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Executive Council
Chairperson of the ESR Board of Directors
Carlo Catalano is Chairman of the Department of Radiology at Policlinico Umberto I, Professor of Radiology at Sapienza University of Rome, and Chair of the Radiology Training Programme of Radiology.
Professor Catalano is a co-founder of STITCH (Sapienza information-based Technology Innovation Center for Health) and the European Working Group on MR-guided FUS. His main clinical and research interests are cardiovascular imaging, oncologic imaging, specifically abdominal and genitourinary diseases, and interventional radiology, primarily in image-guided therapy. He was among the first users of MR angiography and, more recently, of MR-guided interventions.
As an educator, Professor Catalano has been Chair of the Radiology Training Program at Sapienza, the largest in Italy, for more than ten years. He is currently Chairperson of the ESR Board of Directors and a board member of several of the most prestigious radiological journals and a member of numerous societies, having been President of the Italian Society of Cardiac Radiology, a member and treasurer of the Executive Committee of the ESCR (European Society for Cardiac Radiology), and currently on the board of the Italian Society of Radiology representing international relationships.
ESR President
ECR 2025 Programme Planning Committee Chairperson
Andrea Rockall is Clinical Chair in Radiology at Imperial College London and Honorary Consultant Radiologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, with clinical expertise in genito-urinary imaging.
After graduating from medical school at King's College London, and completion of MRCP (internal medicine), she trained in radiology at St Mary's Hospital and University College Hospital, London. She was awarded the Rohan Williams Medal (Gold Medal) for the FRCR examination. In 2000, she was appointed as Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University London and Honorary Consultant Radiologist at Barts and The London NHS Trust. Following appointments at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and the Royal Marsden Hospital, Professor Rockall was appointed as Clinical Chair of Radiology, Imperial College London. She has served as Chair of the Female Pelvic Imaging group of ESUR, member of ORADS steering committee, Chair of the ESR National Societies Committee and is currently ESR President.
Professor Rockall's special interests are in genitourinary cancer, image-based clinical trials, and machine-learning applications in radiology, being Chief Investigator on CRUK and NIHR funded studies in these areas. She contributes widely to undergraduate, postgraduate, and specialist radiology education and is passionate about sustainability in healthcare.
1st Vice-President
ECR 2026 Programme Planning Committee Chairperson
Minerva Becker is Professor of Radiology and Head of the Imaging Unit of Head and Neck and Maxillofacial Radiology, Diagnostic Department, at the University Hospitals of Geneva.
Professor Becker’s clinical expertise and main fields of research include head and neck and maxillo-facial imaging. Her track record is mainly in head and neck oncology research including hybrid and multiparametric imaging, and texture analysis towards a personalized treatment approach. Further research fields include imaging of the salivary glands, orbit, and skull base.
Professor Becker has received over 30 international and national scientific awards and prizes and has obtained several research grants supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation. She is the author of over 200 scientific publications and is a co-editor of Valvassouri's Head and Neck Imaging. She is a reviewer for numerous international scientific journals and participates equally as an external expert in international and national juries for university nominations and promotions.
Professor Becker is an enthusiastic teacher with over 350 invited lectures at international and national meetings and was awarded the 2015 ESOR Best Teacher Award. As Chair of the Education Committee of the European Society of Head and Neck Radiology (ESHNR), she oversaw the European training curriculum and subspecialty diploma in head and neck radiology. She is the Past-President of the ESHNR and an honorary member of the European Laryngological Society.
Between March 2021 and July 2023, Professor Becker served as Chair of the Education Committee of the European Society of Radiology (ESR).
2nd Vice-President
Mathias Prokop is Professor of Radiology and Chairman of two departments in the Netherlands, Nijmegen and Groningen.
He had studied Medicine and Physics in Germany and trained at Hanover Medical School. His career took him to Vienna, Austria and Utrecht in the Netherlands, where he established himself as one of the pioneers of novel CT technologies and lung screening. He published more than 400 scientific articles and is a prolific speaker at international conferences.
His department in Nijmegen focusses on impactful innovations in care and now hosts one of the largest research groups in Europe. Together with Groningen he aims to implement AI-supported cross-hospital workflows and integrated care concepts. His goal is to build a blueprint for healthcare in which work remains satisfying and care affordable. As president of Dutch Society of Radiology, he initiated a strategic re-orientation of Radiology away from pure reporting to better positioning it within future healthcare environments. He considers meaningful use of AI a necessary enabling factor in this process.
Past President
Adrian Brady is a consultant radiologist at the Mercy University Hospital, Cork, and a Clinical Professor of Radiology in University College Cork, Ireland. With particular interests in interventional radiology and abdominal (GI and GU) imaging.
After medical school and radiology training in Dublin, he moved to Canada for fellowship training in Hamilton, Ontario, before becoming a staff radiologist in Toronto. In 1995 he moved to his present post in Cork.
Prof. Brady is also Medical Director of the National Centre for Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) in Ireland and has a particular interest and expertise in the management of pulmonary AVMs. He has served in many posts within the Irish National Radiology Society (which also runs nationwide specialist radiology training) - the Faculty of Radiologists of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - having been Dean (President) of the Faculty from 2010 to 2012. He has been involved in ESR activities for many years, chaired the ESR Quality Safety & Standards Committee from 2017 to 2020, and served as Chair of the ESR Board of Directors from July 2023 until March 2024 and is now ESR Past-President.
Prof. Brady has published and spoken widely in recent years on professional issues, including radiologists' workload, errors and discrepancies in radiology, radiology reporting style and structure, value-based imaging, and artificial intelligence in radiology (with a particular emphasis on ethics). He has also served as co-lead of ESR-led European Commission funded projects on Clinical Audit and Workforce Planning in radiology.
Communication and Interdisciplinary Affairs Committee Chairperson
Marie-pierre Revel is Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Radiology, Cochin Hospital Paris Cité University, Paris, France.
Professor Revel's main clinical and research interests are thoracic imaging and oncology imaging, more specifically lung cancer and its screening, thromboembolic disease, particularly pulmonary embolism in the context of pregnancy and postpartum, and the applications of artificial intelligence in thoracic imaging. In France, she coordinates the CASCADE study (Lung Cancer Screening in French women using low-dose CT and Artificial intelligence for DEtection) and is responsible for improving knowledge and female participation in lung cancer screening within the SOLACE consortium, funded by the EU4health program.
Professor Revel was president of the European Society of Thoracic Imaging (ESTI) in 2019. She was made an honorary member of ESTI at the Oxford Congress in 2022. She chairs the society's Lung Cancer Screening Committee. She is also a member of the French Society of Radiology and of the Fleischner society.
Professor Revel is an enthusiastic teacher who has given over 300 invited lectures at national and international conferences. She is a member of the ESOR Steering Committee. She received the EuroMinnies 2023 Most Effective Radiology Educator Award at ECR 2023, and will receive the Korean Society of Radiology -Honorary Educator Award at the 79th Korean Congress of Radiology (KCR 2023), in Seoul in September 2023.
She has been an ECR faculty member since 2011, and has served as a member or chair of the ECR Chest Subcommittee and the ECR Program Planning Committee.
Professor Revel is a section editor for the European Journal of Radiology and serves as a reviewer for numerous journals. She is the author of over 160 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals (index H 40).
