EACVI Committees & Task Forces

Education Committee

Chair: Doctor Nina Ajmone Marsan (The Netherlands)

Deputy Chair: Professor Robin Nijveldt (The Netherlands)

• Professor Constantinos Anagnostopoulous (Greece)
• Professor Ronen Beeri (Israel)
• Doctor Philippe Debonnaire (Belgium)
• Professor Ricardo Fontes Carvalho (Portugal)
• Doctor Nina Eide Hasselberg (Norway)
• Professor Jaroslaw Damian Kasprzak (Poland)
• Docteur Chris Lawton (United Kingdom)
• Doctor Hani Mahmoud-Elsayed (Egypt)
• Associate Professor Mohamed Marwan (United Kingdom)
• Assistant Professor Denisa Muraru (Italy)
• Professor Jose Fernando Rodriguez Palomares (Spain)
• Doctor Hatem Soliman Aboumarie (United Kingdom)
• Doctor Ivan Stankovic (Serbia)
• Professor Ana Teresa Timoteo (Portugal)
• Doctor Ivo Van Der Bilt (The Netherlands)
• Doctor Planinka Zafirovska (North Macedonia)

Scientific Initiatives Committee

Chair: Professor Marc Dweck (United Kingdom)

Deputy Chair: Professor Matteo Cameli (Italy) 

• Doctor Ahmet Demirkiran (Turkey)
• Professor Ricardo Fontes Carvalho (Portugal)
• Doctor Gabriela Guzman (Spain)
• Professor Kristina H. Haugaa (Norway)
• Doctor Shruit Joshi (United Kingdom)
• Doctor Robert Manka (Switzerland)
• Professor Gerald Maurer (Austria)
• Associate Professor Pal Maurovich-Horvat (Hungary)
• Doctor Blazej Michalski (Poland)
• Professor Agnes Pasquet (Belgium)
• Doctor Tomaz Podlesnikar (Slovenia)
• Professor Jadranka Separovic Hanzevacki (Croatia)
• Doctor Marta Sitges (Spain)
• Doctor Hatem Soliman Aboumarie (United Kingdom)

Scientific Documents Committee

Chair: Professor Erwan Donal (France)

Deputy Chair: Doctor Ivan Stankovic (Serbia)

• Doctor Daniele Andreini (Italy)
• Professor Magnus Back (Sweden)
• Doctor Philippe Bertrand (Belgium)
• Professor Dana Dawson (United Kingdom)
• Professor Marc Dweck (United Kingdom)
• Professor Thor Edvardsen (Norway)
• Professor Kristina H. Haugaa (Norway)
• Doctor Niall Keenan (United Kingdom)
• Doctor Julien Magne (France)
• Professor Gerald Maurer (Austria)
• Professor James Moon (United Kingdom)
• Doctor Danilo Neglia (Italy)
• Professor Leyla Elif Sade (Turkey)

Research & Innovation Committee

Chair: Doctor Denisa Muraru (Italy)

Deputy Chair: Doctor Gianluca Pontone (Italy)

• Professor Constantinos Anagnostopoulos (Greece)
• Doctor Philipp Emanuel Bartko (Austria)
• Professor Bart Bijnens (Belgium)
• Associate Professor Marianna Fontana (United Kingdom)
• Doctor Elena Galli (France)
• Doctor Blazej Michalski (Poland)
• Doctor Martina Perazzolo Marra (Italy)
• Doctor Alexia Rossi (Switzerland)
• Professor Otto Smiseth (Norway)
• Professor Nico Van De Veire (Belgium)

Registries Sub-Committee

Chair: Doctor Ruxandra Jurcut (Romania)

Deputy Chair: Doctor Julien Magne (France)

• Doctor Nay Aung (United Kingdom)
• Associate Professor Matteo Cameli (Italy)
• Doctor Jordi Dahl (Denmark)
• Professor Marc Dweck (United Kingdom)
• Doctor Danilo Neglia (Italy)
• Professor Steffen E. Petersen (United Kingdom)
• Doctor Theo Pezel (France)
• Professor Bogdan A. Popescu (Romania)

Industry Round Table Committee

Chair: Doctor Alessia Gimelli (Italy)

Deputy Chair: Doctor Kyriakos Yiangou (Cyprus)

