ECTRIMS is governed by an Executive Committee and a council of members nominated by the national neurological or multiple sclerosis organisations from member countries.
Governance
Governance
President
Prof. Maria Pia Amato
MS Center Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Area del Farmaco e Salute del Bambino (NEUROFARBA)
University of Florence
Florence, Italy
Vice-President
Dr. Mar Tintoré
Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Catalonia (Cemcat), Dept. of the Neurology/ Neuroimmunology at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital and Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
Secretary-General
Prof. Tobias Derfuss
Departments of Neurology
and Biomedicine
University Hospital Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Treasurer
Prof. Bruno Stankoff
ICM – Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, Department of Neurology, Paris, France
Member
Dr. Franziska di Pauli
Medical University Innsbruck, Clinical Department of Neurology, Innsbruck, Austria
Member
Dr. Ellen Iacobaeus
Karolinska University, Hospital Solna, Department of Neurology
Solna, Sweden
Member
Prof. Marcin Mycko
University of Warmia and Mazury, Department of Neurology, Olsztyn, Poland
ECTRIMS Council
The ECTRIMS Council is the governing membership body of the organisation. Members must be active MS researchers residing in European ECTRIMS membership countries and are nominated by the national neurological association or the board of the national multiple sclerosis association or society in each member country, according to the terms of the ECTRIMS bylaws.
Council Members by Country
Prof. Christian Enzinger
Medical University of Graz
Department of Neurology
Graz
Dr. Franziska
Di Pauli
Medical University Innsbruck, Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Clinic & Research Unit
Innsbruck
Dr. Artiom Taradeiko
Dr. Danny Decoo
AZ Alma
Department of Neurology & Neurorehabilitation
Damme
Dr. Vincent Van Pesch
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
Brussels
Associate Prof. Sonya Ivanona
University Hospital St. Naum
Department of Multiple Sclerosis
Sofia
Prof. Ivan Milanov
Head of Bulgarian Society of Neurology
Dr. Mario Habek
University Hospital Centre Zagreb
Department of Neurology
Zagreb
Dr. Elena Leonidou
Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics
Nicosia
Dr. Angelos Gregoriou
Aretaeio Private Hospital
Department of Neurology
Nicosia
Dr. Marta Vachova
MS Centrum Teplice
Teplice
Dr. Radek Ampapa
Jihlava Hospital
Jihlava
Dr. Jette Lautrup Frederiksen
Rigshospitalet
Department of Neurology
Glostrup
Dr. Morten Blinkenberg
Copenhagen University Hospital
Copenhagen
Dr. Peter Vestergaard Rasmussen
Aarhus University
Department of Clinical Medicine – The Department of Neurology
Aarhus
Dr. Sari Atula
Helsinki University Hospital
Neurology Outpatient Clinic
Hus
Dr. Mervi Ryytty
Oulu University Hospital
Neurology Outpatient Clinic
Oulu
Prof. David-Axel Laplaud
University of Nantes
Prof. Christine Lebrun-Frenay
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
Departement of Neurology
Nice
Prof. Bruno Stankoff
ICM – Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière
Department of Neurology
Paris
Currently no members
Dr. Frauke Zipp
University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Department of Neurology
Mainz
Dr. Luisa Klotz
Uniklinik Münster
Klinik für Neurologie mit Institut für translationale Neurologie
Münster
Dr. Ralf Gold
Neurologische Universitätsklinik
Faculty of Medicine
Bochum
Dr. Maria-Eleftheria Evangelopoulos
Eginition Hospital, Kapodestrian and National
University of Athens
Dr. Grigoriadis Nikolaos
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Dr. Cecilia Rajda
University of Szeged
Department of Neurology
Szeged
Dr. Gabor Lovas
Jahn Ferenc Hospital
Budapest
Currently no members
Dr. Brian Sweeney
Cork University Hospital
Cork
Prof. Joab Chapman
Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv
Dr. Esther Ganelin-Cohen
Schneiders Children’s Medical Center of Israel
Pediatric Neurology
Dr. Maria Pia Amato
University of Florence
MS Center
Dipartimento di Neuroscienze,
Area del Farmaco e Salute del Bambino (NEUROFARBA)
Florence
Dr. Francesco Patti
University of Catania
Catania
Prof. Matilde Inglese
Department of Neurosciences, Ophthalmology and Genetics University of Genoa
S. Martino Hospital
Genoa
Dr. Jolanta Kalnina
Head of Neurology Department | Multiple Sclerosis