Education Committee Chairperson
Annemiek Snoeckx is Associate Professor at the University of Antwerp and Chair of the Radiology Department of the Antwerp University Hospital in Belgium. She graduated as medical doctor in 2003 at the University of Antwerp. She is a board certified radiologist since 2008 and has been working since then at the University Hospital of Antwerp.
Her clinical and research interests are in the field of chest imaging, in particular thoracic oncology (in general), lung cancer, pulmonary nodules, lung cancer screening and implementation of artificial intelligence.
She is an active member of numerous committees within the European Society of Radiology, European Society of Thoracic Imaging and European Respiratory Society. She served as member of the Chest Subcommittee of the European Congress of Radiology in 2017, 2018 and, 2019 and was part of the Programme Planning Committee for ECR 2023 and 2024.
In the field of education, she has been member (2019-2021, 2023-2026) and chairperson (2020-2023) of the ESTI Training and Educational Committee. She is team leader of the Chest Radiology Written Evaluation Committee for the European Diploma in Radiology (EDIR) since 2020. She is academic coordinator of the radiology residency programme at the University of Antwerp.
Annemiek is passionate about education on thoracic oncology topics. She authored or co- authored 80+ papers in peer-reviewed journals and has lectured at many national and international meetings and courses.
Finance and Internal Affairs Committee Chairperson
Maija Radziņa is Associate Professor of University of Latvia, Program director of Radiology Residency training program and Radiology study programms and Leading Researcher in Riga Stradins university as Chief of Radiology Research Laboratory in Latvia. She has served as President of Latvian Radiology Association (LRA) president (2015-2023) and currently acts as Vice-President of Latvian Radiology and Ultrasound Societies and has been appointed as Chief specialist in Radiology for Ministry of Health of the Republic of Latvia.
Dr Radziņa is especially interested and active in postgraduate education in her home country and throughout Europe. Additionally, Maija Radzina is involved in Program Planning Committee of the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in 2023 and 2024.
She chaired the European Federation of Ultrasound Societies in medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) Education and Professional Standards Committee (EPSC) 2019-2021 and Executive Board Co-opted member 2021-2023 and serves as UEMS Radiology Section member (since 2018) and has been involved in the Steering Committee of the European School of Radiology (ESOR), and served as Chairman of the Board Examination in Radiology in Latvia. In addition, she acted as a member of RSNA Regional Committee for Europe (2015-2022) and RSNA Science Council and QIBA task force group member (since 2022).
Currently she isinvolved as Member at Large in ESGAR Executive Commitee (since 2021) and CERN Medicis Board member (since 2018).
The main focus of Dr Maija Radziņa clinical and scientific work includes Abdominal and Oncology imaging and Vascular examinations. She has dedicated her research for various pathologies, including Stroke imaging and CT perfusion, PET/CT and MRI of Prostate, Colorectal and Renal cancer and her speciality is Ultrasound - Contrast enhanced ultrasound of Abdominal and Superficial organs (Thyroid, Parathyroid) as well as Musculoskeletal imaging (Peripheral nerves), and US Elastography. She has given more than 200 invited lectures, authored and co-authored more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and authored several book chapters. Her contribution to the professional guidelines and position papers (EFSUMB, ESR) and organization of international congresses (BCR, EUROSON) has been well recognized by the radiology community.
ESR National Societies Committee Chairperson
Dr Christian Loewe is Chairman of the Division of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Bioimaging and Image-Guided Therapy, at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria. He also currently chairs the Guidelines Committee of the European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology (ESCR). Additionally, Christian Loewe is President-Elect of the Austrian Rontgen Society and was Chairman of the Program Planning Committee of the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in 2019 and 2021 and Program Director of the ESR Summer Edition in 2021. He is also Chairperson of the National Society Committee at ESR for the period 2022 – 2025.
Dr Loewe is especially interested and active in postgraduate education in his home country and throughout Europe. He chaired the European Board of Cardiovascular Radiology (EBCR) for six years and was responsible for the European Diploma in Cardiovascular Radiology. He serves as a member of the Steering Committee of the European School of Radiology (ESOR), and he is Chairman of the Austrian Board Examination in Radiology.
Dr Loewe was a member of the Editorial Board of European Radiology from 2002 to 2011, Associate Editor of Radiology from 2011 to 2017, and is currently Consultant to the Editor. Since 2020, he has also been Deputy Editor of Insights into Imaging (I3).
The main focus of Dr Loewe's clinical and scientific work includes non-invasive cardiovascular imaging (CT and MRI of the heart, CT angiography, and MR angiography) and diagnosis and treatment of aortic diseases. He has given more than 350 invited lectures, authored and co-authored more than 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and authored five book chapters.
Publications Committee Chairperson
Marc Dewey is Heisenberg Professor of the German Research Foundation and Vice-Chair of Radiology at Charité, Universitätsmedizin, Berlin.
Professor Dewey's primary research interest is cardiovascular imaging. He coordinates the Pan-European randomized DISCHARGE trial published in NEJM, the COME-CCT consortium, and the Quantitative Cardiac Imaging Study Group.
He was the first radiologist to be appointed Heisenberg Professor at the German Research Foundation (DFG) in 2012. Marc Dewey is editor of the textbook Cardiac CT published by SpringerNature and is consultant to the editor of Radiology. His team has more than 230 publications with an impact factor of more than 1,400 and his h-index is more than 50 (more details here).
He has received the two highest scientific awards of the German Röntgen Society (DRG): the Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Award in 2009 and the Marie Curie Ring in 2012. He was secretary of congress of the DRG in 2010 and president of the Berlin-Brandenburg Radiological Society from 2011 to 2013, when he introduced the Gustav Bucky Award to recognize a German radiologist who pioneered x-ray techniques and was forced to leave Germany in 1933.
He initiated the Clinical Trials in Radiology sessions at ECR 2015 and the "My Thesis in 3 minutes" sessions together with Dr. Marc Zins in 2018. Marc Dewey served as chair of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) scientific program committee from 2019 to 2020, and is member of the ESR Executive Council from 2019-2025: first as Research Committee Chair from 2019 to 2022 and from 2022 until 2025 as ESR Publications Committee Chair with a focus on intensifying the collaboration between subspecialties and national societies.
At ECR 2018, Marc Dewey presented the Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Honorary Lecture, "Value-based radiology: the future is now!" which was published as a summary in The Lancet in the same year and in full in Nature Digital Medicine in 2019.
You can read more about his research activities on his group website.
Quality, Safety and Standards Committee Chairperson
Dr. Emanuele Neri is full Professor of Radiology at the University of Pisa, Italy, Dean of the Medical School, Chair of the Department of Radiology and of the Radiology Residency program. His major research interests are Imaging informatics and Oncologic imaging with special interest on the development of imaging biomarkers, imaging biobanks and artificial intelligence.
Dr. Neri is member of the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM) and delegate for international affairs, of the European Society of Radiology (ESR), where he served in several committees and subcommittees, especially in the Quality, safety and standards as chair of the eHealth and informatics. He is member of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) where he served as member of the Radiology Informatics Committee.
Dr. Neri is President of the European Society of Oncologic Imaging (ESOI), and Past President, Honorary member and founder of the European Society of Medical Imaging Informatics (EuSoMII).
