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Executive Council

Board of Directors & Committee Chairs
Adrian P. Brady
Chair of the ESR Board of Directors
Adrian P. Brady, Cork/IE
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.

Carlo Catalano
President
ECR 2024 Programme Planning Committee Chairperson
Carlo Catalano, Rome/IT
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.

Andrea G. Rockall
1st Vice-President & ECR 2025 Programme Planning Committee Chairperson
Andrea G. Rockall, London/UK
ESR 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.

Minerva Becker
2nd Vice-President
Minerva Becker, Geneva/CH
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).

Regina G.H. Beets-Tan
Past-President
Regina G.H. Beets-Tan, Amsterdam/NL
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.

Marie-Pierre Revel
Communication and External Affairs Committee Chairperson
Marie-Pierre Revel, Paris/FR
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).

Annemiek Snoeckx
Education Committee Chairperson
Annemiek Snoeckx, Antwerp/BE
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.

Maija Radziņa
Finance and Internal Affairs Committee Chairperson
Maija Radziņa, Riga/LV
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.

Christian Loewe
ESR National Societies Committee Chairperson
Christian Loewe, Vienna/AT
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.

Marc Dewey
Publications Committee Chairperson
Marc Dewey, Berlin/DE
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.

Emanuele Neri
Quality, Safety and Standards Committee Chairperson
Emanuele Neri, Pisa/IT
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.

Marion Smits
Research Committee Chairperson
Marion Smits, Rotterdam/NL
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.

Núria Bargalló
Subspecialities and Allied Sciences Committee Chairperson
Núria Bargalló, Barcelona/ES
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.

Valérie Vilgrain
Scientific Director of the European School of Radiology (ESOR)
Valérie Vilgrain, Paris/FR
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.

Peter Baierl
Executive Director
Peter Baierl
Executive Director

Committee Members:

ChairpersonMarie-Pierre Revel (FR)
Members at large

Lil-Sofie Ording Müller (NO)
Valdair Francisco Muglia (BR)
Zheng Yu Jin (CN)
Emina Talakić (AT)

ESR PresidentCarlo Catalano (IT)
ESR 2nd Vice-PresidentMinerva Becker (CH)
Director of ESOR (ex-officio, non-voting)Valerie Vilgrain (FR)
ESR Executive Director (ex-officio, non-voting)Peter Baierl (AT)

Chairperson
Caroline Justich
Be accepted Caroline Justich Be Accepted Caroline Justich, an experienced salesperson, with a focus on communication, financial services and real estate holds commercial power of Infomica Immobilienbörse GmbH.

Always aware of the big picture, she brings all stakeholders together to lead them towards a common target. She studied Industrial Psychology in Miami at FIU and a module of languages, economics and law at Karl Franzens University in Graz.

She joined the ESR-PAG group in 2019 with the goal to create a better doctor-patient relationship in order to meet all participants’ needs. This has a lot to do with communication. Due to her experience, she is able to train and develop tools and strategies to improve this interaction. This will strengthen the radiologists’ position as its unique selling point (USP) in times of surge of the artificial intelligence and improve “how” critical information is transmitted to a patient. The importance of the way information is communicated has been shown in various studies.



Vice-Chairperson
Marie-Pierre Revel, Chairperson of the ESR Communication and External Affairs Committee

Representatives of pan-European patient organisations
Judy Birch
Pelvic Pain Support Network (PPSN) Judy Birch Pelvic Pain Support Network (PPSN)
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Judy Birch is a member of the International Alliance of Patients Organizations (IAPO) , the European Federation of Pain (EFIC) and founder member in 2011 of Pain Alliance Europe (PAE).

As the co-founder of the Pelvic Pain Support Network (PPSN), she provides support, information and advocacy for those with pelvic pain via the website, the message board and Facebook. The network advocates for those with pelvic pain at policy, clinical, guideline development meetings and conferences keeping up to date with research and practice.

A key aim is to improve health care professional and public awareness of the impact of pelvic pain. They deliver university sessions on “patient experience” for undergraduate health professionals as well as for practicing clinicians. Judy represents those with pelvic pain in many research trials and studies to improve the quality of life of those with pelvic pain. All of her roles are voluntary, and she supports research trials to improve the Quality of Life of those with pelvic pain.

Judy became a member of the ESR-PAG in 2013.


