About
ECTRIMS is governed by an Executive Committee and a Council of Members nominated by the national neurological or multiple sclerosis organisations from member countries.
Governance
Governance
President
Prof. Mar Tintoré
Barcelona, Spain
Multiple Sclerosis Centre of Catalonia (Cemcat)
Department of Neurology / Neuroimmunology at Vall d’Hebron University Hospital and Research Institute
Vice President
Prof. Bruno Stankoff
Paris, France
Sorbonne University
Department of Neurology
Paris Brain Institute
Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière
Treasurer
Prof. Marcin Mycko
Olsztyn, Poland
University of Warmia and Mazury
Department of Neurology
Secretary General
Dr. Franziska di Pauli
Innsbruck, Austria
Medical University Innsbruck
Clinical Department of Neurology
Member
Prof. Olga Ciccarell
London, UK
Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis Centre
NIHR Research Professor of Neurology
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
Member
Prof. Cristina Granziera
Basel, Switzerland
University Hospital Basel
Senior Consultant Neurologist Department of Neurology and Multiple Sclerosis Center
Member
Prof. Matilde Inglese
Genoa, Italy
University of Genoa
Department of Neurology
IRCCS Polyclinic Hospital San Martino
ECTRIMS Council
The ECTRIMS Council is the governing membership body of the organisation. Members must be active MS researchers residing in European ECTRIMS membership countries and are nominated by the national neurological association or the board of the national multiple sclerosis association or society in each member country, according to the terms of the ECTRIMS bylaws.
Council Members by Country
Prof. Christian Enzinger
Barcelona
Medical University of Graz
Department of Neurology
Dr. Franziska Di Pauli
Innsbruck
Medical University Innsbruck
Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Clinic & Research Unit
Dr. Artiom Taradeiko
Dr. Danny Decoo
Damme
AZ Alma
Department of Neurology & Neurorehabilitation
Dr. Vincent Van Pesch
Brussels
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
Associate Prof. Sonya Ivanona
Sofia
University Hospital St. Naum
Department of Multiple Sclerosis
Prof. Ivan Milanov
Head of Bulgarian Society of Neurology
Dr. Mario Habek
Zagreb
University Hospital Centre Zagreb
Department of Neurology
Dr. Elena Leonidou
Nicosia
Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics
Dr. Angelos Gregoriou
Nicosia
Aretaeio Private Hospital
Department of Neurology
Dr. Marta Vachova
Teplice
MS Centrum Teplice
Dr. Radek Ampapa
Jihlava
Jihlava Hospital
Dr. Jette Lautrup Frederiksen
Glostrup
Rigshospitalet
Department of Neurology
Dr. Morten Blinkenberg
Copenhagen
Copenhagen University Hospital
Dr. Peter Vestergaard Rasmussen
Aarhus
Aarhus University
Department of Clinical Medicine – The Department of Neurology
Dr. Sari Atula
Hus
Helsinki University Hospital
Neurology Outpatient Clinic
Dr. Mervi Ryytty
Oulu
Oulu University Hospital
Neurology Outpatient Clinic
Prof. David-Axel Laplaud
University of Nantes
Prof. Christine Lebrun-Frenay
Nice
Prof. Christine Lebrun-Frenay
Departement of Neurology
Prof. Bruno Stankoff
Paris
ICM – Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière
Department of Neurology
Currently no members
Dr. Frauke Zipp
Mainz
University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Department of Neurology
Dr. Luisa Klotz
Münster
Uniklinik Münster
Klinik für Neurologie mit Institut für translationale Neurologie
Dr. Ralf Gold
Bochum
Neurologische Universitätsklinik
Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Maria-Eleftheria Evangelopoulos
Athems
Eginition Hospital
Kapodestrian and National University of Athens
Dr. Grigoriadis Nikolaos
Thessaloniki
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Dr. Cecilia Rajda
Szeged
University of Szeged
Department of Neurology
Dr. Gabor Lovas
Budapest
Jahn Ferenc Hospital
Currently no members
Dr. Brian Sweeney
Cork
Cork University Hospital
Prof. Joab Chapman
Sheba Medical Center
Ramat Gan
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv
Dr. Esther Ganelin-Cohen
Schneiders Children’s Medical Center of Israel
Pediatric Neurology
Dr. Maria Pia Amato
Florence
University of Florence
MS Center
Area del Farmaco e Salute del Bambino (NEUROFARBA)
Dipartimento di Neuroscienze
Dr. Francesco Patti
Catania
University of Catania
Prof. Matilde Inglese
Genoa
Ophthalmology and Genetics University of Genoa
Department of Neurosciences
S. Martino Hospital
Dr. Jolanta Kalnina
Riga
Multiple Sclerosis Latvian Maritime Medicine Center
Head of Neurology Department
Dr. Sandra Svilpe
Riga
GK Neiroklinika