He is local investigator of several EU-funded research projects with special focus on image processing, development of imaging biomarkers, imaging biobanks and artificial intelligence: EUCAIM (European Federation for Cancer Images), EucanImage (Towards a European cancer imaging platform for enhanced Artificial Intelligence in oncology), CHAIMELEON (Accelerating the lab to market transition of AI tools for cancer management), Procancer-I (An AI Platform integrating imaging data and models, supporting precision care through prostate cancer’s continuum), PRIMAGE (PRedictive In-silico Multiscale Analytics to support cancer personalized diaGnosis and prognosis, Empowered by imaging biomarkers).
Dr. Neri is consultant to the editor of the journal Radiology artificial intelligence, member of the scientific editorial board of La Radiologia Medica and European Radiology experimental, Associate editor of Future Oncology.
Research Committee Chairperson
Marion Smits is full professor and chief of neuroradiology at Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. She is senior fellow of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), fellow of the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB), and honorary member of the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR). In 2021, AuntMinnie Europe declared Professor Smits Most Influential Researcher in Radiology.
Professor Smits combines clinical work as a neuro- and head & neck radiologist with scientific research into applied physiological MR neuroimaging, such as functional MRI, diffusion, and perfusion imaging. She uses these techniques to visualise the brain's function and microarchitecture and to study the pathophysiological and regenerative processes in various neurological diseases. Her primary focus is neuro-oncology.
Professor Smits actively participates in key national and international organisations. She is chair of Research & International Relations on the board of the Radiological Society of the Netherlands (NVvR) and chair of the Brain Tumour Group imaging committee at the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC). She was chair of the Publications committee at ESR 2019-2022 and President of the ESMRMB in 2020. She uses this unique combination of affiliations to establish productive connections between relevant clinical research questions and implement scientific innovation in clinical practice while disseminating knowledge and expertise through her numerous teaching activities.
Subspecialities and Allied Sciences Committee Chairperson
Núria Bargalló graduated from Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona in 1988 and was trained in radiology in the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona. She obtained her PhD in 2004 at the University of Barcelona. Currently is head of the Neuroradiology section of the Radiology Department at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Associated Professor at the University of Barcelona and Strategic Director of the Magnetic resonance Image Core Facility of the Research Institute IDIBAPS in Barcelona.
She has been very participative in scientific societies. She is the president of the Spanish Society of Neuroradiology and the chair of the Subspecialities and Allied Sciences Committee of the ESR.
Professor Bargalló's field of expertise is advanced neuroimage in epilepsy, degenerative disease, and psychiatry. She has led several research studies on clinical application of advanced MR technique sequences and post-processing. She participates in international consortiums to increase image data on psychiatric diseases and epilepsy (ENIGMA and MELD). She participates in numerous national and international education activities, disseminating her knowledge in Neuroradiology.
Digital, AI and Emerging Technologies Committee Chairperson
Konstantin Nikolaou is a Professor of Radiology and Chairman of the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the Eberhard-Karl-University in Tübingen, Germany. He received his medical degree from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich in the year 2000, where he also became an Assistant Professor at the Department of Clinical Radiology, University Hospitals Munich, after finalising his PhD-thesis on the topic of modern cardiovascular computed tomography techniques in 2007. He was the Vice Chair of the same Department from 2007 to 2014.
Professor Nikolaou joined the Eberhard-Karl-University Tübingen in April 2014 as Chairman of the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology. His main fields of interest are multimodality and multiparametric imaging modalities in oncology and non-invasive imaging of cardiovascular diseases. He has authored and co-authored over 400 peer-reviewed publications.
Professor Nikolaou is President of the German Roentgen Ray Society (DRG) as well as a member of the Executive Committee of the European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology (ESCR), Member of the International Society of Strategic Studies in Radiology (IS3R) and Honorary Member of the Greek Society of Radiology. He has been involved in several national and international publicly funded grants and is currently one of the principal investigators within the “Cluster of Excellence” (German Ministry of Education and Research) project on "Image-Guided and Functionally Instructed Tumor Therapies (iFIT)" (2180 EXC).
Young ESR Committee Chairperson
Ioana-Andreea Gheonea, MD, PhD, is Professor at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova and President of the Romanian Society of Radiology and Imaging (2021-2023). She served as Romanian delegate in ESR Quality, Safety and Standards Committee and also Research Committee and has been appointed as Vice-President of Radiology Specialty Committee for Romanian Ministry of Health. Professor Ioana Gheonea is a member of several national and international societies, guest editor of a special issue of Life Journal, author of a national patent, has (co)authored numerous publications and delivered lectures in radiology and imaging and also at other clinical specialty meetings. Her research interest is suggested by her participation as project director and also as member in national and international projects.
Dr. Ioana Andreea Gheonea especially interest includes Abdominal Imaging, Breast Imaging and Artificial Intelligence, but also General Radiology and Imaging.
Professor Ioana Gheonea is committed to fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and delivering innovative solutions for patient care. Another interest is seeking opportunities to contribute to cutting-edge research, education, and clinical practice.
Scientific Director of the European School of Radiology (ESOR)
Dr. Valérie Vilgrain is Chair of the Department of Radiology at the University Beaujon Hospital and Professor of Radiology at the University of Paris Cité, France. Her major research interests are diagnostic and interventional imaging of the liver, pancreas and bile ducts.
Dr. Vilgrain is member of several international and national societies, such as ESR (European Society of Radiology), RSNA (Radiological Society of North America), ESGAR (European Society of Gastro Abdominal Radiology), EASL (European Association for the Study of Liver), SFR (French Radiological Society), and International Society for Strategic Studies in Radiology (IS3R). She was chairman of the Education Program Committee of the SFR annual meeting from 2000-2008 and has been Vice-Chairman of the French Society from 2010 to 2014. She chaired the RSNA Regional Committee for Europe (2015-2018). She is member of ESGAR Executive committee and she is the Scientific Director of ESOR (European School of Radiology) since March 2018.
Dr. Vilgrain has published more than 500 peer-reviewed papers (H-Number: 78) and has been a principal investigator of several large multicenter clinical trials, including the SARAH trial. Since 2012 she has participated to many European guidelines: liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma, management of patients with neuroendocrine liver metastases, management of benign liver tumours, management of hepatocellular carcinoma, consensus statement on liver MR imaging and clinical use of liver-specific contrast agents, pancreatic adenocarcinoma, and cystic liver lesions.
She has served on the Editorial Board of Radiology (Associate Editor 2007-2012, Consultant to the Editor 2012-2017), and she is currently on the Editorial Board of Abdominal Radiology. She is a reviewer for several radiological journals: Radiology, European Radiology, AJR, European Journal of Radiology, and clinical journals: Gut, Hepatology, Journal of Hepatology, Liver Transplantation, and European Journal of Cancer.
