Latest Events
ANNOUNCEMENT: These paediatric events are for information purposes and does not constitute any endorsements from the APPA Secretariat. Please confirm with organisers.
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The International Symposium on "When the Going Gets Tough on NICU: Holistic Care, Pocus and QA Methods."
Dates: May 02-04, 2026
Venue: Women and Children Centre, Ripas Hospital Al Afiah Hall, Ministry of Health, Brunei Darussalam
KK Women's and Children's Hospital Developmental Paediatrics Conference 2026
Dates: July 15-16, 2026
Venue: SingHealth Tower & Academia, Singapore
The 19th Asia Pacific Congress of Pediatrics (APCP) 2026
Dates: July 26-29, 2026
Venue: Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH), Colombo, Sri Lanka
The 14th Singapore Paediatric and Perinatal Annual Congress (SIPPAC 2026)
Dates: September 18-20, 2026
Venue: Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore
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The 6th Paediatric Flexible Bronchoscopy Course
Dates: October 16-17, 2026
Venue: Olympus Thai-Training & Education Center (T-TEC), Bangkok, 10250 Thailand
The 19th Congress of Asian Society for Pediatric Research (ASPR 2026) Seoul
Dates: October 21-23, 2026
Venue: Lotte Hotel World, Seoul, South Korea
The 20th Asia Pacific Congress of Pediatrics (APCP) 2028
Dates: January 01-31, 2028
Venue:
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Member Societies
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AUSTRALIA
Name of Member Society: PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH DIVISION (PCHD), THE ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS (RACP)
President : Dr. Dr. Niroshini Kennedy President Elect: Dr. Paul Hotton APPA Standing Committee: Dr. Niroshini Kennedy IPA Standing Committee: Dr. Niroshini Kennedy Address :145, Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
Website : https://www.racp.edu.au/
E-mail : niroshini.kennedy@vahs.org.au / paed@racp.edu.au
Tel/Mobile : 612-9256-5409 Fax: 612-9252-3310
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BANGLADESH
Name of Member Society: BANGLADESH PAEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION (BPA)
President : Prof. Mohd. Zahid Hussain Address :BPA, Plot #7/3C, Bareabag, Section #2, Mirpur, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh
Website : https://bpabd.org/
E-mail : 2008.bpa@gmail.com / z.hussain71@yahoo.com
Tel/Mobile : 88 01819247365 / 88 01819247365 -
CHINA
Name of Member Society: CHINESE PEDIATRIC SOCIETY (CPS)
President : Prof. Sun Kun Hon Secretary: Prof. Teng Qing APPA Standing Committee: Prof. Sun Kun Address :Prof. Sun Kun, President, Xinhua Children?s Hospital/ President, Xinhua Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 1665, Kongjiang Road, 200092, Shanghai, China
E-mail : sunkun@xinhuamed.com.cn / tengqing121@126.com
Tel/Mobile : 8613805 722351 Fax: 86 571 866 58672
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HONG KONG
Name of Member Society: THE HONG KONG PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY (HKPS)
President : Dr. Wong Hiu Lei, Lilian Hon Secretary: Dr. Yu Chak Man, Aaron APPA Standing Committee: Dr. Mike Kwan Address :The Hong Kong Paediatric Society (HKPS) Secretariat c/o Medical Societies of Hong Kong, 4/F, Duke of Windsor Social Service Building, 15 Hennesy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
E-mail : hkps@fmshk.org / lilianwonghl@gmail.com
Tel/Mobile : 852 2821 3523 Fax: (852) 2865 0345
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INDIA
Name of Member Society: THE INDIAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS (IAP)
President : Dr. Neelam Mohan Hon Secretary: Dr. Ruchira Maheshwari Treasurer: Dr. Alok Bhandari APPA Standing Committee: Prof. G V Basavaraja Address :Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP), Kamdhenu, Business Bay, 5th Floor, Plot No. 51, Sector 1, Juinagar, (Near Juinagar Railway Station), Nerul, Navi Mumbai- 400706, (India)
Website : https://iapindia.org/
