Committees 2016-2018

Scientific Documents

Chair: Dr Victoria Delago (Netherlands)

• Prof Nuno Cardim (Portugal)
• Prof Bernard Cosyns (Belgium)
• Prof Erwan Donal (France)
• Prof Thor Edvardsen (Norway)
• Prof Frank Flachskampf (Sweden)
• Prof Maurizio Galderisi (Italy)
• Prof Bernhard Gerber (Belgium)
• Dr Alessia Gimelli (Italy)
• Associate Prof Kristina Haguaa (Norway)
• Dr Philipp Kauffmann (Switzerland)
• Prof Patrizio Lancellotti (Belgium)
• Dr Masci Pier Giorgio (Switzerland)
• Dr Denisa Muraru (Italy/Romania)
• Prof Bogdan Alexandru Popescu (Romania)

Education

Chair: Dr Denisa Muraru (Italy)

• Prof Bernard Cosyns (Belgium)
• Prof Giovanni Di Salvo (Italy)
• Dr Marc Dweck (UK)
• Dr Francesco Faletra (Switzerland)
• Dr Kevin Fox (UK)
• Prof Maurizio Galderisi (Italy)
• Dr Ruxandra Jurcut (Romania)
• Prof Anastasia Kitsiou (Greece)
• Dr Jose F Rodriguez Palomares (Spain)
• Prof Bogdan Alexandru Popescu (Romania)
• Dr Francesca Pugliese (Italy)
• Prof Leila Sade (Turkey)
• Dr Ivan Stankovic (Serbia)
• Prof Jens-Uwe Voigt (Belgium)

Certification & Accreditation

Chair: Dr Mark Westwood (UK)

TTE Sub-committee

Co-Chair: Dr Luna Gargani (Italy)

Co-Chair: Prof Giovanni Di Salvo (Italy)

• Dr Carmen Cristiana Beladan (Romania)
• Prof Jutta Bergler-Klein (Austria)
• Dr Nicolas Brugger (Switzerland)
• Dr Kevin Fox (UK)
• Dr Elena Galli (France)
• Prof Adriana Iliesiu (Romania)
• Prof Jaroslaw Kasprzak (Poland)
• Dr Antonella Moreo (Italy)
• Prof Agnes Pasquet (Belgium)
• Dr Martha Sitges (Spain)
• Dr Alexandros Stefanidis (UK)
• Dr Stephan Stoebe (Germany)
• Dr Alexandra Toste (Portugal)
• Dr Dimitrios Tsiapras (Greece)
• Dr Kyriakos Yiangou (Cyprus)
• Dr Concetta Zito (Italy)

TEE Sub-committee

Co-chair: Dr Henry Skinner (UK)

Co-chair: Dr Alexandros Stefanidis (Greece)

• Dr Vassilis Barberis (Cyprus)
• Dr Roland Brandt (Germany)
• Dr Joachim Erb (Germany)
• Dr Fabio Guarracino (Italy)
• Dr Maurice Hogan (UAE)
• Dr Frank Kletzin (Germany)
• Dr Ligia Mendes (Portugal)
• Dr Chirojit Mukherjee (Germany)
• Dr Costas Papadopoulos (Greece)
• Prof Roxy Senior (UK)
• Dr Benoy Shah (UK)
• Dr Joost van der Maaten (Netherlands)
• Prof Dragos Vinereanu (Romania)

Lab Accreditation Sub-committee

Co-chair: Prof Giorgos Karatasakis (Greece)

Co-chair: Prof Albert Varga (Hungary)

• Prof Luigi Paolo Badano (Italy)
• Dr Roland Brandt (Germany)
• Associate Prof Ole-Alexander Breithardt  (Germany)
• Prof Nuno Cardim (Portugal)
• Prof Paolo Colonna (Italy)
• Dr Kevin Fox (UK)
• Dr José Gomez de Diego (Spain)
• Dr Andreas Hagendorff (Germany)
• Associate Prof Otto Kamp (Netherlands)
• Dr Nikolaos Kouris (Greece)
• Prof Patrizio Lancellotti (Belgium)
• Dr Simon Matskeplishvili (Russia)
• Prof David Messika-Zeitoun (France)
• Prof Aleksandar Neskovic (Serbia)
• Associate Prof Joachim Nesser Hans (Austria)
• Prof Petros Nihoyannopoulos (UK)
• Assistant Prof Kukulski Tomasz (Poland)
• Dr Rick Steeds (UK)
• Dr Monica Rosca (Romania)
• Associate Prof Heikki Ukkonen (Finland)