Committee Members:
| Chairperson | Marie-Pierre Revel (FR) |
| Members at large | Colin Jacobs (NL) Valeria Panebianco (IT) Maxime Ronot France (FR) Rozemarijn Vliegenthart (NL) |
| ESR President | Andrea Rockall (UK) |
| ESR 2nd Vice-President | Mathias Prokop (NL) |
| Patient Advisory Group (ESR-PAG) Chairperson | Caroline Justich (AT) |
| Value-Based Radiology Subcommittee Chairperson | Jacob Visser (NL) |
| Director of ESOR (ex-officio, non-voting) | Valerie Vilgrain (FR) |
| ESR Executive Director (ex-officio, non-voting) | Peter Baierl (AT) |
Patient Advisory Group
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Chairperson
Vice-Chairperson Representatives of pan-European patient organisations:
Judy Birch
Erik Briers
Cheryl Cruwys
Debra Montague
Isabelle Florentin
Evelyn Steinthaler
Steve Ebdon-Jackson
Additional members:Dr. Dominique Carrié / Radiologist, Toulouse (France)Gennaro D'Anna / Neuroradiologist, Milan (Italy) Mag. Claudia Fuchs (Austria) Mag. Claudia Fuchs Claudia Fuchs has been living with Crohn's disease since 2013, a condition that significantly impacted her life and career. In 2016, she made the decision to leave her role as a press officer for the Austrian Soccer League. Her personal journey with Crohn's disease led her to a new mission: supporting others with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). In 2017, Claudia took on the role of managing Austria’s largest self-help platform for IBD, www.ced-kompass.at, an initiative of the Austrian Crohn’s Colitis Association https://www.oemccv.at/ , where she is also a member. This platform provides invaluable support and resources to those affected by IBD. Claudia understands firsthand the constant need for monitoring and the stress associated with various diagnostic procedures, such as ultrasound, MRI, CT scans, and endoscopic exams. She is acutely aware of the anxieties and challenges that are inevitable when living with an IBD. Claudia is passionate about enhancing patient care and believes that specialized healthcare training and better information materials are crucial. Her dedication to advocating for these improvements is now amplified since she became a member of the European Society of Radiology’s Patient Advisory Group in July 2024. Alicia England (United Kingdom) Alicia England Alicia England is British and born in Warrington, England. Alicia recently completed a law degree and has an interest in medical law and ethics which extends from her own experience of undergoing complex spinal surgery at a young age. Becoming a part of the European Federation of Radiographer Societies (EFRS) Webinar Series as an audio-visual technician in 2021, she has experience in radiography and the involvement of patients in informing practice. She has contributed to charity activities helping raise money for patients receiving spinal surgery. Additionally, Alicia has delivered public lectures to multiple bodies including the UK National Health Service (NHS) to spread awareness of adolescent spinal surgery and its impact on patients and families. From an early age Alicia has undergone multiple types of radiological imaging, including X-rays, CT and MRI scanning. Following a diagnosis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, Alicia has experienced patient to imaging professional (radiographer / radiologist) relationships in terms of being imaged prior to, during and after complex surgery. Alicia understands the implications of undergoing radiology examinations and the impact of chronic disease on a young person. Alicia joined the ESR-PAG in 2024. |
ESR 2nd Vice-President Mathias Prokop ESR Quality, Safety and Standards Committee Chairperson The group is chaired by a patient representative, and the Chairperson of the ESR Communication and External Affairs Committee serves as vice-chairperson. The goal of ESR-PAG is to bring together patients, the public and imaging professionals in order to positively influence advances in the field of medical imaging to the benefit of European patients and radiologists. Please click here for more information. |
Value-Based Radiology Subcommittee
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Value-Based Radiology Subcommittee Chairperson |
Jacob Visser (NL) |
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Chairperson of the ESR Communication and External Affairs Committee |
Marie-Pierre Revel (FR) |
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Chairperson of the EuroSafe Imaging Steering Committee |
Boris Brkljačić (HR) |
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Patient Advisory Group (ESR-PAG) Representative |
Judy Birch (UK) |
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Radiographer Representative |
Ruth Strudwick (UK) |
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Members |
Patrick Omoumi (CH) |
| Chairperson (ESR 1st Vice-President) | Andrea Rockall (UK) |
| ESR 2nd Vice-President | Minerva Becker (CH) |
| ESR President | Carlo Catalano (IT) |
| Chairperson of the ESR Board of Directors | Adrian Brady (IE) |
| ESR Past-President | Regina Beets-Tan (NL) |
| ESR Executive Director (ex-officio, non-voting) | Peter Baierl (AT) |
| Chairperson of the Research Committee (ex-officio, non-voting) | Marion Smits (NL) |
| Chairperson of the Education Committee (ex-officio, non-voting) | Annemiek Snoeckx (BE) |
Experts to be appointed
| (Chairperson) ESR 1st Vice-President | Minerva | Becker |
| ESR 2nd Vice-President | Mathias | Prokop |
| ESR President | Andrea | Rockall |
| Chair of the ESR Board of Directors | Carlo | Catalano |
| ESR Past-President | Adrian | Brady |
| ESR Executive Director | Peter | Baierl |
| Research Committee Chairperson | Marion | Smits |
| Education Committee Chairperson | Annemiek | Snoeckx |
| Young ESR Committee Chairperson | Ioana | Gheonea |
| Digital, AI and Emerging Technologies Committee Chairperson | Konstantin | Nikolaou |
Board Members:
| Chairperson | Annemiek Snoeckx (BE) |
| ESR 2nd Vice-President | Mathias Prokop (NL) |
| Chairperson of the Subspecialties and Allied Sciences Committee | Núria Bargalló Alabart (ES) |
| Chairperson of the National Societies Committee | Christian Loewe (AT) |
| Chairperson of the Quality, Safety and Standards Committee | Emanuele Neri (IT) |
| Chairperson of the Young ESR Committee | Ioana Gheonea (RO) |
| Chairperson of the e-Learning Subcommittee | Fleur Kilburn-Toppin (UK) |
| Chairperson of the Radiology Trainees Forum (RTF) Subcommittee | Saif Afat (DE) |
| Chairperson of the Undergraduate Education Subcommittee | Edith Vassallo (MT) |
| ESOR Director | Valérie Vilgrain (FR) |
| EDiR Scientific Director | Laura Oleaga (ES) |
| ETAP 2.0 Scientific Director | Jeanette Kraft (UK) |
| Members at large | Thomas Frauenfelder (CH) Jussi Hirvonen (FI) Maja Hrabak Paar (HR) Valérie Laurent (FR) |
| ARMENIA | Kostan Galumyan | AUSTRIA | Rüdiger Schernthaner |
| AZERBAIJAN | Malakhat Sultanova | BELARUS | Siarhei Kharuzhyk |
| BULGARIA | Chavdar Bachvarov | CYPRUS | Chrysa Tziakouri |
| CZECHIA | Martin Kyncl | ESTONIA | Jaanika Paemre |
| FINLAND | Jussi Hirvonen | FRANCE | Isabelle Thomassin-Naggara |
| GERMANY | Marc-André Weber | GREECE | Kyriaki Tavernaraki |
| HUNGARY | Eszter Ajna Olajos | ICELAND | Maríanna Gardarsdóttir |
| IRELAND | Mark Knox | ISRAEL | Galit Aviram |
| ITALY | Guido Ligabue | KAZAKHSTAN | Zhanar Abdrakhmanova |
| LATVIA | Maija Radzina | LITHUANIA | Raminta Lukšaitė-Lukštė |
| MALTA | Adrian Mizzi | MOLDOVA | Marina Nepotu |
| NORTH MACEDONIA | Sonja Nikolovna | THE NETHERLANDS | Stefan Rosendaal |
| NORWAY | Johan Castberg Hellund | POLAND | Joanna Podgórska |
| PORTUGAL | Luísa Costa Andrade | ROMANIA | Lucian Florescu |
| RUSSIA | Tatyana Rostovtseva | SLOVAKIA | Andrej Klepanec |
| SLOVENIA | Domen Plut | SPAIN | José Maria García Santos |
| SWEDEN | Mats Geijer | SWITZERLAND | Andreas Hötker |
| UKRAINE | Uliana Pidvalna | UNITED KINGDOM | Priya Suresh |
| CIRSE | Laura Crocetti | ESHIMT | Michel Eisenblätter |
| ESMRMB | Carlo Quattrocchi | EUSOBI | Fleur Kilburn-Toppin |
| ESCR | Dominika Suchá | ESER | Marcela de la Hoz Polo |
| ESGAR | Christoph Zeck | ESHNR | Stephen Connor |
| EuSoMII | Elmar Kotter | ESSR | Elena Drakonaki |
| ESNR | TBA | ESOI | TBA |
| ESPR | Ignasi Barber Martínez de la Torre | ESTI | Jürgen Biederer |
| ESUR | Pieter Julien Luc De Visschere |
For more information about Education Committee Subcommittees, please see the next tab Education Subcommittees.
