Affiliated Societies
A
Algerian Society of Hypertension
Prof. Ahcene Chibane – President
Bp 442
Hydra
Algiers
16035
Algeria
tel: +213 21 23 51 86
fax: +213 21 23 77 38
sahahta@gmail.com
American Heart Association – Council on Hypertension
Dr Karen A Griffin – Chair
American Heart Foundation
7272 Greenville Avenue
Dallas
TX 75231-4596
Usa
tel:+1 214 373 6300 / 800-USA-AHA1
fax:+1 214 373 3406
professional.heart.org/en/partners/scientific-councils/hypertension
Argentina Arterial Hypertension Society (SAHA)
Dr. Nicolas Renna – President
Sociedad Argentina de Hipertension
Tte. Gral. Juan Domingo Perón 1479
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
C1037ACA
Argentina
tel: +54 11 4371-3019
fax: +54 11 4600-4651
Armenia Society of Hypertension
Professor Zelveian Parounak – President
Asian Pacific Society of Hypertension
Prof. Teo Boon Wee – Secretary General
Austrian Society of Hypertension
Prof. Sabine Perl – President
c/o Univ.-Klinik für Innere Medizin,
Klin. Abteilung für Kardiologie
Auenbruggerplatz 15
8036 GRAZ,
AUSTRIA
(Australia) Hypertension Australia
Prof. Markus Schlaich – President
Your Secretariat, 3/10 Pioneer Avenue
Tuggerah Business Park
Tuggerah
Nsw
2259
Australia
tel:+61 2 4356 0007
B
(Bangladesh) National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh
Professor Abdul Malik – President
Plot No. 7/2, Section -2, Mirpur
Dhaka
1216
Bangladesh
tel:+880 9033442-6
Belgian Hypertension Committee
Prof. Tine De Backer – President
Hart- en VaatCentrum
C. Heymanslaan 10
Gent
9000
Belgium
tel:+32 9 332 34 81
fax:+ 32 9 332 34 62
Bosnia and Herzegovina Working Group on Arterial Hypertension
Professor Šekib Sokolović – President
(Botswana) Heart Foundation of Botswana
Professor Kiran Bhagat – President
Botswana
Brazilian Society of Hypertension
Dr. Luiz Bortolotto – President
Rua Para, n 76, cj
41 Sao Paulo
CEP- 01243-020
tel:+55 11 32840215/3284 0573
fax:+55 11 3289 3279
sbh@sbh.org.br / hipbortolotto@gmail.com
www.sbh.org.br/ingles/
British and Irish Hypertension Society
Prof. Ian Wilkinson – President
BIHS Secretariat c/o In Conference
Unit 1, Q Court
Quality Street
Edinburgh, EH4 5BP
United Kingdom
tel:+44 131 336 4203
Bulgarian Hypertension League
Prof. Arman Shnork Postagiyan – Chairman
Sofia, PC 1606St. Georgi Sofiyski blvd, № 3Bulgaria
tel:+359 889 319 655 or +359 888 798 364
hypertensionleaguebg@abv.bg
www.hypertensionleaguebg.info/bg/
C
Cameroon Hypertension Society
Professor Nassourou Hamadou – President
Cameroon
(Canada) Hypertension Canada
Dr Ross Tsuyuki – President
65 Overlea BLVD
Suite 210
Toronto
ON M4H 1P1
Canada
Tel: +001 905-943-9400
Central American & Caribbean Society for Hypertension
Dr Wistremundo Dones – President
Puerto Rico
Chilean Society of Hypertension
Dr. Patricia Morgado Alcayaga – President
Chile
Chinese Hypertension League
Prof. Jiguang Wang – President
The Shanghai Institute of Hypertension
Department of Hypertension, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine,
Shanghai
200025
China
Congolese Hypertension League
Prof. Jr M’Buyamba-Kabangu – Executive President
Hypertension Unit/Cardiology
Department of Internal Medicine
Kinshasa
11
Congo (Kinshasa)
tel:+243 999944232
fax:+243 819944232
Prof. M. S. Ditu – Secretary General
Croatian Society of Hypertension
Prof. Bojan Jelakovic – President
Department of Nephrology and Arterial Hypertension of the Clinic for Internal Diseases, KBC Rebro
Kišpatićeva 12
Zagreb
10 000
Croatia
tel:+ 385 1 23 88 271
fax:+ 385 1 23 88 592
Cyprus Hypertension Society
Dr. Philippos Stylianou – President
Gevgelis Street 9
Nicosia
1071
Cyprus
tel:+357 99 671244
Czech Hypertension Society
Prof. Jitka Mlíková Seidlerová
Czech Republic
D
Danish Hypertension Society
