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EACVI Committees & Task Forces

2022–2024

Education Committee

Chair: Leyla Elif Sade (Turkey)

Deputy Chair: Bernhard Gerber (Belgium)

  • Ahmet Demirkiran (Turkey)
  • Benay Ozbay (Turkey)
  • Denisa Muraru (Italy)
  • Erwan Donal (France)
  • Giulia Vinco (Italy)
  • Hafiz Naderi (United Kingdom)
  • Ivan Stankovic (Serbia)
  • Konstantinos Papadopoulos (Greece)
  • Lilit Baghdasaryan (United Kingdom)
  • Luna Gargani (Italy)
  • Mark Westwood (United Kingdom)
  • Nicholas Merke (Germany)
  • Nina Ajmone Marsan (Netherlands)
  • Özge Özden (Turkey)
  • Ricardo Fontes Carvalho (Portugal)
  • Sarah Moharem-Elgamal (United Kingdom)

Scientific Initiatives Committee

Chair: Marc Dweck (United Kingdom)

Deputy Chair: Tomaz Podlesnikar (Slovenia)

  • Ahmet Demirkiran (Turkey)
  • Emmanuel Androulakis (United Kingdom)
  • Gerald Maurer (Austria)
  • Giulia Elena Mandoli (Italy)
  • Hatem Soliman Aboumarie (United Kingdom)
  • Jadranka Separovic Hanzevacki (Croatia)
  • Jolien Geers (Belgium)
  • Jose Rodriguez Palomares (Spain)
  • Maria Lembo (Italy)
  • Robert Manka (Switzerland)
  • Sanjeev Bhattacharyya (United Kingdom)
  • Shruti S Joshi (United Kingdom)
  • Simona Botezatu (Romania)
  • Theo Pezel (France)
  • Tor Biering-Sørensen (Denmark)

Scientific Documents Committee

Co-Chair: Pal Maurovich-Horvat (Hungary)

Co-Chair: Ivan Stankovic (Serbia)

  • Alessia Gimelli (Italy)
  • Alexios Antonopoulos (Greece)
  • Aniela Popescu (Germany)
  • Erwan Donal (France)
  • Fabrizio Ricci (Italy)
  • Gerald Maurer (Austria)
  • Giovanni Di Salvo (Italy)
  • Julia Grapsa (United Kingdom)
  • Liliana Szabo (Hungary)
  • Maja Cikes (Croatia)
  • Marc Dweck (United Kingdom)
  • Mihaila Baldea (Romania)
  • Sorina Mihaila Baldea (Romania)
  • Niall Keenan (United Kingdom)
  • Pankaj Garg (United Kingdom)
  • Philippe Bertrand (Belgium)
  • Teodora Benedek (Romania)
  • Valtteri Uusitalo (Finland)
  • Victoria Delgado (Spain)
  • Yohann Bohbot (France)

Research and Innovation Committee

Chair: Danilo Neglia (Italy)

Deputy Chair: Ana Teresa Timoteo (Portugal)

  • Andrea Barison (Italy)
  • Arti Ramkisoensing (United Kingdom)
  • Cel McCracken (United Kingdom)
  • Eylem Levelt (United Kingdom)
  • Gianluca Pontone (Italy)
  • Giulia Elena Mandoli (Italy)
  • Julien Magne (France)
  • Marcelo Miglioranza (Brazil)
  • Marianna Fontana (United Kingdom)
  • Matteo Cameli (Italy)
  • Pier Giorgio Masci  (United Kingdom)
  • Riccardo Liga (Italy)
  • Rocco Friebel (United Kingdom)
  • Ruxandra Oana Jurcut (Romania)
  • Saloua El Messaoudi (Netherlands)
  • Sonia Borodzicz-Jazdzyk (Poland)
  • Theo Pezel (France)
  • Tor Biering-Sørensen (Denmark)
  • Zahra Raisi-Estabragh (United Kingdom)

Shared Interest Groups

Chair: Nina Ajmone Marsan (Netherlands)

Deputy Chair: Ana Almeida (Portugal)