Subcommittees
| e-Learning Subcommittee | Chairperson: Fleur Kilburn-Toppin (UK) |
| Radiology Trainees Forum Subcommittee (RTF) | Chairperson: Saif Afat (DE) |
| Undergraduate Education Subcommittee | Chairperson: Edith Vassallo (MT) |
The subcommittee on e-Learning takes care of the review and maintenance process of the ESR’s e-Learning platform Education on Demand (learn.myESR.org)
| Chairperson | Fleur Kilburn-Toppin (UK) |
| Members | Andrea Alcalá-Galiano (ES) Alexandra Athanasiou (GR) Maijana Basta Nikolic (RS) Alberto Bazzocchi (IT) Bella Chamokova (RU) Frances Colgan (NZ) Ian Craven (UK) Tilak Das (UK) Timm Denecke (DE) Rebecca Duerden (UK) Amdrew England (UK) Julia Frühwald-Pallamar (AT) Elisabetta Giannotti (UK) Luiza Grzycka-Kowalczyk (PL) Sahin Hilal (TR) Maja Hrabak Paar (HR) Aikaterini Kanavaki (GR) Katarzyna Katulska (PL) Willemijn M Klein (NL) Floortje Klerx-Melis (NL) Miltiadis Krokidis (GR) Andrea Lakatos (HU) Christian Loewe (AT) Ioana Lupescu (RO) Stephanie Nougaret (FR) Teresa Santos Nunes (PT) Anagha P. Parkar (NO) Yeliz Pekçevik (TR) Alexandra Platon (IT) Lorenzo Preda (IT) Peter Reimer (DE) Diogo Roriz (PT) Rafael Salvador (ES) Luca Sconfienza (IT) Maria Magdalena Serra Salas (ES) Eva Serrão (PT) Stephan Skornitzke (DE) Andras Székely (HU) Marcello Andrea Tipaldi (IT) Chariklea Triantopoulou (GR) Joostvan Schuppen (NL) Ramona Woitek (UK) Giulia Zamboni (IT) |
The Radiology Trainees Forum (RTF) was established as an organisation to represent the views of radiology trainees. It is coordinated by its board and invites all ESR member countries to appoint a trainee representative. The current list of delegates can be viewed below.
RTF Subcommittee Board
| Chairperson | Saif Afat (DE) |
| Chairperson of the ESR Education Committee | Annemiek Snoeckx (BE) |
| Chairperson of the Young ESR Committee | Ioana Gheonea (RO) |
| Chairperson of the Undergraduate Education Subcommittee | Edith Vassallo (MT) |
| EDiR Scientific Director | Laura Oleaga (ES) |
| Member | Andreas Drossinos (CH) Judith Herrmann (DE) Michail Klontzas (GR) Delia Padurariu (RO) Kaur Valk (EE) |
RTF Delegates
| ARMENIA | Garik Hovhannisyan | AUSTRIA | Alexander Harold |
| AZERBAIJAN | Rashida Fataliyeva | BELARUS | Yulia Osipava |
| BELGIUM | Anne-Sophie Vanhoenacker | BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA | Aida Vehabović-Delić |
| BULGARIA | Petra Popova | CROATIA | Goran Milašin |
| CYPRUS | Loizos Shakallis | CZECHIA | Vlastimil Válek |
| DENMARK | Christian Lund Petersen | ESTONIA | Kaur Valk |
| FINLAND | Heidi Huhtanen | FRANCE | Sara Benchara |
| GEORGIA | Ana Baramidze | GERMANY | Saif Afat Nadine Bayerl |
| GREECE | Athanasios Kondylis | HUNGARY | Csaba Ellák Siket |
| ICELAND | Gunnar Andrésson | IRELAND | Patrick Cooper |
| ISRAEL | Samir Shinnawi | ITALY | Antonio Portaluri |
| KAZAKHSTAN | Nurassyl Axsultanov | LATVIA | Madara Ratniece |
| LITHUANIA | Rokas Liaugaudas | MALTA | Lara Camilleri |
| MOLDOVA | Tatiana Paholinițchi | MONTENEGRO | Biljana Vujović |
| THE NETHERLANDS | Sietze Hofman | NORTH MACEDONIA | Dejan Taneski |
| NORWAY | Mathias Leo Kanold | POLAND | Oskar Bożek |
| PORTUGAL | Inácio Freitas | ROMANIA | Mihai-Alexandru Ene |
| RUSSIA | Daria Filatova | SERBIA | Ivan Anđelković |
| SLOVAKIA | Lucia Lebdušková | SLOVENIA | Živa Miriam Geršak |
| SPAIN | Hugo González | SWEDEN | Nathalie Norstedt |
| SWITZERLAND | Anna Landsmann | UKRAINE | Tetiana Arsenidze |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Sarim Ather |
| CIRSE | Nauris Zdanovskis | EUSOBI | Mirjam Wielema |
| ESCR | Nicola Fink | ESER | Cillian McNamara |
| ESGAR | Karim Soualmi | ESHNR | Helena Paixão |
| EuSoMII | Pinar Yilmaz | ESNR | Cenk Hepdurgun |
| ESTI | Joan Walter | ESUR | Riccardo Ciabattoni |
Aims and Objectives of the RTF
The RTF’s objective is to represent the interests of radiology trainees within the ESR, especially with regard to education, careers, research and exchange programmes. The RTF’s most important goal is to provide an equal level of radiological knowledge and skills for radiology trainees all over Europe.
What are the RTF’s objectives?
Ø To stimulate discussion on educational matters within the ESR.
Ø To help with the development and assessment of common standards and to promote equal opportunities for trainees throughout Europe to broaden and develop their experience early in their careers.
Ø To promote research as a regular part of the radiological training curriculum and to encourage the development of paid research jobs.
