EACVI Committees

Scientific Initiatives

Chair: Associate Prof Kristina H. Haugaa (Norway)

Deputy Chair: Dr Marc Dweck (UK)

• Dr Nina Ajmone Marsan (Netherlands) 
• Dr Matteo Cameli (Italy) 
• Dr Antonello D'Andrea (Italy) 
• Prof Thor Edvardsen (Norway) 
• Dr Ricardo Fontes Carvalho (Portugal) 
• Dr Espen Holthe (Norway) 
• Dr Robert Manka (Switzerland) 
• Prof Gerald Maurer (Austria) 
• Dr Blazej Michalski (Poland) 
• Dr Tomaz Podlesnikar (Slovenia) 
• Prof Bogdan Alexandru Popescu (Romania) 
• Prof Jeanette Schulz-Menger (Germany)
• Prof Marta Sitges (Spain) 
• Dr Ivan Stankovic (Serbia) 

Scientific Documents

Chair: Prof Bernard Cosyns (Belgium)

Deputy Chair: Dr Ivan Stankovic (Serbia)

• Dr Philippe Bertrand (Belgium)
• Dr Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci (UK)
• Dr Ronny Buechel (Switzerland)
• Dr Victoria Delgado (Netherlands)
• Prof Erwan Donal (France)
• Dr Marc Dweck (UK)
• Prof Thor Edvardsen (Norway)
• Prof Maurizio Galderisi (Italy) 
• Prof Bernhard Gerber (Belgium)
• Associate Prof Kristina H. Haugaa (Norway)
• Prof Leyla Elif Sade (Turkey)
• Prof Gerald Maurer (Austria)
• Dr Denisa Muraru (Italy)
• Prof Bogdan Alexandru Popescu (Romania)

Appropriateness Criteria Sub-committee

Chair: Prof Patrizio Lancellotti (Belgium)

• Prof Ana Almeida (Portugal)
• Dr Madalina Garbi (UK)
• Dr Julien Magne (France)
• Dr Gianluca Pontone (Italy)

Education

Chair: Dr Denisa Muraru (Italy)

Deputy Chair: Prof Giovanni Di Salvo (Italy)

• Prof Ana Almeida (Portugal)
• Dr Marcus Carlsson (Sweden)
• Prof Andreas Hagendorf (Germany)
• Dr Ruxandra Jurcut (Romania)
• Dr Alicia Maceira (Spain)
• Dr Hani Mahmoud (Egypt)
• Dr Antonella Moreo (Italy)
• Prof Edyta Plonska-Gosciniak (Poland)
• Dr Antti Saraste (Finland)
• Dr Arthur Scholte (Netherlands)
• Dr Hatem A. Soliman Aboumarie (UK)
• Dr Ivan Stankovic (Serbia)
• Prof Nico Van De Veire (Belgium)

Research & Innovation

Chair: Dr Julien Magne (France)

Deputy Chair: Dr Danilo Neglia (Italy)

• Dr Matteo Cameli (Italy)
• Dr Marcus Carlsson (Sweden)
• Associate Prof Maja Cikes (Croatia)
• Prof Bernard Cosyns (Belgium)
• Prof Erwan Donal (France)
• Prof Thor Edvardsen (Norway)
• Prof Maurizio Galderisi (Italy)
• Associate Prof Ruxandra Jurcut (Romania)
• Dr Robin Nijeveldt (Netherlands)
• Dr Gianluca Pontone (Italy)
• Prof Bogdan Alexandru Popescu (Romania)
• Prof Leyla Elif Sade (Turkey)
• Prof Jens-Uwe Voigt (Belgium)

Web & Communication

Chair: Associate Prof Pal Maurovich-Horvat (Hungary)

Deputy Chair: Dr Rafael Vidal Perez (Spain)

• Dr Gergely Agoston (Hungary)
• Prof Steven Droogmans (Belgium)
• Dr Alessia Gimelli (Italy)
• Dr Julia Grapsa (UK)
• Dr Lieven Herbots (Belgium)
• Dr Fabien Hyafil (France)
• Dr Øyvind H Lie (Norway)
• Dr Hani Mahmoud (Egypt)
• Dr Blazej Michalski (Poland)
• Dr Manish Motwani (UK)
• Dr Denisa Muraru (Italy)
• Dr Ozge Ozden Tok (Turkey)
• Prof Jadranka Separovic Hanzevacki (Croatia)

Industry Round Table

Chair: Prof. Leyla Elif Sade (Turkey)