CMR Sub-committee

Chair: Dr John Paul Carpenter (UK)

Co-chair: Prof Ana Almeida (Portugal)

• Dr Francisco Alpendurada (UK)
• Dr Redha Boubertakh (UK)
• Dr John-Paul Carpenter (UK)
• Dr Andrea Codreanu (Luxembourg)
• Dr Monica Deac (Switzerland)
• Dr Christina Deluigi (Switzerland)
• Dr Marco Jan Wilhelm Gotte (Netherlands)
• Dr Gabriela Guzman Martinez (Spain)
• Dr Theo Karamitsos (Greece)
• Dr Alicia Maceira (Spain)
• Dr Robert Manka (Switzerland)
• Dr Robin Nijeveldt (Netherlands)
• Dr Jose F Rodriguez Palomares (Spain)
• Dr Joanna Petryka-Mazurkiewicz (Poland)
• Dr Dan Sado (UK)
• Dr Oliver Tann (UK)
• Associate Prof Norbert Wilke (USA)
• Prof Ali Yilmaz (Germany)

CHD Sub-committee

Chair: Dr Owen Miller (UK)

• Dr Tara Bharucha (UK)
• Prof Werner Budts (Belgium)
• Dr Nina Hakacova (Sweden)
• Dr Wei Li (UK)
• Prof Jan Marek (UK)
• Dr Folkert Meijboom (Netherlands)
• Prof Luc Mertens (Canada)
• Dr Kelly Peacock (UK)
• Prof John Simpson (UK)
• Prof Emanuela Valsangiacomo (Switzerland)
• Dr Annemien Van den Bosch (Netherlands)
• Dr Jackie Vletter-McGhie (Netherlands)

Research & Innovation

Chair: Dr Julien Magne (France)

Co-Chair: Dr Ehud Schwammenthal (Israel)

• Prof Nuno Cardim (Portugal)
• Associate Prof Maja Cikes (Croatia)
• Prof Jan d'Hooge (Belgium)
• Prof Erwan Donal (France)
• Prof Thor Edvardsen (Norway)
• Prof Gilbert Habib (France)
• Prof Patrizio Lancellotti (Belgium)
• Prof Gerald Maurer (Austria)
• Prof Danilo Neglia (Italy)
• Dr Robin Nijeveldt (Netherlands)
• Dr Petersen Steffen (UK)
• Dr Gianluca Pontone (Italy)
• Bogdan Alexandru Popescu (Romania)

Web & Communication

Chair: Dr Pal Maurovich-Horvat (Hungary)

• Dr Eustachio Agricola (Italy)
• Dr Francisco Alpendurada (UK)
• Dr Mateo Cameli (Italy)
• Associate Prof Ingo Eitel (Germany)
• Dr Laura Ernande (France)
• Dr José Gomez de Diego (Spain)
• Dr Lieven Herbots (Belgium)
• Dr Fabien Hyafil (France)
• Dr Hani Mahmoud (Egypt)
• Dr Denisa Muraru (Italy/Romania)
• Prof Jadranka Separovic Hanzevacki (Croatia)
• Associate Prof Iana Simova (Bulgaria)
• Dr Ivan Stankovic (Serbia)
• Dr Rafael Vidal Perez (Spain)

Industry Round Table

Chair: Prof. Nuno Cardim (Portugal)

• Dr Heleen Berdina van der Zwaan (Netherlands)
• Dr Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci (UK)
• Dr Mateo Cameli (Italy)
• Prof Bernard Cosyns (Belgium)
• Prof Thor Edvardsen (Norway)
• Dr Oliver Gaemperli (Switzerland)
• Prof Juhani Knuuti (Finland)
• Dr Julien Magne (France)
• Prof Sven Plein (UK)
• Prof Bogdan Alexandru Popescu (Romania)
• Dr Sousa (Portugal)
• Prof Jose Luis Zamorano (Spain)

Membership

Chair: Dr Elif Sade (Turkey)

