Historical pictures WASOG

 

1958 LONDON The first conference, organized by Gerry James in London, 1958. Front row: 1st on the left is Louis Siltzbach; 2nd from left is Sven Löfgren; 4th from left is John Guyet Scadding, honored guest of the conference. Gerry is on the far right standing.  Professor Ingrid Gilg was the only woman involved at that time.

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1960 WASHINGTON DC. That’s Sven Lofgren (Sweden) on the left, and Martin Cummings on the right. Cummings organized the II International Conference on Sarcoidosis in DC that year.

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1969 PRAGUE Ladislav Levinsky organized this meeting. 3rd from left: Harold Israel; 5th from left: Louis Siltzbach; 6th from left: Ladislav Levinsky; Far right: Gerry James and Yutaka Hosoda

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1972 TOKYO, JAPAN VII International Conference on Sarcoidosis. Organized by Yutaka Hosoda.

From left:  First person – might be – Dick DeRemee, William Jones-Williams, Jude Turiaf, Gerry James, Harold Israel, Yutaka Hosoda.

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1978 CARDIFF, WALES William Jones-Williams organized this meeting. Front row from left: Harold Israel, Louis Siltzbach, William Jones-Williams, Yutaka Hosoda; middle row from left: Sven Lofgren, Andrew Douglas, Gerry James, Ladislav Levinsky; back row from left:  Jude Turiaf, Al Teirstein, Jacques Chretien.

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1989, PROFESSOR EULE FROM EAST GERMANY Professor Eule was able to come from East Germany to attend the conference (historical milestone). It was a profound experience for him, and for the group. Om Sharma, Professor Eule, Mrs. Kazue Hosoda.

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1991 Introduction of WASOG flag Organized by S. Oshima, Kyoto. From left:  Om Sharma, Takateru Izumi, S. Oshima.

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1993 LOS ANGELES Organized by Om Sharma. Lecturing: Gerry James.

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1993 LOS ANGELES William Jones-Williams and Om Sharma.

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1993 LOS ANGELES Gerry James and Al Teirstein.

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2007 TOKYO, JAPAN Gerry James is notably absent now from sarcoidosis conferences.His health was compromised and he could no longer travel. This is the new wave of sarcoidologists.