Prof. Michael Hecht Olsen – President
Eva Baadsgaard
evb@dadl.dk
Lægeforeningen
Kristianiagade 12
2100 København Ø
Tlf:35448132 (Direkte)
E
Egyptian Hypertension Society (EHS)
Prof. M. Moshen Ibrahim – President
1 ST Diwan
Garden City
Cairo
11562
Egypt
tel:+20 2 794 8877
fax:+20 2 794 8879
Emirates Cardiac Society
Dr Abdulmajeed Alzubaidi – President
Damac Business Tower Dubai , UAE
Elabraj st.Business bay Burj Khalifa Community –Office #1003
Dubai
P.O.BOX 9859
United Arab Emirates
tel:+971 44 307892
Estonian Society of Hypertension
Dr. Signe Alliksoo – President
Estonia
European Society of Cardiology – Council on Hypertension
Prof. Giovanni De Simone – Chair
European Heart House
Les Templiers
Biot
CS 80179
France
tel:+33 4 92 94 76 00
fax:+33 4 92 94 76 01
European Society of Hypertension
Professor Guido Grassi – President
F
Finnish Hypertension Society
Professor Teemu Niiranen – President
Finland
French Society of Arterial Hypertension / Société Française d’Hypertension Artérielle
Professor Atul Pathak
Maison du Cœur
Paris
75012
France
tel:+33 1 55 90 70 30
fax:+33 1 43 22 63 61
G
Georgian Society of Hypertension
Prof. Bejan Tsinamdzgvrishvili – President
Georgia
German Hypertension League/ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hypertonie und Prävention
Prof. Ulrich Wenzel- President
Berliner Straße 46,
Heidelberg
69120
Germany
tel:+49 6221 58855-10, Fax -25
H
Hellenic Society for the Study of Hypertension
Prof. N. B. Karatzas – Chairman
Congress World – M. Papapanagiotou Michalakopoulou 27
Athens
115 28
Greece
tel:+30 210 7210052 /210 7210001
fax:+30 210 7210051
Hellenic Society of Hypertension
Prof. Michael Dumas – President
111, Vas. Sofias Ave (2nd floor)
Athens
115 27
Greece
tel:+30 210 6469358
Hong Kong College of Cardiology
Dr. Wai Kwong CHAN – President
Room 1116, 11F, Bank of America Tower
12 Harcourt Road
Hong Kong
tel:+852 2899 2035
fax:+852 2899 2045
Hungarian Society of Hypertension
Prof. Zoltán Járai – President
H-1115 Budapest, Tétényi út 12-16.
Budapest
Hungary
tel: +36-1-464-8723
I
Indian Society of Hypertension
Professor SN Narasingan – President
Department of Physiology, King George Medical University
13/231, Indra Nagar
Lucknow
226016
India
Indonesian Society of Hypertension
Dr. Susunan Pengurus – President
Perhimpunan Hipertensi Indonesia, Secretariat: InaSH
Jl. Danau Diatas Blok G III No. 81, RT.012/RW.3
Jakarta Pusat
Indonesia
tel:+62 21 573 4978
fax:+62 21 573 4978
Inter – American Society of Hypertension
Dr Luis Alcocer MD – President
International Forum for Hypertension Control and Prevention in Africa (IFHA)
Professor Basden Onwubere – President
International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy
Laura Magee – President
Faculty of Health & Life Sciences – University of Liverpool
Foundation Building
Liverpool
L69 7ZX
Iranian Heart Foundation
Professor H. Malek-Afzali – President
Director of Cardiovascular Research Center
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
Isfahan
Iran
tel:+98 311 3359696 or 3359797
fax:+98 311 3373435
afzali@hbi.com.ir
www.ihf.ir/ihf/display.aspx?id=1497&flash=no
Iraqi Hypertension Society
Professor Ghazi Haji – President
Bireut Square
Baghdad
Iraq
Tel: +00 9647904376288
Fax: +00 9647706910335
Irish Heart Foundation Council on High Blood Pressure
Dr Angie Brown – Medical Director
Irish Heart Foundation
17-19 Rathmines Road Lower
Dublin
D06 C780
Ireland
tel:+353 1 668 5001
fax:+353 1 668 5896
Israeli Society of Hypertension
Prof. Avshalom Leibowitz – President
Israel
Italian Society of Arterial Hypertension & Italian League against Arterial Hypertension
Prof. Maria Lorenza Muiesan – President
Società Italiana dell’Ipertensione Arteriosa-Lega Italiana contro l’Ipertensione Arteriosa