Latvian Maritime Medicine Center
Riga
Dr. Sandra Svilpe
GK Neiroklinika
Department of Neurology
Riga
Dr. Evelina Grusauskiene
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Kaunas
Dr. Ieva Sereika
Vilnius University Hospital
Santaros Klinikos
Department of Neurology
Dr. Oana Costache
Hôpitaux Robert Schuman
Luxembourg
Dr. Ivan Barbov
Medical faculty Skopje
Skopje
Dr. Martiijn Beenakker
Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden
Leeuwarden
Dr. R.F. Neuteboom
Erasmus MC
Rotterdam
Dr. Lars Bø
Department of Neurology
Haukeland University Hospital
Bergen
Dr. Heidi Øyen Flemmen
Department of Neurology
Telemark Hospital
Skien
Dr. Anna Zurawsaka
University of Warmia and Mazury
University Hospital
Olsztyn
Dr. Marcin Mykco
University of Warmia and Mazury
University Hospital
Olsztyn
Dr. Agnieszka Machlanska
Jana Kilinskiego
Lodz
Dr. Vasco Salgado
Hospital da CUF
Cascais
Dr. Athena Ribigan
The Emergency and University Hospital
Bucharest
Dr. Daniela Anghel
Currently no members
Dr. Dragana Obradović
Military Medical Academy
Department of Neurology
Belgrade
Dr. Lorand Sakalaš
Dr. Lina Savšek
Dr. Gregor Brecl Jakob
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Dr. Celia Oreja-Guevara
Hospital Universitario Clinico San Carlos de Madrid
Madrid
Dr. Mar Tintoré
Vall d’Hebron Hospital
Neuroimmunology Unit
Barcelona
Prof. Jan Lycke
University of Gothenburg
Department of Clinical Neuroscience at Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology
Gothenburg
Dr. Ellen Iacobaeus
Karolinska University Hospital
Department of Neurology and Institute of Laboratory Medicine
Karolinska
Dr. Joachim Burman
Uppsala University
Department of Neuroscience
Uppsala
Dr. Tobias Derfuss
University Hospital Basel
Departments of Neurology and Biomedicine
Basel
Dr. Cristina Granziera
Universiy of Basel
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Basel
Dr. Christian Kamm
Cantonal Hospital Lucerne
MS Centre
Lucerne
Dr. Boz Cavit
Gazipasa, Atatürk Alani
Trabzon Merkez
Currently no members
Prof. Nikos Evangelou
University of Nottingham
Queen’s Medical Centre
Nottingham
Dr. Olga Cicarelli
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
London
Dr. Waqar Rashid
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
London
The specific roles and responsibilities of each governing group are outlined in the ECTRIMS bylaws. Other committees and sub-groups are constituted as needed for specific ECTRIMS functions and activities.
Honorary Members
Honorary members of the council may be nominated based on their outstanding contributions to the field of MS, their support of ECTRIMS and their international reputation in the field. Details on the criteria and benefits of honorary membership and how to nominate a candidate for honorary membership are available here.
Honorary Members by Year of Appointment
Professor Bernhard Hemmer
Technical University of Munich
Department of Neurology
Munich, German
Professor Hans-Peter Hartung
Heinrich Heine University
Center for Neurology
and Neuropsychiatry
Düsseldorf, German
Professor David Miller
University College London
UCL Queen Square Institute
of Neurology
Professor Franz Fazekas
Medical University of Graz
Department of Neurology
Graz, Austria
Professor Xavier Montalban
St. Michael’s Hospital
Department of Neurology
Toronto, Canada
Professor Tomas Olsson
Karolinska Hospital
Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Stockholm, Sweden
Professor Catherine Lubetzki
Salpêtrière Hospital
Department of Neurology
Paris, France
Professor Maria Trojano
University of Bari
Department of Neurology
Bari, Italy
Professor Eva Havrdová
Charles University
Department of Neurology
Prague, Czech Republic
Professor Per Soelberg Sørensen
Rigshospitalet
Department of Neurology
Copenhagen, Denmark
Professor Michel Clanet
Hôpital Pierre Paul Riquet
C.H.U. Hôpital Purpan
Department of Neurology
Toulouse, France
Professor Giancarlo Comi
Scientific Institute San Raffaele
Department of Neurology and INSPE
Milan, Italy
Professor Ludwig Kappos
University Hospital Basel
Department of Neurology
Basel, Switzerland
Professor Chris Polman
VU University Medical Center
Department of Neurology
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Professor Oded Abramsky
Hadassah University Medical Center
Department of Neurology
Jerusalem, Israel
Professor Alan J. Thompson
University College London
Institute of Neurology
London, United Kingdom