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Executive Council
Chair of the ESR Board of Directors
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 is currently Chair of the ESR Board of Directors.
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.
President
ECR 2024 Programme Planning Committee Chairperson
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 ESR President 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.
1st Vice-President & ECR 2025 Programme Planning Committee Chairperson
Andrea Rockall graduated from King's College London Medical School, London, in 1990 and 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 in Diagnostic Imaging 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, in April 2018. She is currently ESR 1st Vice President.
Professor Rockall's special interests are in genitourinary cancer, image-based clinical trials, and machine-learning applications in radiology. She is Chief Investigator of the CRUK MAPPING trial, the NIHR trials MALIBO, MALIMAR (machine learning studies), and the NIHR MROC study (multicenter UK trial in ovarian cancer). She contributes widely to undergraduate, postgraduate, and specialist radiology education.
2nd Vice-President
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).
Past-President
Professor Regina Beets-Tan, MD, PhD, is Chair of the Department of Radiology at The Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam. Her clinical expertise is in abdominal and oncologic imaging. Her research track record is in oncologic imaging including interventional oncology and artificial intelligence. Professor Beets-Tan is the current ESR Past-President. As president of various societies, including the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology in 2019 and the European Society of Oncologic Imaging in 2017, she has instigated a collaboration between radiological and other medical organisations because she believes that a multidisciplinary team approach to treatment is the key to better patient outcomes. As President of the European Congress of Radiology 2022, she aimed to give a multidisciplinary platform to professionals to ‘build bridges’ and connect in science and education. With her leadership in Radiology she is the spar in strategic panels as demonstrated by her appointment by the European commission as member of the 2019 EU Mission Board for cancer and in 2018 as member of the Board of the European Cancer organization. Professor Beets-Tan is a member of several editorial boards, has (co)authored over 400 publications, and delivered over 600 lectures in radiological and medical society meetings. She takes part in research councils of the Dutch Organisation of Science and the Dutch Cancer Society. She has received several scientific and teaching awards, including the 2013 ESOR Best Teacher Award, the 2019 Aunt Minnie best educator award and the ISMRM Outstanding Teacher Award in 2008, 2009, and 2014.
Communication and External 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.
Additionally, Maija Radziņa is involved in Program Planning Committee of the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in 2023 and 2024.
Dr Radzinņa 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.
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 | Lil-Sofie Ording Müller (NO) |
| ESR President | Carlo Catalano (IT) |
| ESR 2nd Vice-President | Minerva Becker (CH) |
| Director of ESOR (ex-officio, non-voting) | Valerie Vilgrain (FR) |