• Professor Ana Almeida (Portugal)
• Professor Jutta Bergler-Klein (Germany)
• Professor Erwan Donal (France)
• Doctor Fabien Hyafil (France)
• Doctor Ignatios Ikonomidis (Greece)
• Doctor Danilo Neglia (Italy)
• Professor Steffen E. Petersen (United Kingdom)
• Professor Edyta Plonska-Gosciniak (Poland)
• Professor Leyla Elif Sade (Turkey)

Web & Communication Committee

Chair: Doctor Ricardo Fontes-Carvalho (Portugal)

Deputy Chair: Doctor Sarah Moharem-Elgamal (United Kingdom)

• Doctor Gergely Agoston (Hungary)
• Doctor Shehab Anwer (Switzerland)
• Doctor Lilit Baghdasaryan (Armenia)
• Associate Professor Augustin Coisne (France)
• Professor Marc Dweck (United Kingdom)
• Doctor Alessia Gimelli (Italy)
• Professor Julia Grapsa (United Kingdom)
• Doctor Lieven Herbots (Belgium)
• Doctor Ricardo Ladeiras-Lopes (Portugal)
• Doctor Manish Motwani (United Kingdom)
• Doctor Ozge Ozden Tok (Turkey)
• Doctor Francesca Raimondi (France)
• Professor Leyla Elif Sade (Turkey)
• Doctor Hatem Soliman Aboumarie (United Kingdom)
• Doctor Sebastian Streukens (The Netherlands)
• Doctor Han Naung Tun (United States of America)
• Professor Caroline Van De Heyning (Belgium)
• Doctor Rafael Vidal-Perez (Spain)

International Communities & Membership Committee

Chair: Professor Thor Edvardsen (Norway)

Deputy Chair: Professor Bernhard Gerber (Belgium)

• Professor Bernard Cosyns (Belgium)
• Professor Erwan Donal (France)
• Doctor Alessia Gimelli (Italy)
• Professor Steffen E. Petersen (United Kingdom)
• Doctor Gianluca Pontone (Italy)
• Professor Leyla Elif Sade (Turkey)
• Professor Roxy Senior (United Kingdom)
• Assistant Professor Ralph Stephan Von Bardeleben (Germany)

Heart Imagers of tomorrow (HIT) Committee

Chair: Doctor Blazej Michalski (Poland)

Deputy Chair: Doctor Hatem Soliman Aboumarie (United Kingdom)

• Doctor Anna Baritussio (Italy)
• Doctor Tor Biering-Sorensen (Norway)
• Doctor Philippe Debonnaire (Belgium)
• Doctor Benjamin Essayagh (France)
• Doctor Ahmed Hujdurovic (Bosnia)
• Doctor Marton Kolossvary (Hungary)
• Doctor Savvas Loizos (Greece)
• Doctor Hani Mahmoud-Elsayed (Egypt)
• Doctor Giulia Elena Mandoli (Italy)
• Doctor Mohamad Mansour (Lebanon)
• Doctor Marcelo Miglioranza (Brazil)
• Doctor Andreea Motoc (Belgium)
• Doctor Ozge Ozden Tok (Turkey)
• Doctor Theo Pezel (France)
• Doctor Tomaz Podlesnikar (Slovenia)
• Doctor Vlatka Reskovic Luksic (Croatia)
• Doctor Mark Schuuring (The Netherlands)
• Doctor Carla Sousa (Portugal)
• Doctor Giulia Vinco (Italy)
• Doctor Planinka Zafirovska (North Macedonia)

Certification & Accreditation Committee

Chair: Doctor Mark Westwood (United Kingdom)

Echo Certification Deputy Chair: Doctor Luna Gargani (Italy)

CMR Certification Deputy Chair: Doctor John-Paul Carpenter (United Kingdom)

CMR sub-committee

Chair: Doctor John-Paul Carpenter (United Kingdom)

Deputy Chair: Professor Robin Nijveldt (Netherlands)

• Alexander Hirsch (The Netherlands)
• Alicia Maria Maceira Gonzalez (Spain)
• Ana Maria G Almeida (Portugal)
• Anna Baritussio (Italy)
• Christoph Jensen (Germany)
• Erica Dall'Armellina (United Kingdom)
• Francisco Alpendurada (United Kingdom)
• Gabriela Guzman (Spain)
• Jamal Nasir Khan (United Kingdom)
• Jose Fernando Rodriguez Palomares (Spain)
• Mohammed Yunus Khanji (United Kingdom)
• Monica Deac (Switzerland)
• Oliver Tann (United Kingdom)
• Raj Vimal (Germany)
• Rob Holtackers (The Netherlands)
• Robert Manka (Switzerland)
• Valentina Puntmann (Germany)