Via G. Ripamonti, 129
Milano
20141
Italy
tel:+39 2 56601270/ 56601280
fax:+39 2 70048582
J
Japanese Society of Hypertension
Prof. Koichi Node – President
3-28-8 Hongo
Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo
113-0033
Japan
tel:+81 3 6801 9786
fax:+81 3 6801 9787
K
Kazakh Society of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Prevention
Prof. Gulnara Junusbekova- President
Kazakhstan
Kenya Cardiac Society
Dr Bernard Samia – President / Dr Lilian Mbau – CEO
Kenya
Korean Society of Hypertension
Prof. Changkyu Park – President
1811 LG Twintel Building 157-3
Samsung-dong Gangnam-gu
Seoul
135-880
South Korea
tel:+82 2 565 3350
fax:+82 2 565 3445
L
Latin American Society of Hypertension
Dr Jesús Lopez – President
Latvian Society of Hypertension
Prof. Aivars Lejnieks – President
6 Linezera str.
Riga
LV1006
Latvia
tel:+371 7040397
fax:+371 782 1154
Lebanese Hypertension League
Dr. Adel E. Berbari – President
American University Medical Center
PO Box: 113-6044
Beirut
110 32090
Lebanon
tel:+961 1 353 465
fax:+961 1 370 814
Libyan Cardiac Society
Dr. Hawa Derbi – Hypertension Working Group Lead
Libya
Libyan Society of Hypertension (LSH)
Professor Fathi Dakhil – President
Libya
Lithuanian Hypertension Society
Dr Marius Miglinas – President
Nephrology Center
Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Klinikos
Santariskiu 2
LT-08661 VILNIUS
Lithuania
tel:+370 52365099
fax:+370 52365111
M
Malaysian Society of Hypertension
Assoc Prof. Dr. Nik Sherina Hanafi – President
1301, Level 13, Uptown 2,
No 2 Jalan SS21/37
Petaling Jaya
Selangor
47400
Malaysia
tel:+60 3 7726 3866
fax:+60 3 7725 1049
Malaysian Society for World Action on Salts, Sugar and Health (MyWASSH)
Prof Yook-Chin Chia – President
Department of Medical Sciences
Sunway University
5, Jalan University,
Bandar Sunway,
47500 Selangor,
Malaysia
Mongolian Society of Hypertension
Professor Tsolmon Unurjargal – President
Mongolia
Moroccan Society of Hypertension
Prof. Driss Zaid – President
Morocco
Myanmar Society of Hypertension (MMSH)
Prof Myint Han – President
Myanmar
N
Nepal Hypertension Society
Dr M. R. Pandey – President
P.O.Box 2587
Kathmandu
Nepal
(Netherlands) Dutch Hypertension Society
Professor van den Born – President Nederlandse Hypertensie Vereniging (NHV) P.O. Box 73 3480 DB Harmelen T: +31 6 4667 5250
Nigerian Hypertension Society
Ayodele B. Omotoso – President
University College Hospital Ibadan
Ibadan
Nigeria
Norwegian Society of Hypertension
Professor Hans-Peter Marti – President
Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
Haukeland University Hospital
5021 Bergen
Norway
tel:+47 940 30 929
P
Pakistan Hypertension League
Professor Saulat Siqqique – President
Hypertension House
PHL Secretariat Room No. 202-203 2nd floor Alsehat Centre
Karachi
75510
Pakistan
tel:+92 21 35641615
fax:+92 21 35641615
Pan-African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR)
Professor Elijah Ogola – President
Africa
Tel:+27 834585954
Peruvian Society of Hypertension
Dr. Ernesto Ríos Montenegro – President
Av. Máximo Abril 560
Of. 803 Jesus Maria
Lima
15072
Peru
tel:+511 424 2585
Philippine Society of Hypertension
Dr Dolores D. Bonzon – President
Unit 309, Amberland Plaza
Julia Vargos Avenue
Pasig City
1605
Philippines
tel:+632 687 7073 / 687 2841
fax:+632 631 7970
Polish Society of Hypertension
Professor Aleksander Prejbisz – President
Poland
tel:+48 12 424 88 00
fax:+48 12 424 88 54
Portuguese Society of Hypertension (Sociedade Portuguesa de Hipertensão)
Dr Rosa de Pinho – President
Sociedade Portuguesa de Hipertensao
Avenida Visconde de Valmor
Lisbon
1000-291
Portugal
tel:+351217960097
fax:+351 21 796 00 98
R
Romanian Association of Hypertension
Dr. Doina Dimulescu – President / Professor. Dr. Maria Dorobantu – Honorary President
Emergency Hospital of Bucharest
Calea Floreasca Nr. 8
Bucharest
Romania
tel:+04 21 599 2264
fax:+04 21 317 0108
office@societate-hipertensiune.ro
societate-hipertensiune.ro/?lang=en