| ESR Executive Director (ex-officio, non-voting) | Peter Baierl (AT) |
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Cheryl Cruwys
Natalia Maeva
Lavinia Magee
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Additional members Dr. Dominique Carrié / Radiologist, Toulouse (France) ESR 2nd Vice-President Minerva Becker ESR Quality, Safety and Standards Committee Chairperson |
| Chairperson (ESR President) | Carlo Catalano (IT) |
| ESR 1st Vice-President | Andrea Rockall (UK) |
| ESR 2nd Vice-President | Minerva Becker (CH) |
| Chairperson of the ESR Board of Directors | Adrian Brady (IE) |
| 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) |
For full composition please see:
ECR 2024 Programme Team →
| 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
Board Members:
| Chairperson | Annemiek Snoeckx (BE) |
| ESR 2nd Vice-President | Minerva Becker (CH) |
| Chairperson of the Subspecialties and Allied Sciences Committee (ex-officio, non-voting member) | Núria Bargalló Alabart (ES) |
| Chairperson of the National Societies Committee (ex-officio, non-voting member) | Christian Loewe (AT) |
| Chairperson of the Quality, Safety and Standards Committee (ex-officio, non-voting member) | Emanuele Neri (IT) |
| Chairperson of the e-Learning Subcommittee (ex-officio) | Fleur Kilburn-Toppin (UK) |
| Chairperson of the Radiology Trainees Forum (RTF) Subcommittee (ex-officio) | Saif Afat (DE) |
| Chairperson of the Undergraduate Education Subcommittee (ex-officio) | Edith Vassallo (MT) |
| ESOR Director (ex-officio, non-voting member) | Valérie Vilgrain (FR) |
| EDiR Scientific Director (ex-officio) | Laura Oleaga (ES) |
| ETAP 2.0 Scientific Director (ex-officio) | Oğuz Dicle (TK) |
| Members at large | Anagha P. Parkar (NO) Valérie Laurent (FR) Jussi Hirvonen (FI) Thomas Frauenfelder (CH) |
Society Delegates:
| ARMENIA | Kostan Galumyan | AUSTRIA | Martin Uggowitzer |
| AZERBAIJAN | Malakhat Sultanova | BELARUS | Vitali Rymasheuski |
| BELGIUM | Inneke Willekens | BULGARIA | Kamelia Genova |
| CROATIA | Gordana Ivanac | CYPRUS | Eleni Eracleous |
| ESTONIA | Annika Tähepõld | FINLAND | Jussi Hirvonen |
| FRANCE | Isabelle Thomassin-Naggara | GEORGIA | Mikheil Okujava |
| GERMANY | Marc-André Weber | GREECE | Sotiria Stathopoulou |
| HUNGARY | Akos Jaray | ICELAND | Maríanna Gardarsdóttir |
| IRELAND | Mark Knox | ISRAEL | Michal Amitai |
| ITALY | Ernesto Di Cesare | KAZAKHSTAN | Zhanar Abdrakhmanova |
| LATVIA | Maija Radzina | LITHUANIA | Algidas Basevicius |
| MALTA | Adrian Mizzi | MONTENGRO | Danica Raičević |
| THE NETHERLANDS | Jan Cees de Groot | NORWAY | Johan Castberg Hellund |
| POLAND | Joanna Podgórska | PORTUGAL | Manuela Franca |
| ROMANIA | Lucian Florescu | RUSSIA | Elena Mershina |
| SLOVAKIA | Andrej Klepanec | SLOVENIA | Maja Pirnat |
| SPAIN | José Maria García Santos | SWEDEN | Luis Gorospe |
| SWITZERLAND | Thomas Frauenfelder | TÜRKIYE | Fazil Gelal |
| UKRAINE | Nataliia Dichko | UNITED KINGDOM | Stephen Harden |
| CIRSE | Colin Nice | ESHIMT | Michel Eisenblätter |
| ESMRMB | Carlo Quattrocchi | EUSOBI | Fleur Kilburn-Toppin |
| ESCR | Karl Friedrich Kreitner | ESER | Ana Blanco Barrio |
| ESGAR | Damian Tolan | ESHNR | Stephen Connor |
| EuSoMII | Elmar Kotter | ESSR | Miraude Adriaensen |
| ESNR | Meike Vernooij | ESOI | Clemens Cyran |
| ESPR | Ignasi Barber Martínez de la Torre | ESTI | Annemiek Snoeckx |
| ESUR | Valeria Panebianco |
For more information about Education Committee Subcommittees, please see the next tab Education Subcommittees.