CMR CHD sub-committee

Chair: Doctor Oliver Tann (United Kingdom)

• Emanuela Valsangiacomo Buechel (Switzerland)
• Francesca Romana Pluchinotta (Italy)
• Jennifer Steeden (United Kingdom)
• Philipp Beerbaum (Germany)
• Rajesh Puranik (Australia)
• Tobias Rutz (Switzerland)
• Willem A Helbing (The Netherlands)

TTE sub-committee

Chair: Doctor Luna Gargani (Italy)

Deputy Chair: Professor Agnes A. Pasquet (Belgium)

• Luna Gargani (Italy)
• Agnes A Pasquet (Belgium)
• Adriana Mihaela Iliesiu (Romania)
• Alexander Valerievitch Nossikoff (Bulgaria)
• Alexandra Toste (Portugal)
• Alexandros Stefanidis (Greece)
• Angela Lopez (Spain)
• Antonella Moreo (Italy)
• Carmen Beladan (Romania)
• Concetta Zito (Italy)
• Dimitrios Tsiapras (Greece)
• Elena Galli (France)
• Gergely Agoston (Hungary)
• Giovanni Di Salvo (United Kingdom)
• Kyriakos Yiangou (Cyprus)
• Marcelo Miglioranza (Brazil)
• Nicola Riccardo Pugliese (Italy)
• Nicolas Brugger (Switzerland)
• Savvas Loizos (Greece)
• Stephan Stoebe (Germany)

TOE sub-committee

Chair: Doctor Joost van der Maaten (Netherlands)

Deputy Chair: Doctor Constantinos H. Papadopoulos (Greece)

• Alexandros Stefanidis (Greece)
• Angela Mahdi (Denmark)
• Benoy Shah (United Kingdom)
• Dragos Vinereanu (Romania)
• Fabio Guarracino (Italy)
• Frank Kletzin (Germany)
• Joachim Mathias Erb (Germany)
• Johan Bence (United Kingdom)
• Ligia Mendes (Portugal)
• Maurice Hogan (United Arab Emirates)
• Rick Steeds (United Kingdom)
• Roland Rudi Brandt (Germany)
• Stefaan Bouchez (Belgium)
• Vassilis Barberis (Cyprus)

Echo CHD sub-committee

Chair: Doctor Owen Miller (United Kingdom)

Deputy Chair: Professor Werner Budts (Belgium)

• Jan Marek (United Kingdom)
• Annemien Van Den Bosch (The Netherlands)
• Emanuela Valsangiacomo Buechel (Switzerland)
• Luc Mertens (Canada)
• Tara Bharucha (United Kingdom)
• Wei Li (United Kingdom )

Nuclear Cardiology sub-committee

Chair: Doctor Ronny Buechel (Switzerland)

Deputy Chair: Doctor Hein Verberne (Netherlands)

• Alessia Gimelli (Italy)
• Anastasia Kitsiou (Greece)
• Andreas Giannopoulos (Swizterland)
• Danilo Neglia (Italy)
• Eliana Reyes (United Kingdom)
• Fabien Hyafil (France)
• Rene Nkoulou (Switzerland)
• Riccardo Liga (Italy)
• Senta Graf (Austria)
• Stephen Richard Underwood (United Kingdom)

Cardiac CT sub-committee

Chair: Professor Marc Dweck (United Kingdom)

Deputy Chair: Doctor Alexia Rossi (Italy)

Group Coodinators:

• Alexia Rossi (Italy)
• Timothy Fairbairn (United Kingdom)
• Ronny Buechel (Switzerland)
• Ibrahim Danad (The Netherlands)
• Ronak Rajani (United Kingdom)
• Stella-Lida Papadopolou (Greece)
• Mouaz Al-Mallah (Saudi Arabia)