• Prof Nuno Cardim (Portugal)
• Prof Bernard Cosyns (Belgium)
• Prof Giovanni Di Salvo (UK)
• Dr Jeroslaw Kasprzak (Poland)
• Dr Julien Magne (France)
• Associate Prof Julia Mascherbauer (Austria)
• Dr Simon Matskeplishvili (Russia)
• Dr Pal Maurovich-Horvat (Hungary)
• Dr Denisa Muraru (Italy)
• Dr Danilo Neglia (Italy)
• Dr Robin Nijveldt (Netherlands)
• Prof Steffen E. Petersen (UK)
• Dr Marta Sitges (Spain)
• Prof Jens-Uwe Voigt (Belgium)

International Communities & Membership

Chair: Prof Bogdan Alexandru Popescu (Romania)

• Dr Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci (UK)
• Prof Bernard Cosyns (Belgium)
• Prof Thor Edvardsen (Norway)
• Prof Frank Flachskampf (Sweden)
• Prof Oliver Gaemperli (Swizerland)
• Dr Alessia Gimelli (Italy)
• Prof Gilbert Habib (France)
• Dr Piotr Lipiec (Poland)
• Prof Steffen E. Pettersen (UK)
• Dr Tomaz Podlesnikar (Slovenia)
• Prof Gianluca Pontone (Italy)
• Prof Leyla Elif Sade (Turkey)
• Prof Roxy Senior (UK)
• Dr Kyriakos Yiangou (Cyprus)

Heart Imagers of tomorrow (HIT)

Chair: Dr Matteo Cameli (Italy)

Deputy Chair: Dr Blazej Michalski (Poland)

• Dr Tor Biering-Sørensen (Denmark)
• Dr Philippe Debonnaire (Belgium)
• Dr Lars Dejgaard (Norway)
• Dr Maria Magdalena Gurzun (Romania)
• Dr Marton Kolossvary (Hungary)
• Dr Riccardo Liga (Italy)
• Dr Hani Mahmoud (Egypt)
• Dr Marcelo Miglioranza (Brazil)
• Dr Sarah Moharem (UK)
• Dr Ozge Ozden Tok (Turkey)
• Dr Marina Pascual (Spain)
• Dr Tomaz Podlesnikar (Slovenia)
• Dr Ciro Santoro (Italy)
• Dr Serkan Unlu (Turkey)
• Dr Vincent Van Deursen (Netherlands)

Certification & Accreditation

Chair: Dr Mark Westwood (UK)

Echo Certification Deputy Chair: Dr. Luna Gargani (Italy)

CMR Certification Deputy Chair: Dr. John-Paul Carpenter (UK)

TTE Sub-committee

Chair: Dr Luna Gargani (Italy)

Deputy 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 Savvas Loizos (Greece)
• Dr Antonella Moreo (Italy)
• Dr Alexander Nossikoff (Bulgaria)
• 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)

TOE Sub-committee

Chair: Dr Joost van den Maaten (Netherlands)

Deputy 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)
• Prof Dragos Vinereanu (Romania)

Echo Lab Accreditation Sub-committee

Chair: Prof Giorgos Karatasakis (Greece)

Deputy 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)
• Associate Prof Helge Skulstad (Norway)
• Dr Rick Steeds (UK)
• Dr Monica Rosca (Romania)
• Associate Prof Heikki Ukkonen (Finland)

CMR Lab Accreditation Sub-committee

Chair: Dr Robert Manka (Switzerland)

Deputy Chair: Dr John-Paul Carpenter (UK)

• Prof Petersen Steffen Erhard (UK)
• Dr Manish Motwani (UK)
• Dr Anna Baritussio (Italy)
• Prof Ana Maria G Almeida (Portugal)
• Prof Jose Fernando Rodriguez Palomares (Spain)
• Prof Emanuela Valsangiacomo Buechel (Switzerland)
• Assoc. Prof Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci (UK)
• Dr Mareike Cramer (Germany)
• Dr Alexander Gotschy (Switzerland)
• Dr Sarah Moharem-Elgamal (UK)
• Dr Tomas Lapinskas (Lithuania)
• Mr Tomaz Podlesnikar (Slovenia)

CMR Sub-committee

Chair: Dr John-Paul Carpenter (UK)

Deputy Chair: Prof Ana Almeida (Portugal)

