General Description

The World Apheresis Association is an umbrella organization for national and international professional societies devoted to the scientific, medical, practical, technical, administrative, or educational aspects of apheresis. The purposes of the Association are to:

• Provide an organization through which all professional Societies dedicated to research and/or clinical practice in apheresis can communicate and collaborate;
• Foster global collaboration in scientific investigation, research, clinical applications, education, and exchange of information relating to apheresis and allied fields in clinical and laboratory medicine;
• Facilitate the availability of safe and effective apheresis techniques for the collection of donor cells and plasma as well as the removal or modification of blood constituents in disease;
• Encourage and advance high standards of administrative and technical performance in the field of apheresis;
• Manage a worldwide registry of patients treated by therapeutic apheresis.

In pursuit of the above goals the WAA:

• Hosts a biennial international Congress devoted to all aspects of apheresis;
• Contributes to the exchange of scientific information through its official journal, Transfusion Science and Apheresis,Publishes a newsletter outlining important developments in apheresis and in member Societies;
• Promotes the exchange of information between apheresis physicians and practitioners.

How to join

Interested Apheresis Societies are invited to apply for WAA membership by sending a letter to the WAA Central Office. The letter should describe the organization and provide a copy of the organization’s bylaws.

We are honoured to welcome the

1) Chinese Society of Infectious Diseases, Congress Chairman, Yu Mao, President, Beijing Ditan Hospital.

2) Korean Society for Apheresis- www.apheresis.or.kr

3) Mexican Association of Transfusion Medicine- Dr. Amalia G. Bravo Lindoro.

WAA Registry

WAA registry of patients treated by therapeutic apheresis is accessible on line, by clicking here. You just have to register once, then you will gain access to the registry web pages and, hence, be able to enter datas from your patients in the registry.

Current members

WAA Operations Office
c/o Canadian Apheresis Group
199-435 St. Laurent Blvd.
Ottawa, Ontario Canada
K1K 2Z8

Phone/Fax : 011+ 1 613 748 9613
E-mail : cag@ca.inter.net

WAA French Office
c/o Dr. Paul Coppo
Hôpital Cochin
Unité de Médecine Transfusionnelle
27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques
75679 PARIS Cedex 14
France

Phone/Fax : 33 (1) 42 08 80 15
E-mail : waa.art@cch.ap-hop-paris.fr