Officers and Council

Officers

President (2021-2023)

Dr. Raja Kandaswamy

University of Minnesota,
United States
President-Elect (2021-2023)

Prof. Tom Kay

University of Melbourne,
Australia
Immediate Past President (2021-2023)

Dr. James Markmann

Massachusetts General Hospital,
Harvard Medical School,
United States
Secretary (2021-2025)

Dr. Hanne Scholz

Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet,
Norway
Treasurer (2019-2023)

Prof. Lorenzo Piemonti

San Raffaele Scientific Institute,
Italy

Councilors

Dr. Melena Bellin

(2021-2025)
University of Minnesota,
United States

Dr. Eelco de Koning

(2021-2025)
Leiden University Medical Center,
The Netherlands

Prof. Giuseppe Orlando

(2019-2023)
Wake Forest School of Medicine,
United States

Dr. Steven Paraskevas

(2021-2025)
McGill University Health Centre,
Canada

Dr. Marcelo Perosa de Miranda

(2021-2025)
Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa and
Hospital Bandeirantes,
Brazil
Ex-Officio

  • Matthew Cooper, USA
  • Michael Rickels, USA
  • Prof. Xavier Martin, France, 2019 Congress Chair (2017-2019)
  • Dr. Sarah Cross, United Kingdom, Young Investigator Committee representative (2017-2019)
Past Presidents

  • 2019–2021

    James Markmann, USA
  • 2017–2019

    Thierry Berney, Switzerland
  • 2015–2017

    Jon Odorico, USA
  • 2013–2015

    Bernhard Hering, USA
  • 2011-2013

    Paul Johnson, UK
  • 2009-2011

    Stephen Bartlett, USA
  • 2007-2009

    Reinhard Bretzel, Germany
  • 2005-2007

    James Shapiro, Canada
Past Councils

COUNCIL 2019-2021

President
James Markmann, USA

President-Elect
Raja Kandaswamy, USA

Immediate Past President
Thierry Berney, Switzerland

Secretary
Tom Kay, Australia (2017-2021)

Treasurer
Lorenzo Piemonti, Italy (2019-2023)

Councillors
Matthew Cooper, USA (2017-2021)
Duck Jong Han, South Korea (2017-2021)
Giuseppe Orlando , Italy (2019-2023)
Michael Rickels, USA (2015-2019)
Hanne Scholz, Norway (2017-2021)

Ex-Officio
Jon S. Odorico, USA

COUNCIL 2017-2019

President
Thierry Berney, Switzerland

President-Elect
James Markmann, USA

Immediate Past President
Jon S. Odorico, USA

Secretary
Tom Kay, Australia (2017-2021)

Treasurer
Raja Kandaswamy, USA (2015-2019)

Councillors
Matthew Cooper, USA (2017-2021)
Duck Jong Han, South Korea (2017-2021)
Lorenzo Piemonti, Italy (2015-2019)
Michael Rickels, USA (2015-2019)
Hanne Scholz, Norway (2017-2021)

Ex-Officio
Xavier Martin, France, 2019 Congress Chair (2017-2019)
Sarah Cross, Young Investigator Committee representative (2017-2019)

COUNCIL 2015-2017

President
Jon Odorico
Madison, WI, USA
University of Wisconsin Hospital

President-Elect
Thierry Berney
Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva University Hospitals

Immediate Past President
Bernhard Hering
Minneapolis, MN, USA
University of Minnesota

Secretary
James Markmann
Boston, MA, USA
Massachusetts General Hospital

Treasurer
Raja Kandaswamy
Minneapolis, MN, USA
University of Minnesota

Councillors
Tom Kay, Australia (2013-2017)
Takashi Kenmochi, Japan (2015-2017)
Barbara Ludwig, Germany (2013-2017)
Lorenzo Piemonti, Italy (2015-2019)
Michael Rickels, USA (2015-2019)

Ex-Officio
Paul Johnson, United Kingdom, 2017 Congress Chair (2015-2017)

COUNCIL 2013-2015

President
Bernhard Hering
Minneapolis, MN, USA
University of Minnesota

President-Elect
Jon Odorico
Madison, WI, USA
University of Wisconsin Hospital

Immediate Past President
Paul Johnson
Oxford, UK
University of Oxford

Secretary
James Markmann
Boston, MA, USA
Massachusetts General Hospital

Treasurer
Thierry Berney
Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva University Hospitals

Councillors
Mitsukazu Gotoh, Fukushima, Japan
Raja Kandaswamy, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Thomas Kay, Fitzroy, Australia
Barbara Ludwig, Dresden, Germany
Peter Stock, San Francisco, CA, USA

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