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EHRA Committees


 

Committees

Certification Committee

Position Name Country
Chair Dr. Andreu Porta-Sanchez Spain
Co-Chair Prof. Christian de Chillou France
Co-Chair (LAHRS representative) Dr. Mauricio Abello Argentina
Co-Chair EP Subcommittee (Physicians and Allied Professionals) Dr. Martin Hemels Netherlands
EP Standard Setting Sub-Committee (Physicians and Allied Professionals) Dr. Matthias Antz         Germany 
Dr. Konstantinos Letsas Greece
Dr. Ana Margarida Lebreiro Portugal
Dr. Christian Meyer Germany
Ms Sarah Whittaker-Axon

UK

MCQ Writing EP Subcommittee members Dr. Finn Akerstrom Sweden
Dr. Suna Gonca     UK
Dr. Christine Lemes Austria
Dr. Cristina Martin Spain
Dr. Andrea Mazzanti Italy
Dr. Melanie Zammit Burg Malta
Co-Chair CIED Dr. Anastasia Egorova Netherlands
Standard Setting CIED Subcommittee members Dr. Tomás Datino  Spain
Dr. Elisa Ebrille Italy
Dr. Hielko Miljoen Belgium
Dr. Pierre Ollitrault France
Dr. Daniel Rodriguez Muñoz Spain
MCQ Writing CIED Subcommittee members Dr. Laure Champ-Rigot France
Dr. Andreas Haeberlein        Switzerland 
Dr. Manuel Sanchez Garcia  Spain
Ms. Elisabeth Santos Portugal
Dr. Julia Vogler Germany
ERTC Prof. Daniel Steven Germany

Selection Committee

Position Name Country
Chair Dr. Tom de Potter Belgium
Co-Chair Dr. Vassil Traykov Bulgaria
Member Dr. Giovanni Luca Botto Italy
Member Dr. Sergio Castrejon Spain
Member Prof. Laurent Fauchier France
Member Dr. Pietro Francia Italy
Member  Prof. Andrea Goette Germany
Member Dr. Barbara Kommata Sweden
Member Assist. Prof. Markus Stühlinger Austria
Member Assoc. Prof. Laszlo Szaghy Hungary
Member  Prof. Reza Wakili Germany

Education Committee

Position Name Country
Chair Dr. Marta de Riva Silva Netherlands
Co-Chair Prof. Philipp Sommer    Germany
Member  Dr. Marco Bergonti   Switzerland
Member  Dr. Stefano Bordignon        Italy
Member Dr. Alexander Breitenstein        Switzerland
Member Dr. Oscar Cano Perez        Spain
Member Prof. Jan de Pooter      Belgium
Member  Prof. Raphael Martins      France
Member Dr. Sotirios Nedios Germany
Member Dr. Martina Nesti Italy
Member  Prof. Andrea Sarkozy        Belgium
Member  Dr. Torkel Steen        Norway

 National Cardiac Societies Committee

Position Name Country
Chair  Prof. Daniel Scherr Austria
Co-Chair Dr. Katarzyna Malaczynska Rajpold  UK
Member  Assoc. Prof. Emma Allouche   Tunisia
Member Assoc. Prof. Adil Baimbetov Kazakhstan
Member Dr. Sergio Conti Italy
Member Dr. Søren Zöga Diederichsen Denmark
Member Prof. Michal Farkowski    Poland
Member Prof. Mordechai Halm  Israel
Member Dr. Tatevik Hovakimyan Armenia
Member Dr. Mokhtar Ibrahim UK
Member  Mrs. Olena Ilchyshyna Marchenko      Ukraine
Member Dr. Francisco Moscoso Costa Portugal
Member  Prof. Emin Evren Ozcan    Turkey
Member Dr. Nikola Pavlovic    Croatia
Member Dr. Olivier Piot France
Member  Assoc. Prof. Rachel Ter Bekke Netherland
Member Dr. Konstantinos Triantafyllou Greece

