President

Masahiro Ishii	(Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics Kitasato University School of Medicine)

Kei Takahashi	(Chairman, Japanese Society of Kawasaki Disease Professor, Department of Surgical Pathology Toho University Ohashi Medical Center)

Secretary Board

Shohei Ogata (Department of Periatrics, Kitasato University School of Medicine)

Toshiaki Oharaseki	(Department of Surgical Pathology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University)

Honorary President

Tomisaku Kawasaki
Jane C. Burns (University of California San Diego)
Hirohisa Kato (Oita Center Child Halth and Development, Kurume University)
Hung-chi Lue (National Taiwan University Children's Hospital)
Brian W. McCrindle (University of Toronto)
Marian Elizabeth Melish (University of Hawaii School of Medicine)
Shiro Naoe (Toho University)
Jane W. Newburger (Harvard Medical School)
Anne H. Rowley (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine)

Tsutomu Saji	(Advanced and Integrated Cardiovascular Research Course in the Young and Adolescence, School of Medicine, Toho University)

Stanfo T. Shulman	(Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine)

Masato Takahashi	(Department of Cardiology University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine)

Mei-Hwan Wu (National Taiwan University Children's Hospital)
Hroshi Yanagawa (Jichi Medical University)

Advisory Board

Yiu Fai Cheung (The University of Hong Kong)
Junbao Du (Peking University First Hospital)
David R. Fulton (Boston Children's Hospital Harvard Medical School)
Michael H. Gewitz (New York Medical College)

John B. Gordon	(Department of Interventional Cardiology San Diego Cardiac Center/Sharp Memorial Hospital)

Kenji Hamaoka (Kyoto Prefecturual University of Medicine)
Fukiko Ichida (Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama)
Takashi Igarashi (National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo)
Yoshio Imada (Infant Home of the Japanese Redcross Medical Center)
Michio Koike (Wakayama Medical University)
Shunichi Ogawa (Subaru Kodomo Clinic / Nippon Medical School)

Cheryl L. Perkins	(Office of Science Operations American Heart Association, National Center)

Eeva Salo (Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki)
Tomoyoshi Sonobe (Ikuryo Clinic)
Masaru Terai (Chiba Kaihin Municipal Hospital)
Satoshi Yasukochi (Nagano Children's Hospital)

Administration Committee

Teiji Akagi (ACHD Center Okayama University Hospital)

Shouzaburo Doi	(Department of Pediatrics, Perinatal and Maternal Medicine Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University)

Jun Ishihara (Yokohama Municipal Citizen's Hospital)

Hiroshi Kamiyama	(Division of Medical Planning and Development, Nihon University School of Medicine)

Tomoyuki Miyamoto	(Children's Medical Center, Yokosuka General Hospital Uwamachi Shinichi Matsuda Tokai University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics)

Masaaki Mori	(Department of Pharmacovigilance, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University)

Hideaki Senzaki (Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University)
Muneo Yoshibayashi (Seta San-ai Pediatric Clinic)

Financial Committee

Mamoru Ayusawa (Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University)
Kazunari Kaneko (Department of Pediatrics, Kansai Medical University)
Toshiki Kobayashi (Saitama International Medical Center, Saitama Medical University)
Satoru Nagata (Department of Pediatrics,Tokyo Women's Medical University)
Naokata Sumitomo (Saitama Medical University International Medical Center)

Program Committee

Moshe Arditi (Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles)
Mamoru Ayusawa (Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University)

David P. Burgner	(Group Leader and Senior Research Fellow, Department of Infection and Immunity Murdoch Children's Research Institute)

Jane C. Burns (University of California San Diego)
Yiu Fai Cheung (The University of Hong Kong)
Nagib Dahdah (CHU Ste-Justine, University of Montréal)
Junbao Du (Peking University First Hospital)
Ryuji Fukazawa (Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School)

Hiromichi Hamada	(Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Women's Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center)

Toshiro Hara (Fukuoka Children's Hospital)

Kazuyuki Ikeda	(Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Nephrology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine)

Kyoko Imanaka-Yoshida	(Department of Pathology and Matrix Biology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine)

Yasuhiro Katsube (Nippon Medical School Musashi Kosugi Hospital)

Tohru Kobayashi	(Division of Clinical Research Planning, Department of Development Strategy, Center for Clinical Research and Development, National Center for Child Health and Development)

