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
Rules 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.
Education Committee
Chair
Prof. Dr. Phil White
Phil White is Professor & Honorary Consultant Neuroradiologist at Newcastle University & the Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust.
Member
Prof. Dr. Shelley Renowden
Prof. Dr. Shelley Renowden is Consultant Neuroradiologist at the Southmead Hospital, Radiology, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Member
Dr. Matthias Gawlitza
Dr. Gawlitza is currently working as a consultant physician, Neuroradiology - Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Technical University Dresden.
Member
Prof. Dr. Antonin Krajina
Antonin Krajina, MD, PhD, is head of the department of diagnostic radiology of the Charles University Hospital in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
Member
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.
Member
Dr. Mohamed Aggour
Dr. Mohamed AGGOUR is an Interventional Neuroradiology Consultant - France & UK and part of the ESMINT ExCom.
Member
Prof. Dr. 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.
Examination Committee
Chair
Dr. Matthias Gawlitza
Dr. Gawlitza is currently working as a consultant physician, Neuroradiology - Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Technical University Dresden.
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. 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.
Guidelines Committee
Chair
Prof. Dr. Wim van Zwam
Prof. Dr. Wim van Zwam is neurointerventional radiologist at Maastricht University Medical Center, The Netherlands.
Research 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.
Member
Dr. Mario Martínez-Galdámez
Member
Dr. 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.
Member
Dr. Pascal Mosimann
Member
Dr. Markus Möhlenbruch
Membership Committee
Chair
Dr. Elisa Ciceri
Multidisciplinary 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.
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.
Publication Committee
Chair
Dr. Mohamed Aggour
Dr. Mohamed AGGOUR is an Interventional Neuroradiology Consultant - France & UK and part of the ESMINT ExCom.
UEMS Committee
Chair
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 (EastMINT)
Chair
Dr. Vladimir Kalousek
Department of Radiology, Subdivision of Interventional Neuroradiology, Clinical Hospital Center 'Sisters of Mercy', Zagreb, Croatia
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.
Member
Dr. Steven Hajdu
Dr. Steven D. Hajdu is attending physician – Interventional neuroradiology at the Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland, and member of the ESMINT New Product Introduction/Evaluation Committee.
Ethics Committee
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.
Electronic Media 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.
Member
Prof. Dr. Marios Psychogios
Prof. Dr. Marios Psychogios is working as the Head of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology in the Clinic for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine of the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
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
ESMINT Congress 2023
Congress 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
Dr. Mohamed Aggour
Dr. Mohamed AGGOUR is an Interventional Neuroradiology Consultant - France & UK and part of the ESMINT ExCom.
Congress Vice-President
Dr. Anne Christine Januel
Anne Christine Januel is a senior interventional neuroradiologist at the University Hospital, Toulouse, France.
ECMINT
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
Chair
Prof. Dr. Antonin Krajina
Antonin Krajina, MD, PhD, is head of the department of diagnostic radiology of the Charles University Hospital in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.
Webinar
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.
Member
Prof. Dr. Marios Psychogios
Prof. Dr. Marios Psychogios is working as the Head of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology in the Clinic for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine of the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.
Fellowship Programme
Chair
Dr. Luca Valvassori
EYMINT
Chair
Uta Hanning
Member
Grégoire Boulouis
Grégoire Boulouis has been trained for INR in Lille, and Sainte Anne (Paris), France and recently took a senior position in the University Hospital of Tours, in the Neuroradiology department and research labs, while maintaining a part time activity in pediatric INR, at Necker Hospital (Université de Paris, France).
Member
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).
ETMINT (Technicians, Nurses, Radiographers)
Chair
Fabienne Menu
Fabienne Menu is NRT Chair, ETMINT Ad hoc Committee (Technicians, Nurses, Radiographers) at ESMINT.
Member
Theresa Bertram
Theresa Bertram is Member, ETMINT (Technicians, Nurses, Radiographers) Ad hoc Committee at ESMINT.
Member
Julien Ducasse
Julien Ducasse is Member, ETMINT(Technicians, Nurses, Radiographers) Ad hoc Committee at ESMINT.
Member
Helen Genins
Helen Genins is Member, ETMINT (Technicians, Nurses, Radiographers) Ad hoc Committee at ESMINT.
Member
Alen Golubovic
Alen Golubovic is head of radiographers at the Clinic for Neuroradiology at the University Hospital Zurich.
Member
Kathryn Jones
Kathryn Jones is Member, ETMINT (Technicians, Nurses, Radiographers) Ad hoc Committee at ESMINT.
WIN@ESMINT (Women in Neurointerventions)
Chair
Dr. Anne Christine Januel
Anne Christine Januel is a senior interventional neuroradiologist at the University Hospital, Toulouse, France.
Member
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.
Member
Luisa Biscoito
Dr. Luisa Biscoito is a member of the WIN@ESMINT Committee.
Member
Dr. Elisa Ciceri
Member
Uta Hanning
Member
Katarzyna Lubkowska
Dr. Katarzyna Lubkowska is a member of the WIN@ESMINT Committee.
Member
Riitta Rautio
Dr. Riitta Rautio is a member of the WIN@ESMINT Committee.
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. Wim van Zwam
Prof. Dr. Wim van Zwam is neurointerventional radiologist at Maastricht University Medical Center, The Netherlands.
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.
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.
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.
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
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)
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.