Executive Board
President
Zsolt Kulcsár, MD, PhD
Zsolt Kulcsár is Head of the Interventional Neuroradiology Unit at the University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland.
General Secretary
Dr. Anne Christine Januel
Anne Christine Januel is a senior interventional neuroradiologist at the University Hospital, Toulouse, France.
Treasurer
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.
Executive Director
Mike Lasse Iliopoulos Vartiainen
Mike Iliopoulos manages the ESMINT Central Office. He is the Executive Director and Member of the Executive Board without voting rights.
Standing Committee Chairs & Members
ESMINT NETWORK
Internal Affairs Committee
Chair
Prof. Dr. Jan Gralla
Jan Gralla is a qualified Interventional Neuroradiologist who received training in Germany, UK and Switzerland and the head and director of the Diagnostic and Interventionel Neuroradiology at the Inselspital, University of Berne, Switzerland.
Electronic Media Committee
To be appointed by the Executive Board.
WIN@ESMINT Committee
Chair
Prof. Dr. Franziska Dorn
Prof. Dr. Franziska Dorn is the Chair of WIN@ESMINT.
EYMINT Committee
Chair
Uta Hanning
Chair
Johannes Kaesmacher
Johannes Kaesmacher works at the University Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology as well as the University Institute of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology at the University Hospital Bern (Switzerland).
ESMINT OUTREACH
External Affairs Committee
Chair
Prof. Dr. Laurent Spelle
Laurent Spelle, MD, PhD, is Professor of Neuroradiology at Paris-Saclay University, France. He is Chairman of NEURI, The Brain Vascular Center, Department of Pediatric and Adult Interventional Neuroradiology, at Bicêtre University Medical Center in Paris.
Eastern Countries Committee
chair
Dr. Ivan Vukasinovic
Professional Liaison Committee
Chair
Prof. Dr. Paolo Machi
Paolo Machi is the head of the interventional neuroradiology unit of the university hospital of Geneva (Switzerland) and Privat Docent at the faculty of medicine of the Geneva University.
ESMINT EDUCATION
ECMINT Committee
Chair
Dr. Adam T M Rennie
Dr Adam T M Rennie is Consultant Neuroradiologist at The National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, with an Honorary post of Consultant Neuroradiologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
EXMINT Committee
Chair
Prof. Dr. Wim van Zwam
Prof. Dr. Wim van Zwam is neurointerventional radiologist at Maastricht University Medical Center, The Netherlands.
Online Learning Committee
Chair
Dr. Jan-Hendrik Buhk
Since June 2020 Jan-Hendrik Buhk is working as head of Neuroradiology in the Asklepios hospitals St. Georg and Wandsbek, both in Hamburg, Germany.
Examination Committee
Chair
Dr. Matthias Gawlitza
Dr. Gawlitza is currently working as a consultant physician, Neuroradiology - Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Technical University Dresden.
Fellowship / e-Fellowship Committee
Chair
Dr. Luca Valvassori
ESMINT Research
Guidelines Committee
Chair
PD Dr. Tilman Schubert
Research & Publication Committee
Chair
Dr. Aymeric Rouchaud
Doctor Aymeric Rouchaud, MD, PhD, has been trained in Paris by Professors Moret and Spelle. Then he moved to Limoges University Hospital where he works with Professor Charbel Mounayer in the INR department and research lab.
New Product Introduction/Evaluation Committee
Chair
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.
Ad-hoc Committees
ESMINT Congress 2024
Congress President
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.
Congress President
Dr. Elisa Ciceri
Congress Vice-President
Prof. Dr. Paolo Machi
Paolo Machi is the head of the interventional neuroradiology unit of the university hospital of Geneva (Switzerland) and Privat Docent at the faculty of medicine of the Geneva University.
Congress Vice-President
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.
Skills Training
Chair
Dr. Mario Martínez-Galdámez
Chair
Dr. med. Jawid Madjidyar
Dr. med. Jawid Madjidyar is member of the Skills Training Ad-hoc Committee at ESMINT.
ETMINT (Technicians, Nurses, Radiographers)
Chair
Alen Golubovic
Alen Golubovic is head of radiographers at the Clinic for Neuroradiology at the University Hospital Zurich.