Taco Willem Kuijpers (Emma Children's Hospital Academic Medical Center)
Brian W. McCrindle (University of Toronto)
Yoshihide Mitani (Department of Pediatrics, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine)
Tsuneyuki Nakamura (Department of Pediatrics, Kanazawa Medical University)
Yoshikazu Nakamura (Department of Public Health, Jichi Medical University)
Jane W. Newburger (Harvard Medical School)
Shohei Ogata (Department of Periatrics, Kitasato University School of Medicine)

Toshiaki Oharaseki	(Department of Surgical Pathology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University)

Yoshihiro Onouchi	(Department of Public Health, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine)

Anne H. Rowley (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine)

Eisuke Suganuma	(Division of Infections Diseases and Immunology Saitama Children's Medical Center)

Masaki Shimizu	(Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine Institute of Medical Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University)

Hiroyuki Suzuki (Department of Pediatrics, Wakayama Medical University)
Shinichi Takatsuki (Toho University Omori Medical Center)
Adriana H. Tremoulet (UC San Diego)
Etsuko Tsuda (National Cerbral and Cardiovascular Center)
Eeva Salo (Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki)
Mei-Hwan Wu (National Taiwan University Children's Hospital)
Rae S.M. Yeung (University of Toronto)
Lucy Youngmin Eun (Yonsei University College of Medicine)

Publicity Committee

Takaomi Minami (Jichi Medical University, Department of Pediatrics)
Masahiro Misawa (Department of Pediatrics, Bokutoh Metropolitan Hospital)
Seiichiro Takeshita (Division of Nursing, National Defense Medical College)

Scientific Committee

Jun Abe (Narional Research Institute for Child Health and Development)
Kentaro Aso (St.Marianna University School of Medicine)
Shigeto Fuse (NTT Sappro Medical Center)

Masahiro Kamada	(Department of Pediatric Candiology, Hiroshima City Hiroshima Citizens Hospital)

Hidehiko Hara (Toho University Ohashi Medical Center)
Shuichi Ito (Department of Pediatrics, Yokohama City University School of Medicine)
Tomio Kobayashi (Gumma Children's Medical Center)

Tomoyo Matsubara	(Department of Pediatrics, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital)

Hiroyuki Matsuura (Toho University Omori Medical Center)
Masaru Miura (Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center)
Yuichi Nomura (Kagoshima City Hospital)
Hideshi Tomita (Cardiovascular Center, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital )
Kenichiro Yamamura (Department of Pediatrics, Kyushu-University)
Keiji Tsuchiya (Japanese Red Cross Medical Center)

Social Program Committee

Motofumi Iemura (St.Mary's Hospital, Pediatric Cardiology)
Akira Hata (Chiba University)
Hiroki Kajino (Abashiri-Kosei General Hospital)
Masao Nakagawa (Kyoto Kizugawa Hospital)
Koichi Nihei (Department of Pediatrics, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center)
Tetsuya Sano (Sano Children's Clinic)
Hirohiko Shiraishi (Josai Hospital)

Hiroyuki Tsutsumi	(Department of Pediatrics, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine)

International Faculty

Najib Advani (University of Indonesia Jakarta)
Ermias D. Belay (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Carla Berardi (national health system)

Loudmila V. Bregel	(Irkutsk State Medical Academy of Continuing Education, Irkutsk Regional Children's Hospital)

David P. Burgner	(Group Leader and Senior Research Fellow, Department of Infection and Immunity Murdoch Children's Research Institute)

Harvey J. Cohen (Stanford University)
Mary (Mimi) Patricia Glode (University of Colorado School of Medicine)

Rolando Ulloa-Gutierrez	(Hospital Nacional de Ninos de Costa Rica "Dr. Carlos Saenz Herrera)

Guo-Ying Huang	(Pediatric Heart Center Children's Hospital of Fudan University) Edward Lawrence Kaplan University of Minnesota Medical School)

Aurelia Gonzales Leus (Philippine Heart Association & Makati Medical Center)
Ming-Tai Lin (National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan)
Hieu Lan Nguyen (Hanoi Medical University)
Seza Ozen (Hacettepe University)
Saji Philip (Kawasaki Disease Foundation India)
Swee Chye Quek (National University of Singapore)
Masood Sadiq (The Children's Hospital / Institute of Child Health)
Surjit Singh (Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh)
Adriana H. Tremoulet (UC San Diego)
Jou-kou Wang (Department of Pediatrics National Taiwan University Hospital)
Rae S.M. Yeung (University of Toronto)