E-mail : centraloffice@iapindia.org /secretary@iapindia.org
Tel/Mobile : (022) 27710857 -
INDONESIAN
Name of Member Society: INDONESIAN PEDIATRIC SOCIETY (IPS)
President : Dr Piprim Basarah Yanuarso Hon Secretary: Dr Hikari Ambara Sjakti IPA Standing Committee: Prof. Aman Pulungan Address :Indonesian Pediatric Society (IPS) Jalan Salemba 1, No. 5, Jakarta Pusat, 10430 Indonesia
E-mail : piprim@gmail.com / hasjakti@gmail.com
Tel/Mobile : 62-21-314-8610 Fax: 62-21-391-3982
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JAPAN
Name of Member Society: JAPAN PEDIATRIC SOCIETY
President : Dr. Junko Takita Vice-President: Dr. Yuko Ishizaki, Dr. Hiroyuki Yamagishi Treasurer: Dr. Kiminori Terui IPA Standing Committee: Prof. Kimihiko Oishi Address :4F, Suido-bashi Sotoberi Building, 1-1-5, Koraku, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-0004, Japan
E-mail : jtakita@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp / jps-international@jpeds.or.jp
Tel/Mobile : 81-3-3818-0091 Fax: 81-3-3816-6036
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MALAYSIAN
Name of Member Society: MALAYSIAN PAEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION
President : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Intan Juliana Binti Abdul Hamid Vice-President: Dr. Ong Eng Joe Hon Secretary: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erwin Khoo Jiayuan Treasurer: Dr. Musa Mohd Nordin IPA Standing Committee: Dr. Selva Kumar Sivapuniam Address :MPA, Unit 16-07, 16 th Floor, Menara Arina Uniti, 97, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Website : https://mpaeds.my/
E-mail : intanj@usm.my / jiayuan_khoo@imu.edu.my
Tel/Mobile : 603-2202 7099 Fax: 603-2602 0997
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MYANMAR
Name of Member Society: MYANMAR PEDIATRIC SOCIETY
President : Prof. Kyaw Myo Vice-President: Prof Nilar Lwin, Prof Saw Thet Khain Hon Secretary: Dr Wai Lin Tun Treasurer: Dr Khin Nwe Oo Address :550-bedded Children's Hospital 66th Street, 27-28 Block Chan Aye Tharsan Township Mandalay, Myanmar
Website : https://www.mmacentral.org/
E-mail : drkyawmyo@gmail.com / wailintun.kowai@gmail.com
Tel/Mobile : +95 97 985 99253 / + 95 920 50697 -
NEPAL
Name of Member Society: NEPAL PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY
President : Dr. Arun Neopane Vice-President: Dr. Ram Hari Chapagain Hon Secretary: Dr. Prakash Joshi Address :Nepal Paediatric Society (NEPAS), G.P.O.Box 2668, Kathmandu, Nepal
Website : https://nepas.org.np/
E-mail : arunneopane@hotmail.com/ dr.prakash346088@gmail.com
Tel/Mobile : 977-1441-2648 Fax: 977-1442-7449
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PAKISTAN
Name of Member Society: PAKISTAN PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION
President : Prof. Masood Sadiq President Elect: Prof. Muhammad Tufail Khan Hon Secretary: Prof. Mohsina Ibrahim Treasurer: Dr. Muhammad Hayat Buzdar APPA Standing Committee: Prof. Muhammad Ashraf Sultan Address :Pakistan Pediatric Association (PPA), Plot # 57-C, 11th Commercial Street, Phase II Extension, Defence Housing Authority, Karachi, Pakistan
Website : https://www.ppa.org.pk/
E-mail : ppagsoffice@gmail.com / drmasoodsadiq@hotmail.com
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Name of Member Society: PNG PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY
President : Dr. James Amini Hon Secretary: Dr. Fiona Kupe Address :Dr. James Amini, Presdent PNG Paediatric Society, Port Moresby General Hospital, Private Mail Bag 1, Boroko 111, National Capital District (NCD), Papua New Guinea
Website : https://pngpaediatricsociety.org/
E-mail : jmamini9@gmailcom / fionakupe@gmail.co
Tel/Mobile : 7682 6548/ 721 82299 -
PHILIPPINE
Name of Member Society: PHILIPPINE PEDIATRIC SOCIETY INC. (PPS)
President : Dr. Cesar M. Ong Vice-President: Dr. Wilfredo R. Santos Hon Secretary: Dr. Edwin Rodriguez APPA Standing Committee: Dr. Joselyn Eusebio Address :52, Kalayaan Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines 1101
Website : https://pps.org.ph/
