Our History
Why We Formed
ISSS was formed to build an international community that would collaborate, expand and advance the field of surgery for obstructive sleep apnoea.
ISSS Logo Explained
Our logo is based on the story of Odysseus and Polyphemus from Homer’s Legend.
Founding Board Members
B. Tucker Woodson, MD
President
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Kent Moore, DDS, MD
Vice President
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Samuel A. Mickelson, MD
Secretary-Treasurer
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Founding Members
- Alfred G. Windham MD – Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
- Andrew N. Goldberg MD MSCE – San Francisco, California, USA
- Brian K. Flowers MD – York, Pennsylvania, USA
- Brian Rotenberg MD MPH – London, Ontario, Canada
- Christopher G. Larsen MD – Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- Douglas K. Trask MD PhD – Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Edward M. Weaver MD MPH – Seattle, Washington, USA
- Eric J. Kezirian MD MPH – Los Angeles, California, USA
- Evert P. Hamans MD – Antwerp, Belgium, Europe
- Fred Anthony McLeod MD – Alexander City, Alabama, USA
- Gerald Bart MD – Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
- Gideon Radushkevitz – Tel Aviv, Israel
- Jason R. Boole MD – Fort Walton Beach, Florida, USA
- Jose Antonio Pinto MD – Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Keith Andrew Sale MD – Kansas City, Kansas, USA
- Kenny Peter Pang MD – Singapore
- Luis Encarnacion MD – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Mark D’Agostino MD – New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Mark Reinke MD – Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
- Mark T. Agrama MD – Jupiter, Florida, USA
- Marty Hopp MD PhD – Los Angeles, California, USA
- Mary Lou Sabino DDS – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- Mas Takashima MD – Houston, Texas, USA
- Michel B. Cahali MD – Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Nico de Vries MD – Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Nicolas Bu-Saba MD – Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Ofer Jacobowitz MD – Middletown, New York, USA
- Pell Ann Wardrop MD – Lexington, Kentucky, USA
- Peter Michaelson MD – Dayton, Ohio, USA
- Pon Poh Hsu MD – Singapore
- Regina Paloyan Walker MD – Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Sam Robinson MD – Adelaide, Australia
- Seichi Nakata MD PhD – Tokyo, Japan
- Steven Sewall DDS – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
- Tod C. Huntley MD – Indianapolis, Indiana, USA