Ø To aid and encourage the ESR to facilitate and increase the exchange of knowledge and experience among radiology trainees in different European countries. Ø To represent European radiology trainees and young radiologists in the:
- ESR Education Committee
- ESR Research Committee
- ESR e-Learning Subcommittee
- ESR Undergraduate Education Subcommittee
- ESOR Steering Committee
Ø To develop surveys to assess different aspects of our above mentioned aims and activities.
Ø To organise specific activities for radiology trainees during the European Congress of Radiology (Highlighted Lectures, Rising Stars Lounge, Meet and Greet Sessions).
RTF Documents
Please find below some information on the past and current activities of the RTF and other interesting documents for trainees:
- Radiology trainees forum survey report on workplace satisfaction, ESR education, mobility and stress level (October 2018)
- Survey: Administration and Management (March 2014)
- Survey: MD PhD programmes with relevance to imaging (May 2013)
- Survey: How to improve the RTF? (March 2013)
- Survey: European Training (February 2008)
- Survey: Teleradiology and Outsourcing (February 2008)
- Information about National Societies, grants and fellowships (as of November 2006)
History and Past Chairpersons of the RTF
Find out more about the History and the Past Chairpersons of the RTF in the document below!
RTF History and Past Chairpersons →
If you wish to get in touch with the members of the RTF Board, an individual national delegate or if you want to receive more information, please send us a message at [email protected]!
Undergraduate Education Subcommittee
| Chairperson | Edith Vassallo (MT) |
| Chairperson of the Education Committee | Annemiek Snoeckx (BE) |
| Chairperson of the RTF | Saif Afat (DE) |
| Members | Rodrigo Alcantara Souza (ES) Jan Cees de Groot (NL) Paulo Donato (PT) Darka Hadnadjev Šimonji (RS) Bela Purohit (SG) |
The Undergraduate Education Subcommittee has developed “Becoming a radiologist”, a guide for those interested in a career in radiology, medical imaging and interventional radiology. Please click here to view the booklet.
Committee Members:
| Chairperson | Maija Radzina (LV) |
| Chairperson of the ESR Board of Directors | Carlo Catalano (IT) |
| ESR President | Andrea Rockall (UK) |
| ESR 1st Vice-President | Minerva Becker (CH) |
| ESR 2nd Vice-President | Mathias Prokop (NL) |
| ESR Past-President | Adrian P. Brady (IE) |
| ESR Executive Director | Peter Baierl (AT) |
Committee Members:
| Chairperson | Christian Loewe (AT) |
| ESR President | Andrea Rockall (UK) |
| ESR 1stVice-President | Minerva Becker (CH) |
| ESR 2nd Vice-President | Mathias Prokop (NL) |
| Director of ESOR | Valerie Vilgrain (FR) |
| ALBANIA | Arben Rroji | ARMENIA | Kostan Galumyan |
| AUSTRIA | Gertraud Heinz | AZERBAIJAN | Yunus Afandiyev |
| BELARUS | Irina Abelskaya | BELGIUM | Tom De Beule |
| BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA | Haris Huseinagić | BULGARIA | Nikoleta Traikova |
| CROATIA | Goran Roić | CYPRUS | Chyrsa Tziakouri Shiakalli |
| CZECHIA | Miloslav Roček | DENMARK | Martin Lundsgaard Hansen |
| ESTONIA | Gert Mikkal | FINLAND | Juhana Hakumäki |
| FRANCE | Marie-France Bellin | GEORGIA | George Tsivtsivadze |
| GERMANY | Konstantin Nikolaou | GREECE | Athanasios Chalazonitis |
| HUNGARY | László Kostyál | ICELAND | Hjalti M. Thorisson |
| IRELAND | Patricia Cunningham | ISRAEL | Ilan Shelef |
| ITALY | Andrea Giovagnoni | KAZAKHSTAN | Raushan I. Rakhimzhanova |
| LITHUANIA | Saulius Lukoševičius | LATVIA | Atis Svare |
| MALTA | Melvin D’Anastasi | LUXEMBOURG | Yves Lasar |
| MONTENEGRO | Žanka Cerović | MOLDOVA | Semion Marga |
| NORTH MACEDONIA | Aleksandar Gjoreski | THE NETHERLANDS | Jet Quarles van Ufford |
| POLAND | Edyta Szurowska | NORWAY | Fredrik Nomme |
| ROMANIA | Radu Baz | PORTUGAL | Luís Curvo Semedo |
| SERBIA | Ružica Maksimović | RUSSIA | Valentin Sinitsyn |
| SLOVENIA | Vladka Salapura | SLOVAKIA | Andrej Klepanec |
| SWEDEN | Sara Sehlstedt | SPAIN | Milagros Otero García |
| SWITZERLAND | Sebastian Schindera | UNITED KINGDOM | Katharine Halliday |
| UKRAINE | Tatyana Yalinska |
Committee Members:
| Chairperson | Marc Dewey |
| Editor-in-Chief of “European Radiology” | Bernd Hamm |
| Editor-in-Chief of “Insights into Imaging” | Luis Martí-Bonmatí |
| Editor-in-Chief of “European Radiology Experimental” | Francesco Sardanelli |
| Editor-in-Chief of “EURORAD” | Filipe Caseiro-Alves |
| ESR Executive Director | Peter Baierl |
| Chairperson of the ESR Board of Directors | Carlo Catalano |
| 2nd Vice-President | Mathias Prokop |
| Chairperson of the Finance & Internal Affairs Committee (ex-officio, non-voting) | Maija Radzina |
For more information about Quality, Safety and Standards Committee
Subcommittees, please see the Quality, Safety and Standards Committee Subcommittees tab.