Erik Briers
Europa Uomo (European Prostate Cancer Coalition) Erik Briers Europa Uomo (European Prostate Cancer Coalition) Erik Briers is Belgian and born in Hasselt, Belgium.

He is co-founder (2004) of the European Prostate Cancer Coalition (Europa Uomo), board member of the Belgian patient prostate cancer support group Us-Too Belgium, and chief editor of the magazine “PROSTAATinfo”. Erik played many roles in patient engagement including on medicines and development of new medicines.

He served a 3 year-term as an alternate patient representative on the Committee for Advanced Therapies (CAT) of the EMA, and acts regularly as a speaker on how to engage patients in the development of both new medicines and clinical trials.

One of his key issues is the imbalance between literacy and access to healthcare, novel medicines, and clinical trials - patients must be able to understand documentation. Erik was an invited speaker at many fora on this subject and on doctor-patient communication.

He has been an active member of ESR-PAG since 2013. He believes imaging in all its forms is of highest importance for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of cancers, including his own, with the increased importance of new guidelines including MRI imaging.

Cheryl Cruwys
Dense Breast Info Cheryl Cruwys Dense Breast Info
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Cheryl Cruwys is British, born in London, UK.

Cheryl was diagnosed early with breast cancer in 2016 in France thanks to the French standard practice of performing supplemental screening on dense breast tissue.

She is co-founder of Breast Density Matters UK and has been instrumental in the UK Breast Density Education effort for both health professionals and patients, raising awareness of the implications of dense breasts. Based on her research-driven approach to raising awareness, Cheryl was invited by medically-sourced DenseBreast-info to join the organization as European Education Coordinator.

Cheryl regularly lobbies Westminster for improved education for patients and more effective screening for women with dense breasts. Cheryl is also a patient representative on the ecancer medical science Editorial Board. All her roles are voluntary.

In March 2019, she became a member of the European Society of Radiology’s Patient Advisory Group, and recognised that the ESR-PAG offers the ideal platform to encourage discussion on patient-focussed initiatives. Her principal aim is to improve information and communication between imaging experts and patients.

Natalia Maeva
BSPPH Natalia Maeva Bulgarian Society of Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension
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Natalia Maeva lives in Sofia, Bulgaria and holds a master’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication, as well as a Ph.D. in Political Science from Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”. She started her career as a radio reporter and continued to work as a PR & marketing specialist for several Bulgarian ministries, banks and private companies. Her international career led her to Greece, Poland and Switzerland, where she worked as a regional manager.

Starting from her personal drives it is essential to share that she have been fighting pulmonary hypertension (PH) for more than 13 years. In addition, she is also a double lung transplant patient (2016), who is blessed to live a normal active life for the last six years.

Natalia is a founding member and current President of the Bulgarian Society of patients with pulmonary hypertension (2012). She is Vice President of the Bulgarian National Patient Organization, responsible for rare diseases and transplantation (December 2021). Since 2018 she also works as a Deputy Chair of the Bulgarian association of patients with respiratory failure and lung transplantation. As well as this, she is a Board member of PHA Europe (2022-2024).

Natalia is also a PAG member of the European Lung Reference Network, which covers nine groups of rare lung diseases, as well as a member of the COVID-19 PAG and part of the European Lung Foundation’s (ELF) united PAG’s group. She was scholar of EURORDIS Leadership school 2021.

She joined the ESR-PAG in December 2021 with the goal to create a better doctor-patient relationship in order to meet all participants’ needs.

Lavinia Magee
Lung Cancer Europe (LuCe) Lavinia Magee Lung Cancer Europe (LuCe)
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Lavinia Magee is Nurse Consultant, Thoracic Oncology, Royal Papworth Hospital. Her Papworth career started in 1997 as clinical research nurse and database manager. As a Lung Cancer Nursing UK (LCNUK) member she was awarded the first Research Interest Group Grant to look at the psycho-social impact of taking TKIs. In 2013 she became a committee member of LCNUK and was involved in developing the Using Your Voice (UYV) and Thoracic Oncology Research Concept to Home Run (TORCH) projects. She represents LCNUK within the UK Lung Cancer Coalition and Lung Cancer Europe and is a member of LORD NCRI subgroup.

I would be delighted to help in any way I can and represent LuCE.