• Dr Francisco Alpendurada (UK)
• Dr Anna Baritussio (Italy)
• Dr Redha Boubertakh (UK)
• Dr Andrei Codreanu (Luxembourg)
• Dr Erica Dall'Armellina (UK)
• Dr Monica Deac (Switzerland)
• Dr Christina Deluigi (Switzerland)
• Dr Marco Jan Wilhelm Gotte (Netherlands)
• Dr Gabriela Guzman Martinez (Spain)
• Dr Alexander Hirsch (Netherlands)
• Dr Theo Karamitsos (Greece)
• Dr Jamal Nasir Khan (UK)
• Dr Mohammed Yunus Khanji (UK)
• 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)
• Prof Albert Varga (Hungary)
• Associate Prof Norbert Wilke (USA)
• Prof Ali Yilmaz (Germany)

Echo 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)
• Prof Luc Mertens (Canada)
• Dr Kelly Peacock (UK)
• Prof John Simpson (UK)
• Prof Emanuela Valsangiacomo Buechel (Switzerland)
• Dr Annemien Van den Bosch (Netherlands)

CMR CHD Sub-committee

Chair: Dr Oliver Tann (UK)

• Prof Philippe Beerbaum (Germany)
• Dr Lars Grosse-Wortmann (Canada)
• Prof Wilem Helbing (Netherlands)
• Prof Vivek Muthurangu (UK)
• Dr Francesca Pluchinotta (Italy)
• Associate Prof Rajesh Puranik (Australia)
• Dr Tobias Rutz (Switzerland)
• Dr Jennifer Steeden (UK)
• Prof Emanuela Valsangiacomo Buechel (Switzerland)

Nuclear Sub-committee

Chair: Prof Richard Underwood (UK)

Deputy Chair: Dr Ronny Buechel (Switzerland)

• Prof Constantinos Anagnostopulous (Greece)
• Dr Alessia Gimelli (Italy)
• Dr Senta Graaf (Austria)
• Dr Fabien Hyafil (France)
• Dr Anastasia Kitsiou (Greece)
• Dr Riccardo Liga (Italy)
• Dr Danilo Neglia (Italy)
• Dr Rene Nkolou (B)
• Dr Eliana Reyes (UK)

CT Sub-committee

Chair: Dr Gianluca Pontone (Italy)

• Dr Mouaz Al Mallah (USA)
• Dr Ronny Buechel (Switzerland)
• Dr Marc Dweck (UK)
• Prof Oliver Gaemperli (Switzerland)
• Dr Andrea Guaricci (Italy)
• Dr Pal Maurovich-Horvat (Hungary)
• Dr Sarah Moharem Elgamal (UK)
• Dr Koen Nieman (USA)
• Dr Francesca Pugliese (UK)
• Dr Alexia Rossi (Italy)
• Dr Jonathan Weir-McCall (UK)

EuroEcho 2019 Scientific programme committee

Scientific Programme Chairpersons: Prof. Maurizio Galderisi (Italy) & Prof. Bernard Cosyns (Belgium)

Scientific Programme Director: Dr.Julien Magne (France)

Chair - CMR Section: Prof. Steffen E. Petersen (UK)

Chair - Cardiac CT & Nuclear Section: Dr. Alessia Gimelli (Italy)

Scientific Committee Advisors:

• Dr. Eustachio Agricola (IT)
• Prof. Jutta Bergler-Klein (AT)
• Dr. Tara Bharucha (UK)
• Prof. Thomas Binder (AT)
• Dr. Matteo Cameli (IT)
• Prof. Nuno Cardim (PT)
• Prof. Giovanni Di Salvo (UK)
• Prof. Erwan Donal (FR)
• Dr. Fabio Guarracino (IT)
• Prof. Rebecca Hahn (USA)
• Ass. Prof. Kristina Hermann Haugaa (NO)
• Dr. Denisa Muraru (IT)
• Prof. Aleksandar N Neskovic (BG)
• Prof. Luc Pierard (FR)
• Prof. Bogdan Alexandru Popescu (RO)
• Dr. Susanna Price (UK)
• Prof. Leyla Elif Sade (TR)

EuroCMR 2019 Scientific programme committee

• EACVI CMR Vice President 2016-2018: Doctor Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci (UK)
• EACVI CMR Vice President 2018-2020: Professor Steffen E. Petersen (UK)
• EuroCMR 2019 Programme Chair: Doctor Jose Rodriguez Palomares (Spain)
• EuroCMR 2019 Abstract Chair: Professor Ana Almeida (Portugal)

ICNC 2019 Organising and Scientific programme committees

Organising committee

• ASNC: Doctor Sharmila Dorbala (USA)
• EACVI: Professor Oliver Gaemperli (Switzerland)
• EANM: Doctor Hein J Verberne (Netherlands)

Scientific programme committee

• ASNC: Doctor Wael Jabber (USA)
• EACVI: Doctor Danilo Neglia (Italy)
• EANM: Doctor Fabien Hyafil (France)