The Accreditation Council is an advisory committee who advises and/or makes recommendations to the External Evaluation Award Committee (EEAC) on matters relating to ISQua EEA’s flagship external evaluation programme – the International Accreditation Programme (IAP) and other external evaluation and accreditation-related issues.

Accreditation Council Members

Name Title Organisation

Salma Jaouni Chairperson Health Care Accreditation Council (HCAC)
Tina Janamian Deputy Chairperson Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited (AGPAL)
Ahmed Taha Member General Authority for Healthcare Accreditation & Regulation (GAHAR)
Alexia Costa Member IBES – Instituto Brasileiro para Excelência em Saúde
Anne Lee Member Shenzhen Hospital Accreditation Research Center (SHARC)
Atul Mohan Kochhar Member National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH)
Bhupendra K Rana Member Quality & Accreditation Institute Private Limited
Camilla Covello Member Quality Global Alliance (QGA)
Christine Hall Member CPSBC-Diagnostic Accreditation Program of British Columbia
Datuk Dr Heric Corray Member Malaysian Society for Quality in Health (MSQH)
Djoni Darmadjaja Member Komisi Akreditasi Rumah Sakit (KARS)
Fabio Leite Gastal Member Organização Nacional de Acreditação – ONA – Brasil
Jacqui Stewart Member The Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa NPC (COHSASA)
Karen Luxford Member Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS)
Katerina Tarasova Member Accreditation Canada / Health Standards Organization
Kathryn Petrovic Member Joint Commission International (JCI)
Kresimir Paliska Member AACI America LLC
Moyra Amess Member CHKS (Assurance and Accreditation)
Patricia Lahana Member Qualicor Europe
Patrick Mechain Member Haute Autorité de Santé (HAS)
Salem Salem Al-Wahabi Member Saudi Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institution (CBAHI)
Shin Ushiro Member Japan Council for Quality Health Care (JQ)

Accreditation Council Observers

Organisations identified by the ISQua External Evaluation Association (ISQua EEA) Board as strategic partners and whose area of work is similar to or complements that of the ISQua EEA may also be invited to join the Accreditation Council as observers. Observers may attend all meetings of the Accreditation Council and may participate in discussions and working groups of the Council. They may also facilitate or convene working groups with other members of the Council on specific topics or projects of interest. Observers are not eligible to stand for or to vote for the positions of Chair or Deputy Chair of the Accreditation Council or may not vote on other matters arising at the Council. 

Name  Title  Organisation
Ratna Devi Accreditation Council Observer IAPO (International Alliance of Patients Organizations)
Ronald Lavater Accreditation Council Observer International Hospital Federation (IHF)
Blerta Maliqi Accreditation Council Observer World Health Organization (WHO)
Amina Mohamed Accreditation Council Observer PFCAC