European Society of
Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy
People
Executive Committee
President: Professor James V Byrne MD, FRCS, FRCR
Professor of Neuroradiology at the University of Oxford. James was Editor-in-Chief of NEURORADIOLOGY from 2005-2010, and is Director of the MSc in Endovascular Neurosurgery and Interventional Neuroradiology.
Secretary: Professor Christope Cognard
Born in Paris 1961, Fellowship in Psychiatry from 1985 to 1989, Classification of dural fistulas with JJ Merland in 1992, trained by J. Moret from 1995 to 1997, Professor of Radiology in Sept. 1999, Chairman of the Department of Neuroradiology of the University Hospitals of Toulouse since 2002.
Treasurer: Dr Søren Bakke
Since 1994, Søren Jacob Bakke, MD, has been Chief of Neurointervention at Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet. He has trained with Per Nakstad in Oslo since 1989 and with Charlie Strother at University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Chief Executive: Mr Mike Iliopoulos
Mike Iliopoulos was IT Consultant at DWC AG (Zurich, CH) and CEO of Sodatec S.A. (Havana, CV). For the past five years, he has acted as CTO of IT at SCSM AG, organising over 25 Congresses. He now manages the Institutional Division of the Zurich Team of MCI.
Education
Chair: Professor Isabel Wanke
Professor and Chairman for Interventional Neuroradiology at the University of Essen, Germany, and Professor of Neuroradiology, Klinik Hirslanden, Zürich, Switzerland
Examination
Chair: Prof Dr Jens Fiehler
Jens is the Director of the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology in the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in Germany and Visiting Professor of Interventional Neuroradiology at the University of Oxford.
Research
Chair: Prof Francis Turjman
Professor of Radiology at the University of Lyon, France; Head of Interventional Neuroradiology at Hopital Neurologique, Lyon, France
Multidisciplinary
Chair: Dr Alessandra Biondi
Alessandra Biondi is Professor of Radiology and Director of the Department of Neuroradiology
and Vascular Radiology. Besançon University Hospital, Besançon, France. Her research is devoted to vascular malformations of the brain and spinal cord. She has over 100 publications and eight book chapters.
Professional Liaison
Chair: Dr István Szikora
Head, Department of Neurointerventions, National Institute of Neurosciences (NIN)
Deputy Director, Research and Science, National Institute of Neurosciences (NIN)
Publication
Other CommitteesMaster's Course
Chair: Dr Monika Killer
Professor Monika Killer-Oberpfalzer, M.D., is a fully trained neurosurgeon who specializes in neurointerventional therapy. Her clinical skills and scientific interests are focused on the diagnosis and treatment of cerebrovascular diseases and spinal vascular malformations.
EJMINT
Editor: Dr Laurent Pierot
Professor of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Reims
Head of the Department of Radiology, University Hospital, Reims
Editor: Dr Bernd Richling
Bernd Richling, M.D., is Professor of Neurosurgery at the Paracelsus Medical University in Salzburg, Austria, and Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the Christian Doppler Medical Center in Salzburg.
ESMINT Portal
Medical Director: Zsolt Kulcsár, MD, PhD
Dr Kulcsar is currently a Consultant Neuroradiologist at Hirslanden Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland. He trained in Interventional Neuroradiology with professors Istvan Szikora at the National Institute of Neurosurgery in Budapest, and Daniel Rufenacht at the Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland. Dr Kulcsar has been based in Zurich since 2008.
LINNC Relations
Chair: Dr Laurent Spelle
Laurent SPELLE, MD, PhD, is Professor of Neuroradiology at the Paris Diderot University, France. He works with Professor Jacques Moret as an Interventional Neuroradiologist at NEURI, The Brain Vascular Center & Interventional Neuroradiology Department, at Beaujon Medical Center in Paris.