  • Ana Teresa Timoteo (Portugal)
  • Andrew Swift (United Kingdom)
  • Aniela Popescu (Germany)
  • Anna Baritussio (Italy)
  • David Maisuradze (Georgia)
  • Elif Sade (Turkey)
  • Maria Isabel Gonzalez Del Hoyo (Spain)
  • Nina Eide Hasselberg (Norway)
  • Riitta Paakkanen (Finland)
  • Saloua El Messaoudi (Netherlands)
  • Sena Sert (Turkey)
  • Sjoerd Mollema (Netherlands)
  • Vasileios Kamperidis (Greece)
  • Vito Maurizio Parato (Italy)
  • Yasmina Bououdina (Algeria)

Industry Round Table Committee

Chair: Victoria Delgado (Spain)

Deputy Chair: Jeanette Schulz-Menger (Germany)

  • Alessia Gimelli (Italy)
  • Ana Maria G Almeida (Portugal)
  • Andreas Giannopoulos (Switzerland)
  • Anna Sannino (Italy)
  • Bernard Cosyns (Belgium)
  • Edyta Plonska-Gosciniak (Poland)
  • Elena Galli (France)
  • Hafiz Naderi (United Kingdom)
  • Ignatios Ikonomidis (Greece)
  • Jaume Aguero (Spain)
  • Kyriakos Yiangou (Cyprus)
  • Laura Murphy (Ireland)
  • Magnus Jensen (Denmark)
  • Malgorzata Wamil (United Kingdom)
  • Thor Edvardsen (Norway)

Web and Communication Committee

Chair: Sarah Moharem-Elgamal (United Kingdom) 

Deputy Chair: Denisa Muraru (Italy)

  • Ahmed Mohsen (Egypt)
  • Alessia Gimelli (Italy)
  • Caroline M. Van De Heyning (Belgium)
  • Colin Monaghan (United Kingdom)
  • Fabio Fazzari (Italy)
  • Francesco Perone (Italy)
  • Gergely Ágoston (Hungary)
  • Henry Han (United States)
  • Kevin Domingues (Portugal)
  • Mariana Brandão (Portugal)
  • Mark Schuuring (Netherlands)
  • Nay Aung (United Kingdom)
  • Nicolas Merke (Germany)
  • Rafael Vidal-Pérez (Spain)
  • Sara Moscatelli (United Kingdom)
  • Shehab Anwer (Switzerland)
  • Svetlin Tsonev (Bulgaria)
  • Vladyslav Kavalerchyk (Germany)

Membership Committee and Partner Societies

Chair: Bernard Cosyns (Belgium)

Deputy Chair: Bogdan A. Popescu (Romania)

  • Alexander Van de Bruaene (Belgium)
  • Anna Baritussio (Italy)
  • Blazej Michalski (Poland)
  • Dasa Zugwitz (Slovenia)
  • Denisa Muraru (Italy)
  • Elif Sade (Turkey)
  • Gianluca Pontone (Italy)
  • Jana Ljubas Macek (Switzerland) 
  • Maria Boutsikou (Greece)
  • Ricardo Fontes Carvalho (Portugal)
  • Robin Nijveldt (Netherlands)
  • Sarah Moharem-Elgamal (United Kingdom)
  • Victoria Delgado (Spain)
  • Vlatka Reskovic Luksic (Croatia)
  • Xavier Galoo (Belgium)  

Heart Imagers of Tomorrow (HIT) Committee

Chair: Theo Pezel (France)

Deputy Chair: Giulia Elena Mandoli (Italy)

  • Andreea Motoc (Belgium)
  • Anna Giulia Pavon (Switzerland)
  • Aurelien Bustin (France)
  • Begüm Uygur (Turkey)
  • Carla Sousa (Portugal)
  • Dasa Zugwitz (Slovenia)
  • Eirini Velegraki (Greece)
  • Giovanni Benfari (Italy)
  • Giulia Vinco (Italy)
  • Hafiz Naderi (United Kingdom)
  • Jolien Geers (Belgium)
  • Karolina Kupczyńska (Poland)
  • Liliana Szabo (Hungary)
  • Marta Cvijic (Slovenia)
  • Özge Özden (Turkey)
  • Sara Moscatelli (United Kingdom)
  • Sofien Ayed (Germany)
  • Theo Pezel (France)
  • Yoann Primet (Germany)
  • Yohann Bohbot (France)