Committee Members:
| Chairperson | Emanuele Neri (IT) |
| Members at Large | Luis Concepción Aramendía (ES) Elmar Kotter (DE) Andrea Rosskopf (CH) Luca Sconfienza (IT) |
| Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Audit and Standards | Roman Klöckner (DE) |
| Chairperson of the Subcommittee on eHealth and Informatics | Daniel Pinto dos Santos (DE) |
| Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Ultrasound Quality and Standards | Thomas Fischer (DE) |
| Chairperson of the Subcommittee on MR Safety & Quality | Francesco Santini (CH) |
| Chairperson of the Imaging Referral Guidelines Subcommittee | Alex Rovira (ES) |
| Chairperson of the EuroSafe Imaging Steering Committee | Boris Brkljačić (HR) |
| Co-Opted Member EMA Expert | Olivier Clément (FR) |
| ESR 2nd Vice-President | Mathias Prokop (NL) |
| Chairperson of the Subspecialties and Allied Sciences Committee | Núria Bargalló Alabart (ES) |
| Chairperson of the National Societies Committee | Christian Loewe (AT) |
| Chairperson of the Education Committee | Annemiek Snoeckx (BE) |
| Chairperson of the Digital, AI, and Emerging Technologies Committee | Konstantin Nikolaou (DE) |
| Observer member: Patient representative | Judy Birch (UK) |
| ARMENIA | Narek Matinyan | AUSTRIA | Gerlig Wildmann |
| AZERBAIJAN | Nijat Alishev | BELARUS | Volha Vadzianava |
| BULGARIA | Mariya Nedevska | CYPRUS | Cleanthis Ioannides |
| CZECHIA | Hynek Mirkva | ESTONIA | Gert Mikkal |
| FINLAND | Juhana Hakumäki | FRANCE | Baptiste Morel |
| GEORGIA | Mikheil Baramia | GERMANY | Christiane Kuhl |
| GREECE | Stylianos Benakis | HUNGARY | Levente Lánczi |
| ICELAND | Magnus Lúðvíksson | IRELAND | Margot Brannigan |
| ISRAEL | Gal Ben Arie | ITALY | Andrea Magistrelli |
| KAZAKHSTAN | Zhanar Kozhakhmetova | LATVIA | Ilze Apine |
| LITHUANIA | Kristina Valatkevičienė | MALTA | Richard Pulliccino |
| MOLDOVA | Dinga Veasecslav | MONTENEGRO | Žanka Cerović |
| THE NETHERLANDS | Jesse Habets | NORTH MACEDONIA | Dimitar Veljanovski |
| NORWAY | Helga M. Brøgger | POLAND | Maciej Guziński |
| PORTUGAL | Vasco Magalhães Ramalho | ROMANIA | Costin Minoiu |
| RUSSIA | Natalia Ledikhova | SLOVAKIA | Viera Lehotská |
| SLOVENIA | SLOVENIA | SPAIN | Luis Concepción Aramendía |
| SWEDEN | Joakim Crafoord | SWITZERLAND | Andreas Gutzeit |
| UKRAINE | Andrii Gurando | UNITED KINGDOM | Raman Uberoi |
| CIRSE | Alex Barnacle | ESCR | Rodrigo Salgado |
| ESER | Dragan Vasin | ESGAR | Sofia Gourtsoyiani |
| ESHIMT | Jose L. Vercher Conejero | ESHNR | Elizabeth Loney |
| ESNR | TBA | ESOI | Marius Mayerhöfer |
| ESPR | Maria Raissaki | ESSR | Eva Llopis |
| ESTI | Helmut Prosch | ESUR | Rossano Girometti |
| EUSOBI | Eva Maria Fallenberg | EuSoMII | Pinar Yimaz |
| ESMRMB | Francesco Santini |
Audit and Standards Subcommittee
| Chairperson | Roman Klöckner (DE) |
| Quality, Safety and Standards Committee Chairperson | Emanuele Neri (IT) |
| National Societies Committee Chairperson | Christian Loewe (AT) |
| Education Committee Chairperson | Annemiek Snoeckx (NL) |
| Members | Luis Curvo Semedo (PT) |
Please click here for most recent ESR Publications & Statements, including guidelines produced by the ESR Audit and Standards Subcommittee, published in Insights into Imaging.
Please click here to learn more about the ESR Basic Patient Safety Standards and Audit Tool.
eHealth and Informatics Subcommittee
| Chairperson | Daniel Pinto dos Santos (DE) |
| Quality, Safety and Standards Committee Chairperson | Emanuele Neri (IT) |
| Digital, AI, and Emerging Technologies Committee Chairperson | Konstantin Nikolaou (DE) |
| National Soceities Committee Chairperson | Christian Loewe (AT) |
| Members | Renato Cuocolo (IT) Robin Decoster (EFRS Representative) (BE) Merel Huisman (NL) Michail Klontzas (GR) Luis Martí-Bonmati (ES) Benoît Rizk (CH) Christopher Roth (USA) Evis Sala (IT) Susan Shelmerdine (IT) Aad van der Lugt (EIBALL SC Chair) (NL) |
| Observer member: Patient representative | Erik Briers (BE) |
Ultrasound Quality and Standards Subcommittee
| Chairperson | Thomas Fischer (DE) |
| Quality, Safety and Standards Committee Chairperson | Emanuele Neri (IT) |
| Subspecialties and Allied Sciences Committee Chairperson | Núria Bargalló Alabart (ES) |
| Members | Liat Appelbaum (IL) Tilmann Gräter (AT) Ernst M. Jung (DE) Paul Sidhu (UK) |
ESR Referral Guidelines Subcommittee
| Chairperson/Methodologist | Àlex Rovira (ES) |
| Quality, Safety and Standards Committee Chairperson | Emanuele Neri (IT) |
| Breast Imaging | Fleur Kilburn Toppin (EUSOBI) (UK) |
| Cardiac & Vascular Imaging | Rozemarijn Vliegenthart (ESCR) (NL) Christian Loewe (ESCR) (AT) Rodrigo Salgado (ESCR) (BE) |
| Gastrointestinal Imaging | Isabelle de Kock (ESGAR) (BE) Roberto Cannella (ESGAR) (IT) |
| Musculoskeletal Imaging | Chiara Giraudo (ESSR) (IT) |
| Neurologic/H&N Imaging | Franca Wagner (ESHNR) (CH) Myriam Edjlali-Goujon (ESNR) (FR) Ian Craven (ESNR) (UK) |
| Paediatric Imaging | Karen Rosendahl (ESPR) (NO) |
| Thoracic Imaging | Guillaume Chassagnon (ESTI) (FR) |
| Urologic Imaging | Francesco Giganti (ESUR) (UK) |
| Methodologist | Monique Maas (NL) |
MR Safety and Quality Subcommittee
| Chairperson | Francesco Santini (CH) |
| Quality, Safety and Standards Committee Chairperson | Emanuele Neri (IT) |
| Education Committee Chairperson | Annemiek Snoeckx (NL) |
| National Societies Committee Chairperson | Christian Loewe (AT) |
| EIBALL Subcommittee Chairperson | Aad van der Lugt (NL) |
| Members | Anne Dorte Blankholm (EFRS) (DE) |
Board Members:
| Chairperson | Marion Smits (NL) |
| EIBIR Scientific Director | Regina Beets-Tan (NL) |
| Members at Large | Corinne Balleyguier (FR) Susan Shelmerdine (UK) |
| RTF representative | Michail Klontzas (GR) |
| ESR 2nd Vice-President | Minerva Becker (CH) |
| Chairperson of the European Imaging Biomarkers Alliance – EIBALL | Aad van der Lugt (NL) |
Society Delegates:
| Armenia | Hovhannes Vardevanyan | Austria | Elke Gizewski |
| Azerbaijan | Leyla Musayeva | Belarus | Vitali Rymasheuski |
| Bulgaria | Silvia Tsvetkova | Cyprus | Loizos Siakallis |
| Czechia | Lukáš Lambert | Estonia | Martin Reim |
| Finland | Roberto Blanco Sequeiros | France | Sébastien Mulé |
| Georgia | Dudana Gachechiladze | Germany | Ulrike Attenberger |
| Greece | Marianna Vlychou | Hungary | Dániel Véreb |
| Iceland | Haraldur Bjarnason | Ireland | Gabrielle Colleran |
| Israel | Noam Tau | Italy | Andrea Agostini |
| Kazakhstan | Zhanibek Baiturlin | Latvia | Artus Balodis |
| Lithuania | Malta | Kelvin Cortis | |
| Montenegro | Marija Abramović | The Netherlands | Martijn Boomsma |
| North Macedonia | Volca Aliji | Norway | Lil-Sofie Ording Müller |
| Poland | Katarzyna Katulska | Portugal | Hugo Marques |
| Romania | Ioana Gheonea | Russia | Vlamidir Fokin |
| Slovakia | Maroš Rudnay | Slovenia | Maroš Rudnay |
| Spain | Albert Pons Escoda | Sweden | Katrine Riklund |
| Switzerland | Hendrik Von Tengg-Kobligk | Ukraine | Natalia Dichko |
| United Kingdom | Robert Morgan |
| CIRSE | Thomas Kröncke | ESCR | Sara Boccalini |
| ESER | Mehmet Erturk | ESGAR | Stuart Taylor |
| ESHIMT | Lena Unterrainer | ESHNR | Berit Verbist |
| ESMRMB | Benedikt Poser | ESNR | TBA |
| ESOI | Evis Sala | ESPR | Susan Shelmerdine |
| ESSR | Edwin Oei | ESTI | Angaha Parkar |
| ESUR | Evis Sala | EUSOBI | Ritse Mann |
| EuSoMII | Jacob Visser |
For more information about Research Committee Subcommittees, please see the Research Committee Subcommittees tab.