E-mail : joselyn.eusebio@gmail.com /joselyn.eusebio@yahoo.com
Tel/Mobile : 8926-6758/ 8926-6759 -
SINGAPORE
Name of Member Society: SINGAPORE PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY
President : Dr. Alvin S M Chang Vice-President: Dr. Michael TC Lim Hon Secretary: Dr. Sridhar Arunachalam Treasurer: Dr. Soh Jian Yi APPA Standing Committee: Dr. Alvin S M Chang Address :Singapore Paediatric Society, C/o No.2, Venture Drive # 24-01, Vision Exchange, Singapore 608526
Website : https://www.sps.org.sg/
E-mail : secretariat@sps.org.sg / Alvin.chang.m.c@singhealth.com.sg
Fax: (65) 6779 7486
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KOREA
Name of Member Society: THE KOREAN PEDIATRIC SOCIETY
President : Prof. Han Suk Kim Hon Secretary: Prof. Byung Chan Lim Address :1606, Seocho World Officetel, 19, Seoun-ro, Seocho-gu Seoul, Republic of Korea
E-mail : pediatrics@pediatrics.or.kr/ kimhans@snu.ac.kr
Tel/Mobile : 822-3473-7305-6 Fax: 822-3473-7307
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SRI LANKA
Name of Member Society: SRI LANKA COLLEGE OF PAEDIATRICIANS (SLCP)
President : Prof. Pujitha Wickramasinghe Hon Secretary: Dr. Imalke Kankananarachchi Treasurer: APPA Standing Committee: Prof. Pujitha Wickramasinghe Address :44/1, Gnanartha Pradeepa Mawatha Colombo 08, Sri Lanka
Website : https://slcp.lk/
E-mail : pujitha68@gmail.com/ imalke@med.ruh.ac.lk
Tel/Mobile : +9477 750 8218 / +94 11 268 3178 Fax: 9411 268 4625
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THAILAND
Name of Member Society: PEDIATRIC SOCIETY OF THAILAND
President : Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rudiwilai Samakoses Vice-President: Prof. Dr. Vinadda Piyasil Hon Secretary: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pimol Wongsiridej Treasurer: Prof. Dr. Prapaipim Thirakhupt APPA Standing Committee: Prof. Dr. Vitharon Boon-yasidhi Address :Pediatric Society of Thailand, 9th Floor, The Royal Golden Jubilee Building, 2, Soi Soonvijai, New Petchburi Road, Bangkapi, Huaykwang, Bangkok 10310, Thailand
Website : https://www.thaipediatrics.org/
E-mail : thaipediatrics@gmail.com / vitharon@hotmail.com
Tel/Mobile : (662) 716-6200 Fax: (662) 716 6202
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TAIWAN
Name of Member Society: TAIWAN PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION
President : Prof. Yen-Hsuan Ni Hon Secretary: Dr. Liang-Shiou Ou Address :10F/1, No. 69, Section 1, Hang Chow S. Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan R.O.C.
Website : http://www.pediatr.org.tw
E-mail : tpa99@www.pediatr.org.tw / yhni@ntu.edu.tw
Tel/Mobile : 886-22-351-6446 Fax: 886-22351-6448
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VIETNAM
Name of Member Society: VIETNAM PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION
President : Asssoc. Prof. Tran Minh Dien Hon Secretary: Dr. Phan Huu Phuc Address :D Building, National Children?s Hospital, 18/879, La Thanh Road, Dong Da District, Hanoi, Vietnam
E-mail : hoinhikhoavn@gmail.com / dietm@nch.gov.vn
Tel/Mobile : 84-24 3835 7482 -
MACAU
Name of Member Society: MACAU PEDIATRIC SOCIETY
President : Dr. George Chay Website : https://macaupediatricsociety.org/
E-mail : cwgeorge6318@gmail.com
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MONGOLIA
Name of Member Society: MONGOLIA PEDIATRIC SOCIETY
President : Dr. Soyolgerel Gochoo Address :1st Floor, National Center for Maternal and Child Health (NCMCH), Adolescent Clinic, Khuvisgalchdyn Street, Bayangol District, Ulaanbaatar 16060, Mongolia
E-mail : gsoyolgerel@yahoo.com
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NORTH KOREA
Name of Member Society: KOREA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
E-mail : medigroup@star-co.net.kp
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LAO
Name of Member Society: LAO PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION
President : Dr. Khampe Phongsavath Website : https://www.laopediatricassociation.la
E-mail : web@laopediatricassociation.la / khampe5@hotmail.com