Health Economics
Chair
Prof. Dr. Paolo Machi
Paolo Machi is the head of the interventional neuroradiology unit of the university hospital of Geneva (Switzerland) and Privat Docent at the faculty of medicine of the Geneva University.
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Please read the publication of the ESMINT Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Ad hoc Committee: How to Improve the Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke by Modern Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, and New Treatment Methods
ISLES’22 – Ischemic Stroke Lesion Segmentation Challenge – at MICCAI:
Task #1: https://isles22.grand-challenge.org/
Task #2: https://atlas.grand-challenge.org/
ISLES website: http://www.isles-challenge.org/
Twitter account: @IslesChallenge
Chair
Dr. Kamil Zelenak
Zeleňák Kamil is the Head of the Department of Radiology at the Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin of Comenius University in Bratislava.
Member
PD Dr. med. Daniel Behme
Dr. Daniel Behme is a member of the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Ad hoc Committee at ESMINT.
Member
Dr. Deniz Bulja
Member
Dr Jildaz CAROFF
Member
Dr. Amar Ajay Chotai
Member
Dr. Valerio Da Ros
Member
Prof. Jean-Christophe Gentric
Member
Dr. Jeremy Hofmeister
Member
Dr. Omar Kass-Hout
Omar Kass-Hout MD MPH is a Neuroendovascular surgeon, vascular neurologist and Director of stroke services University of North Carolina UNC REX hospital.
Member
Dr. Özcan Kocatürk
Dr. Özcan Kocatürk is a member of the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Ad hoc Committee at ESMINT.
Member
Dr Jeremy Lynch
Dr Jeremy Lynch MBHCB MRCS FRCR is an Interventional Neuroradiology fellow at Toronto Western Hospital in Canada. Dr Lynch trained in Medicine at the University of Bristol and qualified in 2007. He underwent several years of surgical training, during which he gained membership of the Royal College of Surgeons. He then underwent further specialisation in interventional radiology and neuroradiology in a range of hospitals in London including the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Great Ormonds Street Hospital, Kings College Hospital, St George’s Hospital, and Queen’s Hospital.
Member
Prof. Dr. Pasquale Mordasini
Pasquale Mordasini is staff member and head of the neurointerventional unit of the University Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology at the Inselspital Bern, Switzerland.
Member
Dr. Ernesto Pearson
Dr. Ernesto Pearson is a member of the Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Ad hoc Committee at ESMINT.
Member
Dr. Ivan Vukasinovic
Congress Relations Committee
Chair
Prof. Dr. H.D. (Jeroen) Boogaarts
Prof. Dr. H.D. (Jeroen) Boogaarts, M.D., Ph.D. is Chair of the Ad hoc Congress Relations Committee at ESMINT.
Neurology Committee
Chair
Dr. Marc Ribo
Assistant Professor Stroke Unit. Department of Neurology; Neurologist. Hospital Vall d’Hebron. Barcelona
Neurosurgery Committee
Chair
Prof. Dr. Andreas Gruber
Associate Professor of Neurosurgery since 2001. Clinical work and research focus on microsurgical and endovascular management of cerebrovascular diseases and neurosurgical intensive care medicine.
Continuation Committee (Past Presidents)
Prof. Dr. James V Byrne
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.
Prof. Dr. Christophe Cognard
Christophe Cognard is part of the Continuation Committee and was President of ESMINT Sept. 2012 to Sept. 2014.
Prof. Dr. István Szikora
Head, Department of Neurointerventions, National Institute of Neurosciences (NIN) Deputy Director, Research and Science, National Institute of Neurosciences (NIN)
Prof. Dr. Laurent Pierot
Professor of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Reims Head of the Department of Radiology, University Hospital, Reims
Prof. Dr. Jens Fiehler
Jens Fiehler 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.
ESMINT Office
Birgit Amend
Birgit Amend is head of Marketing, Communications and Public Relations at ESMINT and is responsible for parts of the administration.
Liz Derow
Liz Derow works on a consultancy basis as Association Projects Manager for ESMINT.