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EACVI Elections - Board 2024-2026

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Discover the timelines, process, candidates and results of the EACVI Elections 2024-2026.

Discover the new EACVI Board 2024-2026

Presentation Denisa Muraru

Presentation Gianluca Pontone

Discover the candidates

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Doctor Rafael Carlos Vidal-Perez

Councillor - Echocardiography

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Doctor Thomas Treibel

Councillor - Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

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Professor Ana Teresa Timoteo

Councillor - Echocardiography

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Doctor Radu Teodoru Popa

Councillor - Nuclear & Cardiac CT

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Assistant Professor Tomaz Podlesnikar

Councillor - Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Doctor Liga Poca

Vice President-Elect - Nuclear & Cardiac CT

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Doctor Theo Pezel

Councillor - Nuclear & Cardiac CT

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Doctor Ozge Ozden Kayhan

Councillor - Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

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Professor Robin Nijveldt

Secretary

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Doctor Danilo Neglia

Secretary

Doctor Saima Mushtaq

Councillor - Nuclear & Cardiac CT

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Associate Professor Denisa Muraru

President-Elect

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Doctor Sarah Moharem Elgamal

Councillor - Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

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Professor Domenico Galzerano

Nominating Committee Member

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Professor Ricardo Fontes Carvalho

Treasurer

Doctor Rodolfo Citro

Councillor - Echocardiography

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Associate Professor Matteo Cameli

Vice President-Elect - Echocardiography

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Doctor Philippe Bertrand

Councillor - Echocardiography

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Doctor Manuel Barreiro Perez

Councillor - Nuclear & Cardiac CT

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Doctor Anna Baritussio

Councillor - Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

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Doctor Andrea Barison

Councillor - Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

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Professor Ibrahim Altun

Councillor - Nuclear & Cardiac CT

Doctor Ana Almeida

Secretary

Discover the candidates

President-Elect

  • Denisa Muraru - Application/ CV
  • Gianluca Pontone - Application / CV

Treasurer

  • Ricardo Fontes-Carvalho: Application / CV

Secretary

  • Ana Almeida - Application / CV
  • Danilo Neglia - Application / CV
  • Robin Nijveldt - Application / CV
  • Hatem Soliman Aboumarie - Application / CV

Vice President-Elect - Echocardiography

  • Matteo Cameli - Application / CV

Vice President-Elect - Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

  • Robert Manka - Application / CV

Vice President-Elect - Nuclear & Cardiac CT

  • Ricardo Liga - Application / CV

Councillors - Echocardiography

  • Philippe Bertrand - Application / CV
  • Rodolfo Citro - Application / CV
  • Daniel Armando Morris - Application / CV
  • Vasileios Kamperidis - Application / CV
  • Ana Teresa Timoteo - Application / CV
  • Rafael Carlos Vidal-Perez - Application / CV

Councillors - Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

  • Andrea Barison - Application / CV
  • Anna Baritussio - Application / CV
  • Sarah Moharem Elgamal - Application / CV
  • Ozge Ozden Kayhan - Application / CV
  • Tomaz Podlesnikar - Application / CV
  • Thomas Treibel - Application / CV

Councillors - Nuclear & Cardiac CT

  • Ibrahim Altun - Application / CV
  • Manuel Barreiro Perez - Application / CV
  • Andreas Giannopoulos - Application / CV
  • Saima Mushtaq - Application / CV
  • Theo Pezel - Application / CV
  • Radu Teodoru Popa - Application / CV

Nominating Committee Members

  • Domenico Galzerano - Application / CV
  • Krasimira Hristova - Application / CV
  • Malgorzata Wamil - Application / CV
  • Timelines

Timelines

  • 15 July: Membership voting rights close
  • 26 July – 18 August: Call for candidates. Deadline: 18 August 23:59 CEST
  • 9-13 September: Interview of the candidates for the President-Elect position (via video conference)
  • 25 September: Selection of final candidates by Nominating Committee
  • 30 September: Nomination sent to candidates and public announcement of selected candidates
  • 15 October – 15 November: E-voting
  • 11 December: Results announced at the inaugural session of EuroEcho-Imaging 2024 and on the web page

Key internal governance rules

  • Only EACVI Silver Members and FEACVI working in one of the ESC member countries may stand for Board positions.
  • There can be no re-election to the same position except for the position of Councillor, for which the candidate may stand for one more term.
  • Candidates for the position of President-Elect must have served the current or one of the preceding Boards as voting member of the Board.
  • Candidates for the position of Secretary and Treasurer must have served the current or one of the preceding Boards.

Open positions

Click on the position to view the job description.

  • President-Elect
  • Treasurer
  • Secretary
  • Vice President-Elect - Echocardiography
  • Vice President-Elect - Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
  • Vice President-Elect - Nuclear & Cardiac CT
  • Two Councillors - Echocardiography
  • Two Councillors - Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
  • Two Councillors - Nuclear & Cardiac CT
  • Five Nominating Committee Members

Voting rights

  • Only EACVI Silver Members and FEACVI working in one of the ESC member countries have voting rights at the EACVI General Assembly or within the association.
  • A member is considered eligible for voting only if he/she is a member already at the time of the candidates' announcement.

Bylaws

Access the EACVI Bylaws

Application_App000122736_Muraru.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000122736_Muraru.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000123061_Pontone.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000123061_Pontone.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000123353_Fontes-Carvalho.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000123353_Fontes-Carvalho.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000123130_Almeida.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000123130_Almeida.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000122725_Neglia.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000122725_Neglia.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000122731_Nijveldt.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000122731_Nijveldt.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000122943_Soliman-Aboumarie.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000122943_Soliman-Aboumarie.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000122996_Cameli.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000122996_Cameli.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000123238_Manka.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000123238_Manka.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000122990_Liga.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000122990_Liga.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000123012_Bertrand.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000123012_Bertrand.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000123402_Citro.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000123402_Citro.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000123417_Morris.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000123417_Morris.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000123197_Kamperidis.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000123197_Kamperidis.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000122820_Timoteo.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000122820_Timoteo.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000122699_Vidal-Perez.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000122699_Vidal-Perez.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000122710_Barison.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000122698_Baritussio.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000122710_Barison.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000122698_Baritussio.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000122630_Moharem-Elgamal.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000122630_Moharem-Elgamal.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000123196_Ozden-Kayhan.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000123196_Ozden-Kayhan.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000123420_Podlesnikar.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000123420_Podlesnikar.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000122707_Treibel.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000122707_Treibel.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000122866_Altun.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000122866_Altun.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000123104_Barreiro-Perez.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000123104_Barreiro-Perez.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000122723_Giannopoulos.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000122723_Giannopoulos.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000122706_Mushtaq.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000122706_Mushtaq.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000123193_Pezel.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000123193_Pezel.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000122697_Popa.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000122697_Popa.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000123415_Galzerano.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000123374_Galzerano.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000123426_Hristova.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000123426_Hristova.pdf (PDF)
Application_App000122568_Wamil.pdf (PDF)
CV_App000122568_Wamil.pdf (PDF)
EACVI Board 2024-2026 - job description President-Elect.pdf (PDF)
EACVI Board 2024-2026 - job description Treasurer.pdf (PDF)
EACVI Board 2024-2026 - job description Secretary.pdf (PDF)
EACVI Board 2024-2026 - job description Vice President Elect.pdf (PDF)
EACVI Board 2024-2026 - job description councillors.pdf (PDF)
EACVI Board 2024-2026 - job description NC Member.pdf (PDF)
EACVI rules of governance _ After technical review 2024.pdf (PDF)
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