Isabelle Florentin
FRANCE AVC

Evelyn Steinthaler
(no affiliation)

Steve Ebdon-Jackson
(no affiliation)

Additional members
Dr. Dominique Carrié / Radiologist, Toulouse (France)

ESR 2nd Vice-President
Minerva Becker

ESR Quality, Safety and Standards Committee Chairperson
Emanuele Neri

ESR National Societies Committee Chairperson
Christian Loewe

ESR Subspecialties and Allied Sciences Committee Chairperson
Núria Bargalló Alabart

European Federation of Radiographer Societies (EFRS)
Dr. Andrew England

The ESR Patient Advisory Group (ESR-PAG) was launched during the ECR in March 2013.

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.

Please click here for more information.

Chairperson (ESR President) Carlo Catalano (IT)
ESR 1st Vice-President Andrea Rockall (UK)
ESR 2nd Vice-PresidentMinerva Becker (CH)
Chairperson of the ESR Board of DirectorsAdrian Brady (IE)
Past PresidentRegina 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 PresidentCarlo Catalano (IT)
Chairperson of the ESR Board of DirectorsAdrian Brady (IE)
ESR Past-PresidentRegina 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:

ChairpersonAnnemiek Snoeckx (BE)
ESR 2nd Vice-PresidentMinerva 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 largeAnagha P. Parkar (NO)
Valérie Laurent (FR)
Jussi Hirvonen (FI)
Thomas Frauenfelder (CH)

Society Delegates:

ARMENIAKostan GalumyanAUSTRIAMartin Uggowitzer
AZERBAIJANMalakhat SultanovaBELARUSVitali Rymasheuski
BELGIUMInneke WillekensBULGARIAKamelia Genova
CROATIAGordana IvanacCYPRUSEleni Eracleous
ESTONIAAnnika TähepõldFINLANDJussi Hirvonen
FRANCEIsabelle Thomassin-NaggaraGEORGIAMikheil Okujava
GERMANYMarc-André WeberGREECESotiria Stathopoulou
HUNGARYAkos JarayICELANDMaríanna Gardarsdóttir
IRELANDMark KnoxISRAELMichal Amitai
ITALYErnesto Di CesareKAZAKHSTANZhanar Abdrakhmanova
LATVIAMaija RadzinaLITHUANIAAlgidas Basevicius
MALTAAdrian MizziMONTENGRODanica Raičević
THE NETHERLANDSJan Cees de GrootNORWAYJohan Castberg Hellund
POLANDJoanna PodgórskaPORTUGALManuela Franca
ROMANIALucian FlorescuRUSSIAElena Mershina
SLOVAKIAAndrej KlepanecSLOVENIAMaja Pirnat
SPAINJosé Maria García SantosSWEDENLuis Gorospe
SWITZERLANDThomas FrauenfelderTÜRKIYEFazil Gelal
UKRAINENataliia DichkoUNITED KINGDOMStephen Harden
CIRSEColin NiceESHIMTMichel Eisenblätter
ESMRMBCarlo QuattrocchiEUSOBIFleur Kilburn-Toppin
ESCRKarl Friedrich KreitnerESERAna Blanco Barrio
ESGARDamian TolanESHNRStephen Connor
EuSoMIIElmar KotterESSRMiraude Adriaensen
ESNRMeike VernooijESOIClemens Cyran
ESPR Ignasi Barber Martínez de la TorreESTIAnnemiek Snoeckx
ESURValeria Panebianco

For more information about Education Committee Subcommittees, please see the next tab Education Subcommittees.

Subcommittees

e-Learning SubcommitteeChairperson: Fleur Kilburn-Toppin
Radiology Trainees Forum Subcommittee (RTF)Chairperson: Saif Afat
Undergraduate Education SubcommitteeChairperson: 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)

List of subcommittee members →

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:


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

ChairpersonEdith Vassallo (MT)
Chairperson of the Education CommitteeAnnemiek Snoeckx (BE)
Chairperson of the RTFSaif Afat (DE)
Co-opted memberPaulo Donato (PT)
Co-opted memberJan Cees de Groot (NL)
Co-opted member

Rodrigo Alcantara Souza (ES)

Co-opted memberBela Purohit (SG)
Co-opted memberDarka 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:

ChairpersonMaija Radzina (LV)
Chairperson of the ESR Board of DirectorsAdrian P. Brady (IE)
ESR PresidentCarlo Catalano (IT)
ESR 1st Vice-PresidentAndrea Rockall (UK)
ESR 2nd Vice-President Minerva Becker (CH)
ESR Past-PresidentRegina Beets-Tan (NL)
ESR Executive DirectorPeter Baierl (AT)

