The Council assists the Executive Committee in managing ISID's activities through participation on committees and working groups.  The Council is distributed according to World Health Organization regions to ensure that all regions of the world are represented in the governing structure of the Society.  Council members serve a six-year term.  The Nominations Committee proposes candidates to fill vacancies in the Council.  Society members vote on the recommendations of the Nominations Committee at the biennial meeting.  Any member in good standing may submit his or her name to the Nominations Committee for consideration for Council membership.

Guillermo Acuña, Chile Zeinab Hassan Al-Wahsh, Jordan John Bartlett, USA Zulfiqar Bhutta, Pakistan Edouard Bingen, France N.C. Bodonaik, Jamaica Pedro Cahn, Argentina Jun Cheng, China Adriano Duse, South Africa Javier Ena, Spain Jeremy Farrar, VietNam Teshome Gebre Kanno, Ethiopia Barry Gilbert, Australia Bart Gordts, Belgium Rana A. Hajjeh, USA Nii Hanson-Nortey, Ghana Waleria Hryniewicz, Poland Gustavo Kouri, Cuba Vladimir Krčméry, Slovak Republic

Hsieh-Shong Leu, Taiwan Cristina Marino, Colombia Ziad Memish, Saudi Arabia Francois-Xavier Mbopi-Keou, Cameroon Emanuele Nicastri, Italy Alaine Nyaruhirira, Rwanda Didier Pittet, Switzerland Samuel Ponce de Leon, Mexico R.K. Ratho, India Marie-Christine Roy, Canada Sally Roberts, New Zealand Roberto Salvino, The Philippines Atef Shibl, Egypt Yupin Suputtamongkol, Thailand Jaime Torres, Venezuela Constanze Wendt, Germany Sergio Wey, Brazil