UIPM reveals members of the 2016 UIPM Doping Review Panel

Prof Fabio Pigozzi, Chairman of the UIPM Medical Committee, has been appointed Chairman of the UIPM Doping Review Panel. He will be joined on the Panel by Prof Eduardo De Rose (a World Anti-Doping Agency Executive Board Member and Head of Anti-Doping for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games), Dr Tan Sri Jegathesan Manikavasagam (a WADA Health, Medical and Research Committee Member and Chairman of the OCA Medical Commission), Prof Norbert Bachl (EOC Medical Commission Member and Director ÖISM Österreichisches Institut für Sportmedizin, Vienna) and Avv Fulvia Lucantonio (UIPM Legal Counsel).

The Doping Review Panel receives information on potential violations of the UIPM anti-doping rules, conducts the reviews and decides on any ascertained violation. The appointment of Prof Pigozzi as Chairman has a term of one year renewable for the next four years.

Shiny Fang, UIPM Secretary General, on behalf of UIPM President Dr Klaus Schormann and the Executive Board, congratulated the incoming members of the Panel and sent them the very best wishes on their appointment. She said: “We are sure that you will offer a very skilled contribution to UIPM and to the fight against doping.