Committees
The Executive Committee is elected via majority by the General Assembly and meets three times a year. The Executive Committee is responsible for Society management. Day-to-day management of the Society is carried out by the Executive Board, consisting of the President, the President-Elect, the Vice-President and the Secretary-Treasurer. The Education, Membership, Research and Workshop Committees Chair lead the corresponsing Sub-Committees with a sufficient number of eligible fellows / corresponding fellows to fulfill its tasks.
President
Dr. Marc Zins
Hôpital Saint-Joseph
Paris/FR
President-Elect
Prof. Jaap Stoker
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam/NL
Vice President
Assoc.Prof. Giuseppe Brancatelli
University Hospital Palermo
Palermo/IT
Secretary/Treasurer
Prof. Valerie Vilgrain
Hôpital Beaujon
Clichy/FR
Education Committee Chair
Prof. Christoph J. Zech
University Hospital Basel
Basel/CH
Membership and Communication Committee Chair
Dr. Damian Tolan
Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS
Leeds/UK
Research Committee Chair
Prof. Stuart Andrew Taylor
University College Hospital
London/UK
Workshop Committee Chair
Assist.Prof.Dr. Sofia Gourtsoyianni
Areteion Hospital
Athens/GR
Meeting President (ESGAR 2024)
Prof. Lennart Blomqvist
Karolinska University Hospital
Stockholm/SE
Meeting President (ESGAR 2025)
Prof. Jaap Stoker
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam/NL
Executive Director
Brigitte Lindlbauer
Central ESGAR Office
Vienna/AT
Members at large
Prof. Maria Antonietta Bali
Hopital Universitaire de Bruxelles
Brussels/BE
Dr. Musturay Karcaaltincaba
Hacettepe University
Ankara/TR
Assoc.Prof. Nikolaos Kartalis
Karolinska University Hospital
Stockholm/SE
Assoc.Prof. Maija Radzina
Paula Stradina clinical university hospital
Riga/LV
Chairmen:
Giuseppe Brancatelli, Palermo/IT
Jaap Stoker, Amsterdam/NL
Members:
Maria Antonietta Bali, Brussels/BE
Lennart Blomqvist, Stockholm/SE
Sofia Gourtsoyianni, Athens/GR
Musturay Karcaaltincaba, Ankara/TR
Nikolaos Kartalis, Stockholm/SE
Ingrid Millet, Montpellier/FR
Maija Radzina, Riga/LV
Stuart Andrew Taylor, London/UK
Damian Tolan, Leeds/UK
Valerie Vilgrain, Clichy/FR
Christoph J. Zech, Basel/CH
Marc Zins, Paris/FR
Young ESGAR:
Nino Bogveradze, Vienna/AT
Roberto Cannella, Palermo/IT
Francesca Castagnoli, London/UK
Katja De Paepe, Boston, MA/US
Chair:
Christoph J. Zech, Basel/CH
Members:
Kelvin Cortis, Msida/MT
Manuela França, Porto/PT
Benjamin Henninger, Innsbruck/AT
Olivier Lucidarme, Paris/FR
Francesca Maccioni, Rome/IT
Caecilia Reiner, Zurich/CH
Stefania Romano, Pozzuoli/IT
Damian Tolan, Leeds/UK
Asuncion Torregrosa Andres, Valencia/ES
Charina Triantopoulou, Athens/GR
Giulia Zamboni, Verona/IT
Young ESGAR:
Davide Bellini, Latina/IT
Damiano Caruso, Rome/IT
Carolina Terra, Coimbra/PT
Social Media Advocates:
Roberto Cannella, Palermo/IT
Adriana Mirela Calin-Vainak, Cluj-Napoca/RO
Marta Zerunian, Rome/IT
EDGAR, Diploma
Chair:
Christoph J. Zech, Basel/CH
Co-Chair:
Musturay Karcaaltincaba, Ankara/TR
Members:
Doenja Lambregts, Amsterdam/NL
Caecilia Reiner, Zurich/CH
Pablo Rodríguez Carnero, Madrid/ES
Alexandre Perez Girbes, Valencia/ES
Diploma Young ESGAR:
Raminta Luksaite, Vilnius/LT
Giorgia Porrello, Palermo/IT
Chair:
Damian Tolan, Leeds/UK
Members:
Manca Garbajs, Maribor/SI
Kirsten Gormly, Adelaide/AU
Musturay Karcaaltincaba, Ankara/TR
Pablo Rodríguez Carnero, Madrid/ES
Anu Obaro, London/UK
Markus Obmann, Basel/CH
Joanna Podgórska, Warsaw/PL
Martina Scharitzer, Vienna/AT
Jean-Pierre Tasu, Poitiers/FR
Federica Vernuccio, Palermo/IT
Young ESGAR:
Nino Bogveradze, Tbilisi/GE
Joost van Griethuysen, Amsterdam/NL
Chair:
Stuart A.Taylor, London/UK
Members:
Isabelle de Kock, Ghent/BE
