People
Executive Board
President
Prof Dr Laurent Pierot
Professor of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Reims
Head of the Department of Radiology, University Hospital, Reims
General Secretary
Treasurer
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.
Executive Director
Mr Mike Iliopoulos
Mike Iliopoulos is the owner of Twister Consulting Ltd. which has the mandate to manage ESMINT Central Office. He is the Executive Director and Member of the Executive Board without voting rights.
Executive Committees
Rules Committee
Prof Dr Jan Gralla
Jan Gralla is a qualified Interventional Neuroradiologist who received training in Germany, UK and Switzerland and is currently a staff member at the Inselspital, University of Berne, Switzerland
Education Committee
Dr Shelley Renowden
Dr Shelley Renowden is Consultant Neuroradiologist at the Southmead Hospital, Radiology, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Examination Committee
Chair: Prof Tommy Andersson
Tommy Andersson is Professor of Neurointervention at the AZ Groeninge and Senior Consultant in Neurointervention at the Department of Neuroradiology, Karolinska University Hospital.
Member: Matthias Gawlitza, MD
Dr. Gawlitza is currently working as a staff neuroradiologist at the Hôpital Maison-Blanche, University of Reims/France.
Guidelines Committee
Prof Dr Phil White
Phil White is Professor & Honorary Consultant Neuroradiologist at the Newcastle University & Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust.
Research Committee
Prof Francis Turjman
Francis Turjman is Professor of Diagnostic Radiology/Neuroradiology at Lyon University Hospital at the Unit of Interventional Neuroradiology at the Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer in France.
Membership Committee
Dr. Anne Christine Januel
Anne Christine Januel is senior interventionnal Neuroradiologist at University Hospital in Toulouse, France.
Multidisciplinary Committee
Prof Dr Laurent Spelle
Laurent Spelle, MD, PhD, is Professor of Neuroradiology at Paris-Saclay University, France. He is Chairman at NEURI, The Brain Vascular Center, Department of pediatric and adult Interventional Neuroradiology, at Bicêtre University Medical Center in Paris.
Professional Liaison Committee
Chair: Zsolt Kulcsár, MD, PhD
Dr Kulcsár is Head of Unit Interventional Neuroradiology at Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland. He trained in Interventional Neuroradiology with professors István Szikora at the National Institute of Neurosurgery in Budapest, and Daniel Rüfenacht at the Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
Dr Paolo Machi
Paolo studied medicine in Palermo (Italy) thereafter moved to Milan (Italy) were was resident in neuroradiology at Policlinico Hospital (Director. Dr V. Branca). Since 2007 is senior interventional neuroradiologist at Centre Hospitalier Gui de Chauliac in Montpellier, France (Director Prof. A. Bonafé).
Publication Committee
Dr. Mohamed Aggour
Dr. Mohamed AGGOUR is a lead consultant (French Board of Radiology) and responsible of the regional Interventional Neuroradiology Unit in Saint-Etienne University hospitals in France.
UEMS Committee
Prof 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.
Eastern Countries Committee for INR development in the Eastern part of Europe
Chair: Dr Stefanita Dima
Dr Stefanita Dima is working at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy ”Carol Davila” București, Department of Radiology, Medical Imaging and Interventional Radiology Fundeni.
Member: Dr. Mihalea Cristian Nicolae
Dr. Mihalea Cristian Nicolae is a full staff member at the Practicien Hospitalier, PH in CHU Beaujon, Paris, France in service of Interventional Neuroradiology, Pr. Jacques Moret and Pr. Laurent Spelle.
Member: Dr. Adela Dimitriade
Dr. Adela Dimitriade is specialist in Radiology and Medical Imaging, Department of Interventional Radiology at the Emergency University Hospital Bucharest, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila"
169, Splaiul Independentei Street, 050098 Bucharest (Romania)
New Product Introduction/Evaluation Committee
Prof Dr Christian Taschner
Christian Taschner is Professor of Radiology and senior physician at the department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany. He trained in interventional Neuroradiology at the University Hospital Lille, France. His special interests lie in the evaluation of new materials for interventional Neuroradiology.
Ethics Committee
Prof. Maciej Szajner
Since 1992 - Department of Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology.
University Medical School of Lublin. ul. Jaczewskiego 8, 20 954 Lublin, Poland
Electronic Media Committee
Chair: Dr. Jan-Hendrik Buhk
Jan-Hendrik is working as senior consultant in the Dept. of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf.
Member: Dr. Marios Psychogios
Dr. Marios Psychogios is working as Deputy Head, Senior neurointerventionalist at the Department of Interventional and Diagnostic Neuroradiology, University Medicine Goettingen, Germany
Member: Dr. Michael Schönfeld
Dr. Michael Schönfeld is working in the Dept. of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology at the Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf.
Ad Hoc Committees
European Board of NeuroIntervention (EBNI)
EJMINT
Editors
Prof Dr Laurent Pierot
Professor of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Reims
Head of the Department of Radiology, University Hospital, Reims
Prof Dr Andreas Gruber
Born on 24 August 1968 in Vienna, Austria.
Undergraduate and postgraduate education in Vienna, Austria. Specialisation in microsurgical and endovascular management of cerebrovascular disease and in neurosurgical intensive care medicine.
Scientific publications in the aforementioned fields.
Dr Marc Ribo
Assistant Professor Stroke Unit. Department of Neurology; Neurologist. Hospital Vall d’Hebron. Barcelona
ESMINT Portal
Medical Director
Chair: Zsolt Kulcsár, MD, PhD
Dr Kulcsár is Head of Unit Interventional Neuroradiology at Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland. He trained in Interventional Neuroradiology with professors István Szikora at the National Institute of Neurosurgery in Budapest, and Daniel Rüfenacht at the Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
Member
Dr Paolo Machi
Paolo studied medicine in Palermo (Italy) thereafter moved to Milan (Italy) were was resident in neuroradiology at Policlinico Hospital (Director. Dr V. Branca). Since 2007 is senior interventional neuroradiologist at Centre Hospitalier Gui de Chauliac in Montpellier, France (Director Prof. A. Bonafé).
Dr Miklos Marosfoi
Dr. Mikos Marosfoi works in National Institute of Neuroscience, Budapest, Hungary.
ECMINT 1 + 2
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.
Fellowship Program
Neurology Committee
Neurosurgery Committee
Prof Dr Andreas Gruber
Born on 24 August 1968 in Vienna, Austria.
Undergraduate and postgraduate education in Vienna, Austria. Specialisation in microsurgical and endovascular management of cerebrovascular disease and in neurosurgical intensive care medicine.
Scientific publications in the aforementioned fields.
Congress Relations Committee
Medical Support Committee
Stroke Task Force Committee
Professor Christophe 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.
INR Program Committee
Prof Francis Turjman
Francis Turjman is Professor of Diagnostic Radiology/Neuroradiology at Lyon University Hospital at the Unit of Interventional Neuroradiology at the Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer in France.
Reimbursement Committee
History Committee
Dr. Hans-Christian Nahser
Prof. Dr. Hans-Christian Nahser is consultant neuroradiologists, and heads the Walton Centre's neurointerventional service. He is senior lecturer at the University of Liverpool and Consultant at the Alder Hey Children's Hospital and Victoria Hospital Belfast.
Continuation Committee
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.
Professor Christophe 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.
Prof Dr István Szikora
Head, Department of Neurointerventions, National Institute of Neurosciences (NIN)
Deputy Director, Research and Science, National Institute of Neurosciences (NIN)