• Dr Anna Baritussio (UK)
• Dr Elie Chammas (Lebanon)
• Prof Paolo Colonna (Italy)
• Dr Oliver Gaemperli (Switzerland)
• Dr Alessia Gimelli (Italy)
• Dr Krasimira Hristova (Bulgaria)
• Dr Theodoros Karamitsos (Greece)
• Prof Piotr Lipiec (Poland)
• Dr Simon Matskeplishvili (Russia)
• Prof Edyta Plonska-Gosciniak (Poland)
• Dr Rick Steeds (UK)
• Dr Maureen van der Vlugt (Netherlands)
• Prof Albert Varga (Hungary)
• Dr Kyriakos Yiangou (Cyprus)

International Communities

Chair: Prof. Gilbert Habib (France)

• Dr Mouaz  All-Mallah (Saudi Arabia)
• Prof Luigi Paolo Badano (Italy)
• Dr Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci (UK)
• Prof Bernard Cosyns (Belgium)
• Prof Erwan Donal (France)
• Prof Thor Edvardsen (Norway)
• Prof Mark John Monaghan (UK)
• Prof Sven Plein (UK)
• Dr Gianluca Pontone (Italy)
• Prof Bogdan Alexandru Popescu (Romania)
• Prof Jose Luis Zamorano (Spain)

Heart Imagers of tomorrow (HIT)

Chair: Dr Matteo Cameli (Italy)

• Dr Rony Buchel (Switzerland)
• Dr Raluca Dulgheru (Belgium)
• Dr Ozge Ozden Tok (Turkey)
• Dr Maria Magdalena Gurzun (Romania)
• Dr Ida Leren (Norway)
• Dr Tomas Lapinskas (Lithuania)
• Dr Riccardo Liga (Italy)
• Dr Hani Mahmoud (Egypt)
• Dr Blazej Michalski (Poland)
• Dr Marcelo Miglioranza (Brazil)
• Dr Sorina Mihaila (Romania)
• Dr Manish Motwani (USA)
• Dr Tomaz Podlesnikar (Slovenia)
• Assistant Prof Ciro Santoro (Italy)

Euroecho-Imaging 2017 Scientific programme committee

Scientific Chairs: Prof. Erwan Donal (France) & Prof Thor Edvardsen (Norway)

Scientific Programme Director: Dr Julien Magne (France)
Scientific Programme Advisors: Dr Elena Galli (France) and Prof Bernard Cosyns (Belgium)
Chair - CMR Section: Dr Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci (UK)
Scientific Programme Director CMR Section: Dr Petersen Steffen (UK)
Chair - Cardiac CT & Nuclear Section: Oliver Gaemperli
Scientific Programme Director Cardiac CT & Nuclear Section: Alessia Gimelli

• Dr Eustachio Agricola (Italy)
• Dr Saeed Al Ahmari (Saudi Arabia)
• Prof Luigi Paolo Badano (Italy)
• Prof Jutta Bergler-Klein (Austria)
• Prof Werner Budts (Belgium)
• Prof Philippe Charron (France)
• Dr Monica Luiza de Alcantara (Brazil)
• Prof Frank Flachskampf (Sweden)
• Prof Maurizio Galderisi (Italy)
• Prof Gilbert Habib (France)
• Dr Andreas Hagendorff (Germany)
• Associate Prof Kristina Hermann Haugaa (Norway)
• Dr Ruxandra Jurcut (Romania)
• Associate Prof Otto Kamp (Netherlands)
• Prof  Giorgos Karatasakis (Greece)
• Prof Jaroslaw Kasprzak (Poland)
• Dr Allan Klein (USA)
• Dr Stephane Lafitte (France)
• Prof Patrizio Lancellotti (Belgium)
• Dr Noah Liel-Cohen (Israel)
• Dr Owen Miller (UK)
• Prof Mark John Monaghan (UK)
• Dr Denisa Muraru (Italy/Romania)
• Dr Satoshi Nakatani (Japan)
• Prof Aleksandar Neskovic (Serbia)
• Prof Petros Nihoyannopoulos (UK)
• Prof Philippe Pibarot (Canada)
• Dr Vera Rigolin (USA)
• Dr Elif Sade (Turkey)
• Prof Roxy Senior (UK)
• Prof Jadranka Separovic Hanzevacki (Croatia)
• Dr Rosa Sicari (IT)
• Dr Martha Sitges (Spain)
• Dr Martin Swaans (USA)
• Dr Mani Vannan (USA)
• Prof Albert Varga (Hungary)
• Prof Dragos Vinereanu (Romania)
• Dr Kyriakos Yiangou (Cyprus)
• Prof Jose Luis Zamorano (Spain)