Doenja Lambregts, Amsterdam/NL
Monique Maas, Amsterdam/NL
Stephanie Nougaret, Montpellier/FR
Andrew Plumb, London/UK
Soren Rafaelsen, Vejle/DK
Maxime Ronot, Clichy/FR
Ines Santiago, Lisbon/PT
Vincent Vandecaveye, Leuven/BE
Young ESGAR:
Maira Hameed, London/UK
Carmelo Sofia, Messina/IT
Chair:
Sofia Gourtsoyianni, Athens/GR
Members:
Maria Antonietta Bali, Brussels/BE
Regina Beets-Tan, Amsterdam/NL
Luis Curvo-Semedo, Coimbra/PT
Vicky Goh, London/UK
Nikolaos Kartalis, Stockholm/SE
Miltiadis Krokidis, Athens/GR
Thomas Mang, Vienna/AT
Ingrid Millet, Montpellier/FR
Nickolas Papanikolaou, Lisbon/PT
Andrew Plumb, Esher/UK
Maija Radzina, Riga/LV
Christoph J. Zech, Basel/CH
Young ESGAR:
Francesca Castagnoli, London/UK
Jules Grègory, Clichy/FR
Ambassadors
ESGAR Ambassadors are instrumental tools to foster, develop and guide our Society in its main achievements and scope: to promote and disseminate the highest standards of Abdominal Radiology education and research all over the world. The ESGAR Ambassadors play an important role by providing a point of contact and advice in each of the represented countries of Europe and beyond. Click on the respective country to show the responsible ESGAR Ambassador.
If you wish to contact one of the ESGAR Ambassadors please contact the ESGAR Office. Your message will be forwarded.
India
Dr. Saugata Sen
Senior Consultant
Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences
Tata Medical Center
14, Major Arterial Road, Rajarhat, New Town
Kolkata, WB, India
PIN – 700160 Kolkata
Assoc.Prof. Binit Sureka
Associate Professor and Deputy Medical Superintendent
Department of Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur
Jodhpur - 342005 ,India
Australia
Dr. Kirsten Gormly
Dr. Jones and Partners Medical Imaging
South Australia
Austria
Prof. Thomas Mang
Medical University of Vienna
Department of Radiology
Währinger gürtel 18-20
1090 Vienna, Austria
Belgium
Dr. Bart Op De Beeck
UZAntwerp
Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen
Department of Radiology
Wilrijkstraat 10
BE - 2650 Edegem, Belgium
Canada
Prof. Tae Kyoung Kim
University of Toronto
University Health Network/Mount Sinai Hospital/Women's College Hospital
Joint Department of Medical Imaging
585 University Avenue
Toronto, ON M5G 2N2, Canada
Czech Republic
Prof. Vlastimil Valek
Masaryk University
Univesity Hospital Brno
Department of Radiology
Jihlavská 20
CZ - 639 00 Brno-Bohunice, Czech Republic
Denmark
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Soren Rafaelsen
Vejle Hospital
Department of Radiology
Kabbeltoft 25
DK - 7100 Vejle, Denmark
France
Prof. Jean- Pierre Tasu
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers
Department of Radiology
Rue de la Milétrie
FR - 86000 Poitiers
Germany
Prof. Thomas Lauenstein
Evangelisches Krankenhaus Düsseldorf
Chefarzt der Radiologischen Klinik
Kirchfeldstr. 40
40217 Düsseldorf, Germany
Greece
Dr. Charikleia Triantopoulou
'Konstantopoulio Agia Olga' General Hospital
Radiology and CT department
Agias olgas 3-5
GR - 14233 N.Ionia, Athens, Greece
Ireland
Dr. Carmel Cronin
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
Department of Radiology
Eccles Street
IE - 007 Dublin, Ireland
Israel
Prof. Arye Blachar
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Dept. of Radiology
Tel Aviv University
6 Weizman Street
IL - 64239 Tel Aviv, Israel
Italy
Dr. Ennio Biscaldi
Duchess of Galliera Hospital
Department of Radiology
Via Mura delle Cappuccine
IT - 16132 Genova, Italy
Japan
Prof. Hiromu Mori
Oita University Faculty of Medicine
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
Hasama-machi
JP - 879-5593 Oita, Japan
Korea
Dr. Jeong Min Lee
Seoul National University Hospital
Department of Radiology
