Global GIST Network - Network Support Outline

Country	FAQs	Liaison	Listserv	Organization	Website URL
Argentina	Spanish	Sandra Mesri	Yes	No	No
Australia	English	Katharine Kimball	No	No	No
Belgium	Dutch and French	Kris Heyman	Yes	Contactgroep GIST vzw	www.Contactgroepgist.be
Bolivia	Spanish	Vicky Ossio	Yes	No	No
Brazil	Portuguese	Alexandre Sakano	Yes	Yes	No
Canada	English	David Josephy	No	Life Raft Group Canada	http://www.liferaftgroup.ca/
Chile	Spanish	Piga Fernández	Yes	No	No
China	Chinese	Ray Mu	No	No	No
Colombia	Spanish	Rafael Vega	Yes	No	No
Costa Rica	Spanish	Michael Josephy	Yes	No	No
Cyprus	Greek	George Constantinou	No	No	No
Czech Republic	Czech	Jana Pelouchová	Yes	DIAGNÓZA CML o.s. Patient society	www.diagnoza-cml.cz
Dominican Republic	Spanish	Alejandro Miranda	Yes	Un Paso Max	No
France	French	Estelle LeCointe	Yes	Association Française des Patients du GIST	ensemblecontrelegist.org
Germany / Austria	German	Markus Wartenberg	Yes	Das Lebenshaus	DasLebenshaus.org
Greece	Greek	George Constantinou	No	No	No
Hungary	Hungarian	Tünde Kazda	No	CML és GIST Betegek Egyesülete	cmlgist.hu
Iran	Farsi	Negar Amirfarhad	No	No	No
Ireland	English	Carol Jones	No	No	No
Israel	Hebrew	Avi Zigdon	No	GIST Organization	www.gist.org.il
Italy	Italian	Anna Costato	No	Associazione Italiana GIST	gistonline.it
Japan	Japanese	Sumito Nishidate	Yes	Japanese Study Group on GIST	Gist.jp
Jordan	Arabic	Mohammed M. Milhem	No	No	No
Kenya	English	Francis Kariuki	No	No	No
Lithuania	Lithuanian	Virginija Zukauskiene	No	No	No
Macedonia	Macedonian	Dejan Krstevski	No	No	No
Malaysia	Malay	Choo Sian Yong	No	No	No
Mexico	Spanish	Rodrigo Salas	Yes	No	No
Nicaragua	Spanish	Maria Teresa Ponce	No	Alas de Vida	No
Norway	Norwegian	Odd Andreas Tofteng	No	Life Raft Group Norway	www.kreftforeningen.no
Pakistan	Urdu	Muhammad Shahid Rafique	No	No	No
Poland	Polish	Stan Kulisz	No	Polish GIST Society	gist.pl
Puerto Rico	Spanish	Gerardo Silva	Yes	No	No
Romania	Romanian	Simona Ene	No	Asociatia Bolnavilor de Cancer	No
Russia	Russian	Tanya Soldak	No	No	No
Samoa	Samoan	Leasi John Galuvao	No	No	No
Saudi Arabia	Arabic	Mohamed-Elbagir Ahmed	No	No	No
Scotland	English	Helena Koumbouzi	No	No	No
Singapore	Engish	Richard Robertson	No	No	No
South Africa	English	Jenny Aitken	No	No	No
South Korea	Korean	Changhoon Lee	No	No	No
Spain	Spanish	Maria Teresa Jimenez Salado	Yes	No	No
Sudan	Arabic	Mohamed-Elbagir Ahmed	No	No	No
Switzerland	German French Italian	Helga Schnorf	No	Swiss GIST Patient's Group	gastrointestinale-stromatumoren.com
The Netherlands	Dutch	Committee Life Raft Group Netherlands	Yes	Contactgroep GIST/Life Raft Group	Liferaftgroup.nl or contactgroepgist.nl
Thailand	Thai	Kittikhun Pornpakakul	No	No	No
Turkey	Turkish	Haver Tanbay	No	No	No
United Kingdom	English	Judith Robinson	No	GIST Support UK	Gistsupport.co.uk
Uruguay	Spanish	Fabrizio Martilotta	Yes	No	No
USA	English	Sara Rothschild	Yes	Life Raft Group	Liferaftgroup.org
Venezuela	Spanish	Maria Isabel Gómez de Soriano	Yes	Asociación de Ayuda a Pacientes Hemato-oncológicos	www.asaphe.org.ve

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