The Executive Council is the decision-making body of WFME. It meets annually to set the strategy and work plan which is managed by the Presidency (President, Vice President and Past President), and delivered through its staff and advisers. Individual profiles of the members of the Executive Council, WFME staff and advisers are published under People.
Voting members
- Six regional associations for medical education:
- Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)
- Association for Medical Education in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (AMEEMR)
- Association of Medical Schools in Africa (AMSA)
- Pan-American Federation of Associations of Medical Schools (PAFAMS)
- South East Asian Regional Association for Medical Education (SEARAME)
- Western Pacific Association of Medical Education (WPAME)
- Two founding members
- Three executive members
Non-voting members
- WFME President
- WFME Vice-President
- WFME Past President
- Special Adviser to the President
- Treasurer
WFME Executive Council, 2019
(L-R) back row: Professor Emiola Oluwabunmi Olapade-Olaopa (AMSA), Professor William W Pinsky (ECFMG), Professor Ricardo Leon-Borquez (PAFAMS), Professor Ducksun Ahn (Vice-President), Professor David Gordon (President), Barbora Hrabalová (WFME), Dr Otmar Kloiber (WMA), Dr Dujeepa Samarasekera (WPAME)
(L-R) front row: Dr Caline Mattar (WMA – JDN), Professor Titi Savitri (SEARAME), Katerina Dima (IFMSA), Professor Madalena Patrício (representing AMEE), Professor Janet Grant (CenMedic)
Absent: Professor Ibrahim Al Alwan (AMEEMR), Professor Trudie Roberts (AMEE), Professor Stefan Lindgren (Past President), Dr Giorgio Cometto (WHO)
New members 2020: Dr Caline Mattar, Dr Katerina Dima and Professor Trudie Roberts have now retired from the Executive Council, and have been replaced by Dr Audrey Fontaine and followed by Dr Yassen Tcholakov, Abdullah Al-Khafajy (preceded by Alaa Dafallah), Professor Trevor Gibbs respectively. Professor Ibrahim Al Alwan (AMEEMR) has been replaced by Doctor Ahmed Al Rumayyan.