Subcommittees
| e-Learning Subcommittee | Chairperson: Fleur Kilburn-Toppin |
| Radiology Trainees Forum Subcommittee (RTF) | Chairperson: Saif Afat |
| Undergraduate Education Subcommittee | Chairperson: Edith Vassallo |
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)
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
The current RTF Board consists of:
| Chairperson | Saif Afat (DE) |
| Chairperson of the ESR Education Committee | Annemiek Snoeckx (BE) |
| Chairperson of the Undergraduate Education Subcommittee | Edith Vassallo (MT) |
| EDiR Scientific Director | Laura Oleaga (ES) |
| Member | Viktoria Pozdniakova (NO) |
| Member | Michail Kontzas (GR) |
| Member | Kaur Valk (EE) |
| Member | Darío Herrán de la Gala (ES) |
| Member | Keerthini Muthuswamy (UK) |
| Member | Delia Padurariu (RO) |
| Member | Andreas Drossinos (CH) |
| Member | Maria Eneva (BG) |
RTF National Delegates
List of the RTF National Delegates →
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) |
| Co-opted member | Paulo Donato (PT) |
| Co-opted member | Jan Cees de Groot (NL) |
| Co-opted member | Rodrigo Alcantara Souza (ES) |
| Co-opted member | Bela Purohit (SG) |
| Co-opted member | Darka Hadnadjev Šimonji (RS) |
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 | Adrian P. Brady (IE) |
| ESR President | Carlo Catalano (IT) |
| ESR 1st Vice-President | Andrea Rockall (UK) |
| ESR 2nd Vice-President | Minerva Becker (CH) |
| ESR Past-President | Regina Beets-Tan (NL) |
| ESR Executive Director | Peter Baierl (AT) |
Committee Members:
| Chairperson | Christian Loewe (AT) |
| ESR President | Carlo Catalano (IT) |
| ESR 1stVice-President | Minerva Becker (CH) |
| ESR 2nd Vice-President | Andrea Rockall (UK) |
| Director of ESOR(ex-officio, non-voting) | Valerie Vilgrain (FR) |
Society Delegates:
| 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 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | Miloslav Roček | DENMARK | Charlotte Trampedach |
| ESTONIA | Martin Reim | FINLAND | Jussi Hirvonen |
| FRANCE | Marie-France Bellin | GEORGIA | George Tsivtsivadze |
| GERMANY | Konstantin Nikolaou | GREECE | Konstantinos Lymperopoulos |
| HUNGARY | László Kostyál | ICELAND | Hjalti M. Thorisson |
| IRELAND | Patricia Cunningham | ISRAEL | Ilan Shelef |
| ITALY | Andrea Giovagnoni | KAZAKHSTAN | Raushan I. Rakhimzhanova |
| KOSOVO | Ilir Ahmetgjekaj | LITHUANIA | Saulius Lukoševičius |
| LATVIA | Maija Radzina | 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 | Ioana Gheonea |
| PORTUGAL | Luís Curvo Semedo | SERBIA | Ružica Maksimović |
| RUSSIA | Valentin Sinitsyn | SLOVENIA | Maja Marolt Mušič |
| SLOVAKIA | Viera Lehotská | SWEDEN | Sara Sehlstedt |
| SPAIN | Asunción Torregrosa Andrés | TÜRKIYE | Can Cevikol |
| SWITZERLAND | Johannes Heverhagen | UNITED KINGDOM | Katharine Halliday |
| UKRAINE | Tatyana Yalinska |
Committee Members:
| Chairperson | Marc Dewey |
| Editor-in-Chief of “European Radiology” | Yves Menu |
| 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 | Adrian P. Brady |
| 2nd Vice-President | Minerva Becker |
| Chairperson of the Finance & Internal Affairs Committee (ex-officio, non-voting) | Maija Radzina |
Committee Members:
| Chairperson | Emanuele Neri (IT) |
| Members at Large | Peter Lauritzen (NO) Jaako Niinimäki (FI) Mathias Prokop (NL) Luca Sconfizena (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 | Paul Sidhu (UK) |
| Chairperson of the Working Group 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) |