Romanian Working Group of Hypertension from Romanian Society of Cardiology
Associate Professor Roxana Oana Darabont – President
University of Medicine and Pharmacy ʺCarol Davilaʺ – Discipline of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, University and Emergency Hospital Bucharest, 169 Splaiul Independentei, 5th District, 050098 Bucharest, Romania
S
Saudi Hypertension Management Society
Senegalese Heart & Hypertension Foundation
Dr. Ousmane Dieye – President
Senegal
Serbian Society of Hypertension
Prof. Vesna Stojanov – President
Serbia
Singapore Heart Foundation
9 Bisham Place
#07-01 Junction 8 (Office Tower)
Singapore
579837
Singapore
tel:+65 6354 9340
fax:+65 6258 5240
Singapore Hypertension Society
Professor Boon Wee Jimmy Teo – President
9 Bisham Place
#07-01 Junction 8 (Office Tower)
Singapore
579837
Singapore
tel:+65 6354 9370
fax:+65 6258 5240
Slovenian Hypertension Society
Dr. Jana Brguljian-Hitij – President
University Medical Centre
Ljubljana Hypertension Department
Medical Director
Vodnikova 62
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
tel:+386 1 522 5462
fax:+386 1 522 56 00
Slovak Society of Hypertension
Anna Vachulova – President
National Cardiovascular Institute
Pod Krasnou horkou 1
833 48 Bratislava
Slovakia
tel:+42 1259320 267
vachulova.shs@gmail.com
Somali Hypertension Federation
Dr. Maxamed Daauud
Somalia
Somaliland Diabetic and Hypertension Association
Dr. Kat
Somaliland
drmohamed2009@live.co.uk
drkat66.wordpress.com/2015/02/15/somaliland-diabetic-and-hypertension-association
Southern African Hypertension Society
Dr Martin Mpe – President
South Africa
Spanish Society of Hypertension
Prof. José Julián Segura de la Morena – President
Seh-Lelha, Pº de la Castellana, 201, 6º,
Madrid
28046
Spain
tel:+34 91 315 30 64
fax:+34 91 323 13 90
Sri Lanka Hypertension Society
Professor Godwin Constantine – President
Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka Hypertension Society, PO Box 12, Peradeniya
Sri Lanka
tel:+94 091223 4801
fax:+94 091 222 2314
srilankahypertensionsociety@gmail.com; grogerconstantine@gmail.com
www.srilankahypertensionsociety.org
Sudanese Society of Hypertension
Dr Ahmed Suliman – President
Khartoum
Sudan
Swedish Society of Hypertension, Stroke and Vascular Medicine
Associate Professor Jonas Spaak, MD, PhD, FESC – President
Clinical affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Danderyd University Hospital, 18288 Stockholm
Academic affiliation: Cardiovascular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet at Danderyd University Hospital
Sweden
Swiss Society of Hypertension
Prof. Dr. Grégoire Wuerzner
Administratives Sekretariat
Schweizerische Hypertonie-Gesellschaft
Bern
3005
Switzerland
T
Taiwan Hypertension Society
Professor Hsien-Li Kao – President
100 Department of Cardiovascular Affairs
5F Cardiovascular Principal, Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei
10012
Taiwan
tel:+886 2 231 23 456 # 65287
fax:+886 2 239 13 682
Taiwan Society of Cardiology (TSOC)
Dr. Wen-Jone Chen – President
13F-1
No. 11, Min-Chuan West Road
Taipei
10452
Taiwan
tel:+886 2 2597 6177 / 25976178 / 25976179
fax:+886 2 2597 6180
Thai Hypertension Society
Professor Apichard Sukonthasarn – President
The Hypertension Cardiovascular Outcome Prevention and Evidence in Asia (HOPE Asia) Network
Professor Kazuomi Kario – President
3311-1, Yakushiji,
Shimotsuke,
Tochigi
329-0498
Japan
tel:+81-285-58-7538
fax:+81-285-44-4311
Turkish Association of Hypertension Control
Dr. Istemihan Tengiz – President
Hipertansiyon ile Mücadele Derneği
Cyprus Martyrs Street 1441 Street
Izmir
Turkey
tel:+90 232 421 9821
fax:+90 232 422 4777
Turkish Society of Hypertension and Atherosclerosis
Professor Serap Erdine – President
Turkey
U
V
Vietnamese Society of Hypertension
Dr. Huynh Van Minh – Chairman
54 Tran Thuc Nhan
Huecity
Vietnam
Tel: +84 91406 2226
Fax: +84 234 3826269
W
World Hypertension League
Dr Xin-Hua Zhang – President