Certification and Accreditation Committee

Co-Chair: Luna Gargani (Italy)

Co-Chair: John-Paul Carpenter (UK/United Arab Emirates)

CMR Subcommittee

  • Chair: Robin Nijveldt (Netherlands)
  • Deputy Chair: Mohammed Yunus Khanji (United Kingdom)
  • Members:
    • Ana Maria G Almeida (Portugal) Anna Baritussio (Italy)
    • Monica Deac (Switzerland)
    • Alexander Gotschy (Switzerland)
    • Gabriela Guzman (Spain)
    • Alexander Hirsch (Netherlands)
    • Robert Holtackers (Netherlands)
    • Christoph Jensen (Germany)
    • Jamal Nasir Khan (United Kingdom)
    • Alicia Maria Maceira Gonzalez (Spain)
    • Robert Manka (Switzerland)
    • Valentina Puntmann (Germany)
    • Vimal Raj (India)
    • Fabrizio Ricci (Italy)
    • Jose Fernando Rodriguez Palomares (Spain)
    • Michael Sosin (UK)
    • Oliver Tann (UK)
    • Caroline M Van De Heyning (Belgium)

CMR CHD Subcommittee

  • Chair: Oliver Tann (UK)
  • Deputy Chair: Emanuela Valsangiacomo Buechel (Switzerland)
  • Members:
    • Philipp Beerbaum (Germany)
    • Christian Meierhofer (Germany)
    • Rajesh Puranik (Australia)
    • Tobias Rutz (Switzerland)
    • Israel Valverde (Spain)

TTE Subcommittee

  • Chair: Elena Galli (France)
  • Deputy Chair: Agnes A Pasquet (Belgium)
  • Members:
    • Gergely Agoston (Hungary)
    • Carmen Beladan (Romania)
    • Nicolas Brugger (Switzerland)
    • Francesca Casadei (Italy)
    • Dilek Cicek Yilmaz (Turkiye)
    • Marta Cvijic (Slovenia)
    • Adriana Mihaela Iliesiu (Romania)
    • Ugur Nadir Karakulak (Turkiye)
    • Savvas Loizos (Greece)
    • Sylvestre Marechaux (France)
    • Marcelo Miglioranza (Brazil)
    • Antonella Moreo (Italy)
    • Alexander Valerievitch Nossikoff (Bulgaria)
    • Vasileios Panis (Greece)
    • Francesco Perone (Italy)
    • Nicola Riccardo Pugliese (Italy)
    • Vlatka Reskovic Luksic (Croatia)
    • Alexandra Toste (Portugal)
    • Dimitrios Tsiapras (Greece)
    • Kyriakos Yiangou (Cyprus)
    • Concetta Zito (Italy)

TOE Subcommittee

  • Co-Chair (EACVI): Constantinos Hristou Papadopoulos (Greece)
  • Co-Chair (EACTAIC): Joost van der Maaten (Netherlands)
  • Members:
    • Valentina Ajello (Italy)
    • Johan Bence (UK)
    • Stefaan Bouchez (Belgium)
    • Roland Rudi Brandt (Germany)
    • Joachim Mathias Erb (Germany)
    • Fabio Guarracino (Italy)
    • Maurice Hogan (New Zealand)
    • Angela Mahdi (Denmark)
    • Massimiliano Mariani (Italy)
    • Ligia Mendes (Portugal)
    • Eunice Onwordi (UK)
    • Valentina Rancati (Switzerland)
    • Alexandros Stefanidis (Greece)
    • Dragos Vinereanu (Romania)

Echo CHD Subcommittee

  • Co-Chair (EACVI): Owen Miller (UK)
  • Co-Chair (AEPC): Werner Budts (Belgium)
  • Members:
    • Tara Bharucha (UK)
    • Wei Li (UK)
    • Luc Mertens (Canada)
    • Annemien Van Den Bosch (Netherlands)

Nuclear Cardiology Subcommittee

  • Co-Chair (EACVI) : Ronny Buechel (Switzerland)
  • Co-Chair (EANM): Fabien Hyafil (France)
  • Members:
    • Raffaella Calabretta (Austria)
    • Federico Caobelli (Switzerland)
    • Andreas Giannopoulos (Switzerland)
    • Alessia Gimelli (Italy)
    • Senta Graf (Austria)
    • Anastasia Kitsiou (Greece)
    • Riccardo Liga (Italy)
    • Rene Nkoulou (Switzerland)
    • Stephen Richard Underwood (UK)