| EMA Expert (co-opted member) | Olivier Clément (FR) |
| ESR 2nd Vice-President | Minerva Becker (CH) |
| Chairperson of the Subspecialties and Allied Sciences Committee (ex-officio, non-voting member) | Núria Bargalló Alabart (ES) |
| Chairperson of the National Societies Committee (ex-officio, non-voting member) | Christian Loewe (AT) |
| Chairperson of the Education Committee (ex-officio, non-voting member) | Annemiek Snoeckx (BE) |
Society Delegates:
| ARMENIA | Narek Matinyan | AUSTRIA | Gertraud Heinz |
| AZERBAIJAN | Rasim Bayramov | BELARUS | Siarhei Kharuzhyk |
| BELGIUM | Paolo Simoni | BULGARIA | Mariya Nedevska |
| CROATIA | Goran Roić | CYPRUS | Eliza Protopapa |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | Hynek Mirkva | ESTONIA | Martin Reim |
| FINLAND | Juhana Hakumäki | FRANCE | Jean-Francois Chateil |
| GEORGIA | Mikheil Baramia | GERMANY | Christiane Kuhl |
| GREECE | Kyriaki Tavernaraki | HUNGARY | Levente Lánczi |
| ICELAND | Halldor Benediktsson | IRELAND | Rachel Ennis |
| ISRAEL | Eli Atar | ITALY | Silvia Pradella |
| KAZAKHSTAN | Zhanar Kozhakhmetova | LATVIA | Ilze Apine |
| LITHUANIA | Saulius Lukosevicius | MALTA | Melvin D’Anastasi |
| MONTENEGRO | Žanka Cerović | THE NETHERLANDS | Jesse Habets |
| NORTH MACEDONIA | Dimitar Veljanovski | NORWAY | Helga M. Brøgger |
| POLAND | Maciej Guziński | PORTUGAL | Paulo Donato |
| ROMANIA | Costin Minoiu | RUSSIA | Tatyana Bergen |
| SLOVAKIA | Viera Lehotská | SLOVENIA | Silva Breznik |
| SPAIN | Fatima Matute Teresa | SWEDEN | Joakim Crafoord |
| SWITZERLAND | Andreas Gutzeit | TÜRKIYE | Şükrü Mehmet Ertür |
| UKRAINE | Oleksandr Berezovskyi | UNITED KINGDOM | Teik Choon See |
| CIRSE | Laura Crocetti | ESCR | Rodrigo Salgado |
| ESER | Marcela De La Hoz Polo | ESGAR | Maija Radzina |
| ESHIMT | Sergios Gatidis | ESHNR | Davide Farina |
| ESNR | Tarek Yousry | ESOI | Marius Mayerhöfer |
| ESPR | Maria Raissaki | ESSR | Eva Llopis |
| ESTI | Helmut Prosch | ESUR | Rossano Girometti |
| EUSOBI | Eva Maria Fallenberg | EuSoMII | Daniel Pinto dos Santos |
| ESMRMB | Francesco Santini |
For more information about Quality, Safety and Standards Committee
Subcommittees, please see the Quality, Safety and Standards Committee Subcommittees tab.
Audit and Standards Subcommittee
| Chairperson | Roman Klöckner |
| Quality, Safety and Standards Committee Chairperson | Emanuele Neri |
| National Societies Committee Chairperson | Christian Loewe |
| Education Committee Chairperson | Annemiek Snoeckx |
| Members | Alexandra Karoussou-Schreiner |
| Co-opted members | Marta Serrallonga David Howlett |
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 |
| National Societies Committee Chairperson | Christian Loewe |
| Quality, Safety and Standards Committee Chairperson | Emanuele Neri |
| Members | Sotirios Bisdas Luis Martí-Bonmati Benoît Rizk Renato Cuocolo Merel Huisman |
| Co-opted member | Mustafa Özmen Robin Decoster (EFRS Representative) Christopher Roth Aad van der Lugt (EIBALL Subcommittee Chair) |
| Observer member: Patient representative | Erik Briers |
Ultrasound Quality and Standards Subcommittee
| Chairperson | Paul Sidhu |
| Quality, Safety and Standards Committee Chairperson | Emanuele Neri |
| Subspecialties and Allied Sciences Committee Chairperson | Núria Bargalló Alabart |
| Members | Thomas Fischer |
| Co-opted Members | Maciej Piskunowicz |
ESR Referral Guidelines Subcommittee