Sub-Committee members

• Gianluca Pontone (Italy)
• Pal Maurovich-Horvat (Hungary)
• Ben Ariff (United Kingdom)
• Andrea Baggiano (Italy)
• Andrea Bartykowszki (Hungary)
• Jackie Briggs (United Kingdom)
• Emma Cheasty (United Kingdom)
• Marie-Annick Clavel (Canada)
• Adriaan Coenen (The Netherlands)
• Edoardo Conte (Italy)
• Ceri Davies (United Kingdom)
• Admir Dedic (The Netherlands)
• Patrick Donnelly (United Kingdom)
• Russel Everett (United Kingdom)
• Andreas Giannopoulos (Swizterland)
• Orly Goitein (Israel)
• Marco Guglielmo (Italy)
• Ulrike Haberland (Germany)
• Ashraf Hamdan (Israel)
• Andrea Igoren Guaricci (Italy)
• Adam Jermendy (Hungary)
• Mihaly Karolyi (Swizterland)
• Marius Kruk (Poland)
• Riccardo Liga (Italy)
• Sarah Moharem Elgamal (Egypt)
• Mani Motwani (United Kingdom)
• Saima Mushtaq (Italy)
• Kristian Altern Ovrehus (Denmark)
• Francesca Pugliese (United Kingdom)
• Francesca Raimondi (France)
• David Ripley (United Kingdom)
• Alessandro Ruggiero (United Kingdom)
• Axel Schmermund (Germany)
• Balint Szilveszter (Hungary)
• Carlo Tedeschi (Italy)
• Jonathan Weir-McCall (United Kingdom)
• Mark Winkens (The Netherlands)

Laboratory Accreditation Echo sub-committee

Chair: Doctor Georgios Karatasakis (Greece)

Deputy Chair: Professor Leyla Elif Sade (Turkey)

• Albert Varga (Hungary)
• Aleksandar N Neskovic (Serbia)
• Hans-Joachim Nesser (Austria)
• Heikki Ukkonen (Finland)
• Helge Skulstad (Norway)
• Jose Juan Gomez de Diego (Spain)
• Monica Rosca (Romania)
• Nikolaos Kouris (Greece)
• Ole-Alexander Breithardt (Germany)
• Paolo Colonna (Italy)
• Patrizio Lancellotti (Belgium)
• Petros Nihoyannopoulos (United Kingdom)
• Richard Steeds (United Kingdom)
• Roland Rudi Brandt (Germany)
• Simon Matskeplishvili (Russian Federation)
• Tomasz Kukulski (Poland)

Laboratory Accreditation CMR sub-committee

Chair: Doctor Robert Manka (Switzerland)

Deputy Chair: Doctor John-Paul Carpenter (United Kingdom)

• Alexander Gotschy (Switzerland)
• Ana Maria G Almeida (Portugal)
• Anna Baritussio (Italy)
• Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci (United Kingdom)
• Emanuela Valsangiacomo Buechel (Switzerland)
• Jose Fernando Rodriguez Palomares (Spain)
• Justyna Sokolska (Poland)
• Manish Motwani (United Kingdom)
• Mareike Cramer (Germany)
• Sarah Moharem-Elgamal (United Kingdom)
• Steffen Erhard Petersen (United Kingdom)
• Tomas Lapinskas (Lithuania)
• Tomaz Podlesnikar (Slovenia)

EuroEcho 2021 Scientific Programme Committee

Scientific Programme Chairpersons: Professor Leyla Elif Sade (Turkey) & Doctor Denisa Muraru (Italy)

Abstract Chair: Doctor Ciro Santoro (Italy)

EuroCMR 2021 Scientific Programme Committee

EACVI CMR Vice President 2018-2020: Professor Steffen E. Petersen (United Kingdom)

EACVI CMR Vice President 2020-2022: Professor Bernhard Gerber (Belgium)

Scientific Programme Chair: Doctor Robert Manka (Switzerland)

Abstract Chair: Doctor Sarah Moharem-Elgamal (United Kingdom)

ICNC 2021 Organising and Scientific Programme Committees

Organising Committee

• ASNC: Doctor Prem Soman (USA)
• EACVI: Doctor Danilo Neglia (Italy)
• EANM: Doctor Hein Verberne (The Netherlands)

Scientific Programme Committee

• ASNC: Doctor Brian Abbott (USA)
• EACVI: Doctor Alessia Gimelli (Italy)
• EANM: Professor Riemer Slart (The Netherlands)