The purpose of the International Sentinel Node Society is to serve and coordinate the needs of the diverse community of physicians and scientists who study the sentinel node. The Society is a non-profit corporation. Active Membership in the Society is limited to surgeons, pathologists, nuclear medicine physicians, dermatologists, oncologists, radiotherapists, and scientists who have shown evidence of continuing commitment to sentinel node surgery as demonstrated by such activities as:

1. Oncologic teaching or research
2. Involvement in activities of a National or International Oncology Research Society
   

OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Officers:
President	Umberto Veronesi, M.D.	European Institute of Oncology Milan, Italy
President-Elect	John F. Thompson, M.D.	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Sydney, Australia
Vice-President	Masaki Kitajima, M.D.	Keio University, School of Medicne Tokyo, Japan
Secretary	Alistair J. Cochran, M.D.	David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Los Angeles, CA
Treasurer	Sybren Meijer, M.D.	Vrije Univeriteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Past-President	Donald Mortan, M.D.	John Wayne Cancer Institute Santa Monica, CA
Executive Council:
Skin	Charles M. Balch, M.D.	American Society of Clinical Oncology Alexandria, VA
	Omgo Nieweg, M.D.	Netherlands Cancer Institute Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dermato-oncology	Bernd-Rudiger Balda, M.D.	Klinikum Augsburg Augsburg, Germany
Head and Neck	Nicola Mozzillo, M.D.	National Cancer Institute Naples, Itlay
Breast	Armando E. Giuliano, M.D.	John Wayne Cancer Institute Santa Monica, CA
	Robert E. Mansel, M.D.	University of Wales, College of Medicine Cardiff, Wales
Thoracic	Michael Liptay , M.D.	Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Evanston, IL
GI	Sukamal Saha, M.D.	McLaren Regional Medical Center Flint, MI
	Yuko Kitagawa, M.D.	Keio University, School of Medicne Tokyo, Japan
GYN	Charles Levenback , M.D.	M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX
Urologic	Ramon Cabanas , M.D.	Victory Memorial Hospital Brooklyn, NY
Other	Stanley Leong, M.D.	UCSF Medical Center at Mt. Zion San Francisco, CA
Pathology	Hans Starz, M.D.	Klinikum Augsburg Augsburg, Germany
	Stanley McCarthy, M.D.	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Sydney, Australia
Nuclear Medicine	Roger Uren, M.D.	Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Sydney, Australia
	Peter Ell, M.D.	University College of London London, United Kingdom
Basic Science	Dave Hoon, PhD	John Wayne Cancer Institute Santa Monica, CA
	David Krag, M.D.	University of Vermont Burlington, VT