| Chairperson/Methodologist | Alex Rovira |
| Quality, Safety and Standards Committee Chairperson | Emanuele Neri |
| Members | Christoph Becker (Gastrointestinal Imaging) Michele Bertolotto (Urologic Imaging) Carlo Catalano (Vascular Imaging) Michael Fuchsjäger (Breast Imaging) Rosemarie Forstner (Women’s Imaging) Christoph Schäffeler (Musculoskeletal Imaging) Alex Rovira (Neurologic Imaging) Valentin Sinitsyn (Cardiac Imaging) Marcelo Sanchez (Thoracic Imaging) Erich Sorantin (Paediatric Imaging) |
| Co-opted Members | Lluis Donoso |
MR Safety and Quality Working Group
| Chairperson | Francesco Santini |
| Quality, Safety and Standards Committee Chairperson | Emanuele Neri |
| Education Committee Chairperson | Annemiek Snoeckx |
| National Societies Committee Chairperson | Christian Loewe |
| EIBALL Subcommittee Chairperson | Aad van der Lugt |
| Members | Anne Dorte Blankholm (EFRS) |
Board Members:
| Chairperson | Marion Smits (NL) |
| EIBIR Scientific Director | Regina Beets-Tan (NL) |
| Members at Large | Steve Halligan (UK) Alejandro Rovira (ES) Roberto Blanco Sequeiros (FI) Zsigmond Tamás Kincses (HU) |
| RTF representative (co-opted) | Michail Klontzas (GR) |
| ESR 2ⁿᵈ Vice-President | Minvera Becker (CH) |
| Chairperson of the European Imaging Biomarkers Alliance – EIBALL (ex-officio full member) | Aad van der Lugt (NL) |
Society Delegates:
| Armenia | Hovhannes Vardevanyan | Austria | Richard Nolz |
| Azerbaijan | Leyla Musayeva | Belarus | Volha Vadzianava |
| Belgium | Piet Vanhoenacker | Bulgaria | Silvia Tsvetkova |
| Croatia | Krešimir Dolić | Cyprus | Chrysa Tziakouri |
| Czech Republic | Tomáš Andrašina | Denmark | Michael Bachmann Nielsen |
| Estonia | Juhan Reimand | Finland | Roberto Blanco Sequeiros |
| France | Laure Fournier | Georgia | Dudana Gachechiladze |
| Germany | Frank G. Wacker | Greece | Kyriakos Stringaris |
| Hungary | Zsigmond Tamás Kincses | Iceland | Helgi Már Jónsson |
| Ireland | Jennifer Ni Mhuircheartaigh | Israel | Eli Konen |
| Italy | Massimo Midiri | Kazakhstan | Zhanibek Baiturlin |
| Latvia | Ardis Platkajis | Lithuania | Jurate Dementaciviene |
| Malta | Kelvin Cortis | Montenegro | Marija Abramović |
| The Netherlands | Anouk Van Der Hoorn | North Macedonia | Menka Lazareska |
| Norway | Karen Rosendahl | Poland | Katarzyna Katulska |
| Portugal | Hugo Marques | Romania | Ioana Gheonea |
| Russia | Konstantin Zavadovsky | Serbia | Mirjan Nadrljanski |
| Slovakia | Kamil Zeleňák | Slovenia | Peter Popovic |
| Spain | Albert Pons Escoda | Sweden | Katrine Riklund |
| Switzerland | Jean-Paul Vallée | Türkiye | Ulku Kerimoglu |
| Ukraine | Olena Odoshevska | United Kingdom | Luc Bidaut |
| CIRSE | Peter Reimer | ESCR | Birgitta Velthuis |
| ESER | Mehmet Erturk | ESGAR | Jaap Stoker |
| ESHIMT | Ivo Rausch | ESHNR | Berit Verbist |
| ESMRMB | Andrew Webb | ESNR | Sven Haller |
| ESOI | Evis Sala | ESPR | Susan Shelmerdine |
| ESSR | Mario Maas | ESTI | Mario Silva |
| 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 ex officio 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 Dr. Maria Bali (BE) Dr. Caroline Caramella (FR) Dr. Antonella Castellano (IT) Dr. Pim de Graaf (NL) Dr. Oliver Diaz (ES) Prof. Sergios Gatidis (DE) Dr. Wolfgang Kunz (DE) Dr. Philipp Lohmann (DE) Dr. Patrick Omouni (CH) Prof. Sabine Schmidt (CH) Prof. Steven Sourbron (UK) Ms. Claire Steinville (FR) Dr. Michelle Williams (UK) |
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 Carlo Catalano (IT) | ESHI-MT representative Clemens Cyran (DE) |