Committee Members:

ChairpersonChristian Loewe (AT)
ESR PresidentCarlo Catalano (IT)
ESR 1stVice-PresidentMinerva Becker (CH)
ESR 2nd Vice-PresidentAndrea Rockall (UK)
Director of ESOR(ex-officio, non-voting)Valerie Vilgrain (FR)

Society Delegates:

ALBANIAArben RrojiARMENIAKostan Galumyan
AUSTRIAGertraud HeinzAZERBAIJANYunus Afandiyev
BELARUSIrina AbelskayaBELGIUMTom De Beule
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINAHaris HuseinagićBULGARIANikoleta Traikova
CROATIAGoran RoićCYPRUSChyrsa Tziakouri Shiakalli
CZECH REPUBLICMiloslav RočekDENMARKCharlotte Trampedach
ESTONIAMartin ReimFINLANDJussi Hirvonen
FRANCEMarie-France BellinGEORGIAGeorge Tsivtsivadze
GERMANYKonstantin NikolaouGREECEKonstantinos Lymperopoulos
HUNGARYLászló KostyálICELANDHjalti M. Thorisson
IRELANDPatricia CunninghamISRAELIlan Shelef
ITALYAndrea GiovagnoniKAZAKHSTANRaushan I. Rakhimzhanova
KOSOVOIlir AhmetgjekajLITHUANIA Saulius Lukoševičius
LATVIAMaija RadzinaMALTAMelvin D’Anastasi
LUXEMBOURGYves LasarMONTENEGROŽanka Cerović
MOLDOVASemion MargaNORTH MACEDONIAAleksandar Gjoreski
THE NETHERLANDSJet Quarles van UffordPOLANDEdyta Szurowska
NORWAYFredrik NommeROMANIAIoana Gheonea
PORTUGALLuís Curvo SemedoSERBIARužica Maksimović
RUSSIAValentin SinitsynSLOVENIAMaja Marolt Mušič
SLOVAKIAViera LehotskáSWEDENSara Sehlstedt
SPAINAsunción Torregrosa AndrésTÜRKIYECan Cevikol
SWITZERLANDJohannes HeverhagenUNITED KINGDOMKatharine Halliday
UKRAINETatyana Yalinska  

Committee Members:

ChairpersonMarc 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 DirectorPeter Baierl
Chairperson of the ESR Board of DirectorsAdrian P. Brady
2nd Vice-PresidentMinerva Becker
Chairperson of the Finance & Internal Affairs Committee (ex-officio, non-voting)Maija Radzina

Committee Members:

ChairpersonEmanuele Neri (IT)
Members at LargePeter Lauritzen (NO)
Jaako Niinimäki (FI)
Mathias Prokop (NL)
Luca Sconfizena (IT)
Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Audit and StandardsRoman Klöckner (DE)
Chairperson of the Subcommittee on eHealth and InformaticsDaniel Pinto dos Santos (DE)
Chairperson of the Subcommittee on Ultrasound Quality and StandardsPaul Sidhu (UK)
Chairperson of the Working Group on MR Safety & QualityFrancesco Santini (CH)
Chairperson of the Imaging Referral Guidelines SubcommitteeAlex Rovira (ES)
Chairperson of the EuroSafe Imaging Steering CommitteeBoris Brkljačić (HR)
EMA Expert (co-opted member)Olivier Clément (FR)
ESR 2nd Vice-PresidentMinerva 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:

ARMENIANarek MatinyanAUSTRIAGertraud Heinz
AZERBAIJANRasim BayramovBELARUSSiarhei Kharuzhyk
BELGIUMPaolo SimoniBULGARIAMariya Nedevska
CROATIAGoran RoićCYPRUSEliza Protopapa
CZECH REPUBLICHynek MirkvaESTONIAMartin Reim
FINLANDJuhana HakumäkiFRANCEJean-Francois Chateil
GEORGIAMikheil BaramiaGERMANYChristiane Kuhl
GREECEKyriaki TavernarakiHUNGARYLevente Lánczi
ICELANDHalldor BenediktssonIRELANDRachel Ennis
ISRAELEli AtarITALYSilvia Pradella
KAZAKHSTANZhanar KozhakhmetovaLATVIAIlze Apine
LITHUANIASaulius LukoseviciusMALTAMelvin D’Anastasi
MONTENEGROŽanka CerovićTHE NETHERLANDSJesse Habets
NORTH MACEDONIADimitar VeljanovskiNORWAYHelga M. Brøgger
POLANDMaciej GuzińskiPORTUGALPaulo Donato
ROMANIACostin MinoiuRUSSIATatyana Bergen
SLOVAKIAViera LehotskáSLOVENIASilva Breznik
SPAINFatima Matute TeresaSWEDENJoakim Crafoord
SWITZERLANDAndreas GutzeitTÜRKIYEŞükrü Mehmet    Ertür
UKRAINEOleksandr BerezovskyiUNITED KINGDOMTeik Choon See
CIRSELaura CrocettiESCRRodrigo Salgado
ESERMarcela De La Hoz PoloESGARMaija Radzina
ESHIMTSergios GatidisESHNRDavide Farina
ESNRTarek YousryESOIMarius Mayerhöfer
ESPRMaria RaissakiESSREva Llopis
ESTIHelmut ProschESURRossano Girometti
EUSOBIEva Maria FallenbergEuSoMIIDaniel Pinto dos Santos
ESMRMBFrancesco 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

ChairpersonRoman Klöckner
Quality, Safety and Standards Committee ChairpersonEmanuele Neri
National Societies Committee ChairpersonChristian Loewe
Education Committee ChairpersonAnnemiek Snoeckx
Members

Alexandra Karoussou-Schreiner
Bettina Baeßler
Marta Sans Merce (EFOMP)
Marie Louise Ryan (EFRS)

Co-opted membersMarta 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

ChairpersonDaniel Pinto dos Santos
National Societies Committee ChairpersonChristian Loewe
Quality, Safety and Standards Committee ChairpersonEmanuele Neri
MembersSotirios Bisdas
Luis Martí-Bonmati
Benoît Rizk
Renato Cuocolo
Merel Huisman
Co-opted memberMustafa Özmen
Robin Decoster (EFRS Representative)
Christopher Roth
Aad van der Lugt (EIBALL Subcommittee Chair)
Observer member: Patient representativeErik Briers

Ultrasound Quality and Standards Subcommittee

ChairpersonPaul Sidhu
Quality, Safety and Standards Committee ChairpersonEmanuele Neri
Subspecialties and Allied Sciences Committee ChairpersonNúria Bargalló Alabart
Members

Thomas Fischer
Vladimir Mitkov
Vito Cantisani
Caroline Ewertsen
Liat Appelbaum

Co-opted Members

Maciej Piskunowicz
Adrian Lim

 

ESR Referral Guidelines Subcommittee

Chairperson/MethodologistAlex Rovira
Quality, Safety and Standards Committee ChairpersonEmanuele Neri
MembersChristoph 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

ChairpersonFrancesco Santini
Quality, Safety and Standards Committee ChairpersonEmanuele Neri
Education Committee ChairpersonAnnemiek Snoeckx
National Societies Committee ChairpersonChristian Loewe
EIBALL Subcommittee ChairpersonAad van der Lugt
Members

Anne Dorte Blankholm (EFRS)
Simone Busoni (EFOMP)
Galina Kirova
Anna Pichiecchio
Siegfried Trattnig

Board Members:

ChairpersonMarion Smits (NL)
EIBIR Scientific DirectorRegina Beets-Tan (NL)
Members at LargeSteve Halligan (UK)
Alejandro Rovira (ES)
Roberto Blanco Sequeiros (FI)
Zsigmond Tamás Kincses (HU)
RTF representative (co-opted)Michail Klontzas (GR)
ESR 2ⁿᵈ Vice-PresidentMinvera Becker (CH)
Chairperson of the European Imaging Biomarkers Alliance – EIBALL (ex-officio full member)Aad van der Lugt (NL)

Society Delegates:

ArmeniaHovhannes VardevanyanAustriaRichard Nolz
AzerbaijanLeyla MusayevaBelarusVolha Vadzianava
BelgiumPiet VanhoenackerBulgariaSilvia Tsvetkova
CroatiaKrešimir DolićCyprusChrysa Tziakouri
Czech RepublicTomáš AndrašinaDenmarkMichael Bachmann Nielsen
EstoniaJuhan ReimandFinlandRoberto Blanco Sequeiros
FranceLaure FournierGeorgiaDudana Gachechiladze
GermanyFrank G. WackerGreeceKyriakos Stringaris
HungaryZsigmond Tamás KincsesIcelandHelgi Már Jónsson
IrelandJennifer Ni MhuircheartaighIsraelEli Konen
ItalyMassimo MidiriKazakhstanZhanibek Baiturlin
LatviaArdis PlatkajisLithuaniaJurate Dementaciviene
MaltaKelvin CortisMontenegroMarija Abramović
The NetherlandsAnouk Van Der HoornNorth MacedoniaMenka Lazareska
NorwayKaren RosendahlPolandKatarzyna Katulska
PortugalHugo MarquesRomaniaIoana Gheonea
RussiaKonstantin ZavadovskySerbiaMirjan Nadrljanski
SlovakiaKamil ZeleňákSloveniaPeter Popovic
SpainAlbert Pons EscodaSwedenKatrine Riklund
SwitzerlandJean-Paul ValléeTürkiyeUlku Kerimoglu
UkraineOlena OdoshevskaUnited KingdomLuc Bidaut
CIRSEPeter ReimerESCRBirgitta Velthuis
ESERMehmet ErturkESGARJaap Stoker
ESHIMTIvo RauschESHNRBerit Verbist
ESMRMBAndrew WebbESNRSven Haller
ESOIEvis SalaESPRSusan Shelmerdine
ESSRMario MaasESTIMario Silva
ESUREvis SalaEUSOBIRitse Mann
EuSoMIIJacob Visser

For more information about Research Committee Subcommittees, please see the Research Committee Subcommittees tab.

European Imaging Biomarkers Alliance – EIBALL

Subcommittee

EIBALL chair
Prof. Aad Van der Lugt (NL)

EIBALL ex officio member – Research Committee chair
Prof. Marion Smits (NL)

EIBALL co-opted member with specific expertise on segmentation standardisation project
Prof. Nandita deSouza (UK)

EIBALL co-opted member with specific expertise on QIBA ASL Profile
Prof. Xavier Golay (UK)

EIBALL co-opted member – cross-representation eHealth and Informatics SC
Prof. Daniel Pinto dos Santos (DE)

EIBALL co-opted member with specific expertise (ESHI-MT representative)
Prof. Clemens Cyran (DE)

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

Conduct Policy for officers of the European Society of Radiology

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

Explore the European Society of Radiology’s Statutes.

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Become A Member Today!

You will have access to a wide range of benefits that can help you advance your career and stay up-to-date with the latest developments in the field of radiology. These benefits include access to educational resources, networking opportunities with other professionals in the field, opportunities to participate in research projects and clinical trials, and access to the latest technologies and techniques. 

Check out our different membership options.

If you don’t find a fitting membership send us an email here.

Membership

for radiologists, radiology residents, professionals of allied sciences (including radiographers/radiological technologists, nuclear medicine physicians, medical physicists, and data scientists) & professionals of allied sciences in training residing within the boundaries of Europe

  • Reduced registration fees for ECR 1
  • Reduced fees for the European School of Radiology (ESOR) 2
  • Exclusive option to participate in the European Diploma. 3
  • Free electronic access to the journal European Radiology 4
  • Content e-mails for all ESR journals
  • Updates on offers & events through our newsletters

€ 11 /year

Yes! That is less than €1 per month.

Free membership

for radiologists, radiology residents or professionals of allied sciences engaged in practice, teaching or research residing outside Europe as well as individual qualified professionals with an interest in radiology and medical imaging who do not fulfil individual or all requirements for any other ESR membership category & former full members who have retired from all clinical practice
  • Reduced registration fees for ECR 1
  • Free electronic access to the journal European Radiology
  • Content e-mails for all 3 ESR journals 4
  • Updates on offers & events through our newsletters

€ 0

The best things in life are free.

ESR Friends

For students, company representatives or hospital managers etc.

  • Content e-mails for all 3 ESR journals 4
  • Updates on offers & events through our newsletters

€ 0

Friendship doesn’t cost a thing.

The membership type best fitting for you will be selected automatically during the application process.

Footnotes:

01
Provided that ESR 2023 membership is activated and approved by August 31, 2023 (excl. "Members in Training Offer")
02
Not all activities included
03
Examination based on the ESR European Training Curriculum (radiologists or radiology residents).
04
European Radiology, Insights into Imaging, European Radiology Experimental.