Young Electrophysiologists Committee

Position Name Country
Chair Dr. Martin Manninger Austria
Co-Chair Dr. Raquel Adelino Spain
Member  Dr. Anais Gauthey     Belgium
Member  Dr. Henrike Hillmann Germany
Member  Dr. Tomasz Jadczyk Poland
Member Dr. Maria Kousta Greece
Member Dr. Boldizsar Kovacs Switzerland
Member Dr. Martin Rauber Slovenia
Member  Dr. Yanushi Dullewe Wijeyeratne UK
Member Dr. Ivan Zeljkovic    Croatia

Patient Committee

Position Name Country
Chair Assoc. Prof. Matteo Anselmino Italy
Co-Chair Dr. Melanie Gunawardene  Germany
Member Dr. Karim Benali  France
Member Dr. Livio Bertagnoli Germany
Member Dr. Sonja Busch Germany
Member Prof. Jean-Claude Deharo France
Member Mrs. Ewa Jedrejczyk-Patej Poland
Patient Mrs. Sharon MacDonald UK
Member Dr. Silvia Ribeiro Portugal
Member Dr. Paula Sanchez Spain
Patient Mr. Marcin Ruciński Poland

Digital and mHealth Committee

Position Name Country
Chair Prof. David Duncker Germany
Co-Chair Dr. Priya Bhardwaj Denmark
Member Assoc. Prof. Patrick Badertscher Switzerland
Member Dr. Matteo Bertini Italy
Member Dr. Pranav Bhagirath  Netherlands
Member Assoc. Prof. Sandy Engelhardt  Germany
Member Dr. Ursula Rohrer  Austria
Member Dr. Fleur Tjong Switzerland

 e-Communication Committee

Position Name Country
Chair Dr. Stefan Simovic  Serbia
Co-Chair Dr. Micaela Ebert Germany
Member Dr. Jacopo Imberti Italy
Member Dr. Anthony Li   UK
Member Prof. Dominik Linz Netherlands
Member  Dr. Sharon Man  UK
Member  Mrs. Vera Maslova Germany
Member Dr. Augusto Meretta Netherlands
Member Dr. Bart Mulder Netherlands

Advocacy, Quality Improvement and Health Economics Committee (AQIHEC)

Position Name Country
Chair Assoc. Prof. Elena Arbelo   Spain
Co-Chair Prof. Deirdre Lane UK
Subcommittee Health eco Prof. Ruben Casado Arroyo Spain
Member  Dr. Sana Amraoui  France
Member Dr. Jakub Baran Poland
Member Dr. Brendan Collins UK
Member Assoc. Prof. Angeliki Darma Germany
Member Prof. Isabel Deisenhofer Germany
Member Dr. Daniel García Rodriguez Spain
Member Dr. Barbara Ignatiuk Italy
Member Dr. Nikola Kozhuharov Switzerland
Member Assoc. Prof. Ignacio Fernández Lozano Spain
Member Dr. Davide Mei Italy
Member Mrs. Lucia Osoro Italy
Member Dr. Thomas Phlips    Belgium
Member Dr. Pieter Postema Netherlands
Member Dr. Runa Sigurjonsdottir Sweden
Member Dr. Signe Stelling Risom Denmark
Member Prof. Maciej Sterlinski Poland
Member Dr. Mauro Toniolo Italy
Member Dr. Maura Zylla Germany

Scientific Initiatives Committee

Position Name Country
Chair Prof. Julian Chun Germany
Co-Chair Dr. Laura Perrotta  Italy
Member  Dr. Gabor Duray Hungary
Member Assoc. Prof. Piotr Futyma Poland
Member Prof. Christian Heeger Germany
Member  Dr. Jarkko Karvonen Finland
Member  Dr. Lina Marcantoni Italy
Member Assoc. Prof. Michal Mazurek Poland
Member  Dr. Andreas Metzner Germany
Member  Dr. Mark Mills UK
Member Dr. Martina Nesti Italy
Member  Dr. Diego Penela Spain
Member Dr. Martin Ruwald Denmark
Member  Assoc. Prof. Arian Sultan Germany
Member  Dr. Konstantinos Vlachos Greece
Member Dr. Maura Zylla Germany