Cardiac CT Subcommittee

  • Chair: Marc Dweck (UK)
  • Deputy Chair: Sarah Moharem Elgamal (UK)
  • Members:
    • Mouaz Al Mallah (USA)
    • Andrea Baggiano (Italy)
    • Ronny Buechel (Switzerland)
    • Emma Cheasty (UK)
    • Marie-Annick Clavel (Canada)
    • Adriaan Coenen (Netherlands)
    • Edoardo Conte (Italy)
    • Ibrahim Danad (Netherlands)
    • Ceri Davies (UK)
    • Admir Dedic (Netherlands)
    • Patrick Donnelly (UK)
    • Russell Everett (UK)
    • Timothy Fairbairn (UK)
    • Fabio Fazzari (Italy)
    • Andreas Giannopoulos (Switzerland)
    • Orly Goitein (Israel)
    • Andrea Igoren Guaricci (Italy)
    • M Guglielmo (Netherlands)
    • Ulrike Haberland (Germany)
    • Ashraf Hamdan (Israel)
    • William Jenkins (UK)
    • Adam Levente Jermendy (Hungary)
    • Mihaly Karolyi (Hungary)
    • Mariusz Kruk (Poland)
    • Riccardo Liga (Italy)
    • Manish Motwani (UK)
    • Saima Mushtaq (Italy)
    • Stella-Lida Papadopoulou (Greece)Gianluca Pontone (Italy)
    • Francesca Pugliese (UK)
    • Francesca Raimondi (France)
    • Ronak Rajani (UK)
    • Stefania Rosmini (UK)
    • Alessandro Ruggiero (UK)
    • Balint Szilveszter (Hungary)
    • Carlo Tedeschi (Italy)
    • Jonathan Weir-McCall (UK)

Laboratory Accreditation Echo Subcommittee

  • Chair: Alexandros Stefanidis (Greece)
  • Deputy Chair: Monica Rosca (Romania)
  • Members:
    • Roland Rudi Brandt (Germany)
    • Ole-Alexander Breithardt (Germany)Paolo Colonna (Italy)
    • Marta Cvijic (Slovenia)
    • Tomasz Kukulski (Poland)
    • Piotr Lipiec (Poland)
    • Aleksandar N Neskovic (Serbia)
    • Constantinos Hristou Papadopoulos (Greece)
    • Helge Skulstad (Norway)
    • Kyriakos Yiangou (Cyprus)

Laboratory Accreditation CMR Subcommittee

  • Chair: Robert Manka (Switzerland)
  • Deputy Chair: Anna Baritussio (Italy)
  • Members:
    • Francisco Alpendurada (UK)
    • Bostjan Berlot (Slovenia)Louise Brown (UK)
    • Mareike Cramer (Germany)
    • Mohammed Yunus Khanji (UK)
    • Manish Motwani (UK)
    • Steffen Erhard Petersen (UK)
    • Jose Fernando Rodriguez Palomares (Spain)
    • Christopher Schneeweis (Germany)
    • Justyna Sokolska (Poland)

EACVI 2023 Scientific Programme Committee

Scientific Programme Chair: Prof. Steffen E. Petersen (United Kingdom)

Director of EACVI 2023 Strategy: Dr. Mark Westwood (United Kingdom)

Echo Co-Chair: Dr. Denisa Muraru (Italy)

CMR Co-Chair: Prof. Robin Nijveldt (The Netherlands)

Nuclear C & CCT Co-Chair: Dr. Gianluca Pontone (Italy)

CHD Representative: Prof. Giovanni Di Salvo (Italy)

Scientific Committee Advisors:

  • Prof. Bernard Cosyns (Belgium)
  • Prof. Thor Edvardsen (Norway)
  • Prof. Leyla Elif Sade (Turkey)
  • Prof. Bernhard Gerber (Belgium)
  • Assoc. Prof. Pal Maurovich-Horvat (Hungary)
  • Prof. Marc Dweck (United Kingdom)

EACVI Task Forces

List of EACVI Task Forces