Department of Neurology
Dr. Evelina Grusauskiene
Kaunas
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Dr. Ieva Sereika
Vilnius
Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos
Department of Neurology
Dr. Oana Costache
Luxembourg
Hôpitaux Robert Schuman
Dr. Ivan Barbov
Skopje
Medical faculty Skopje
Dr. Martiijn Beenakker
Leeuwarden
Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden
Dr. R.F. Neuteboom
Rotterdam
Erasmus MC
Dr. Lars Bø
Bergen
Haukeland University Hospital
Department of Neurology
Dr. Heidi Øyen Flemmen
Skien
Telemark Hospital
Department of Neurology
Dr. Anna Zurawsaka
Olsztyn
University of Warmia and Mazury University Hospital
Dr. Agnieszka Machlanska
Lodz
Jana Kilinskiego
Dr. Vasco Salgado
Cascais
Hospital da CUF
Dr. Athena Ribigan
Bucharest
The Emergency and University Hospital
Dr. Daniela Anghel
Currently no members
Dr. Dragana Obradović
Belgrade
Military Medical Academy
Department of Neurology
Dr. Lorand Sakalaš
Dr. Lina Savšek
Dr. Gregor Brecl Jakob
Ljubljana
University Medical Centre Ljubljana
Dr. Celia Oreja-Guevara
Madrid
Hospital Universitario Clinico San Carlos de Madrid
Dr. Mar Tintoré
Barcelona
Vall d’Hebron Hospital
Neuroimmunology Unit
Prof. Jan Lycke
Gothenburg
University of Gothenburg
Department of Clinical Neuroscience at Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology
Dr. Ellen Iacobaeus
Karolinska
Karolinska University Hospital
Department of Neurology and Institute of Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Joachim Burman
Uppsala
Uppsala University
Department of Neuroscience
Dr. Tobias Derfuss
Basel
University Hospital Basel
Departments of Neurology and Biomedicine
Dr. Cristina Granziera
Basel
Universiy of Basel
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Christian Kamm
Lucerne
Cantonal Hospital Lucerne MS Centre
Dr. Boz Cavit
Trabzon Merkez
Gazipasa, Atatürk Alani
Currently no members
Prof. Nikos Evangelou
Nottingham
University of Nottingham
Queen’s Medical Centre
Dr. Olga Cicarelli
London
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Dr. Waqar Rashid
London
St George’s University Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust
The specific roles and responsibilities of each governing group are outlined in the ECTRIMS bylaws. Other committees and sub-groups are constituted as needed for specific ECTRIMS functions and activities.
Honorary Members
Honorary members of the council may be nominated based on their outstanding contributions to the field of MS, their support of ECTRIMS and their international reputation in the field. Details on the criteria and benefits of honorary membership and how to nominate a candidate for honorary membership are available here.
Professor Maria Pia Amato
Florence, Italy
University of Florence | Department NEUROFARBA
Director of the Neurologic Rehabilitation Unit
Professor Tobias Derfuss
Basel, Switzerland
Universitätsspital Basel
Biomedicine Department
Professor Krzysztof Selmaj
Olzsztyn, Poland
University of Warmia and Mazury
Professor Bernhard Hemmer
Munich, Germany
Technical University of Munich
Department of Neurology
Professor Hans-Peter Hartung
Düsseldorf, Germany
Heinrich Heine University
Center for Neurology and Neuropsychiatry
Professor David Miller
London, United Kingdom
University College London
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
Professor Franz Fazekas
Graz, Austria
Medical University of Graz
Department of Neurology
Professor Xavier Montalban
Toronto, Canada
St. Michael’s Hospital
Department of Neurology
Professor Tomas Olsson
Stockholm, Sweden
Karolinska Hospital
Department of Clinical Neuroscience
Professor Catherine Lubetzki
Paris, France
Salpêtrière Hospital
Department of Neurology
Professor Maria Troiano
Bari, Italy
University of Bari
Department of Neurology
Professor Eva Havrdová
Prague, Czech Republic
Charles University
Department of Neurology
Professor Per Soelberg Sørensen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Rigshospitalet
Department of Neurology
Professor Michel Clanet
Toulouse, France
Hôpital Pierre Paul Riquet C.H.U.
Hôpital Purpan
Department of Neurology
Professor Giancarlo Comi
Milan, Italy
Scientific Institute San Raffaele
Department of Neurology and INSPE
Professor Ludwig Kappos
Basel, Switzerland
University Hospital Basel
Department of Neurology
Professor Chris Polman
Amsterdam, Netherlands
VU University Medical Center
Department of Neurology
Professor Oded Abramsky
Jerusalem, Israel
Hadassah University Medical Center
Department of Neurology
Professor Alan J. Thompson
London, United Kingdom
University College London
Institute of Neurology