ISH New Council Members 2022-2026
The International Society of Hypertension (ISH) was pleased to welcome its newly elected Council Members during the Gala Dinner at the ISH Kyoto 2022 Meeting on 15th October 2022.
Brief biographies of the three individuals who will serve an initial four year term (2022-2026) are provided below.
Tazeen Jafar (Singapore)
Dr Tazeen H Jafar is a clinician (nephrologist)-scientist renowned globally for expertise and experience in implementation research in hypertension and clinical risk prediction in cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease across various settings. She is a tenured Professor in the Program in Health Services and Systems Research at Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Visiting Consultant Renal Medicine at Singapore General Hospital, Visiting Professor of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, Consultant nephrologist, Durham VA Hospital, and Research Professor at Duke Global Health Institute, Durham, NC, USA.
Kazuomi Kario (Japan)
After graduating from Jichi Medical University in 1987, Professor Kario worked at Awaji City National Health Insurance Hokudan Clinic, the Cardiovascular Center at Cornell University Medical School in the U.S., was a visiting professor at Columbia University School of Medicine, and a COE professor at Jichi Medical University. His current positions are as follows: Professor and Chairman, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Japan; adjunct professor, Yonsei University School of Medicine, Korea; and distinguished professor, Fu Wai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China. He is currently vice president of the Japanese Society of Hypertension, a councillor of the Japanese Society of Cardiology, a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the European Society of Cardiology.
Cesar Romero (USA)
Cesar Romero is an Argentinian physician and scientist dedicated to the study of hypertension and its mechanisms. Dr Romero received his MD and PhD from the National University of Cordoba, Argentina. As a medical student and early in his career as a physician, he was mentored by the nephrologist Marcelo Orias, MD in the study of genetic and hemodynamic characteristics in young hypertensive patients. After his residency, he worked as attending physician and clinical investigator in Argentina, where he still coordinates a hypertension research group. He has postgraduate experience in Brazil under the supervision of Dr Muxfeldt (Rio de Janeiro) and Dr Latini (Santa Catharina, Brazil); in Detroit, Michigan under the supervision of Oscar Carretero, MD; and in Atlanta, Georgia under supervision of Dr Susan Wall. Currently, he is assistant professor at Emory University in Atlanta, USA.
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