Officers and Council

Officers

President (2023-2025)

Prof. Tom Kay

University of Melbourne
Australia
President-Elect (2023-2025)

Prof. Lorenzo Piemonti

San Raffaele Scientific Institute
Italy
Immediate Past President (2023-2025)

Dr. Raja Kandaswamy

University of Minnesota
United States
Secretary (2021-2025)

Dr. Hanne Scholz

Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet
Norway
Treasurer (2023-2027)

Dr. Michael Rickels

Penn Medicine
United States

Councilors

(2021-2025)

Dr. Melena Bellin

University of Minnesota,
United States
(2021-2025)

Dr. Eelco de Koning

Leiden University Medical Center,
The Netherlands
(2023-2027)

Prof. Angelika Gruessner

SUNY Downstate Health Science University
United States
(2021-2025)

Dr. Steven Paraskevas

McGill University Health Centre,
Canada
(2021-2025)

Dr. Marcelo Perosa

Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa and
Hospital Bandeirantes,
Brazil
Ex-Officio
  • Matthew Cooper, USA
  • Prof. Xavier Martin, France, 2019 Congress Chair (2017-2019)
  • Dr. Sarah Cross, United Kingdom, Young Investigator Committee representative (2017-2019)
Past Presidents

  • 2021–2023

    Raja Kandaswamy, USA

  • 2019–2021

    James Markmann, USA

  • 2017–2019

    Thierry Berney, Switzerland

  • 2015–2017

    Jon Odorico, USA

  • 2013–2015

    Bernhard Hering, USA

  • 2011-2013

    Paul Johnson, UK

  • 2009-2011

    Stephen Bartlett, USA

  • 2007-2009

    Reinhard Bretzel, Germany

  • 2005-2007

    James Shapiro, Canada
Past Councils
COUNCIL 2021-2023

President
Raja Kandaswamy, USA

President-Elect
Tom Kay, Australia

Immediate Past President
James Markmann, USA

Secretary
Hanne Scholz, Norway

Treasurer
Lorenzo Piemonti, Italy

Councillors
Melena Bellin, USA
Eelco de Koning, The Netherlands
Giuseppe Orlando, Italy
Steven Paraskevas, Canada
Marcelo Perosa, Brazil

Ex-Officio
Matthew Cooper, USA
Michael Rickels, USA

COUNCIL 2019-2021

President
James Markmann, USA

President-Elect
Raja Kandaswamy, USA

Immediate Past President
Thierry Berney, Switzerland

Secretary
Tom Kay, Australia

Treasurer
Lorenzo Piemonti, Italy

Councillors
Matthew Cooper, USA
Duck Jong Han, South Korea
Giuseppe Orlando , Italy
Michael Rickels, USA
Hanne Scholz, Norway

Ex-Officio
Jon S. Odorico, USA

COUNCIL 2017-2019

President
Thierry Berney, Switzerland

President-Elect
James Markmann, USA

Immediate Past President
Jon S. Odorico, USA

Secretary
Tom Kay, Australi

Treasurer
Raja Kandaswamy, USA

Councillors
Matthew Cooper, USA
Duck Jong Han, South Korea
Lorenzo Piemonti, Italy
Michael Rickels, USA
Hanne Scholz, Norway

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

COUNCIL 2015-2017

President
Jon Odorico, USA

President-Elect
Thierry Berney, Switzerland

Immediate Past President
Bernhard Hering, USA

Secretary
James Markmann, USA

Treasurer
Raja Kandaswamy, USA

Councillors
Tom Kay, Australia
Takashi Kenmochi, Japan
Barbara Ludwig, Germany
Lorenzo Piemonti, Italy
Michael Rickels, USA

Ex-Officio
Paul Johnson, United Kingdom, 2017 Congress Chair

COUNCIL 2013-2015

President
Bernhard Hering, USA

President-Elect
Jon Odorico, USA

Immediate Past President
Paul Johnson, UK

Secretary
James Markmann, USA

Treasurer
Thierry Berney, Switzerland

Councillors
Mitsukazu Gotoh, Japan
Raja Kandaswamy, USA
Thomas Kay, Australia
Barbara Ludwig, Germany
Peter Stock, USA

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