
Dr Michelle Grant
ICSH LIAISON (ISLH)
Dr Simon Davidson
JCTLM LIAISON
Dr Amrom Obstfeld
JCTLM LIAISON
Mr Terry Fawcett
WHO LIAISON (Ex Officio)
Professor Gina Zini, MD