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.
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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
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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
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CHAIR
Professor Wendy Erber, MD (Syd), DPhil (Oxf), FRCPA, FRCPath
The University of Western Australia and PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Perth, Australia
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CHAIR ELECT (as from October 2026)
Dr Amrom Obstfeld, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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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
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SCIENTIFIC SECRETARY
Dr Amrom Obstfeld, MD, PhD
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Member
Associate Professor Cornelis Harteveld, PhD
Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
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Member
Mr Richard McCafferty MSc, FIBMS, FACSLM
Department of Haematology, St James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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Member
Dr Michelle Grant
Director of Hematology and Coagulation, Geisinger Diagnostic Medicine Institute, Danville, PA, USA
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Member
Dr Jin-Yeong Han
Dept of Laboratory Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
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Member
Dr Ben Hedley
Clinical Scientist, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, London Health Sciences Centre, London Ontario, Canada.
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Member
Dr Simon Davidson
Honorary Lecturer Department of Medicine, UCL London, UK
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Member
Dr Stephen MacDonald
Consultant Clinical Scientist — Specialist Haemostasis Laboratory, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Cambridge UK
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Member
Dr Olga Pozdnyakova
Medical Director, Hematology Laboratory, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA USA
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WHO Liaison (Ex Officio)
Professor Gina Zini, MD
Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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ICSH Executive Officer
Mr Terry Fawcett
Email
Telephone Int +61 417 549 927
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ICSH Digital Information Officer
Mr James Fawcett
Telephone: + 61 449 251 659
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ICSH IT & Security Advisor
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)
Dr Sukesh Nair (India)
ICSH COLLABORATIONS & ASSOCIATIONS
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ISLH LIAISON
Dr Michelle Grant
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ICSH LIAISON (ISLH)
Dr Simon Davidson
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JCTLM LIAISON
Dr Amrom Obstfeld
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JCTLM LIAISON
Mr Terry Fawcett
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WHO LIAISON (Ex Officio)
Professor Gina Zini, MD