Yeongon-dong 110, Jongno-gu
KR - 110-744 Seoul, Republic of Korea
India
Professor and Deputy Medical Superintendent
Department of Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur
Jodhpur - 342005 ,India
Latvia
Assoc.Prof. Maija Radzina
Paula Stradina clinical university hospital
Diagnostic Radiology institute
Pilsonu str 13
LV1002 Riga, Latvia
China
Prof. Dr. Bin Song
Chairman, Dept. of Radiology, West China Hospital
Sichuan University
37# Guo Xue Xiang
610041, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Brazil
Prof. Nelson Caserta
HC Unicamp
Department of Radiology
Rua Salim Feres 427
13100-117 Campinas,SP, Brazil
Brazil
Dr. Luciana Costa
Brazilian College of Radiology
Colégio Brasileiro de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem
Av. Paulista, 37 - cj. 71 - São Paulo/SP - Cep: 01311-902, Brazil
Iran
Amir Reza Radmard, MD
Associate Professor
Chairman, Department of Radiology
Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
North Kargar Ave. Tehran, Iran
Netherlands
Dr. Julien B.C.M. Puylaert
MCH Westeinde Hospital
Department of Radiology
Lijnbaan 32
NL - 2512 The Hague, Netherlands
New Zealand
Prof. Andrew Holden
Auckland City Hospital
Department of Radiology
Park Road, Grafton
NZ - 624 Auckland, New Zealand
Norway
Prof. Anne Negård
Departmental chief physician /professor
Department of Radiology
Akershus University Hospital and University of Oslo
Sykehusveien 25
1478 Lørenskog, Norway
Poland
Prof. Andrzej Cieszanowski
Medical University of Warsaw
2nd Department of Clinical Radiology
Banacha 1a
PL – 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
Serbia
Prof. Sanja Stojanovic
Clinical Centre Novi Sad
Institute of Radiology
Hajduk Veljkova 1-7
21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Spain
Dr. Jordi Rimola
Hospital Clinic Barcelona
Department of Radiology
Villarroel 170
08036 Barcelona, Spain
Sweden
Nikolaos Kartalis
Senior Consultant Radiologist
Department of Radiology Huddinge, Karolinska University Hospital ||
Associate Professor
Division of Radiology, CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet
O42, SE-4186 Stockholm, Sweden
Switzerland
Dr. Caecilia Reiner
University Hospital Zurich
Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
Raemistrasse 100
8091 Zurich, Switzerland
Trinidad & Tobago
Dr. Alexander Sinanan
University of the West Indies
Dept of Medical Imaging
Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex
Uriah Butler Highway, Champs Fleurs
United Kingdom
Dr. Benjamin Rea
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
Northern General Hospital
Department of Radiology
Herries Road
UK - S5 7AT Sheffield
United States
Prof. Perry J. Pickhardt
University of Wisconsin
School of Medicine & Public Health
Department of Radiology
E3/311 Clinical Science Center
600 Highland Avenue
US - 53792-3252 Madison, WI, United States
Turkey
Prof. Sukru Mehmet Erturk
Department of Radiology
Istanbul University School of Medicine
Capa, 34093 Fatih / Istanbul, TURKEY
Russia
Prof. Grigory Karmazanovsky
A.V. Vishnevsky National Medical Research Center of Surgery
27, Bol'shaya Serpukhovskaia str.,
117997 Moscow
Russian Federation
Portugal
Dr. Jose Venancio
Campo grande,10-4ºb
PT - 1700-092 Lisbon, Portugal
Slovenia
Dr. Manca Garbajs
MTC Fontana
Department of Radiology
Koroška cesta 172
SI - 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
Romania
Prof. Dr. Ioana Gabriela Lupescu
Head of the Radiology, Medical Imaging and Interventional Radiology Department of
Fundeni Clinical Institute, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila
Sos Fundeni, nr.258, sect.2
22328 Bucharest, Romania
Malta
Dr. Kelvin Cortis
Mater Dei Hospital
Medical Imaging Department
Msida Bypass
MSD2090 Msida, Malta