European Imaging Biomarkers Alliance – EIBALL
Subcommittee
EIBALL chair EIBALL member – Research Committee Chair EIBALL co-opted member with specific expertise on segmentation standardisation project EIBALL co-opted member with specific expertise on QIBA ASL Profile EIBALL co-opted member – cross-representation eHealth and Informatics SC EIBALL co-opted member with specific expertise (ESHI-MT representative) | EIBALL member Prof. Francesco Giganti (UK) Prof. Hugo Marques |
The activities of the former ESR Subcommittee on Imaging Biomarkers, ESR Working Group on Personalised Medicine and ESR-EORTC Working Group were merged into EIBALL.
Objectives
- Coordinate all ESR activities concerning imaging biomarkers
- Prepare an inventory of all activities and projects in the field of imaging biomarkers where the ESR is involved
- Serve as a tool box that provides information about current projects, centres involved in clinical trials and educational activities
- Define possible imaging biomarkers in different human body regions; oncologic as well as non-oncologic
- Establish a functional biomarker profile that is current and relevant through the development of an online inventory of biomarkers
- Enable and encourage the clinical use of biomarkers by setting standards for data acquisition and image processing
- Closely collaborate with EIBIR to maintain an updated list of European centres of excellence (core institutions) for the implementation and clinical validation of imaging biomarkers
- Closely collaborate with the EORTC (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer) and its Imaging Group with regard to the inclusion of radiologists in multicentre trials and the development of a biomarker inventory
- Closely collaborate with QIBA (technical validation synergies) to avoid duplication of development and EORTC (biological validation) to coordinate strategies, find complementarity, and benefit from synergies
Committee Members:
| Chairperson Núria Bargalló Alabart (ES) | ESGAR representative Marc Zins (FR) |
| ESR President Andrea Rockall (UK) | ESHI-MT representative Clemens Cyran (DE) |
| ESR 1st Vice-President Minerva Becker (CH) | ESHNR representative Timothy Beale (UK) |
| ESR 2nd Vice-President Mathias Prokop (NL) | ESMRMB representative Patricia Figueiredo (PT) |
| Chairperson of the Education Committee Annemiek Snoeckx (BE) | ESNR representative Andrea Rossi (IT) |
| Chairperson of the Quality, Safety and Standards Committee Emanuele Neri (IT) | ESOI representative Emanuele Neri (IT) |
| Chairperson of the Research Committee Marion Smits (NL) | ESPR representative Maria Argyropoulou (GR) |
| Director of the European School of Radiology Valerie Vilgrain (FR) | ESSR representative Antoine Feydy (FR) |
| ESR Executive Director Peter Baierl (AT) | ESTI representative Anagha Parkar (NO) |
| CIRSE representative Philippe Pereira (UK) | ESUR representative Michele Bertolotto (ES) |
| ESCR representative Rodrigo Salgado (BE) | EUSOBI representative Michael Fuchsjäger (AT) |
| ESER representative Cem Calli (TR) | EuSoMII representative Peter van Ooijen (NL) |
| Chairperson | Konstantin Nikolau (DE) |
| Quality, Safety, and Standards Committee Chair | Emanuele Neri (IT) |
| eHealth & Informatics Subcommittee Chair | Daniel Pinto dos Santos (DE) |
| Education Committee Chair | Annemiek Snoeckx (BE) |
| Young ESR Committee Chair | Ioana Gheonea (RO) |
| Cross-Sectional Imaging Subcommittee Chair | Andreas Hötker (CH) |
| Contrast Agents, Tracers & Theranostics Subcommittee Chair | Ferdia Gallagher (UK) |
| Interventional Radiology & Robotics Subcommittee Chair | Pierleone Lucatelli (IT) |
| Members | tba |
| EFRS Representative | Emma Edwards (UK) |
Committee Members:
| Chairperson | Ioana Gheonea (RO) |
| Chairperson of the Education Committee | Annemiek Snoeckx (BE) |
| Chairperson of the Communication and Interdisciplinary Affairs Committee | Marie-Pierre Revel (FR) |
| EDiR Scientific Director | Laura Oleaga (ES) |
| ESOR Scientific Director | Valerie Vilgrain (FR) |
| Editor-in-Chief of the ESR Journal Family | Bernd Hamm (DE) |
| Chairperson of the RTF Subcommittee | Saif Afat (DE) |
| Chairperson of the Sustainability Subcommittee | Sarah Sheard (UK) |
| Chairperson of the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Subcommittee | Anagha Parkar (NO) |
| BoD Representative | Carlo Catalano (IT) |
| Members | Lucian Florescu (RO) Viktoria Pozdniakova (NO) Jose Tiago Baptista (PT) Guillaume Chassagnon (FR) |
Sustainability Subcommittee:
| Chairperson | Sarah Sheard (UK) |
| Chairperson of the Young ESR Committee | Ioana Gheonea (RO) |
| EFRS Representative | Moreno Zanardo (IT) |
| Members | Camille Bourillon (FR) Mark Burgmans (NL) Andreea Cirlig (RO) Heleen Dekker (NL) Tobias Heye (CH) Michael Jackson (UK) Jan Vosshenrich (CH) |
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee:
| Chairperson | Anagha Parkar (NO) |
| Chairperson of the Young ESR Committee | Ioana Gheonea (RO) |
| Members | Mihai-Alexandru Ene (RO) |
Conduct policy
The European Society of Radiology (ESR) is an apolitical, non-profit organisation, dedicated to promoting and coordinating the scientific, philanthropic, intellectual and professional activities of Radiology in all European countries. The Society’s mission at all times is to serve the health care needs of the general public through the support of science, teaching and research and the quality of service in the field of radiology.
The integrity of its officers is essential to achieve this mission. It is critical to the integrity of the ESR that those serving in elected or appointed positions avoid conflicts of interest or the appearance of conflicts of interest. All decisions and actions must be made solely to the benefit of the ESR, without regard to personal considerations.
In order to comply with these principles, all ESR officers are asked to complete a disclosure declaration form, following the ESR’s requirement to disclose any possible conflict between their duties towards the ESR and their private interests.
Declaration forms will be updated annually. When encountering potential conflicts of interest, ESR officers must identify the potential conflict and, when required, remove themselves from all discussion and voting on the matter.
The ESR may disqualify any individual from their activities within the ESR if a conflict of interest is not disclosed or cannot be resolved.
Statutes
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