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Board of the ESC Council on Stroke

Nucleus members – voting members: 2024–2026

The Board is completed with ex-officio representatives from ESC Associations, Working Groups and Councils as well as from external stroke and neurological societies.

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Professor Petr Widimsky

Liaison Officer

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Professor Renate B Schnabel

Chairperson-Elect

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Doctor Giulio Francesco Romiti

Education & Scientific Programme Coordinator

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Associate Professor Marco Proietti

Secretary/Scientific documents Co-lead

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Doctor Dimitrios Nikas

National Contacts Coordinator

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Doctor Jacopo Francesco Imberti

Communications & Young Community Coordinator

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Professor Alison Halliday

Past Chairperson

Board members - Non voting members - 2024 - 2026

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Professor Eugenio Stabile

Representing the ESC Working Group on Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Disease

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Doctor Jose Miguel Rivera-Caravaca

Representing the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professions (ACNAP)

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Doctor Radoslaw Parma

Representing the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI)

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Doctor Panteleimon Papakonstantinou

Representing the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC)

Doctor Jorge Pagola

Representing the European Stroke Organisation (ESO)

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Doctor Thomas Kumler

Representing the ESC Council for Cardiology Practice

Professor Ulf Hedin

Representing the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS)

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Professor Diana A Gorog

Representing the ESC Working Group on Thrombosis

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Professor Eva Gerdts

Representing the ESC Council on Hypertension

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Professor Laurent Fauchier

Representing the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)

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Professor Matthias Endres

Representing the European Academy of Neurology (EAN)

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Professor Wolfram Doehner

Representing the Heart Failure Association (HFA)