| ESR 1st Vice-President Andrea Rockall (UK) | ESHNR representative Bert De Foer (BE) |
| ESR 2nd Vice-President Minerva Becker | ESMRMB representative Benedikt Poser (NL) |
| Chairperson of the Education Committee (ex-officio, non-voting member) Annemiek Snoeckx (BE) | ESNR representative Tarek A. Yousry (UK) |
| Chairperson of the Quality, Safety and Standards Committee (ex-officio, non-voting member) Emanuele Neri (IT) | ESOI representative Emanuele Neri (IT) |
| Chairperson of the Research Committee (ex-officio, non-voting member) Marion Smits (NL) | ESPR representative Maria Argyropoulou (GR) |
| Director of the European School of Radiology (ESOR, ex-officio, non-voting member) Valerie Vilgrain (FR) | ESSR representative Carlo Martinoli (IT) |
| ESR Executive Director (ex-officio, non-voting member) Peter Baierl (AT) | ESTI representative Anna Rita Larici (IT) |
| CIRSE representative Christoph Binkert (CH) | ESUR representative Michele Bertolotto (ES) |
| ESCR representative Rozemarijn Vliegenthart (NL) | EUSOBI representative Ruud Pijnappel (NL) |
| ESER representative Cem Calli (TR) | EuSoMII representative Peter van Ooijen (NL) |
Quality means different things to different people. Patients expect to receive high-quality examinations and reports in a timely and efficient manner and to be confident that their radiation exposure is both justified and minimised, and also that the safety of procedures is assured. Payers have a particular interest in appropriateness and good outcomes with minimisation of costs.
In the United States, healthcare payments are increasingly linked to quality and outcome metrics. Examples of good practice include department quality and value scorecards to capture data on appropriateness, and various quality metrics to provide evidence-based data.
Similar trends are emerging in Europe, and, in 2016, the ESR established a subcommittee on value-based imaging to evaluate the situation in Europe, develop an ESR concept for value in radiology, and support radiologists in fulfilling their central role in patient care. It is in the interest of radiologists themselves to demonstrate the value of their service, and develop appropriate metrics, which capture their true contribution and added value to patient care.
Despite the difficulties presented by COVID-19, the ESR Value-Based Radiology Subcommittee was active in 2020, with the publication of an article in JAMA on Radiology and Value-Based Health Care and co-publishing a multi-society statement on the value of radiology in healthcare. Additionally, the results of a pan-European patients’ survey, conducted by the Value-Based Radiology Subcommittee in 2019 were recently published indicating ways in which value to patients might be increased.
Value-Based Radiology Subcommittee Chairperson | Andrea G. Rockall (UK) |
| Chairperson of the ESR Board of Directors | Adrian P. Brady (IE) |
| Immediate Past-President | Regina Beets-Tan (NL) |
| Quality, Safety and Standards Committee Chairperson | Emanuele Neri (IT) |
| Education Committee Chairperson | Annemiek Snoeckx (BE) |
| National Societies Committee Chairperson | Christian Loewe (AT) |
| EuroSafe Imaging Chairperson & Industry liaison (COCIR) | Boris Brkljačić (HR) |
ESR-PAG Representative | Judy Birch (UK) |
Member & CIRSE Representative | Thomas Kröncke (DE) |
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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