Scientific Documents Committee

Position Name Country
Chair Prof. Katja Zeppenfeld Netherlands
Co-Chair Prof. Jens Cosedis Nielsen Denmark
Member  Dr. Maria Frausing Denmark
Member  Dr. Estelle Gandjbakhch France
Member Dr. Georgios Kollias Austria
Member  Prof. Michael Kühne  Switzerland
Member Prof. Radoslaw Lenarczyk Poland
Member  Assoc. Prof. Petr Peichl  Czechia
Member Dr. Archana Rao UK
Member  Dr. Avi Sabbag Israel
Member  Prof. Frederic Sacher  France
Member  Dr. Michelle Samuel Netherlands
Member  Dr. Hadrian Wijnmaalen / Adrianus Wijnmaalen Netherlands
Member Prof. Isabelle van Gelder        Netherlands

ECGen Committee

Position Name Country
Chair Assoc. Prof. Lia Crotti Italy
Co-Chair Dr. Giulio Conte Switzerland
Member  Dr. Amin Shoaib Amhad Netherlands
Member  Prof. Cristina Basso Italy
Member  Prof. Elijah Behr UK
Member  Prof. Connie Bezzina  Netherlands
Member  Dr. Georgia Brugada  Spain
Member Assist. Prof. Julia Cadrin-Tourigny Canada
Member  Prof. Kristina Hermann Haugaa Norway
Member Dr. Niccolò Maurizi      Italy
Member  Prof. Katia Odening  Switzerland
Member  Assoc. Prof. Carol Ann Remme Netherlands
Member Prof. Eric Shulze-Bahr Germany
Member Prof. Jacob Tfelt Hansen Denmark

Congress Scientific Programme Committee

Position Name Country
Chair Dr. Stylianos Tzeis Greece
Co-Chair Prof. Natasja de Groot Netherlands
Syncope Prof. Tolga Aksu Turkey
ΙCDs  Prof. Lucas Boersma Netherlands
Prof. Kevin Vernooy Netherlands
Ιmaging in arrhythmias  Prof. Hubert Cochet France
Primary arrhythmia syndromes (ECGEN REP)  Assoc. Professor Lia Crotti Italy
VT ablation (substrate - PVC) Dr. Marta De Riva Silva Netherlands
Pacemakers (conventional - conduction system - leadless)  Dr. Michael Derndorfer  Austria
Artificial intelligence - Μedical statistics - Clinical trials Dr. Søren Zöga Diederichsen  Denmark
ΕCG Dr. Micaela Ebert Germany
Paediatrics/GUCH  Prof. Maria Cecilia Gonzalez Corcia Canada
EHRA TV  Dr. Melanie Gunawardene Germany
CRTs  Dr. Mads Brix Kronborg Denmark
AF ablation (Catheter/Hybrid/Surgical)  Dr. Βart Maesen           Netherlands
Dr. Daniel Steven Germany
Τutorial sessions for beginners (How to) Dr. Νikola Pavlovic Croatia
Clinical arrhythmology Prof. Michiel Rienstra Netherlands
Digital and telemedicine  Prof. Renate Schnabel Germany
Αbstracts  Dr. Alireza Sepehri Shamloo Germany
SVT (ablation) Dr. Αrian Sultan Germany
Sudden cardiac death  Prof. Jacob Tfelt-Hansen        Denmark
Live cases and  tracings Dr. Konstantinos Vlachos Greece
LBCT subcommittee Dr. Sergio Castrejon Spain
Prof. Luigi Di Biase Italy
Prof. Meleze Hocini France
Prof. Jonathan Kalman Austria
Prof. Jose Luis Merino Spain
Prof. Helmut Pürerfellner Austria
Prof. Isabel C. van Gelder Netherlands
Dr. Atul Verma Canada
Patient initiatives  Miss Inga Drossart Belgium

Nominating Committee

Position Name Country
Chair Prof. Jose Luis Merino Spain
Member  Prof. Lucas Boersma Netherlands
Member  Dr. Michele Brignole Italy
Member  Prof. Pascal Defaye France
Member  Prof. Andrzej Lubinski Poland
Member  Prof. Jean-Benoit le Polain de Waroux Belgium

 

EHRA committee member obligations

EHRA committee members who fail to meet these established minimum obligations may be asked to step down:

  • Attend a minimum of 50% of EHRA committee meetings (in person, via telephone, online)
  • Deliver at least 75% of their assigned tasks within three weeks of the deadlines

For information on EHRA activities, please contact us.